After bidding adieu to ishra and bhallas, amma appa came into their house.
Appa sat on the couch while amma went to the kitchen. Soon she came with two cups of coffee and gave one to appa. He took it and start sipping it lost in thoughts.
Amma-vishwa, u r looking worried.kuch soch rahe ho kya.
Appa looked at amma and said-i am actually worried. Tumhe kya lagta hai, humne thik kiya kya.
Amma-kya Matlab.
Appa-iss tarah ishu ki shaadi raman se kara kar thik kiya kya humne.
Amma-isme galat kya hai.
Appa-she dont like Raman. For her, Raman is misfit for her. I think humne galti kar di. Iss tarah chupa kar ishu ko shaadi kara kar. I could feel that she was not happy.
Amma-i know this,she said making appa look at her.
Amma-yes I know this, mujhe pata hai ishu ko raman nahi pasand but that doesn't makes any difference. I know he is perfect for our ishu. Aur ishu, woh bhi bachchi hai. Usse apna sahi galat nahi pata. She don't have any choice of her own. Bas joh uske friends kehte hai wahin sahi. Have u seen her friends, kaise atrangi dost hai. Agar hum uski shaadi nahi karwate toh kal ko woh kisi bhi aire gaire se shaadi kar ke aa jaati. Aur phir kuch din mein divorce. I have seen many cases like this vishwa, bachche, khoobsurati ki chamak mein achchai dekhna bhool jaate hai aur phir rishte tutte hai. I don't want this for ishu and that's why I chosed raman for her. He is a very sensible boy. He will handle ishu with maturity aur bahut jald ishu ko bhi pata chal jayega ki marriage is not all about outer beauty but about inner beauty.
Appa -u really think aisa hoga.
Amma-why u r asking so, don't u trust raman.
Appa-i do trust him but not ishu. She was very angry, Kahin woh koi bewakoofi naa kar de.
Amma-still I trust raman. He will handle ishu with maturity.
Appa smiled and said-bahut bharosha hai tumhe Raman par.
Amma-yes I trust my maarumagan alot. And now u too stop worrying. Hamari beti bahut achche ghar gayi hai. Aur wahan bahut khush rahegi.
Appa-i too hope so. He said and went out to complete his works.
On the other hand, bhallas reach their mansion soon. Raman opened the door for ishita and she got shocked seeing the beautiful mansion.
Raman -chalo shitu, ghar aa gaya.
Ishita -yeh aapka ghar hai.
Raman nodded and asked-pasand aaya.
Ishita nodded happily and thought -wow what a house, at least kuch toh achcha hai. Now I can flaunt my house to my friends ,she was thinking when her eyes fell on raman and she thought -but again all will make fun of him. Why Murugan why, mujhe hi itna ugly husband kyun diya. She was thinking when Raman said-chalo shitu, maa is waiting. He said and finally ishita get out of the car.
Ishra reached to the threshold of the house and was waiting when Toshiji came with the aarti thaal. She happily did their aarti and put tika on their forehead. Then she told ishita to come inside pushing the vessel full of grains. Ishita oblige to her and soon she was inside the mansion. She looked around and was mesmerised seeing the beauty of the house.
Ishita -omg, kitna khoobsurat ghar hai, ghar nahi it's mahal. Mera mahal, I will live happily here bas iss raman ka kuch ho jaata, then I can be happy. She was thinking when Toshiji made her sit.
Everyone was praising Ishita's beauty making ishita proud. Everyone was telling how lucky Raman is to have ishita in his life.
Toshiji -haan mera raman puttar to lucky hai hi, but ishita puttar bhi bahut lucky hai, kyunki uss mera puttar joh mila hai. Diya le kar dhoondhne se bhi kisi ko aisa pati nahi milta. She said making ishita make a dirty face.
Ishita -keh toh aise rahi hai jaise srk mila hai, yeh petu hi toh mila hai. She was thinking when a woman said-kahin honeymoon par bhejne ka socha hai toshiji inko.
Ishita smiled hearing this and thought -wow honeymoon, I will get to explore new place, main toh foreign trip par jaaungi. She was thinking when Toshiji said-haan kiya hai naa,ooty mein booking bhi kara di hai. Mere Raman ka favourite holiday spot hai.she said making ishita face fell.
Ishita-kya ooty,wahan toh main kai baar jaa chuki hoon. What the hell, Raman ko bhi Itni downmarket place hi pasand aani thi. Ab kya karungi main. She was thinking when Toshiji said-ladkiyon, ishita puttar ko room mein le jao. She must be tired.
All girls nodded and took ishita to raman's room. They made ishita sit on the king size bed and went out. Ishita look around and saw many books kept in the book shelf, many awards and prizes kept there. She got up from her place and went to see the prizes and awards. She saw them thouroughly and was impressed.
Ishita -wow, must say, he is intelligent enough. Itne saare prizes aur awards. It's really impressive. He is not at all good looking but smart enough. It's bada business akele handle karta hai.she was thinking and then finally thought to get a nap as she was very tired.
She settled on the bed and closed her eyes to catch some sleep.
An hour passed, ishita was sitting resting her head on the headrest of the bed when Raman entered the room. He smiled seeing ishita and went to ishita.
He sat next to her and lovingly caressed her face and said-kitni sundar hai, I can't believe she is really my wife. OMG when I got such happy that I found her. He said and was about to kiss her forehead only to get pushed by her.
Raman fell on the bed all shocked while ishita got up angrily .
Ishita-how dare u touch me. she shouted in anger making Raman more shocked.
Raman got up from floor and asked-kya hua shitu, kuch galat kiya kya maine.
Ishita-kya shitu shitu lagaa rakha hai, my name is ishita, stop calling me with downmarket name, shitu. Nahi hoon main tumhari shitu. Aur mujhe choone ki koshish mat Karna, aur naa hi koi haq jatana. I don't like u, I hate u, r u getting it Raman. I hate u. She said shouting in sheer anger making Raman shocked to wits.
Raman -kya Matlab hai that u hate me.
Ishita -samajh nahi aaya, I hate u raman. Mujhe nahi pasand ho tum. Tumhari shakal se chidh hai mujhe.
Raman -toh phir tumne mujhse shaadi kyun ki.
Ishita -ki nahi hai, karni padi. Amma ne mujhe tumhari photo tak nahi dikhayi, bas baitha diya mandap mein, to marry u. Aisa koi karta hai kya, nahi naa. But my amma did this to me. Mujhe shakal bhi nahi dikhayi tumhari aur shaadi karwa di tumse. I am sorry raman if I hurt but I just can't see u as my husband. Please stay away from me. She said almost crying.
Raman -ok I am not coming near to u but please stop crying. I understand ur situation, tum mujhe dekh kar uncomfortable feel kar rahi ho naa. U need time to adjust. OK I will give u as much as time u want. But please don't cry.he said trying to pacify her.
Ishita looked at him and said -ok I will not cry but please stay away from me. Mujge choone ki koshish mat karna.
Raman looked at her, she was lost and broken. Though she was very rude to him but he can see her hurt, hurt because of her parent's betrayal ,hurt because her dreams were shattered. He so wanted to console her but he can see that she is not liking him. So he just said-its OK shitu, I will stay away from u. U need time naa, I will give u. Tum thak gayi hogi, so jao. Main couch par so jaata hoon. He said and went to washroom to change.
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