*Usha Pov*

"Usha! Are you ready?" I heard Deepu asking me entering the allotted room.

"No! I am not ready." I replied, placing my head on the mirror.

"I know! It must be the nerves right. Mom said that it happens for every bride." She said holding my shoulders.

I snorted and just wanted to shout that 'No! These are not at all the nerves.'. But I didn't, and the reason for that is out of my mind.

This one week passed like a one day. The same-day Mom, Deepu and her mom reached the house and started all the preparations.

I waited for him to at least call me or at least cancel it if he is so unhappy with this idea just like me. But am I? Why am I even having this question?

As it is in the village, all the rituals are conducted at separate places because of which I didn't see him again. Is he going to elope? Or should I just elope?

Then I felt someone shaking me, and I came out of my thoughts to see Deepu looking at me worriedly.

"I am fine! So let's just go." I said and started walking out of the room with her following me.

I reached the wedding stage to see him sitting there lost in his own thoughts. But it looks like he is following whatever Pundit is saying to him.

I sat beside him and closed my eyes for a second. I was looking at the guests to see them looking at us like we are the most adorable thing in the world.

And if we say that we don't want to get married, then I am sure that they will take some weapons behind those smiles of theirs to make us get married for sure. What am I even thinking?

"So where is she?" I asked him whisper.

"Who?" he asked without looking at me.

"Your Friend." I replied and I too can feel the venom while saying it. I started taking deep breaths, so I don't choke him with my hands.

"Busy in handling the company in mine and Dad's absence. So where is he?" He replied and then asked some confusion question. And I saw that he is also taking a deep breath.

"Who?" I asked him confused.

"Your Mr.Raj." he replied with the same tone I used for her.

I looked at him in confusion and said, "He didn't clearly know that I am getting married today. I will tell him today."

"Of course! Why would you already tell him that?" He said shaking his head.

"What do you mean?" I asked glaring at him.

"Nothing!" he replied looking away.

I was about to ask for more, but Dad and Mom reached for Kanyadan. After that each one passed in a blur, and finally it is time for our Pheras. When we held our hands and started walking around the holy fire he started walking little faster.

So I did the only thing that is possible. I pinched his hand a little harder, and he immediately stopped walking fast.

When it was time for tying Mangalsutra, we both were not scowling at each other anymore. And that's really felt strange but when he started applying Vermillon, I heard her words again in my mind.

So when he finished it, I only said the words which are the result of the pain caused by him "I hate you."

He looked at me for a few seconds and said, "As if I am loving you so much here."

That is completely my way of saying so, I mumbled 'Copy cat'. He was about to say something else but at the same time Deepu reached near us.

"I totally know you guys are going to name your first kid after me." she said with joy.

"Yeah! We are going to kill you first." We both mumbled at the same time.

We both looked at each other and said, "Don't copy me!" again at the same time.

Glaring at each other, I finally turned away saying, "Whatever!"

"Yeah, yeah! Whatever!" he said, and we both have these bright fake smiles as we both got up and went to the elders to take the blessings.

And do you know what he did? He walked fast making me slip my foot.

What is with him and walking fast thing? This is totally childish.

Well, I didn't leave it because I pulled the knot which is holding both our clothes end making him to slip his foot too.

He glared at me, and I glared back challenging him. He huffed and moved away this time slowly.

With that moment, Me-1 and my dear husband-0

When we took the blessings, we were taken into the dining place. We were both seated beside each other, and then they placed a single plate of food items.

"Now, as you both know, you have to feed each other." Deepu said.

I shrugged and took a sweet and placed it in his mouth so that we can get over with this as soon as possible. However, that is my big mistake because he bit my fingers.

I glared at him, and he smirked at me. Then he took a piece of roti and placed it near my mouth. I decided to do the same, but he shoved it completely into my mouth not giving me a chance to bite his fingers.

Well with that we both have similar points now.

After we finished this ritual, we went outside, but got stopped because Deepu has his shoes and started demanding money.

This is quite comical because he was the one that gave her his shoes in the first place as Deepu told us. He happily gave whatever she asked, and we moved towards the vehicle allotted for us.

Deepu is going to travel with us. Actually as we are getting married in a village in a completely simple manner, our parents decided to throw a big reception but not so big as we asked them not to.

"So my favorite cousin, how are you feeling now as you are a married woman now?" She asked from the back seat.

"What are you even asking Deepu? What difference is there and don't forget that we got married less than an hour back." I replied looking outside.

"But I know what I am feeling Deepthi. I got just tied down, and I think I am not a free bird anymore." He said and laughed at his own joke.

"Of course! You got tied down." I said glaring at me.

"Jiju! You are very funny, and you are good for each other. There is a surprise for you guys at the end of the reception." She said leaning back.

"Hmm..." we both said but didn't comment on anything at the so-called surprise.

We finally reached the reception hall in Mumbai, and it is already 8pm here. When we went inside I was handed a bunch of red roses making me smile at them.

"They are lovely." Abhay commented from beside me.

"Yeah!" I replied holding them properly as there are many thorns and completely coming outside the cover on it.

We sat in the chairs, and everyone came near us to congratulate. Then I heard his phone ringing, and he took it out smiling at it.

"You didn't even come to reception." He accused lifting the phone.

"I know you must be so jealous that I finally got married." He said in a teasing tone. I rolled my eyes and looked at the guests still coming near us.

"Ok! I am giving it to her." he said handing over the phone.

"Who is it?" I asked him confused.

"Shruthi!" he replied and his phone immediately slipped from my hand.

"What are you doing Usha? See now it is not working at all." He said taking his phone from the floor.

The nerve of her to even attempt to talk with me after all the things she told me. I didn't slip the phone intentionally. It just slipped from my hand by hearing her name.

"It just slipped." I mumbled, looking away.

"Whatever!" he said and he just made sure I roll my eyes at him.

"Yeah, Yeah whatever! And I don't want to talk with any Shruthi." I said shaking my head.

"She is a very good friend of mine. I want you to be behaving nicely with her. She is important to me, you know." He started saying and continued without seeing my reaction.

With every word, he said I started holding the roses in a tight grip. I don't care what is happening to my hands, but I don't want to hear him talking about her.

"I told you about the surprise right? Here it is." Deepu said, handing over the tickets.

"What are these?" I asked her.

"Your both parents agreed to send you away for one week. You know, for honeymoon and your flight is in half an hour." She said excitingly.

"So now you need to get up and leave that too ASAP." She added.

"But office..." we both mumbled at a time.

"No office! Now come on and don't worry about the luggage because I already packed them." She said and we both reluctantly got up.

After sometime we are already in the plane. He is huffing beside me because I didn't carry anything in my hands. I am not using my hands for anything and to even open a door, I am using my fingers.

Because I don't want to leave the roses from my hands, so I continued to clutch them tightly. After a few minutes, he placed his head on my shoulder and slept.

I didn't move at all, and I don't think I have the energy to. When we reached Paris, which is the place our parents decided I jerked my shoulder.

There was someone from the hotel, so he carried the luggage this time. We finally reached the hotel and got inside.

This time he is walking so fast. I stopped in my tracks and said, "Can't you at least walk little slow?"

"I can't do anything if you are lazy right." He said but continued to walk.

"Not more than you." I said when we reached the receptionist.

"What is your name, sir." The receptionist asked.

He ignored her and said, "Whatever!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever!" I said back.

"Sorry sir, but no room is booked by the name of Mr&Mrs. Whatever." The receptionist said making us shake our heads immediately.

"It's Mr&Mrs. Sharma." Abhay said and then we walked to our room.

When we went inside the room, I heard my new phone ringing inside my bag. I took it out through my fingers and saw that it is Mr.Raj.

I picked it up and put it in speaker mode using my finger by putting it on the table. I looked at Abhay to see him looking outside the window with his back towards me.

"Hello, sir!" I said smiling.

"Usha! You are going to come to the office tomorrow, right?" he asked, and I can hear the smile in his voice.

Then I remembered that I told him about today's leave only as he was in a hurry for some meeting.

"Sir! Actually Uhmm... I got married today." I said closing my eyes.

"What? Are you joking?" he asked shocked.

"No, sir! I actually got married, and I am on my honeymoon now." I replied.

"You didn't say anything to us." He said after a few seconds.

"Sorry about that, sir. And I apologize for not informing you ahead sir. But I finished the work already for the next week. I can see how you want to fire me, sir, as I deserve it. I am sure this is completely wrong on my part." I started babbling.

"Usha! Stop it right now." he said through the phone, and then I saw Abhay laughing near the window.

"Sorry sir!" I mumbled.

"Usha! You are the perfect P.A for me. Yeah, you should have told me ahead, but I am not going to fire you. Now we will talk about this when you return, but until then enjoy." He said, and I smiled at him.

"Thank you so much, sir." I said excitingly.

"I am going to miss you for this one whole week." he said in a teasing tone, and I laughed at it.

After hanging up, I still looked at the phone, smiling because I can never ask for any better friend than him.

Then I heard some big shout from none other than him.  

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