Part 54 The Wedding

The next day / Nainital

Shashi frowned, seeing a new man.

"May I know who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Shyam Jha. Arnav Singh Raizada is my Sale Sahib" Shyam introduced himself.

"Oh... that means, you are Anjali bitiya's husband..." Shashi said excitedly.

"Jee..." Shyam said.

"Sorry, Shyam... as we didn't meet before, I could not recognize you," Shashi said.

"That's ok, ji..."

"I'm Khushi's father" Shashi introduced himself just like, Shyam did.

"Oh... Namaste" Shyam greeted him, joining his hands.

"Namaste... Raizadas are in that room... please come" Shashi moved towards their room.

Shyam nodded and followed him. Shashi knocked on the door. Anjali opened the door with a smile.

"Haan, uncle...?" She asked

"Anjali bitiya, Damadji has come," Shashi said mentioning Shyam as Damadji.

"How did he come? What so urgent? I told him not to come until I say" Anjali talked mistaking Shashi's words, Arnav as Damadji.

Shashi laughed understanding that.

"Anjali bitiya... MY Damadji has not come yet but Raizada's Damadji"

Anjali peeped out of the room and saw Shyam standing with hesitation. She looked at Shashi with embarrassment.

"You carry on... I will be back" Shashi left the place.

Shyam smiled at Anjali. She nodded her head and went inside.

"Come in Damadji" Manorama welcomed Shyam.

Shyam entered in. Seeing Shyam, Nani took a bag and gave it to Shyam.

"We know you will come," Nani said while giving the bag to Shyam.

"How could I miss Sale Sahib's wedding, without attending it?" Shyam smiled at her.

"This is for you. Please wear it" Nani said.

"Thank you, Naniji" Shyam took it from her hand.

"Get ready, Damadji. Chotte will be here anytime" Nani said.

"Is not Sale Sahib staying here?" Shyam asked.

"No, Groom is not allowed to stay in the Bride's place. This is a village after all... so, he is staying in Nainital" Nani said.

"Oh... is he alone there?" Shyam asked intentionally to continue the conversation to make the situation light.

"Nanne and another friend of his are staying with him," Nani said.

"When is the MOORAT?" He asked.

"6'o clock..." Manorama said.

"Oh..." Shyam said while opening the bag given by Nani.

He smiled, seeing the dress as he understood who would have selected the dress. It was indeed Anjali. He knew her taste.

"The dress is very nice" He deliberately prized.

"Anjali bitiya's selection," Nani said without hiding it.

"Thank you, Rani Sahiba," He said.

Anjali nodded her head and was about to go, Shyam held her hand. Not only Anjali but also everyone was shocked as they didn't expect him to do that.

"Can't I get a chance to mend things between us, Rani Sahiba?" he asked.

Anjali plainly looked at him.

"Today is Chotte's wedding. After a long time, I'm getting REAL happiness in my life. I don't want to spoil it by unnecessary conversations" she said meeting his eyes daringly.

Though her stance pricked him he composed himself understanding the situation.

"Ok... enjoy the day. In fact, I too want to do the same. Because of me, Arnav suffered a lot in his life. I too want to see him happy. We will talk about our issue later" He left the place with the dress given by Nani.

Anjali stood looking at his back.

"Anjali bitiya, how long will you be stubborn not talking to him? he seems to repent for his deeds. Don't push me away from you always" Manorama said.

"Haan, Anjali. This is our family wedding. We will be happy if you both are together, forgetting the old difference" Nani said.

"Until his sister gets sentenced, I'm not going to accept him, Nani" Anjali said.

"Leave her, Anjali bitiya... after Arnav bituwa came from Nainital, he never tried to talk like before. he didn't support Sheetal. He didn't even surrender for her in the case" Manorama said.

Anjali was silent.

That's when they heard Shashi welcoming Arnav. A cousin sister of Khushi circled a thali and welcomed Arnav. Raizadas came out of the room and saw Arnav and also Aman. He would have joined Arnav in the hotel room.

The wedding rituals started. Khushi came and sat beside Arnav. Arnav smiled at her raising his brows who was not looking at him. Though she didn't look at him she knew very well what he was doing. The Pandit started the rituals to make Arnav and Khushi a couple. Within a few minutes, they are officially declared as husband and wife as Arnav tied the mangal sutra and also filled Khushi's partition with a pinch of vermillion. They finally finished circling the holy fire seven times, taking pheres. They took blessings from Shashi and Garima and also from Nani, Manorama and Manohar.

Raizadas decided to go to the hotel room for their stay whereas Arnav and Khushi were in Gupta House for their first night. Only Anjali stayed in Gupta house as she was the one who should drop Khushi in the first night room. After dropping Khushi in the room, she also went to the hotel room with Shyam who waited for her. She didn't want Guptas to know about the difference between her and Shyam. So, she accepted his favor and went with him.

Khushi was sitting on the bed. Though she spoke openly to Arnav she was hell nervous. Of course, every girl would be... but we can't expect the same nervousness from the Groom. He entered the room casually with a smile. Khushi was about to get down from the bed,

"Don't..." Arnav stopped her.

She looked at him parting her lips.

"Without my consent, you should not move" he ordered while moving towards her.

"Why?" she asked getting courage.

"Why means...? You are mine now" he said with attitude.

"Stop..." She said.

Arnav stopped and looked at her like what.

"You are also mine now. So, stay there as per my order" She said with the same attitude.

"Sorry, dear... your order won't control me," he said moving ahead.

"What justice is this? You won't obey my order but I should obey yours?" She asked.

"Yes... you have no choice" he said sitting next to her.

"Why don't I have a choice?" she asked raising her brows.

"Because you will make me stay away from you which is totally against the first-night rules," he said, pulling her towards him.

"Are there rules for the first night?" She asked.

"Of course, there are many rules. The first rule is, don't ask many questions about the rules and just obey the rules" he said nuzzling her cheek with his nose.

Khushi smiled, closing her eyes.

"You said you are waiting for our first night... why?" he questioned.

"You too told the same..." She said.

"Of course, I had been waiting for our first night to make you mine... completely... in every sense..."

"I was waiting to become yours in every sense..." she whispered.

He started removing her ornaments, meeting her eyes.

"What are you going to do?" She asked seriously.

"Shh... is that question necessary?"

"Is not it?"

"No... we have no time for verbal explanations"

"We have lifetime to do that"

"After today, you will not ask the explanation because you will get to know what I will do... by the way, don't you know what a Groom and the Bride do on their first night?"

"How do I know? This is my first night. I don't have experience on it before"

"What do you think, do I have?"

"When did I say so?"

"Do you want to know how I got to know about it?" he asked teasingly.

"How?"

"I did research on it... trying to get Doctorate in this subject"

Khushi chuckled.

"Let me show what I researched" he arrested her lips and started to show what he learned, researching it.

To be continued...

NOTE: The next part will be the last part of ROYAL SECRET.