Her pov
Give this marriage a chance?
The feelings inside me are damn complicated right now.
What shall i answer him when i myself don't whats going on inside me.
This feeling.....it is new for me i haven't experienced it before but I can't give a name to it right now.
But what has happened to him? O guess this is the time to ask him that why does he all of a sudden started to like me?
"You used to hate me than why this?"
"I used to"
"What changed"
"Nothing"
"Then ?"
"To be completely honest that's the point, nothing changed, yet I still found myself falling for you. Your presence remained the same, but there was something about you that captured my heart without any prior warning. Even though I couldn't quite put my finger on what the thing is, I can't deny the pull you have on me. It is as if the more I stay with you, the deeper I fall, and I can't resist it, no matter how hard I try"
Woah woah woah he has to stop or the butterflies in my belly will literally kill me.
As I listened to his words, my heart seemed to stop beating, and I found myself frozen in place, unable to move. When did he begin feeling all of this for me? And why did his words make me feel so giddy and light-hearted? Was it possible that I too had feelings for him? With each word he spoke, a tingling sensation overtook me and I couldn't help but wonder if I was falling for him too. His confession had me questioning everything, including my own emotions.
What are you god dammit?
"Its ok no need to burden yourself too much to reply right away, i can wait as much as you want but you have to promise me on thing for that"
"Wh...aat?" I managed to ask
"That today or some other whether yes or no you'll atleast reply"
I shook my head in a yes not trusting my voice anymore. In a matter of mere seconds, he had vanished, leaving me alone in the midst of swirling thoughts and tangled emotions.
While figuring all of this in my mind i started to go to the dining are as everybody would be waiting. Good that i had already made the breakfast or else with this havoc it would have been impossible for me.
As i reached the dining are everybody was already settled except maa uhh i got late. Rushing towards the kitchen i started to pick up all the vessels full of food but maa stopped me.
"Just pick the one which you cooked rest everything will be brought and served by the servants" she said.
"But i can i have no....." Before i could complete my sentence she started to give me her signature mommy glare which nobody has the courage to ignore in this house. Not even hukum sa.
Defeated i just picked up the thal that had rabri ghevar prepared by me.
I just hope that making it wasn't a bad choice. I thought of making ot because it is one of the most favourite traditional Rajasthani sweets and my dadi used to make it due to which it is really close to my heart. I used to love it whenever she used to prepare it and one day i literally went on a hunger strike so that she would teach me to make it.
I came out and served it on everyone's plates and their gleaming faces were saying it all.
o they like ghevar. Everybody smiled at me but one face was didn't show any emotions. Well who could be it.
Iska naam sahi hi rakha hai mene annoying hukum yahi deserve karta hai. (Translation: i have given an appropriate name to him the annoying hukum, he deserves it in every way).
Yanking my eyes away from him, I started to focus on everybody else who were eagerly eating the food. As the first morsel went into their mouth, my nervousness grew, but after a minute, it all ran away as Ayansh, Vidhi, Vyom, and....... dadaji audibly moaned on its exquisite taste. I couldn't help but feel a sense of relief and satisfaction. The nervous energy that had been gripping me was replaced with a warm sense of pride as I watched them enjoy the sweet I had worked so hard to make. Everything paid off. "Beta the ghevar is amazing after years i had this much tempting ghevar" dadaji said.
"Bhabhi yee roz bana ke khilana yaaar itss just too good" the siblings said altogether.
"Beta sab ke liye banana bas inse dur rakhna inko sugar hai" damini chachi said twisting darsh chachu's ears as he wasn't stopping to eat.
"Rabdi ghevar bohot achi bani hai beta, reyansh ki toh favourite hai" anika maa said.
I was going to have a seat too but dadaji called me near his seat and after i went, he handed me a key.
"What is this key for?"
"This key is of your new office in udaipur from my and dadi sa's sode, we know many daughter in law's are gifted jewellery and gold, etc but all of that you are capable of buying on your own and you're not a traditional bahu who'll sit at home and cook, you're one of the best lawyers in india so we thought that it would be good if you could start your work again and make us proud" he said And tears brimm in my eyes.
These people whom i met just for a couple of days that too 2 months ago are doing so much for me. Its undecipherable. I touched his and dadi sa's feet and hugged them. "thank you so much" i couldn't Stop myself from thanking them for such a thoughtful gift.
"Ab sara pyaar unhi se le legi ya hamari bhi bari ayegi?" Maa teased.
Dadi sa smiled and patted my head and then i went to everybody else.
Maa gifted me a beautiful waist chain, darsh chachu and damini chachi gave me a tortoise of gold to keep in the office which is considered to be a good omen in Indian traditions.
Ayansh, vidhi and vyom gave me a stack of novels to read. Well one of the best gifts. I love reading books. They must have seen some in the room. I hugged the three of them tightly and when we were getting apart vidhi whispered something in my ears "sari idhar hi mat dekhna isme dark romance novels bhi hai, woh mene apke room me dekhi thi kuch apne chupa ke rakhi thi" 🤭(translation: don't see all the books here itself in this stack there are some dark romance novels too, umm... actually i saw some of them hidden in your room).
Must say these siblings of his are really smart and cunning. "Thankss" i whispered back in her ears.
Thanking all of them i went upstairs to take my bag as i am going to meet ahana today. Well agar jeevan me kisi cheez se dar lagta hai toh woh ahana ki dant se bhagwan ji bacha lena. (Translation: well of i am scared of something in this life it is for sure ahana's scoldings, god please save me).
I already informed maa and Chachi that i am going. So shall i inform him too once? Nahhhh i can't face him right now. Its pretty.... pretty risky you know. And anyways he didn't even give a comment on my food even if it was his favourite gift is a far thing, and he wants me to answer huhh.
Taking the car keys and bag i left the palace. I was driving the car and ahana's text popped onto my phone "how much time?"
"In just 5 minutes i'll reach, i texted her back".
Be ready divya reyansh must have took care of the calls of your family but ahana her calls would have been taken care of. And now you shall be ready for your interrogation.
After 4 minutes i reached the cafe and entered. There she was sitting on the corner table and not even looking at me. We lost contact because of me she has the right to be upset and angry.
But when ahana is upset and angry there's really something that you should be hella scared of.
I switched onto my puppy face before having a seat in front of her but in a second splash!
She threw the whole glass of water right on my face. As I said before don't mess with her. I wiped my face with the napkin from the napkin that was kept in front of me on the table. She was now glaring at me.
"How dare you cut contact with me?" She yelled on top of her lungs and everybody's eyes turned to us.
"Please calm down sab dekh rahe hai"(translation: everybody's watching), i pleaded.
I explained her each and everything that happened till now and she was astonished. She was freaking out.
"So you're saying that the one you used to hate the most because he didn't treat you well is now saying that HE LIKES YOU??!!! Godd i need help. And what did you think that moving to California would solve everything?? You're insane. you know na that he has vast resources and he can find you wherever you are. How can you be so dumb. And this Reyansh rathore is mahapagall what you're gonna do about him??!! If he does anything wrong i'll cut him into pieces and feed that pieces to the dog" She spoke everything in a single breath.
"I thought he wouldn't find me abroad that's why i took such a big step but he's got more on his reach i guess. And about reyansh i don't know man he's a maze in which i am getting lost every day". I said and exhaled a deep breath.
She stared into my face hard and asked "don't tell my by any chance you like him".
"I don't know at first in the childhood i didn't hate him but his behaviour made me and after that we both shared same hate feelings towards each other and i don't when he started to like me and i am not at all sure about my emotions too"
"You like him"
"Wh..att??.. how can you say"
"I know you better than you divu, i can say it by just looking into your eyes"
"How can you be so sure"
"If you wouldn't have liked him than you wouldn't have let him stay the night in California, you would have kicked off his ass rather than relying on him"
She's got a point. But what should i do about this.
My silence gave her the answer that she was correct, as she did a happy dance.
"But what should i do next?"
"Dumb go and say yes to him you fool" she whisper yelled.
Sometimes when you aren't sure of your feelings the ones who know everything about you and understand you can guide you well even more than your own self. The case was here same with me and ahana.
She got up and hugged me "finally jiju mil gyeee" she said. And i blushed. Like jiju from her mouth it sounded eeeewwww.... strange.
"Bas kar abhi mene jawab de nhi diya hai abhi tak" i said and she pouted. "Oar degi toh sahi naa" she said. (Translation: but atleast you'll give teh answer later no).
Who'll say she was so much angry an hour before. "chal issi baat pe ab treat waiter do white sauce pasta aur do cold coffee" she yelled. (Translation: common on this occasion a treat, waiter two white sauce pasta and two cold coffees please.
Well ahana and her love for food. After that we ate a lot as ahana said "yaar gussa karne ke baad bhukh bohot lagti hai" (translation: yaar i get too much hungry after getting angry).
After our amazing meet up now i was here in the car on the way to the palace and thinking of ways how to say this to him that
Reyansh rathore i like you!!
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