Chapter 9 The invite

The next morning a message pinged on abeer's mobile he jumped from the bed after reading it, it was rudra's message to invite the khurrana family to shiv Ratri puja in Kasauli.

Abir hurridly got ready and rushed to the dining table where garima is already waiting for him.

He hugged her mother in excitement.

'Thank you, thank you, thank you so much mom I love you I love you all "

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You are a welcome child but only rudra deserves this thank you as he is the one who got agree to this alliance, to say the truth I was doubtful about rudra's decision as adhya is born and brought up in London and she doesn't know much about Indian culture, while rudra always thought that a traditional and cultured girl will suit more for our family.

But see how much he loves you and give preference to your happiness more than his beliefs "

"yes mom bhai has done so much for our family "

"ok now give me mr Khurana's mobile no. I will call him to invite them "

"But why you... I mean I can message adhya na, he will convey our invite to them."

"Are you giving it to me or I call rudra to invite them then you know the invitation will look like a threat ."

"Yes, he will start like this,mr khurrana it will be better if you reach the temple on the given date and time or the consequences were not good "

Both mother-son laugh at this.

Rudra is only polite with his family members otherwise he is known as a heartless man.

Garima invited Dr Ashish khurrana with his family and then message about the date and place.

At Khurana residence

The same evening when Ashish came back from the hospital he informed his family about the invitation

Adhya already knew it as abeer told her in the morning.

Drishti was still not convinced about this relationship, but she also wants to meet the GREAT RUDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT. so she agreed.

Devrat liked the shekawat family, he asked his friend who lives near Shimla about the Shekhawat family and his friend only has praises to tell about them.

Especially how they respect their culture and traditions and follow them strictly.

They are the richest family in Shimla they have succeeded in every business field in which they are involved. And all the credits go to only one man that is Rudra Singh Shekhawat. He decided to stay a bachelor all his life for the sake of his business and family love.

Devrat already developed a huge respect for that person without even meeting him personally.

Adhya was happy excited and nervous at the same time. Happy because rudra had agreed to meet her family, excited because he is going to visit India after a long time and nervous as she doesn't know how will abeer's family react to her.

Devrat asked adhya to shop for some Indian clothes, drishti raised her one eyebrow at this .but she knows that saying something against devrat will be not in her favour at least now .so she kept mum.

Adhya messaged abeer to join her in shopping for Indian clothes, abeer agreed.

When adhya reached the mall she was surprised to see abeer and garima is waiting for her at the mall.

That time adhya was wearing formal clothes, she got conscious about her clothing and scared too what if garima doesn't like it. But she left these negative thoughts in the back of her mind and touched her feet.

Garima stopped her in between and hugged her warmly ., garima was wearing a suit. and adhya tried to explain.

"Sorry auntyji I directly came from my workplace so .."

'You dont have to be sorry beta, I do not have any problem with your clothing style, and please dont touch my feet every time we met as it's okay at festivals but I will like it if you hug me. I am just like your mother ."

Adhya got relieved listening to this, .abir gave an "I told you " look to adhya she smiled at him. Then the shopping spree started and garima chose such a nice collection of suits and Kurtis for adhya.

Adhya was impressed by Garima's choice of colour and clothes. After spending some time she becomes comfortable with her.

Abeer was smiling looking at his mother and his fiance as the little bit of hesitation faded away, now these two are behaving like long lost daughters and mothers. He becomes proud of his choice adhya who is giving respect to her mother, by asking her opinion about every dress she bought. When the shopping finally ended adhya and garima both gave her cards for billing.

"Please aunty Ji let me pay for this "

"No beta now you are going to be our daughter in law or precisely daughter so I will pay this bill ."

" Auntyji, I am not married to your son yet so please let me pay this time"

" Adhya looked at abeer for help "

"Yes maa let her pay, we should save our money now because after marriage she is not going to touch her wallet anymore you know "

" Okay as you both insist but adhya after getting married promise me you will make this man suffer, you must take him shopping every week got it."

Garima started teasing abeer.

Adhya laughed at this, she was feeling relieved that she is really lucky to have garima as her mother in law. The trio decided to have some snacks in the food joint in the mall.

Abeer went to place their order leaving the ladies behind, after some minutes he came back as he left the wallet on the table only.

"God knows when this boy will become responsible as rudra, I hope you will bring some sense of responsibility in him after marriage "

Adhya just smiled shyly at this.

" Adhya beta abeer is very precious to me, after his father's death I dont want to live anymore, but gauri didi and rudra handled my shattered soul.

They reminded me that after how many treatments and pain I had gone through to get abeer and if I will not handle myself then how abeer is going to live his life . ."

" Then we shifted to London, I still remember the day when we left for London, you know abeer hugged rudra crying badly, he was not ready to leave him from the hug, how much we have to convince him to leave rudra ."

Rudra and gauri didi visited London more frequently than time for abeer. Abeer used to wait for Diwali, Shivratri and other occasions to visit India to meet his rudra bhai and Badi maa "

, "Anyways that's the past, sorry I must have bored you with my past stories "garima started wiping the tears.

" No way aunty I know how hard it must be for you, I promise you aunty that I will try my best to keep abeer happy "

Abeer came with the tray " what are my favourite ladies talking about ?"

"Nothing, I was just suggesting ideas to adhya to make your life hell after the wedding ."

"Ooh, mom! I am your son, ok will complain to rudra bhai then we will see".

"rudra's fan," Garima stated teasingly to which abeer whined more. Adhya laughed at abeer's expression.

That night at dinner Adhya was continuously praising garima for how good she is, how supportive she is, how she takes her side more than abeer, and how much hardship she has gone through in raising abeer.

Ashish and devrat were smiling and feeling very happy that her daughter is accepting abeer's family too.

But drishti was a different case, listening to so many praises about garima she was getting more furious.

"she already become a fan of her mother in law 

' why not ! garima aunty is the best mother in law in the world, "adhya stated with pride.

" But you know mom you were you are and you will be my mom, my best mom. I love you mom ."adhya hugged her mom from behind

Drishti's eyes got wet with tears as she loves her daughter very much. She decided that will give a fair chance for this marriage alliance as she only wants her daughter to be safe and happy.

Devrat smiled at the scene and prayed to the almighty, for adhya's happiness.

In Shimla

Rudra was still collecting more information about khurrana. Chachi had already messaged him their journey details.

He arranged the best cars from their cars collection to pick up the Khurrana family from the airport.

Rudra made Mahesh book the best suites of one of their hotels for their stay.

The more he got the information about khurrana, he understood very well what kind of woman drishti is. She values money more than values. So why not give her a very small glimpse of our status and power in Shimla, that's why rudra himself checked every arrangement made for the Khurrana family.

" Just hope that you are not like your mother miss Adhya Khurrana ."

Rudra murmured to himself.

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