Beautiful Infatuation

Chapter 53

The morning came sooner than Sneha had desired. They had spent the night in the cottage and in the morning, after a quick breakfast, Viraj drove along with her to the venue of their engagement event.

"No one has come yet?" She asked on seeing the empty lawn and hall. The entire resort was decorated with flowers and lights. The chairs and tables were already placed properly in the hall. Many men and women were still working on the decoration and related arrangements. She glanced at the stage which was yet to be decorated.

"It is an afternoon event. The guests will start coming from 12 pm onwards." He answered as they walked hand in hand towards the elevator.

"So why are we here early?" She asked.

"Are you going to attend your own engagement in jeans?" He asked with an amused smile.

Realization hit her and she understood that they were going upstairs to get ready.

On the second floor, they parted ways to their own separate rooms.

"It is 10 right now. We'll meet at 12. Okay?" He asked while looking at his watch and motioned toward one of the two doors.

She nodded.

"Let me know if you'll need anything. I will be here." He said while pointing at the other door.

She nodded again.

"Use words, Sneha." He asked, not liking that she still preferred gestures over proper words.

She looked at him in surprise. Wasn't a nod enough? She wondered.

"Yes." She nonetheless replied.

She quickly turned around and entered her designated room. Closing the door behind her, she finally examined her new environment.

"Hi, bhabhi ji (sister-in-law)!" Sneha heard Ananya shout as she looked at her with a huge smile. Three girls stood with her in front of a large full-length mirror. Her eyes quickly scanned the table that was crowded with beauty products.

Sneha walked towards Ananya and made a face at the endearment. She noticed that Ananya was ready already in a deep blue gown.

"God, don't call me that." She commented politely as she had never heard herself being addressed as bhabhi!

Ananya too walked towards her and when they almost stood in front of each other, she hugged Sneha in a sisterly manner.

"But you are going to be my bhabhi. And, I am so happy! You are formally getting engaged to my brother!" She exclaimed with a grin.

Sneha faked a smile and hugged her back to not seem rude.

"When did you reach here?" Sneha asked as she nodded to the other three girls in the room in a silent greeting.

"About 30 minutes ago. Bhai (brother) asked me to help you in getting ready for the function since you both were spending the night together." Ananya answered with a hidden glint in her words.

"Oh." Sneha mumbled.

The way she said 'spending the night together' made her feel weird because nothing happened between them. Thinking about it, she realized that he didn't even kiss her since he came back!

'Is he over me? But then, why is he still proceeding with the engagement?' She wondered.

"Sneha!" Ananya called for her attention as she got lost in her thoughts.

"Yeah?"

"Let's get you ready? Do you wanna take a bath before we start?" Ananya asked.

"No, I already had a bath before coming here." She answered.