MARRIED BUT TO WHOM?

Chapter 3 One Turn-right or wrong ?

Ananya's POV

"Wow, you are looking so beautiful. May God bless you with happiness." Sana said to me. 

She accompanied me to the beauty parlour. Today is my marriage. When I asked mom for direct marriage without any function before that. Everybody was not so happy but still Shaurya made them agree to this. 

Till now, I was just preparing myself to wear this wedding dress. This is not the first time when I am wearing this. I wore it before but everything ruined that day. I was so damn happy when my happiness was snatched from me. Six years ago, that one day ruined me. I never slept peacefully after that. Every night I used to have nightmares of my past. I survived alone. Still I can't sleep at night. But no one cares. No one ever asked me after that incident how I am feeling? Whether I am okay or not? I wanted someone to hold me and hug me so that I could get rid of my pain but not even my family doesn't have time for me. I lived alone in Australia after that day for six f*****g years. 

I really can't believe I am again wearing this red colour lehenga. I am again going to temple to get married but don't know why I want to run from here. I never want to come back. 

"Ananya?" Sana shakes me and I come out of my thoughts. I looked at her. I saw in her eyes, she had so many questions but didn't ask anything. 

"Tell me sana. You were saying something" I asked her trying to hide my sadness from her. 

"I think we should go. We are getting late. We should reach the temple before time." She said and picked my bag. 

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Sana is driving the car because all the drivers were busy and I wanted alone time. I knew she would never ask me anything and I can make myself ready for this marriage. 

"Why don't you want to marry Ananya?" out of the blue Sana asked me. In these six years, the first time she asked me something. She never asked the reason for my departure from the US to Australia. 

I looked at her and again focused on the road, I was thinking what to answer as I never wanted to hurt her.

"Sana, my heart is aching. I am feeling pain. I don't why but this wedding dress is making me anxious. I don't want anyone near me. I just can't forget what happened that day." 

"But how long are you going to live with your pain? You have to move on in your life. Don't you like Abhinav? He is a good person." She consoles me like a true friend and lovely cousin.

"He is indeed a good man. He is marrying me after knowing my past. I never expected that from someone." I told her. But what she said broke me again.

"But who told him about your past. He never discussed that with me. When I met him he just said that you are not comfortable meeting him. You want a simple marriage. He mentioned that your marriage was fixed with someone but things didn't work out. That's it."

"He doesn't know anything about what happened in the US? Does he know to whom my marriage was fixed? And how does it break?" 

"I don't think so. Maybe he knows but doesn't want to say something." 

"maybe you are right." I said and focused on the road again. 

Shaurya lied to me that he told everything to Abhinav. He didn't tell him. He betrayed me. How could he do that with me. I hate you Shaurya. Why do you always do this. f**k, I want to ask you so many questions. I will get my answers today. I will tell Abhinav everything before marriage. 

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Rudra's POV 

I am driving my car at full speed on the road. I want to kill her. That Anisha took advantage of me. 

"How dare she? I will show her, who Rudra Pratap Singh is. I am coming to get you bitch." I was talking to myself while driving. 

Today morning dad showed me a video in which Anisha was f*****g a man and laughing at my stupidity. She told him how she made a fool of me. She was planning to get married to me and leave me after that. But not now, that f*****g cunt will now know what happened when I get angry. I will get her and show her living hell. That’s why I came to Delhi to take her with me.

I am driving on a road with very less traffic. I think I got distracted and came to the wrong path. I f*****g hate her now. She is messing up with my mind. 

Suddenly I saw a girl wearing a red lehenga with a beautiful top along with a very beautiful heavy dupatta. A girl is standing with her and asking for help. I think their car was broken down. I don't know why when I passed by them. My heart started beating so fast. Without knowing I stopped my car. I don't want to go back. I was fighting with my heart. Why did I stop here? 

"Excuse me, We need lift. Could you please help us?" that another girl came and asked for lift. She is wearing a pink lehenga with light makeup. 

"No, I am getting late." I replied rudely. 

"please, today is my cousin's marriage. She is getting late. She really needs your help. Please help us."

She said and I felt hurt with the word marriage. I also wanted to marry but that won't happen now. 

"Okay." I said and she called that another girl. 

But one thing which makes me shocked is that only the bride sits inside the girl. And that another girl told me to leave her at the temple as she can't leave her car alone because their driver was on the way there. And she had to be here. 

After that I started my car and focused on the road. I was wondering how it is possible, this girl is not afraid to be alone with me. I can harm her but she doesn't say anything. I am driving my car again at full speed but she didn't say a single word. 

"Are you not afraid of dying?" I tried to know whether she feared death or not?

"No." She said bluntly.

Wow, this girl doesn’t fear death. Now that's interesting. 

"you are going to have arranged marriage, right?" I asked again. I was observing her and she was just watching the trees and didn’t focus on her dupatta which was slipping from her head.

"How do you know?" She asked again.

"Because you are not happy. I know how it feels when you are getting married to the person you love. You feel like you are on the cloud nine" I told her.

"hmm you are right. But we can't get everything we desire." She said and pressed my nerve. She is right even though I am not getting what I want.

"Right, I also wanted to get married but I don't think it is possible now. I pray to God that you will find love in your marriage." I told her out of the blue. 

Wow, I can pray to god for someone. And someone is a random girl.

I said that and she turned to me. Her eyes were red like she had not slept for months. Her face was not looking happy but she was looking broken. I don't know why but my eyes wanted to see her. I wanted to hold her and ask her why she is quiet? What happened to her? 

But before I say anything she said, "please focus on the road. Your driving is harsh." I again looked at the road. I don't know what was happening to me. I was busy with my thoughts when I saw a truck coming in our way at a very high speed. 

I think their break was a failure. I was nervous now. I was trying to control but when the truck was near to our car I took a left turn towards a cliff.

"Fuck." I screamed and tried to control my car. 

I was trying to press the brake but it's of no use before I say or do anything to the girl beside me. She held my hand which was holding the steering wheel. I looked at her and saw the tears coming out of her beautiful eyes. 

And that's it, our car landed off the cliff in the water.