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After clicking a few photos, they got back to their homestay and soon left for Bengaluru.

On the way they also shared the news  along with their pictures to their friends and family group and everyone had an interesting reaction.

Karan's mother:  Oh God. I am so happy for you my babies. Come home soon, we are waiting for you.

Teja's mother: May God bless you two with lifelong togetherness . Congratulations.

Karan's father: Congratulations to you both ( thumbs up emoji ) .

Ruturaj : Karan just because you knew that Teja would marry you even with paper ring , you actually proposed her with it. I mean what's wrong with you. (  frustrated emoji )

Sayli :  Congratulations guys. And don't mind my husband, he is just materialistic.

Ruturaj : Says the one who refused to marry me if I didn't give her the ring she wanted which costed me half of my IPL salary.

Sayli: Jhootha . It didn't cost you that much.

Harsh: Congrats Teju and Karan. You two make an amazing couple. And Karan, special thanks to you. You fulfilled Teja's childhood..teenagehood and adulthood dream. Soote jagte bas isi ke sapne dekhti thi yeh .

Yash : All I think of is free match tickets. You will give me the VIP passes right hone vale Jiju.

Ananya: (multiple crying emojis) I ( crying emojis ) CAN'T ( crying emojis ) BELIEVE  ( crying emojis ) THIS (multiple crying emojis).

Ananya : THE RINGS ARE SOooo CUTE (multiple crying emojis).

Kirti: It is finally official (red heart).Yaayyyy ( dancing emoji)

Niti : I was not expecting this, but , OMG this is such a great news. Congratulations Teju and Karan. So happy for you.

Sameer: Congrats bro . Congrats Teju . My best wishes are always with you both.

Tarun: Oh ....so guys are serious. Good . All the best ( thumbs up)

Every message except Tarun's made Teja and Karan happy.

They were just discussing about it when Niti replied to Tarun's message with his picture watching the photos sent by Teja with a big smile on his face. She captioned it , "Him since the past fifteen minutes. "

Karan read it and said to Teja " Tarun Bhai is wei..." but stopped mid way as Teja glared at him. "wow ...he is wow' he continued with a fake laugh, not wanting to offend Teja.

Teja smiled at the sudden change of words and said, "Yeah he acts a bit weird sometimes."
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After an entire night of driving they finally reached Bengaluru before noon.

When Teja got freshend up and entered her bedroom she found a gift wrapped box on her bed.

"Wear it ( heart )" the note attached to it said.

It was a no brainer for Teja , she knew who sent the gift.

She opened the box and found a a pink georgette with chikankari embroidered saree in it along with a jewellery set that perfectly complimented the saree and her personality.

Teja had no idea why Karan was gifting her a saree and was asking her to wear it then itself

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Teja had no idea why Karan was gifting her a saree and was asking her to wear it then itself. So to ease her curious mind she called him but Karan declined the call.

The next second Teja received a message from him.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

"Not yet , but can I know what am I getting ready for. "

"Do you need help. Should I send mom to help you" Karan replied back completely ignoring the question Teja asked.

"NO. Can you now answer my question."

"What question ? Just get ready fast . I'm waiting for you. "

Teja was annoyed so she thought of herself going out and find out the reason but the door was locked and it didn't open even after a lot of efforts.

Tired she dropped herself on the bed and her phone pinged with a message.
"You have twenty minutes and I won't wait after the time is up ." Karan messaged.

Teja was left with no choice so she got ready, applied her natural makeup, blow dried her hair and kept them open.

She again went to the door and this time it opened.

As she opened the door all the lights of the house suddenly went off and it became pitch dark even at noon.

"Karan, I know it's you . Please on the lights I can't see anything." She said in the darkness.

She somehow managed to walk further by following the walls and the furniture along with continuosly calling Karan.

She reached the living room and out of no where a tune started playing. A spot light turned on which brought Karan in vision.

He wore a similar pink coloured kurta to that of Teja's saree and had a mick in his hand.

Following the tune he started singing.

My home has beautiful eyes....The cutest nose, the prettiest smile..
My home likes starry nights..Is short in height and sometimes bites..
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My home won't ever be a place..My home has the most beautiful face..
My home, you're my home..
You're the one who makes me feel like a child...You're the one who always makes me smile..
My home...
You're my home, I won't let you go...

By the end of the song Teja was in tears.

Karan saw it and said, "I just hope that you are not crying because of my terrible singing. "

This instantly made Teja chuckle. She shook her head in a no , wiped her tears and said, "you sang pretty well. "

Thank you, she slowly mouthed.

"You look Beautiful." Karan said with heart eyes.

"You look good too . But Karan what's going on ?"

"Turn around ."

Teja turned and what she saw , made her gasp.

Her mother, Tarun and Niti with Karan's parents stood infront of her .

"What.... what are you guys doing here ?.... what's happening. "

Karan came beside her and said to Teja. "Yesterday what happened, though very special and beautiful, was very abrupt. I wanted to plan something for you, properly, so here it is. "

"And when Karan called us to invite us here to surprise you , we thought that it will also be the perfect time to get you two engaged according to our rituals." Teja's mother said.

"Yes it's your engagement today." Karan's mother said excitedly.

"Oh my God! I still can't believe this." Teja said and instantly hugged Karan.

" I love you so much" she whispered in his ears.

"Love you more." He said back.

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Last few chapters remaining....🤍

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