Recap- Shivika decide to marry on the very next day.
The big day had arrived
Shivay: Get up Jhansi ki Rani it’s your marriage today. Anika… get up now fast…
Anika: What is it? Why are you waking me up so early?
Shivay: Because Dadi has asked me to send you downstairs… get up now
Anika: Dadi? Dadi….
She yawns and sits up with her eyes still closed.
Shivay: stop doing Dadi Dadi… go and get ready now!!
Anika: Ready? Why?
Shivay: It’s your wedding today!!
She opens her eyes this time…
Anika: Arre haan…
She keeps her hand on her forehead
Shivay: What? You forgot? You forgot that it’s our wedding day? Then there’s no use of it… I guess I should call off the marriage right now…
Saying this he pretends to leave. Anika hurriedly gets off the bed and runs after him. She stops by his arm
Anika: Arre Shivay! Shivay! Stop! You are getting unnecessarily seriously… I was just.. I was just kidding.
Give me 10 mins. I’ll be ready.
Shivay looks at her indifferently
Shivay: 5mins.
Anika : How will I get ready in 5mins? Please 10 mins.
Shivay: 5mins.
Anika : Ok! Ok! Neither yours nor mine 7mins.
Shivay sighed
Shivay: 7 mins.
Anika smiled at him “Thank you!”
He gave her back a fake smile “Your welcome. And by the way you now have 6mins 30secs”
“Huh?!” She gave him a ‘you are impossible’ kinda look and hurried to get ready.
Shivay came downstairs and was cheerfully called out
“SSO…” he turned from where the voice came
“Sahil?” He smiled and went to him.
Sahil threw his arms around him and Shivay picked him up smiling.
“So? How was your school trip?”
Sahil nodded his head with enthusiasm “Very good.”
They were soon engrossed in a happening conversation and were able to get distracted only by a view- Anika getting down from the stairs sporting a matted yellow saree with a red chanderi blouse,her curls glorifying the boat neck but not hiding the small jhumkas. Shivay and Sahil both stood there gazing at her.
“My Di is looking so pretty”
Shivay nodded a no, never getting his eyes off her…
“Not pretty… Beautiful!”
Sahil gave him a confused look but did not bother to ask.
Anika straight went to them and greeted Sahil with a smile along a hug. They were about to converse when Jhanvi came there
“Anika? What are you doing there? It’s your haldi now.”
“Jhanvi aunty I just…”
Dadi arrived too
“Oye Anika puttar… jaldi aaa.. aur tum dono ek saath kya kar rahe ho? Aaj jab tak tum dono ki shaadi nahi ho jati …. tum dono ek dusre se nahi mil sakte. Mera bas chalta toh main toh kal raat bhi tum dono ko alag rakhti… phir maine socha chalo choro… jane do”
“One minute… why won’t be able to meet before marriage? After all we are already married.”
The horrified expression on Shivay’s face made everybody laugh…. even Anika couldn’t help smiling.
“Bhaiyya don’t worry… the wedding is happening this evening, it’s a matter of just a few hours… I’m sure you’ll manage without bhabhi… Come on Shivay bhaiyya…. you can do this.”
“Shut up Rudra!”
Everybody were still laughing and Shivay not knowing what else to do,left from there.
Soon the haldi ceremony was done where Jhanvi, Priyanka ,Sahil applied haldi on Anika while Rudra and Om applied haldi on Shivay.
Shakti stood there with Shivay and had a satisfied expression throughout.
Pinky and Tej decided to avoid the ceremonies for their different reasons.
Soon the day passed by with smiles and ultimate preperations. The sun had set and the media had already arrived.
Jhanvi and Priyanka were helping Anika to get ready while the three brothers settled in Rudra’s room for groom’s appearance.
The guests arrived… and till the time the important couple were absent from the venue,one of the guests was stealing the show…
Tia Kapoor.
This was the first time after Shivay’s wedding announcement with Anika that media saw Tia.
“Ma’am what about your and Shivay Singh Oberoi’s marriage?”
“We never heard about your and Mr. Oberoi’s divorce then how is the present marriage taking place?”
Tia struggled to register so many questions at once but smiled and gave single answer to all the questions,
“I got kidnapped on our day of marriage but the Oberois got to know about my kidnapping later. So I hope you do understand that a missing bride from an Oberoi marriage is a big contoversy and thus on that very day to let everything that was already prepared,pass in peace, Shivay and Anika got married.
Moreover honestly,Shivay and I were never really supposed to be.
We know doubt are really good friends but our marriage was more like a business deal than a personal relation and ofcourse, I think universe always wanted Shivay and Anika to be together.”
” But ma’am if Anika has been always his wife then why did he deny it and said she is her would be wife?”
“Look, that’s absolutely a subjective and a conceptual thing. He couldn’t call her his wife because nobody has really witnessed their marriage,and even if they did,they never really knew it was Anika but now everybody will witness it and there’ll be no need of any further declaration.”
“But ma’am…”
“I’m not here to justify our past decisions,all I can tell you is both Shivay and I had been married all this time…”
The media gave her puzzling looks, she continued
“We have been married, but with different people.”
Now that, was a news…
“You are married too?”
“Yes, and there is my husband,Dushyant”
She pointed towards Dushyant standing with a glass of water near a counter.All the cameras and the surprised reporters turned towards him.
“Now please excuse me…”
She left the media and walked to Dushyant.
Then, the groom appeared.
The three brothers entered the hall together,looking handsome in their own ways.Shivay stood in the middle in an off white sherwani embroided with goden thread and golden borders in the sleeves. Songs and dhol welcomed the three brothers.The present family members started dancing together. Shivay asked Tia and Dushyant to join while Rudra called Ranveer
Everyone looked happy except Pinky whom Shivay tried to cheer up and make her dance. She reluctantly followed the suit.She did not look angry nor disgusted with whatever was happening,which is the usual. She instead looked a bit sad and upset. Shivay was too into other emotions to notice.
Shivay suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder, it was Rudra’s. Although he was calling Shivay he was looking somewhere else. Shivay followed his gaze, there upstairs stood the bride of the day,Anika. The songs stopped and soon everybody was looking up at silence which was only broken by a few gasps.
Shivay’s jaw dropped.
His Anika stood there in a multilayered White shimmery lehenga with a broad velvet golden border, a collared golden three quartered blouse and a transparent white dupatta with golden embroidery which was worn in such a manner that it gave a saree like appearance to the whole attire. No matter how much the golden jeweleries shined,for Shivay nothing could beat her shining hair.
She was looking down and slowly started lifting her gaze and then it fixed perfectly where it always does… at Shivay’s eyes.. they both caught their breath at the eyelock. Priyanka who was standing beside Anika slowly lead her downstairs.Once she was almost there Omkara and Rudra immediately ran to her and offered their hands for support.
Shivay was smiling at his brother’s gesture and looked on when Anika took their hands and started taking the last few steps.She looked like the Ultimate Oberoi bride, but still like Anika.
Soon they were seated in the mandap. Rudra suddenly stepped forward and went to the pandit. What he did next terrified the Pandit. Rudra pulled his beard and then his moustache, satisfied with the fact that none came out, he stepped back. Only the Oberoi family and Tia realised what he was up to. Shivay apologised to the pandit and finally the marriage started.
Anika and Shivay unlike the last time had a slight smile over their face throughout.
Finally the important deed was over. They received claps and wishes. When finally the guests started leaving, Tia walked upto Anika.
“Anika, I’m really sorry for what my mom did. I would’ve stopped her if I knew she was upto something like that.”
The thought of Mrs. Kapoor now used to worry Anika more than it should have, obviously for different reasons now.
“It’s alright Tia, I know you had nothing to do with this, so you don’t have to apologise.”
While Anika and Tia were having a conversation Shivay went to Ranveer
“ACP, when will it be possible?”
Ranveer replied thoughtfully
“Maybe tomorrow morning, it should be possible by tomorrow morning!”
“Great!Thanks!”
“But what’s the matter? I mean what is so urgent that you want to ask her?”
Shivay looked at him meaningfully,”It’s something really important… You don’t worry. I’ll be there tomorrow morning!”
Shivay’s conversation took longer, Anika had already left for room. Shivay came there too. Anika was opening her jewelleries and placing it on the table.
“Did you have your food?”
“Huh” Anika looked up at him in the mirror “No! Not yet, I’m not feeling like eating anything.I think I..”
“Don’t think so much, I’m bringing our food, we’ll eat.”
“Shivay!”
“Have you lost it? Look at you,how tired you are… now if you skip your meals…”
“Shivay! I’m seriously not hungry”
“Doesn’t matter, it’s for your health, not your wish.”
“Shivay…”
“Don’t Shivay me Anika!! You will eat. Maybe li’ll,but you’ll eat.”
Dinner arrived and Shivay pulled Anika and made her sit on the sofa infront of the food. He sat next to her.
SHIVAY:
She pouted a li’ll and looked at me pleadingly. Only I knew how hard it was to resist myself from… from what? What did I want to do to her? Mmmm I think I should concentrate on food.
Knowing she won’t be eating herself,I held up her chin and made her eat, she still looked reluctant but opened her mouth when my hand approached.
Done with dinner,we were both too tired with the whole day’s happenings and thus fell into deep sleep!
NEXT MORNING
Shivay reading a file and Anika was approaching him silently from behind…
Shivay:What is it Anika?
She gulped and started,it had to be done sooner than later. Shakti owing to Pinky’s mood left for Gaya expecting some mental peace. She knew it’s now or never…
“I had to tell you something”
Shivay frowned but did not let her know that,and since she was facing his back,it helped…”Yeah say”
“That day… that day when you asked me about the reasons… why I left with Daksh, I did not tell you the absolute truth,there’s something more!” She wished she could speak faster.
Never looking up from his file he replied “I already know that Anika, I know that’s not the truth.”
Anika’s eyes widened, how did he know? If he already knew how is he so calm? But then Anika had no idea exactly what he knew!!
Shivay closed his file and turned to look at Anika
“I know it’s not the truth,because the truth is something else…”
Precap- Shivay storming out of the room hurriedly. Anika running after him, calling his name.
Shivay had hugged Anika after she told him the reasons before, then what is he talking about now? How does he know she was not speaking the truth? Most importantly how much does he know?
Stay tuned for further updates!!