The Ogre's Proposal (COMPLETED)

Chapter 46

ANIKA
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The classic DDLJ tune plays in the back of my head as I see him standing in the middle of the yellow mustard fields with a small smile on his face. The second his eyes meet mine, he leaves his trolley suitcase there throwing his black leather jacket onto the ground and slowly starts approaching me.

In no time his small steps turn into big steps and then I realise he's not walking... he's running towards me...

Wait a minute...Didn't Simran run towards her Raj in the song?

Why is everything so reversed in our story. I mean people first marry then fall in love, we first married then fell for each other. People have babies after marriage and here we are two people who are married for the sake their children. Raj came to Punjab to convince her father so they can get married and here is my Shankar who came here after our marriage after not responding to my proposal... don't know why???

However him approaching me...running towards me in these yellow fields gave me full-on bollywood vibes...I had a whole butterfly park in my stomach however just when I thought he was going to hug me he stumbled upon a twig or something only to fall flat on the ground just onto my feet making me jump at once.

What the...

And the next second his gunmen along with Jack run in our direction only for Shankar to shout

'Stop!!!' and his puppet like men stop like someone punched a key into some robots.

And then suddenly I hear 'Shankar Puttar???' and I turn around seeing Daarji who was standing there with two glasses of sugarcane juice in his hand only for Shankar to lift his head that has a couple of yellow flowers, twigs stuck in his hair and I raise an eyebrow looking at him when Daarji says

'When did you arrive Puttar? And what are you doing in these fields?'

Well exactly!!! Why was he in the fields in the first place.

'Ummm Daarji actually...I...uh...I didn't know...I mean-'

'Puttar... there's a damar road there...look!!!' Daarji pointed when his eyes met mine. I frowned and he smiled saying

'Just wanted to surprise my wife!!!' he announced and I raised an eyebrow wondering what silly surprise when he simply held the flowers from Roshni's hands and offered me infront of my own Daarji who cleared his throat and I whispered

'This one's for you my Strawberry waffle!!!' and I coughed hard when he smiled and brought them closer to his nose saying

'I plucked them fresh from the nearby farm!!!' saying he went to take a good whiff of it.

Farm??? Wait a minute...the nearby farm??? But didn't they spray pesticides yesterday to protect the-

'Acchhhhhhiiii!!!'

Ouch!!!

And then he sneezed again.

And again.

And AGAIN!!!

And then began the saga of non stop sneezing. And I slapped my forehead.

Why is he always like this?

He's not an Ogre!!! He's a joker!!!

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'Have this Puttar!!! It will help you feel better!!!' Daarji offered him the Kadha (herbal drink) that he made me prep a few minutes ago especially for him. He was blinking continuously and looking around his surroundings like an owl. All my siblings were looking at him. Some were giggling, some were curious and others were simply staring at him. He hesitantly took a sip of the Kadha only to cringe at its taste when Dhara giggled saying