#Sidharth's POV

With my arms spreading, I was lying on the bed on my back and thinking how I Arranged Everything. I was smirking on the thought that how everyone trusted me blindly. They don't even have the idea that they are not doing the things by themselves, I'm the one, who is making them to do all the things. Everything is happening according to me only.

"Finally.. I'm just one step away"

My thoughts got interrupted, as soon as I heard my phone ringing. Seeing the caller ID, I frowned and immediately picked up the call. Before I could speak anything, the other person over the phone started threatening me and I got alarmed.

"Tum aisa kuch bhi nahi karoge. Aur yeh baat ghar walon ko bilkul bhi pata nahi chalni chahiye. You got that?" I said gritting my teeth. But hearing another threat, a sudden tension crept over me.

"Apni keemat bolo"

Hearing the answer, I replied with the finality, "Apna account number message karo, tumhe tumhare paise mil jayenge. Aur ek baat yaad rakhna, agar Maa ya Shehnaz ke samne muh bhi khola toh main bhool jayunga what we share"

Saying this, I cut the call angrily and transferred money to another person's account.

I was about to throw the phone to bed, when I got message from Shehnaz.

'Main Apne Aap Ko Rok Nahi Pa Rahi Message Karne Se..🙇‍♀️ Aaj Function Mai Aapko Dekh Ke Soch Rahi Thi Ki Koi Itna Cute Kaise Lag Sakta Hai🤔Har Roz Har Pal Laakhon Ladkiya Aapki Tareef Karti Hai 🙈 Aur Aaj Main Bhi Bolti Hoon Wow Your Killer Eyes👌 Your Messy Hair🔥n Your Pink Lips👄 Kya Rough Tough Look Hain Yar👀Like Seriously 😜 Smoking Hot🚬!!Moon🌝🌛 Sun🌞 Star⭐ Earth 🌈 Christmas Tree🎄Sab Kuch Ho Aap Mere Liye Sidharth ❤

The irritation of my face turned into a bright smile when I read her message. Replying to her message, I drifted into the thought how everything started and how the whole marriage was planned, that too by me.

Actually, it all started a week after Shehnaz went to Punjab after Ravi and Sargun's marriage.

I was sitting in the hall with my mother and suddenly out of nowhere, she started the topic of my marriage.

"Mujhe lagta hai ke ab teri shadi bhi kar hi deni chahiye"

"Not again mom. Aap..."

Before I could complete my words, my mother interrupted me by saying,

"You know? Shehnaz ke rishte ki bhi bat chal rahi hai. Ladka Canada mein settled hai"

Hearing this, the water I was drinking, spilled over my shirt and widening my eyes, I mumbled 'What?'

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I was pacing my room and thinking about the conversation that happened some time ago. Different types of thoughts 'How can Sana marry some random person just like that? I just can't let this happen. I have to do something. But how can I speak directly to his family and by what right?' were running into my mind.

Thinking about all this, an idea came to my mind and dialed my sister's number. As she is close to Shehnaz, if I talk to her about it, she will definitely do something. My thoughts got interrupted when I heard the response from other side of the phone.

"Hello, hey Neetu, how are you?"

"Hey Sid. Main theek hoon, tu kaisa hai?"

"Woh sab chod, mujhe tumse ek important bat karni hai"

"Han bol na"

"Shehnaz ke liye Canada se rishta aya hai, tujhe iss bat ka pata hai kya?" I tried my best not to sound desperate.

"Yeah! Sab ko pasand bhi aya hai. Jaldi hi humari Sana ki bhi shadi hone wali hai" she said excitedly.

"Pasand bhi aa gya?" I asked surprised.

"Han, lekin tu kyu itna desperate sound kar raha hai? Koi baat hai kya?" She asked confused.

Now how can I tell her that why I'm so desperate. How I make her understand that I don't want them to fix Shehnaz's alliance to anyone else?

I was lost in myself when I heard Shehzad's voice.

"Sid maine Shehzad ko bhi connect kar diya hai"

"Oh hey Shehzad" I felt relieved as now at least I can talk to her brother about this matter.

"Hello ji kya bate ho rahi hain?"

"Kuch nahi hum bas Sana ke rishte ke bare mein baat kar rahe the" spoke Neetu.

"Oh acha!" he took a small pause before speaking further, "You know what Sidharth, bahut hi acha hai yeh rishta aur ladka bhi well settled hai woh bhi Canada mein"

"Are tum log aise kaise uski shadi kahin bhi kar sakte ho" I said irritably as I was listening to the same thing from the moment I called. I mumbled sorry as soon as I realized that I had overreacted.

"Sid relax. Abhi shadi huyi kahan hai, abhi toh bas rishte ki baat chal rahi hai" my sister said and I'm sure she is definitely confused with my behaviour.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I was just saying ke itni dur shadi kyu? Kahin pas mein karte hain na" I tried to put my points.

"Sidharth koi baat hai kya? Saf-saf batayo na tum kya kehna chahte ho" I sighed in relief as soon as Shehzad said. Atleast he understands what I'm saying.

"Shehzad agar tum apni behan ko itni dur bhejoge, toh kya dil lag jayega tumhara uske bina?" Shehzad was about to speak but I didn't let him.

"And the main thing is, kya pata woh ladka kaisa hai kaisa nahi hai, I don't want this to happen but still, agar tumhari behan ke sath wahan kuch bura ho gya toh hume kuch pata tak nahi chalega" I said with concern.

"Sid tum..."

"Sidharth tum aisa kyu soch rahe ho?" I could sense the fear in both of their voice.

"Jaise Neetu humse dur hai, main janta hoon sab iska khyaal ache se rakhte hain sasural mein. Infact humse bhi zyada ache se but ek bhai ko toh fikar lagi rehti hai na behan ki.

Neetu 10 dino mein ek raat ke liye milne aa jaati hai aur humein tassali ho jati hai but Shehnaz? Woh Canada chali gayi toh wahan se jaldi milne aa bhi nahi payegi. Aur agar wahan uske sath kuch..." I just couldn't complete and seeing them not responding, I continued to speak.

"Look, I was just saying ke hum itni dur kyu kar rahe hain uski shadi. Yahin india mein hi karte hain na. Infact kahin jan pehchan mein hi.

Jahan hume ladke aur ladke ki family ke bare mein sab knowledge ho, jahan humari Shehnaz ke sath kuch galat bhi na paye" I said genuinely.

I was going to speak further when I heard my sister saying,

"Waise baat toh theek hai iski bhi Shehzad"

"Shehnaz ki shadi ek aise ghar mein karenge, jahan usko mother-in-law maa jaisa pyar de. Example ke liye tu humari maa ko hi lele Neetu, Shehnaz se kitna pyar karti hain woh" Taking a small pause, I spoke further, "Jahan usko sister-in-law se behno jaisa pyar mile, jaise..." Before I could complete, Neetu spoke in between. "Jaise main aur Preeti Sana se karte hain"

As soon as Neetu uttered those words, I smirked because my plan to brainwash them was working perfectly.

My thoughts got interrupted when Shehzad said, "Tum bilkul sahi keh rahe ho Sidharth, main aaj hi iske baare mein ghar pe baat karta hoon"

"Han Sid main bhi Sana ke parents se bat karungi"

After talking to them for some more time, I disconnected the phone and gave myself a proudy smile because I successfully managed to manipulate them. How smartly I put indirectly in their mind that they should marry Shehnaz with a guy like me. And those poor souls even came into my talks. I just couldn't stop chuckling thinking about this.

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The next day as I was passing through the hall, I heard that my mother was talking on the phone while using mine and Shehnaz's name. This confused me at first but then it came to my mind that she must have been talking to Shehnaz's family.

"Itni jaldi kam ho bhi gya? Strange" I thought shrugging my shoulders.

"Chal Sidharth tu bhi thoda kam par lag ja"

Mumbling this, I went to my mother. At that time she had already disconnected the phone. She smiled looking at me and opened her mouth to say something but I interuppted her by saying,

"Mom mujhe ab realize huya ke aap bilkul sahi keh rahe the"

"Matlab?" she asked confused.

"I mean aap kab tak akele rahoge. You also need a company, jiske sath mil ke aap mere khilaf planning and plotting kar sako" I tried to give her a hint but to my bad luck, she didn't catch any hint.

"Main soch raha tha aapki wish puri kar hi doon"

"Kya bol raha hai tu? Konsi wish?"

"Meri shadi mom. Meri shadi karana aapki sabse badi wish hai, haina?"

Hearing this, her eyes widened in shock and in this shock, she did not speak anything for some time. I let out a chuckle and shook her causing her to come out of the shocking state.

"Tu?.. Shadi... Maan gaya?" words were not coming out of her mouth properly.

"Han aur aap jab kahengi and jisse kahengi main shadi karne ke liye taiyyar hoon" hearing my words, she became happy.

"Theek hai, main abhi Sana ki family ko inform karti hoon ke tu shadi ke liye maan gaya hai" she said excitedly.

"Lekin unko kyu inform karna hai?" I tried to sound confused.

"Agar unhe inform na karungi toh tumhare aur Sana ke rishte ki baat aage kaise badhegi"

"Kya? Shehnaz ke sath? Lekin uska rishta toh Canada..." I pretended to be shocked.

Then she explained that how her family don't want her to send away because they are afraid that if something bad happens to her, what will they do. She explained to me exactly same thing which I had told Neetu and Shehzad.

She also told me that they are looking a guy like me for Shehnaz.

"Aur jab unhone mujhse iss bare mein baat ki, toh maine bol diya that you are not ready for marriage" she said pouted and as I opened my mouth to say something, she spoke again,

"Lekin ab jab tu maan gaya hai toh main unhe jaldi se bata deti hoon" saying this, she was about to dial the number when I interrupted her.

"Lekin maa, kya Shehnaz... ready hai? I mean..." as soon as I said, she smiled and said,

"No beta. Abhi iske baare mein baat nahi ki usse but I'm very sure, she will agree"

I smiled and said, "Okey mom. If she agrees then I'm ready for this marriage.

"Thank you beta. I'm so happy today" she said caressing my hair.

I came out of memory lane when I received another message from Shehnaz.

Caressing her picture in the phone, I started talking to the picture, "Shehnaz you don't have any idea, tumhe paane ke liye maine kitne papad bele hain. But woh kehte hai na ke 'Everything Is Fair In Love And War', toh jo bhi maine kiya apne pyar ke liye kiya. Aur uss din Maa ki aankhon mein jo khushi thi, pehle kabhi mehsoos nahi ki thi maine"

I knew she would only say yes because when she came to Mumbai for Ravi and Sargun's wedding, I could feel that she also has feelings for me.

The moment we spent in those ten days was the most precious time of my life. I was surprised at my own behaviour because what I was feeling at that time, I had never experienced before. I had no idea that I was falling for her.

At the airport, when she was all set ready to go back to Punjab, at that time I could not even dare to say goodbye to her. Because my mind was flooded with innumerous thoughts and I was unable to understand the feelings I was going through. And then that unexpected hug from her was enough to know that she also was having the same pain.

And watching her go was like I had lost something important. I was feeling heavy inside as if something had gone. And that feeling was enough to make me realize that I fell in love with her badly.

A week after she left, when I came to know about her marriage proposal from my mother, I was scared. It was like if I didn't do anything I would lose her forever. So I planned everything and I'm glad that everything happened as I thought.

Yes, I did not openly say that I want to marry Shehnaz and even if I had done this, it was not that family would have refused. This was because at that time we both hadn't confessed our feelings and as I wanted her to confess first, so I made this plan. And also I didn't want the family to feel that they did not fixed their children's marriage with their own hands. So I wanted everyone to think that this is an Arranged Marriage.

"Finally! We are going to marry. One more day and you will be mine" I said smiling and kissing the screen of my phone which was showing Shehnaz's picture.

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