"Wake up beta", said Maa,

"Two more minutes Maa, please", I said while covering my face with the pillow,

"No beta today is your wedding and there are a lot of rituals to perform", said Maa,

The moment she said the word wedding, all my plan to sleep a little bit more went into vain,

I woke up and stretched my hands and said with wide smile,

"Good morning Maa",

"Ohho someone is looking very happy and fresh today", teased Maa,

I blushed lightly and bend down my head to hide it from Maa,

"Okay you get ready soon, I am going to check all the arrangements", said Maa and went out,

I came to the washroom to brush my teeth, after brushing my teeth I came out and went towards my luggage, I opened my luggage and took out the package on which it is written 'Haldi Ceremony', I tore up the seal and see that it's a yellow colour saree,

(Haldi= Turmeric)

All my wedding shopping were done by Maa, Mumma, Riya and Kareena, they have made such packages for each rituals, I did complained that why to change the clothes again and again for each rituals when I can do all the ritual in same dress but they argued and said that wedding doesn't happen again and again it's special and one time celebration, so I gave up and agreed to their plan,

I had a quick shower and wear the saree, I didn't want to apply any makeup now because haldi will ruin all my makeup so why to waste my efforts and products on it, but Kareena again said that haldi ceremony is not going to happen again and again and instructed me strictly to cake up my face with makeup before each rituals,

"Waoo Di the colour of your Mehendi is so dark", said Kareena excitedly while entering into the room,

"I came here to flaunt the colour of my Mehendi but it's nothing Infront of the colour of your hands", said Kareena,

"No Kareena see the colour of our hands are almost similar", I said while joining both of our hands together,

"You know what di Maa said that it reflects the intensity of love of your husband", said Kareena,

I blushed after hearing her comment, whenever I apply mehendi on my hands it gets dark but today's colour is even more darker,

"Karuna, are you ready", said Maa while peeking inside the room,

"Yes Maa", I said,

We all together came to the hall where my haldi ceremony is going to be held, Maa made me sit in the middle of the hall on a stool and three of my unmarried cousins along with Kareena grab a dupatta and placed it above my head like a roof,

One by one all the elders come and applied haldi on me, they applied it above my head, on my shoulder, on my cheeks, on my palms and on my feet,

Atlast the turn of my cousin's came and I became scared, they all were eagerly waiting for their turn and now they are not going to leave me,

Maa offered them some haldi and they all ran towards her to pick as much as possible haldi on their hands and I watched their actions with wide eyes,

"Maa save me", I said scaredly and all my cousin's gave evil smile to me,

"No please, don't forget your turn will also be coming..", Kareena didn't let me finish and covered my face with haldi, some even gone inside my mouth, and after that all of them started their assault on me,

As expected, they didn't spare any part of my exposed skin and drenched me fully in haldi,

After their creativity they all started laughing loudly and I glare at them but because of my glare they laughed even harder and soon I also join them in laughing,

I came back to my room with Kareena and went directly inside the washroom, it took me half n hour to remove all the haldi from myself,

The day past with many more small rituals and now it's the time for me to get ready as a bride, Maa came with the same beauticians who helped me to get ready on the day of my engagement and they started their magic on me, first they styled my hair and then they did my eye makeup then my face and then they asked me to wear my dress and helped me to set it properly,

Now I am sitting inside my room all ready on my bridal attire and waiting for my groom,

"Waoo Di, jiju will forget how to breathe after seeing you because you are looking breathe taking", said Kareena while entering the room,

I blushed listening her comment and looked at her, she is wearing royal blue colour gown and no doubt she is looking awesome,

"Today someone else is also going to forget how to breathe because of you, you are looking gorgeous", I said and she blushed,

Oh God! Is she really blushing, did anything happen between Rahul and her which I had missed,

"Kareena what happened?", I asked curiously,

"Nothing Di", she said shyly looking everywhere but not me,

Now I am sure definitely something happened between them,

"I want each and every details", I declared,

She looked at me shockingly with wide eyes and said,

"There is nothing to say Di", she said and rushed out of the room,

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Kareena Pov

After Paa declared that party is over we all said goodnight and left from there, after entering my room I remember that I forget my cellphone on the counter of the party hall and again went towards the hall,

As I was going to enter into the hall I collided with very hard object and fall down on the floor and that hard object is lying on top of me,

I opened my eyes to look at that object and I became shocked seeing a man on top of me and was going to shout but before I shout he blocked my mouth and stopped me from shouting, I bite his hand and he removed it with jerk and cried in pain,

"Awwww",

I smiled victoriously and said,

"Move",

He nodded his head in denial and I glared at him and said something to scared the hell out of him,

"Listen don't try to bother me, you don't know my boyfriend, he is very muscular and will kill you for troubling me",

He looked at me questioningly and asked,

"Who is your boyfriend?",

Why his voice seems so friendly?, I looked at him confusedly and he raised his eyebrow, without thinking I said,

"Rahul Mittal, the owner of 'style n shine' brand, now move"

He moved and I did a victory dance on my mind, yeah I scared him, thanks to Rahul, I stood up from the floor and went towards the counter where I left my phone, I picked up my cellphone and went towards the main gate, that man is still standing near the main gate and thinking something deeply,

The moment I was going to get out he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him instantly, because of his instant pull I fall on him and grabbed his shoulder for the support,

"How dare you?, Wait! I am going to call Rahul, he will deal with you", I said threatening him,

I lifted my hand which have my mobile and dialled Rahul's number while trying hard to get out of this man's hold but he is too strong, it's impossible for me to get out of his hold without using any trick,

The moment ringing began on my phone I heard a sound of ringtone coming from outside, I swing my head from left to right in confusion to find out whose mobile is ringing, but he grabbed my cheeks and made me look into his eyes, his eyes seems so friendly,

"Who are you?", I asked him,

He smiled a little bit and started leaning down, I don't know what he is going to do and I closed my eyes tightly,

'what are you doing Kareena?, Instead of closing your eyes you should protest, what Rahul will think when he will find out about all this', said my inner self,

"Your boyfriend", wishpered the man close to my ears,

I opened my eyes wide in shock and looked at him shockingly, he removed his moustache to clear all my doubts that he is non other than else but Rahul Mittal whom just now I claimed as my boyfriend,

oh shit!

"I...I...I was trying to threaten..", he didn't let me finish and said,

"Whom me by using your boyfriend's name?",

I blushed and lowered my head down to hide it from him and he started laughing loudly,

I freed myself from his grip and ran out of the hall towards my room,

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