The Accidental Wedding novel Chapter 26

It was nearly 4:30 in the evening, the beautician had finished setting my hair into a beautiful and fancy style and was now starting prepping my face for the makeup.

I looked for Sheema and Rania and they were not in my room, my Nikah was scheduled at 5, it was normal if I got delayed by an hour or two and I was hoping everything was sorted out before it was too late. Waleed

As we entered her house I felt something different in the air, it was nothing like the usual house looked on a wedding day.

We were greeted by a young boy, and he directed us to the drawing-room, Mia's grandfather and father entered the drawing-room, they both were looking distressed.

I looked at Dada, he also gave me a glance. We greeted them with the usual greetings and her grandfather started inquiring about Dada and me.

I was going through an emotional turmoil, this was the last place I had wanted to be right now and here I was sitting, smiling and answering her grandfather's inquiries.

I felt a sudden urge to see her, it was so intense that I was barely able to hold myself from running inside the house to her and carrying her away with me to somewhere remote, where no one could find us.

I was so engrossed in my own thoughts I didn't even notice Mia's father rising from the sofa and asking me to accompany him inside. I felt a wave of excitement travel through my body, maybe I could get to see a glimpse of her.

The living room was deserted, only two-three people were sitting on the sofa and discussing something serious. My sixth sense was giving me signals that something was wrong, but I was not able to figure out what it was.

He directed me to a sofa and offered me coffee, which I politely declined. I was dying of curiosity to ask him what was going on. The house didn't look like there was a wedding, there were no noises nor any charge and celebration in the air. No songs and no young boys and girls running around teasing and enjoying.

What the hell was going on here? My patience was running out, as I was thinking about asking her father, the boy who had greeted us told me Dada was calling me in the drawing-room. As I entered the drawing-room I saw that Dada was sitting there alone, Mia's grandfather was not with him.

"What the hell is going on Dada? This house looks like someone has died here, there is nothing like a wedding celebration in here" I said as I sat beside Dada.Then Dada started explaining to me what had happened, how Mia's fiance and his family were asking fifty percent if Mia's family business, in turn, to go on with the wedding.

I felt my blood boil, I wanted to kill that son of a bitch for hurting her like that, that bastard didn't deserve her.

"I want you to marry Rameen", Dada said.

" What?" I looked at Dada stunned.

My heart was breaking all records in beating today, I like her there is no doubt in that and I wanted her as I had never wanted anything, but marriage is a great responsibility.

"Think about it, she would be yours forever, do you want anything else?"My conscience asked me.

" Hell no, I want Mia, and I will do anything for her", I replied to my conscience.

"Waleed, you have to hurry. We don't have much time, Rehman is waiting for your answer", Dada said.

" What about Rameen?" I asked him.

"She is a sensible girl, she won't like to get married into such a greedy family", Dada replied.

"But they have been engaged for more than a year?" I argued. "Yes or No?" Dada gave an ultimatum.

"Yes," I replied.

few meetings then Dada will realize what he has gotten himself into.

I was impatient for a glimpse of her, I wanted to see how she looked in her bridal dress, I hope it's red in color. Whenever Dada used to mention my wedding, I always used to imagine a bride in a red lehenga.

I looked around if I could get hold of someone who could at least send me her picture, but there was no one around who could help me, all the men in the drawing-room were elderly.

I looked at Daniyal, he was busy in a conversation between Dada and Rameen's grandfather.

Asjad and Saad arrived they were looking like they have seen some ghost, I was sure they must have been informed by Sheema and Rania, they hugged me both looking afraid to congratulate me, I know they thought I must be grim right now after marrying Mia, they still thought I hated her, I have never told them how my feelings for her have transformed within a matter of few weeks.

" Guys, at least you can congratulate me, I just got married", I teased them.

They both looked at me in utter disbelief, and then Asjad punched me on my arm.

"You asshole, what have you been hiding from us," Asjad said in a whisper which only the three of us could hear.

"Long story", I said as I scanned the drawing-room, I can't tell them anything here.

"Come we have to get you clothes to wear at the gathering in the evening", They both dragged me with them informing Dada we were going shopping.They nagged me with their questions all the way to the designer store, where we got a Sherwani (traditional dress for the groom) altered to my size, the designer still couldn't believe that Waleed Kamal would come to his store for a Sherwani to wear at his own wedding celebration that too on such short notice.

Now, how can I explain this to the world that mine was an " Accidental Wedding". I have gone to attend someone else's wedding and got married instead. I was the luckiest man in this whole universe.