Tangled Ties

Kamarbandh

The upcoming day was the wedding, which explained the chaos that occured in the house. It was as if a storm had passed over the entire singhania mansion.

Aryaa and Veer had gone to last minute shopping while Siya was busy with packing all the gifts.

The fact that she had to attend the wedding as both close friend of Aditi and bhabhi of Arjun was very tiring. She had to play the roles of both, daughter and daughter-in-law.

"Arre Siya....Aryaa ko call lagana to kahan reh gaye dono." Varsha said. As if on cue, two figures walked in.

"Lo aa gaye- ye kya ho gaya tum dono ko?" Siya ran towards the two, afraid of their conditon.

Aryaa had a small bandage on her forehead while Veer's hand was rolled in white gauge. Everyone stopped the work they were doing and gathered around, worried about the situation.

Varsha hurriedly ran and kept her palm on both of their faces, checking for anymore injuries. Finding none, Varsha sighed but her eyes filled up with tears.

"Arre arre maa....ro kyu rhi ho..maa dekho mai theek hun, chhota sa accident tha.." Veer wipped Varsha's tears which were flowing none stop.

"But Veer ye hua kaise?" Arjun asked.

"Brakes fail ho gaye thhe bhai....wo to luckily a car noticed and crashed their car slowly to mine from the front, which helped in lowering the speed and we were saved."

As soon as Avyansh heard this, he dialed a number "Fire Veer's latest driver and the care taker of our cars. Also sue the company we bought our cars from." His tone firm and dangerous.

As Siya was about to say something, her phone vibrated with an incoming text.

'This time they were saved, but if you don't follow my words, they won't be saved the next time.' This made Siya anxious but she masked up her expression before texting a quick 'What will I have to do?'

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The wedding passed away peacefully as everybody enjoyed the beautiful union of the two souls.

Some were reluctant and a bit scared after Veer and Aryaa's accident. Aditi even wanted to postpone her wedding, clearly prioritizing family over her most important ceremony, but Veer and Aryaa convinced her to not do so.

Amongst all, Siya was the most lost one. Her mind wasn't working properly. She was confused what to do when suddenly another message popped up. 

'After the wedding yell at Avyansh infront of everyone and blame him for making your life miserable otherwise you know the power that I hold.'

Siya's heart raced with the speed of 1000 km per hour at the thought of hurting Avyansh. For her, hurting him was like stabbing herself thousands of time.

But she knew she had to do this. For the sake of Veer and Aryaa. Even if this would kill her from inside.

She wiped the sweat forming on her forehead and moved towards the washroom to wash her face as the heavy jewellery and lots of people made her feel suffocated. Aditi and Arjun were taking pheras, the realization tightened the knot formed in her throat, the realization of not having enough time to think of an alternative weighed heavy on her shoulders.

"kya karun....kya karun? uhhhh....ye jo bhi hai who is texting me sounds serious. Agar nahi mani hamne iski baat aur sahi mein isne kuch kar diya to?" Siya paced back and forth in her room. 

Suddenly the door opened revealing Avyansh who looked puzzled at his wife's behaviour's. He had been observing her the entire wedding, the way she was lost, the way her face was a bit dull and pale also how her witty retorts and sense of humour had vanished into thin air.