Chapter 14- Family Dinner!
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Veer POV:-
" I know what I want. My answer is... " Bhawana paused, which made my heart skip two beats.
She looked at me for a good minute, and I thought she had rejected me. It broke my heart for a second. But as I told her, I will respect her decision.
" I got it. Your answer is. " Bhawana cut me off immediately.
" Yes! " She said, and I looked at her with shock.
" Yes? " I asked again because I didn't believe what I had heard.
" Yes. " Bhawana replied with a smile.
" YOU SAID YES. OH MY GOD!!! YOU SAID YES!!! " I screamed in excitement and hugged her immediately.
" Thank you. Thank you so much, Bhawana! " I said and felt her arms wrapped around me.
" I am not only giving you my trust, Veer. I am giving you my child's responsibility too. Please never break my trust and his heart. Else I would never forgive you. " She said, and I broke our hug.
I kissed her forehead and said, " Never! " She smiled at my reply.
" You go and resume your work. I call our parents and tell them this good news. " I said, and she nodded with a smile. She left the room, and I called my mother immediately.
" Mom! " I called as she picked up the call on the first ring.
" Veer! What happened? " She asked.
" Bhawana agreed, mom. " I confessed.
" Really? Great! We will go to complete your roka with her this evening. I'm so excited to make her my daughter-in-law. Veer, talk to your father. " She exclaimed in excitement. I knew she had already planned everything for our marriage, honeymoon, and future children. My typical mother!
" Veer! " I heard my father's voice.
" Good morning, dad. " I wished him. I respect him a lot. I am what I am today all because of my father. He trained me to become a better person.
" Good morning, son. Congratulations! I am happy for you, child. Listen! I received a call from Mr. Knight today. He wanted to hear about the project we were trying to get from them. So, next week, he is coming. You need to prepare everything on your own. You will not let anyone find out about it. Get it? Not even to Bhawana. I want this between us. " Dad explained in his business cold tone.
" Yes, president. " I replied in the same tone. We know when we talk about business. We need to separate our relationships from professional life. That's the reason, whenever we talk about business, I call him president.
" Alright. " He said and hung up the call. I screamed in excitement. I was waiting for this meeting for the last three months. Today luck was on my side.
What he didn't know was that he was inviting his own rival to bite his own ass.
Bhawana POV:-
At noon, Veer came to me and said, " I am giving you an off. Mom told me we come to your home in the evening. I talked to the uncle. He told me they would be able to come at the time of dinner due to some emergency. So, you had no time. Have rest. If you want, I will order dinner for us. But you have to get ready for the evening. "
" It's okay. You know I love to cook. I will make dinner. Let's have our lunch. " I said, and we went for lunch at his cabin with Angad. Veer loves homemade food. So, mom packs two lunch boxes for us. I feed my son and me.
After lunch, I came home with Angad. I took a strong nap with Angad. I woke up at 4 pm and saw Angad sleeping. I let him sleep peacefully as he looked tired these days. I started to make dinner. It took me a good three hours. After that, I went to the room only to see Angad playing on the bed with his toys silently. My boy never disturbs me. It's like he understood his mom was busy. I went to the bathroom. I took a quick shower and wore a brown Anarkali suit.
I came back and made my son ready too. Since he is two years old. My son went to the washroom and did his business himself without my help. " Bhawana! " I heard mom voice.
I took Angad in my arms and went down to see dad and mom with a tired look. When they looked at me, their tiredness went away.
" You are looking so beautiful, my child. Like an angel. " Mom said and hugged me immediately.
I saw dad, who looked at me with pride. I broke our hug and gave Angad to mom, and hugged dad immediately.
" You are looking gorgeous, princess. " Dad complimented me. I broke our hug and took back Angad.
" Dad! Mom! I want you both to take some days off if the priest gives us this month. I want to spend some time with you. Also, I know you both were tiring yourself at work. It will help to relax. For now, go and freshen up." I ordered.
" Yes, mommy. " They said in unison, and we laughed at their joke. They went to freshen up and came back in 10 minutes. The doorbell rang, and we understood Veer and his parents came.
I opened the gate and looked at Veer and his parents, who looked at me with smiles on their lips. I saw their priest with them.
" Namaste (Greetings), Uncle! Namaste, Aunt! Namaste, Pandit Ji! " I greeted them, and they wished me back with a smile.
" Please come! " I said, and they entered the hall.
Mom, dad, Veer, and his parents greeted each other. Everyone sat down. I went to the kitchen and brought a glass of water for everyone.
After drinking water, an aunt gave kundali to the priest, who studied Veer's kundali carefully. The priest looked at my parents and said, " Please give me the girl's kundali. "
(Note:- Kundali is a sketch made by the priest to study the astrology of the person. In India, Kundali is used to compare for two people to check if they are suitable partners for each other or not.)
My parents looked embarrassed at this point. But I went to my room and took out my kundali that mumma and papa made the day after I was born. I gave the kundali to the priest, who looked at us weirdly.
He studied the kundali and after completing his counting. He said, " They are good for each other. Their 32 points matched. I found a suitable date for their engagement and marriage. The next week, on 15 September is suitable for their engagement. But the date of their marriage is after five months, on 19 February. "
I didn't know that my engagement day would change everything in my life.
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