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Walima ceremony continues on its full swing, Guests one by one stepped on the stage and blessed the newly married couple, Jalal could not take his eyes off off Jodha, she could feel his gazes on her which was making her really uncomfortable , she even darted an angry glare on jalal as if asking him to stop looking at her like that, and jalal was embarrassed as she caught him ,he was confused with his own strange behaviour and looked away giving her a faint grin." Why his eyes were glued on her? Why can't he concentrate on the guests ?what kind of strange feeling is this ? Were the questions palguing his muddled mind.he got conscious and decided to fix his gazes upfront.A sweet smile played on his lips thanking the people who wished them for their marital bliss.Suddenly his smile vanishes in thin air and he looked horrified as if he had seen any ghost, Jodha noticed this change i nhis behaviour and followed his gazes only to find the unexpected guest's presence.
Maha manga, a strong hardcoated , straight forward women was a true devotee of muhammmad, saccha musalman who strictly follows her religion with great pride and respect. She hated other religions and never liked jodha for that same reason , she was always against their friendship, but now they were married. Maham was really angry when she heard the news of jalal getting married to Jodha, so much angry that she didn't came for engagement and nikaah, but now she did for the sake of her childrens and moreover for his laadla bhatija jalal's happiness.
Humanyun and hamida locates her in the crowd and takes her blessings, bharmal and maina too reached there and greets her, anger was evident in her eyes and she was making no effort to hide her displeasure, the only thing Khan and Singh couple's expected from her was to be numb till the function gets over and she did, maha manga kept quite and blessed the couple unwillingly.
Maha manga is Humanyun's older sister ,after her husband's death she was thrown out of her house by her inlaws with her two small kids Mirza and bakshi.she raised her two children on her own without anyone's. She even refused her small brother Humanyun's help, Maham shifted to hyderabad with her two kids and opened a small tiffins centre by selling her gold jewellery Which was now a five star hotel and was running quite successfully with Almighty's grace.They visited mumbai only in summer holidays .Mirza was of same age as of jalal ,he completed his MBA and bakshi was little younger to them,she got admission in one of the prestigious college of mumbai ,she decided to stay with her uncles's family(humayun)and complete her graduation.They loved their cousin and liked jodha too in result convinced their mother to attend the ceremony.
Jalal was elated to see Mirza and bakshi ,he was pleased to see his cousins joining him on his biggest day.jalal hugged them ,happy tears pooled in his eyes.mirza and bakshi wished and welcomed their new bhabhi with immense zeal.Jodha too was happy to see them.
The function ended smoothly, guests enjoyed the feast and soon vacated the mansion.bharmal and maina too leaves the house after getting assurance from humanyun that he will handle everything .Maham was alone is the guest room pacing to and fro,her anger and annoyance reached its heights,she wanted to blurt out her rage then and there and called hamida and humanyun to meet her immediately.
Humanyun comes and hugs her " how r u appa (di), its been a long time since we met, asked the loving brother. I'm so happy that u finally make it up to come here. Exclaimed humanyun.
Maham- zyada khush hone ki jarurat nahi humanyun, I came here only to bless my jalal she said in a stern voice.
Her voice raises by few notches " how can u let this happen bhai,how can u destroy our purity of blood,how could u marry ur son to a Hindu girl, ok for once I can accept her as my bahu despite being a Hindu girl but how can we forget the fact that she is a carrier too, she is carrying illegal child in her womb, how can u let this happen humanyun? We're u so lost in ur sons love that u didnt even care about our family's prestige? She gave him a disgusted look, I'm truly ashamed of u bhai she turned her face away from Humayun and looks into hamida's eyes. What the hell were u doing hamida when ur son declared his marriage with jodha ,why didn't u stop him ,for god sake hamida he is still a kid and u know jalal becomes emotional at times, he might have taken this decision being emotional but wht about u, tumhari akal kya ghaas charne gayi thi jab jalal jodha se shadi karne ke liye taiyaar ho gaya tha?? She asked furiously. Hamida looked down not becoz she felt what happened was wrong but becoz she respected maha manga and didn't want to hurt her by raising her voice.
Humanyun- Enough appa , enough is enough, it was totally jalal's decision ,we neither forced him nor asked him to marry jodha ,it was his decision and don't forget jalal is a grown up child ,he very well know what is good and bad for him.He replied in serious tone.
Maham- wow than what r parents for ? R they not supposed to guide their children? R they only confined to change their diapers and feed them? Was it not ur responsibility to show him right path humanyun .
Humanyun- appa nikaah is over she is our bahu and we accepted her whole heartedly ,we can't change this fact. Hope u realise this.
Maham shaking her head vigoursly ,hmm what happened has happened, we can't change it now ,but one thing can be surely done...
Hamida and humanyun looks at her confusingly.
Ask jodha to terminate her pregnancy ,why should my child take someone else's burden on his shoulder 🥱
And this was enough for jalal to loose his sanity, Jodha and jalal were going back to their room when they heard a loud sound of voices coming from guest room, and jalal sensed maham started her drama, Do doubt jalal loved his phuphi very much and respected her for being Strong fighter women ,but at the same time he also disliked her so called old values and ethics ,he was also against her narrow minded mentality and the thing which irked him most was her immense hatred for other religions, that was the reason he was not so pleased with her presence before.
Jalal eyes became red, anger rushed in his nerves, his hands fisted into balls ,he was about to barg inside the room but jodha caught him by his hand and gestured to be quite with her eyes. Jalal looked into her eyes ,pain waswas clearly visible in them, her eyes were wet but still she was stopping him. Jalal released his hand from her grip and assured with his smile.
LET ME HANDLE THIS MATTER IN MY OWN WAY JODHA AND DON'T WORRY I WILL NOT HURT HER, he uttered confidently.
Jalal took a deep breath and calmed his nerves a little, with all his charm and oh so sweet smile he stepped inside the room with his wife proudly.
Phuphi came him calm and composed voice and the trio turned their faces towards him.
Phuphi the nikaah was purely my decision, ammi and abbu has to do nothing with this, they only agreed this relation for my happiness and beleive me I'm very happy with this marriage.
Phuphi u know na I don't care about nationality, religion ,caste or community, the only thing that matters me most is that the girl should belong to good family and u know jodha's family very well, secondly she should possess a golden HEART and I'm sure u too can't deny this fact , third and the most important , her character and For this u can take my word phuphi ,she is as pure as a small innocent child, i don't give a damn to qhat ever happend with her in past becoz that was totally not her fault and we can't blame her for that. Jalal firmly wraps his hand around jodha's shoulder and squeezed a little, she is my wife now phuphi and the life inside her is my child ,he uttered stressing on the word my. Jodha looked at him astonishingly becoz he referred the child as his own ,she felt an unknown warmth around him, a feeling of being safe and secured when he is with her, while maham's was shocked.
Phuphi u might be right, why should I bear the burden of this child on my shoulder ,but phuphi what's the fault of this innocent life who has not even entered in this world. Phuphi ur a true follower of muhammmad ,and u must know we r not allowed to destroy gods creativity ,its a crime to kill an innocent life haina ? Then how can u ask her to abort her child ,my child? He questioned his phuphi.
Maham was tounge tied ,she could not answer jala's question so she kept quite.
Phuphi I can't see tears in her eyes, and I can't see anyone badmouthing her ,phuphi I want ur blesses too and I will be happy if u wholeheartedly accept her as ur bahu .jalal looks into his phuphi's eyes hopefully.
Maham's anger melted a little but still she was not convinced with jalal's point,
Jalal beta its ur life and u have the right to take decisions of ur life, parents always care for their child's betterment ,I always wished for ur happiness and this time too I wish the same but I can't accept this girl as a part of my family. I need some time, may be in future I might accept her but for now I can only wish for ur better life and kissed jalal's forehead. Maham asks humanyun to book return tickets for her and dismisses them .
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Jodha was recalling all the incidents happened in the evening,a lone tear threatened to escape from her eyes ,but she was too stubborn to let them roll down from her eyes for two reasons first she was not effected by maham's harsh words and second her bestie cum husband asked her not to cry no matter what happens,she was fascinated by jalal's matured side ,she was unaware of this side of jalal, he always used to behave childishly fighting and arguing with jodha ,but never in her wild dreams she could imagine this change in jalal, she was overwhelmed with his unconditional support and proud of him too ,a small soft smile was playing on her lips.
Jalal enters the room and casts a glance over jodha to ensure how she was, why?he even imagined her sitting in corner, crying, sniffing and sobbing but the view in front of him was totally opposite to his imagination, jodha was sitting realxed and a soft smile adores her face ,he kept staring at her in amazement. Jodha noticed him and asks "WHAT"???
jalal - what ,what jo?
Jo - why r u staring at me like this ? In function too u did the same thing ?would u care to explain jalal why r u looking at me like that?
Jalal - hold on lady when did I saw u? Countered shrugging his shoulders .
Jo - u did jalal ,through out the ceremony and now Here too ,she exclaimed.
Ja- no I did not
Jo- yes u did ,admit it jalal ,u did look at me .
Ja - ok fine ,he gave up, yes I looked u becoz u were looking different today, don't know what's the difference but yes I found u beautiful today. Happy now .waise bhi I didn't do anything wrong , MAIN APNI SHARIKEHAYAAT KO DEKH RAHA THA KISI DUSRE KI BIWI KO NAHI he smirked
Jodha gasped with her mouth wide opened, this was the swcond time in a day jalal was praising her,she took her own sweet time to come out of stupor.
Jalal was looking her for her reaction, but there were no signs of it. He came close to her and leaned over her .
Jodha was taken aback with his act and moved little backward confusingly.
Jalal gave her a mischievous grin and took the quilt showing her that he was not doing anything wrong and left to sleep on the couch.
Jodha came out of his sudden act and saw him settling over couch , ummm didn't I tell u yesterday we will share the bed ,this is big enough for two people to sleep comfortably, she stammered .
Jalal looked her in shock, he took her offer casually never thought she was serious ,but she was serious .
Again a playful smirk spread on his face ,he asked ,r u sure jodha ?? Hope u don't regret it later ,he winked .
Jodha threw a pillow right on his face which he ducked successfully and headed towards the bed and the duo emerged into a bout of laughter .
They slept on the same bed ,sleep took over them and they slept peacefully .
Hmm here's chapter 8 dearies ,I know its kinda boring but hope u liked the last part , Thank u all who liked and commented on last chapter friends . love u all ❤️
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