Saumya's POV

I look at mum surprised as she hugs me and cries on my shoulder. I never thought this day would come. I hug her back, but my surprise vanishes as she whispers in my ear that this is all an act. She lets go of the hug and I go towards dad. I will miss him a lot. I love dad the most... how will I live without him?

Rudra separates me from dad and we head towards the car but I get stopped by my 2 special friends who cry seeing me leave. Gauri and Anika run up to me and hug me, I hug them back, but this hug comes to a stop when Anjali di comes and takes me away from them. Why do girls have to leave their friends?

Me (upset) - Promise me that we will meet daily...

Aniri (smiling) - Promise...

I give them one last hug and I depart with Rudra and di to go to Rudra's house.

In the car

I sit in the car feeling a little awkward... I don't know why.

Rudra (smiling) - Don't worry Saumya, I will take great care of the baby...

Why just the baby? Why not me? Am I thinking right? Does he only care about the baby?

Rudra (realising what he said) - I mean we will both take care of the baby nicely... now put that smile on your face...

I put a fake smile on and he tries to start a conversation.

Rudra (smiling) - Saumya... I have been thinking... we have lost many days in uni due to the big celebration... I think we should join back...

Of course.. How can I forget? UNI! I nod at Rudra and then I go through my purse to look for the note that I was supposed to write to the stranger... I wonder if they still wait for my letters. I should really apologise to them tomorrow... you know what I will do that first thing tomorrow. Suddenly, I feel someone shaking me lightly and I am surprised to see Rudra holding out his hand. Why is he doing that? I look towards to see di staring at us. That's why he is doing that... for his di. As soon as I come out, I see jiju's forehead bleeding while di is trying to clean it up.

Me (shocked) - Jiiju...

Anjali di immediately turns back and rushes towards jiju with a worried expression, I also follow di but, I hit a rock and I am about to fall down when Rudra holds my belly to support me. I stare into his eyes while he stares into mine... does he love me? We soon get out of our staring zone when I hear jiju apologising to Anjali di. I get up and go towards them and I am surprised to see di staring at jiju with a little guilt while he is talking to Anjali di. Did di cause jiju pain? No, it can't be her... she wouldn't even hurt a fly... no... I am thinking wrong.

Soon, it was time for mine and di's grahpravesh. Anjali di has bandaged jiju up and no he is fine. Di and I stand at the entrance of the house for the first ritual, for some reason Sheetal is also standing next to di. I just want to push her of and as if Rudra understood me, he pushed Sheetal of the entrance and stood besides me while jiju besides di.

After 30 minutes

Finally, all the rituals are done, in the ring ceremony it was a tie between me and Rudra, while for jiju and di it was di who found them.

Anjali di (smiling) - Now for the last ritual... (smirking) Choote, Rudra... You must lift your wives and take them to your rooms.

Rudra at once, lifts me up and I start blushing while jiju after a few minutes lifts di up. Rudra carries me to his room, and then puts me down on the bed.

Rudra (nervous) - Saum...Saumya, I will sleep near the pool and you can sleep here...

He goes to take his cushions and blanket but I stop him.
Me (smiling) - We can share the bed Rudra, I mean I am already pregnant so nothing worse can happen...

Rudra (nervous) - Are you sure?

I nod at him and he puts back his pillows and blankets and lies down, while I leave to get changed. He is giving me mixed signals... does he like me? Or not? I am so confused. If he liked me then he would have told me that... whenever we met for any of the marriage rituals, he never... never told me that he liked me... he always asked me how I was and how the baby was... does he still have feelings for me? Or is it gone? Do I still like him?

Khushi's POV

After those stupid rituals were over, I get up to go towards one of the bedrooms when di mentions the last ritual.

di (smiling) - Now for the last ritual... (smirking) Choote, Rudra... You must lift your wives and take them to your rooms.

Why god? Why do you hate me? ASR questions me using his eyes if I am fine with this ritual but I ignore him. Even I am not fine with it, we still have to do these rituals. He lifts me up while I put on a fake blush for di and Saumya. As soon as they are out of sight, I force ASR to drop me down.

Me (annoyed) - We can stop this acting now... they are gone... I have feet...

ASR nods and we both enter his room. The room is decorated as if me and him are going to have our first night.

Me (upset) - Look, I am really sorry for hurting you like that ...

ASR (smiling) - It's fine... I wanted to tell y...

Me (annoyed) - Look just because I apologised doesn't mean that I have forgiven you... nor does that mean that we are suddenly friends... Mr ASR... don't forget my promises to you... I will fulfill them at any cost... and now ...

I throw the pillow and blanket at him so that he can let me live in peace.

Me (annoyed) - Go sleep outside...

ASR without any complaints goes outside to sleep while I quickly change from my wedding gown to my night dress to sleep on the bed.

Precap - An attack on Saumya