Chapter 2

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Laila woke up and she saw Parth sleeping in the bed, she slowly got up and changed into a saree as it's the next day after her wedding. She got out of the washroom and didn't find Parth in the bed, she sighed in relief that he's not in the room.

She sat next to the mirror and pulled out her jewellery, She put on the jewellery and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She couldn't find her old self in the reflection, this was someone new who she didn't recognise. She heard someone knocking the door and her heartbeats grew.

"Come in" said Laila
"Vanya Ma'am is calling you downstairs for breakfast" said the helper and Laila nodded

Laila looked into the mirror for one last time and checked if she missed anything. She put on some light makeup and called it a day. She left for downstairs with the helper.

She stood above the stairs and she could see the bustling room, the other helpers were in a hurry to set up the breakfast and Mrs. Vanya Rishi Manvik was coordinating the whole thing, she was giving the helpers instructions on how to do things.

"Here you are" said Vanya and Laila slowly ascended the stairs
"Everybody will be coming here in a minute or two" said Vanya and Laila nodded

"Should I help Aunty" asked Laila
"No need dear and call me Mom like Parth does, Aunty seems distant" said Vanya with a soft smile
"Ok mom" said Laila

Laila saw a young man descend the stairs in a hurry, he straightened the jacket he was wearing and walked towards Them.

"Laila, I know that the wedding happened in a hurry so you couldn't meet everyone properly so today I'll introduce you to everyone properly" said Vanya and Laila nodded

"Hello Sister-in-law, I'm Prihan Manvik" said Prihan
"Calling me Laila works" said Laila softly

"So Laila this is my second Child Prihan, He is currently studying in London so he'll be leaving in a few days" said Vanya and Laila nodded

Laila saw another young man descending the stairs, he pulled up the hands on the hoodie while getting down. He walked towards Vanya seeing her smiling face.

"Good morning sister-in-law, i couldn't introduce myself before, I'm Pulkit and the youngest of this family, remaining all are boring oldies" said Pulkit which earned him a look from Vanya

"Call me Laila because calling me that makes me feel like a boring oldie" said Laila with a soft smile

"I'll apologize early that I'll be leaving for Germany in a few days and you'll be stuck with the boring oldies, I wish I could stay back a bit more longer" said Pulkit and looked at Vanya with hope

"Pulkit Studies are important so no" said Vanya and Pulkit walked away with a sulk

"Anyway Prachi is coming down in a bit, She's always late to everything" said Vanya with a face palm

"Mom, I'm here and stop saying bad things about me, you know first impression is the best impression and you're already spoiling the impression of mine infront of sister-in-law, Why do people need enemies to tarnish their image when mom's are enough to ruin them" said Prachi rolling her eyes

"Always back answering" said Vanya

"Anyway, Good morning sister-in-law, Myself Prachi Manvik, I'm the one mom and dad asked for and also got Pulkit free, in other words I'm the twin of Pulkit and I'm pretty sure he might have not even mentioned my existence" said Prachi

"Call me Laila" said Laila with a soft smile

"I really wish that we could go endlessly shopping with you and do all the stuff everybody does with their sister-in-law but sadly my course starts in a few days but we'll surely go shopping once before i leave" said Prachi with a bright smile

"Sure" said Laila

"Here comes your husband, the one who is never late and for some reason today he comes after the always late Prachi, Miracles happening" Said Vanya and chuckled, so did the whole family who were sat in the table .

"Sorry I'm late, I woke up late and on top of that i had to attend an important phone call" said Parth absent minded and took a seat in the dinner table
"It's fine, Being late to breakfast is normal on the first day of Marriage" said Vanya and everybody started laughing

"Prachi sit next to Pulkit, today onwards Laila will sit next to Parth" said Vanya, with a sad face Prachi got up from her place and started walking towards Pulkit
"Why mom, let Prachi sit next to me like she always does, it has been her place since forever" said Parth coldly

"Parth, After marriage things change and it's your wife who should sit next to you now" said Vanya sternly
"Why are you hell bent on changing things from how it's" said Parth coldly and hurt was visible in Vanya's eyes
"Bro it's fine, now it's Laila's place" said Prachi and sat next to Pulkit. Parth had noticed the sad face which Prachi made while leaving even though she masked it fast.

Everybody ate the breakfast, the whole table was erupting. Pulkit and Prachi fighting, Prihan and Parth taking Prachi's side and Pulkit making an angry face. Laila answered all the talks towards her but she was silent for the most part.

She observed how fun and outgoing was Parth with his family in contrast to the scary person she saw the night before. She came to the conclusion that he was a man of many shades and she had witnessed the dark shades of him. She saw the fight between Prachi and Pulkit getting chaotic, Pulkit was losing. She saw the cold shoulder her husband gave to his mother.

"I really wish Purvi was here, she would take my side for sure" said Pulkit

The whole table went silent, no one uttered a word after that . Laila wondered that who was this Purvi that Pulkit Mentioned but she knew that it wasn't the moment to ask, the effect that the person had on the table was enough for to stay silent. Everybody ate silently after that.

She went back to the bedroom after her breakfast. She was adjusting her saree and the door opened . She saw Parth enter in the mirror and she felt goosebumps throughout her body.
She turned to see Parth walking towards her, she looked in his eyes and saw anger in them.

"Ahhh" winced Laila in pain, the grip of Parth holding Laila's hair was excruciating for her . Tears started pooling in her eyes, he pulled her towards his face by her hair.

"Why did you make Prachi sad, huh?, Were you blind enough to not see the pain that Flashed in my sister's face when mom asked her to sit away from me" said Parth and Increased his grip on her hair
"Ouch, I'm sorry" said Laila in an attempt to get out of this pain

"Why couldn't you open your mouth then and tell mom to tell Prachi to sit with me and you could sit anywhere else but you stood silent where, was it that fun to sit with me huh?, I'll make you regret sitting next to me" said Parth and let of her.

She was left to go with power that she lost balance and stumbled towards the dresser . She saw Parth grabbing the Laptop on the table and leaving . She turned towards to the mirror to see her hair all messed up, she tried correcting it but it hurt .

"Why me" asked Laila to herself......

"Why me" asked Laila to herself

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Depressed Author

So your Author is depressed after getting rejected from college.
Here's an update cuz why not. My mental breakdown leads to me updating cuz I'm nuts.

Anyway is it just me who hates Parth

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