The Khurrana family was all set to meet the Shekhawat. Adhya was in her room reminding herself of the tips that dadu gave her.
No. 1 Wish them in namaste (the Indian way to greet by joining your hands ), she should also touch his mother's feet for blessings. No 2 only answers when a question is asked and in a polite manner.No 3 on the dinner table let the elders start first then she should start having her meal.
No 4 Answers confidently about herself whenever asked.
No 5 And the most important point is no PDAs in front of elders, she should maintain a distance with abeer.
Adhya for the first time in her life feels this kind of mixed emotions, she is feeling butterflies in her stomach and at the same time, she was scared of her mother's reaction. She was just praying that his mother should accept her wholeheartedly and she promised herself that she will never disappoint abeer's family.
As the clock stricked 7 pm the shekhawats arrived at khurrana's residence.
Garima Shekhawat wore a simple saree and abeer was dressed up in casuals. Holding the sweet boxes in their hand they were standing at the entrance of khurrana's house.
khurrana family gave a warm welcome to them at their house,
Abeer introduced himself and his mother to them.
Mr Ashish Khurana introduced himself, his wife, his father to them
Abeer touched their feet for blessings, devrat was happy seeing this kind of value inside him. He already approved this alliance in his mind but he knows if he says yes then, as usual, his daughter in law will say no .so he decided to act accordingly.
Ashish called adhya in the leaving room,adhya entered the room wearing a kurta with leggings, it was a very simple yet elegant outfit.
Garima looked at her in admiration, she was impressed by her simplicity and her choice of the outfit too. Now she understood how abeer fall in love with her. Adhya greeted them in namaste on which abeer winked at her secretly.
Dadu signalled adhya to touch garima's feet for blessing, she did exactly what her dadu told her.Garima was happy seeing her respect towards elders and their culture too.
"God bless you baccha " saying this she gave a warm hug to adhya.
Seeing their outfit and behaviour drishti got confused, adhya told her that abeer is the owner of the Shekhawat empire. But now looking at their outfits and decency she was having second doubt in her mind. The old lady is wearing a saree it must be costly but not designer .she was also wearing diamond jewellery, but drishti was not impressed by them. The boy abeer was good looking and a decent guy, but he was too close to his mother. Drishti doesn't want her daughter to suffer in the same way as she was suffering as Ashish is too close to his father.
So she started her inquiry
" So Mrs Shekhawat adhya told me that the rest family are living in India, so you live in a joint family there "
"Yes when we use to live in Shimla, but our ancestors are from a small place near Shimla ."
" So you have a big family, I mean more family members "
"No, we are only 4 people in our family
My elder sister in law gauri didi and her son rudra, me and my son abeer "" Ooh ok. "
" Rudra this name I heard somewhere," Ashish asked in curiosity
, "Uncle my brother is among the topmost businessmen in India "Abeer declared proudly.
" What's his full name "Ashish asked again.
"Rudra Singh Shekhawat "
" Ohh ! yes I remember when I went to some conference arranged by some ngo for medical help to the poor in Mumbai, I think I met him there. I must say he is a great gentleman I still remember their hospitality towards us "
"Can I ask you which NGO you are talking about? "garima asked in a curious tone
" See its almost two years back but I think it was R AND R CHARITY TRUST "
Ashish answered her politely."It is our organisation only actually it is on my husband and brother in law's name, Rajdeep and rishab. After their demise garima didi and rudra made this organisation help the poor people in our society, giving them medical aid and education ."
"If you dont mind, how they died, I mean ..' drishti asked bluntly.
" Drishti what are you asking ha, MRS Shekhawat you dont have to answer that " Ashish scolded his wife
"Sorry if you felt offended but i .."
Drishti stated hurriedly."It's ok Drishti we are going to be relatives in future so I also want to clear everything before we proceed"
further .""My husband Rajdeep and rishab bhaiya my brother inlaw were returning from a business trip
On the way from the airport to our home, they met with an accident. They both died on the spot "garima said in a broking voice as she was on verge of crying." I am sorry Mrs Shekhawat " drishti felt bad
"Auntyji ' adhya offered water to garima. Adhya glared at her mother as a warning and requested her father by blinking her eyes.
" Thank you beta," garima said taking water from her.
"It's ok drishtiji after that accident I shifted with 11 yr old abeer to London at my parents' place. Rudra was 22 yr old at that time and still handled the business empire of shekhawats efficiently. We are very proud of rudra ., as he took our empire to new heights of success. When abeer finished his studies rudra told him to take over the London branch of the Shekhawat empire.
So for the last 3 years, abeer is handling this branch successfully ."" you mean to say all the Shekhawat Empire is handled by rudra your nephew right " drishti tried to enquire more.
Before garima or abeer answered this question devrat announced, as he knows what is cooking in Drishti's mind.
"I think we should have dinner now as it's getting late and the rats in my stomach started playing hockey" on his comment all of them smiled making the atmosphere light again.
Adhya escorted garima and abeer to the dining room and make them seated. on their respective chairs. When drishti was going to enter the dining room, Ashish grabbed her hand and took her to the adjacent room and spoke in a threatening tone.
"Remember drishti our adu loves abeer and they are nice people. I know what you are worried about so just I want to tell you that Shekhawat's are a famous name in the business world and dont you dare to mess this up. It will be better to stop your brain from overworking ."
Drishti made a dirty face but agreed to
him but in her brain, she was not convinced about abeer as she understood that his elder brother is controlling their business as well as their livesAt the dinner table, garima was surprised to see the table which was full of all famous Indian delights.
She was impressed by the thoughtfulness and hospitality of khurranas.Looking at garima's smiling face, devrat understood that she liked it very much. He smirks at drishti who turns her face to another side.
Adhya gave a grateful smile to her dadu,dadu blinked his eyes at her.
After dinner garima thanked the khurrana family " really mr khurrana I enjoyed the meal very much, we like to eat Indian food in our home too .my both sons are fans of Indian food more than any other international cuisine ."
" Both the sons means you have one more ..." Drishti got confused.
"No auntyji mom is talking about rudra bhaiya and me " Abeer cleared Drishti's confusion.
"Ooh ! you mean your nephew "
Devrat was getting irritated by drishti 's foolishness so he tried to handle the situation.
" nephew is also like son right, as daughters-in-law are more like daughter right Mrs Shekhawat. see I also treat drishti as a daughter, not as a daughter-in-law. Right drishti"
"Yes papaji" she replied smiling sheepishly but she got the taunt in his father in law's statement.
" please call me garima as you are elder to me. And yes you are right "
Devrat smiled at that elegant lady, he understood now that garima Shekhawat is a pure soul with a naive mind. But still, she stood strong as a single parent for her only son. Adhya will be fortunate to get such a nice mother in law and a family who loves respects and care for each other, but on the other hand, drishti was not at all convinced with the Shekhawat family. She never wanted her only daughter to live in a joint family
Let's see what destiny has planned for Adhya and Abeer
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All the dinner time Garima keep praising the food and abeer felt content at heart to see his mother happy...After dinner they sat in the living room coming to the main point of this meeting .mrs Garima Shekhawat started speaking" Mr khurrana as you know adhya and abeer are dating each other for the last few months and now they have decided to move on to the next step, which is to get married. See I am happy in my son's happiness and I like Adhya too but ..""Don't hesitate Mrs Shekhawat please complete" Ashish requested her."See we belong to a well-known family of Shimla. . Before proceeding further I will like to discuss this with my sisterinlaw and especially with Rudra as they are the only family we have. My nephew Rudra is on a Kedarnath trip, as soon as he gets back to Shimla ., I will talk to him .""Shimla! but your family belong ..., so your family doesn't live in that small town ." "Drishti voiced out her doubts." No drishtiji our great grandparents settled their business
Next day at khurrana residence The next morning, at breakfast every family member was worried about Adhya's future.On the other hand, Adhya was feeling bad for putting her family in this situation. She knows how sensitive issue is this, and also afraid of rudra's rejection. If rudra rejects her then will Abeer go against his brother's wish or will follow his brother's order. Adhya was going mad thinking about the consequences she cursed herself in her mind " Yehi ladka mila tha Mujhe Pyaar karne ke liye " ( I got only this boy to fall in love )But she want some answers from Abeer so she messaged Abeer to meet her in the evening ., in the same restaurant where they usually use to meet.Abeer knows already what will adhya go to say but he was already well prepared with the answers.In the evening while returning from the officè both of them entered the restaurant in time, after placing the orders for snacks and coffee. Adhya started her talk" look abeer you know I love you and wan
The weather was cold , chilling winds were flowing in the valleys of Kedarnath. The hotel was not so lavish, matching his standards but he was satisfied with the view of the temple which he can see through his hotel window.Rudra was just feeling the peace that he always found when he was near Mahadev. The outer world knows him as a successful businessman, a man of few words, a man who took all the responsibility for his family at a very young age,.and never disappoint anyone.Rudra's povPeace,... that is the only thing I am feeling right now, peace of mind, peace of soul. If it was possible I must have shifted to a place like this for the rest of my life. I know it is not possible for now but later .. after some years maybe when abeer will take responsibility of our business and our family successfully.Fifteen years back if somebody has told me that I will become a responsible, rude, saint type man in future, I must have laughed at their assumption.But everything changed for me fi
The next morning rudra reached the office and entered his cabin Mahesh was silently following him.The posture of rudra was enough that he is not in a good mood.Connect the call to the pi who I appointed for abeer in London.Mahesh connected the call and passed it to rudra.' Hello Mahesh sir, you are calling so late, is everything fine sirr .'"Rudra Singh Shekhawat speaking .""Hello .... hello sir, tell me, sir""Are you doing your job perfectly?"'Yes sir .. ask Mahesh sir I am giving the daily report of abeer sir "'Then please enlighten me who is this adhya khurrrana .and do you know she is abeer's love interest "" Sir ... she is a friend to abeer sir they usually meet and it is common here I mean gurl and boys hang out together so I didnt .... love I dont know "'You are dismissed from your job moron" rudra disconnected the phone call" Mahesh see to it that this moron should not get any job, am I clear "Mahesh nodded yes, he understood that rudra is in anger and it is relat
The next morning a message pinged on abeer's mobile he jumped from the bed after reading it, it was rudra's message to invite the khurrana family to shiv Ratri puja in Kasauli.Abir hurridly got ready and rushed to the dining table where garima is already waiting for him.He hugged her mother in excitement.'Thank you, thank you, thank you so much mom I love you I love you all ""You are a welcome child but only rudra deserves this thank you as he is the one who got agree to this alliance, to say the truth I was doubtful about rudra's decision as adhya is born and brought up in London and she doesn't know much about Indian culture, while rudra always thought that a traditional and cultured girl will suit more for our family.But see how much he loves you and give preference to your happiness more than his beliefs ""yes mom bhai has done so much for our family ""ok now give me mr Khurana's mobile no. I will call him to invite them ""But why you... I mean I can message adhya na, he
Abeer left for India with his mother before a week to Shivratri, as he has to clear many things about adhya to his family.When they reached Shimla,gauri was the only one who was present to welcome them in the Shekhawat mansion as rudra was in Singapore on a business trip, and will be back before a day or two to Shivratri.Abeer got disappointed with rudra's absence as he want to have a heart to heart talk with his brother. But now he has to wait for rudra's return.On the other hand in London adhya 's family started their preparations for the journey. Ashish and devrat already discussed that if everything went well they will at least do an engagement to make this relationship official.The day arrived when rudra came back from his trip late at night. The next day, rudra touched his chachi's feet for blessing and hugged Abeer who bent to touch his bhai's feet. After exchanging greetings they all got settled for breakfast.S group is going to start their first project in Singapore and
The next morning adhya got ready in a long Anarkali suit with a dupatta Drishti wore a beautiful saree with a sleeveless blouse, wrapped in a pashmina shawl as it is still cold weather in Shimla. Ashish and devrat wear simple kurta pyjamas. Drishti wore a diamond mangalsutra ., she then insists that adhya wear a chain with a diamond pendant. Adhya was not much fond of jewellery, but for her mother's happiness, she didn't refuse. Abeer reached the hotel on time ., garima also accompanied him. After exchanging greetings .adhya touched Garima's feet after giving blessings to adhya garima hugged her. They all started their journey.Garima suggested adhya and abeer come in SUV in the second car garima.And in the third one devrat Ashish and drishtiBefore going to her car garima nodded at abeer who blinked his eyes .only devrat noticed this, But he was sure that abeer wants to talk to adhya about something important, so garima is giving them privacy. The journey got starte
Shekhawat mansion ., Shimla.When they arrived at the shekhawat mansion, the Khurrana family were awestruck by the view of the shekhawat mansionWhen they entered inside they all got surprised by the interiors of the mansion which is having a touch of royalty in it.Every piece of furniture showpiece, chandelier even the carpet and curtain were looking very exquisite. But what impresses them more is the hospitality and down to earth attitude of the family members. Ashish was feeling ease in his heart as the Shekhawat family welcomed Adhya as she is already their family member.Both the families were sitting at the dining table for lunch. The servants enter with trays of different dishes. On the left side, the whole Khurana family was settled and on the right side the shekhawats.On the Khurana's side all the lunch was served but on the Shekhawat's side was all fast recipes, like sabudana vada,sabudana khichdi, sighade ka halwa and more.Devrat Khurrana were surprised to notice this .l