Dev's POV - The wedding has begun

Never in my life, I have waited for someone but for Durga, it is different.

I would have left this place until now and make any woman chase for me but with Durga, things go on a different tangent. It’s about my self-esteem. It’s about my win and loses. I don’t think there is any kind of loss she would be facing in this. All she is getting a lavish life which she wouldn’t even imagine in her whole life. There is nothing for her to suffer, she will be just leaving her own small poor house and enter to my elite world, my lavish mansion. She is keeping me on my toes for her single YES. Her stubborn attitude is what makes me go crazy for her. I have never come across any woman who makes me wait for them.

I was having so much confidence before seeing Durga but when I looked her in the bridal lehenga everything seemed to be blurring out.

When her eyes locked with mine, I felt my breathing slowed down. Something was so captivating about her which was making my eyes glued on her.

She amazes me every time.

How much simple she was looking last night and now she has beautifully decked up for her wedding.

The glowing face of her flashed in front of my mind.

I checked my watch restlessly and remembered her again.

How she was looking like a fairy angel wrapped in an innocence yet strong aura when was stepping down towards me.

When her eyes moved away from mine, I hissed as if I missed a big thing. When she looked around how I waited for her to look back at me and when her eyes again settled on me they were filled with some different emotions. I tried to guess her mind and came on the conclusion that she might be trying to remember me.

It amused me as we just met a night before. I reminisced how she was looking perplexed when her eyes roamed over my face, I realised my lips were parted a little staring at her in amazement and I quickly shut my mouth cursing myself in mind. That was so embarrassing moment for me. I felt getting completely mesmerized after looking at Durga as a bride.

I have seen so many appealing, hot women in modern attire, but I was astonished by how much heavenly ravishing Durga was looking in her bridal wear.

People here now started whispering things and guessing it is about me. But a while ago, when Durga was here, I could hear only the tinkling sound of her bells and bangles. Surprisingly it was giving me a soothing feeling in my heart than anyone's whispering and talks. I was lost for a while in her presence around me.

The teenage me would have fainted yet looking at the Bride Durga. Now I was just felt going speechless. Wait, what?

I couldn't stop recollecting the moment I first saw Durga in bridal lehenga. I was rewinding the tape of my memory again and again.

How my eyes disobeyed me and roamed over her, bathing in her enthral beauty. I have to admit that she looks the most beautiful bride ever. The maroon colour of her lehenga perfectly fitted on her, flaunting every curve of her figure perfectly.  I couldn't take off my eyes from her. The way she stepped down like a princess spreading some radiant and loving vibe everywhere. I knew I was going for the toughest butterfly to chase. I saw her sisters glaring at me when I was getting out of my flashes of Durga. One of them was looking at me doubtfully and the second one has already known why I was here. She was throwing daggers at me.

After a while, they went into Durga's room and I again remembered the moment when Durga arrived and stood in front of me ready for the quarrel. I felt something sparkling between us, same as I felt ten years ago. Durga has been always like an open book which anyone can read what was going in her mind. She showed every emotion of her tonight. Angry, upset, confused, sarcastic, spitfire, fierce so many shades she has while I have only one.

I smiled amusingly as this is the infinite number of time I was checking my wristwatch.

Why she is taking so much time to give me one answer which also I knew what it is going to be! If I know what her answer is going to be then why am I getting frustrated?

I should just chill and wait.

"Dev," I heard Jay whispering to me, "Think again"

I let out a frustrating sigh. "I am done thinking Jay," I told him buttoning up my suit.

"It's wrong to marry someone else's bride," He told me.

I gave him a look.

"Think again Dev, you can still stop this before Durga arrives. We can still apologize and leave" The moment Jay said I snapped my head angrily at him. Dev Agnihotri and apologize to anyone? It doesn't fit together.

"Its wrong Dev. Forcing her like this to marry you is wrong. You can not blackmail her like this" He started giving me moral lecture now. Which I wasn't interested in listening. I do whatever comes in my mind then be it right or wrong.

"I can do anything Jay, now will you please stop eating my head?" I controlled my anger while talking with Jay. I am not going to step back not after reaching this much close to marry her. ,

"You promised me that you won't be creating any trouble Dev, now what is this?" Jay asked me. He was now treating me like a defiant child. I could sense motherly vibe from him. "Oh mama" I sighed frustratingly.

"I just simply asked her to marry me! Where I caused trouble here? In fact, she is creating all ruckus. Any woman would have jumped in happiness until now, but look at Durga!" I was flabbergasted when I told him, and he shook his head disagreeing to me. Now he is getting into my nerves.

"Okay now tell me if you and Durga had been getting married and on the day if someone else has come in between you two and proposing Durga to marry then what you will do?" He folded his arms over his chest.

I stared angrily at Jay.

"How dare you!" I lowly growled facing at him. His eyes widened.

"See... look at yourself and now think getting in the shoe of Durga," He said raising my temper more. I took a deep breath in and let it out.

"If I was in place of her then until now I would have been married to the richest man of the country" I showed off my pride to Jay.

I don't want to know what was in her mind and what she was feeling! She might feel its all wrong now but it's all favouring her a great benefit. If she tries thinking like me once then she will not hesitate even once to marry me.

Money is everything because everything can be earned by money!

I adjusted my blazer feeling little stressed and looked at Jay who was still trying to convince me to change my decision.

But I want her. It was decided the moment she showed up to me last night.

Durga Shastri! Single name but so many memories have been attached to it.

It wasn’t anything love and bullshit like that. I just want her in my life that’s it.

The girl who rejected me in the school was getting helpless because of me. This feeling is evil but giving a boost to my arrogance. My pride is my everything and I will never let it crashing down at any cost.

If anyone thinks this is all wrong then I seriously don’t care. Anyone can judge this situation the way they want including Jay. He thinks this is all wrong but this is the way I am! And I am not going change myself once again.

I was just doing which I always wished to do. It was satisfying my pride when I saw her powerless and vulnerable in front of me. Getting Durga on my knees is something impossible to do, but I was absolutely enjoying to do it. Because of her, I had to face so many insults back in the school now the time has changed and Dev Agnihotri has been changed too. She had a choice before but not now. This isn't any revenge but changing the fate.

Even though I knew what she was going to answer, there isn’t any other option I left for her except just marrying me. Family is her weakness and I love making people weak in front of me using their weakness against them.

When I mentioned how much of wrath her family will have to face in the future if she rejects me that moment her face somehow convinced me that she was worried about her family. I knew there wouldn't be a better time than breaking the hot lava-filled iron into two pieces. She was still being stubborn to push me away. Not knowing what was coming at her. I got so much impressed by her attitude. No one has behaved with me like this before. Not especially any woman. They have obeyed me and never went ahead of my word. But Durga.

She is the same as she was in school. Stubborn girl. She said no back then, and she was saying no in the present again. She was still thinking of ways to refuse me which was making me laugh. But the only difference was in the school I was weak, powerless and poor. Now I am strong, powerful and rich enough to get anything I want. I knew this fight with Durga will go endless, so even though I was craving to continue it I moved my attention towards her father. Her father Anand Shastri knew that he was talking to someone very powerful. Mr Shastri was sure I will not go from here unless I marry his daughter.

But still, she was taking her own time don’t know what else she was thinking in her pretty little bullhead. Meeting Durga was fate but after that, I was ready to bring this fate under my feet. I was losing my patience and so my money. Jay was constantly attending business calls for me. He took me to aside.

“Dev, Mr Nolan is asking for an appointment he wants to talk,” He told me worriedly. I glanced at the time in my watch.

“Tell him I am busy, not available for a week” My eyes were glued at the door of Durga's room.

“What? But what about his deal” He sounded shocked.

“Tell him to wait and if he does not agree then just cancel it” I can not think about any deal. Right now I only wanted to this deal with Durga which I offered her.

“What about other meetings Dev?” Jay asked me lowly in his tensed voice. I already knew tonight was going to waste like this.

“Cancel it all” I stated. He gasped.

“Is your brain on a place? You are telling me to cancel all the lined up meetings for the next two days? It will badly affect our business future. Don't you understand this idiot!” He was low key scolding me. I wanted to laugh but suppressed. I doubt if he was doing this to distract me for what I have come here and so I could cancel this wedding? Naaah.

“My business my wish,” I said looking at my wristwatch. Time was ticking ahead fast. Come on Durga, show yourself now. There isn’t any benefit from wasting time anymore. My eyes fell on Jay who was giving me his famous “Skeptic” look. He looked so tired. I think he badly needs a good relaxing sleep. There were dark circles formed under his eyes. Don’t know what kind of stress he takes! I huffed.

“Buddy, after this we will go on some holiday and enjoy our time” I assured him patting on his back. After I will be done this mess I was planning to go on a vacation like old times.

“Are you even normal Dev? Do you know what you are talking about right? ” He asked me and I noticed the irritation in his voice.

I just rolled my eyes at him hope he would just not start his lecture of right and wrong again.

“You are getting married; bringing a woman in your HOUSE!” He said. I know where he was heading this topic.

“Yeah so? ” I shrugged my shoulders. Showing him that it isn’t a big deal but Christ sake it was.

“DEV! I know you okay, you never bring women in your house, this will be the first woman”

He was right though. I have never given any woman a space in my own life. Durga will be the first woman to own that space in my life. I could feel some excitement gathering in my stomach. No way. This is a bad sign. I don’t want to be that same lover boy again in front of her.

“So? I don’t care man. My bachelor life will not get affected just because I am getting married ”

The bachelores life of mine will stay the same and fulfilled with my all girlfriends. Why should I change myself for any woman, in fact, a woman should change herself if she wants to live with me, The Dev Agnihotri.

“You will man...sleeping with a woman and living with a woman are two different things, just get that in your head,” He said pointing at my head. I gave him a look of anger. He was pissing me off now and I would have to throw someone out if he isn't my best friend Jay. He is the only friend of mine who has never left me even because of my such attitude.

“This is bullshit.” I crossed his words.

“You know what I will take one flight and go away from your shits but I'm not doing that so just please don’t mess with my head right now,” He said really looking pissed off now.

I shrugged my shoulders at him. My eyes wandered further and saw Mr Shastri. Whatever I was doing with him I wasn’t feeling bad about it at all. It wasn’t my fault that he dragged his daughter’s choice in between.

Only if Mr Shastri had just put his choices on his daughter then this wouldn’t have happened. He was guilty because of himself, hurt because of himself. He was facing consequences of his own choices. It seems like he has given too much freedom of mind to his daughter that she wasn’t even listening to him.

Never mind, once she will start living with me she will understand how to be more submissive and just accept whatever comes in front of her feeling blessed.

One hour has passed away. Durga still hasn't arrived here. I swear I will destroy everything if I found out that she has been run off from here. But part of my mind was sure she won't. She isn’t that weak and I liked that. She isn’t coward which was actually attracting me towards her.

A woman like Durga has so much ego in their head it has to crush down. They just keep rejecting guys without thinking. But when she refused to marry Nikhil it kind of made me devilishly happy.

When Nikhils face fell down in defeat, I felt good. He can't win against me, not when I hold the power in my fist. He must have gotten the glimpse of my power when the officer itself saluted me. Better bend in front of me rather than going against.

I could see her siblings looking at me angrily, still throwing hateful glances at me when they walked out from Durga’s room.

Huh! They will surely chase any rich man after growing up more.

“Jay, ask them when Durga will come down,” I told him. He looked at me rubbing his temple.

“Look at them and guess by yourself ” He snapped.

“Jay” I lowly growled at him.

“I am not your slave” He looked away.

“Right” I nodded at him controlling my patience.

I walked ahead passing by her sisters and stood in front of Durga’s mother.

“Are you sure your daughter is still in the room?” I asked her raising my one eyebrow in a dominating way, so she would not lie to me.

“Yes yes, I will go and bring her down,” Her mother said.

When she was about to go when her husband stopped her.

“Durga will come down by her own choice” Mr Shastri stated.

Like father like daughter!

“If Mr Agnihotri is hungry then I will tell my youngest daughter to bring you some food,” He said.

His daughters hate me more than any of my exes right now. The reason I can understand I was kind of blackmailing their elder sister to marry me. But I can't help it when I saw Durga. What to do!

“No thanks I am fine” I refused his offer to have food. If Durga is a spitfire then what would be her sisters like? Her sisters were glaring at me like they would not hesitate to mix some poison in my food in the first chance. I am fine by having nothing right now. Can't take a risk.

“They hate you,” Jay said looking at Durga’s sisters.

“They will praise me eventually when they will get a chance to learn in abroad using my money,” I said showing off.

“I feel bad for the youngest one,” Jay said looking at one of her sisters sympathetically.

“Duh, she is probably in the high school,” I told him shaking my head.

“Chill, I am not Dev Agnihotri to choose any girl to marry” He whipped me by his words.

“Mind your tongue, Jay. Durga is not ANY woman. She is...” I paused looking at a sight in front of me.

“She is what?” He asked.

I became speechless again after seeing Durga stepping down from the stairs and changing the vibe in the hall. When she strode towards me holding her heavy lehenga, I felt losing my sanity. Every inch of her was screaming fierceness and knowing she will say YES to me was giving butterflies in my stomach. She walked past by leaving me behind astonished.

What the hell she is doing?

I could see everybody was gawking at her in a surprise. Without saying anything much she climbed on the cushioned place and sat on it, in front of the holy fire. She looked up at me with her heated gaze and I smirked triumphantly.

The moment I have been waiting for!

She is going to be mine. I walked towards her. In front of the holy fire, I sat a little away from her raising my chin high.

“Start the rituals Pandit (Priest)” I gave an order to the pandit who was sitting from so long.

He started chanting mantras. I once looked at Nikhil and gave him a smile of my winning. History was repeating itself but in my way. He was looking furious and restless. I loved to see that completely defeated look in his eyes and it gave me satisfied feeling after so long. Seeing Nikhil defeated in front of me was the winning moment of that teen Devansh who got bullied from him. Nikhil didn’t wait for it and left the place. The wedding rituals continued ahead.

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