Baga beach,Goa
10:30 PM

Manik(on his knees): Mahira I know that our marriage rituals are going to start from tomorrow but I want to make this day rememberable for you... You are the perfect daughter in law for Malhotra's... I know we don't love each other yet but I hope you would accept me as your better half and give your best to be my perfect one...

Mahira looks at him fondly and replies while bending on her knees...

Mahira: You are a gem Manik... I would be the most luckiest girl to be in your life... I would always take care of our family... Thank you for choosing me

Manik kisses her on her lips and Mahira responds to the kiss...
Soon they both have dinner in beach setup arranged by manik... And he leaves from there as Mahira said she would leave by herself...

Scene changes:
Baga beach resort

Mahira is seen in a dark room with 4 persons whose faces are hidden

Mahira: Li he's totally into our plan... Aage kya karne ka socha hai?

(What do you plan to do now?)

Person: Let him think you are the bride he's gonna marry... Samrat can't let the world know who's his new daughter in law so he will do something to make u keep hidden so I will be the one performing all the rituals... And you,make sure that Mahira gets the same outfit as mine just be careful untill the marriage happens... Now I will show Manik what a twisted turn his life takes over

The person says to Mahira at first and then order the other person present there and at says darkly making everyone in the room scared seeing the smug smile on the face...

Scene changes:
Malhotra mansion, Goa

The whole Malhotra family is seen sitting outside in the nature... When the soon to be groom comes in the scene

Manik: Dadi sa kal se shaadi ki tayari shuru hone ko hai par ab tak Aryan and aayan nhi pahunche... Aapne Mira bua se baat kariye na

(Grandmother,from tomorrow my wedding rituals are gonna start but Aryan and aayan are still not here... Please talk to Mira aunt about this)

Manik says to his grandmother whinning about his cousins not being present on his marriage from the starting itself...His grandmother who loves her grandson couldn't see him like that and was going to reply to her gem when her husband spoke

Samrat: Manik aap abhi shaadi karne vale hai aise bacho jaise harkate na kariye

(Manik you are going to get married... Don't behave like a child)

He speaks firmly which makes the atmosphere tense...And he continues

Samrat: Mahira can't be seen in media till the marriage is officially done so she will perform all the rituals while covering her face inform this to her... And I want no mistakes in this marriage preparations Srija

Samrat tells to Manik at first then orders Srija to not commit even a small mistake...

Next morning:
Malhotra mansion

Whole Malhotra mansion is busy in the preparations for the roka which is going to take place in a hotel owned by them...

Srija,The head lady in the house makes sure everything is going accordingly while nayana, her elder daughter in law is going through everything which is being taken to the hotel for the ritual...
Srija sees that neyonika,mother of manik was being so relaxed and unaffected with the things happening around...

Srija- Neyonika ye aapke beta ki shaadi hai kisi paraye ki nhi jo aap bilkul chinta nhi le rhe,kripaya ek maa ke tarah apna kaam kariye

(Neyonika it's your son's marriage not a stranger's that you are being unaffected so kindly behave like a mother you are and do the work which you should)

Srija says to neyonika being furious about her nature towards the marriage

Neyonika- Don't.... don't tell me what to do maa sa (mother in law) you have lost that right... Not only you but everyone present here lost the right to say anything to me the day they all kept quiet and saw my niece's future being crushed under your feet... Nayana di (sister) is being quite that doesn't mean she forget everything happened to her daughter... You all are responsible for my Mishti's life... And this marriage... Will destroy everything mark my words... This guy (she points towards Manik who has an emotionless face) won't be happy in his marriage... This is his karma(fate)

Neyonika spats at her and the whole family bursting out as usual... The other family members just see her outburst and then everyone moves to their works because it's everyday thing that srija says something to Neyonika and she bursts at everyone about her niece... This is nothing new to everyone... The hatred she has for her son is undeniable and he knows it... Infact everyone present there know how much she's hates being under same roof he's living... But the reason, is only half known...

Scene changes,
A dark room

4 people are present in a house while watching the television where the news is being displayed about the marriage happening in Malhotra's family...

Headlines:-

"The news of the most eligible bachelor getting married seems to get viral but the news about who's the bride is still unknown to the world... Rumours are that "Shekha Mehta" or "Joshna Yukta" or "Khushi rajput" maybe the bride but nothing is being confirmed"

Person- This media is so dumb.. they can't even find out the person who's gonna be the bride... No doubt they are unsuccessfull in finding your identity doll

Just the Mahira comes out from a room rubbing her eyes

Mahira- Why are you all seeing this shit?

She asks yawning as it seems like a waste of time to her

Person- Just watching how dumb this media is...They can't find the bride of Malhotra's...How could they even know about his death...

The mention of him made the atmosphere awkward as it brought many memories...

Later,
A figure is seen with a guitar in her hand and singing with pain in her voice...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8y1ZW048BE

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~Lucky 💝