Shehnaaz maintained her pretense to look angry with Sidharth who was growing impatient with every fleeting moment. Had it not been for the presence of others, he would have whisked her away and coaxed and pestered her until she told him the reason for her abrupt change in her behavior.
                          
"hum aap shukriya kaise ada kare.." Rajender ji said breaking the silence. 
                          
"are bhai sahab ye aap kya keh rahe hai.. Shehnaaz humari bhi beti hai.." Rita ji said encouraging Gill gamily... 
                          
"par baat media me bhi fail gayi.. poora function kharab ho gaya..." Shehnaaz began but was cut off by Dadi ma immediately. Sidharth rolled his eyes at her. 
                          
"Don't say that beta. It's not your fault. Hume toh garv hai aap pe beta.." Dadi Ma said looking appreciatively at both Sidharth and Shehnaaz. 
                          
"par dadi maa loh kya kahenge..." Shehnaaz said feeling bad. 
                          
"kyunki unke paas koi kaam nahi hai.." it was Sidharth who snapped at her. 
                          
Shehnaaz passed an annoying glance at him while Rita ji and Dadi Ma smiled to themselves as they observed Sidharth's reaction. The emotions displayed on his face were easily decipherable for the eyes of a mother.
                          
"par baat tv me failane se bate toh hongi na.." Shehnaaz clarified her stance while Payal tried to calm her and Abhi smirked. 
                          
"Why are you arguing over what's done..? " Sidharth complained. 
                          
"Hayy rabba abhi se etna khadus hai.. shadi ke baa toh.." Shehnaaz shot back taking both Kabeer ji and Rita ji off guard. Never had anyone spoke to Sidharth in this manner and here was this girl who was snapping at him. This was definitely something to watch! The tense atmosphere in the room was suddenly becoming lighter as Sidharth and Shehnaaz began their banter once again.
                          
"me khadus aur tum... ziddy..!" he hissed. 
                          
The occupants of the room looked from Sidharth to Shehnaaz and back. Rita ji and Kabeer ji suppressed a smile, amused as they watched Sidharth involving himself in a silly banter that was so unlike him.
                          
"me ziddy... aur aap kya ho Mr. Ravan Shukla.." she argued. 
                          
"haww.. me..? me Ravan..? aur tum Disaster.." he replied back. 
                          
Shehnaaz glared back at him. He didn't have to disagree with her for every small thing, does he? She thought.
                          
"Payal thode popcorn leke aana.. maja aa raha hai..!" Abhi said in amusement. 
                          
Shehnaaz gasped and bit her tongue realizing what she was blabbering in front of her would be in laws.. while Sidharth glared at his brother. The elders then 
                          
discussed the course of action needed to be taken in Sukhveer's case. 
                          
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The next day, Pooja took place a little late that the scheduled time due to the previous day which had been a hectic one.. It was so hard for Sidharth to remove his gaze from Shehnaaz who looked absolutely stunning in her beautiful patialla dress... she looked like a dresh flower.. he wanted to suck on her lips and eat every inch of her.. but she refused to even looked at him much to his irritation... 
                          
Shehnaaz was still giving a tough time to Sidharth by interacting with him only when it was inevitable for her to answer him there by pushing him to the edge..
                          
He tried multiple times to talk to her and understand the reason of her angry mood but she didn't give in.. It was almost evening and Shehnaaz continued to give cold shoulder that Sidharth decided to take the matters in his own hands. He had had enough! Shehnaaz walked to her room followed by Sidharth who locked the door behind and Shehnaaz gulped down at the situation she caught in..