he never believed in love, she never understood love what happens when they're put together by the destiny?
Rudraksh Malhotra is one of the top youngest businessman in India. Ruthless, arrogant, ambitious, fierce. Workaholic by nature. He gets ever...
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SHIVANI'S POV
I am going shopping today for the wedding. My mother's going to accompany me obviously. Rudraksh's mother, his aunt and his cousin sister are going to join us directly at the mall. I have already met his mother, but it's my first time meeting his aunt and sister and as usual I am nervous.
He lives in a joint family, his parents, his aunt and uncle, their kids as in one brother and one sister and his grandfather. I haven't met the entire family so the plan today is that after shopping we will stop by at his home so that I can meet everyone. I am extremely anxious because what if they don't like me, I don't really know how to impress people or talk to them, I don't have any friends for a reason.
Well this and also the fact that I was never allowed to have anyone over or go to someone's house so who would want to be my friend and I understand that, it's not anyone's fault.
I am wearing a red cotton kurti because it's hot and we will have to walk a lot, and I am tying my hair up as well, this heat will already kill me. I don't know how people expect me to wear a heavy lehnga for the wedding. Anyways I can't really do anything about it.
My mother barges into the room, scans me, and then sweetly says, "you look okay, I hope you behave nicely today, Shivani." With a fake smile plastered on her face.
"They're here and they insist that they spend some time with you alone, so I am not going with you, but you know if something goes wrong what will happen right my darling." She says shooting daggers from her eyes. I don't know if I am happy or scared by that information, because she knows how to handle stuff and she's very diplomatic, I can't at any cost be that, and I have to be alone with strangers who are by the way my in laws. My heart rate increases at the thought of doing or saying something to upset them.
Hey bholenaath, save me please.
"Come on what are you waiting for, let's go down." Her smile is more scary then her usual reaction towards me. As we reach down stairs, I see everyone sitting in the living room, my father's also present. He looks up at me, and I know, I can see the warning his eyes hold. My mother in law turns to see me and a big smile plays on her lips, it's a genuine smile at least more than my mother, she gets up from the couch and walks towards me, my mother squeezes my hand tightly before letting it go, "You look very pretty beta." My mother in law says, I haven't gotten much compliments in my life so when I get one it gets awkward.
"Um, thank you... aunty." I say carefully choosing my words because I can feel my parents gaze on me.
"What? Aunty? I am not your aunty, Rudraksh calls me maa and you will call me that too. Okay? And trust me I am not like usual mother in laws, I will always be on your side, my son can go to hell. Okay?" She says winking at me, a small laughter erupts from me. When she's still looking at me, I smile shyly and say, "yes, maa."
