To tear-off your dirty mask ✔

part 10 (marriage)

First of all, thanks for all your love and concern❤ trying to get back to normal days

I am jumping to marriage as you want. I have skipped all the pre wedding rituals as there is nothing to write specially. Hope you are fine with it.

Long chapter..

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A: what happened? tell me dad. Who did this? Who wanted to kill me?

Harsh was silent. A layer of tear formed in his eyes which was already tired of crying. His hair was messy

A:dad..
She shook him by his shoulder

H: ja..mini

Annika looks shocked
A: is she still behind us?

H: hmm.. You don't need to worry. Nothing will happen to you

A: I know dad. No one can harm me until you are with me
She hugged him by the side

H: I am sorry princess. Everything is  because of me

A: no nothing is because of you. You are the best and I am very lucky to have you

Shivaay who heard their convo became confused. Who is jamini and how is she related to them? Before he could proceed further harsh stepped beside him

S: uncle. Who is that jamini?
Harsh gestured to go with him

H: if I should say about her. I would have to explain everything. It will be good to hide. But I tell you. Jamini wants to kill annika. It's been years but still she doesn't leave my daughter. There was no glimpse of jamini for a while. But now she has come again. My daughter's life is at stake. I want a promise from you. Promise me that whatever is the situation you will protect her always.

S: I promise you I will protect her
He says with a small smile. He knows today or tomorrow he will get to know about the truth either from annika's mouth or from harsh. He never wanted to force harsh to say the truth when he is not ok with it

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Days passed weeks passed. Today is the biggest day of shivika's life. A day that gonna give a name to their relation.

Shivaay was sitting on the mandap. He looks lost somewhere. Today is their marriage and annika's family is nowhere to see except harsh, her father. He didn't know when annika took her place beside him. He looks at her who stares down. He found her beautiful in traditional attire. Though there was no smile on her face to increase the beauty.

They exchange the garlands and take pheras as per panditji's order. He puts mangalsutra and applies vermilion on her hairline. The marriage gets completed

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Annika was enduring ragini& soumya's teasing section for past thirty minutes. Annika managed to keep her straight face as usual. Rather she doesn't like their talks. Soumya&ragini were laughing their heart out making fun of annika's condition.

SO: we had suggested you leave that stupid plan.

R: ha.. Now look at you. You are sitting as wife of our lecturer. That's too whom you had hated

SO: it's awkward. Isn't it annika?

R: I am sure. He is gonna take advantage of this marriage

Annika didn't utter a single word instead of gazing at the floor while gritting her teeth.

SO: what will you do now, annika?

A: however I don't accept this marriage. I had hated him. I still hate him