1. Marriage
Love can also be fear for some people and I am one of those.
Today was Kriti's marriage day.
"Is the bride ready" a woman asked, she was neither too old nor too young her age was about fifty or something, she was Nisha Ji the bride's mother. She entered the bride's room and asked the makeup artist if the makeup was done or not.
The makeup artist replied "yes mam she is ready and you can have a look at her now". Nisha Ji asked the artist to leave as she wanted to talk to her daughter. The makeup artist left the room on Nisha Ji's order.
"Kriti... Kriti get up I want to have a look at your makeup" Nisha Ji said but Kriti did not answer anything. Nisha Ji again said "Kriti are you listening or not" but Kriti neither stood up from her place nor replied anything to Nisha Ji. Seeing Kriti's behaviour Nisha Ji got angry and held Kriti's hand and pulled her towards herself in such a way that the chair's leg broke and Kriti fell on the floor, her bangles were broken and her hand was all covered in blood.
Nisha Ji without paying any attention to Kriti's hand, said in irritation " OH GOD I'm tired of your stubborn behavior, you never gave us peace and now can't you even cooperate for a day".
Kriti got up from the floor and looked at her mother. Her eyes were already filled with tears. She was all dressed in a typical Indian bridal attire which was a maroon lehenga(dark red color), bridal set, bangles, nath(pahadi jewellery) and dupatta over her head.
Kriti was a very pretty woman with dark brown hair, big hazel eyes and fair skin. But her fate was just opposite to her looks.
Kriti answered her mother in a heavy voice "You were waiting for so long and now the day is finally here.." tears started rolling down her cheeks as she continued "...but you know what, soon one day I'll ruin you and this whole family". As soon as she completed her sentence a tight slap hit her face, but Kriti did not even react to it her face was emotionless.
Nisha Jii said "What harm can you do to us Hann?, will you tell the whole world that you are not our real daughter or that your real mother died because of you" She continued with a sarcastic smile " You can't do anything my poor child, you should be thankful for where you are, at least be grateful that you are having a grand wedding, else no one would ever spend a penny on you".
Before Kriti could say anything there was a knock on the door. Nisha Jii ordered Kriti to wipe her tears and fix her makeup. "I do not want any drama here" Nisha Jii warned Kriti. But Kriti did nothing as per her instructions and said "come in".
The makeup artist entered the room to get her makeup back. She looked at Kriti's face and her bleeding hand and asked in a terrified voice "Wha..what happened to you and your hand why is it bleeding". Before Kriti could reply Nisha Jii covered it by saying "she just fell and started crying like a baby...she's like that only so you do not need to worry about her and please clean her wounds and retouch her makeup". She ordered the makeup artist to do everything fast as the groom will be here anytime now. Before the makeup artist could react Nisha Jii left the room.
At the venue everyone was waiting for the bride and groom, a man asked Nisha Ji, if Kriti was ready or not. He was none other than Nisha Ji's husband Mr. Arun Verma, who looked a little older than his wife.
Nisha Ji replied, "She will be here soon, and I'm sure that she'll not create a scene here ". Arun Ji replied with relief "That's good for us and for her too". Nisha Ji agreed with him.
Till this time the guests started whispering.
One of them said shockingly "Do you even know who the groom is?"
Another replied "Yes, he is none other than Mr Sanjay Rathore's son Rohan".
Another said "he's soon going to be the CEO of the SR group. I've also heard that he is very good-looking and can easily pull anyone".
the first one replied "Yes, I've heard the same but how did he agree to marry Arun Ji's daughter ".
Before they could gossip further the baraat had finally arrived with the groom.
But why isn't the bride still here everyone started whispering.
The groom was a tall fair handsome man with a great physique, his eyes were filled with charm. He was dressed in a beige embroided sherwani with gold work on it. Anyone could tell at a glance that it was one of the most expensive sherwani designed by famous designers.
The groom's mother, Mrs. Shweta came forward from the baarat and asked for the bride "Where's the bride we are all here but we can't see her anywhere".
Nisha Ji hesitantly replied "We're sorry for that I will get her here right now".
Nisha Jii went to Kriti's room and opened the door but there was no one in the room. She became worried and angry at the same time. She rushed towards the hall and before she could reach there, someone was entering the hall.
Everyone started to look at the entrance of the hall.
Wait!! what who's that? She was Kriti.
Everyone was shocked as Kriti was wearing a mangalsutra on her neck and vermilion on her forehead and behind her was a man holding Kriti's hand. The man was definitely handsome, with sharp features and beautiful eyes. He was wearing a dark green business suit and a luxury watch.
Nisha Ji could not believe her eyes, she was filled with anger, seeing all this happening in the hall. People also started to gossip about Kriti and the man.
Rohan saw all this from afar and shouted in anger "Kriti, what's all this!! you married someone else on our wedding day". He felt very insulted and was furious, watching his future wife marry someone else.
Nisha Jii came towards Kriti and asked her "Kriti what's all this, who's this man and why is your forehead filled with vermilion" Kriti replied with a smile "This is my husband, mom. Mr. Nishank"
Hearing this from Kriti, Rohan lost his control in anger and came towards Nishank.
Before he could reach him Kriti stopped him midway and said "What are you up to Rohan, remember he is my husband and before touching him you have to deal with me, and don't you ever lay an eye on him again".
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HEY READERS!!!
Hope you enjoyed the story till now and liked it.
In this part we got to know that Nisha ji and Arun ji are not Kriti's real parents.
So who are her real parents? How did her mother died? Why was Kriti forced to marry Rohan? Who's this man Nishank? What will Kriti's parents do next? All yours queries will soon be answered in the next part till then keep supporting and keep loving.
