EVENING

"sanskar where are you?...."swara asked excitedly.

"this is work hour,obviously i am in office...."sanskar said in busy tone.

"i have a very good news to tell...please come over here"swara said in same excited tone,happiness was emerging out from her voice.

"what happened,new barbie movie got released?"sanskar said smiling,knowing her nature of getting at every small things.

"no...i got the job,they want me to join from next week"swara blurted out in excitement.

"its great.....congratulations."sanskar said also getting happy.

"oh!...i was not supposed to tell you this on phone......i am so stupid,i am hanging up,don't come here now"swara said in sad regretting tone,for spoiling the surprise and cuts the call,getting very sad.

"hey wait!..."sanskar said but,call was cut already,he keeps on table while chuckling and again start doing his work.

NIGHT

"great people are also present here...."lakshah said in loud  taunting voice.sanskar chuckles,gets up and hugs his best buddy.

"don't be a melodrama.."sanskar said and breaks hug.

"where were you vanished for a month?"lakshah said throwing daggers at him.

"will tell you in free time.."

lakshah nodes at him and meets their other friends, sahil,ragini and kavita.

"you forget to meet my tommy..."ragini said cutely,pointing at her white fluffy dog.lakshah smiles at her cute pout.

"hello tommy!...how are you?'lakshah said sweetly while others rolls their eyes as ragini really loves her dog.they orders drinks for themselves and start talking about random things then sahil takes kavita for dance.

"where are you busy now a days?"lakshah said in normal tone but there was some seriousness in his voice.

"i had gone India for some work when i came from there dad gave some new projects therefore i have to go paris,just came from there,last week therefore i was not able to meet you"sanskar explains him his busy schedule,hiding his frequent visits to swara.

"i see your father is giving you a tough time....i never thought you will give this much importance to your work that you don't have time for us "lakshah said in little taunting voice.sanskar looking at him,he didn't believe him and sanskar was not surprised as both knows about each other from childhood and can senses lies easily.

"i want another drink..."Sanskar gets up and walks toward counter.lakshah looks at ragini,she was busy with her dog,gets up himself and goes after sanskar.

'what did you do now?"lakshah said,looking at him with narrowed eyes.

"when i was in India.....

FLASH BACK

Sanskar was talking on phone and driving car when swara comes in front of his car while running.

"what the fu*k..."sanskar applies the break quickly,swara strikes with car and falls just in front of car.sanskar quickly comes out from car.

"are you blind?...can't you see such a big car"sanskar said in angry scolding voice and helps her to stand.

"are you fine?.."sanskar asked while looking at her leg,she was not able to stand.

"can you please drop me to bus station...some goons are after me"swara said in pleading voice.

"are you running from your marriage?..."sanskar asked while looking at her from top to bottom,she was looking bride.

"i don't have time for your questions?...can you help me or not?"swara said in scared tone while looking back time after time.her face turned pale seeing goons reaching there.

"they are here...."swara said and tried to run from there but sanskar holds her hand.

"sit..."

both sit inside car and sanskar droves off from there.

"what's the point of running from marriage when you first agreed for it"sanskar said in annoyed tone while seeing two jeeps following them.

"i didn't said yes...they were forcing me"

"you are an adult how can they force you?..."

"where are you going...you should have turned to right."swara almost shouted.

"shit! i don't know the directions....you should have told me earlier,what now?"sanskar said worriedly as they missed the route.

"are you a kid who don't know a simple way of bus station..."swara said angrily.

"i just landed here before two days....if i would have knew it,i have to help a bride to run,i would have remembered the route but i am really sorry,no one told me earlier"sanskar also gets angry,he was helping her with no reason and instead of saying thanks she was shouting.

"NRI...."swara muttered while starring at him in shock,right then they got hit from behind with a lot force then again get hit from sanskar's side,car completely turned to side and all mirrors get break.

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Sanskar tries to open his eyes and felt sharp pain in side of his head,he keeps hand on forehead and his fingers get dripped in thick liquid,he looks at his fingers and muttered some curses seeing blood.he looks around and found dull colored walls and a  door.sanskar gets up hardly,the pain in his leg told him that he was hurt in leg also.he tried to open the door but it was locked from out.he sighed heavily,goes back and sits with his back attached against wall.

After some time the only door gets ope and a man comes inside with few after him who were holding guns.

"he is the one with whom swara was running...."one man whispered in groom's ear.

"hmm...now i came to know why was she running,he look villain from face.poor girl will die his face at first night "sanskar muttered to himself.

"you thought you can stop me from getting married...what are you? "the man said in mocking tone.

"don't challenge me...if i want i can still safe her"sanskar said chuckling a little.

"fine then its a challenge,i will marry her today,stop me if you can"groom said,turned and left,after ordering his few men to kill him.

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"you dare to do something wrong.....if raju would have not been mad after you,i would have cut you limb to limb for ruining our respect by running." an old woman said in swara's ear,piercing her nails in thin arms.swara hissed in pain,she makes swara sit beside raju,he smiles evilly after seeing her.swara just gulped her tears as pandit ji gives them instructions..Few moments have passed when a lot of policemen came there running and grabs every person with weapons.one policeman grabs raju also.swara gets up with mixed expressions written on her face.one man brings sanskar from nowhere.

"i have no enmity from you but you shouldn't have challenge,i love to win challenges....what had you said to me'you will marry her,stop you if i can'....."sanskar said while raju wriggles but policeman's grip was strong.

"now i am getting married to her,stop me if you can"sanskar said,goes toward mandap and holds her hand.

"sorry..."he whispered to her and takes rounds with him and fills his headline.swara was looking at him with tears in eyes.

FLASHBACK ENDS

"how many times told you,don't take challenges this much seriously...what's the need to marry her."lakshah in hell annoyed voice.

"he hurt my ego...i was not thinking much."sanskar said and gulps his drink in one shot.

"immature egoistic man..'lakshah muttered angrily while sanskar ignores him.

'where is she now?..."

"in New York..."

"WHAT!...why the hell you bring her here?....you should have left her India,i your parents's came to know about your marriage adventure,they will throw you out,don't you know how much they want you to get married to kavita."

"if i would have left her in India,that man would have cleared her,just like he killed her parents.....but there is nothing to worry,everything is clear between us and i don't even meet her...."sanskar said in nonchalant tone.

AFTER 3 HOURS

Swara smiles when someone keeps hand on her eyes from mind.

'sanskar!..'swara said,removes his hand and turns around.

"how do you know its me?..."sanskar said while pulling her close with one hand while he was holding something in his other hand.

"you always use same fragrance and one second thought who will come here at this time,except you"swara said while giggling.

"point..."sanskar said and gives her something.

"new phone but i have one.."swara said while taking out a apple's mobile which was jet black.

"this is because you got selected and as far as i know about your old phone,i was checking something in it,it stuck 10 times in 5 minutes."

"you checked my mobile..."swara said with 'O' face.

"you are very ill-mannered girl...i brought a gift for you and instead of saying thanks you are giving me this weird expressions."sanskar said while throwing daggers at her.swara gets embarrassed at that and kissed him on cheek.

"thank you..."she said with smile and hugged him.

"your welcome...by the way,what did you cook? i am damn hungry"

"sit..i will warm food,i am also hungry"

TO BE CONTINUED.....