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Chapter 73
Because their challenges never fail to amuse !!
One month later…
Naira woke up with a start. She gazed around the room unfocusedly, then stared at the clock. 9 ‘o’ clock. She heard her mumma shouting and many servants running around the house.
“ Why is Mumma so active today ?!!” Naira whimpered to herself as she got out of her bed.
She was at her home in Udaipur, who’s ownership was transferred under her mumma’s name since Mr. Singhania was taken into police custody for what he did. He wouldn’t be out of there anytime soon, Karthik had made sure of that.
Naira heard Anika’s voice as well, screeching. Naira winced at the harshness in her voice as she ordered something to a servant. Anika was her younger cousin sister. She had come over to her house for the wedding preparations. Yeah, when they had gotten back from the hospital, and settled into their house, Karthik had stuck up with the idea of getting married to her again with all the rituals, that they had missed out in their first wedding.
Naira’s mumma had been only too happy to oblige her son in law’s wish. So here they were in Udaipur now to get married with all the rituals and traditions. Karthik had been staying at his dad’s mansion in Udaipur while Naira stayed at her house with her mother.
“What the hell is wrong with you all ?!! Cant I atleast sleep peacefully ?!!” Naira shouted and moved out of her bedroom.
She went downstairs still half asleep and saw the hall flooded with items. She called out to her mumma and anika. They couldn’t hear her because of all the ruckuss that had been created.
“ Mumma !! Anika !!” Naira now shouted at the top of her voice.
They turned towards her and smiled.
“You are up, dii !!” Anika said.
“I had to. You both were screaming your lungs out. But what the hell are you both doing ?!!” Naira asked.
They looked at her stupefied.
“ What ?!! Do I have a pimple ?!!” Naira asked horrified and touching her face to feel it.
“ TODAY IS YOUR ENGAGEMENT !!!” Naira’s mumma stated, shaking her head at her daughters unbelievable behavior. While anika just laughed.
Naira’s eyes opened wide. She had completely forgotten.
“ She’s going to freak out now.” Anika said observing Naira’s expression.
“ Ohh no !! How can I forget it. Why didn’t you both wake me up earlier ?!! Oh my God” Naira said in a higher tone than her usual one.
She began pacing the room in tension, biting her fingernails. Naira’s mom and Anika rolled their eyes, looked at each other and sat down on the sofa, letting Naira rant on. Finally, Naira stopped pacing and looked at her mother and sister with surprise.
“ How are you sitting here calmly ?!! Why are you both not worried ?!! We have so much left to do.” Naira said loudly, almost shouting.
Anika got up and smiled.
“ You’ve been pacing this room for about 15 minutes now, dii. You have done the worrying for all three of us. And why on Earth should we worry ?!! Is there a need to worry ?!! It is only your engagement, not your wedding. You are going to come back here only.” Anika stated the fact and tried to calm down her elder sister.
Naira stared at her blankly. While Naira’s mom chuckling left the room to oversee the preparations.
“Here I am, awake at 9:30 getting ready for an engagement that’s supposed to take place at 6 in the evening. And over there, I am sure my dear husband must be sleeping and snoring peacefully. Let him wake up and call me. “ Naira muttered on as Anika started counting the things that they were supposed to gift to the Goenka’s in the night.
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Karthik slept in his bed, snoring loudly and peacefully, when it suddenly rained a cloud on him. He stared down at his soaking shirt and face and then glanced up to see Om, Rudra, Soumya and Ishana smiling evilly and triumphantly at him.
“ What the hell ?!! Is this the best way you could think of waking me up ?!!” Karthik asked glaring at the four of them.
“ Come on !! Today is your engagement. We had to wake you up. And we tried everything, But you were dead to the world. Now, stop glaring and get ready.” Ishana looked at him with puppy dog eyes and Karthik’s expression softened.
She was his most favorite among the four. She was his business associate, they were partners in the banking firm that his company owned. She was street smart and that’s what karthik adored about her.
Om was her husband. He was an engineer by profession and owned the most reputable construction firm in the country. Karthik had met him and gotten close with him during the associate dinners where he had accompanied his wife, Ishana.
Rudra and Soumya were his neighbors. They lived next to his villa in Delhi. They were this really cute and adorable couple that Naira had insisted on calling them to the wedding. Karthik also really liked their company. They had been very helpful with all the wedding preparations and he was only glad to have them with him. Also Karthik felt left out since he had no family and thus he was trying to gather as many “Ladkewallas” as possible.
“Ohkay fine !! I am up. Now all of you go out. Let me freshen up and then I will come down myself.” Karthik said to the four of them.
“Hurry up, bro. We have lots of stuff to do. You even have to try out your sherwani for the evening.” Om said as he handed Karthik his toothbrush and towel.
“ Go take a bath and come down soon. Naksh chacha and Keerti Chachi are waiting for you.” Rudra added in and pushed Karthik into the bathroom. The four of them then dispersed in different directions to look out for the arrangements of the engagement.
Karthik went inside the washroom. After washing his face, he gazed at the mirror. He was getting married again, to the girl he loved the most. He wondered what was Naira doing at the current moment.
He took a bath and came outside looking all fresh and alert. Then he picked up his cell phone from the night stand and dialed her number.
“ Good Morning, Babe.” Karthik piped in all excited.
“ What do you want Karthik ?!! I am a bit busy at the moment. Cant do romance.” Naira said quite irritated.
“Is this the way you talk to your husband ?!! And anyway why are you being rude to me ?!! What have I done that’s made you so upset ?!!” Karthik asked defending himself.
“Yes, when you have to try out 20 outfits and get your makeup done for more than 5 times so that it looks perfect, then this is the exact way to talk to your husband.” Naira answered back more angrily than before.
“ But whats my fault in this ?!!” Karthik asked her, now getting worried that she was actually hell angry at him.
“Really ?!! Who wanted to have a destination wedding, huh ?!! With all the rituals. Do you even know how hectic it is for a girl to dress up for every function. Weren’t we already married. What was the need to do all this ?!!” Naira asked in her same agitated tone.
“ I am sorry, babe. I just thought that you would want this.” Karthik replied sheepishly.
“ You know what, Forget it. I don’t want to talk to you. Bye.” Naira stated.
“What ?!! You’re not going to talk to me ?!!” Karthik asked shocked to the core.
“Yes !! I’m not going to talk to you, Until I don’t feel angry anymore.” Naira said flatly.
“You’re kidding right ?!!” He asked again.
“Nope.” She answered shortly.
“ But today is our engagement. How can you not talk to me on our engagement ?!!” he counter questioned her.
“ What’s our engagement got to do with this ?!! You put the ring on my finger and I’ll put a ring on yours. Why do we need to talk for that ?!!” she answered.
Karthik began to laugh. He tired to make her mood lighter. Naira was just confused when she heard him laugh on the other end of the phone.
“Why are you laughing ?!! Have you gone mad ?!!” Naira asked more irritated with his behavior.
“I was just thinking that Naira Singhania might do many things, But staying quiet is not one of them. By the end of this evening, You will talk to me. I will make sure you do.” Karthik stated confidently.
“You’re welcome to try.” She said as a slow smile played on her lips.
“Challenge accepted !!” he said in the same confident tone.
“Bubye Mr. Husband.” She said and hung up the phone leaving Karthik thoughtful and smiling wide.
Precap : Jealousy !!
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Hope you all liked this Chapter. I would like to clarify that even though I have introduced the couples but the main focus will always be on kaira. Their screen space will be more than that of the couples.
The next Chapter will be a bit of fun.
Also I might sometimes commit mistakes as I don’t have much knowledge about the customs and traditiond so please bear with me.
Do comment. Keep smiling. Keep watching Yrkkh !!