Radhika keeps staring at the message and gets tensed & nervous thinking that who had sent this message. Unexpectedly, Mala barges in the room making Radhika scream in fear of expecting someone to enter her room like this. And this makes Mala also scream and she starts scolding her for scaring her in the morning itself.

She gives a punch on her head and keeps the haldi dress on her bed, "Get ready and wear this for Haldi. They are on the way and we have to start the function soon. Don't waste time in just sitting like this and scaring others. I will kill you if you do this again" she warns her and goes out.

Radhika with a pout face rubbing the place where Mala hit her, she once again stares the message and murmurs, "Who sent this message?"

She got up and goes inside the bathroom to get ready. While brushing standing in front of the mirror, "Admirer? Who is that admirer?" she thinks for a while and scratch her head.

She takes bath and in between suddenly she mutters, "How come suddenly I got an admirer? I am curious to know who that is. Now I feel how Arjun was curious to find his admirer" she pause and continues bathing, again she stops and says, "Hey, even myself a secret admirer and I got my own admirer. That's interesting, but you know what Mr. Admirer, all this magic spell won't work on me"

The moment she said the statement, she hears her mobile buzz. She immediately wraps her with a bath towel and rushes out to check the message and yes it is from her admirer.

"Hey Radhika,

Expecting me is it? Don't worry dear, I already in your home. Waiting for the right moment to see you"

Radhika's eyes goes wider reading the message, she runs out immediately opening the door and checks out the people curiously everywhere to find the one who is sending the message.

She hears a gasp in a very low voice and little down, she finds a small boy gazing her from top to bottom with his mouth open.

Radhika looks down and find the little boy mouthwatering looking at her, she pats harshly on his head at the back asking, "What?"

Before the boy answers her, she hears a scream of Mala glaring her angrily and runs towards her.

Mala, "Why the hell are you standing like this? I am seriously tired of managing you" she pushes her inside the room and locks the door warning her to get ready fast.

Radhika walks to her bed with a pout face and sit on the bed thinking, "Where is he?"

Mobile buzz with a message tone, she picks it up and read the message,

"I know you are so eager to see me, but that doesn't mean that you have to come out with your bath towel. You know what, you look damn hot but I hate others glanced you even though it's for a second. My hands are itching to have you in my arms and I am sure that will happen soon. I will ensure that nothing will become a barrier in between (your bath towel too). Winks ;)"

Radhika's face becomes crimson red reading the message, unknowingly she gets blush reading the last part of the message. She throws the mobile aside and hides her face in the pillow because of the embarrassment she created for herself.

After a while, she gets dressed and tying the dori of her blouse. She feels some strange feeling and the urge to turn back and see what it is. She turns back and before she does it completely, a strong arm stops her in moving so and pulls her back to a hard chest. Her back hits the chest harshly making her gasp in shock.

She opens her mouth to shout but instantly her mouth left open in air seeing the knife in front. She hears someone from back hush her, "Ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

She gulps in fear seeing the knife in front of her and kept quiet. The one who holds her pulls her back more and whispers, "Expecting me right?"

He continues, "I told you right, I will come to you and will make you mine soon. See here I am"

Radhika stands silent with horrible expressions on her face; her mind did not register anything except the fact that there is a knife in front of her face.

He chuckles and rubs her cheeks softly making her quiver a little. She tries to move but his grip did not allow her and he keeps rubbing her cheeks on both the sides making her to shut her eyes tightly of unable to bear this close proximity.

Before she opens her eyes, she is been pushed to the bed to her front, she stumbles and falls flat on her face. She gets up with a lot of effort and turns back to find the person but nobody is there except her. Again she is alone in her room and finding no trace of another person being there.

She looks around the room and finds none. She gets clueless who it can be. She slowly moves to the mirror and gets shocked seeing her face with the haldi on her cheeks. Tears pricks on her eyes and ready to roll anytime soon.

Mala barges in her room squealing happily, "Choti, Nandu & her family came. Come fast" but she stops further looking at her face.

Mala, "What you did to your face?"

Radhika don't know what to do and blinks looking at her.

Mala, "Don't you have patience for some more time. Who asked you to apply haldi on your cheeks by yourself?"

Radhika's face clearly shows her the confusion, frustration, angry and irritation.

Mala, "Before coming out, wash your face and come. We are waiting outside, your Arjun too"

She winks at her and goes out to see them. Radhika washes her face and wipe out the haldi not even leaving a single part on her face.

She sighs and goes out to meet Arjun & his family. Arjun winks at her and shows thumbs up looking at her. Radhika smiles at him but somewhere in the corner of her heart she feels something is wrong. Her mind goes back to the moment when the dark shadow applies haldi on her face.

She jerks and comes to sense when Arjun pats her asking, "What happened? You look worried"

Radhika stammers, "Nothing. Just tired"

Arjun, "Tired? So soon? We haven't yet start anything"

Rads, "Uhhh...mmm" she struggles to phrase a word but she gets disturbed by a pull in her dress. She looks down and finds the same little boy with a rose in his hand and looking at her eagerly.

She bends down to face him and asks, "What you want?"

Boy gives her the rose and kiss her cheek saying, "I Love you". Radhika's eyes grows wide listening him and he runs from her.

Arjun chuckles, "What you did to him that he is proposing you?"

Radhika blinks at him and the boy comes again to her pulling her down saying, "You look good in that dress, not in this"

Now it is her turn to gasp and she gets shocked seeing him laughing and runs from her.

Arjun, "Okay, so now you have to tell me what you did to him"

Radhika, "Arjun, uhhh...mmm, I didn't do anything. He is just blabbering"

Arjun, "Are you hiding anything to me?"

Radhika thinks about the messages she gets and worries whether to tell him or not.

Arjun pinch her cheek and says, "What's this?"

Radhika blinks seeing the haldi in his finger and snapping her eyes at him of not knowing what to say.

Arjun, "You done with your haldi?"

Rads instantly nods her head as no and he asks, "Then what's this?"

Rads stammers, "I just tried out this for myself"

Arjun, "Why?"

Rads, "I want to see how I will look having this on my face" she keeps on saying with no gap.

Arjun, "I thought of applying it to your face and I wanted to be the first one. You ruined it"

Rads keeps a crying face and murmurs, "What I did? All this was ruined by that stupid admirer. I will kill him for sure if I get him"

Arjun in a sad voice, "You disappointed me Radhika" and he goes from there.

Tears dwell in her eyes and she starts fiddling her fingers. She walks everywhere in the house in tension and talks to herself.

"Will say him or not?"

"No, he will feel bad. But he is sad"

"What if he finds it later?"

"No, I should say him everything. I should not hide him anything"

She walks towards Arjun, her mobile buzz with a message. She reads it, "Are you going to tell your fiancé about our haldi moment? Fine, go ahead. But keep in mind that if you reveal about your admirer, then I will reveal about his admirer to him"

She stops where she is and looks scared. She looks at Arjun who shows his back to her and talks to Neil & Sam.

Neil looks at Radhika and goes to her, "What happened Radhika?"

Rads, "Nothing. I want to talk to Arjun"

Neil, "Go and talk, why you are waiting here?"

Radhika goes to Arjun and calls him, but he is not ready to hear her out and moves away from her.

Sam rolls her eyes to Radhika and signs her to follow him. Radhika makes a pout face and follows him wherever he goes.

Rads, "Arjun, please stop"

Arjun, "What?"

Rads, "I am sorry"

Arjun, "For what?"

Rads, "For spoiling the haldi moment. Even I want you to be the first one to apply haldi on me, but..."

Arjun smiles looking at her sad face and rubs his palms on her cheeks. Radhika lifts her gaze to Arjun after feeling the chillness on her cheeks and looks at the smiling Arjun.

Arjun, "I hope I am the first"

Nandu comes to them, "Uff, you both started it. Arjun, this is not the way ok" she takes Arjun with her and does the haldi ritual for him and then next makes Radhika sit beside him having a screen between them and performs the ritual.

After the ritual, Radhika goes to her room to change the dress but stops by a kid and she gives her the flower bouquet. Radhika hesitantly gets it and finds a message in it.

"I am waiting for the moment, when you are going to be mine. I know we have only less hours for this and I am so excited to make you mine forever. It's our day and i want you to look gorgeous. Meet you at the mandap. Be ready to be mine, MY DEAR CHASHNI"

Radhika freeze reading the message and immediately tear it into pieces and puts it in the trash with flowers.

She gets a message in her mobile immediately, "Tearing the paper won't change the fate. Nothing will stop in making you mine...CHASHNI"

She looks at the people around and thinks, "So he is here and watching me. Even I myself a culprit and you are playing with me? I will see you Mr. Admirer"

She goes inside her room after giving a final attitude look at the people and forget to notice a pair of eyes watching her with a naughty smirk.

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So, now the chasing is going interesting right. Admirer Vs Admirer. One Admirer is chasing another Admirer. Lol

What's your guesses girls? Is it Arjun or some one else?

Will see it in the next chapter and it has only two more to go to reach the end.

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