The CONTRACT MARRIAGE (COMPLETED)

Chapter 2: BREAK DOWN

"Finally, kabse intezaar kar rahe thi" kareena ji, breath a sigh of relief hugging neha made their towards study "I am so sorry aunty, aapko pata haina baahir kitna traffic hai" over dramatically, replies faking an exhausted smile. 

"Is everything alright, aap ne urgently call karke bulaya ?" clearing throat, she asks sweetly even though her wicked heart is throbbing "kya kal raat sidharth ki tumse ladaye huwe hai ?" choking her to death. 

"G nahi, kyun .. mera matlab .. kuch huwa hai ?" acting all sweet and innocent deep down praying almighty to safeguard her families name and reputation. 

"Thoda pareshaan tha, mujhe laga kahin tum dono ke beech ladaye toh nahin huwe, khair tumse baat karke ab main tension free hoon" kareena ji, lied can't afford to ruin their dignity and respect therefore decided to handle everything on her own without involving neha, she might over react and create problems. 

"Tum baitho main abhi jeweller ko phone karke aye !" plastering smile, rushed to inform akshay "jaldi jao apne bhai ko dhoond kar lekar ao, shaadi ko mazak bana kar rakh diya hai, log kya kahenge, main sharma's ko kya jawab dunge us ki zidd ki wajah se hamare khandan ki badname hojayegi" 

"Tum samajh rahe hona akshay beta please apne mom ke khaatir dhoondh ke lekar ao warna hum duniya ko kya muh dikhayenge, neha ke saath galat nahin karsakte, shaadi ke cards chapp chuke hain, sab jaante hain, sidharth ka rishta uske saath bachpan mein taaye kardiya tha .. Is tarhan .. bina wajah ke todna .. sahi nahi .. neha toot jayegi .. uske maa baap be izzat hojayenge .. neha par toh hazar sawaal uthainge .. character par ... most importantly us !" 

"Is khandaan ka naam kisi bhi halat mein kharab nahi hona chahiye akshay ?" clearing out, she doesn't want anything to sabotage their name in society, has always learnt to prioritise from childhood. 

"Aap please fikar mat karein, I promise ke hamare khandaan ko kabhi nuksaan nahi pohanchne wala" assured, kissing her hands. 

"You won't disappoint me na ?" although, she made him fulfil every demand. 

"No, never .. I promise !" giving his word, proceeded outside mansion without bidding his daughter and wife goodbye. 

"Why is daddy blindly following dadi maa ?" she sadly, questioned her mother dejectedly watching her husband, walking away.

"Palak aise nahi kehte beta sab chachu ke liye pareshaan haina ?" kavya, told fondly explains her situation "Is mein pareshaan hone wale kya baat hai dil ki baat bataun .. acha haina .. chudail neha ki mere chachu se shaadi nahi hoge" 

"Badtameez" unable to control laugh, pulled her cheeks. 

"Ahhh, mommy ..." let's out a howl of anguish. 

"Beta apne dadi ke samne mat bol na !" she warned. 

"Don't worry, take a chill pill" dramatically, earning a slap quickly brings bag from upstairs and asks her mother to drop school. 

Neha selects expensive and exclusive pieces of jewellery thankfully sidharth didn't spoke about their unexpected incident last night. She knew someone  like him wouldn't do anything to tarnish her image but until when what if he does before or during their wedding ?

"Kahan khogaye ?" snapping back, naively shook head. 

"Kuch nahi .. I was thinking about sidharth" stressing out, kareena ji. 

"What about him ?" somewhat getting tensed. 

"Kahan hai, subah se nazar nahi aya ?" looking around, to fool him by fake crocodile tears "beta important case ki wajah se out of city hai" lied, won't open up about his break down and their argument last night.