AUTHOR'S POV
"Ohh My God!!!! Bhabhi you are looking so pretty" squeed Ruhanika when she and Ruhi entered in Shreya's room, where Shreya was sitting on her bed all ready for an important day, her engagement.
She was lost in her thoughts when both the girls entered in her room, Shreya looked at them and gave a genuine smile and asked them to come near her and hug her with her hands.
"How are my small girls??" She asked and hugged them. In this small time period, they three had made a precious relationship among them. Shreya treats them like her you get sisters and love them.
"We are good, bhabhi" said Ruhi, they broke the hug and sat beside her
"Aap kitne pyaare lag rahe ho" Ruhi squealed, Shreya smiled and looked at her reflection in the mirror which was placed infront of her.
She was dressed in an off-white lehenga, its golden border and flower prints accentuating her delicate frame and highlighting her natural beauty. Her makeup was simple yet flattering, with just a touch of color on her lips and eyes. She had tied her hair back in a braid, allowing a few tendrils of hair to fall gracefully around her face. To complete the look, she had adorned a few select pieces of jewelry, each carefully chosen to enhance her outfit and her stunning features.
"Aaj aap Bhai se miloge, Bhabhi" Ruhanika said, playing with her ring which was given by her love and looking at her lap. Her wedding was fixed with her childhood love. The engagement day was day after another, and wedding will be in 3 days Before Shreya's wedding.
Shreya hummed, lost in her thoughts, she was super nervous about her meet with Viraaj. She will finally see him in person and will got to know him. Ruhanika knew what she was thinking, she kept her hand on Shreya's. Shreya looked at her and Ruhanika smiled at her.
"Everything will be fine, bhabhi. Don't worry, and if something goes wrong we are here for you. I know no one will be more better than you for Bhai " Ruhanika's word were some what comforting for Shreya. She nodded with a smile.
"Now we are going, bhabhi. Vihaan and Aviraaj Bhai will come to get you according to our family's tradition" Ruhi said while standing up from the bed and Shreya nodded, They both left. Vihaan and Aviraaj are just like second copy of their elder brother, Aviraaj talk less but express his thoughts through his action, Vihaan is naughty but strict and silent when it comes to his work and his elder brother. They both met Shreya when Viraaj's family came to meet her but they didn't interacted much with her. But yesterday Aviraaj called her to ask about her health and all. About Vihaan, he still haven't interacted with her much except hey or hello.
Her thoughts broke when she heard few knocks on her door, she looked and saw both brothers standing there ready in their outfit. "May we come in , bhabhi??" Aviraaj asked and Shreya nodded with a smile on her face.
"Heyy Bhabhi" Aviraaj greeted her and side hugged her which she returned with a grin.
"Heyy, kaise ho Avi" Shreya said, Aviraaj has forced her to call him with the nickname his family calls him. After interacting with her few times he knew that she is the one for his brother.
" Bhadiya, You are looking pretty bhabhi" avi commented her and passed her his rare smiles.
"Uh-huh, you are also looking dashing" Shreya teased him, he passed her a smile and shook his head.
"Let's go" Vihaan said and before Shreya could not Aviraaj smacked his head.
"Call her Bhabhi, idiot" Aviraaj glared at him who looked down at his feets. Vihaan has not called her Bhabhi pr with her name. It's like he is trying to keep the conversation short.
"Vihaan cal-" Aviraaj couldn't complete his sentence when he got a call, he gestured Vihaan to apologise to Shreya and excused himself to take the call.
"I am sorry, i-" vihaan apologised
"It's okay, no need to be sorry. It's totally okay" Shreya calmed him down with her gentle and soothing voice.
Vihaan nodded, he rubbed his nape and looked at door to see off Aviraaj is there or not.
"Can I tell you something??" Vihaan asked, she nodded
"I can't bring myself to call you Bhabhi, I know it's weird but I am sorry, I know-" his ranting was cut short because Shreya kept her hand on his shoulder
She spoke softly to him, her voice gentle and reassuring. "It's okay, Vihaan," she said, her words soothing his nerves. "You can call me Bhabhi whenever you're ready. But for now, just relax." He looked at her, feeling comforted by her presence and calm demeanor. He knew he should accept her as his sister-in-law, but part of him couldn't shake off the thought that their relationship was forced, that his bhai had been pushed into this union.
He nodded his head and she smiled before removing her hand from his shoulder. After sometime Aviraaj came and they both took Shreya with them towards the stage.
VIRAAJ'S POV
From the day our wedding date got fixed, I don't know what I was feeling or dealing with. But one things that distracted me was my work, as many meetings and business deals came so I was quite busy with them.
When our engagement date got fixed I knew not I had to meet her and tell her something which can change her mind or not but I have to tell because no girl will like to get married like this. And since the day my family met her, they have been non stop till then. They liked Shreya very much to my own liking, and till now I know her likes and dislikes because my family thinks that if I didn't meet her then I should atleast know about her and by seeing the smile on their faces was enough to listen about her. Everyone is so happy about all this things and that happiness doubled when Ruhanika's engagement is near and her wedding which is few days before our.
We all came to Roy villa, and Dadu was laughing and smiling with Shreya's grandfather and sme with our grandmothers. Ruhi and Ruhanika just returned after meeting her and they were gushing all about how beautiful and pretty she was looking. Mom made me sit on the sofa, only family and some friends were invited today from both sides, but I didn't see her friends nor I see that one man I want to be present here. Abhi was not able to come because he had an emergency in Russia, his hometown, so he was not able to come today.
Now Avi and Vihu were gone to bring her down as per our tradition. Vihaan has not talked to me about Shreya but Avi told me how she talked dto everyone and him when he called her, one thing about Avi is that he never supporta any decision that is not in my favour or I oppose that but this time he was quite happy with my marriage with Shreya. My brother's are very protective over me and so are my sister's, they can never want anything that I deny or have problem with, which is quite rare. They are my life, even I have problem in expressing my emotions, they always manage to identify them.
My thoughts broke when I heard anklets echoing in the hall and then I saw everyone was standing in silence now and were looking behind me. I followed their gaze and saw the reason behind their silence, my both brothers were descending the decorated staircase with her. For a moment I forget everything around me and just wanted to stare at her only. Her picture which dadu gave me did not justice to her relationship beauty. She is far more beautiful than the picture, and right now even more ethereal in the outfit she wore. She was looking at mom, who was smiling at her. Shreya was holding her lehenga with one hand and other was wrapped around Avi's forearm, and vihaan was behind them walking with a smile.
They reached near the stage and with the help of Avi and Vihaan she stepped on the stage, mom nudged me and gestured me to help her. I sighed and forwarded my hand in her direction, she followed her gaze from my hand to my face and I felt her stilled, but after some seconds she placed her hand on mine, her hands were so small in comparison of mine and they fit perfectly in my hand. I shook my thoughts away and made her sit on the sofa and sat beside her in a safe distance. Then the function started, priest started saying something mantras and Ruhi and Ruhanika brought rings to us. Ruhi gave me the ring and Ruhanika gave Shreya the ring, but before we could exchange our rings a voice stopped us.
"Having fun without me??" I smirked, when I heard the voice and looked towards the entrance to see Abhi standing there with all his glory. His hands in his pockets and he was still in his office attire which means he came here straight form the airport. My both sisters squealed along with my mother, both of the girls ran towards him who smiled at little and hugged them. After greeting them he came towards mom and touched her feets.
"Kaisa hai mera bachha??" She asked while caressing his cheek
"I am good, maa" he said and hugged her. Mom forced him to call her maa just like I call her and she literally didn't talked to him untill he agreed and from then he calls her maa.
Then at last he came towards me and gave me his famous smirk
"Sin mí te ibas a comprometer, que grosero de tu parte cabrón"
( Without me you were going to get engaged, how rude of you, bastard.)
He mocked me in our secret language that no can understood and that is Spanish.
"Cállate, Imbécil. Fuiste tú quien no pudo venir aquí."
(Shut up, moron. It was you who couldn't come here)
I said and glared at him who shrugged his shoulders before looking towards Shreya, who wa slooking at us with surprised expression. Abhi looked at me and raised his eyebrows before moving towards her. He forwarded his hand towards her shocking me, because one thing Abhi never do is shaking hands with others except me. Why the hell everyone is on her side and not on mine.
"Heyy, Abhimanyu Rai Singhania. Your soon to be husband 's one and only friend" he said in his usual cold voice.
She looked at his hand for some seconds before finally shaking his hand and smiled
"Shreya Roy, nice to meet you" she introduced herself and took her hand back, Abhi nodded at her and looked me with a smirk before walking down and greeting my other family members.
"Now please exchange the rings" the priest said and we both exchanged the rings. After the function everyone walked towards the dining room to eat.
"Where is washroom??" I asked to Shreya's grandfather
"Shreya will take you beta" he said and gestured Shreya to walk me towards the washroom. I knew it I will ask him than he would send Shreya with me, and now I want to talk to her.
We both walked out of the dining hall and walked upstairs with me following her and her moving ahead of me.
"Stop" I said and stopped when we reached near the balcony on the first floor.
She stopped and looked at me being confused. I gestured towards the balcony, "can I talk to you for a minute??" I asked, she nodded and entered in the balcony bwfore looking at me
"I will get straight to the point, I have no interest in this marriage but I am willingly doing it for my Dadu. I don't care whom I marry or I don't but I want to tell you that after marriage don't except love from me. I cannot love you or be like a friend to you. I don't do all this but I will give you all rights of being my wife, I am sorry. I have no problem in marrying you and I can promise you my loyalty in this marriage, but expect something in return. I don't have someone in life nor I am in love with someone. My sole focus is my business and my family. If we are doing this marriage then I will fulfill my all rights of a husband but I don't want you to interfere in my life and nor I will. I should have told you this before our engagement but never got time. So if you want to break this marriage then it's not a problem, I will handle it but if you want then also its not a problem for me. If you need time then you can take your time. Here is my number, call me whenever you are ready but before the marriage. I told you all this because I don't want to keep you in the dark." I said with my voice steady and calm and grabbed a paper and pen from the coffee table present there and wrote my number in it before keeping it there.
She was not looking at me which somewhat made me frustrated, but when she looked at me it was better before. Her eyes were teary and red but she didn't let a tear drop. She just turned around and looked away from me. Her back was facing me. At this point I started to hate myself for bringing tears in her eyes, and why I was feeling this way I don't even know myself, But her Tears were hurting me.
"Okay" after some time she said slowly and looked at me.
"I will marry you" she said and left from there.
I looked at her retreating back and sighed before walking back towards the hall.
I hope, I will not regret this decision of mine.