Marriage at a Distance

eet her at her house. She heard her

and come home by 4 at least. Wear a decent dress at least today.” He

fused to come out of her room even if she were present in the house. Priya hated parties.

as a way to build a network to b

by 4 mother”, Priya responded without an expression o

her replied and

picked a yellow T-shirt with a quote on it a

ong,straight black coloured hair in a pon

her mind and ran down the arched stairs to catch the bus to her college. Priya hated to go in the chauffeured car as she felt tied down

decided to go the library and spend some time there. Her mother wanted her home by 4

5’o clock and it was pouring cats and dogs outside. This panicked her a bit. She had planned to reach home by 5 in dry clothes, not wet ones! Priya literally ran out of the library. The bus stop was a mile away and by the time she reached the

udly making the onl

,sorry. Please don’t mind” and quickly turned her head towar

. Fantastic! She thought and entered the house almost in a tiptoe. She could see a man standing in the hall with his back turned to her. He was wearing a snug fit grey suit with formal shoes. Hair was jet black and lo

OMM

aited with bated breath for

voice traile

he had made a fool of herself in front of

oad shoulders with striking eyes of light brown colour. And ther

. He smiled at the end and said “You look wet. Would you like t

ange” , she said and ran u

rying her hair with a towel . She realised it was no use as her hair was too long to dry. She le

She could see that her mother was furious at her choice of outfit.She avoided her mother’s gaze and went down and sat on a single couc

Shall I go and get some coffee for you while you both chat?” . With this she simply got up and left clearly mad with Priya for

es as if studying her. His lips had a lazy smile which seemed cond

want to m

aj seemed shocked

that you, your family and my family are signing a business deal over me. Well the good news is that I do not want to be a par

ot study,work . You can still do all these things as you wish. Nobody is going to stop you. Now if you are thinking that why I am so eager to get married then let me say that I am

do you want to marry a person who is not interested? Why do you w

me here? I run for a multi-million crore company. I have too much on my hands ins

to you? I never keep up with time, I hate dressing up, I hate parties, I hate spending money,I hate designer clothes. I hate everything rich people l

Why should I be the scapegoat? I do n

not anymore strength left in me take one more blame” , now the tears welled up in her eyes formi

daring to lift her head to see his face. Next thing she knew, he was of

le want to do”,saying this Raj left. She saw his strong back leave and for some reason she felt

get up when her

e him away or something?”

wn. I feel tired now , I am

say? “ , her mother

know the answer soon.” Priya re

later, her world

of the conversation. It was ten minutes when her mother came rushing to her room in excitement and announced with joy, “Priya, Raj’s father called. Raj is ok with the marriage. I am so happy.

agree to marry me? After I clearly to

eaming loudly if that could take away the

an failed, she had to go with the plan B. It was time for her to confron

my father tonig