Third- Person's POV:

Armaan wore a Manyavarkurta with black Punjabi loafers and his mother wore a simple Sabyasachi saree with a maroon handbag.
Armaan Outfit:

Nayantara Outfit:

Getting inside the car Armaan handles some calls from Mumbai in Ishita's absence legal team was working to prepare the papers in time. The venue was a palace of Udaipur glittering with lights and classic lamps.

Armaan helped his mother get out of the car and Rajkund with Antara welcomed them then left to welcome the other guests. Armaan's eyes were searching for the one person but she wasn't seen anywhere. His mother dragged him to meet Esha and Kartik, Esha touched her feet and greeted her. Armaan shook hands with Kartik and congratulated him.

Ishita walked out from the food corner after stuffing some panipuri's and then walked to get chaat when her mother caught her. "Seriously I thought you were going to meet your parental grandmother..." she pulled her arm. "That woman is still alive..." Ishita complained and walked with her. Anjana growled, "You have got all nuts... if someone heard you, they will point fingers at me for raising a spoilt brat like you..." Ishita chuckled, "Then I will just chew their fingers... oh fries..." she took the small bowl from the waiter's plate.

"I knew you will be in the food corner so I sent your mom... hehe..." Sana chuckled coming towards them. Ishita got stunned then hugged her, "Hey... how are you? And why you didn't call me. I called you a few times your number was out of coverage then it turned off one day. I thought you were dead...". Sana smiled at her cousin she missed the most in need but couldn't contact her because she was studying in England and she didn't want to distract her from her studies or get her to involved in her ruined life which could have affected Ishita's career.

"I missed you a lot..." Sana mumbled with tears in her eyes. Ishita hugged her again rubbing her back and Sana couldn't control her tears anymore she always wanted someone's non-judgemental shoulders to cry but the world filled with dirt judged her at every step without hearing her side of the story. Ishita let her cry out every tear she had kept inside her, "I'm going to make him eat dog shit..." Sana chuckled with red eyes hearing her.

Anjana wiped Sana's face "Beta... you should have contacted us... after everything... why did you just disappear?". Sana took the tissue from Ishita's hand and cleaned her face, "I never wanted it to affect my daughter so I took a little money and left to the farmhouse I once bought as others didn't have an inch of land for me." Anjana felt for her and kissed her cheeks. Ishita passed her a plate with snacks "Cheer up girl and have it... my stingy father has spent the money. If I would have then you might have to drink water..." Sana chuckled and took the snack from her.

They entered the mandap and the rituals started, Esha was seated next to Kartik and the priest started the puja. Rajkund did the kanyadan and Anjana binds the knots of Esha's chunri and Kartik's shawl.
Ishita's Outfit:

Ishita sits next to Sana and met her daughter, Ananya. Someone comes and sits next to Ishita she turned to look and met light caramel eyes. She froze for a few seconds then blinks her eyes thinking he wasn't real. Armaan pinched her and she gasped, "What the...". Armaan chuckled, "I thought you were thinking I wasn't real but I am...".

Ishita smiled and hit her arm playfully, "You're so dramatic...". Sana peered at the creepy stranger, "Who are you?" she knitted her brows and stared at Ishita who looked stunned. Ishita introduced, "Sana... this is Armaan Goel... CEO of Goel Industries and my business investor as well..." she nods and glared at Armaan. He maintained a distance and gave Sana a thumbs up, she did a little nod and then turned her attention back to her daughter.

It was late at night the wedding rituals were almost ended with a few family members and most surprisingly Armaan and his mother. Nayantara glanced at his son busy fighting over the last piece of paneer Tikki with Ishita who finally won, and she was shocked as his son never liked cottage cheese. While she watches her son's performance and the glowing girl dominating everyone in the crowd, she shrugs and relaxes.

All of a sudden Armaan stood up from his place and asked for a mic from the DJ. "Gentleman, Can I have your attention, please? As ladies and girls always have their attention on me..." guests laughed at him, and some people murmured at the strange behavior of the great Armaan Goel who was known for his arrogance and cold nature. Ishita knits her brows and smiles at him, "He looks ridiculously hot..." Sana mumbled and Ishita scrunches her nose, "He's a crazy-ass..." she whispered in her ears then glimpsed back at Armaan.

He took the mic and announced, "My mother tried everything to get me married but I was in search of a girl who can steal my heart but at the same time protects it. And today I would like to tell my mother as well as the prominent guests present here. I found her..." the crowd clapped and Nayantara was stunned, she thought he was drunk but he wasn't. Armaan glimpsed at Ishita's smiling face curiously looking at him, he gulped nervously she won't be smiling at him for a long time and might hate him for the rest of her life.

"Ishita Mehra... the girl I love with my heart and want to marry for which her father agreed and we will soon be bonded together. Esha... sorry for stealing your spotlight." Armaan glimpsed back at Ishita who turned pale and was going to faint. Esha wiggled her brows at her sister and Ishita smiled awkwardly as she didn't want to ruin Esha's wedding.

Armaan walked down from the stage and Rajkund took the mic agreeing with Armaan saying some honey-dripping words. Armaan didn't look up at her and asked his mother to leave. Ishita followed him outside and turned him towards her, "Armaan.... Armaan....". Armaan kept walking towards the exit as the car was parked outside. He ordered the driver to take Nayantara back, she wasn't ready to but hearing his serious voice she got inside taking a look at the girl who was smiling a minute ago turned pale and wasn't look good.

Ishita trembled in anger but didn't include Armaan's mother in it as the car left, she pulled Armaan to a side and yelled in panic. "What was that? We agreed about this issue right. You told me to think about it and I did it was a no. Then what happened now this shouldn't have happened. I don't want to marry you and why Rajkund's favoring you in it? Tell me? I said fucking speaking..." she hit his chest in panic.

Armaan gripped her, "I want you and I'm going to get you whether you like it or not....". She looked into his eyes which turned evil in spilt seconds demanding her something she won't be agreeing with. "No..." she shook her head in disapproval then knits her brows dangerously glaring at him, "I'm not a toy that you will get if you liked and I won't marry you at any cost. You won't be able to find me I will run away..." she said incoherently.

He chuckled and state the facts, "Fine runaway but before that I want you to meet the new owner of Mehra Groups..." he points at himself, "Yes sweetheart... your father sold his textile, real estate, and majority stakes of pharma to me. And once you run away, I will take over completely." She chuckled and shook her head manically, "No my father sold his company to someone else and new shares are introduced not sold yet... you're lying to make me marry you...". Armaan points at her phone she was carrying in her hand from the time she was seated with him, it was turned off she tried to turn it on but it didn't as Armaan dipped it in water when she left to bring some tissues for Ananya. The assistant wanted to inform her about the change Rajkund made, but due to Armaan's dirty tactics, she wasn't able to do so.

"Don't worry take my phone..." he forwarded his phone. Ishita took it opening twitter it was announced that he was the owner of the textile, and real estate and Priya posted on the company's website publishing about the company status and the new majority stakeholder. Ishita passed his phone back looking at him in disbelief he changed the game to his side within such a small-time lapse. She kept looking at him blankly because at first, she thought he really loved her and wanted to make her marry him as he's a control freak but still somewhere he had a place in her heart too.

Ishita walked past him towards her car, he lowered his head and a tear rolled out from his eyes. He quickly wipes it covering it up with a cold look, when he turned to his right Sana saw him. He avoided her but she grips his arm, "Why are you playing with her mind when you love her?" he chuckled darkly, "I don't... it is just bu-" she cuts him off "Keep telling yourself that... I have spent many years with fake men and you... are not good at faking. Ishita's position, her money, and her grandfather's company are her dignity because she has worked on it for years to be worth everything and you're trying to get that. If you love her and your life back off or she will bury you alive." He listened to her plainly. Sana left inside to get her daughter and informed others that Ishita left with her boyfriend but personally told Anjana about it.

Ishita drove on the empty streets of Rajasthan not knowing where she was going. She drove miles away from the venue and stopped at the side of a highway turning the engine off she just sits there. No tears came out of her eyes, her mind had many things to do but she didn't want to do anything. She blamed herself for not learning from her mistakes and trusting someone again, Kabir Arora. The name brings back the pain she felt years ago but it was still living in her heart. He was the reason Ishita left India and accepted the scholarship to study in England.

Her eyes closed and she drift to sleep looking outside at the highway with vehicles passing by. Next morning when her eyes opened her whole body was aching because of the way she slept. She searched for her phone but she forgot it in Armaan's hand when it was not turning on. Opening the compartments of the dashboard she found a little cash, sanitizer, tissue box, pepper spray, knife, and whatnot.

She stepped out of her car looking around her, it was an urban area away from the main city with some small cottages made next to a medical store and some desi food stalls, a local Indian market. Leaving her car behind she got something to eat and looked at the way she came. People of the place were very humble as Rajasthan had droughts and only humanity is the source of survival. She spent some time talking with the people and got to know about the place, she wasn't some famous actress that everybody knew so no one recognized her.

A family welcomed her to have food and offered her tea, she saw some children playing outside. A girl came forward and gave her a candy, "Do you like sweets?" she nodded and within a less time, they became friends. The girl told her about the shortage of water and electricity in her village. Ishita joined them to play games and she lost the track of time.

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