“Convince him, e; we need to do it as soon as possible or else things will be completely out of our hands.” The doctor said it in one breath.
I nodded and said, “Please start the preparation. I will convince him.”
Before the doctor says anything, the nurse comes running, saying Grandfather is up.
I went inside the room and noticed a pale grandfather. Looking at him, my heart broke into a thousand pieces.
I sat on the chair near the bed and held Grandfather’s hand while the doctors were checking his pulse.
Grandfather looks at me and smiles, which do not reach his eyes. He was looking weak, and I know he is sad.
I looked at the doctor, and he nodded at me and left the room.
I looked back and asked, “Why?”
He smiled and said, “I was about to tell everything to you, but after your marriage. I want to see you married in front of my eyes, Azar. This is the only dream I have and my last wish as well.” He looks like a child to me who got caught stealing the candy.
“And see, everything was going perfectly, but I don’t know how I fainted today.” He pouts like a child.
“It is all a joke for you, Grandfather.” You are the only one in my life. What will I do if anything happens to you?” My voice cracked when I said this.
“I know, dear, and that’s why I wanted you to get married before anything happens to me. I know Ara can handle you very well, and you can rely on her for everything.
I always wanted to see you happy and with Ara, and I know you are thrilled. I just want to see you together before anything happens to me.” He spoke, looking too helpless for his health.
“First, nothing will happen to you, and second, we will get married, but after you recover from this, I will not listen to anything on this topic. We are doing your surgery today. Am I clear?” I ordered.
“Are you forgetting, Mr. King, that the King does not take orders; they only give them?” He said this, raising his eyebrow, and stubbornness was visible in his voice.
“Grandfather, I am”… I was about to oppose, but I hear a voice, and I look back at the owner.
“Grandfather, you scared me today. Do you want a bride like me running here and there with a tense face, hmmm? Do you even have any idea how much mom has to torture me and send me to the salon so many times to get this stupid glow on my face?
And I can see you have made all plans for me to go through all the torture all over again?” She rolled her eyes and sat dramatically on the bed.
Grandfather laughed at her tactics and said, “You don’t need any salon treatment to look beautiful. You are a born beauty.” Grandfather said that, caressing her hand, and I cannot even deny that.
She shrugged her shoulders and said, “That I am.”
I smile a little at her cuteness.
She looked at Grandfather and said, “So I have the solution to the problem.”
AZAR’S POV
I knitted my eyebrows and looked towards her, and she was looking at Grandfather.
“There is no problem here, princess. I will be fine by evening, and in a few days, you guys are getting married. You do not know how happy and excited I am to see both of you married.” Grandfather’s eyes glimmer with happiness.
“Grandfather, I have a solution. You will see us married as well as having your surgery today itself.” She said it with a little smile.
We both looked at her dumbfounded, and she smiled and said, “Grandfather, for us, your happiness is important, but at the same time, your health is as well. So instead of getting married after four days, we will get married today itself.” She declared, making him numb.
She said it all at once. And I was looking at her with a blank face.
She looked at me as if asking for my permission. I felt so proud of her today, nodded, and looked at my grandfather’s next attempt at an argument.
But she made Grandfather speechless, and I smirked, looking at his situation.
“But princess, how is it possible? I mean today?”
“Everything is possible when I want it, and you know it better.” She said it proudly and winked at him.
He smiled at her and nodded in agreement, and I took a breath in relief.
I wanted to ask her what and how it would be possible, but she continued to talk like a chatterbox with her grandfather for, I don’t know, how long.
I massage my forehead; I was thinking of a way to talk to her privately, but before I do anything, we hear a knock on the door, and we look back and see Ara’s parents, Aunt Nina, Mason, and some gentlemen were with them.
She looked at them and looked back at Grandfather and said, “Grandfather, meet Mr. Rakesh Agarwal. He is my father’s friend, and he is our lawyer as well. As you know, to get the marriage certificate, you need to get married in court as well, but dad had to pull some strings, so all the documents were ready before time, and now we just have to sign it, and we are legally married.” She said this, clapping her hand with a bright smile on her face.
“So, me and Azar are getting married today, and you will sign as our witness.” Again, she said it in one go, and I was just looking at her.
“Well, but hold on. Grandfather, it does not mean I will not get married with ritual. No way. I want you to be fit and fine on my wedding day. So, you better get well soon, and I want to see you sitting in front of me when I am getting married to Azar.