DEVOTED TO HER

4.

MIHIKA

I had my reasons to agree for this marriage but what about him? does he really want to? I hope he wasn't forced into this thing i did not get any chance
to talk to him before but if he doesn't want to continue all this i won't trouble him

my face was covered with the veil he was sitting beside me in the mandap my chain of thoughts broke when the priest told him to fill the partition of my hairs with vermilion

and the priest finally announced that we are now married!

"I promise i will try to be the husband you deserve Mrs.Malhotra, I promise to be there with you, for you till my last breath!" He said slowly when i felt his gaze on me

Honestly it seemed like i was keeping him in the dark moving on is not that easy and hearing those words from his mouth made me feel guilty for not accepting this marriage wholeheartedly

i was in self doubt i felt like i am not capable of any relationship i felt like i was doing something wrong to him

"Mihi it's time" Maa said engulfing me in a hug

i knew it was time for me to go to the Malhotra Mansion

"Vedant i can't tell you how much i am grateful for you! Thank you for everything beta i trust you with my daughter please take care of her" i heard my dad speaking to him

"Don't worry uncle, i promise khudse bhi zyada khyal rakhunga" He said while touching his feet
(I will take care of her more than myself)

My dad hugged him and patted his shoulder with tears in his eyes they were talking to eachother i was not able to hear that because his mother and krishiv came to me

"Trust me Neeti, she is my daughter it's her home nothing will change" amrita aunty said to maa while assuring her

"Aur 6th standard se saath hai aunty vo ghar ke kone kone ko jaanti hai aur sab usse boht pyaar karte hain" krish said while keeping his hand around my shoulder engulfing me in a side hug
(we are together since 6th standard she knows every bit of the house and everyone loves her)

Honestly i was feeling nervous for the very first time going there it was not like i am going to some other place but going there being married is an odd feeling to me

"Mom the car is ready let's get home" ritvik said to amrita aunty

my father embraced me in his arms and patted my head lovingly

"If anything happens remember i am always here" my father said kissing my forehead

i nodded while wiping his tears off
i greeted everyone and left with amrita aunty and took my place inside the car

VEDANT

As ritvik informed about us leaving i bid goodbye to her parents and family assuring them to take care of her with all my heart

i walked towards our car krishiv was driving ritvik was sitting beside him on the passenger seat and in the back I saw her sitting i noticed tears in her eyes

i sat inside the car beside her ensuring to not make her uncomfortable

"Here" i said giving her my handkerchief

she finally looked at me for the very first time since she walked down for the rituals and honestly her eyes had lost their spark her face looked paler i still remember her face when i left for U.S

She had these pretty honey brown almond shaped eyes she had this shine in her eyes her hairs were short probably neck length she was a happy soul with a pure heart she was like sunshine to our lives.

"Do you need anything? water or something" I said looking at her

"No, I am fine thanks" She replied in a low tone

i didn't have a proper conversation with her that often but i always observed her actions she always got excited for little things whether mom made her favourite food or told her some childhood stories of ours ; she always had a smile on her face

And looking at her now i feel sad, i miss her smiling at everyone with those cute little shiny eyes which now only held darkness in them

She was looking outside the window of the car and i could sense she was still crying silently

"Don't cry too much your eyes might hurt after" i said while handling her a water bottle

she was basically having hiccups after crying this much

"It felt better" she said while wiping off her tears

"Stop crying mihi, with this little red nose of yours, you look like a cherry tomato" Krishiv said while looking back at her

she sniffed and passed a weak smile

"shut up krish i am not looking like a tomato" she said again turning her face towards the window

she was a chatter box back then she wouldn't shut up even if someone told her too and now she hadn't exchanged more than 15 words in this whole drive
we still had time to reach home

MIHIKA

We reached his home around 1 A.M. Honestly, my eyes were hurting and there was a headache and the lights from the mansion were making it worse

just when i felt him standing in front of me blocking the lights away from me

i huffed a little all i wanted is to take a shower and sleep

"Ved you are here where is Mihi?" His mom asked

i was hidden from the eyes of all because of his 6ft height and i was almost 5.4

i stepped beside him and looked at everyone present there

"Welcome home mihi bhabhi" Ruhi ritvik's wife said sweetly while engulfing me in a hug

i passed a small smile reprociating the hug

There were some rituals which i had to perform everyone gave a warm welcome to me everyone was happy except one person....

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