But later Dipesh’s dream was broken because their parents now had restricted their meetings till marriage. Only they could meet, during the engagement ceremony and then directly after marriage.
"So, what about the kiss before marriage promised by you?" asked Dipesh on phone.
"Still, I will keep my promise, you see!", Dipika mischievously said.
That statement made the male hormones start running fast through his body.
"So, you think you will manage it on our engagement day?"
"Yes, my dear!"
"Wav, then I am looking forward to it."
The engagement was a small function that was arranged at Dipesh's home.
Limited guests from both sides were present.
While sitting, a few rituals were done.
Later all stood up. The would-be bride and groom gathered near the table to wear the engagement ring to each other.
When first Dipesh started wearing the ring on Dipika's finger, she suddenly gave a slight jerk so that the ring falls on the floor, but she captured it in her hand before it fells down.
"Oh no. The ring fell down!", She shouted, and everyone became alerted.
One veteran auntie said, “This is not good omen. Engagement ring falling down on engagement day, before engagement? Not good!”
However, others were busy finding it and no one took cognizance of what she had just said.
Dipika quickly winked at Dipesh and gestured for him to bend down below the table.
He realized what she was up to and did as she directed.
Both bowed down and went under the table inside the table cloth.
She showed him the ring in her fist and quickly drew him closer to her and gave him a very passionate lip-to-lip kiss. She held him close and caught his lower lip gently in her pair of lips and sucked it gently.
She purposely didn't wear lipstick on that day. It was a hasty and stolen kiss and hence it gave immense pleasure.
And coming out of the table cloth, before others could realize anything, she declared, "I got the ring! Under the table. Let's continue now”.
No one could notice what had happened under the table except both and the table cloth.
Throughout the day, Dipesh was praising her with his eyes and gestures for the way she kept her promise.
Both would remember and cherish this kiss forever in their hearts.
Dipesh got only 10 days of leave for his marriage as he was part of a team doing critical work.
After all the marriage rituals finished and marriage was over, the day came on which Dipesh and Dipika would be experiencing their first night, planned by their family at his village home.
Then the next day they decided to go to Mahabaleshwar for a honeymoon for 3 days. Dipesh had taken a 1 BHK flat on rent in Pune and soon he was planning to buy a home by taking a home loan.
