The Wait - Precap for Chapter 1

Khushi POV

I sit next to my father, smiling at the Raizada family, not knowing why suddenly they are all so keenly noticing me.

“Shashiji, we will be more than honoured to go ahead with your proposal,” the matriarch of the Raizada family, Devyani, whom everyone calls ‘Naniji’ replies.

“Proposal?” I turn to my father who takes me in his embrace.

“That’s the surprise I was talking about. Your marriage.”

My heart skips a beat.

“My… my what?”

Mumma who is on my left, strokes my back lovingly.

“Your dad has proposed your marriage to Anjali’s brother, Arnav Singh Raizada, Khushi,” she exclaims.

I can’t believe he did this.

“And the Raizadas are happy with the proposal,” Dad adds.

“But I am not..” We all hear a sharp voice from the stairs.

My heart beats rapidly as I know it’s him. The man my father just proposed my marriage with and the man whose twin brother, Dhruv Singh Raizada I am in love with and will be till my last breath.

Everyone rises up from the couch in shock as he storms to the living room, except me who doesn’t even want to see him. Because seeing that face again, will remind of Dhruv.. bringing back all those beautiful and painful memories altogether, which I am not prepared to handle at this moment. Tears cloud my vision as I stifle a shudder rising in my body imagining the consequences of marrying someone.. especially the one who has the same face of the man I love.

“Arnav?” Nani is the first one to express her shock as Arnav Singh Raizada, the cold-hearted man in this entire universe as I know he is, reaches us. “Why not?”

“I don’t need to give a reason why I am not interested in marrying Mr Gupta’s daughter.” Arnav snaps.

“You need to, Arnav.” Dad mutters.

“Do I?” he angrily blurts, thrusting his hands in his pant pockets. “Then listen Mr. Gupta. There is no barter system going on here. Trading one daughter in marriage for accepting the other in the family.”

I heave a sigh of relief at his rejection for dad’s proposal.

“And the most important reason for my rejection, Mr. Gupta..” he continues and probably looking at me because I can feel it. My body suddenly heats up with strange feelings. “You can’t get your daughter married to anyone without her permission. She’s not a business commodity whom you can trade off without knowing her feelings.”

I swallow nervously. How does he know I am not ready to marry him? My heart constricts as the next thought comes into my head. Does he know that Dhruv and I loved each other? Had Dhruv told him?

“I am not trading my daughter,” Dad refutes. “I love her and want her to get the best. How can you say that she is not ready for this alliance?”

There is complete silence in the room and now I am aware every pair of eyes are looking at me as Arnav continues to speak.

“If she was ready for this alliance, she would have looked at me at least once during this entire conversation.”

His thoughtfulness urges me to raise my chin and finally look at the man whom I might be meeting here for the first time in my life, but his face… is so far the only one I have ever loved.

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