CHAPTER 19
"I have made a complete list of what I have to do in my marriage. If you don't accomplish any of those things, I will get so angry with you that I will never talk to you."
The sound of his laughter starts reverberating all around. She looks at him angrily, but he is just laughing. In the end, he stops laughing, holds her hands well, and tells her.
"Ok, I made a promise. On the day of our wedding, the henna on your hands will be the darkest, so for this, I will have to love you the most. It is said that the girl whose Heena is the darkest. Her husband loves her the most. Come on, I'll show you my love."
He starts moving towards her with a mischievous smile on his face as her eyes widen, and she runs away from him and tells him.
"Don't you dare... I will kill you."
"Wrong sentence dear, It doesn't kill you; it just kisses you, loves you, love... Well, whatever you want to do, you will have to come to me... By going away like this, you can't do anything."
Suddenly he runs towards her, due to which she also runs away. Their laughter is echoing all around.*
Suddenly, Mayil opens her eyes and sits down on her bed, gasping hungrily for air. She looks around; no one is there. She fills a glass of water for herself, drinks it in one go, and looks at the clock; it is 7:00 in the morning. She does not understand why these strange thoughts do not leave her, which have started coming to her more and more day by day.
She looked at her hands, which were filled with henna. She had never seen such a dark color of henna on anyone's hands. She murmurs.
"I can't marry Mrityunjay. I know there was someone in my life whom I loved very much and who loved me very much, but I cannot even wish to do so. There will be injustice with the one whom I love and also with Mrityunjay. I should talk to him. He is definitely in his room."
She hurriedly goes to the washroom, finishes all her chores as soon as possible, and comes back to the room where the TV is on and the news of her marriage is spread all over the media.
"Kaushik and his sons are on No.2 just in a week. Of course, it was bound to happen. The world's number-one businessman is about to become his son-in-law. In such a situation, the share of this company had to go up because everyone is quite sure that, in the coming future, Mrityunjay Sisodia's company and Jagdish Kaushik's company will merge with each other. It will be the greatest merger ever to happen in the world."
She is so lost in her thoughts that there is a knock at her door. She is in a presidential suit right now. Mrityunjay has hired a maid and two lady guards for her. One of them opens the door for her, bows her head, and stands there. Mohan comes inside by rolling Jagdish's wheelchair.
"Papa…"
As soon as Mayil sees Jagdish, she runs close to him and sits on the ground, and, looking at her father's face properly, she smiles and tells Mohan.
"Doctor, allow him."
"Mrityunjay came to know last night that you want Jagdish to be here in your marriage too, so he has set up a whole team of doctors here for Jagdish. Jagdish will be in front of you till the marriage takes place. The beautician will be coming soon. You should be ready for the wedding too."
Mayil smiles and hugs Jagdish, and she does not know why tears start flowing from her eyes. Mohan leaves the place, leaving them with each other. In no time, Mrityunjay comes there, who clenches his jaw very hard on seeing Mayil crying. He does not like that Mayil meets Jagdish at all, but he cannot keep any of her wishes unfulfilled.
He looks at her hands, where dark henna is ravishing her white skin. He smiles at this. Slowly, he comes to Mayil, smiling lightly, and tells her.
"So, how is my bride?"
His voice always creates havoc in her whole system; this voice is very soothing for her. She looks at him and says,.
"Mr. Sisodiya, I want to talk to you."
"It's Jay for you..."
"Mritunjay… Please listen to me."
"I am all ears."
"I have forgotten 5 years of my life and have forgotten what happened in 5 years... What if someone is in my life?
On hearing her words, Mrityunjay tells her at the same instant.
"Where is he now?"
"I mean….."
"If you had someone in your life, he should have come in front of you until this evening before we got married. I will not tell you anything and will not do anything. But if he doesn't come, then you will have to marry me."
Mayil feels as though she has no words in her mouth; she just falls silent after hearing him. Mrityunjay gets up from the couch with a smile and takes Jagdish from there. He tells her while leaving.
"He is in the next room. You don't need to worry. The doctor will be with him all the time."
As soon as Mrityunjay comes out with Jagdish from her room, Ayaan immediately grabs the wheelchair and gestures to the doctor. Mrityunjay is going after the doctors with his hands in his pocket and a hard expression on his face. The doctor makes Jagdish lie on the bed. Mrityunjay comes and sits beside him, smiling, looking at his face, and telling him.
"I feel so good to see you like this... You deserve this only... You can't snatch anything from me, even if you want it now. I took everything you had; even now that you don't even have your daughter, I will never let you come to your senses, and neither will I let my Mahi come to you. I just wanted you to die the most painful death I can't do because my Mahi loves you. She won't be able to bear it. I'll admit that she never believed me. If anything happens, she will always believe you, but I also know that she loves me dearly. Today both of us will get married again in front of the whole world, and the whole world will see this celebration. If there will be no one at the celebration today, it is only you! I hate you... I hate you so much."
He leaves in anger, but immediately the expression on his face changes completely because he is much happier today. Today, in front of the whole world, he is going to marry his maid. Mayil always wanted to get married in front of the whole world, and today he is going to fulfill her wish.
He has a small smile on his face. Photos from the pre-bridal shoot are safely kept in his room, where Mayil is looking very beautiful. He smiles and tells her while looking at her photo.
"When we did court marriage, I promised you that one day I would make you my wife again in front of the whole world, and today I am going to fulfill the same promise... Everything in marriage will be what you like; according to what you told me, nothing will happen that you don't want."
The doctor comes into his room and turns towards their side and sits on the sofa like a king, and the doctor immediately reports him.
"Sir, yesterday was Mam's checkup, and just sometimes back reports have come in my hand, and now I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that Mam's memory can be regained in 1 to 2 months... What if we try more? ...."
Mrityunjay is not very happy to hear his words. He says so much just after seeing the doctor.
"I don't care at all whether her memory comes back or not. All I want is that she shouldn't be in trouble. Anyway, there are some very bad memories in our memories that I do not want to remember again, and remembering those memories is going to be very painful for both of us. All I know is that I want Mayil to be okay in any case. Try not to cause any trouble for her. It is a good thing that she regains her memory; if it does not regain, then there is no need for coercion."
MARRIAGE HALL
*Only tulip flowers should be decorated everywhere. If I do not see that flower at any place, then I will not marry you and will run back to the room again.*
Mayil takes her first step in the hall. The same thoughts are still running through her mind. She doesn't want to think about anything. But these voices never leave her alone.
Taking the first step in the hall, she looks at Mrityunjay in front, who is looking at her with a big smile on his face. She does not smile but wants to lower her eyes, but something catches her attention, and her eyes go behind him. There is a tulip flower decoration. She moved her eyes everywhere. There were no flowers there except tulips; there were only tulips everywhere. Her heartbeat rose. She again roamed her eyes, but the result was the same. There were only tulip decorations everywhere.
She looks at Mrityunjay, who is still smiling at her side. She starts moving towards him. Flower petals start showering on her. She looks up, and unconsciously, a beautiful smile forms on her lips. She looks towards the front, from where Mrityunjay is walking, slowly coming closer to her. The smile on his face is not fading away at all. Her lips are bound to smile without any reason. Mrityunjay comes right in front of her and stands smiling. He suddenly gets down on his knees in front of her and keeps smiling, putting his hand in front of her.
*If you propose in front of the whole world, then only I will marry you; otherwise, I will not... remember this.*
She comes out of her thoughts with a jolt; he is still on his knee, then takes out a box from his pocket and shows her that ring and says,.
"Will you marry me?... Will you be mine forever?"
Mayil's hand automatically goes into his hand, and her head starts nodding yes. There are a few tears in her eyes, seeing that Mrityunjay stands up quickly, cups her face, and tells her very softly.
"I have chosen only happiness for you. There is no use of these tears at all."
He gently puts the ring on her finger and kisses her forehead. She feels his lips not touch her forehead but touch her heart. He grabs her hand, moves towards his lips, and lightly kisses her knuckles. She is just bound by the spell of his eyes. They both hold each other's hands and go towards the mandapa, where the pandit is waiting for them. As soon as both of them sit, without delay, the priest gets busy performing the rituals of marriage.
Remembering Mrityunjay's words, Mayil starts looking towards the main entrance gate. But the truth is that she is not waiting for anyone. She looks to the front, where her father, sitting in a wheelchair, is there for her wedding in the presence of doctors.
Mrityunjay also looks at Jagdish and starts performing all the rituals, smiling lightly. When Mrityunjay is tying the nuptial chain around Mayil's neck, Mayil raises her eyes and starts looking into his eyes. Looking into her eyes, he also tied a chain around her neck and spoke softly.
"You are bound with me to eternity; YOU ARE MINE, ONLY MINE."