Thank you everyone for the lovely feedback and encouragement. I changed the story a bit, removed one elder cousin of Sahiba from the story. Will update another chapter soon
Thank you everyone for the lovely feedback and encouragement. I changed the story a bit, removed one elder cousin of Sahiba from the story. Will update another chapter soon
Beautifully written, loved reading your version of Angad and Sahiba meeting. Excited to read more
Originally posted by: Reader1419
Thank you everyone for the lovely feedback and encouragement. I changed the story a bit, removed one elder cousin of Sahiba from the story. Will update another chapter soon
Loved your Serry 😍and Sahan 😍
Waiting for more 😍
CHAPTER 2 - NEW BEGENINGS
Angad was returning home after one week, it had been a hectic business trip to Canada, wherein he was trying to break into his first big international deal and had set stage for his prospective customers to come to Ludhiana for his upcoming jewellery exhibition in the next few months. He had not had much time to speak to anyone at home, whenever he spoke though, all of them were acting secretive and amused, as if they had some exciting news to share but did not want to....he was looking forward to go home and eat some homemade food and relax, not aware of the shock that was awaiting him at Brar Mansion.
Everyone was eagerly waiting for him in the hall, he wondered when the women of the house had started taking such interest in business that they were waiting up so late to get updates about his trip.... he greeted his elders, who looked all cheerful and excited....
'Get sweets sukh deep' called Gurleen chachi...'before he could say anything Daarji voiced out his news....'Angad we want to share some good news with you.....We have fixed Garry's marraige. Garry found a lovely girl for himself and we visited her family over the last week and have fixed his roka', Angad was shocked but did not display the same..'which business family is it Daarji do we know them?.
Before Daarji could say anything, Garry intervened ' She is not from Any business family Angad, she is a friend of mine from college and comes from a very humble background but is rich in values. I know her for years now and is the reason for where I am today with my business venture. You must have seen her on my Insta page, she is my brands primary model and my inspiration.'
'Angad we know you are are the elder to Garry by two years and should be getting married first but Seerat's parents were very anxious to get her married asap, hence we went ahead with the Roka date....I hope you are...' Bhua intervened looking nervous and worried.
'Please bhua, don't worry, you know I am never going to get married, it's great if Garry has found someone and I am sure it was in the best course to go ahead with the alliance' Angad hid his doubts, meaning to talk to Garry privately later. Manveer was not happy listening to this and wished for a day when Angad would come and tell them he wanted to marry someone. Manveer did not care if she was rich or poor, plain or beautiful, she just wanted someone who would be suitable for her short tempered arrogant son.
SOMETIME LATER - GARRY'S ROOM
'Hey Angad, what brings you in here...come to congratulate me in private, come give me a hug, I am going to marry the love of my life and am so happy our families liked each other and agreed to this alliance'
'You said her family is of humble means' ' Yes they are'said Garry giving Angad a brief about Seerat's family and their financial background....omitting to mention their names in his excitement.
'Of course they were going to agree, their lifelong wish of grabbing a rich boy for their daughter must be coming true' scorned Angad...
'Angad please, I know you have had a bad experience in the past but everyone is not like Simmi, my fiancee or her family are definitely not. And secondly what's done is done, she is going to be my wife now, her family is my family and any insult to them is an insult to me ....please understand, she is family now and you for one know the importance of family, please promise me you will not insult anyone from her family because of their background'
Angad remained silent, not sure how to save Garry from this grave mistake ... 'Please Angad, I love her, she and you, both are my best friends, I want my two best friends and my brother and wife to get along. I know you love me and I love her, my happiness lies with her, so please promise me you will not insult her or her family ever'
'I promise' said Angad unwillingly and gave Garry a hug to hide his doubts.
NEXT DAY MORNING
Sahiba was very irritated, there was some tradition that the brides family gifted clothes and other things to the grooms family before Roka and younger siblings had to go and do the honors as elders can't go.....so mummy had forced Sahiba to take all the Gifts, loaded them in Sudha maasi's car (Maasi had sent the same for our use for today, Maasi was really rich, not as much as Brars but quiet rich and mom and she got along really well despite their financial disparity) and sent her to BM, Brar Mansion, who called their homes Mansion! Such snobbish behaviour, must be that ATM's doing only.....her heart skipped a beat as his handsome face, adorned with a chiseld jaw, a well kept and trimmed beard, flashed before her eyes. He was an artists dream, she would love to sketch his handsome face and muscular body, try to capture the underlying power.....
' Uuuggh what am I thinking, I hope I don't encounter that khadoos today' she reprimanded herself as the car slid into BM gates.
Sahiba greeted all the ladies of the house who were seated in the hall, 'Pairi pauna'.
'Jinndi raho puttar, come and sit next to me, Santosh called us and told us you would be coming, have some refreshments' cooed Bebe as the servants began unloading the clothes and sweets.
There was a beautiful hand embroidered pinkish punjabi kurta for Garry, a hand painted saree for Jasleen, a beautiful beige and peach phulkari suit for bebe and other such beautiful clothes for the other women and kids of the house. The sweets were decorated in hand painted plates of clay and other such traditional punjabi items. The brar ladies were extremely impressed with the subtle but extremely elegant and pleasing decoration of the gifts.
'Wow Sahiba, it's so well presented, did you get the packing done professionally and this kurta, look at this intricate hand embroidery, Garry is going to look dashing in this kurta and my Saree, the painting is so pretty and sober, just apt for my taste, smart and elegant' said Jassi.
'All this is very nice Sahiba, but why did your parents spend so much on these gifts, the expensive hand made embroidery, the hand painted clothes and the professional decoration, all this was not needed' worried bebe. She was unhappy that Mongas were feeling obliged to spend way out of their league because of them.
'Don't worry Bebe, we did not spend too much on it' Bebe did not look convinced and was picking up the phone to speak to her mummy when Sahiba intervened ' Aree Bebe stop, we seriously did not go over our budget, everything you see here was done by me!'.
The ladies were surprised, almost bordering on shock....'How did you manage in such a short time span ', Gurleen voiced everyone' amazement.
'Well we knew we would not be able to do everything at one go when Di got engaged so we have been preparing for it over the last one year, in anticipation of her wedding. I am very good with designing and everything and know all the best places to buy the best cloth at the cheapest price. So I started with the Kurta and embroidered the whole thing while sitting at my shop, similarly painted the saree, we knew elders of the house may not wear bright colours so I designed the phulkari in subtle pastel colours, all the other clothes were also made from scratch by me....'
'I am a potter also, I make, paint and sell all these plates, trays and other items at my store, so have been keeping aside some of my best pieces for Di's wedding. The presentation and decoratio was the easiest part even my left hand can do it!', Sahiba took a deep breath as she finished and the brar ladies could only stare at her in amazement.
'You are very talented Sahiba, you managed to do all this all by you self, whereas families like ours spend loads of money to buy ready made things and get things professionally decorated' praised Manveer.
'Thanks Mamiji, I am so happy you all liked everything, frankly, we were all very nervous and wondering what if things were not upto everyone's expectations and .....'
'Sahiba please ask your parents to never think like that, though babaji has blessed us with more, my entire family is very grounded. We have seen riches to rags and back from rags to riches and know that values are something that count the most and not money. You are also family now, so never be intimated by the display of wealth or anything else puttar' assured Bebe.
Sahiba was elated that Seerat Di was going to be part of this family, she was so lucky and well deserving of the same. 'Oh I have to give you something more, I almost forgot' and Sahiba slid out a jewellery box from her bag and handed it over to Bebe 'this is for Garry', for the life of her she could not call him jiju, he did not look like a jiju, he seemed more like a good friend of hers.
Bebe opened the box to see an intricately designed brouch of a small small emeralds studded panther, with rubies for its eyes. 'This is so unique and beautiful gasped everyone. It was not the most expensive thing they had seen, they had never seen a unique design like this with such beautiful handiwork.
'This was my daarji's old brouch, when it broke, I re-designed it and dad made it with his own hands. Its one of our prized possessions. We have saved this for Seerat di's groom for years'
'What about your groom Sahiba, what did you make for him' asked Manveer.....'I designed a lion for my groom, made out of yellow diamonds and emeralds for its eyes.....but it's just going to sit in my parents cupboard and gather dust, as I don't plan to get married ever!'
The brar ladies smiled at Sahiba's vehemence.....knowing that no matter what these young girls say, eventually they will get married. 'What happened Sahiba, do you need something' enquired Manveer, seeing Sahiba fidget and look a little uncomfortable after five minutes...
'Actually I need to use the restroom', 'of course beta, don't be shy, Sukhdeep show Sahiba to a guest room, she can freshen up a bit too there'.
After freshening up, Sahiba got out of the room to find Sukhdeep missing. How am I going to go back to the hall thought Sahiba, she had a very bad sense of direction and the Mansion was like a maze, hoping to get back to the hall she started walking down the hallway, admiring the beautiful artwork on the walls....
Angad had overslept due to his jet lag and was very irritated that no one had bothered to wake him up. He had work lined up and was now late for his meetings. 'He was walking furiously fast and was looking at his watch, 'Re-schedule my meetings Pam, I got late, I will try to be there as soon as I...aaah', the phone flew put of his hand as he dashed into someone and instinctively held them as they were about to fall.....'who is this....' He left his sentence midway, shocked to see those beautiful pair of haunting eyes staring up at him...all he could do was stare and stare and stare......'OUCH' screamed Angad leaving Sahiba and rubbed his arm where she had just pinched him.....
'How dare you',
'what do you mean how dare I, you were going on staring at me like last time and not leaving me only, I had no option but to pinch you to get you out of your day dreams' Retorted Sahiba from a safe distance.
'I was STARING at YOU! Do u know who I am'
'Why, don't you know who you are, poor chap' said Sahiba cheekily, just to bug him.
This angered Angad more and in his anger, his tounge got sharper....' I know what were you doing, you were trying to get close to me, to Angad singh Brar!'
'Why, you are Hritik Roshan or Shahruk khan that I will try to get close to you', Sahiba gave him a look of disgust.
'No I am not, but I am rich and girls like you pounce on rich men when they find them to fulfill all their dreams' Angad was really proud of himself for that dialouge as it would show this girl her real place but what she did next was.....
'Pairi pauna Daarji' saying that she tried to touch his feet for his blessings, he jumped back in shock
"WHAT the F....have you lost your mind, I am not daarji, I am Angad'
'Oh are you, your ideology and thought process is so last century that I got confused, this is 21st century and girls in this century are independent, have a career, make their own money and even contribute to household expenses, they don't need men like u to manage their expenses'...finished Sahiba sarcastically.
He was going to throw her out of his house, but before he could reach her, he heard his mamma, 'There you are Sahiba, you were taking so long, we guessed you may have got lost, but looks like you bumped into Angad.' Manveer looked surprised to see Angad talking to Sahiba, he looked agitated though and Sahiba looked amused...strange..
'Ji Mamiji' said Sahiba demurely and went towards the hall.
Angad pulled his mom back and asked her "what does she mean Mamiji and what is she doing here"
'Well she is Seerat's sister so she will call me mamiji only and she is here to give the us the gifts for the Roka ceremony'
As Manveer walked away, Angad was shocked to realise that Garry was getting married to Seerat and Sahiba was Garry's Saali!
Sahiba was preparing to leave by the time Angad composed himself and went to the hall. ' See you soon at the Roka Sahiba, it's going to be at the Brar mansion' said Bebe.
Ji Bebe, see you soon, Bye...she waved at Angad and gave him a victorious smile before leaving, leaving him fuming.
SAME DAY, EVENING
Busy wrapping up his piled up work, Angad picked up his mama's call in office....
'Angad, I have sent you a photograph of the necklace set we want to gift Seerat, please get it along with you while coming. Along with that I have also sent a photo of the emerald earring in our collection get those too'.
Angad reached home to see Brar ladies in a frenzy...they were busy preparing the gifts for Seerat. He could see clothes, make-up, perfumes and various other things laid out in pretty forms to be sent to Seerat's home next day.
'Here is the requested jewellery bhua'
'Thanks Angad, how do u like the preparation, we are all set with gifts for Seerat and her younger siblings Sahiba and Param'.
'Younger siblings....?'
"Yes as per tradition we gift the brides siblings clothes and we are going to add these beautiful emerald earrings as a gift to Sahiba....she is such a sweet girl and talented too'
Talented she was, thought Angad, in conning everyone....how she had managed to impress all the women in his house and get an expensive set of earrings from them.....he wanted to say something nasty but stopped because of his promise to Garry....instead of saying anything and spoiling the festivities, he will eventually show everyone what a fraud Sahiba was.
COUPLE OF DAYS LATER
Everyone had just finished breakfast and were about to go about their day when Sukhdeep announced that Moonga ji and his wife had come to meet them.
'Who are they...' asked Angad
"They are Seerat's parents' Replied Daarji before greeting the Mongas and settling them down.
'Meet my eldest grandson - Angad, he was out of town when we fixed Garry's alliance'
'Sat-shree-kal' greeted Angad
'Khus raho beta ji'.
Santosh handed over the box of sweets to Gurleen 'These are home made pinni, Garry loves these, so we got them for everyone'
Well let us not wait to try them too' Gurleen chachi took the box around the room and reached Angad, he was about to say no, but one glare from chachi and he picked one pinni. He was getting late for office and ..... damn, this was good. To chcahi's astonishment, Angad stopped her half way and helped himself to another pinni.
'They are good right' Garry grinned at him enjoying his pinni. Angad had not enjoyed eating something like this for a long time.. these were scrumptious. 'Santosh, these pinnis are delicious, you are good at cooking looks like, praised Bebe.
"Thank you ji, but actually i did not make these. Sahiba did, she is the actual talented one in our house.
Angad started choking listening to this, 'Here here have some water....' chachi offered him a glass of water....he had ended up having food made by that witch!
After exchanging pleasantries Monga Saahab looked uncomfortable and hesitant. 'What happened Monga Sahab, you want to say something'
'Aho daarji, but I am not sure how to say this....I don't want you to get me wrong or think of me as arrogant'
'Please feel free to speak' assured Daarji
Still looking nervous, Monga ji put his hand in his bag and took out the box of earrings that the Brars had sent for Sahiba, 'We know you sent these earrings with lot of love and affection but we can't accept this for Sahiba....as per tradition, clothes we will keep, it's shagun, but not these earrings, these are too expensive and not warrented'
'But just as we sent Jewellery and other gifts for Seerat, we have sent a gift for Sahiba also' said a confused Daarji.
'Seerat is your daughter in-law and if I can say, your daughter now, you can gift her what you want and very soon she will be joining you in your house, Sahiba is her sister and it's against our principals and values to accept such an expensive gift for her, when there is no need'
Despite numerous arguments, the Mongas had gracefully refused to accept the earrings and Daarji eventually agreed.
Angad had not expected this move , he did not expect the Mongas to return such an exclusive and expensive piece of jewellery, maybe Sahiba had another agenda.....time will tell.
Can’t believe I didn’t see this before! Loved it. If only we had such wonderful back story for Angad.
This was a tandi hawa ka jhonka amidst the crap the makers are giving us 😍🫶🏼
Beautifully written. Loved Sahiba response to Angad. So excited to read more on wedding festivities with Angad and Sahiba. ❤️😍
That pairi pauna Darji was an awesome comeback😂😂😂. I am so invested in this Ff... Loved this part as well... Eagerly waiting for the next🤩... And thanks a ton for the quick update🥰
Beautiful! I hope Angad tones down his arrogance and judgemental behavior over time. He has been cheated before so he doesn't trust easily but hope to see him melt.
Loved the update, Haha Angad called Saheba a witch...he is clearly attracted to her.
Nice update. I would love to read how Sahan relationship is going to grow in Serry's marriage.
Is Sahiba's brother paired with someone in Brar mansion?
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