Battle of the Heart between Love and Family

Chapter 47

Arjun's POV (Flashback)

I didn't have the heart to return to hotel but had to. Next day my eyes glued to her throughout wedding. She was the bridesmaid so couldn't spend much time with me. But her eyes were mostly on me, blushing all the time.

"Neha wants to have Christian style wedding" Karthik whispered

"What?"

"I know what you are thinking. She grew up here seeing this style of weddings , never attended any Hindu wedding. Obviously she imagined her wedding like this " he said

"If that makes her happy we can have wedding twice" I smiled imagining our wedding

After the wedding she didn't leave me. We didn't talk much, just looking at each other all the while. When other person understand unspoken words, what is the need of words. Karthik spent time with other friends, giving us privacy.

Late afternoon Neha got call from her mom saying her flight is in 1hour. She went. We booked our flight to California later. Karthik's father was very happy about me and Neha. He considers Neha as his own daughter.

Next day me and Karthik returned to New York. Life was bliss having love of my life. Except the sleeping hours Neha was with me all the time.

Its been almost 2 months that I came to New York. I'm managing my work in India from here. There is no need of me here but I'm not ready to talk to my parents about Neha. I was thinking of going to India next week to talk to my parents but  yesterday I saw few issues with the new software I'm developing. I might need some time to fix. I booked flight for next month. I will fix the issue soon and spend some quality time with Neha. Who knows how long it takes to convince my parents and don't know if her mom ever accepts. I don't care about her. If she accepts she will be part of our life if not she will be out of picture. No matter what I will get married to Neha.

One day Neha came crying to me. I was scared to death seeing her cry like that.

"Arjun mom fixed my marriage with Rohan. Please take me to India today itself and marry me" she said crying

" I'm going to India next month. I will talk to my parents and they will convince your parents" I said

"No, take me today itself please. You don't know mom. Please Arjun" she cried

My heart ached seeing her like that.

It took lot of convincing from me and Karthik to calm her. She slept in my arms tired from crying. She was ok after she woke up.

later that evening Karthik came giving me his phone.

"Dad wants to talk to you both" he put phone on speaker

"Hi Arjun, Neha. I know how you both are feeling so I won't ask. I arranged your marriage this Saturday. Come on Friday afternoon. Neha I told your mom that we have family function and want you to come. She agreed."

"Karthik will take you both for your wedding shopping. My friend has boutique and I spoke to him. He will have everything ready by the time you go there."

"But uncle.." I started

"Arjun, I know you want to marry with your parents consent. This will be Christian style wedding which Neha always dreamt of. You can get married later in Hindu style with your parents consent. I will be happy to arrange for my daughter's wedding. It will take a while to get everyone's consent. Neha will feel insecure when you leave to India especially when her marriage is fixed with Rohan. Please accept Arjun" uncle said 

I looked at Neha, she didn't say anything but her eyes showed she wants this.

"Thank you so much uncle. We will get married this Sunday" I said

"Thank you uncle" Neha said

After we cut the call " Lets go shopping" Karthik said

"Karthik can I speak to Arjun for a minute" Neha said

"I will wait outside" Karthik said leaving

"Sweety I know what you want to talk. I agreed whole heartedly. I will never regret this. You are my wife the moment you accepted my proposal. This wedding is just for the society. If it makes you happy why would I have problem. I'm sorry that I didn't think about this before." 

Sweety hugged me tightly crying "I love you Arjun"

"Love you too Sweety. Now lets go"

We went out for shopping. They had beautiful wedding collections. This week passed fast and its already Friday. We went to Karthik's home