He(Anand) She(Sara) met for the first time in her room as they were matched together as an eligible couple to get married, their parents were waiting for them outside.

"I won't love you because I already have love of my life" said Anand who was sitting across Sara,who put her smile away and sat their as if she didn't hear anything.After 1 minute of silence Anand continued, "I can provide you with money,house ,clothing,the title of my wife ....but i cant provide you my love and I also hope that you will not interfere in my personal life same goes for me I wont interfere either " he paused again and seeing their is no reply he continued, "you can think it over and...." at that time Sara who was staring at Anand spoke ,"other than those things I would like 3 more things ....RESPECT towards me n my parents ,Dignity don't get caught with your lover and tamper my dignity and last I should be free to divorce you and you should sign the agreement without questioning "

"yes sure .I am fine with it and about divorce I won't give you the notice but ...Can you not send the divorce agreement after a year?" "YEAH... fine by me"

After the conversation ended Anand stood up with a smile on his face ready to leave the room seeing this Sara said ,"Don't go yet we have to act" after hearing this Anand took the hint and walked towards a painting put up on a wall and asked cheerfully, "You paint??"

"Yeah ,its one of the traits of being an architect "

"Good....you are really good at it ...What other things do you know?"

"I know calligraphy...we need to have a good handwriting and few things about psychology...yeah that's all i know for now" Sara said with a smile on her face

"Do you wish to learn anything more ?"

" yes I would like ti learn French and Japanese languages and learn how to play a musical instrument "

"oh!! why do you wanna learn those things in particular?"

" I had clients from France and I took a translator person along with me it was really annoying at that time...he never knew the technical terms i spoke of ....although i got the contract the clients were not that impressed"

" how do you know that they were not impressed?"

"my psychological skills helped me to know that"

Anand smiled at that reply and asked again, "and why do you wanna learn musical instrument?"

" so i can get rhythm in my work....i loose my rhythm n flow sometimes while working so if i learned any instrument my work would get a lot better"

"what do you do now to gain back your rhythm?"

"I listen to songs while staying still but it takes lot of my time".

"Good".Anand smile while still looking at the painting.

"what about you?have you got any hobby?"Sara asked

"no...I don't have any hobby.....I am busy with my work that I never had time to do anything else "

"what were you doing before you started working?"

"I use to paint ...obviously not as good as you...but yeah I use to paint". they both smiled at this sentence

"what do you do to reduce your stress?"Sara asked again.

"I go to play badminton "

"Good for you ".

at that time their was knock on the door. Anand went and opened it ,Sara followed behind him.

After opening the door they saw their parents standing outside .

"what happened mom ..dad"Anand was the first one to speak ,hearing him Anand's mom Sheetal Kulkarni said , "we were just getting tensed because you guys took so long to talk .....its fine if you want to chat more take your time we will just wait outside" saying this all four of them were ready to turn and walk towards the living room ,"mom...i already decided ......i...ummm...i already like her" after heraing Anand say this his parents mr. kulkarni and mrs. kulkarni were laughing and said to Sara's parents mr. Bhatkar and mrs. bhatkar ,"well our son gave the thumps up mr and mrs Bhatkar " mr and mrs kulkarni turned towards Anand and said"we are so proud of you son " now all eyes were on Sara. Sara who was standing still hid behind Anand like a shy lady and asked her mom for her ear and said,"mom i guess i am gonna be a kulkarni now" seeing her girl getting shy and hearing her words mrs.bhatkar had tears of joy and said ,"oohh my baby girl finally is gonna be a lady of others house " and mrs Bhatkar hugged her and said ,"proud of you sweetheart".then she turned towards kulkarni's and said "mr. and mrs. kulkarni now we need to start preparing for a grand wedding".

both family congratulated each other shared sweets and started preparing for a grand wedding.

The ceremonies that are engagement, mehendi,sangit,haldi,wedding and reception took place in 2 months every distant relatives were called and the events were very joyous.

During this events 2 people signed a contract of th clause which they mentioned on their first meeting they were Sara and Anand ...the bride and groom.

after the ceremonies they were now officially wedded husband and wife.

Mr Anand Kulkarni and Mrs.Sara Bhatkar Kulkarni.

After reception Anand brought Sara to his parents house for the ceremonies after marriage.

The next day Anand told his parents they would be living in Anand's house and after saying that he drove Sara along with her luggage to a 2 storey house which was away from bustling of streets.

After entering the gates Sara saw a middle aged man standing firmly Anand introduced him ," this is Mr.More ....he is the housekeeper , you can ask him for help in future". then he ordered for the luggage to be transferred on 2nd floor room and ask Sara to follow him . As soon as they entered the living room a thin figure jumped on Anand wrapping his neck with its arms and wrapping its legs on his waist and started whispering "I missed you ....i missed you a lottt.....dont ever go for so long ..."Anand laughed which he never did in this span of time and said "i wont be living you now ....never ...rest assured .....now get down ...i wanna introduce someone to you" hearing this the girl loosened her arms and feet and stands on ground holding Anand's arm to show her possession.

Anand clears his throat and says,"Sara this is Maya my love and Maya this is Sara..." "your wife ...which i cant be " Maya cuts him off and says .

Anand tries explaining but Maya again cuts him off stroking his cheek,"it doesn't matter anymore ....i am fine with what i got .....i shouldn't be greedy ...right."

She than turns to Sara and says with friendly smile on her face ,"its nice to meet you ...hope we will get along" "yeah ...same here " Sara turns to Anand and asked , "where is my room ?" "its on 2nd floor mr.more will show you ...." in the middle of sentence he was pulled by maya towards sofa .

While Sara was gonna climb up the stairs Anand spoke again," wait" and he came running and handed Sara a card ,"here it has a crore in it i will add the money in it eventually .... the code is 5666" .

Saying that he went and sat on sofa like nothing happened.

While Sara reached the mid-landing Anand said again ," my room is also on 2nd floor .....there is 1 room in between ....if need be you can ..." " no need " this time Sara cut him off and directly went to her room with the help of Mr.more.

There all her belongings were neatly placed in wardrobe and other places.

She took a shower after that a person came knocking at the door.

"come in "Sara replied to the knock , a girl in her 30s came in dressed in yellow and said with a smile ,"ma'am dinner is ready to be served" "what time is it?"Sara asked "its 8.30 ma'am" "can you bring my dinner upstairs " "yes..sure"said the girl amd was about to leave "wait ... what's your name ?" asked Sara .

"ma'am ..i am Anna ..i am a maid in here ...its nice to meet you" Said the girl with a smile

"its nice to meet you too Anna ... you can just call me Sara "

hearing this the maid was shocked and said immediately, " no ma'am...how can i do this ....noo"

Sara smiled at her reaction and said ," its fine call whatever you want ".

within 15 mins the maid brought Sara her food and left .

Night arrived...

This was 1st night of newlyweds but its tragedy . Sara slept on floor because she never used bed which others used.

Next day Sara got up at 8.00 cleaned herself and buried her head in her laptop .

After half an hour their was a knock "come in".Anna came in and said ,"ma'am breakfast is ready"

"bring it upstairs" Sara replied her while working on her laptop.

"ok ma'am.....umm...ma'am where is your laundry "

"its behind the door .... wash my clothes separately ... don't mix it with others "

"ok ma'am " after hearing the instructions Anna left the room .

she brought the breakfast at that time Sara asked ,"how should I contact you when i need help " "just dial 123123123 on the landline and it will connect to the kitchen" "ok.... while going ask mr. more to come up ...i need to ask him something " "ok ma'am....have a good day" after saying this anna left .

after 15 min their was another knock on Sara's door, "come in " Sara said , in came mr.more

" mama you asked me to come "asked mr.more

"yes...can you ask someone to move this bed out ....i ordered another bed ...they will deliver it soon..."Sara said.

"ok ma'am i will move it out immediately "

within minutes the bed was moved out and new bed was placed.

The next day Anna brought the clothes which were dried and hanged them in wardrobe and left.

Sara was going to wear that outfit but before wearing she threw it on floor and called Anna.

Anna knocked and entered seeing her Sara asked ,"why did you washed my clothes with others?"

"i didnt washed them with others...i just..."Anna replied immediately but Sara cut her off "what u just...i can clearly smell someone eles fragrance on it" " i just dried them with other clothes" Anna said

"ok ... so from now on dont dry them with others "

"ok ma'am " and anna started to walk out the room .

Seeing her retreating figure Sara said " sorry ....i am just too sensitive towards smell ..."

"its alright ma'am......you are the first one to say sorry to me ....i wont do it again "

"Good"....

The next few days went by ...Sara was always locked up in her room buring herself in her laptop...Anna use to bring her food ...

In these few days they both got a little close and considered each other friends ...

Sara learned about Anna a little ...even if she was 30 year old she was not married because of her family condition being poor . She had brain of 20 year old girl and loved to gossip . Anna told Sara about the neighborhood houses and families living . Sara told Anna about her family and gave her gifts for taking care of her although Anna rejected at first but later accepted . As a result both became friends.

And in a blink a week passed by of newly wedded couple who never saw each others face from the day they entered the house.

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We will see what happens next .....