Forever Yours

Chapter Eighty Five

Sidharth stood at the door of his room, barely peeking in, behind his sisters, sisters-in-law and neice.

"Mukku, yeh sab toh rasam ke naam pe harass kar rahi hain mujhe, samajh aata hai. Tera kya bahana hai?" Siddharth asked casually.

"Mai hi toh inki spokesperson hu. Do you think I don't know aapko convince karna sirf mere aur maami ke bas ki baat hai? Inke saath kucch bhi settlement ho, mujhe toh alag se bribe karna padega aapko, aaj ki taareekh mein ander jaana hai toh." Samyukta responded.

Sidharth shook his head fondly as he was presented with a realization. Of course this was her idea. What else did he expect?

"Accha bata, kya chahiye tujhe?" Siddharth asked.

"Badi jaldi maan gaya Sidharth." Fiza exclaimed. "Thoda aur bhaav khaa leta."

Sidharth chuckled. "Rasam nahi ho rahi hai yahan.Yeh toh bas mujhe pareshaan karne ka iss Mukku ka idea hai. Asal mein toh rasme sab Mumbai jaakar hongi. Ab iss chote pataakhe ne kuch thaani hai, toh jab tak baat puri nahi hogi, tab tak yeh mera rasta nahi chodegi."

"Why fight the inevitable."

"Ji bilkul, Samyukta ji." Siddharth bowed in front of the younger girl causing her to giggle.

"Kitne acche se jaante ho aap mujhe."

"Teri har ragg se waakif hu mai. Chal ab bata kya chahiye, bahut neend aa rahi hai, dinn nikalne ko hai." Siddharth raised his eyebrow at her. Samyukta frowned, seemingly deep in thought and Sidharth glared at her

"Jaldi bol yaar, nahi toh tujhe utha ke phek dunga." Siddharth cribbed. He really did look exhausted and Samyukta couldn't keep up the game anymore. Finally, She relented.

"Mujhe aapki favorite BMW ki keys chahiye 2 hafte ke liye. I'll take it to the college & also an I-Phone." She responded.

"I-Phone. Promise. BMW ki keys, I'll see." Siddharth said nonchalantly. Samyukta pouted.

"You don't have a choice."

Sidharth smiled  "Of course I do. We're done here." He said dismissively.

Samyukta whined.

Sidharth held a side of her face and kissed Samyukta's cheek. "Added bonus. Chal ab gayab hoja idhar se. Bahut ho gaya."

Samyukta sulked, but knew that this conversation was indeed done and there was no point in pushing it anymore.

"Fine."

Sidharth then turned to the other girls. "Ab aap log bata dein, kya kar sakta hoon aapke liye?" Siddharth asked cheerfully.

"50,000 ka neg."

Sidharth sighed, patting his wedding outfit. "Wallet nahi hai. Maa ke paas hai shayad."

"Bahana.." Fiza scoffed.

"Check kar le tu aake." Siddharth offered. "Aur shaadi ki sherwaani mein koi vaise hi wallet nahi rakhta."

"Koi baat nahi Fiza di, yeh neg udhaar raha. Mumbai pahunch kar wasool lenge." Priyashi offered.

Sidharth smiled. "Pakka."

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Once he stepped into the room and bolted the door in his wake, Shehnaaz looked up at him from the edge of the bed and smiled. "Kia pareshaan Mukku ne?"

Siddharth nodded. "Sab plan share karti hai na tere saath woh?" He asked, walking up to the bed.

"Jab Neetu Di aur woh mujhe idhar chodke gaye toh bada smile kar rahi thi. Saaf lag raha tha koi khurafaat karegi." Shehnaaz explained. "Kya kia?"