Devaki's POV
"To aage kya?" Virat asked. "ICC chahta h k jo Nations agree kr rhi h woh apni mixed teams bnae aur apas me khele" Anurag Sir said.

"Is lie ab ham chahte h k India bhi apni mixed team bnae, jo dusri Nations ki mixed teams k saath khelegi" Rahul Sir finished.

We looked at each other.

"Purani teams wesi rahenghi. Nei team k lie players ki selection hogi. Captain aur Vice-Captain kon bnega yeh aap log decide kr sakte ho" Anurag Sir said pointing towards us.

Soon the meeting was over and only players were left in the room.

"To, Captain kon bnega?" Mahi Bhai asked. "You...aur kon!?" I asked.

"Devaki ham ek nei soch lekar aa rhe h, k ladkia bhi lead kr sakti h iss lie ladki hi Captain baneghi" He said.

"No. Captain aap hi banoghe. Aapse beheter koi team ko handle nhi kr sakta" I said.

After arguing for long, we decided to make Mahi Bhai the Captain.

"Vice-Captain Devaki ko bnado" Ajinkya said. "Jinx is right" Virat agreed. Everyone agreed. At the end even I said yes.

It was time to leave.

"So nei team k lie selection kucch dino me hone wali h, till then enjoy the life!!" Meenakshi said. We smiled. Everyone left except of me and Mahi Bhai.

"To kesi chal rhi h life?" He asked. "Mast!" I said with an ear to ear smile.

"Yeh to ho gaya jhooth, ab sach ugal" He said. I chuckled.

"Aaj time kam h, fir kabhi btaunghi" I said. He insisted. "Bhai kisi din milte h ghar pe, fir btaunghi" I said. He finally agreed.

I hugged him and left.

Sumedh was waiting in the parking lot.

I sat in the car. We left for home.

Sumedh's POV
We had dinner. Everyone went to sleep.

I was in my room when Dhani called me. "Bolo Dhani" I said. "Thakur Sahb, ham Kajri ko tekri par le aae h...aap aa jaiye" He said. I smiled and ended the call.

I left.

I reached tekri in about twenty minutes. "Koi andar naa aane paae" I said to the guards and went in the room.

Kajri was sitting on the bed, scared.

I locked the door. She was literally shivering. I enjoyed that.

Her face was telling that she didn't want it to happen, but nobody can say 'no' to Thakur Sumedh Singh Bhadoria.

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I woke up when my phone rang. Without opening my eyes, I searched under the pillow.

"Hmm? Hello?" I said in a sleepy voice. "Kaha ho? Shopping pe jaana h" She said. It was Devaki.

"Waah...itni subhah subhah yaad aai meri Jaan?" I asked. "Shut up! Jaldi aao!" She said and ended the call.

I sat on the bed and wore my shirt. Kajri was sitting in a corner of the room. She wrapped a blanket around her body and was continuosly crying.

I rolled my eyes and went out.

"Isko ghar chod aao" I ordered. They nodded.

I went home and got fresh.

After having breakfast, Siddharth, Parul, Devaki and I decided to go to buy some stuff for the marriage.

We went to a mall.

"Vese yeh shaadi ki rasme kab shuru ho rhi?" I asked. "Kal se" Siddharth replied.

"Kal? Kal kya h?" I asked. "Haldi" Parul replied.

"Hame sirf dresses leni h, baaki sab Maa aur Bauji khareed lenghe" Siddharth said.

"Mehendi k lie dress lete h, aaie Didi" Parul said.

We looked at some dresses.

Parul chose a pink frock suit for Devaki. "Didi isse try kro" She said. Devaki smiled and nodded. She went to try it.

Siddharth got a call so he went as well.

"Parul...tumne Devaki ko kyu btaya?" I asked. "Aapko pta to h. Me nhi chahti thi Didi dhokhe me rhe" She explained.

"Aur iss lie tumne mujhe dhokha de diya?" I asked.

"Jeth ji. Aap aur me boht acche dost h. Hasi mazak chalta rehta h hamare beech. Me apki boht respect krti hu, aapne bohot kucch kiya h mere aur Siddharth k lie lekin yeh sahi nhi tha..." She said.

"Oh really? Jo bhi h, Parul accha nhi kiya tumne. Mene tumse expect nhi kiya tha" I said.

She lowered her lashes.

Devaki came. "Theek h, yehi le lete h" She said.

"Theek h, Bhaiya bill kitna hua?" I asked.

"Excuse me? Bill me pay krunghi" She said.

"It's okk, me kar dunga" I said. "Me apne bills khud pay kr sakti hu!" She said rudely. I kept quiet.

We bought all the other dresses as well and went back home.

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Devaki's POV
The next day we had haldi. I was not at all happy.

I pretended to be the happiest woman in the world but it was just...

The ceremony started. It went normally.

People were coming, putting haldi on my skin and clicking a photo.

I was simply smiling.

Finally the ceremony got over. I went to my room and had shower.

Everything was just too stressful!

The new team, new Captains, new players, the wedding, the rituals...and Sumedh.