Chapter 51 - Kanyadan-giving away the bride

Looking at the arrangement in admiration, Vihaan felt proud of Shanaya and himself for believing in her. He was sure the merging of their companies was going to be a helpful, provided Shana was ready to take a professional chance with him.

He cursed at himself for behaving like a jackass with her, but then, a smile covered his face remembering the game night.

He could not believe he touched her in front of so many audiences! But, he was not going to ever, regret it.

"Vi, my man" distracting him, Saaransh hugged Vihaan.

"And I thought you are going to be with the groom side as always" hugging him, Vihaan spoke with a hint of sarcasm.

"Oh, come on, man! I am a person in demand." winking at him, Saaransh admired the view and spoke with pride" Shana is a gem."

Ignoring his statement, Vihaan changed the topic by referring to Anubhav in his statement" Why are you not with your cousin, or my Brother in law? .

"Bro, I have an advantage over you. I can call them whatever I want, be it Bhabhi-Bhaiya(Sister in law-brother) or dee-jiju(sister-brother in law) and thus I can be with him or with my sister."

It was true, being his best friend, Avni was Saaransh's sister, but being Anubhav's cousin, she was his sister-in-law too.

Her beautiful big eyes with kohl and mascara in them look at Saaransh but did not lay longer on him and moved toward Saaransh. Smiling at him, she moved forward the same moment, Vihaan moved in her direction and, both of them hugged together.

Breaking the hug, but the smile lingering on his face, Vihaan spoke with love in his tone" Sush, you are looking gorgeous babes!" and giving a look at Saaransh, spoke," I wonder how many gonna have a heart attack after seeing you."

Laughing with her heart, her head falling backwards, the girl spoke:" You too are looking, handsome babes."

The conversation was interrupted when Saaransh spoke with a tone no one could decipher" Welcome and Thank you for attending the wedding, Sushmita."

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It was four in the morning and, Avni was sitting with Anubhav in the wedding mandap where the priest was reciting the seven vows of the marriage to them. She had no time to notice the mandap was, decorated keeping the theme of the wedding, and set up away from the wedding hall in the farmhouse.

The wedding was almost completed and, it had gone with no complications. Many of the VIPs had returned after the exchanges of the garlands between Avni and Anubhav and, many of the relatives too had returned to their home, leaving only closed one to the wedding.

"Bride's parents come forward for the Kanyadan(giving away the girl)" the priest spoke.

Vihaan stood up from his seat which was to the right of Avni and told priest" They will be here in a moment" and moved toward the exit to call.

Standing in front of Shanaya, but away from her, speaking something on the phone, Vihaan eyes were focused only on Shanaya. His eyes were taking note of every little detail of her, her dress, her face, her body and everything he could see.

The moment Vihaan had seen Shanaya when she had come with Avni for the wedding to start, he could not avert his eyes from her. That was not the first time he had seen her with bȧrė waist, but he had definitely not seen her with bangles and a little bit of makeup on her. She was different at the moment and, he knew the reason for it.

She was prettily dolled up!

He had cursed a lot when he had heard people talking about her and, he had wanted to punch them for even uttering a single word about him, but how could he! He had no right, definitely not!

Shanaya kept her eyes as she could not dare to look upward when she knew Vihaan's gaze was on her. She could not believe herself to behave properly and not to stare at his handsome face and sėxy body hidden in his three-piece suit, but she was sure it would be worth millions.

The sėxuȧŀ tension in them broke when she saw him returning to his seat and saw Rathore couples coming in the Mandap.

But to her surprise, it was not Mr Surya and Mrs Chaya to come forward for the Kanyadan, but Mr Shiv and Mrs Shakti. As a parent of Vihaan and Avni, it was supposed to be Mr Surya and Mrs Chaya and, she leaned toward Vansh to speak"Why are they doing Kanyadan?"

She felt the tension in Vansh body and, she looked at him to saw him debating within himself. That was a surprise for Shanaya to witness Vansh in such state. But she did not have to speak more as she heard Vansh" They both consider Avni dee as their daughter and being the elders, they decide to do the ritual first."

"But what about Surya uncle and Chaya aunt?" not satisfied with the answer, Shanaya questioned again.

"Do not, worry they too will do it, but after them".

And true to Vansh's word, Shanaya saw Mr Surya and Mrs Chaya replacing the other Rathore couple.

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****Kanyadaan, meaning "giving away the bride" in Sanskrit, is a symbolic marriage ritual for the Bride's parents and the couple. The Father of the Bride takes his daughter's right hand and places it in the Groom's right hand, requesting him to accept his daughter as his equal partner. This ritual signifies both the acceptance of the Bride's Father and his official approval to give his daughter away.****

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