46 Unsolicited Rivals (1/2)

Mumbai International Airport, at the arrivals terminal.

A beautiful girl who looks like a modern-day fairy with long hairs and beautiful face came out of the gate and moved toward the luggage pick up making many heads turn toward her. She is wearing a half sleeved, knee-length floral patterned cotton frock which fits perfectly on her body and her matching heels are mid-size making her height around 5'11”. Her disposition and body language are full of pride and arrogance which looks so natural to her.

She has the qualities to support those claims. She is a management post graduate of outstanding record from a top management college of the country. Arushi is known as a perfect example of beauty with brains. Her friends and families everyone is proud of her making her even prouder.

Arushi has just arrived from her London visit. Her fiancee's family has asked her about her aspirations and knowing that she has an interest in IT, they could not be happier because her fiancee's family owns an IT consultancy company. They arranged her for a two-month vocational training of IT management with one of their partner firms in London. Her training has just finished last week and she is back to India today.

She just collected her luggage and her phone rang. She saw the name on the phone screen 'Richa' and smiled before picking up the call and said ”Hello!”

Her friend's voice came from another side ”Hey beautiful! I was following your flight schedule. I called you just after 30 minutes after your flight landed. Tell me, I am first to catch you, right?”

Arushi laughed and dragged her luggage toward a nearby sitting bench and sat on it and then said on phone ”Yes, yes. You are the first to call after I came back.”

”Hehe. I have something to tell you. Do you have time now or should I call you after you reach hotel?” Her friend Richa laughed and said from the other side.

Arushi suddenly felt interested and asked ”I have enough time. It is only 4 PM now. So, I can call a taxi after some time but you tell me juicy details first. Haha.”

”Did you know that Akash got married?” Her friend asked from the other side.

Arushi exclaimed ”Really? How did I not know? How could you hide such a thing from me?” Her face is filled with disbelief and surprise.

That outstanding boy who is the reason for her greatest shame suddenly got married. She thought he will not be married so soon. Arushi is a proud girl and she thinks that being rejected by Akash is a stain on her life. She wished that it would be great if no one knew about that but her friends knew. She told her friends on the same day when she got rejected because she was angry and annoyed and needed to vent it out. She even wished that she did not propose to him. It was her mistake to propose to such a backward thinker.

Her friend's voice came from the other side ”Right? Even I got surprised when I saw the news. I got to know this from my friend Ritu who is a distant relative of Kripa. Kripa is one of close friend's of Akash and he also attended the marriage.”

Arushi could not understand why she suddenly felt angry again on Akash and felt like she got a new enemy in the girl she did not even know. She calmed herself and then asked ”Why did that friend Ritu of yours decide to tell you about the marriage of some friend of her distant relative? Doesn't it feel so coincidental?”

”Too coincidental, right? Ritu went to visit the family of Kripa and there he showed them the marriage video of Akash. He wanted to show how marriage happens in a village. Ritu was telling me how interesting the customs are. That is all. But who knew it was the marriage of Akash. Hehe.” Her friend Rich laughed and said.

”So, marriage happened in a village. Is the girl from some village?” Arushi contemplated for a few seconds and then asked curiously.