A/N: Thank you so much for all the love you showered in the last chapter. and here I am back again. This was probably the fastest OS I have written so far. My hands were literally itching to pen it down...hope you like it...once again Neha, you spoilt me in a beautiful way. I LOVE YOU!

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"What...the...hell...is...this?" Maham screeched at the girl who slightly leaned back in fear holding the heavy embroidery worked blouse clutched against her heart for her dear life....flinging the tall designer skirt over the bed, she pointed to the flared lehenga before glaring back at the girl, "Didn't we give you the measurement?" Maham demanded with her hands now resting on her hips....Mehr watched the exotic lehenga gracefully flaring on the bed with a shock.... it was their brother's walima... their dearest brother's reception, their dream function.... So many thoughts, so many wishes, so many dreams were related to this one little function.... And thanks to this brainless assistant of the designer, the bridal lehenga is now 5 inches longer than the supposed measurement....

"I know ma'am, I thought you forgot to mention about the heels, so we took that into consideration as well" Heena tried to justify the blunder her team had made.... "Do you think I am an idiot, and have zero sense of fashion?" Maham was trying to control her voice and the girl gulped at her stupidity .... Seher, the bride, on the other hand, was quietly sitting at the corner of the couch with her back leaning on the hand rest and knees close to her chest, slurping on her last portion of strawberry milkshake, she decided to be an audience rather than a participant in the scene....

"But the measurement we initially gave included the 5 inch heels, no baaji?" Meesam innocently stated as her eyes fell on the skirt with sadness, causing the bride to choke on her drink.... "I'm sorry, whoa?" Seher blurted out as she narrowed her eyes, completely getting herself aware of the situation in hand now.... Both Maham and Mehr looked at their sister-in-law in confusion, then Mehr sighed while Maham turned her gaze back to the girl under custody....

"Eerrm, I thought I was wearing flats" Seher softly uttered as she tried to recall their last conversation about the whole outfit ceremony.... Maham slapped her face in frustration and threw herself on the couch in front of the bride.... "Aapni hi shaadi mein flats kaun pehenti hain meri Jaaannn?!" the girl could not help but cupping her sister-in-law's face in her hands before patting her soft cute cheeks as she left a peck on her nose..... "Girl, we had an agreement, remember, I said if we don't get our customized Jada Dubai Diamond Stilettos order before the big day, we will go with the flats, but we already received our parcel and it will be a blast" Maham excitedly announced .... "But these people now destroyed the outfit" she shot a glare at Heena, who genuinely felt bad for the bride....

Seher Mallick never paid attention to beauty care all her life, and wearing heels with confidence was considered to be a part of feminine supremacy.... Guess what, she did not fall into that category as she thought to herself with an inner sigh.... "What if I trip and embarrass everyone" she shared her fear when Mehr felt her heart melt away for the girl.... "Awww sweetheart.... You will be fine... Maham and I will be right beside you, helping you to the stage.... You just have to walk to the stage and then I promise to switch your heels with flats once you are settled down on the couch" she explained, hoping to convince the bride .....

"I will fix it by today" Heena opened her mouth, trying to find a way to escape the wrath of their most expensive client.... "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH IT" Maham scowled and jumped onto the bed from the couch and grabbed the outfit .... "Pata nahin iss bar kya damage karke laoge! I am not taking any more risk... we will find a way...now get out of my sight before I shoot you!" Maham dismissed the girl and Heena rushed out with her belongings.... thanking her lucky stars....

"What are you thinking bhabi?" Meesam asked as she observed the girl in deep thought while absentmindedly swirling the straw inside the empty cup.... "Was wondering if I still have an option to run away" Seher blurted out, lost in her thoughts... "Naeh! too late bhabi, log shaadi pe bhagte hain, walima pe nahin" Meraj responded nonchalantly as he walked into the room followed by Maaz and Mehrab and dropped some more shopping bags on the side table before throwing himself on the other end of the couch.... "OOOHHHH! Exotically Fancy" Maaz commented on the heavy gorgeous outfit laid on the bed.....Seher quickly turned her head back to the door to see if he was accompanying his brothers with the shopping bags as well or not.... Why she felt the urge to get a glimpse of him, she did not know and now that was also bothering her.... Life literally sucked!

"Okay, lets not panic here and do another trial with the outfit and shoes" Maham suggested with her confident tone as she wanted the red carpet walk to be perfect.... Seher instantly stood up on the couch holding the cup close to her heart.... "No! I tell you, I will tip over and break my ankle, then there will be no bride at the function! Chalega?" She tried to present her reason and successfully grabbed all the eyes on her....

"Don't worry Bhabi, we will never let you fall, one of us will catch you! Just like now!" Maaz said and before she could process his last words, he instantly squealed while deliberately throwing a scarf at his sister-in-law, "BHAI CATCH!" ....everyone gasped as they watched the bride tumbled on her right in attempt to dodge the target and gracefully landed in the strong arms of her handsome husband, who just stepped into the room and was startled at the sudden voice of his brother and before he could process anything, Muntasir sensed a figure collapsing before his eyes while rolling up the sleeve of his dress shirt and that was all it took him to catch his beautiful featherweight wife in his arms....

Keeping her eyes closed Seher clutched onto the empty cup of milkshake close to her heart with both hands while her husband just stared at her innocent face .... Both Mehrab and Maaz blew a slow whistle in unison and the couple turned their heads to look at the audience, who watched them with their teasing smiles.... "Hence, proved!" Meraj proudly stated with a soundless clap... Muntasir carefully settled Seher on the ground and went back to roll up his sleeves nonchalantly while his wife was trying her best to control the color of her cheeks that continued to turn dark maroon.... "Don't you guys have anything better to do?" he vaguely tried to sound annoyed, when the response came in a chorus of laughter, "NAHIN!" and he rolled his eyes with a dismissive look, "whatever!"

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He felt his heart just skip a beat as his eyes fell on the entrance of the venue.... Muntasir stood by the decorated royal deluxe couch on the stage with his three brothers as he watched his stunning bride being escorted by his beautiful sisters into the venue....the reception was planned to be a fusion of both wedding and reception considering the fact that they never had a proper wedding ceremony....the bride was given a traditional red wedding lehenga while groom was donned in a crisp black wedding suit....instead of walking together towards the stage, the bride was decided to be escorted to the stage by the bridesmaids, proudly volunteered by the groom's sisters....

His gaze was gradually taking into her profound beauty, taking each step with delicacy and grace.... And with the same elegance, he watched her slightly stumble and grace the red carpet with her angelic form along with his three sisters around her.... It seemed like the world had stopped from rotation on its' axis as a chorus of gasps echoed throughout the exquisite venue ....

It took only a few seconds to change the atmosphere of the ceremony when he watched his wife giggling, and then shortly burst into a laughter with her right hand on her heart, those beautiful pearls like shiny eyes twinkling, radiating a warm vibe of her presence. And very soon, his sisters joined the banter. Seher did not bother to look embarrassed or conscious as she elegantly adjusted her legs to rest her elbow on her right knee, as if found a better position to enjoy and engulf the moment of uncertainty.... She was an epitome of beauty both outside...and inside.... She looked absolutely breathtaking!

Mehrab, Meraj and Maaz rushed to the scene with a dramatic effect as the boys threw themselves on the ground right before the bride, taking position with lying poses when Maaz instructed the cameramen to capture the candid moments of the event....Keeping his gaze intact at the scene, Muntasir slowly settled himself on the deluxe couch and leaned back to relax his right elbow on the hand rest as his index finger and thumb played with his lower lip that had a slight smile on it....

Both Meerab and Murtasim managed to grip themselves on time as they proudly admired the way their daughter-in-law transformed the sudden unfortunate incident into a delightful memory. Meerab carefully walked towards the kids and with a smile placed herself on the left side of her daughter-in-law to participate in the photoshoot .... The guests that involved highly ranked politicians, businessmen, and even some reputed professionals from different respectable fields had been amazed to witness such an unfortunate endearing incident...

Murtasim excused himself from the group of men and walked towards his family and simply made his way to the right side of the bride .... Seher looked up at him with her shimmering gaze .... The moment she fell to the ground she realized that nothing could go right with her life, she was born to embarrass the world. First Mallick family and now Khan family! What a tragedy! But to her own surprise, she did not feel like crying but rather laughed at her unfortunate luck .... She did not know why but it gave her a strange feeling of peace.... and when the Khan siblings delightfully joined her team, her heart became overwhelmed.... Murtasim took a squat position, resting his right arm on his thigh while his left hand slightly adjusted the bridal lehenga, making sure not to step on it....

Meerab gently took the left hand of her daughter-in-law in her hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze. Seher simply smiled when she looked on her right and extended her right hand before her Khan sahab, the respectable man, an endearing father figure.... Murtasim looked down and placed his left hand on her tiny one with a smile.... "Say Freeze!" Maaz exclaimed, causing the entire Khan troop to look at the cameraman and the memory was captured with a flash ....the photoshoot was finally concluded with a huge round of applause by the guests in the venue....

As promised the insanely expensive bridal shoes were replaced with another pair of costly bridal flats by Mehr after the girls carefully settled their sister-in-law on the deluxe couch beside the groom....

If God took away something dear to you, then you have to know that it was to be replaced with something priceless! Did she miss her parents? Of course, she did! Are they replaceable? No they were not! Parents are never replaceable, not even when the same abandon you to avoid humiliation! Sometimes love and respect clash in the most unfortunate way where you have to slaughter one to save another....

Did they helplessly slaughter their dear daughter to save their honor? .... And it took exactly that moment, the endearing moment of their daughter laughing her heart out with her beautiful twinkling eyes, for Zubair Mallick and his wife to realize that, No! They did not! They did not sacrifice their daughter! She was in safe hands, probably safer than where she was born! With that thought, both parents took the position on either side of the bride and groom with a content smile....as the cameraman instructed, Murtasim and Meerab stood behind their son and daughter-in-law while all the Khan kids surrounded the 3 couples on the stage, preparing for the most anticipated frame of the century.... The frame that captured the authentic and raw smile of each member in the family, marking the Truce between Khan and Mallick!

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