The Christmas Eve.

The countless Christmas trees, the glittering lights, the feeling of joy in the air. People were cheering for the festive season. The music playing. Family gatherings. The aroma of wine.

The blissful festive season brings joy for everyone. Well, maybe not everyone.

Here in a club, loud music was blasting in the atmosphere of the club. People were swaying on the rhythm of the music. A girl ,in a white dress, was seen sitting on the bar stool and gulping shots after shots of alcohol which was burning her throat. Her eyes were blood shot red.

She was Anika Singhaniya, only heir of Singhaniya's, a leading business family.

Suddenly a boy, dressed in black trousers, white tee and black jacket came towards her and sat on the stool beside her.

"Hey Gorgeous." The boy asked with a smirk playing on his lips.

Anika turned to look at him and the first thing she noticed was his beautiful oceanic blue eyes. He was Shivaay Singh Oberoi, a well known Casanova of the Las Vegas. Every girl swoons over him and sacrifices anything to be his girlfriend, even if it's for a day. He was a regular visitor in this club.

"Do I know you?" Anika looked at him and frowned.

"Maybe but I don't think so because I wouldn't leave a girl, who is so beautiful." Shivaay said while giving her a wide smile.

Anika just rolled her eyes and continued drinking.

"It seems that you're in very much agony because if a beautiful girl drinks so much either if it's her Bachelorette or someone broke her heart. I can't see your friends so I don't think it's your Bachelorette so it seems that someone broke your heart." Shivaay said with a knowing smirk.

"It seems that your theories about girls are very clear." Anika looked at him with a smirk playing on her lips.

Shivaay chuckled and said, " My theories are always very clear about beautiful girls like you. "

Anika looked at him with a frown, and asked, "Are you hitting on me? "

"You're smart enough. But I really want to know you and know about that b*st*rd who broke heart of a gorgeous girl like you" Shivaay said while giving her a flirtatious smile.

Anika chuckled, "Not bad, Mr. Smarty pants. Okay, let's play a game. If you win, then I'll tell you everything about me."

Shivaay nodded his head and said, "I'm ready. What's the game?"

Anika chuckled and said, "Desperate much, huh? Okay, the game is that you have to drink 15 shots of tequila along with me and if you successfully drink them then I'll tell you everything about me."

Shivaay's eyes widened in horor and he shouted, "ARE YOU MAD? 15 SHOTS OF TEQUILA? THAT'S TOO MUCH. "

Anika looked at him with a smirk, "Why, scared, Smarty pants?"

Shivaay looked at her with a frown and said, "I'm not scared, it's just that you're already tipsy and I don't want a pretty girl like you, vomiting on the streets because of hangover, you know. "

Shivaay smirked at her.

"Okay then, 10 for me and 15 for you. Deal? " Anika said.

Shivaay nodded his head and said, "Deal."

They ordered 25 shots of tequila and the waiter brought the tray of the shots and kept it in front of them.

Anika smirked, "Let's start."

Shivaay nodded and they started gulping shots after shots. After drinking 10 shots, Anika was totally under the effect of alcohol and was giggling.

"Oh God, I'm already feeling dizzy." Shivaay said while holding his head.

"So are you ready to accept your defeat? " Anika asked him while giggling.

"No, I can never lose. " Shivaay said and started gulping the last five shots.

Shivaay slammed the last shot glass on the table after gulping the last shot.

Now both were totally drunk. Shivaay turned and looked towards Anika and asked her to start her life story.

"My boyfri.....ex-boyfriend, Rahul told me that I'm just a boring girl who has no fun in her life and he was all the while cheating on me with my best friend, Ragini and today I got to know that in our 2 years relationship, he was cheating on me with Ragini for 1.5 years. I was feeling like a fool. I tried everything to keep our relationship healthy but guess what he was fooling me all the while. " Anika said in a slurry voice while crying.

Shivaay consoled her.

"Those men who cheat their woman and force them are not real men. And he doesn't deserve a sweet girl like you. You deserve a gentleman who will make you his princess and treat you like a queen." Shivaay said in a serious tone.

Anika looked at him with teary eyes.

"Really, do I deserve someone better?" Anika asked him innocently.

"Yes, you deserve the best." Shivaay said in a slurry voice.

Anika looked at him with heavy eyes.

"Have you cheated on anyone?" Anika asked him with a pout.

Shivaay shook his head in negative.

"Have you troubled your girl or forced herself on her? "

Shivaay again shook his head in negative.

"So you treat all the girls like a princess?"

Shivaay nodded his head.

"So you're a gentleman?"

Shivaay frantically nodded his head.

"Of course, I'm a gentleman. I was born a gentleman."

Anika held his hands in hers.

"Then marry me." Anika said with a wide smile.

"How can I marry you, gorgeous? "

Anika sadly pouted and tears started forming in her eyes.

"But you said I deserve a gentleman and you're a gentleman so why can't you marry me? Am I not beautiful? " Anika said with teary eyes.

Shivaay looked at her with concentration and then a smile covered his lips.

"You deserve a gentleman and I'm a gentleman so let's get married. " Shivaay said with a shy smile.

"Yaaayyy, let's go. Hurry up. "Anika stood up from the stool and Shivaay also followed her actions.

She stumbled a little due to the effect of alcohol but Shivaay held her hand before she fell down.

They went out of the club with stumbling steps and hired a taxi and asked the driver to take them to wedding chapel.

They sat at the backseat. Anika rested her head on Shivaay's shoulder.

" When will we get married? I'm feeling sleepy." Anika said in a drowsy tone.

"We're about to reach there, gorgeous. " Shivaay said with closed eyes.

Finally they reached the wedding chapel. Shivaay gave the fare to the taxi driver and they started walking to the wedding chapel. While walking, Shivaay started singing in a drunk tone.

"It's a beautiful night, we're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you
Is it the look in your eyes, or is it this dancing juice
Who cares baby, I think I wanna marry you

Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard
We can go
No one will know
Oh c'mon girl" Shivaay sang and Anika giggled.

Shivaay and Anika finally reached the wedding chapel and they saw a man sitting there at the main desk.

"Hello Sir! " Shivaay said to the man while waving his hand at him and Anika did the same.

"We want to get married, Sir. Can we? " Anika asked him while making a puppy face.

The man smiled and nodded his head.

"Sure, every religion always supports the couple who are in love and want to get commited to each other. " The man said with a smile.

He took out a register and opened a page.

"Can you tell me your names?" The man asked them.

Anika raised her hand in air and said, "I'm Anika Singhaniya. "

Shivaay looked at her keenly and copied her actions and said, " And I'm Shivaay Singh Oberoi. "

The man wrote down their names on the register and took out some documents which was actually a marriage certificate to make their marriage legal.

"When will we get married?", asked Anika with a pout.

Shivaay side hugged her and said in slurry voice "Soon baby."

The man chuckled at the activities of this cute couple and said, "It seems that you both are very eager to get married so let's start."

Anika and Shivaay nodded their head with excitement.

"Do you have rings? " The man asked them and their eyes widened in horror.

"Oh No! Gorgeous, we don't have rings. Now how will we get married?"

Anika made a sad pout and said, "I really wanted to get married to you. "

"No worries. I have two silver wedding bands, you can make it wear each other." The man said with a smile.

"But why do you have rings? Did you also wanted to marry, huh?" Shivaay asked with a teasing smile and the man's eyes widened.

"No. No. The last couple, which came here to get married, got into an argument and cancelled the wedding and left the rings here only." The man said hurriedly.

Shivaay and Anika exchanged the knowing looks with each other and said, "OOOOHHHHH! "

The man got irritated and asked, "Do you really want to get married or not?".

Shivaay and Anika frantically nodded their head.

" Then let's get started. " Said the man while handing them the rings.

Shivaay and Anika took the rings from him and stood facing each other.

"Do you accept Shivaay Singh Oberoi as your husband? " Asked the man to Anika.

Anika looked at Shivaay and chuckled and then got confused.

"Who is Shivaay sin.... Whatever? This is Mr. Smarty pants."

The man rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you? "

Anika nodded her head and said, "I do. " Shivaay smiled at her.

The man urned to look at Shivaay and asked, "Do you accept Anika Singhaniya as your wife? "

Shivaay face palmed himself and said, "Again wrong. This is Miss. Gorgeous. "

The man rolled his eyes again and asked him, "Do you?"

Anika giggled and Shivaay said, "I do. "

"Please sign this marriage documents here." The man told them.

Shivaay and Anika signed the documents.

"Now you can exchange the rings." The man said.

Shivaay took hold of Anika's hand and gasped in horror.

"What happened, Smarty pants? " Anika asked him with confusion.

"You've 10 fingers in one hand. Woooowwwww! " Shivaay exclaimed.

Anika smirked and said, "I know I'm wow. Now make me wear the ring. "

Anika whined in frustration.

"But which finger? There are so many fingers in your hand. " Shivaay asked in confusion.

Anika looked at her fingers keenly and then folded her hand in a fist except the ring finger and said, "This one. "

Shivaay struggled and finally made her wear the ring. Anika cheered in joy.

Shivaay also forwarded his ring finger to her and she also made him wear the ring with much struggle.

"Hereby, I announce you both as Husband and wife. Now you may kiss the bride. " The man announced.

Shivaay was smiling shyly and Anika held his collar and pulled him towards her. Shivaay looked at her shocked but his shock flew away in air when Anika placed her lips on his. They started kissing each other. The man cleared his throat. Shivaay and Anika broke the kiss and frowned at the man.

"I think that's enough." The man said.

"Let's go, Mrs. Gorgeous. " Shivaay said while linking his hand with Anika's and Anika nodded her head with half closed eyes as now the alcohol was showing its effect on her.

"Hmm. Let's go." Anika said while resting her head on his shoulder.

They were about to leave when The man stopped them, "Wait. Take your marriage certificate. "

Shivaay nodded his head and stuffed the marriage certificate in his jacket.

They headed outside the chapel.

"Mr. Smarty pants?"

"Hmm."

"I don't want to go back home. I hate my home. You know no one is there to wait for me. Dad is always on a business tour. He never cared about me. He just sends lots of money in my account and that's it. I hate this life. No love, no friends, only money. My house doesn't feel like home anymore. You know I was dating that m*r*n because I was lonely and I desperately wanted some company in my life. That's why I started dating him. I married you because I can't be alone anymore. This loneliness is eating me up. Please take me home with you. " Anika said while some tears slipped from her eyes.

Shivaay immediately wiped her tears and pecked her forehead.

"I'm taking you home only, Gorgeous." Shivaay said with a small smile.

Shivaay hired a taxi and they drove towards Oberoi Mansion.

Shivaay paid the taxi driver and looked at Anika who was sleeping with her head on his shoulder. His vision was getting blurry by now due to the effect of alcohol.

He gently patted her cheek and said, "Gorgeous, get up. We're home."

Anika immediately opened her eyes on the mention of 'home' and looked out of the taxi and saw a white lavish mansion decorated with lights on the account of Christmas.

She looked back at Shivaay and asked, " Is this our home? "

Shivaay nodded his head and said, "let's go. "

Anika nodded her head and they stepped out of the taxi and headed towards the main door, stumbling and walking while holding each other's hands.

They entered the mansion and it was pitch black as it was 3 in the morning.

Shivaay was quietly taking Anika to his room with quiet steps and Anika got confused.

"Why are we walking so quietly? " Anika asked loudly in confusion and Shivaay immediately palmed her mouth.

"Shh! My family will wake up. That's why we are walking so quietly. Okay. Now don't make any noise. " Shivaay said in a hushed voice.

Anika nodded her head in understanding and they quietly headed towards Shivaay's room. As soon as they entered his room, Anika lied down on the bed with her arms spread wide on the bed while Shivaay locked the door. Shivaay went towards the bed with stumbling steps and bend down towards Anika's face to look if she has slept or not.

On noticing him close to her, Anika pulled Shivaay above her with his collar. Because of the sudden pull, their lips got latched and they started kissing each other. One thing led to another and they spent the night in the bliss.

That night, two strangers met, got drunk married and even consummated their marriage. Let's see what fate has in store for them.

TO BE CONTINUED..