Badly Arranged

Chapter 4

His phone beeped taking him out of his thoughts. He looked down at the screen, a message appeared leaving a broad smile on his handsome face. "What are you smiling about?" Asked Shanaya. "Nope it's just Kabir and his stupid PJs." Grinned Shaurya. "Let's go?!" He extended his hand towards her. She raised her brow looking at his hand. "What?! You wanted to go out right? So let's go! Waise bhi mujhe bohat bhook lagi hai." He said, flashing his million dollar smile her way. "Ab tumhe meeting ke liye dair nahi ho rahi?" Shanaya was left confused at his sudden cheerful behaviour. "Arry yaar kabhi to bina sawaal kiye meri baat maan liya karo." He shook his head, pulling her toward the door. "Aaj koi kahi na ja raha!" They both turned their heads around upon hearing the voice coming from the other end of the hall.

"Maa...What happened??" Shaurya rushed to his mother, leaving a very annoyed Shanaya behind. Shanaya wasn't really fond of Karuna Khanna as Shaurya was a mama's boy. He had already ditched her a few times because of his mother and being aware of the fact that Karuna Khanna never liked Shanaya, most of the time she would look for opportunities to take her down infront if Shaurya. Karuna Khanna was a well known name in India. Where as she was one of the board directors of Khanna Builders, on the other hand she was known as a Social worker aswell. She was the head of the family, a desciplined lady with strict rules yet secretly a soft person at heart. "Jenny ask everyone to gather in the hall, now!" Karuna Khanna ordered the caretaker of the house. "Aunty, is everything alright?" Shanaya tried to sound worried. "You will get to know in a bit." Karuna, smiled. Shanaya was quite taken aback, seeing Karuna smile at her for the first time in the history. One by one every member of  the Khanna family gathered at the living area of the mansion. "Maa ab to sab a gaye hain, now break the suspense." Asked Anjali Khanna, the youngest of the house and the apple of Shaurya's eye, his little sister. "Shaurya, is there something you need tell us or you think we should know?" Karuna looked at her son. "Offff....course not maa. You know...You know right, I have never hidden anything from you." He managed to say while avoiding eye contact with his mother. Eventhough he knew one day he will have to disclose about his so called marriage, but before that he had to execute the entire plan. "Are you sure?" Karuna wasn't really convinced. "Didi aap aaj aise FBI agent kyun bani hain? Usko batana hoga to bata de gha?" Said Svetlana Khanna, walking down the stairs. "Acha hua tum bhi a gayi Svetlana, tumhara hee intezaar tha mujhe."  Karuna looked at her sister in law. "Svetlana Maasiii!!" Shanaya rushed towards her beloved aunt, hugging her tightly. "Shanaya baby, how are you?"  Asked Svetlana. Anjali rolled her eyes, seeing the duo putting up another drama. Mrs. Svetlana Sanjay Khanna, Shaurya Khanna's chachi and Shanaya Agarwal's Massi. She could be seen as a very complicated character with a few grey shades here and there, yet a very chirpy person. Her only dream was to see her one and only niece getting married to Shaurya.

"Mein aap sabko kisi se milwana chahti houn, someone very special." A smile broke across Karuna's face. Anjali shrugged her shoulders looking at Shaurya staring at her in confussion. "Taiji ab to suspense khatam kar dein, mujhse itna suspense digest nahi hota." Vicky Khanna (Svetlana's son)  looked disinterested yet was curious to know who this special someone was. "Maa-" Karuna interrupted Shaurya. "Beta ji! Ander aiye!" Said Karuna looking at the door. Everyone got their heads turned as the much awaited guest finaly made an appearance at the door. He turned around upon hearing familiar footsteps making their way inside the mansion. His jaw dropped down looking at the sight. He couldn't decide if he was shocked on seeing her or actually blown away at the magnificient sight. Drapped in a gold and off white saree, with an elegant red backless blouse to match, slowly she made her way towards him. Her long black curled up hair waved around her shoulders, stray locks caught by the wind. Golden hoops dangled from her sculptured ears, dancing against her glossy cheeks. "Mehak...." He whispered her name, as she walked up to his mother with a smile curled around her beautiful lips. "Mooh band kar le mere bhai nahi to makhi ghuss jaye ghi." Shaurya instantly closed his mouth, looking over his shoulder at kabir who had a goofy grin plastered on his stupid face. "What is she doing overhere?!!" Shaurya spoke through gritted teeth. "Mujhse kya pooch raha hai...Teri biwi hai, khud hee pooch le." He said as a matter of fact while Shaurya glared in return. He shook his head as he saw Mehak standing infront of his mother. It was an unbelievable sight till yesterday she wasn't even ready to see his face and today she was standing right infront of his eyes. What was she planning to do?! He looked down at his phone and searched for the message he had recieved a while ago. "I am ready. Let's meet in a bit...Mehak" Taking a deep breath he decided to prevent his mom and Mehak to have any kind of conversation. She was about to ruin his plan and he just could not afford to have his plan failed at any cost. He rushed towards them.