The Nikkah Of Hatred

6|Wedding Preparations

Shanaya's POV

"Shanaya, dear, get up fast! Today we need to go shopping with Shahyan and his family to select your holud (Turmeric ceremony) and wedding dress. So, get up quickly and get dressed! It's already past 11am!" My mother said as she nudged me vigorously to wake up.

"AHHH! Ammu, let me sleep for a little longer, please." I pleaded, pulling the blanket over myself to enjoy my precious sleep for some more time.

"Dear, unfortunately you cannot sleep anymore now. You don't have any choice other than to get up now and get dressed in order to go shopping for your wedding." Ammu replied while caressing my hair.

"AHHH!" I whined, knowing that I didn't have any other option but to get up now.

"Quickly, get up and get dressed while I am preparing your breakfast." Ammu said, caressing my hair while I nodded my head in sleep. Ammu left my room and closed the door, and I got up, yawned, and stretched my arms before taking my phone in my hand. Before I could use it, I heard Ammu screaming from the kitchen.

"Shanaya, don't waste your time using your phone. Get up and get dressed quickly. I have almost prepared your breakfast."

"AHHH!" I once again whined while getting up from the bed.

Within twenty minutes, I found myself dressed in a navy blue salwar kameez. I applied some light makeup to my face and fixed my messy hair. I took my cell phone in my hand and bag and left from my room, making my way towards the dine-in table.

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I stood there, on the corner of the mall, as I gulped the lump that formed on my throat. Anxiousness and apprehension were constantly growing in my heart, and my face was sweating after seeing the escalator in front of me. I looked at Shahyan, confusingly not knowing what to do next. He was wearing a navy blue shirt. I was looking at him when he furrowed his eyebrows and snapped his fingers at me before speaking up.

"What? I understand that your husband is so handsome that you can't stop adoring him, but right now, Shanaya, we need to go to the boutique to select your wedding attire. We are supposed to reach earlier than our family as we are taking the escalator instead of the elevator, but here we are the ones who are running late because you are the one who is adoring me while standing here. They have already left, towards the elevator, and now come, let us also make our way towards the escalator." Shahyan exclaimed, furrowing his eyebrows, shrugging his hands at me, and gesturing his hands towards the escalator, making me frown.

"Are you crazy, or am I the one whose crazy that I will adore a cockroach?" I replied, angrily moving my face away from him.

What does he even think himself to be? Huh!

"Of course, you are the one who is crazy otherwise, why will you decline the fact that you were adoring your handsome husband? Anyway, why am I even arguing with a witch uselessly?" Shahyan exclaimed in a sarcastic tone, making me turn my face at him in bewilderment. Just as I was about to give him a befitting reply back, Shahyan took my hand and spoke up.