46 Unsolicited Rivals (2/2)

Richa said ”Yes. I also found her photo when I searched on the net. They organized a reception a few weeks back and it was on some newspapers. His marriage was decided by his grandparents and was in some village in MP.”

Suddenly Arushi felt a bit better thinking that he did not get a girl of higher status and education than her. But suddenly she felt frustrated and annoyed again thinking that a girl from the village won over her and that too without even trying. The stain of her life blackened even more due to a peasant girl.

”Hey! Are you there?” Her friend's voice came from the other side.

Arushi came out of her thoughts and said ”Yes, I am here. Some other call is coming.” Her mood is spoiled and she lied.

Her friend said ”It must be senior Aditya. He asked me when you were coming and I told him. He said he will pick you up.”

Arushi felt like a headache coming. Her fiancee Aditya sticks to her like a glue and it feels like an overdose of love to her sometime. He even visited London two times in the last two months to meet her. He lives in Mumbai and visits her in Pune on every weekend. He sends her gifts and flowers more than once every week. Her family and friends always say how lucky she is to have found such a loving fiancee.

Of course, she likes him and likes to listen to it when others praise him. But sometimes she wishes to have some space for herself when she is still unmarried. She did not tell him her flight schedule because she wished to stay in Mumbai for the night and then return to Pune the next day. They are already meeting in Pune next weekend but who knew her best friend betrayed her.

She suddenly felt more frustrated. She can not convince her family and friends that she does not want to be taken care of in such a way. She sighed and said ”Yes. It is him calling. I will call you later.” And then she cut the call. She put back the phone in purse and stood up and started dragging her luggage toward the exit. Bags are not too heavy and have rollers attached to them, so it is not difficult for her to handle them.

When she exited from the gate, she is praying that he will not spot her and she could catch a cab without being noticed. She walked fast her head lowered toward the taxi stand. But her prayers are not answered and she knew it when she heard him calling ”Arushi! This way. I am here.”

She stopped. There is no use trying to sneak away now. She raised her head and saw him waving at her from few meters away from her right. She smiled at him and started walking toward him.

Aditya is one year senior from Arushi. He is known as a smart and handsome guy of a rich family. He passed his management post-graduate studies from the same college where Arushi studied. He was in the second year when Arushi joined the college and he heard from his friends about her beauty and smartness. He was attracted to her the moment he saw her for the first time. He participated in events and went to the library many times just to have a talk with her and finally, his efforts paid off. She accepted the engagement when his family visited hers for matchmaking.

Later he came to know that he is not the first love of Arushi. Arushi liked some guy Akash who studied in the same class and Arushi even proposed to him. But he feels happy that guy rejected Arushi because his study was his priority. Aditya felt infatuated with many girls before but Arushi is his first love. Even if she was the girlfriend of someone, he might have tried to break them apart.

But still, Aditya did not like the fact that his girl got rejected before. This rejection was a chance for him but also an insult. How could he be the second person his fiancee have liked? It felt like he got his girl as a charity from another guy. Unknowingly he has placed Akash as his enemy.

He heard from her friends that Akash got married to some village girl. He thought that it served him right to be the husband of a peasant for rejecting his girl.

Aditya looked at the beautiful girl smiling at him and felt proud of himself. Aditya looked toward the girl who is his fiancee and most beautiful girl in his life and felt infatuated by her smile. He smiled back at her and walked with long strides and reached her and took the luggage from her hand. Arushi looked at him smiling and walked beside him toward the car.

Unknowingly Akash and Varsha both have received unsolicited rivalry due to the reasons anyone would find hard to believe.