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2024-10-29 19:42:56Mehul's POV
" Mehul, your dad called up. He wants to talk to you immediately. " Mom told me as soon as I came back after walking my friend Rahul and his wife Priya out.
Rahul was going to London for 2-3 weeks so he came to meet me. They are so cute and made for each other. I am really happy for Rahul, he has always liked her.
" Ok mom, I will call him right away, but can you tell me, it is regarding what? "
" How do I know beta, why don't you call and ask him? " Mom said.
I called up my father, he picked up the phone on the 4th ring.
" Hello dad !! Did you call me? Mom said you called up and you wanted to talk to me immediately. What is the matter? Dad, is everything alright? Are you fine? "
" I am fine son, I want you and your mom to come here immediately. Take the next flight and come to Surat it is very urgent son come fast."
" Ok dad, we will be on the next flight, but you are scaring me. Is everything alright? Why don't you tell me? Is everything alright dad? "
" Trust me, Son, everything is fine I just need you and your mom here. Please come fast. I will tell you everything once you are here. Okay now go and pack and before that just book your tickets. "
" Ok dad," I said but I was sure something was not right. What was it?
" Mom, dad is calling us there as soon as possible. So please pack, we have to be on the next flight. I am a bit worried... What is the problem? Why is dad calling us so urgently?"
" I have no idea Mehul now please go and let me pack for both of us. " I went to my room upstairs to get ready.
Though I tried not to think about it, I was still wondering why he was behaving in a mysterious way. Dad went to Surat all of a sudden about 3 days back. What was going on?
Why was he not telling me anything? I was missing Mudit bhai. He is just 2 years older to me but I am very close to him. He is my elder brother, friend, mentor and partner in crime.
He handles our dad very well. Much better than I can. He has this natural ability to make people confess. I wish he was here right now. He would have solved the mystery in no time. But he is on a world tour with his wife Sneha.
They got married last month. She is a wonderful girl. They make just a perfect couple... Cool, funny, witty...
Missing you Bhai. We reached Surat and drove to our ancestral Haveli ( mansion). Our family have been dealing in diamonds for many decades now. My father Mr Vipul Damodar Shah is the most famous diamond merchant of the country.
Most of the time he and mom are spending in Surat and Mudit and I work from New Delhi. We have our own jewellery houses all over India. I joined my family business only last year after finishing my MBA.
Bhai is managing the overseas orders and I am managing the store chains with him.
Gopal Kaka is waiting for us anxiously. He is the caretaker of our ancestral haveli in Surat." How are you Gopal Kaka?" I hugged him and he hugged me back.
He smiled brightly and said, " I have been waiting for you Beta Ji. " and then he asked a man servant to take our luggage to our rooms. He went inside to order the Maharaj Ji ( traditional chef or cook) to serve food for us and went to inform dad that we have reached.
Everything looked normal so what was the urgency? Let's forget that and enjoy food... I really enjoyed the Undhiyu - poori, khandvi, raita and shrikhand.
Dad came home after a few hours. I went running towards him and asked, "What is the matter dad? You seem to be very tense. Are you alright? Is anything wrong with the business? Dad, please tell me."
He smiled and told us to relax and get ready as we had to go to his best friend Suresh uncle's place.
What????? Here I was anxious that something was wrong somewhere and my dad wanted us to go to some dinner at his friend's house?? Seriously?
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Mehul's POVShe bent a little to touch my dad's feet. My dad said, " God bless you beta. But please, don't do it you are like my daughter." She smiled and her face lit up like a bulb.I must have been staring at her as my dad coughed and said, " Mehul do you remember her? "I was not sure what to say... I was still thinking about how to respond to it. She was looking at me through her eyelashes." Come on Mehul how can you not remember her. You have been scolded so many times because of her. She is Megha, Suresh's daughter. " My dad said chuckling.My eyes widened, I looked at her again as if I was trying to find the similarity between this beautiful girl and that irritating girl with pigtails.I couldn't find the similarity but this beautiful Megha was smiling faintly as if she knew that I was comparing her with her little self.That little irritating girl used to frown at me all the time and this one was smiling shyly...
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Mehul's POV" I am s-sorry but I can't h-help you. And p-please leave my hand you are hurting me." She was sobbing now. I realised that I was still holding her wrist tightly. I left her hand as if it was a live wire.She ran away crying the moment I loosened my grip on her hand. I felt very bad for her. I did not want to scare her. I was just too angry with my own parents that they tricked me to come here.Now they wanted me to marry a girl I was betrothed to. I didn't even know about it. I behaved rudely because I wanted Megha to refuse to marry me.What have I gotten myself into? I would not agree to this stupidity. Were they all insane.We all went back to our mansion. I didn't utter a single word during the whole drive. My parents were surprised by my behaviour but they knew that I am going to react once we reach home... and I did." What is this dad? Betrothal?? Seriously?? Is it some kind of prank you are playing with me? It is n
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Megha's POV" Ma, what is the matter?? I don't think there is any festival today. Is Bhai coming today? " I was curious like anything." No beta, Vimal is not coming today... but someone else is. He will come and take you away from us. Today he is coming for dinner with his parents. We are planning for you to get married by the end of this month."I was curious about this man who was going to be my husband. I still remember the day when ma told me about my betrothal. I was shocked. I didn't know anything about the man with whom I was going to spend the rest of my life.Last year during Navratri, when I was doing Garba ( Gujarati traditional dance) with my friends, one of my classmate Sachin came and asked me for a dandiya dance.He was a good friend of mine so I agreed. We were dancing with the famous dandiya songs. He was smiling like anything. I always had this feeling that he used to like me.He caught my hand while dancing and was
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5 years laterMehul's POV" Mehul please get off me... Why do you always do that?? " she was pushing my arms away from her waist." What do I do, darling?You just draped my arms around you and I love tohold you in my arms. " I said with an innocent smile." Please, stop your drama. You know I am angry with you. I told you not to touch me... " She was almost red with anger.Yesterday, I fired her trusted assistant. He was trying to be over-friendly with her. I can't see any guy being very closed to her.She told me he was just showing her a new design. She is so innocent. What if he had a design over her?He always used to disturb her... Actually me. She is angry with me as according to her he was quite good.Good??? I don't care. I don't want any guy near her." Leave this topic na Megha. This is such a nice day. Let's just enjoy our time alone. " I said and hugged her tightly again, but she ag
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Megha's POVI went to the kitchen to get something, actually, I wanted to hide because I knew that my bhabhi had already guessed about my long night.I was doing something to calm myself.Just then Sneha Bhabhi came and asked me, " So, how was it? "" What? what are you talking about? "" You know, what I am talking about. So stop acting and tell me, come on tell me. "" I didn't understand, bhabhi."" Ok, If you want me to spell it out for you. I will. So how was the last night? "" What D-do y-you mean? "" Acting??? Hmm. You know what I mean. You should have hidden the mark on the neck if you didn't want us to know. " Bhabhi glared at me and I blushed furiously." The colour on your face has confirmed that. " She smiled devilishly." So???"" Bhabhi!! " I hid my face in my palms. She went out laughing aloud.I went upstairs to hide the mark on my neck. Thank God, Mehul was in the
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Megha's POVHe removed the blindfold and told me to open my eyes. I slowly opened them and was so surprised to see thathe had made very nice and cute sitting arrangements in the backyard, with a beautiful swing chair, complete with food and drinks.I really liked it the day we went furniture shopping. I was so surprised to see this one here. I had liked it but it was already sold. So, Mehul bought it to surprise me." You bought it. Wow! Great!! " I smiled like anything.He kissed me and for the first time, I kissed him back. He was so happily surprised that he smiled while kissing me. He licked my lower lip and when I opened my lips, he deepened the kiss. He started kissing me very softly but later on, it went urgent. We were getting short of breath so he stopped kissing and hugged me very hard. My hands found their way around his neck.He looked into my eyes and said, " I have been trying to tell you for a long time now. But somehow could
Forced Marriage Chapter 42
Megha's POVEveryoneseemed to like the interiors a lot. The showrooms were so big and had everything one could think of were there.Both the showrooms had one office each. One for me and another for Mehul.Mehul's POVThere were so many people. All our friends, families, business associates, buyers or customers. My friends were also there. Sagar was there and somehow he did not look sad in fact, he was very happy. I was so happy to see him like this. He congratulated us and hugged me." What is the matter, Sagar? Is there anything you want to share? " I asked and he smiled." I found her... " He smiled and his face lit up." What?? How ?? Wow!! I am so happy for you. You have been looking for her for so long. So did you tell her ? "" Not yet. But very soon I will..." Sagar smiled." I wish you all the best. May you win her heart. "" I will... I will not let her go this time. I can't
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Megha's POVHe held my hand and led me towards the bed. I was feeling very shy. He made me sit on the bed and said, " Relax! All I want to say is... that I am sorry for whatever I said or did. "" Please don't say that. You must have had your reasons for that." I said and he just smiled and said, " You must have been very tired. Let's call it a night. "**************It has been a week since that day and Mehul has been very nice to me, he wasalways nearby. He was helping me with all the things and trying to keep away Sachin as far as possiblefrom me.Mehul was behaving obnoxiously around him. Always trying to be over-possessive over me, but I was really enjoying his company.The interiors of both the showrooms were complete and they were to be opened." Mudit and Mehul has everything been taken care of? What about invitations? Arrangements? Food? Decoration? Please make sure everything i
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Megha's POVWhat was wrong with Mehul? Why was he so rude towards Sachin? Why this sudden display of affection??" What was that?? "" What was what, darling?? "" Oh, please cut it short. He has gone. "" Good riddance. " He smirked" Why are you doing all this? " I was totally confused... What was going in his mind??" Let's just eat, I am famished. You should also eat you are working so hard. Running from here to there."" Why did you say all those things in front of him? What would he think about us? " I was still blushing." What did I say, sweetheart? You are my wife we have a right to say and do whatever we want. I don't care what he thinks. He just has to remember that you are my wife."He held a spoonful of food in front of me but I denied to eat. He kept it there, finally, I ate it. He smiled at me.We finished our food and went for buying the furniture.We bought al
Forced Marriage Chapter 39
Megha's POV" What. Is. Your. Problem?? "" Why are you calling my wife so early in the morning?? Let me tell you something, if you want to keep this job, just do your work and... Don't. Disturb. Us. Understood? "He switched off the phone and looking so angry right now?l tried talking to him, but he went into the washroom.I went downstairs and prepared breakfast for him. Though Maharaj Ji had already made a few things, still I wanted to make something. So I made some cutlets and Upma. After that, I went to my room to get ready.****Everyone was seated for the breakfast and bhabhi was happy to see cutlets as she wanted something crisp and spicy. She ate them happily and bhaiya was happy to see this. He insisted her to have Upma as well as it was healthy.Mehul ate well but didn't say anything. Bhabhi asked him if he liked the food and he just nodded and smiled." So, I hope you are taking rest today Me
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Mehul's POVIrecognised him immediately. He was that friend of Megha's. When I hadmet him for the first time,I could see that he had some kind of feelings for Megha. I wanted to kill this person. How dare he touch my wife???When I confronted him, he said he works for Vimal Bhai. I can't let him work with Megha. But she said, she likes working with him.Does Megha like him? Does she feel something for him as well?No, I will not let that happen...She went to see whatever that man wanted to show her... I reluctantly followed her as I didn't want to leave her alone with him.He was showing her a few new handicrafts." Can't you just see that she is very tired?? These articles would not getvanished tomorrow. You please concentrate on your work and leave her alone. Come on Megha, let's go home. " I gave him a warning look to stay away from her but he seemed to pay no heed to it.Megha
Forced Marriage Chapter 37
Megha's POVIt was weird that wheneverI was at home in our room, I missed Mehul a lot. I was missing his stupid grin, his naughty comments and his arms around me.I wanted to talk to him. I wanted him here. Bhaiya and bhabhi had been inseparable since the day they got to know about bhabhi's pregnancy. She was at home now. I like the way they were madly in love with each other. I wanted to feel the same kind of love. But I guess, I was not so lucky.So every day I used to make something nice for bhabhi and then go to work. Bhaiya and bhabhi scolded me for working so much. But I said that I wanted to get the showrooms ready as soon as possible.In reality, I wanted to keep myself busy to avoid thinking about him. He had not even bothered to call me once.I again went to work my team was working on a very fast pace. The showrooms were taking shape. Most of the work was done. Though I was feeling very tiredasI had w
