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2 months later

Aaradhya's POV

"Yaar, but why don't you want to marry di!! Raghav bhai is so nice"

"I know Ishita, but I feel everything is like so..." I was at a loss of words and sighed.

"Early?" We heard a voice and turned to find Raghav standing there. He smiled and walked in.

Giving a side hug to Ishita, he sat on the bed. "Why were you guys discussing marriage?" He frowned

"No actually bhai, she.. I don't know she feels it's all a bit.. messed up" Ishu said and I looked away. 

"Aaradhya, look at me." He demanded and I immediately looked at him.

"Can we talk in private dear? Please?" He asked Ishita and she jumped down the bed.

"Sure why not. I'll see you soon bhai." She winked at me and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh by the way, can I call you jiju?" She asked looking at Raghav while he nodded with a smile.

"Thank you!" She said and went away.

Raghav got up and came towards me. I gulped and moved backwards. As my back hit the headboard of the bed, he smirked.

I rolled my eyes and looked away.

Tucking a strand of hair behind my ear he looked into my eyes and all I could see was love.

"What happened? You seem so stressed up" he asked and I could sense his concern

"Raghav.. I am scared. What if we...are not able to...you know..." I sighed and looked away

I am so frustrated at the moment. The only thought eating me up is what if we are not able to take this responsibility.

What if he leaves me after knowing about everything in my life.

"Raghav, I want to tell you. My past was not.. very.. you know..." I gulped as tears formed in my eyes.

He sighed and cupped my cheek. Caressing it he said "You think I will leave you after knowing about your past? I have already told this to you so many times. I don't care what your past was. As long as you yourself want to say it out to me, I am comfortable with not knowing it."

"Listen Aaradhya, love is accepting a person like he or she is, naturally. When you can still fall in love with me, even after knowing everything. I bet you, I won't stop loving you.. ever."

"I know you are scared, but which couple doesn't fight? Which couple doesn't have misunderstandings? It's all about promising that we'll go through this, together."

I was crying by the time he finished saying this and then he hugged me. I cried more in his embrace.

"I also want to marry. But I was... Just.. you know..." It is so difficult to state your worries.

"Shhh... I understand" he said caressing my hairs and tightened the hug.

"Okay now, if you're done. Please let me go. My shirt is all wet." He laughed.

I pushed him and he laughed. "I'm crying and all you care is about your shirt" I sniffed.

"And there goes everything I said down the drain" he said dramatically

"So many things I said, and all you registered in your little mind is the shirt thing" he rolled his eyes.

I giggled and kissed his cheek. Before he could catch me, I ran to the door.

"Aaradhya" he warned "come here"

"Nah!!" I ran away from there as I could hear him cursing.

Poor guy. Probably thought he could steal a kiss.

Suddenly I was caught by my elbow and pulled aside. I closed my eyes immediately. But as I found it was the familiar cologne, I opened my eyes.

Pinning me to the wall, he kissed me suddenly. I was shocked. Damn. He was so fast.

Kissing me roughly, he smirked. As he pulled away he looked into my eyes directly.

"Raghav Malhotra always gets what he wants." He whispered and I gasped.

"And now my sweetheart, I hope you keep that in mind" he pecked my lips and winked as he left.

I was breathing hard. It took me two minutes to calm myself down. And then I went to meet everyone else.

"So any decisions yet? Or we should wait for 2-3 years more?" I heard maa asking Raghav.

"I don't know maa, it all depends on her. We can't force her to marry." I sensed sincerity in his voice.

"Yea but you could convince her na." Vihaan said and sighed.

"That is more like a polite way of forcing." He glared at Vihaan.

"See maa, Vihaan, it's completely her decision. I won't do anything in this. Let her take the decision. Let her be in this relationship for a few months, let her decide, let her think if I am right for her."

"But we know..." Ishita said in between but was cut off by maa "Ishu.. we are sorting it out naa"

Ishita made a face and sat on the couch.

"And if I say I am ready to marry?" Everyone turned to me and I smiled.

"You sure?" Maa asked and I nodded.

"Oh my goddddd!!! Finally my princess is getting married!!!!" Vihaan said and I laughed.

"Now you can stop calling her that. She's my princess now" Raghav said with a smirk but Vihaan hit his head.

"She will always be my princess. You better find something else to call her" he said looking at me.

"Yaaaaar maa. Look at this idiot na." Raghav whined and hit Vihaan's head this time.

"You!" Vihaan hit him again. "I will not leave you now." Raghav said and started chasing him.

"Stop!!! Vihaan. Raghav. What is this bachhe (my child)? Why are you behaving like kids" maa scolded and I giggled.

"Di, you have 2 handsome guys fighting here so that they can call you princess. And my life is so boring." Ishita whispered and I glared at her.

"Okay. So let's decide about the wedding naa" Ishita said aloud to escape my scolding.

"I don't want many people in my wedding. It should be a small one with close relatives only." I said looking at everyone.

"But I have so many clients, business people, ministers, politicians, I was thinking about calling actors also." Raghav said

"Yea, even I have so many college friends, I was thinking about calling your school friends, teachers, my college teachers, my school friends too. Oh god." Ishita exclaimed.

"I had made a long list of relatives" maa frowned showing me a diary.

"You don't want to call anyone?" Vihaan asked with a frown.

"No it's not like that. I just feel it's useless inviting so many people. It's like we will invite 1000 people out of which we don't know 400 people, other 400 don't know us. So...it's useless na" I said

"If that is thing then we can plan a grand reception." Raghav suggested and everyone seemed a bit convinced.

"Yes, that seems better" Vihaan said and finally everyone agreed.  

"But we are calling the others haa. Close friends and relatives" maa said looking at me and I nodded.

"So we should plan a nice wedding. And we should inform the media later only. About Raghav Malhotra's marriage" Raghav suggested quoting his name in air and I rolled my eyes.

"So yeah. Sit comfortably everyone, because thinking of marriage, I know this will take time." Maa joked

"Anyways maa, we'll plan for the wedding this weekend, I'll look out for options and everything else." Raghav said and then looked at me.

"What kind of a wedding do you want?" He asked and before I could answer everyone jumped in with questions.

"Destination wedding?"

"Temple wedding?"

"Private wedding?"

"Or a romaaaaaantic wedding" Ishita nudged me

"Ishu please yaar. Let me... Think..." I was so confused.

What kind of wedding do I want?

Maybe any place till the groom is Raghav.

Actually I never thought about it. The problems I've faced were enough for me to concentrate only on my career, so that I can earn well and give maa and Ishita a good life.

And then I never thought about the wedding.

I sighed.

"Okay you want some time to think?" Vihaan asked looking at me with a worried face. He knew I was stressing my mind out.

And it's really stupid I know. But still.

Wedding happens only once.

"Okay, anyway we'll be deciding everything this weekend, so take your time." Maa said and I nodded with a smile.

Finally, it was My wedding.

I know I am stressed out without any reason. But which girl doesn't freak out before her marriage.

And then it's my first time. I mean it's going to be one time only. Oh god. Please let this storm in my mind calm down.

I am excited but more than that I am nervous. I smiled at everyone as they were still talking about the marriage.

I quietly went towards my room and sighed. I am feeling so weird.

Suddenly I felt a familiar hug and I leaned more into the hug. My back was pressed against his chest.

"I am nervous Raghav" I said

"And why is my angel nervous?" I chuckled at his words

"What? Vihaan doesn't let me call you princess. Now I am going to call you my angel." He said with excitement in his voice.

I smiled. "So tell me what happened?" he asked again.

"I am nervous Raghav." I sighed.

"Oh god!! Girls I tell you." He muttered and I glared at him.

"It's our marriage you should be dancing like this" and then he started doing weird dance steps which even I couldn't recognise. Maybe he was doing Bhangra (Punjabi dance) or maybe something else. I don't know.

"Come on yaar Aaradhya. Don't be so nervous. Nothing is going to change. We'll be coming closer infact." He smiled and hugged me.

I am thankful that he is understanding me in such a situation.

"Raghav?"

"Hmm?" He hummed

"I love you"

He sighed and tightened the hug as he whispered "I love you too".

Next day

"I said I don't like it" I shouted and everyone in the shop looked at me.

"I'm sorry" I whispered while Raghav grabbed my hand and held it tightly blinking in assurance.

"She doesn't like the colour. Could you please show us some different colour?" He said politely and the salesman nodded.

"What happened? Why so frustrated?" He asked looking at me.

I whined and rested my head on his shoulder "I'm feeling tired" I sighed.

"Fine... Let's shop some other day. Okay?" He said and caressed my hairs.

"But I need to shop good clothes urgently." I exclaimed and heard him sigh.

"Are you on those days of your month?" He asked with a frown. I looked at him with wide eyes and then immediately looked down.

"Hey! Come on! I understand.. you don't have to be shy.. it's okay. I have heard girls become cranky and moody during those days. And you're behaving like that since yesterday." He laughed

I sighed "My stomach aches." I whined

"Fine fine. We'll shop later." He got up and held out his hand for me.

After telling the salesman that we'll come later, he took me to a restaurant.

"Raghav, I'm tired. I want to go back home. And we already had dinner na.. then why are we...." I was going on blabbering when the waiter walked to us.

"Two hot chocolate brownie with ice cream" he said and I looked at him as my eyes twinkled.

It's my favourite!!!

"Thank you so much Raghav!!" I said pecking his cheek.

He smirked and leaned closer "I'll bring you here everyday if you reward me this"

I pushed him away gently and looked away as I heard him laughing.

We had started going out for shopping together. And now we were pretty close to each other.

He dropped me home everyday and also behaved like possessive jerks when someone even looked at me. It was cute but sometimes it would become irritating.

I never knew I would fall in love with the person whom I hated when I joined the company.

He looked at me and raised his eyebrows while I smiled and held his hand "You know, you are very precious to me"

"Same here baby girl." He said and I blushed.

Everything was perfect. We would soon get married and I would be called Mrs Malhotra.

I blushed at the thought. I had fallen in love.. finally.

2 days later

"I actually wanted a destination wedding, but I think a temple will be more suitable. Are you okay with it?" I asked looking at Raghav but he seemed all lost.

"Raghav!!" He looked at me and raised his eyebrows.

"I asked you something" I replied rolling my eyes.

"No, I.." he sighed

"What happened?" I asked looking into his eyes but he smiled "Nothing baba"

"You sure?" He nodded

"Di" we heard a knock "Di, maa is calling. Please come soon" Ishita said and went away.

"Come, let's go and decide the venue" I said grabbing his hand excitedly while he chuckled.

"Aaradhya, come fast." Maa shouted from living room and I rushed there.

I sat beside maa on the floor and Raghav sat on the other side. I smiled as he too sat on the floor.

Ishita was sitting on the couch and Vihaan was laying on the other sofa. "So what all did you guys decide?" Raghav asked

"We only decided that the wedding will be in traditional style. I hope that's okay with you beta" maa said

"Yes yes of course. I don't have any problem." He smiled

"Okay so where do you want to marry? Goa beach? Jaipur palace? Andaman and Nicobar islands?" Vihaan said and laughed as he said the last one.

Raghav glared at him "I think we should be serious here"

"Bro, I am serious. I am veryy serious." Vihaan replied back.

"She wanted to marry in a temple I guess" Raghav said looking at me.

"Yes actually I was... thinking of a temple.." I muttered while maa smiled

"It's really good then Aaradhya. I think it will be the best decision." Maa replied

"Yayyy!!! A traditional wedding will be really amazing!!!" Ishita exclaimed happily.

"Yes and anyway we don't want to invite many people as Aaradhya said. We'll have a private wedding. And then we will have a grand reception with announcement to the media." Vihaan said

"So, I guess we can have the wedding in a temple. We should organise it in Chennai." Maa said

"Yes actually Chennai has really good temples. In fact, Hampi also has good temples." Vihaan said

"How about Mangalore?" Ishita jumped in with excitement.

"I don't want to marry." Raghav whispered as everyone gasped.

I looked at him shocked "Raghav? Are you out of your mind?" I whisper yelled

"What the hell is wrong with you Mad Malhotra!!" Vihaan shouted while Raghav didn't budge.

"What else do you expect!?" Raghav countered back while Maa and Ishita looked at him with confusion.

"You guys are planning such a traditional wedding. And a traditional wedding will have the muhurat at 4 am or something like that! You want me to wake up at 3!? Or hell! you don't want me to sleep!?" He exclaimed and I sighed.

Maa laughed and Ishita too giggled.

"Fu*k! It's your damn wedding!!! And all you're bothered about is sleep!!!?" Vihaan exclaimed while Raghav whined

"Stop behaving like a kid Raghav" I laughed and he sulked again.

"Raghav beta, you can sleep after the marriage. You have the entire day, the entire night" maa said with a smile.

"Maaaa!!!" He whined again "Who sleeps on the night of marriage!?" He said and immediately bit his tongue as I looked at him with wide eyes.

"Shut up! Besharam! (Shameless)" maa hit his hand and he laughed

"Anyway! So what were you guys saying" Raghav asked and winked at me.

"Yea so I think Chennai is really nice. What say everyone?" Maa asked again

"I think it is a good option. Though Hampi also has good temples, but Chennai seems better to me." Vihaan said.

"I think we should reconsider Mangalore too." Ishita said

"No no not Mangalore. I want it in Chennai" maa replied and turned to me.

"Leave everything. Where do you want it bachhe?" She asked stroking my hairs.

"I'm fine with Chennai maa" I smiled

"And you Raghav?" She turned to him and he nodded "Chennai"

"Okay so Chennai it is!" Maa declared and everyone clapped.

"We'll soon start shopping and everything else" Ishu said with excitement.

"I think I should wear a peach lehenga" she started her blabbering and I rolled my eyes "I think it's my wedding"

"Of course di. But I should also look perfect na. After all I'm the bride's sister" she said and laughed.

"I'll enquire about the famous temples and get the details in few days" Vihaan said getting up

"And you guys decide about the invites. Whom all do you want to invite" maa said looking at us and we nodded.

"I don't have anyone except Vihaan" Raghav Muttered slowly looking down.

"Aray, we all are here na beta. Don't worry." Maa kissed his forehead and he smiled.

"Aaradhya? We'll decide till then. I guess only a few friends and close relatives will do." Maa said looking at me and I nodded.

"So attention everyone!!!!" Ishita shouted dramatically "Finally my di is getting married!!!!"

"And it's Raghav weds Aaradhya"

We all laughed and clapped. Everything seemed so perfect.

How will I tell Sharan and Niharika?

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Precap: "Wow! Welcome! welcome to my cafe Miss Aaradhya" Niharika clapped

"After a long time na? Oh wait let me guess. You were too busy planning your wedding." She chuckled

"No.. Niharika..it's..not like that.." I tried explaining

"Please please. Explain us Aaradhya. I thought you were with Vihaan. When did Raghav come into picture?" Sharan asked looking at me.

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