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Mr.KASHYAP -aadi's grand father,also a rich shrewed business man.

Mrs.kashyap-aadi's grandmom. Always caring about money and status.

Mr.Murthy-Mrs.kashyap's younger brother,always has his eye on kashyap's fortune.

Natasha-Mr.Murthy's grand daughter.

Gauri-Mr and Mrs kashyap's one and only child. Aadi's mother.She is no more.

Gautam-Gauri's husband.Aadi's father.He is no more.

She asked me to marry her!!Was I dreaming?Is it true?If anyone asks me now what are the happiest moments of your life..I would say only two,One is this moment when she asked me to marry her and the second is the night we became one.

But I still can't believe this,I pinched my self tightly..ouch it pains!!So it is true.I suddenly got up,pulled my angel up with me,and spun her around in my arms.Thank god,as It was school and office time,The park was almost empty.

I got her down,pestered kisses on her face.

"Thank you,Thank you so much,You made me the happiest man alive.This time I give you my word that I will be a true husband in every way.I will love you so much that,no one in this whole world can love you like that,Not even yourself",I said in between kissing her face.

"Angel,Forgive me, I know there are times I deserted you in past, but now I will take you back with great compassion,love and respect exactly with what all you deserve".

"You know,The days you were with me was like a sweet heaven which I want in my life again because my heart can't tolerate any more pain my angel!! I missed you,A lot!",I kissed her forehead.

All the time she stood there numb,fidgetting.

"Whats wrong angel?"

"Aadi why do you want to be with me,Why don't you go away from my life?",I know her insecurities from past are eating her up,But i will be patient,I know she doesn't trust me.Now that we are getting married,I will be always with her,I will prove my trust and win her love.

"Angel I will go out of your life!",I said and,she stood shocked for a moment.

"But only, if you can promise me that somebody will love you more than me,And u know,That's impossible",I smirked.Now a small smile braced her face,and she gave me a small nod.

She looked serious now.

"Aadi we need to get married as soon as possible".

"But angel whats the hurry,This time i want to cherish each and every moment of our marraige".

"Please aadi,We dont have time,We will get married traditionally today evening in temple,And legally ,we will do a register marraige tommorrow morning",She is so tensed,Why is she nervous!!

"But angel...."

"Either we get married this way,Or good bye",She was about to walk away.No i cant spoil this chance with her.

"Okay my angel,as you like it,But register marraige needs a license 15 days before!"

"Stupid!!What are you The Aaditya Kashyap for?Go and pull some strings,I don't know how and what u will do".

"Okay angel,as you wish",I know we have very less time but I am determined to make this marraige beautiful in whatever way I can for my angel.

I know we are married before,But if was a forceful marraige,I dont even knew whether it could be considered a marraige! No one will believe me even if I say we are married also because no one witnessed it,neither we have any proofs to say that we got married, nor there was even a single picture.He even burned my mangalstutra.

What if they come and take aadi away?I should have some or the other way to bind me with him,And it is only possible through marraige.

Once we get a marraige certificate legally,No one can make me away from him,I can know they can go to any extents,But once I get a proof for our marraige I can go to any extent too.Hence this second marraige.

I was lost in my thoughts,where as aadi was so excited about everything. Monu and appu were also helping with whatever they can,I know they have many doubts regarding this second marraige,But I said them I will explain everything later.Now we are here ,at shopping,Aadi was trying to get me whatever I see,I know it his way of showing his forgiveness,But I dont want to accept anything from him.

From past half an hour he had been selecting saares for me,I denied,But he is in no mood to listen. I know he is trying to change memories of our painful marraige from past,But little does he know,They will never go away.

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He is dragging me to the jewellery shop.He was drunk too.

"Aadi plase don't take decisions in haste,please",I kept on pleading him all the while he bought a mangalsutra.

He drove us to some isolated place.We got down.

"Why?all the year you were at the back of me saying I love you!!Oh you changed your opinion now?You want to go with that shyam?"

"No aadi,I was only helping him with his studies,He hugged me because he passed all the backlogs,It was a friendly hug,I only love you,Please don't do this",I was sobbing badly now.

"I don't understand why are you hesitating ,The next step of love is marraige right,You already love me,Whats the problem?",He said and forcefully tied the thread on my neck,he bled his hand and applied it as sindhoor.

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Now I think about all this,I realise how stupid I am,That was not even a marraige,I should have pulled out the thread and thrown it on his face,and might have lived my life normally.

But I had to go with him,I needed to change him into a human,I should teach him what love is,More importantly I have to keep the promise I made to fairy uncle.

I was drowned in my thoughts,It was already evening and we are in temple sitting side by side,And our marraige started.The preist began reading mantras,But I am consumed in my own guilt,Because aadi thinks I want to give him another chance through this marraige,But its not true,He doesn't know the reasons for which I am marrying him.

"where did this boy go?",The 70 years old man,MR.Kashyap was pacing in the living room.

"Dont worry,he might have went on a holiday somewhere,He will come back soon",MRS.Kashyap patted mr.kashyap's back.

"Are you sure about this alliance MR.Kashyap?",MR.murthy asked.

"I already gave you my word that I will get aadi married to natasha. Dont you believe me Mr.murthy?",Mr.Kashyap asked.

"Sorry bavagaru,But there were different gossips that aadi already married a chawl girl,So i was scared",Mr.murthy replied.

"Brother even we heard about it,when we were in america,We also investigated about it,But there was no single proof about their marraige and it might have been just a fling for aadi,for some time,You know how the young boys are!Dont worry,From aadi's childhood we always envisioned that natasha will b our daughter in law.",Mrs.Kashyap explained her brother.

"By the way when is natasha coming to India,We will marry them as soon as we find aadi,You know we are also getting old day by day,So the more faster,The more better",Mrs.kashyap asked her brother.

"She is landing tomorrow morning akka,She was so excited when i spoke to her about the alliance",Mr.murty replied.

The rituals are going on full speed.Aadi is so excited about whole thing.He is putting heart and soul into the marraige,He is asking meaning of each and every ritual we follow,from the priest.

He enjoyed the kashi yatra ritual where as a pre-wedding ceremony, the groom just pretends to go to Kashi and says that he has discarded the worldly pleasures (such as marriage, relations and properties) and is no more interested in leading a family life. He will then be stopped by the brother(cousins) of the bride,In ours monu did this, n persuade him to assume the responsibility of a house hold as in they tease each other quite a lot and groom readily agrees for it in the end.It was fun to enjoy monu pleading him to come back,and aadi relectant.

Next is the kanyadanam- is the ceremony in which the girl's family hands over their daughter's responsibility to the groom. During the ceremony, I sat in a bamboo basket,the bride and groom are not allowed to look at each other and therefore, they are separated by a curtain that is place between them.

And then came panigrahanam-This means "holding hands". Aadi held my hands in his and chanted the holy mantras. The Mantras say: The Devas have offered you to me in order that I may live the life of a householder ; we shall not part from each other.

The important one than came its the jelakarra bellam- Me n aadi were asked to place a paste made from cumin seeds and jaggery on each other's head. This custom is referred to as Jīlakarra-Bellamu. This ceremony is observed to communicate that the relationship of the married couple is unbreakable and inseparable.

The came the mangalya dharana,means tying Maṅgaḷasūtraṃ. the groom ties the two strings of the Maṅgaḷasūtraṃ for 3 knots, each with a golden disc, around the bride's neck. The Maṅgaḷasūtraṃ represents the physical, mental and spiritual union of the couple.

As aadi was about to tie the holy thread in my neck,My guiltiness started eating me,I was not able to take it further.

"STOP",I yelled.Aadi freezed.

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Bavagaru-brother in law,sister's husband.

akka-sister

I said I would not be updating today,But it was my gift to the readers because my book reached 2k reads.Thank you guys,It was only because of you.

This is the most important chapter and I hope some of your confusions regarding marraige are cured.I know you are still confused,But please wait for 2 or 3 chap more,U will understand everything.Please dont give up on it.

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