Author's note: Sorry guys. Had just finished my exams and was too tired to update yesterday. So here is an update today. Forgive me for it is a short update. Will try updating the next part within the next 4-5 days. Ignore the mistakes as the part is unedited...😊
Part 32:
The house was filling up with relatives from Geet's hometown and her parents were grateful to thier relatives who had made it to the wedding at such a short notice. They were in awe of thier son in law and her relatives just couldnt stop congratulating them on getting Maan Singh Khurana as thier son in law.
Geet could just not fathom the recent happenings. She was emotionally very stressed to say the least. Could she last long in a loveless marriage? What would Maan sir get by marrying an ordinary girl like her when he could get just anyone in the world! And what about Garcia? Werent they supposedly together? Did she know about thier marriage? Was she fine with it? Or did Maan Sir convince her that he was getting married to her out of obligation but only Garcia ruled his heart! Would they continue thier relationship even after she got married to him? The very thought made her heart lurch and tears spilled from her eyes.
Nobody in the house noticed that she was slipping into a slow depression. For once, even Meera and Pinky were too busy in the wedding preprations. They kept on and on teasing her and against her will she blushed at thier lame jokes. Just his name would brighten up her day. Babaji! why was she so madly in love with him that she couldnt stop thinking about him even in her dreams? Why did he have to get married to her out of obligation? Couldnt he love her the way she loved him? But of course she was expecting too much. He was like an out of the world male and she did not have the luck to get such kind of a life partner.
The wedding was to be a quiet ceremony. Of course, it should be!, Geet thought, After all, he would want to be free as soon as possible and leaking the news about his marriage would make him lose many a potential girlfriends. Besides, he seemed to have totally forgotten that he was even getting married. Geet did not see him nor speak to him after that day. He promised her that they would not get married so had he worked out a plan yet? She had no clue. He did not even call. Why? Beacause he was least bothered, she told herself.
There were only 3 days remaining for the wedding and there was no news from him. In the evening there was to be a haldi ceremony and Geet did not want the ceremony to happen. What was the use of ceremonies when the marriage was not going to happen?
Geet was in her room getting ready for the ceremony when she heard a knock at the door. Without thinking she just asked the person to come in but when she felt a hand on her shoulders, she felt all her emotions coming alive. She turned around to see the only person who had become her life within such a short time. The person who had the power to make her laugh and cry at the time. The same person whose one glance made her thoughts go haywire.
What she did next was out of the blue. She ran into his arms while he just engulfed her to him. She let all her emotions out as she clutched on to him while he just soothed her hairs.
"Geet, stop crying. I'm here. Dont worry." he whispered.
"Sir, where were you? I was waiting for your call? These people think that the marriage between us is real. I fail to think what would happen to them when they come to know that we are not getting married.But we have to tell them the truth. Have you thought of something?" Geet looked at him expectantly.
Maan just took her left hand in his hands and rubbed it with his thumb. With his other hand he removed a small box from his pocket and Geet did not want to believe what that box held.
He flipped open the box and the most beautiful ring which Geet had ever seen, shone before her eyes. She just looked at him in awe as he removed the ring from its case and slipped it on her ring finger. It was a perfect fit.
"I cannot accept this." Geet whispered as she stared at the heart shaped solitaire on her finger.
"Dont worry Geet. I have everything planned out. The ring is just a part of that plan. Dont you trust me?" He made her look at him and despite the pain that clutched her heart, Geet smiled at him and nodded her head.
"I promise you that i will set everything right.You just have to trust me." He pulled her into his arms and Geet went willingly. She did not know why but she was on a hugging mode. She felt like all her worries and anxieties just slipped away when she was in his arms.
They did not know how long they stood in each others arms when the door suddenly opened, with Meera, Pinky and the other girls barging in. As soon as they saw Maan, they giggled and ran away.
Geet was red with embarrassment as Maan just smiled, squeezed her hand in reassurance and walked away.
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The haldi ceremony began but Geet's mind was stuck on the ring. Why couldnt he have really given it to her as a sign of thier love? Why did he have to give it just as a part of his plan to stop thier marriage? But fact was a fact. There wasa nothing she could do to change it.
As the cremony proceeded all the ladies applied haldi to her and teased her about Maan, how she was to stay in his house, how thier future children would be. For once Geet allowed herself the liberty of day dreaming about all that was said. But alas, it was never meant to be.
After the ceremony she washed herself and came out. Everybody complimented her on her glowing skin and beauty. Maybe she was glowing from outside but her inner self was far from glowing. Confusion was creating a havoc within her. Her mind was slowly becoming blank.
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Next day Geet's family left for Khurana mansion. The wedding ceremony was to take place in his estate. All her relatives were left with thier mouths hanging wide open when they saw the magnificence of his estate and mansion. Geet was given a beautiful room to stay until she was to be married. Daadimaa told her that Maan had some important business to deal with and hence he was out of town. He would return only on the day of the wedding.
Maybe he had gone with Garcia, Geet thought. Now what was she to do? How could she stop the wedding without his help? The wedding was to be held the next day and Geet was on the verge of tears. She was not ready for marriage. This was a big decision in her life and she did not have any say in it! She felt that she was trapped. She did not do her engineering to work for a few months, then get ,married and sit at home. How could her family do this to her? Didnt they even trust her a little to ask her what exactly happened that night?
With a wink of an eye she was getting married to a man who was in love with another woman and who was going to marry her as an obligation. She was not going to ruin his as well as her life. She knew that she should talk to her family and tell them that she did not want to get married.
With a firm decision to talk her mind out, she went to find her family...
Precap: Is marriage on the cards?😉 Lets wait and watch...😆
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