Love - An Alluring Darkness (Discontinued)

Part 7

Shanthivan was glowing in happiness , and why shouldn't it be. It is the most awaited marriage ceremony of the last standing bachelor Raizada of the house. The house was decorated magnificently for the grant wedding of Fashion King Arnav Singh Raizada to the love of his life Khushi Kumari Gupta - or so the others thought.

When the horizon was painted in an orange glint indicating the impending sunset, Khushi sat in front of the dressing table wearing the most elegant magenta bridal lehanga the human race have ever laid eyes on, adorning an exquisite pair of ornaments that went smooth with her dress, looking like a princess of every man's dream. She was not worried, scared or even jittery, instead there was an aura of calmness that engulfed her into it's embrace. Deep down she knew she was supposed to be frightened of the threats ASR have made to her to make her life a living hell. But all she felt was a strange level of blissfulness about the very moment she was living. She felt everything that was happening was perfectly right, and marrying Arnav was the thing she was destined to born for. How much ever she hated that man, and his guts, this marriage is the only right thing that is happening at the moment. She felt weird thinking that way, but ignored it. She is trapped so why not enjoy and dream a little more when she still could. She smiled to her reflection into the mirror.

On the other hand Arnav who was dressed in a newly tailored off-white shade wedding Sherwani, locked in his room with unruly anger coursing trough his veins. The dress was nothing but the handiwork of his Di. The pregnancy hormones hit her hard, when he declared in the morning that he was going to attend his own marriage in a three piece suit, and alas , without any delay the water works started. Even though he tried to defend his choice, when she took the name of their demised mother's last wish into the emotional blackmail, he had to surrender himself to her demands to calm down his sister. It didn't get her long to drag him to AR designs latest wedding collection and to get a simple off-white shade sherwani which was supposed to be part of ARD's next big launch. She didn't rest till she got it fit then and there to her liking and the little brother didn't have a choice but to grant her wish.

The dress was uncomfortable that irritated him to no end. But the thing that kept him furious was the events that he witnessed on the previous day. He had woken up Aman at the middle of the night to order him to keep 24/7 watch on Shyam and to keep track his each and every moves. He wanted to rip that vile man's head apart and feed it to wild animals, and to drag Khushi to his room and force himself on her for venturing such a moment right under his nose. But the situation was not in his favor to do as he wish. There is family around, and he can't risk his Di's health exposing the two cheaters in front of the family.

He paced in his room like a caged lion waiting for his chance to pounce on Khushi. It is only couple of hours left for them to carry out the marriage rituals and for him to execute her punishment for going after a married man. He longed for the moment where she will beg for his mercy, and he is not going to budge to such a pathetic excuse of a woman who dared to play with his Di's happiness. She deserve no mercy.

The clock hit 7' and the groom was sitting in the mandap impatiently when the rest of the family and relatives were cheerful for the happenings in their life. When Arnav and Khushi gate crashed Payash post marriage rituals with their eloping drama, no on expected this beautiful moment to bloom out of that love story. Shyam was burning in his own hell in helplessness, when the pandit called the bride down.

Payal went up the stairs to get Khushi who asked for some alone time before the marriage, after getting blessing from her family.

When the bride walked down the stairs of Shanthivan, ASR lost his breath, the anger forgotten his eyes glued to the angel walking down the steps. His mind was blank, he could only ogle at his soon to be bride walking towards him in the most graceful way, her eyes cast down, cheeks a pretty shade of pink.