Now Preeta was mentally prepared but still she wanted to ask the question"
I AM READY !! But is Manik ready ?" only to hear a yes from her back .
The world stop breathing for them when they looked in each others eyes .Clearly one could see anger , hurt , tiredness , frustation and a storm of emotions through these swollen teary eyes .One look at her and Manik knew she is totally broken as a fragile doll and it hurted him to see her yet standing still tall with head high to face anything that comes her way alone ....but not anymore , a sense of protectiveness crept into him and he unknowingly said "yes" only to now look into her deep eyes .Her eyes were black but not as black as him but had some brownish color too confusing him darkest shade of brown or black?
The instant she heard him saying yes she snapped towards him only to look into his 'coal -eyes' i.e. pitch black eyes Oh how much she missed this Coal-eyes !! .Seeing his black eyes she did not miss those swollen eyes hiding the anger and frustation in them depicting their same condition.
When the family heard Yes from him , their happiness knew no bound ,though Sarla was not sure but she couldnt do anything as it was Beejis decision . Rudrapratap ordered to get them ready and hence Rudraksh took Manik to his room and Preeta was taken by Preesha ,Shrishti and Nyonika .
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Shrishti pov:
When di was called upstairs i didnot knew that a blunder awaited us . When Beeji asked di directly marry some Manik i was so angry that i knew no bounds but i was stopped by Maa .How could she ? but when i saw the look in beejis eyes and the seriousness in her voice i knew that this Manik may be too good for Beeji to be this confident to hand over her daughter to , Hell she did not see Beeji this confident about Karan luthra too to whom she was with good terms.
When i heard Di ask a question i wanted her to think again , but again a Yes stopped me .When i saw both of them look at each other ,dont know why but i knew may be he can bring a smile on my di's face . So may be just believe in elders decision this time "Humari toh bahut chalali abtak !! ".
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Preeta's Wedding lehenga.
Manik's Wedding Sherwani.
(Both wedding attires and Preeta's Nupital chain were arranged at last minute )
The bride and groom were brought to asile only to hear whispers from the crowd ,but they knew better not to speak up in Malhotras business.
Every time Manik saw her he looked into her eyes as if finding answers to unsaid questions , as if finding solace in those eyes , as if trying to forget a certain some-ones face . Every time she looked into his eyes , she just forgot breathing , all she felt as if he was promising her something , as if asking her to trust him? for some reason her heart clenched .
All the rituals were done , nupital chain was adorned ,vermillion filled her forehead yet again ,but feeling was not same , no it can never be !. The first time this happened she was unaware of the person behind the sehra but the time she knew it was Karan , she was shocked ,somewhere she felt happy as she thought he forgave her , he cleared his misunderstandings with her and when he proposed her ,she had no reason to deny him to reject him , and when her mom said yes she felt why not ,why not give their friendship a name of love , it will be beautiful right but no this beautiful image became the ugliest truth of her life but now when Manik tied the nupital chain around her neck , she knew he would never hurt her there was no reason why ? as if her heart already knew that her Coal-eyed Panda would always make her jiggly-puff smile , same as he did when she was 8 .Though she didnt met him last decade but still she subconsiously trusted him . And hence this nupital chain didnt feel heavy like last time rather it felt surreal .
Manik on the other hand felt different , and he was rather questioning himself.. Why did it felt right ? tying the nupital chain around her neck felt as if the most comfortable and obvious thing to him why? and every time he looked at her , a sense of protectiveness crept inside him and the biggest thing , seeing the vermillion on her forehead it felt he has coloured her in his colours , as if telling others that she is his wife, why? This was suppose to be wrong, he was not suppose to feel this way , he already loves someone else then how can he feel in such a way for anyone ,its wrong ! wait but how can this be wrong ? Preeta is his wife and no one can change the fact now , nor can the god himself ,and now thinking of anyone else other than his wife is sin for him . Ofcourse he cant love her but he can atleast respect Preeta , atleast he can protect her ,atleast he can keep her happy and the same he promised her while taking the phere around the holy-fire.
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Nyonika and other ladies performed Preetas grihpravesh .While bidding her maa, beeji and shrishti ,she cried a lot but calmed herself after feeling acertain someones hand on her shoulder ,till now every relative left , even her family left . The only people remaining were Malhotras , Khannas and Thakkars .
The moment they entered the house and Preeta imprinted her footprints ,they both took the blessings from their elders who in turn blessed them with their warmth and kindness. Dadi asked Manik and Preeta to rest as they both had a very tyring day .. They both just started to move only to hear someone enter the house....
Here comes Rahul and Sanjana walking on their own in the house ..........................
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General FictionDr. Preeta Arora or to be precized Dr. PREETA Manik Malhotra [23 yrs] - A sweet simple yet strong headed, brave ,fierce and an unstoppable individual .Broken by her past , walks with her brutally crushed heart with a smile on her sleeve . MANIK RA...