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"You...You are very observant..." she says in a low voice...

He nods in no...And locks her to the tree...

"Nope...You are very expressive..." he too says in the same tone of her...

Ragini keeps looking at him lost...

Lucky breaks the eyelock...

She too turns other side...

"this...This was planted and watered by mom when she came to this house as bahu...

Now it has grown as a tree over years...

But mom is not here to see it.."

She says in a shrilling tone and bites her lip to not cry...

"r u crying...? oops! I forgot, ragini gadodia never cries.
Right? "

She giggles and turns to him... "right! "

He smiles...

"y r u doing all these lakshya...!"

He looks at her confused...

"talking against dadu... Trying to impress me..."

"I don't do things to impress the one who is already impressed..."

He smirks...

She looks at him surprised again...

He plays with her curls...

"marry me sweet heart! "

She punches his arm...

"no way...I don't like u at all..."

"lie...U like me as much as I like u..."

"no..." she averts her gaze.

"u can't even look into my eyes and speak..."

She shots him a glare...

"okay then! Prove me u r not affected by me..." he challenges.

"how? "

"by marrying me..." he shrugs his shoulders...

"are u nuts...! "

He laughs... "u r scared to fall deeply for me...That's y!
U r not ready to marry me"

"u r living in delusion Mr. ..."

"not delusion...But faith "

She again gets lost in his eyes...

"u...U r tricking me..." she points her finger at him...

"not at all...Marry me and prove that u r not scared of me...not scared of My love...

Prove that I am wrong..."

"why will I destroy my life for that? "

"oh! So u plan to have life with other man? "

She looks tongue-tied...

"then y not me??"

She holds her head...

Arrrgggg....

This guy was not forcing her but definitely confusing her...

Her mind has already shut after last night events...

Their moment gets disturbed by arya...

"bro! U got a call..." he gives him his phone...

Lucky walks a bit far answering the call...

"both look chummy... so, u r okay with the alliance? " asks arya with his hands in pant pockets...

They keep walking slowly...

She remains silent...

"I don't know about u...But bhaii tho, definitely  smitten by u..."

Ragini smiles a little...

"is he like this with all the girls...?" she asks hesitatingly...

"like this matlab? "

"matlab...Very touchy...flirty...Composes his own pick up lines...bit dominating... "

She shrugs her shoulders...

Arya laughs clapping...

"god! I didn't know bhaii did all these with u...

I guess this side is only for u...The other face is a dangerous one...

People at his office call him devil...

He fired his secretary on day 1 for just dressing indecent..."

She raises her both eyebrows...

And arya explains lucky's views on arrange marriage which he shared
in the car.. (chapter 1)

Ragini laughs loudly...

Lucky turns to see her happy face and later frowns knowing arya is the reason...

He turns back still talking...

She smiles at arya...

"he is very funny...And observant too...

Who thinks about upma and gold...

But still he is right somewhere... Parents tend to do all those...and Lie sometimes...

They are under the pressure of society u know... "

"yeah! But ur family is different...

Everyone is so honest that bhaii liked u instantly..."

He laughs...

"u r mocking at me for cooking up lies when I met u guys as rashi...?"

She bites her lip...

"hey! No no...We really like u and ur family...

Except ur dadu who still live in stone age..."

She nods and give him a small smile...

They talk some more time like y ragini turned to rashi and her impression on them...

Lucky turns to see them already getting inside...

He frowns at that...

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Scene opens with the small discussion among the families separately...

Aadhya "I like her and it's a yes from my side..."

Rey "count my vote too.."

He side hugs aadhya...

Now lucky turns to aarya...

"I said in car itself...I like her...She is perfect for u bhaii..."

He smiles and hugs everyone...

Scene shifts to dadu dadi shekar and ragini in dadu's room...

"The Rathores are very well respected and nice people...

I like the guy too...He is fit to be the son of this house...

What do u say ra...Ragini? " dadu asks...

Ragini widens her eyes at that...

It's the first time he is taking interest in the groom for her...

Otherwise, he was least bothered about any alliance for her...

That means, he really liked lakshya...

She smiles at that...

Upon that, he asked her opinion...
May be this change is because of him...

Yes, she had already decided to give chance to the relation after her talk with Papa...

She looks at dadi who smiles at her...

She also turns to shekar who blinks his eyes to accept...

She smiles widely...

Her dadu is asking her something for the first time...

That itself is enough for her to die at the moment...

And what is this marriage in that...

She bends her head...

"if u all are okay with the alliance, I am ready too..."

Dadu beams in happiness...

"shekar! Ask the pandit to be here in an hour..."

"but bhavji... "

"there should not be any delay in the good things..."

Shekar smiles and conveys the same to Rathores...

They all look at ragini surprised...

Rey holds ragini's hand...

"are u happy with this? U didn't agree under any pressure right?"

The respect on him doubles in ragini's mind...

Lakshya looks at her in tension...

"yes uncle...I accept the relation with all my heart and soul..."

Lucky beams in happiness...

Aadya kisses her forehead...

"will soon come with bharath..."

Dadu interrupts... "our pandit will give us the auspicious dates..."

By then the pandit arrives and gives the biggest shock to them...

"yajmaan! Their kundlis match perfectly... But"

"but what panditji " lucky asks in tensed tone.

Ragini narrows her eyes at him...

Why is he so desperate?

What's his intention?

"but the most auspicious time is in an hour...

If they get tied in this hour, it will last for seven births"

Ragini opens her mouth in O...

One hour!

Like seriously...

Lucky smirks...
"I am ready!"

Everyone gives him a look..

He smiles sheepishly...
"I mean only if everyone is ready..."

Shekar nods in no...

"that's so insane...Ragini is our only kid.

We can't marry her off Just like that...

Even if it takes next year, that's okay..."

Now ragini smiles widely...

Love u papa...

One year...

I ll be able to fulfil all my dreams by then...

Rathores were too confused...

Till yesterday, they were not sure of coming here...

But now, already the marriage talks are going on

Panditji too thinks...

"there is a solution though...
Will have a small ring ceremony within an hour now Just to mark each other...

And an engagement 15 days later...

Marriage mostly after 2 months...
With the closest day..."

Now everyone looked relieved...

Dadu declares... "We are okay with it..."

"we too..." aadhya and Rey nods...

Lucky smiles looking at ragini...

Aarya scratches his head...

"what about the rings? "

"will buy nearby..." lucky gets up...

Aadhya holds his arm...

And give him her ring...
"it's the ring of lovers...
That gets passed in Rathore's family...

One or the other day, it belongs to ur wife...

And y not now..."

Lucky smiles and hugs her..

Dadi too get the ring which she had bought recently...

"parvathiji! I want both the rituals to be followed...

So that our kids have a happy life ahead..."

The bride and the groom get ready soon...

Meanwhile, arya and rey had decorated the place...

Panditji chants the mantras and ask both sides to talk about give and take things...

Dadu "Gadodias never give any chance to get taunted...

Will do everything that expected from the bride's family..."

Rey smiles... "u can do anything for urs as well ragini's happiness...

We dont forbid anything...

But there is nothing that we are expecting something from u...

God's grace, we are leading a dream life of every man...

I assure u to treat ur daughter as our daughter from now..."

Everyone gets impressed and lucky side hugs his dad.

"thank u..."

Ragini too feels happy...

Pandit ji starts the rituals of both the families and asks them to exchange the rings.

Both exchange the rings and lucky whispers...

"welcome to my family...
Soon to be Mrs Rathore."

She just nods...

They take everyone blessings...

Everyone clicks lot many pics and dadi feeds them the sweets...

Ragini was about to go when lucky holds her hand.

"leave my hand! " she says in a low voice...

"never! " he smirks.

She stamps his foot secretly...

He hisses in pain...and narrows his eyes... "u ll pay for this.."

She gives him an attitude look...

"mumma! U forgot the most important Rathore ritual..."

"which one baby? "

"the groom kisses the bride after exchange of rings..."

"hain!" Rey looks confused.

Ragini looks at that horrified... She knows where he is going...

She starts struggling in his hold...

Before aadya and Rey interrupts, arya signals them to go with the flow...

They look at lucky who was giving a pleading look...

They smile and gives him a green signal...

Rey answers... "yeah! How did u forget this aadhu...

It's very important... It's the promising kiss which the groom do to bride...

Like she is the only girl in his life from now..."

Gadodias who were not pleased with the idea finally smiles indicating they have no problem...

Lucky mouths 'thank you ' to Rey...And he shows him thumbs-up...

Lucky cups her cheek...

"what are u doing? It's not church wedding to kiss...

And we are not married"

"yet...Not married yet...but will soon marry sweetheart"

Saying that he kisses her cheek...

Ragini closes her eyes with her heart racing in Olympics...

She controlled herself not to punch him in front of all the family members...

He can go to any extent to achieve his goals...

His lips lingered more than required on her chubby cheeks...

Lucky growls when arya pulls him back smiling sheepishly at everyone...

Ragini too opens her eyes and glares him...

Rathores were getting ready to leave...

Aadhya holds dadi's hand...
"it's all looking like a dream parvathiji...

I found my daughter in law in Just 2 days..."

Men too keep talking...

Lucky pulls ragini to him....

"dare completed darling...
Where is my reward? "

Ragini punches his stomach
"this is ur reward..."

"ouch! "

"get lost now...U did what u wanted right? "

"man kartha hai, tumhe saath le chalu...

I ll miss u ragini...

Be mine soon "

He winks...

That's when dadi asks
"ragini! Did u pack ur bags too? "

"yes dadi...The cab will be here in 2 minutes..."

"where to? " arya asks...

"Bhopal duffer... That's where I work if u forgot"

Lucky rolls his eyes thinking something...

"Bhopal duffer...That's where we live if u forgot..." he raises his eyebrow at arya...

Arya catches the signal and goes out...

Rathores bid bye to gadodias and come out to find ragini with the bags...

Dadi "didn't the cab come till now
It's getting dark..."

"I know...Abh tak tho aajana chayiyetha...

I ll book another then..."

Lucky stamps arya's foot...

"oww... I mean why cab bhabhi...

We are going to Bhopal itself... U can come with us"

Ragini's eyes which were on phone shoots up to see lucky...

He gives her a flying kiss...

She narrows her eyes...

"hey no problem! Another cab is on the way..."

"oh come on bhabhi! It's already 7pm...

What if it starts to rain like yesterday...

What if the cab gets break down Just like yesterday...

What if the cab driver take advantage of u... "

He reasons out as many as possible...

All these worry dadi...

Before she speaks, ragini protests again...

"no thanks! I am used to it.
It's not new for me to travel at night...

And I am not weak to protect myself.."

She grits her teeth...

Now lucky looses his temper...

"look ragini! U were just a gadodia till yesterday...

But today, u are the lakshya rathore's fiancee...

And u r my responsibility! "

He says glaring into her eyes...

She shivers at that but gets shocked to witness this side of him...

She fists her hand...

Aadhya senses the tension
and cups ragini's face...

"ragini! When u can trust a stranger , why not us?

Or have u still not accepted us? "

Ragini looks at her and smiles...

"it's not about the matter of trust aunty...

I don't like to trouble u..."

"silly girl! We will be troubled knowing u r not safe...

Now, no more arguments...
U r coming with us... "

Ragini leaves a sigh...

"okay! "

Lucky puts his forelock back and smiles...

The elder men who were still inside shake hands with each other and exchanges the numbers...

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That's it for today...

The lengthiest ever in this ff...

Next :145+...(of all chapters)
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No update till that happen..

Precap : laksh to meet ragini at?