Natasha was feeling upset. She had just gotten married a few weeks ago. She was having a little trouble adjusting to their confusing family way of life, but overall, she was confident that she could adjust to the family.
Her cousin, Dolly, was getting married into the Makwana family, and she was invited along with her grandmother as their poor relatives. She didn't even want to come, but her masi insisted that she support her cousin Dolly.
She had a good relationship with her cousin, but with the wedding, she would be considered a poor relation, and treated as such. She hated coming over when she knew that her great aunt, Kamini Thakkar, was going to be around. Her great aunt always insulted her family, and her Daama made her promise never to fight back in that regard, so she always smiled tightly and walked away.
During the wedding, Dolly married Chirag, but circumstances made it possible that Natasha had to marry Dhawal. The once rejected prospective groom of Natasha's. She was now married to Dhawal due to her great aunt's tricks.
She was now married, her grandmother was being taken care of, and her inlaws seemed nice.
She was taking it slow in getting to know her husband, Dhawal, though they go to the same college, they weren't friends.
Natasha had her own set of friends that were separate from his. Dhawal, along with his mother and brother, had come to her grandmother to ask for Natasha's hand in marriage. She didn't know why they chose her, as they were a well-to-do family, and she belonged to a middle class family.
What Natasha didn't know was that Amrish Makwana had asked Dhawal to marry Natasha as he felt guilty. Amrish had found out about the shared past they had shared. Natasha's family had lost their lives in saving their father. Their father, Arvind, was saved many years ago, but the Pandya family had lost their lives. A few years ago, at Arvind's deathbed, he made Amrish promised that he would find the family and make sure that they made them a part of their family. Amrish had found out who the family was a few months ago and realized that Dhawal and Natasha went to college together.
"Natasha the only child of Dev and Rishita Pandya, the only surviving child of the Pandya family, was working at her family store, Pandya Store, and taking care of ailing grandmother, as well as trying to get an education. Amrish was impressed with Natasha. He knew she would have a little bit of a hard time adjusting to his family, but he was confident that she would be a great asset to his family. He knew that his mother would be hard to convince since Natasha belonged to a middle-class family, but he knew that she would always honor his father's last wish.
When they had arrived to see her, Natasha was surprised to see one of the boys from college at her home. She was confused. Her grandmother seemed happy to see them, but she didn't know why the guests were there. But she greeted them nicely and sat them with her grandmother while she got the snacks and tea ready for them. Shortly after, she had everything ready and served when she got a weird feeling as the Makwana's were smiling at her. She smiled nervously back.
"Chutki, the Makwana's have come with an offer of marriage for you." stated Suman, making Natasha look up in surprise. She looked at Dhawal, who was looking at her with a serious look, then his mother, Amba, and then Amrish. She opened her mouth, then closed it a couple of times. She closed her eyes, then opened them. Nope, they were still there. It's not a dream.
"Chutki, why don't you take Dhawal to the balcony and talk. Find out more about each other, and then come down." stated Suman. Natasha nodded and got up and led Dhawal to the balcony.
She looked at Dhawal and said, "Say no to the marriage. Please." Surprising Dhawal
"Why?" asked Dhawal
