THE MARRIAGE

CHAPTER 9

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WHICH MAKES YOU VULNERABLE AND PUSHES YOU DOWN ONTO YOUR KNEES AND THAT IS LOVE. ~ AZWEENA SHEIKH

The night was filled with the stars but still silent. It was as if the nature was having a pity on me and was silently mourning on my current situation. I really don't have any idea on how i am going to survive with him, more over how my body will survive? He is devil in disguise. To be honest he doesn't even hide the fact that he is completely insane. He even convinced my mom and as well his family to keep the wedding tomorrow. I don't even have the time to convince myself on the topic of marriage and upon that the marriage is with him. I banged my head to the wall while pondering over the fact of being married to him. It is already late and my henna ceremony which was not even held properly as due to his urgency finished just a while back. I need to sleep now otherwise i'll be late to my own wedding and that devil eat my ear off saying that i don't have the time sense. By thinking that i walked towards my bed to sleep next to my sister who was fast asleep after today's fast ceremony. I wonder will my siblings miss me? i wish that they would remember the times we spent together at least a bit, that would be enough for me to live a life happily. I closed my eyes, having a little smile on the memories of us being together.

The day came faster than i thought and i was getting ready for my wedding. The house was on chaos. The beauticians sent by the going to be husband were having a makeup party on my face. The things which are unknown to me were all on my face and she was shouting at me even if i was doing the minimal as frowning. My mother who was never happy with me was welcoming the guests and showing them all the way for the place where we will have the nikah ceremony. The beautician who said her name something which i forgot shouted 'complete' after applying the lipstick. She said me that and which i quote 'Sir, Arhan told us that the lipstick should be of good taste, and he also added that he likes chocolate flavor so we bought this lipstick specifically for you' she was smiling as if she won the noble prize for this particular she did for the devil. A blush crept into my cheeks, what was he thinking while saying such things to the beautician? i wanted to dig a hole and bury myself but all i could was smile and keep my head down.

The nikah was on full swing. I was sitting opposite to the groom. A cloth which was made up of the thick material was tied between us so that we couldn't see each other before nikah. The priest asked Arhan for his approval towards the marriage 'do you take Ayana as your lawfully wedded wife? to which he replied with 'qubool hai' which means 'I do'. he was so fast that it felt like he was waiting for it and everyone thanked the lord for his answer because honestly even i thought he would deny. Now the priest came towards me to ask my permission for the nikah. 'do you take Arhan sheikh as your lawful wedded husband?' he asked me . I was stuck for a minute do i really take him as my husband?' i asked myself, i was in daze so the priest repeated himself. My mother nudged me which brought me back to the situation i looked around everyone was looking at me and i heard people murmuring. 'I do' i replied too. The crowd cheered for the completion of nikah so now was the time to remove the cloth which separated us.

ARHAN'S POV:

The cloth was lifted and i saw a beautiful wedding red lehenga in which a perfect body was present. The first thing which i saw was her lips which were tainted red. I really wanted to smudge that lipstick then there. Then her cute button nose which had nose ring she looked cute in that. i really want to pinch that nose of hers until it turns red. Then comes her beautiful cat eyes. I swear when she looks at me with those innocent eyes i really wanna corrupt her so bad. She was looking breathtaking. Even aman who never gets fazed by anything let out a small gasp which showed how beautiful she was looking. I really wanted to take her home right now. People were looking what's mine and it irked me a lot. I was waiting for the ending of this god damn ceremony so i can spend the night with her already.

Everyone was having fun in the nikah . The groom and bride was sitting together now. He was whispering something to his bride and she was smiling. To on lookers it may seem like he was saying something sweet but instead he was ' You really looking pretty in this dress but i really want to strip you right now! i really can't wait this to get over so i can punish you for the small stunt you pulled earlier. to which Ayana frowned. 'Don't frown just smile people are looking at us, if you are thinking what you did then it is the thing you did when priest asked for your approval and you kept quite. were you thinking of backing away? you think without nikah i would have left. i would have made sure that you regretted saying no, if you've tried to say that though'. 'I wasn't trying to say no it was just that i was nervous . it is my first time too, you should quite understand that from my side it was rushed. you ordered everything and we did so please don't think i wanted to deny it was just i that i was nerveous.' i replied him again smiling. He looked as if he was satisfied with the answer. He then turned towards front and was smiling to the kids who were dancing.

The nikah ended and it was the time for me to leave. My sister and brother came running to me and cried hugging me. Even i cried bad hugging them. 'You won't forget us right? you'll come to meet us right? my brother asked me to which i replied with a "yes" which was audible enough for them. I puled back from them and wiped their tears. 'Be good to mother and take care of her' i told them with a firm voice to which they smiled and nodded. they looked towards Arhan and said 'please take care of our sister she is a good person' they were looking at him with the expecting eyes. I felt bad for them that they thought the devil will reply but to my shock i heard a 'she is my wife i will make sure to take care of her.i was dumbfounded i looked towards him he was smiling towards my siblings which made me a bit happy that he didn't break their hearts. I looked towards mother i knew she didn't feel much for me so i just said ' I will be leaving now mother' and she just nodded. After that as our bidding good byes were over me and Arhan walked towards the car. We got in the car and drove towards the mansion. The whole car ride i cried and this heartless man was silently typing on his phone. Though he gave me his hand towel to wipe my tears he was otherwise silent. It was already night when we reached the mansion. After getting down from the car Arhan left directly towards the mansion leaving me behind. sheikh saab tried to stop him but he ignored him and just left. the atmosphere became awkward but mrs. Sheikh came towards me and told ' i think you know we don't to any rituals so it is better you go and take the rest as it was a tiring day, maid will show you the way' she said to me smiling. even i wasn't in the mood of anything else. A maid came to show me the way towards my room. after reaching the door she left. I opened the door it was dark but a whip of flowers hit my nose. i was trying to search the switch when suddenly door was closed, lights turned on and i was slammed against the door. Arhan was in-front of me. He smirked and said 'welcome to hell my wife, today you'll see the real devil'.