THE WEDDING
Wadhwas & Oberois were among the most famous businessman & thus the guests from all over the world were invited in the wedding. Finally the bride & groom were called for the wedding rituals. Annika & Shivay came from different directions. Annika was glowing, she was accompanied by some of her cousins who were helping her with the beautiful heavy lehenga that she wore. She could she Shivay coming from the front. He looked like a prince. Very charming & royal. Annika was busy adoring her ever so handsome husband to be. On the other hand Shivay was coming with his cousins. He didnt even bothered to look even once at Annika, who was just in front of him. He just avoided to have an eye lock with his wife to be, whom he actually hated. He straightaway came & sat under the mandap. Annika found this a bit wierd, but she had to ignore it at that point of time.
Both of them completed the wedding rituals. After the varmala( a ceremony where the bride & groom put flower garlands in each others neck) kanyadan took place. In the kanyadan the father gives away the hand of his daughter in the hand of the groom & asks him not to fail the bride in terms of moral values, money & love. It was too emotional moment for both Annika & her father. Annika had always been the apple of her father's eye. He had tears in his eyes while performing the rituals little did he knew that he is giving away his daughter to someone who could only make sure that he hates his daughter. He & Annika saw a bandaged tied against Shivay's hand, when Mr Wadhwa asked him, Shivay said that he got a little cut. After the pheras ( The bride & groom take 7 rounds of the sacred fire burning in the middle. In the 7 rounds the bride & groom take 7 vows which denote trust, protection, love, & sacrifice for each other) Shivay filled Annika's forehead with vermillion (Sindoor). The moment Shivay did that, Annika felt some tears dwelling into her eyes. This was the man she loved & finally she was his wife. She could not control her tears. After that Shivay tied the mangalsutra against her neck. To Annika all these rituals meant the life to her but Shivay just completed all those rituals like a formality, without any emotion, without any feeling, just like a deal.
After all the rituals, it was finally the time of bidaai ( the moment when the bride finally goes away with the groom & his family). Annika just hugged her father tightly and cried her heart out. She loved Shivay & finally married the love of her life still the pain of leaving her father alone was heart wrenching. Both of them were there for each other but now Annika had to go, she had to leave him forever & this literally broke her heart. Mr wadhwa hugged her tightly and finally made her sit inside the car. He hugged Mr Oberoi & Shivay. His eyes were only asking them to take care of his only daughter, who is a part of his heart. Mr Oberoi ensured him that Annika is a like a daughter to him & she will be happy. They sat in the car & left, leaving the lonely shattered father behind who kept standing there untill the car faded away in darkness.

*OBEROI MANSION*
Annika & Shivay received a grand welcome. The house was decorated beautifully by fresh flowers & sparkling lights. There were flowers all over the floor for the bride & groom to move. Mr Oberoi was already not well so Shivay asked him to go to his room & take rest. Before going Mr Oberoi came to Annika, keeping his hands on her head & blessing her, he told her that he needs to take rest. He asked her to enjoy the rituals and kissed her forehead. She nodded in approval & gave him a warm sweet smile. After the basic rituals, it was time for some fun ritauls between the bride & groom but the moment, the relatives asked Annika & Shivay to sit for those, Shivay literally refused to perform any more rituals.

"I could not perform any more of these. Please stop it now. Let me go to my room, I m tired" he said that and left.

Everyone was stunned & so was Annika. She was standing there in the middle of the relatives & Shivay just went away, leaving her alone? It was the first time she felt scared. Scared that there is something not right. It was too wierd & uncomfortable for her. One of the relatives came out & asked Martha to leave Annika to Shivay's room. Martha was the house keeper of Oberoi mansion. She came & said
" Lets move to Sir's room madam"
Annika went away with her.

*SHIVAY*
He was frustrated, very much frustrated by all the damn rituals. It meant nothing to him. He just had to do it for his father. It was choking him, he felt as if he would die out of suffocation. He went to the bar area made just next to his rooms & drank some shots of vodka. He was broken, he could not take it anymore. He just wanted to run away to Jennifer but he felt himself chained down by the promises of his father. He was already too frustrated for the day & the final cherry on the cake was the moment he entered his room. It was decorated with flowers & lights. He hated that. Those flowers reminded him that he is also like some object which his father gave to Annika because she wanted it. It irritated him to bits & pulled the last string of his patience.
He destroyed the decorations completely by pulling away all the flowers & lights.

*ANNIKA*
Annika entered the room only to witness Shivay pulling away all the beautiful flowers & lights from all over the room & destroying the decorations. It was shocking to see Shivay like that. He never behaved like that. He was a very decent, disciplined man. But today she saw in drunk.
She could not believe her eyes and the moment she went towards him, to hold him he shouted "Nooooo! Dont come near me".

*SHIVAY*
He was not in his senses. The vodka reached the top of his head. The volcano which was erupting inside his heart from last few weeks was finally on the verge of bursting. She was standing there right in front of him in the bridal attire but she was not Jennifer, it was Annika. His legally wedded wife was standing there but she was not Jennifer, it was Annika. He was drunk & thus was not able to stand properly & the moment he was about to fall, he saw her coming towards him
"Noooooo! Dont come near me" he shouted.
He could see her eyes which were not able o understand anything, they were red may be because she was crying
"Why are you crying? Haan??? You should be happy! Finally you got what you wanted right? You are now Mrs Annika Singh Oberoi. You have got me, see! Are you happy? Are you happy nowww!" He shouted making here tremble with fear.

*ANNIKA*
Nothing could describe what she felt when she heard him say those words. It felt as if he is not happy, he wanted something else. What was wrong she still could not understand. She was so terrified by the way he shout at her but she still managed to ask
"What is wrong Shivay, please tell me"
She asked between the tears that were continuously flowing out from her eyes.
And the next moment what all he said changed her biggest dream into a nightmare.

*SHIVAY*
"What is wrong?? You are asking me what is wrong?" He said laughing & the next moment he clutched her arms tightly and looking straight into her eyes he said
"You!!!! You are god damn wrong Annika. We were not not meant to be, You were not the one I wanted to be with, You were not the one I wanted to marry, You were not the one I dreamt of my life with, You were not the one I loved, It was never you!!!!!"

*ANNIKA*
"You!!!! You are god damn wrong Annika. We were not not meant to be, You were not the one I wanted to be with, You were not the one I wanted to marry, You were not the one I dreamt of my life with, You were not the one I loved, It was never you!!!!!"
These words literally shook her, it felt as if she is falling into some dark pit which is pulling her towards itself. She got numb. All her senses stopped working, even the pain which she was feeling a few minutes ago due to the way Shivay was clutching her arms tightly, felt numb.

*SHIVAY*
He could see those tears escaping her eyes but he didnt stopped may be because he himself didnt knew what he was doing.
"You know how I felt today, I felt as if I died. The fire around which we took those oaths, actually burnt all my bloody dreams. The moment I tied this mangalsutra around your neck, I felt as if m giving away all my happiness & dreams to you. The vermillion on you forehead feels like the ash of my burnt dreams. Why did you do this to me? Why did you loved me Annika? Whyyyyy?" He again shouted but this time she was standing still.
"I just want to clear one thing, I dont love you! I love JENNIFER & will keep doing that. You hear that??? I HATE YOU ANNNIKA...I HATE YOU" he shouted & collapsed on the floor.

*ANNIKA*
This girl who was so happy, who could feel her heart blooming with happiness few moments ago was now standing still like a dead corpse. All her dreams, her happiness, her faith, her desires were flowing out from her eyes. She could feel her heartbeat getting slower, it felt as if she would die. Her ears felt bursting out with those words she just heard from the person she loved the most. Its still easy to know that someone you love doesnt loves you back, its tough to know that the person you love loves someone else but its heart breaking to know that the person you love HATES you. Shivay HATES her? He loves someones else & he HATES her?? She ran into the bathroom & cried her heart out under the cool water of the shower which washed away all the pieces of her dreams & desires of her wedding night. All her friends claimed that Shivay will gift something very priceless & valuable to his pretty wife on the wedding night but what a pity, Annika never knew that the gift on her first night would actually be the most priceless gift ever...He gifted her HATRED, what could be more priceless than that!!! She buried her face between her thighs & kept sitting under the shower for god knows how many hours.

Precap : Shivay back to senses.

Hi lovelies
Thanku so so much on such a great response on this FF. I m just so overwhelmed. It is so motivating.

So finally Shivay & Annika are married. I tried to show the wedding in a bit vast way so that everyone who doesn't know about the rituals of an Indian wedding should get a little idea. I m so sorry if there is something wrong that I have mentioned please do correct me in the comments.

Even I m feeling so bad for Annika.

What do you think will happen when Shivay will come back to senses? Will he regret what all he did or not?

What will be Annika's reaction now after that she knows Shivay loves Jennifer & not her.

Do tell me your views in the comments.

Much love to all
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