The Devil and I

6.

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Precap
"Dad, I'm sure. I want this marriage. We'll call them tomorrow and agree to this proposal."

Noor's POV

'For world we would be the perfect king and queen.'

'We will never work out as husband and wife.'

'This marriage is nothing but an alliance.'

'Take your decision wisely.'

His words rang inside my ear constantly. Reminding me what I've got myself into.

'This marriage and you are our last hope to bring him back from that dark part and move on.' Rudra uncle's words flashed in my mind too.

What could have happened so bad that he changed so much?

I used to daydream about Abhiman after meeting him for the first time. I used to stalk him and create fake scenarios in my head of us getting married. But I knew it was impossible, after all he was the hukum and I was a simple girl. Also he had a girlfriend, Vishakha. They both used to post a lot about each other until one day- they both stopped and deleted their old posts together. Clearly they broke up.

Is she the reason he changed??
No no no- a simple break up cannot hurt him... or can it?

Coming out of his thoughts I settled myself on bed and started writing in my journal again.

'Dear diary,

Well, I accepted the proposal. I couldn't go against bade papa. I can't let bhai and papa sacrifice because of me. They have already done enough. I remember how there were days when we didn't had enough money to buy ourselves a proper house or have proper food.
I was eight when we shifted in this house. Papa signed off a very big deal and did a great job which helped Kapoor's Industry a lot. Bade papa gifted us this house as a token of happiness.
I remember how no one wanted to be my friend as I belonged to a poor family. And then suddenly everything changed. Me and bhai started going to big fancy school. Bhai was caught up into some kind of depression. He was sent away from me for 6 months or so to somewhere. They never told me.

Then The kids wanted to be friends with me. Well not me- they didn't want to be friends with NOOR, they wanted to be friends with Noor Kapoor. I had no idea that my last name held so much power. That's why I never made any friends until Vanie.

She was only one who actually looked through my soul. She's the best thing that happened to me in that big fat fancy school.
She is my safety net.

Urghh! Coming back to topic.
I getting married to ABHIMAN SINGH CHAUHAN!!!'

I kept my diary aside and drifted to sleep.

"Uthjaaaaaa Noor!!!!!" A loud voice came followed by-
"Ahh Tsunami Tsunami!!! Mumma Tsunami aagyi! Hum doob rhe h!!!"
I sat up on my bed and screamed at the top of my lungs.

I opened my eyes to witness my last moments, to see myself drowning but, saw Vanie and mumma standing in front of me with an empty bucket. I realised what they have done. My anger meter broke and I screamed again.

"Vanieeee!!!!! I will kill you today itself, you bastard."

I stood up from my bed and went towards her to give her a tight slap when mom came in between.
"Khabardar meri beti p haath bhi uthaya toh!"
[Dont even dare you touch my daughter.]

"Maa how can you? I'm your daughter. You love everyone but your own daughter." I said faking my tears.

"Bss kar dramebaaz. It's 2pm already. Your bade papa called Chauhans and told them about your decision. Now, Go freshen up fast. As, they are coming to fix your and Abhiman's marriage."

Chauhans. Abhiman. Marriage.

'Shit. Today I'll officially get hitched. He clearly warned me that he'll not accept me as his wife. Remind me again why did I put myself in this hell-hole? ... Bade papa! Right! He is the reason.'

I took a bath and wore a traditional kurti as my in-laws are coming and I'm not sure they would like to see me in westerns or not. They seem really traditional.
I ditched all my makeup today and just put on some perfume.

"Noor bete! Come downstairs. Everyone has arrived." Papa's voice came from downstairs.

I looked myself in mirror for one last time and said

'Come one Noor! You can do it! You have to do it for your family. I can drink poison or jump off from a cliff for maa, bhai and papa. This is nothing. His family loves you! He'll come around eventually. I'll fix him.'-

'Haa tu toh bob the builder h n.' Another voice said inside my head.

Urghh before I start a war inside my head again. I need to go.

I went downstairs and greeted my to be in-laws. Nandni aunty took me into a warm hug and kissed my forehead "Thankyou for accepting my son Noor."

'Yes yes aunty please thank me, I don't think iss akdu se koi shaadi krta bhi. Shut up Noor- he is the hukum. Girls are dying to just have his one glance.'

I smiled and we all went inside while my eyes searched for hukum.
"Sorry Abhiman couldn't come. He had some important meeting. I hope it's not an issue." Rudra uncle said.

'Ofcourse he has something more important than his own wedding.'

"Ofcourse bade hukum. We get it. Come let's discuss the dates. Panditji is waiting for us." Bade papa said.

Panditji did some astrological calculations and said, "Both are made for each other indeed. For engagement, we have one shubh mahurat which is after 10 days, or else the other one is after 3 months."

"10 days. We will do it it 10 days." Rudra uncle said.

"No papa, how will I prepare my dance, my clothes and everything in just 10 days?" Ansh exclaimed out dramatically.

"Teri shaadi nhi h. Now shut up. They'll get engaged in 10 days."
I chuckled hearing Rudra uncle and Ansh.

"Now for wedding, we've 2 mahurats. One is after a month of engagement or 3 months later." Panditji said.

"Okay so if Noor don't mind and everyone agrees , we want to held this engagement after 10 days and the wedding after a month." Nandini aunty said eyeing Ansh and Rudra uncle.
'Chalo kisine toh mujhe puchha'

"Jii but don't you think we should ask hukum first." I told Aunty.

"He'll do as I say. Don't worry about him." She said smilingly.

"Okay then, they'll get engaged in 10 days and wedding will take place after a month." Bade papa said.

"Noor darling. Before we get into all preparations, I want to tell you a few things." Nandini said.

"Jii aunty."

"Bete I know you got your degree in fashion designing from Boston and also if I am not wrong you did some internship under a famous fashion designer ,The Lorenzo Mikaelson ,right? However now that you're going to be our daughter in-law, I want you to stop working for anyone."

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Boring hogaya kya chapter?🤡
So I've got a lot of dms telling me that I should do some character development of Abhiman 'the nalayak' Singh Chauhan because everyone wants to have him a dark personality but a soft corner for Noor. So what do you think? What should I do?😃