CHAPTER 38

MAANVI'S POV

I sleep after my phone call with Ishaan and I was a little relieved that Ishaan is going to come. With that thought, I slept. I wake around noon and see that jaanvi and my mom went shopping and my dad is sitting on the sofa doing his work. I go and lay my head on my dad's lap and my tears soak his pants. My dad Pats my head " beta you don't have to marry the person who is coming tomorrow. It is your wish. When we first received their call we were shocked and we wanted to reject him but seeing how he was a good match for you we agreed to meet. We don't want to force anything on you" I just nod and we stay silent and I just silently lay there for some time. My dad makes us lunch.

After eating I go back into my room and I check my phone to see Ishaan's message. I was heartbroken that we can't be together and his mom searched for a match for him. I feel very useless right now.  The worst thoughts come into my mind and I can't help but question if they are really true. I just cry myself to sleep.

In the evening, Yash comes to keep me company along with Jaanvi. Jaanvi was telling me that my mom is very sad that I don't trust them with the right match for me. The only thought I had was I failed to be a good daughter. Yash and jaanvi comfort me about it and tell me not to worry too much and just sleep as tomorrow will be dreadful.

*NEXT DAY*

I get up feeling way better than yesterday. My fever and tiredness are gone so I do some stretching and simple workout. I make myself a coffee and go into my room to wake jaanvi up. I sit down near my table and open my laptop to browse through youtube and see what I have missed. Jaanvi went home this morning as she has some work and I couldn't stop her.

At around 9 mom comes inside my room and pushes me to get ready. I take 30 min to come out of the washroom. I see a simple but beautiful saree on the bed. I just silently wear it and get ready to satisfy my parents. I put light makeup to cover my puffy eyes and dark circles. I prepare myself to say NO to my parents after the guy went off and then Ishaan and I will tell them.

I get ready and sit on the bed and read a book to distract myself from thinking too much. I wasn't able to concentrate so I keep the book aside and open my laptop to see some old videos and I come across pics of me and Ishaan looking so happy and I automatically have a smile on my face. As I was looking to pictures I hear the front door opening and my heart skips a beat due to nervousness. I go into the kitchen and wait there for my mom to come inside and take me out. I anxiously stand there and I hear the voices of a lady and a man I guess their parents. My parents and his parents start talking and I haven't heard a third voice and I don't want to also. I take my phone and message Ishaan to clam down my nervousness.  As I text him he just texts me a smiley face and a heart.

I hear my mom happily laughing and it made me think how she would react when Ishaan comes here. " we are very happy that our daughter is marrying into such a nice family." My mom says and the guy's mom replies " no it's our pleasure that we are getting a daughter like her."  I felt bad that I'm going to disappoint so many people. " I think we should fix the date of engagement. I'll call pandit and I'll send the dates. If you are ok with it then we can proceed with preparation" the guy's mom says and I was shocked. " we are very happy to hear that." My mom comes inside and I carry a tray of snacks and juice to give it to the guy's family. I don't look up but just keep the tray on the table. " beta come and sit here with us" guys mom says and I look up her and I'm shocked to see Ishaan and his parents sitting right in front of me. I just stare at them blankly and my legs give up. As I was about to fall Ishaan quickly catches me and supports me by holding my shoulders. " it's ok everything will be alright " Ishaan whispers in my ear and makes me sit on the sofa. He keeps rubbing my back. " aunty can we speak alone " Ishaan asks my room and my mom nods and Ishaan helps me get up and takes me to my room.

We sit on my bed and he closes the door a little and he hugs me " Angel everything is going to be alright. We will be together forever " he assures me and rubs my back. I hug him back  " thank you! thank you! " I keep whispering. After a while he lets me go and wipes my tears. " I want to see my angel smile. You look beautiful with the smile" Ishaan says which makes me instantly smile. We go out and our parents are standing with full-on smiles and they start their teasing " someone told me they didn't want this marriage to happen " Ishaan's mom teases us and it only progresses and I turn red like a tomato and hind behind Ishaan and Ishaan just laughs.

Soon Ishaan and his parents go home after they send our horoscopes to the pandit. As soon as they leave I hug my mom and dad and tell them the truth about how I and Ishaan liked each other.  I tell them how I meet him and little details. In the night I lie on the bed and think about what happened today. Today made me believe in fate even more. The day started as the worst days of my life but by the evening it turned into one of the best days of my life. I slowly drift off to sleep thinking about the rest of my life with Ishaan.

*Time Skip* { A/N: I WON'T BE WRITING THE WHOLE WEDDING AGAIN. IT WILL ONLY BE SNIPNETS  OF MOMENTS BETWEEN THEM.}

Today is the starting day of rituals and we also have a destination wedding in ITC Grand Bharath Gurgaon. For the past 3 months, we have been busy with all the preparation and another good news is that the Maldives hotel is almost complete and ready for the inauguration ceremony. The wedding reception is in the night so I and Ishaan sneak and room around the venue for a bit as we can't see each other after engagement till marriage. We roam the whole place and take some photos.

Jaanvi and Yash arranged a pre-wedding shoot and the whole shoot was fun and during the Mehendi function, it is a ritual that the groom's name will be written in the Mehendi and the groom has to find it. Everyone is so happy and seeing them like this makes me so happy.

On the wedding day, I was so nervous that my hands were trembling. I and Ishaan keep texting each other as we couldn't meet but during the night we would sneak out and meet which is more fun but when you get caught it is the worst but thankfully we weren't caught. The whole marriage happens successfully and while doing the 7 vows, Ishaan kept repeating them as a promise to me and I was in tears.

The kanyadan was the most painful part and when I saw my dad in tears I started crying. Ishaan's parents went to my parents and said "  we will treat her like our own daughter and stand by her side. " I felt touched by their words. " ma, pa I will always put anu before anything else and take care of her"  that's when I burst into tears. Him calling my parents ma and pa is a very heartwarming thing I could ask for.

We go back to Delhi in the car and I pass out due to exhaustion on Ishaan shoulders. I wake up when the car comes to a fault. Ishaan gets down and opens my side of the car door and carries me bridal style into his parent's house. Before we could enter Ishaan's siblings stop me " who are you? Unless you tell us you can't enter"  they tease us as it is one of the rituals. In the last I give up and say shyly  " I'm my husband's wife Maanvi " I say but they were not ready to accept it. Vihaan chimes in " we don't know who your husband is  ". I smile  " I'm Ishaan's wife Maanvi " I finally say and they allow me inside by kicking the bowl of rice kept at the entrance and step on a plate of red water and walk straight ahead.

Soon we go into Ishaan's room and I got permission to change into my normal clothes and rest for a while. At around 11 I get up and see  Ishaan is sleeping beside me. I just look at him for a while and trace my finger on his facial features.  I slowly get up without making noise and go into the washroom and freshen up and wear a Kurti and go down to see my mother in law in the kitchen and the siblings and father in law are in the hall doing their work. I go into the kitchen  "ma can I make lunch for all of us? " I ask her as there is a ritual for that the daughter in law should cook something sweet first for her in-laws and the family. I cook halwa with the help of my mom and also help with lunch. I make some cake for Aaru and vihaan. I asked jaanvi to drop the mix when she came to give my luggage. Everyone enjoys the lunch and pa and ma give me gift money for the delicious food. In the night we lie on the bed together and discuss how fate brought us together. We told our opinion about our future and at present, we wanted to travel together and enjoy time with each other......

ISHAAN'S AND MAANVI'S WEDDING RINGS

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