Our journey from engagement to marriage by Shipra Saini (thriller book recommendations TXT) 📖

Preeti's point of view

Days and weeks passed like this. Neeta maa and Akhil dad talk to me often. Keerti also phoned me and told me about her days. Siddharth never called me back after that day. I was little disappointed about this. Maybe he got angry because I didn't replied his 'hello'.

I didn't inform kshama about what mummy told me the Karwachoth fast.

I will tell her when we will go to shopping. We can't go for shopping because of the work load in office due to festive season and at weekends we were to lazy to go anywhere but we decided, today we will go for shopping because only four days left for Karwachoth fast and I didn't do any preparations.

"Let's go to fashion corners. They sails best lehnga in whole Saharanpur." Kshama said while pointing to the show room of fashion corners.

Indeed they sails the best traditional clothes in whole city bug they are expensive too.

"But they are expensive too." I said looking at the shop.

"Come on preeti.. Your husband is a billionaire and you are thinking about spending some thousands rupees." She said looking at me annoyingly.

I turned crimson when he mentioned Siddharth as my husband. His only mention make me that blush I don't know what will happen to me when he will be infront of me 24×7 after marriage.

"Now stop blushing come." She hold my hand and dragged me inside the showroom.

"Hello.. ma'am.. how may I help you." Sails boy asked us when we both settled on the chair.

"Show us some beautiful lehngas. But they should not be heavy. We want something simple." Kshama said to sails boy.

"...and it should not be too expensive."
I said immediately before he could take out any expensive lehnga.

Kshama looked at me and narrowed her eyes on me.

I gave her a pleading look and she only shakes her head.

"Bhaiya do as she said." Kshama said to sails boy.

After rejected few lehnga we bought a lehnga. It was a baby pink glittering lehnga. It looks beautiful and under my budget.

"Kshama.. mummy told me buy something in red because it's my first Karwachoth." I said looking at my lehnga in shopping bag.

"Don't worry this colour is also for bridal." She said looking for rickshaw.

She give her hand and one auto is stopped infront of us.

"Bhaiya collectorate chaloge. (Will you go to collectorate)" Kshama asked to auto driver.

"Ji madam chalenge. (Yes ma'am i will go.)" Auto driver said.

Kshama nodded her head and we both hopped inside the auto.

"When will you coming to my home." Kshama asked me.

I tucked the strand of hair behind my ear which fall on my face due to wind.

"Actually I forget to tell you something." I said.

"What?"

"I am not coming to your home." I said.

"Why..?" She asked me.

"Mummy gave me a permission to fasting Karwachoth for Siddharth." I said while blushing.

I turned my head in other direction to hide my blush when I said his name.

"Okey that's cool. Then I will come to your home to get you ready." She said while stepping out from the auto.

I paid the fair of her because her stop come before me.

"Okey bye. I'll see you then." She said and turned to other side to crossed the road.

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Kshama came to my home, a day before of Karwachoth festival. Her parents are put of town so she will live with us in our home.

"Do you like it..?" Kshama asked me looking at the henna in my hand. She applied it beautifully.

I nodded my head looking at the henna in my hand.

We both are sitting in my room. Mummy told me to apply henna on my hand as per the ritual so Kshama is applying henna in my hand.

"Wait on thing is left." She said while taking a henna cone from bedside table.

"What..?" I asked her confusingly.

"Your husband's name." She said while writing S at the bottom of my ring finger.

My lips curled into a smile and I smiled shyly.

"Let me take pictures of your henna for your sister in law." Kshama took my phone and click few pictures of my mehndi.
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Today is Karwachoth and I didn't ate or drink anything since morning not even water. Kshama helped me getting ready and and make wear some jewelries.

 
 

I heard Karwachoth vrat katha (fast prayer) with other married women and they all teased me to death. Whole day my was red due to blushing.
 

It's already 8.30 p.m but there is no sign of moon. I and Kshama standing in my room's balcony looking towards the sky for a sign of moon.

"God this fast is so tough. How could you stay all day without drinking and eating anything." Kshama said while looking at the sky.

I chuckled softy at her comment.

"You will know when you will get married." I said while looking at the sky.

"I am not going to do any fast for my husband. I love my food." She said while walking to the other side of the balcony.

"We will see." I said while chuckling.

"Preeti.. look there..moon came out."
Kshama said point to the sky.

"Where...? I can't see." I said looking at the sky.

"Idiot come here."

I walked to her and looked at the sky. 
Indeed there is a orange moon in the sky.

I wonder why it's always orange every year at this day.

We both walked inside the room. I took the aarti thal and chalni with glass of water.

I turned to ksahma and she picked Siddharth's photo from my bed side table.

I raised my eyebrows in question.

"Your husband.." she said while rolling her eyes on me.

We both walked to my balcony and I started doing pooja.

Ksahma is making my video on my phone for the memory of my first Karwachoth.

Ring...Ring

Ring...Ring

"Preeti.. some keerti is doing video call to you." She said while looking at my phone.