6. Engagement

Preeti's point of view 

I was sitting in my room with Shivani di's kids while everyone is preparing for rokka and engagement. 

"Preeti..massi.. Are you going to marry Siddharth uncle." Abhi asked me while hugging me from behind and put his tiny head on my right shoulder. 

I blushed at the thought of getting marry to Siddharth.

"Will he also give us presents like Anshul mama (uncle) gave us whenever he came from jhansi." Shreya asked me while holding my both hands in her tiny one.

I chuckled softly at her innocent question.

"You asked him yourself." Neeta aunty said while walking into my room along with mummy with lehnga in her hand.

"beta this is the dress of your engagement from our side. Get ready we are waiting for you." Neeta aunty said  while handing me a dress and caresing my head. 

"Thankyou aunty."I thank Neeta aunty. 

"It's maa now from now on. Don't call me aunty." Neeta maa said holding my both hands. I give her a small simle.

I changed from my suit to my lehnga. It is a golden net glistening net lehenga with shiny work and had a matching blouse with golden and stone all over it. It had a pink net duppata with hand work with golden and pink stones. It looks beautiful. After changing to lehenga i wear a matching earings and a thin chain with a small cuet locket and set my dupatta on my right shoulder. I curled my hair little to the end and do little makeup abd painted my lips with peach matt lipstick.

I can't  believe today I am going  to engage. I always thought about this day 



and imagined  how it will proceed but when the time is come I am hell nervous. 

This is the second  time I'm going to face him. I still remember every single word which we talked about and for a single moment he didn't feel me like he is billionaire and I am just a simple girl.

After meeting Siddharth, his thought didn't leave my mind. I don't know what he is doing to me but I like that feeling. I dont't know, if he is thinking about me or not right now but his thought don't leave my mind.

Shivani di and Anit jiju came to my room to take me to the downstairs. 

"You are looking beautiful.  Siddharth could not take his eyes from you." Anit jiju teased me.

I turned into crimson hearing his name. I lowered my head and tuck a strand of hair behind my ear.

"Anit you make her more nervous. Don't listen to him Preeti. He is just pulling your leg." Shivani di said while glaring to jiju.

"Let's go.." she said while looking at me.

I give her a small smile and nodded my head.

When I came to livingroom, everyone's eyes  is on me, making me more nervous. I lowered my eyelids not to meet anyone's gaze because  their gaze make me more nervous but suddenly I looked up and my eyes met with the coffee brown eyes He is already looking at me with admiration. He is siting on the couch waiting for me to join him. 

I averted my gaze from him and looked down again because his heated gaze burn my skin and I feel the goosebumps in my whole body. My face turned into red pink and my heart started beating faster when I still feel his gaze on me.

He is in the same atire of the morning but looking handsome just like when i saw him first time. 

Mummy and Shivani di makes me sit beside him. I can feel his heated gaze on me and I can feel the warmth  of his body. I wanted to look at him but due to the lack of courage  and shyness I can't look at him.

Pandit ji (priest) started chanting mantras. Papa andMummy came forward and give siddharth coconut and a rupee and did tilak (apply vermillion between the eyebrows) and some rice on tilak. Siddharth touched mummy and papa feets. After mummy papa, everyone do the same ritual with him.

Neeta maa and akhil dad came forward and put red chunni (scarf) on my head and do same ritual as everyone performed with Siddharth. I touch their feets. 



After that keerti handed the ring to Siddharth.

He took the ring from keerti and stretched his left hand to me, asking for my hand.

"May I..?" he whisper.

I slowly stretched my hand to him. He hold my hand firmly.

When his skin touch mine I felt a spark all over my body. My heart beat start increasing. His hand was warm and  felt rough against my soft one.

He slowly slide the ring on my ring finger. It is platinum ring with a cuet little diamond in mid and a small diamonds around the large diamond in a curvy shape.It is simple but elegent at the same time.

After that Shivani di give me a ring.

I hold his hand firmly in my hand and felt the same spark.

'this man will be a death of me'

I slowly slide the ring in his ring finger. Everyone is claping and hooting after we exchanged our rings.

"Bhayi, bhabhi... smile Please." 

We both looked to keerti and she took our photo in her phone.

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Our wedding is fix in december after 5 months. I was happy but saddened at the same time that I have to leave my family and everything that soon.

Keerti  and Neeta maa are talking to me , wanted to know me batter. Papa akhil Dad and Malhotra uncle talking to eachother and anshul and jiju talking with siddharth. In between our talking we both stealing glance from eachother and when our gaze met I turned into pink shade and I saw his lips curl into a beautiful smile.

It's evening, clock reads 8 p.m. Everyone preaper for leaving but Siddharth nowhere to be seen. 

I wish i can see him last time before leaving.

I touch Akhil Dad, malhotra uncle and neeta maa's feets. When I was standing behind of everyone smiling  at their talks suddenly Abhi and Shreya take my hand and pull me towards upstairs. 

"Arre bacho chodo...kya ker rhe ho. (what are you doing kids)." I said to them but they don't listen to me.

When we reached  to the terrace I saw Siddharth was standing beside the railing looking outside.

His back is facing me. Abhi and Shreya run toward Siddharth and pat his back. 

Siddharth turn to them and leaned their levels. He gave both of them choclates. Abhi and Shreya kissed Siddharth on his both cheeks and leave immedately after taking choclates from him.

I walked to him slowly. My anklets are tickling when i was walking and I know he is looking my every step.

When I reached to him I stood infront  of him lowering my head.

We both silently stood there. Siddharth is locking at me. I can feel it because his gaze give a different  sensation  to my body. 

Siddharth take a step towards me and started leaning in. I closed my eyes due to this closeness, I don't know what he is doing but he is making my heart go crazier.

I can feel his hot breath on my cheeks. He leaned more and i feel his wet lips on my right cheek. When his lips touched to my skin My stomach  churned and I feet the butterflies in my stomouch. My lips parted and I hold my other hand tightly due to the sensation. This is the first time when a boy kissed me on my cheeks.His lips lingered there more then a second and pulled back.

After kissing on my cheek he left immidately without looking at me. I turned into tomato shade, even tomatoes colour might be look lighter than my red cheeks.

A smile is crept on my face and I touch my cheeks taking my lower lip between my upper teeth to cantrol my smile.

After Siddharth leave, I also leave from there. When I came to downstairs everyone is now on our driveway and ready to sit inside the car. No one noticed about our absence. They all are busy in there own talks and continue craking joks.

Siddharth is sitting inside the car, on the driving seat. He is holding a stearing wheel with his one hand and other hand's elbow is resting on the car open window and his forefinger is curling on his lips. 

His biseps are popping out showing his work in jim. 

He adjust the side view mirror of the car and our gaze met once again through  the mirror.

"Bhabhi..see you soon. Till then don't miss me too much. I have your number now..so I will annoy you just like I love to annoy my brother." Keerti said while hugging me.

I hugged  her back and chuckled softly.

"I know Bhayi will be going to miss you too. I will update you about him." Keerti teased me while pulling off from the hug.

I turned  to crimson. I lowered  my head and tuck a strand of hair behind my ear.

I touch everyon's feet again.

Neeta Maa and Dad give blessings to me and caressed my head lovingly.

"Come home soon beta.." Akhil dad said and caressed my head lovingly.

"My son is lick to have you." Neeta maa said while caressing  my head.

I looked at Siddharth at the corner  of my eyes and he have a small smile on his face.

After bidding the goodbye they set in the car. Keerti waved her hand to me and everyone. I waved her back.

My eyes fell on Siddharth and his eyes is focusing on the rearview mirror when he was driving.

I wonder what he is looking at.