Our journey from engagement to marriage by Shipra Saini (surface ebook reader TXT) 📕

I and Siddharth both sitting om a couch and everyone is sounding us. Papa came forward and did tilak of Siddharth after that mummy do the same as papa did.

"Sid..." Neeta ma gave the engagement ring to Siddharth.

He took it from her and turn to me. Our eyes met and we both looked at each other with love. I lowered my eyelids and blushed when he is looking at me with his intense gaze.

He forward his hand towards me to hold it. I slowly put my hand in his. He hold my hand firmly and slide the ring in my ring finger.

I looked at the ring. It is different from previous one. The small flower shape diamond is stuck between six other small diamonds. It looks beautiful, simple and elegant just like I want.

"First time I had not gotten a chance to select a ring for you but when I decided to come back to you I bought this ring to propose you." He said in a low voice.

I looked at him and give him a smile. He wanted to marry me from a very first day and like a fool, i thought that he doesn't love me.

"It's beautiful.." i said while looking at the ring.

"Preeti..." Shivani di gave me a ring and to my surprise it's Papa's ring.

It is not have any diamond in it, just a simple gold band. The simplicity is its beauty.

I looked at mummy and then papa. They both nodded their head with a smile on their faces.

"We can't arrange ring that soon and it's already night so shops are closed. You make Siddharth wear my ring to complete the ritual after that we will buy Siddharth ring which he will like." Papa said while looking at me.

"No, papa...I like it. It is very fortunate of me that to wear your ring as my engagement ring." Siddharth ssid to papa with a respect in his eyes for him.

I looked at him with so much respect. My respect for him is increase day by day. He is a best son, best brother any sister could ask for, best friend which everyone wants in life and a bestest best lover and i believe that he will be a best husband and father too.
That thought make me blush.

I took ring from Shivani di and turned to him. He forward his hand to me. I held his hand and slide the ring in his ring finger and it fits him perfectly.

Everyone claps when we both exchanged the ring. Shivani di hug me and congratulated both of us.

"Now I can call you bhabhi, rightfully. Right, Preeti bhabhi." Keerti said wiggling her eyebrows.

I bow my head and tucked strand of hair behind my ear while nodded my head slowly.

Everybody broken into laugh, looking at my flushed face.
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"I am going to miss you so much. Kya tum bhi mujhe yad krogi?" He asked me suddenly.

(Will you also miss me?)

It's a new morning with new hopes and happiness. In past two years my life was incomplete and fill with sorrow but now I am fill with new found happiness, after the moment, Siddharth came back into my life and slide his name ring last night into my ring finger, with a promise that he will marry me and make me his rightfully.

After my engagement with Siddharth last night, I could not sleep a wink at night in happiness.

Finally everything is going to be fine in our life and Siddharth and I will become one soon.

Neha took her bidayi after my engagement and today Siddharth and his family is going back to Newyork. I feel sad, when Keerti told me that they are leaving today. Me and my family leave the day after tomorrow because Neha is coming tomorrow for her pagphera ritual.

Siddharth text me earlier to meet me in his room and hiding from everyone's eyes I went to his room to meet him.

Currently we both are standing in the balcony of his room and was looking eachother intensely when he suddenly asked me. We are standing facing eachother. Our one hand on the railing while our other hand our on our side.

I smile while blushing and turn my face to the other side. I lowered my head and shake my head slowly while bitting my lower lip to cantrol my blush.

"Why...?" He asked me softly with a smile.

"Hum aapko apni yadon se juda hi nhi hone denge. Or hume jab bhi aapki yad aayegi hum aapko phone ker lenge." I said looking deep into his eyes and chuckled softly while looking down.

(I don't let you go away from my memories and wheneve I miss you, I will call you.)

"Or agar maine phone nhi uthaya tab kya krogi?" He asked me in a low firm voice ahile leaning to me that our foreheads are almost touching.

(What if I didn't pick your phone. )

"Hum aapse naraj ho Jaynge." I said looking at him and then looked down immediately when I saw the intensity in his eyes.

(I will get angry with you.)

"Don't worry. I will call my Dulhan daily and we both talked hours." He said while tucking the loose starnd behind my ear which fall on my face.

He put his hand on mine which was on the railing and lifted up my chin with his other hand.

"Preeti, look at me." He whispered softly.

I lifted my eyelids and looked deep into his eyes.

"Preeti, I know you still feared that I will leave you again but I swear on your head this time I will marry you with all rituals." He said with so much intensity in his eyes which make my heart beats faster.

"Hume aap per pura bharosa hai." I said looking deep into his eyes with love telling him that I meant every word and he was looking at me with shock but his eyes were fill with love. His eyes went to my hair line which was fill with his name's vermillion and He was looking at me unreadable emotions.

I closed my eyes when he touched our foreheads and trailed down his hand from my arms and then interlock our fingers.

"Preeti, tum nhi janti abhi mujhe kaisa lag rha hai tumhari mang mai apne naam ka sindoor dkh ker. Na jane kabse mai tumhe apni Dulhan k roop mai dkhna chahta tha. Per kal rat tumne meri yeh khwaish bhi puri kerdi." I curled my fingers around his and I gasped when he lifted our hands upto his lips and kissed on it. My eyelids are down when he was talking to me with so much intensity.