Brewing the essence of love

Chapter 14

Vardhaan's POV

The most anticipated moment had arrived. I am no longer the most eligible bachelor of Delhi, but a married man. I must admit, I had mixed emotions leading up to this day, being blackmailed into this marriage was not my ideal scenario. I expected to feel angry or frustrated, but surprisingly I was excited.

There was something about this particular marriage that filled me with an eagerness. I couldn't wait to see Koyal again. I had only seen her twice before, but she left a lasting impression on me.

As I stood at the altar waiting for her to arrive, my heart raced with an excitement. Finally, she appeared, and my breath caught in my throat. She was even more beautiful than I imagined her to be. Her eyes were glued to the ground, and mine were glued on her.

I was forced to marry her by my grandfather. I always thought that she said yes, cause she wanted to marry, she was happy to marry me. These thoughts of mine were confirmed in our engagement. I could feel her happiness. Her happiness was reflecting through her eyes, face, body gestures everything. On sangeet day I could feel she was unhappy but I shrugged it of thinking it might be because of her nervousness. However, today while marrying her I saw her sadness, frustration, hesistation and every other emotion but happiness.

Was she also forced in this marriage? Did we ruin each other's life? Is she not happy marrying me? Does she love someone else? There were many questions running in my head. I wanted answers. "Vardhaan just be patience, we will get your answers. You will eventually find them." My conscience repeatedly reminded me.

After vidai, she was crying. I wanted to consol her, but I don't know how. Perks of studying in an all-boys school. So I just handed her the box of tissue. After a while she had calmed down, I looked at her for a brief second, I wanted to talk her, but she turned away and closed her eyes. She was tired maybe. I was admiring her when the worries of our future came in my mind. While doing so I noticed her face had stains of flown kajal, messed up hair. With all the knowledge I have about girls I know that she definatly wouldn't want such look for her gripravesh photos, so I messeged Amu about it. I must say she handled it quiet well.

We did our grihpravesh in the golden hours of morning. My mum says it is the magical hour, you pray something, god hears it more easily. So I prayed for OUR better future in my mind silently. As soon as the grihpravesh was over aunties surrounded Koyal with their nonsensical questions. "So Koyal how well do you know our Vardhaan?" "Was it love or arrange marriage?" "Will you take care of our Vardhaan?" "Do you know how to cook?" etc etc were their questions. Like seriously from where did they even get this much of energy from this early in the morning? Poor Koyal! These ladies were taken care by my chotti bua Shalini. (father's sisiter)

After that some more rituals took place for an hour or two. This entire time I was observing Koyal. She seemed happy, not too happy but atleast she was not as uncomfortable as she was in the altar. "She might have been nervous" my inner self told me, but I know that it was not nervousness, her feelings there was not of that marriage nervousness but something else. Then again here she looks okay only. What is happening, I am all confused. 

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