This update is dedicated to everyone who's born in "August"
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I stared at my reflection in the huge mirror of my room. I am wearing my black wedding gown as a Mafia bride and a tiara on my head as a Mafia Princess. The dress hugged my upper body tight and flowed to the lower body down my waist. My hair was in a updo, and I wore a black necklace to compliment my long neck.

I didn't meet Manik from the tattoo day. We didn't even sleep in the same room sneaking like every time, it was my decision and he respected it. He wanted to see my tattoo but I shut the curtains that day asking him to wait till the wedding day.

I don't like anyone badmouthing us. Niyonika has been cursing our life from a long time now and to be honest it's getting so toxic here with her presence.

Manik was adamant on meeting me but I was stubborn too. As Alya suggested let my happy moment be happy. For that, we can wait for sometime without being with each other.

It was easy last night as Manik went to celebrate his bachelor night while I slept at home. I hope that he had a good time in the party and ate lots  food. Do they serve ice cream? Or will they deny it being at night? Only Manik can answer it to me what he did in his bachelor party.

I sat in the garden with a black curtain separating Manik and me. His people were on his side and my people are on my side.

"Before the wedding, we shall ask you a few questions and you have to give me your answer by lifting your gun." Alya announced.

"But games happen after the wedding! First let us get married." Manik said impatiently making everyone laugh.

"Yeah, Boss! You can have your bride for all your life, as of now let's have some entertainment." Alya replied.

"But I don't have a gun." I said, I am not a Boss to possess a gun.

"In that case, you can use your tiara, princess. Let's start the game between Tiara vs Gun." Kay cheered.

I lifted my tiara above the curtain level and Manik lifted his gun. Just his fists around the gun made me crazy to see him and kiss him. I missed him!

Kiss him. Ah! Since the day he taught me how to kiss properly there's no stopping back. All I know is I have to kiss him in all the different methods I learned.

"First question for the Boss, what's your nickname given by the Princess." Alya questioned him.

"That's easy. Monster Malhotra." He answered correctly.

How did he know?

"Is that correct, princess?" Alya questioned me and I approved it. "Awesome. Now it's your turn. What's your nickname given by the Boss."

Should I say it infront of everyone?

"Precious." I blushed and everyone cheered for me.

"Okay, next question. Who's the best dancer?"

"Manik." We both said at once. Ofcourse, I don't know how to dance.

"Who's the most adorable?"

"Nandini." We both said at once. Ofcourse, I am the adorable, cute one between us but these days Manik is also getting adorable.

"Who says sorry first?"

"Manik." We said together and the crowd was shocked to hear their mighty Boss not having the dominant hand.

Before Alya could ask another question Kay jumped in for his moment. "These questions are so boring, we need to spice it up." He announced in the mic.

"Do not let him speak." Manik threw the party papers at Kay which he accepted laughing loud.

"Princess, please tell us, is our Boss a Boob guy or Butt guy." The crowd cheered with double excitement than before.

"You are so dead in my hands." Manik tried to stand up and Kay ran away from the stage giggling aloud.

I rubbed my neck as I replayed all the time Manik and I were together. All the moments his attention was completely on my ass. I can say he is Butt guy.

Argh! Nandini where are your thoughts going these days?

"Okay, let's have more fun sessions after their wedding. For now, let's marry them, our groom is getting impatient." Alya forwarded the Malhotra heirloom dagger in a red cloth to the older man who is the wedding head.

The wedding chief bent the heirloom towards Manik's side first and asked him to swear. "I, Manik Malhotra, The Boss of Malhotra Empire, take you, Nandini, The heiress of Murthy Territory, to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life."

The chief blessed him and asked Manik to chose his partner for the ceremony. The chosen one will strike the dagger on the palm. Obviously, Manik chose Cabir as he is the most trustworthy person in his life. Once they are finished the dagger was pointed towards me.

The chief asked me to swear and I obeyed. "I, Nandini Murthy, Princess of Murthy territory, take you, Manik Malhotra, The Heir of Malhotra Empire, to be my husband. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life."

He then asked me to chose my partner for the ceremony. I chose the Professor as he stood up for me as my family. The chief handed the dagger to Professor who shivered. "I've never held it before let alone strike someone."

"It's alright Professor I can repair my external skin organ." I encouraged him.

"Don't speak anything right now. I am ... nervous." Professor's voice shivered.

Cabir sighed and held the Professor hand in his grip. "Take a deep breath, Professor. You are a doctor, don't think you are hurting the princess, she trusted you enough to hand you this responsibility." Cabir's words calmed the Professor.

Both of them together made a strike on my palm making a cross symbol of my wedding swear and my mafia debutante swear. The wedding swear is usually longer to signify our love to the other person.

I kept my palm over my mouth so that Manik wouldn't hear me screaming in pain. I want to do it, I will bear the pain for him, for this relationship and for us.

"I now pronounce you as wife and husband." The chief announced and dropped the black curtain separating us.

All the pain flew out of the window seeing Manik after a long time in front of me. He wore his black suit and styled his long hair back. We stood up together lost in each other as our hands were being bandaged and kept in the black gloves individually.

"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine." We said in a union looking straight into each other's eyes.

Manik and I were given finger rings to exchange and we did one after the other.

"With this ring, I wed you and pledge you my love now and forever."

"You may now kiss the bride." The chief said and everyone cheered.

"What about 'you may kiss the groom'?" I questioned and the chief rounded his eyes in shock.

He might have never heard of this before.

Manik cupped my cheeks in his palm and pulled my face closer to him. "Shall I kiss you?"

He asked for my permission and I stood on my tiptoes to kiss him. Our lips met for a brief second and I fell flat on my feet.

"Yay! Cheers for Mrs. Nandini Malhotra." Kay lifted me in the air with joy surrounding the area.

"It was just a peck. I didn't get my kiss." I shouted aloud but it was not audible to anyone due to the loud music blaring in celebration.

"That's my bride." Manik moved me from Kay's hold.

He lifted his hands in the air and handed me to Manik with a wink.

"Wait! You both must not meet till the three days after your wedding." Niyonika announced.

Does she have only bad news to share?

"Why? We are married now." Manik questioned her.

"It's a tradition. Meeting before that will bring bad luck to your life. Later your wish." She shrugged.

"Fine." Manik stomped his feet to the ground and left the place in anger and helplessness.

She didn't even spare a glance at me and left after destroying my moment. But why to worry when I have Kay on my side, he made sure I smiled with all his antics and the fun filled environment. After a lot of partying I noticed that Manik, Cabir and Professor were missing.

Manik was pissed off with the rule so went to our room, I understand, but why Cabir and Professor?

Their kiss flashed my memory.

Shit!

I must forget that image to be a normal working oxygen breather and carbon dioxide releaser.

It was around 11 at night and I am back in my room. I removed the tiara and kept it on my bed side. I started untying my updo braids and lost in my thoughts.

Why is Manik still not in my room? We are married and he must be here like always to have our 8 hour sleep. He didn't even meet me. He didn't feed me the food with his hands and we didn't even kiss properly.

Is he sleeping already keeping me awake?

"Manik." I stomped my feet and marched to our room from the garden path.

I knocked his door and Manik opened it. He removed his coat and rolled up his sleeves on his forearms making him extremely handsome.

"What are you doing here?" He questioned me with surprise reminding me the reason I am here.

I walked inside the room and he sut the door behind him. "You tell me, why are you not there? I was waiting for you from a long time."

"Waiting? But you asked me to follow all the rules and stay away from you." He answered.

"Dude! So, break the rules. You are the Boss." I said and turned away from him.

Our room is decorated with sweet smelling flowers and dim lights. The flowers moved as I moved with my huge gown.

"You are the Boss in my life and I was listening to you." He muttered under his breath.

"No. The truth is you don't want to see me or talk to me or eat with me. You don't love me." I pouted.

Manik pulled me by my waist and crashed me into his chest. "Do not test my love for you."

"I was just joking." I stuttered seeing his intense eyes fixed on me.

"Don't joke about our feelings."

"Well you could have come to my room without caring the rules. I missed you." I said honestly.

"I don't think you might want me to break the rules." He whispered against my lips and I gasped.

"Break the rules." I whispered brushing our lips and he captured my lips in the next second.

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