"Bitch--what??"

"Aisha!" I whisper yell at her to keep her voice down.

The media on the other hand were constantly calling out mine and other's names to grab our attention and stumbling and trying hard to rush into the main party area beyond the divider pole.

"Well Aisha, how many times will she say the same thing again and again! Well let me rephrase it for you in another way.

She meant that her love of her life, that is Mr.Vikram Malhotra, CEO of Malhotra companies, had taken a beautiful video featuring our dearest Suha lying inside the lift like a homeless tramp"

This little brat!

I am going to register her name in matrimony today.

"How many times will you both keep stressing that? I am already losing my mind, tell me a solution for that." I held my head in my palms, unable to find a solution.

"Come on chill Suha, after all it's your darling future hubby who took the video, you gotta enjoy that he is fascinated about you, that he likes to capture it even when you look like a beggar" Anki and Aisha hifi-ed.

"Hubby?? My foot!! And yeah, if only we weren't here for this freaking engagement, I would've buried you both 6 feet below the ground."

Ugh, I am going insane.

Mum and Dad on the other hand were constantly checking the guests while Rohit was introducing Megha to his relatives.

And here, I am standing in one corner with these two goblins.

Where the hell is Vikram? If only I knew about this video before, I would have ran a bulldozer over him.

"Haha whatever, but suha, we both want to see that video, I am sure the kiss and makeout scenes aren't censored."

Just kill me already!

Anki and Aisha were constantly making fun of me and also were dancing and enacting some drama in the corner of the party hall.

I am hell sure you don't want to see their drama. They claim that they are acting all possible scenes that would have happened in the lift between me and huh--well, You-know-who.

Voldemort ?

No, Vikram.

Maybe Voldemort made all 'V' named men as his horcruxes, coz all the men starting with V, are somehow troubling me.

Well, but I really don't remember a heck of what happened. Maybe I should have a look at the video when no one's there.

Especially these idiots.

Ughh, Suha think about something else.

"You dumbheads stop that act, you both are horrible. It feels like I have some disease, my heart is racing like Usain Bolt and my Head is about to blast any moment now"

"Oh yeah, you look sick" Anki twitched her lips.

"What?? I look sick?? I spent a whole freaking day getting ready for this engagement and I look sick??"

"Yeah, Lovesick" Aisha twitches her lips, controlling her laughter.

"Exactly! Her eyes are popping out hearts and lips blowing out kisses, all hearts all over her face, just like those emojis" Anki actions the places where the hearts would be in an emoji.

I badly--so badly need new friends.

I didn't even feel like replying, every moment felt like standing on fire and these girls are jumping like restless monkeys.

Jumping like monkeys? Lol, I gotta use this phrase next time with these monkeys.

"And where is Ishaan, Aisha?" A small smile plants on my face.

"Who--Ishaan--huh who is that?"

"The guy who fell all over you in your birthday party " Now it was my turn to hifi with Anki.

Take that! Now, I have to find a guy for Anki, and then I can live happily teasing them.

With your husband and kids.

I meant unmarried. I gotta buy a filter for my mind.

"Suhana, come here" Varsha aunty called me out.

And there he is. Creepy Stalkerish Culprit.

I walked forever until I reached them. Duh, the hall was huge as hell.

His strong gaze was stuck on me, making me self conscious and he probably had no idea on breaking the eye contact until I had reached there.

Wait--I am looking bad?

Or worse,

Did he find out that I was in his room?

And as I reached, Cupid No.1, I mean Varsha Aunty, left the place chuckling leaving us behind.

Awkward Silence

Continued by--Awkward Silence.

Should I shout at him here or somewhere else?

He kept moving his gaze here and there, and his face--forget that.

And--He seems to be thinking about something. Probably how to torture me or how to annoy me to the fullest.

Ughh--I better think about something else.

Wait--Should I ask him about those gifts??

What?? Bah-Why do I have so many things to ask him??!

Duh, I am doing this again. Think about something else Suha, throw this idiot out of your mind.

Sudden clinking grabbed my attention. It was Mr.Malhotra announcing about---My engagement??!!

The freaking what???

No no, Can we exchange slaps instead of rings?

Atleast I get a chance to slap him.

And he gets his chance as well.

Forget that.

I tried hard to smile, though I couldn't, I kept fiddling my fingers to make myself look normal.

Hope others bought my act.

Mom brought the rings in some huge decorated ring holder. I mean, who uses these ring holders instead of normal trays.

But indeed it was pretty, maybe I sh--

Omg! What am I even thinking?!

Back to earth Suha, back to earth!

The rings were so damn pretty that I could take a hard pass for this engagement.

After taking a minute or so, Vikram grabs the ring and makes me wear it like a hungry hulk.

Dude, I thought you had to plan to escape!!

I doubt if he even wanted to stop this engagement or not. I couldn't quit staring at his damn hot fa-- i mean his face.

My hands were freezing, with every passing second.

"Ahem" Vikram cleared his throat as I jumped back from my rumbling.

And with squeezing my eyes tightly, I picked up the ring and slid into his finger.

And after a few minutes, they threw us out of the limelight in the name of some break.

Sitting next to Vikram, a million questions were running in my mind.

Which one should I ask first?

Ask him what cologne did he use, he smells good today!

No-no I swear that wasn't me.

"I thought you had a Plan"

I Couldn't help but these words just spilled out of mouth.

"Probably I didn't have one"

"We are half married now" I looked away feeling unstable with his gaze.

He was answering something. I couldn't concentrate given that I wanted to ask him about the gifts mainly.

Don't ask me why. I just want to know if it was him or someone else.

"I want to ask you something!" I blurred out unable to control my mouth.

"What?" He picked up a glass of champagne as the waiter approached.

"You sent this watch and those flowers the other day?" I was utterly confused when I asked that.

Hope he didn't figure it out.

"Yeah!"

Unaware of myself, a small smile was playing in the corner of my lips.

"Suhana" Varsha aunty called so I immediately left as I couldn't control my smile for a long time.

No-I wasn't smiling. It was just--funny!

Atleast I am glad it wasn't someone else.

But wait--those notes he sent, it was clearly written 'I love you'

But---

By the time my mind could come to a conclusion, I had reached Varsha aunty who was amidst some aunties probably.

"Suhana, this is Mohini, my sister and Mohini, as you know this is suha, my eldest daughter-in-law "

What?? I ain't married to their son yet.

Pretty soon.

Shut up you freaky weird mind.

"She is so beautiful and charming enough to grab any man's attention. Then why won't Vikram fall for her"

The aunty's laughing session was breathtakingly boring!

"Ishaan has to told us about and your friends also and--"

"Ishaan? Your Ishaan's mum? I squeal like an idiot while she nods confused, finding my behaviour, weird.

"Wait--you have to meet my friend. Wait where is Ishaan?"

"Ishaan--he was--" Mohini aunty was turning here and there searching for him.

"Oh yeah--there--Probably talking to someone"

I turned around to find a young fit lad in a black tuxedo, talking to--

Huh,Is that--Aisha?

I strain my eyes to look, and yeah it is Aisha and she asks me who Ishaan is.

Anyways my ship is sailing yayy.

By then, Mr.Malhotra had already announced Megha and Rohit's engagement.

I decided to stay wherever I was, but then something in me wanted to go back and talk in detail about those gifts to Vikram.

Should I ask? What if he is waiting for a reply??

With thoughts in their velocity inside my mind, I had reached our table and sat next to him.

He was looking somewhere else, despite I was staring--I mean looking at him.

"Sorry, aunty had called. What were you saying?" I decided to start the topic as he was looking a bit off.

"You wanted to stop this marriage right?"

Yeah, but--

He sent me gifts and then asks me about stopping the marriage.

Wait--he wants me to give a reply? Yes or No to his proposal?

Oh my freaking God, my mind is so messed up right now.

"Well--yeah, I guess you wanted the same. You have a plan?" I replied, not easily giving away my confusion.

"Congratulations both of you" Applause commenced as Megha and Rohit are now officially engaged.

So are you.

Unexpectedly, Vikram got up from his chair and headed to the limelight where all were standing.

"Congratulations Megha and Rohit. I am really happy for you. " He declared with his cold voice.

You grumpy, at least tell that with a happy face.

"But there's something I have to tell you all."

He gave a huge pause in between and then decided to speak up.

"Me and Suhana, we don't love each other. Not just now, since the very beginning. " He declared as the entire crowd gasped.

What?

Is this guy mad?

Is he bipolar or what?

Confused, I got up from her seat, with no clue about his declaration.

" Sorry but not sorry. Me and Suhana--we both barely know each other, maybe since a week or two. It all started as a drama and to portray her as my girlfriend, but it backfired on us, and that's why we are here now.

I know it's late, but nevermind. Now that the truth is out, let's just get rid of this drama"

He is drunk.

I am damn sure, this guy is freaking drunk or high on weeds.

Who declares this in public?

He walks straight to Varsha aunty and he hands over his --Ring?

He removed that?

What the hell is happening here?

He mumbles something to his parents as he walks away from the limelight as he stops in front of me.

With words choked, but million questions wandering in my head, the only word that came out of my mouth was "Vikram" in my crackled voice.

He had his gaze stuck on me for less than a minute and moved past me as the entire crowd was shocked with the turning events.

Media's clattering increases with every step Vikram moves away.

And within seconds the smile in Megha's and Rohit's disappeared, leaving everyone on the verge of crying.

I moved my gaze around the whole party hall, to see if he was still there, but he was long gone.

With no second thoughts, I walked away in the direction he had headed, as I decided to confront him.

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