Chapter 67: Ch.66/ The Perfect Day
One year ago when Alessandro decided to marry Anupama, there was no feeling attached from both
sides. Alessandro only wanted to have her as his wife, on the other hand Anupama was trying to save
her father''s business. But time has changed everything as now these two can not even think about
leaving each other for a second. Both havee to the realization that how much love they have for
each other and that''s why their rtionship has been getting stronger day by day.
Anupama was surprised at first that Alessandro didn''t wish her on their first wedding anniversary. What
she didn''t know that Alessandro was already nning a very special gift for her. So, when she got to
know about the proposal she cried like a baby as she wasn''t expecting something so thoughtful from
Alessandro. It''s not like he hadn''t done anything romantic or beautiful for her till now, but to propose to
her for marriage was somethingpletely different out of her imagination.
Now after three months from the proposal they are going to get married surrounded by all of their loved
ones. Alessandro has booked Alexandria ballrooms for the wedding ceremony because he wants the
best for his wife. There will be two marriage ceremonies as Anupama wants to get married following
the traditional rituals of her Bengali culture. On the other hand, she also wants to follow the rituals of
Christian weddings. So, in the morning they will be getting married following the Christian way and after
that, they will be getting married again in the evening following the Bengali rituals.
Everyone is informed about the uing wedding of the great business tycoon Alessandro Bianchi
and the paparazzi can not be more happier to have the opportunity to write about the big event.
Although Anupama was not very happy with everyone knowing about the wedding, but when
Alessandro assured her that nothing bad would happen she calmed down. A lot of rtives of
Sengupta''s have already arrived for the big day as they love Anupama very much. Alessandro has
booked luxurious hotels for the guests to stay which makes them very delighted.
Alessandro has surprised Anupama by agreeing to follow all the rituals, especially the Bengali rituals
which are not easy for any non-Indian person. However, this has made Anupama very pleased that her
husband treasure her so much. It has taken a lot of effort to select everything for the wedding as there
are so many people to offer their own opinions. But in the end, the nning for the big day has been
done perfectly.
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Anupama''s POV:-
"What if I trip while walking down the aisle?" I ask looking at thedies who are giving me bored looks.
"I have already told you numerous times that you won''t trip over and if you do then we will catch you."
Jasmine di says while attaching the veil with the hairpin Olivia has put on my hair.
"Anu please for God''s sake calm your tits. You are going to ruin your makeup and hair." Riyaments
and hands me a ss of orange juice which I take because I am seriously feeling dehydrated.
"I need to see my babies. Are they ready yet?" I ask no one in particr.
"Yup, I get them ready along with my kids. I also feed Ian a little rice pudding because you won''t be
able to breastfeed him for a few hours because of the ceremony." Bianca replies making me sigh in
relief. I was extremely worried about Ian because he still dependent on breast milk. However, a week
before I have tried to feed him some solid food, and surprisingly he likes them very much.
Suddenly, the door of the room where I am getting ready gets open by none other than my baby girl
who walks inside followed by her Nonna who has my son in her arms. I awe looking at my babies
because both of them are looking very adorable in their outfits which are chosen by their Papa.
"Mum-mum you look so pretty." My daughter says after standing in front of me.
"Thank you so much, baby. You are looking very pretty too." I let out while kissing her softly on the
cheeks. After that, I take my son in my arms who is looking everywhere in wonder. He is bing a
total carbon copy of his father as Mama Melody has shown me some of Alessandro''s photos when he
was a baby.
"My baby is such a handsome little man." I cooe at the five months old who is now busy bbering
something in his babynguage.
"Dolcezza, you are looking ethereal." Mama Melodyments making me blush. I give Ian to Olivia
before facing Mama Melody who is looking at me with teary eyes. I can feel myself getting emotional
but I hold back my tears as I don''t want to ruin the hard work of the girls.
"Thank you so much, Mama Melody. I can not believe that finally I am going to be married to the man
whom I love with my all being. It still feels like a beautiful dream but I know that this time my dream will
be fulfilled." I say with a smile while Mama Melody hugs me gently.
"I can feel your happiness dear and believe me, I have always believed that a caring person like you
should be getting all of her dreams true." Mama Melody replies before kissing me on the forehead.
"Doll, are you rea-" Mamoni stops mid-sentence when she looks at me. I bit my lip in apprehension to
know her thoughts on my look.
"Umm, how am I looking Mamoni?" I ask when she doesn''t say anything for some time. She walks near
me before caressing my cheek lovingly while putting a small kiss on my forehead.
"You are looking like a true fairy. I can not even form proper words to describe the beauty you are
possessing." Mamoni replies softly with a smile.
"Thank you." I respond while grinning from ear to ear. I wasn''t sure about my choices on the wedding
dress and other essories as I don''t like to wear too shy things. But now seeing everyone''s
reaction I am positive that my choices are not so bad.
"Oh, I forget to tell you that Borda is waiting for you outside. So, if you arepletely ready then let''s
go." Mamoni says making me feel like I don''t know what to do anymore. I think Bianca must have seen
my hesitation so she puts her palm on my back before giving me a side hug.
"Don''t worry too much, Anupama. Everything will be going as nned." Bianca lets out making me nod
my head. I look around the VIP room which is provided by the ballroom authority to make sure that all
thedies are ready or not. Riya hands me the flower bouquet before giving me a thumbs up making
me giggle.
Olivia opens the door for me so I give her a small smile before walking out of the room to see that Baba
is facing the other side of the hallway. So, I go near him and clear my throat to get his attention. When
he turns around and notices me, his eyes widen before a full-blown smile takes over his face. I walk
near him before stopping in front of him.
"Anupama, you are glowing my child." Babaments while looking at me with eyes full of adoration.
"Thank you, baba." I reply feeling happy that my father is the one who will be walking me down the
aisle.
"Your mother would have been so happy to see you in a wedding attire." Baba says with a sigh but
then smiles when he sees that I am getting emotional.
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"Maa is always with me, baba. Please don''t cry or I will start crying." I let out making himugh. He
holds out his left elbow for me to take which I do with a big smile. We walk towards the door of the
ballroom while the flower girls Delh and Advira walk ahead of us along with the maid of honor Riya
and the other bridesmaids. Finally, the door of the ballroom gets open indicating that it''s time for us to
get inside. I can feel my heartbeat getting fast but baba squeezes my hand gently making me feel
better.
I take a deep breath before looking ahead of me to see that the arrangement of the ballroom is exactly
like I have dreamt of. The light color of the flowers has me smiling in delight. I can hear the murmurs
from the guests while walking through the flower-covered path.
But what has my attention is the look I am getting from my man, Alessandro who is looking so
handsome in his crisp wedding tuxedo. When our eyes meet, I can see the way he is holding back his
tears. However, I know that my stubborn husband will not cry in front of so many people.
Soon, we reach the altar and baba puts my hand on Alessandro''s and ask him to take care of me
before taking a seat beside Kakai on the chair. Both Alessandro and I look at each other with big smiles
when the Pastor starts the procedure of the marriage by saying "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here
today...."
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Alessandro''s POV:-
I am not paying attention to what the pastor is saying because all of my attention is on my Cara who is
looking so stunning that I can not take off my eyes from her. Now I understand why she didn''t want me
to see her wedding dress before the wedding. Because I am notining a bit as it would not be
felt this good if I had seen it before. I know that this is not the first time that I am marrying her, but it
feels like I am getting married for the first time.
I am feeling proud of myself that I have decided to ask Anhuphama to marry me again. I know that the
way I married her before was not a very good move of mine. That''s why I have decided to change the
horrible memories of our first wedding to the loving memories of our current wedding. The bright smile
on her face, the happy glow around her, the excitement in her eyes are the proof that I have done the
right thing.
"Do you, Alessandro Bianchi take Anupama Sengupta as yourwfully wedded wife; to live together
with her in the covenant of marriage? Do you promise to love her,fort her, honor, and cherish her?
Do you promise to be faithful unto her as long as you both live?" The pastor asks me.
"I do." I reply while looking at Anhuphama who gives me a soft smile.
"Do you, Anupama Sengupta take Alessandro Bianchi as yourwfully wedded husband; to live
together with him in the covenant of marriage? Do you promise to love him,fort him, honor him,
and cherish him? Do you promise to be faithful unto her as long as you both live?" The pastor asks
Anhuphama.
"I do." Anhuphama replies confidently making me smile.
Then the pastor asks for the ring bearer toe forward with the wedding rings. On the cue, King
starts dragging a little wagon where Ian is sitting with the help of pillows and the other furry babies are
following behind them. We all cooe at the sight of our boys because I didn''t know till now who is the
ring bearer. When they stop in front of us, both I and Anhuphama bend down to give head scratches to
our big boys before I pock up Ian in my arms. I kiss him on his chubby cheeks and takes the ring box
from his hand which makes him whiney. Marco takes my son from me while I give the ring box to the
pastor.
The pastor gives me a wedding band and ask me to put it on Anhuphama''s left hand''s ring finger which
I do. He then gives Anhuphama a wedding band before asking her to put the band on my left hand''s
ring finger.
"Now, it''s time for the vows. The groom will go first." The pastor says gesturing towards me. I take a
deep breath before looking at the love of my life.
"I wasn''t looking for love or anything like that when youe into my life. Actually, you didn''te into
my life willingly because I was the one who forced you to be a part of my life. But the moment I realized
that you are not a person who has a bit of interest in my wealth I know that I have made the mistake of
forcing you to do something you never wanted to. However, I don''t regret it because otherwise, I
wouldn''t be getting to call you mine. You have be the light of my gloomy life and believe me when
I say that I will not have it change by any means. You have shown me that a person like me also
deserves love and apanion. You have given me the best gift by bringing our children into the world
without anyints. You have made meplete, Cara. So, today I am promising you that I will be
with you forever. I will love you, respect you, cherish you the way you deserve." I let out while feeling
my throat form a lump trying to block the cry that is trying to burst out of me. Anhuphama is already
crying so I wipe her tears with my thumbs. The pastor gestures her to say the vow to which she nods
her head before looking at me eyes full of love.
"I was a broken soul when I first got married to you. I didn''t have any ambition in my life, I only had my
daughter to live my life. But then you made me realize that I can do better. Not only that, you have
shown me that there is nothing I need to be scared of because you''re always there to protect me. You
may have forced me to marry you at first but I don''t regret being married to you. Because without
realizing you have saved me from the dark side of my past. You have sessfully erased all the awful
memories of my past by recing them to the loving ones. You have epted me with all my ws, yet
you neverined about anything. So, today I am promising you that I will never leave your side. I
will be there to support you, love you and our children till the end of my life." Anhuphama lets out and
this time a lone tear slip past my eye which I wipe quickly.
"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you as the husband and wife. I would like to introduce
the happy couple of today''s ceremony, Mr. And Mrs. Bianchi to you all." The pastor announces before
facing me.
"You may now kiss the bride." The pastor tells me so I softly hold Anhuphama''s face in my palms
before kissing her gently on the lips. I can hear the loud cheering and pping sounds around us so I
pull away from the kiss before putting a small kiss on her forehead.
"I love you, Tesoro." I whisper in her ear.
"I love you too." She whispers back with a smile.
I take Anhuphama''s hand in mine before facing the crowd and walk towards our families who have
smiles on their faces. I pick up my princess in my arms while Anhuphama takes Ian in her arms.
Everyone congrattes us on the wedding before Mama Melody asks us to follow her which we do
without any hesitation. She stops in front of a very beautifully decorated cake and asks us to cut the
cake as per ritual.
After the cake cutting is done, it''s time for lunch as we have to get ready for the Bengali-style wedding
ceremony. I can not wait to see Anhuphama in the Bengali wedding attire because she looks elegant
whenever she wears Indian clothes.
"Umm, Alessandro I need to feed Ian." Anhuphama says in my ear making me understand that she is
talking about breastfeeding our son. So, I excuse ourselves before taking her to a secluded area where
no one is around. She sits on the chair avable there before starting to breastfeed our son who holds
his mother''s dress in his tiny hands.
"Do you like the arrangements for the wedding, Cara?" I ask when she is done with feeding our son.
"I love it, Alessandro. Everything is looking so wonderful it''s hard to believe that you have never done it
before. Thank you so much for making this day so amazing." She replies while caressing my cheek
softly. I put my hand on top of her before putting a kiss on her palms.
"As I have promised, I am going to do everything that makes you happy." I let out making her giggle.
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Anupama''s POV:-
It''s now evening time and Riya is getting me ready for the wedding ceremony. I have worn a red color
banarsi saree which is gifted by Mamoni. Baba has given me Maa''s gold jewelry to wear with the saree
and order me to keep them to myself because ording to him, Maa would have done the same. What
brings more tears to my eyes is that Kakai will be the one to do the most important ritual of a Bengali
wedding which is Sampradan. This ritual is done by the father of the bride. But baba has said that
Kakai deserves to perform this ritual as he is the one who has showered me with fatherly love from the
start.
"What are you thinking, Anu?" Riya asks me.
"I am thinking about baba''s decision to let Kakai do the ritual of Sampradan." I reply looking at her with
a small smile.
"Yes, it''s unbelievable that boro mama has asked chhoto mama to perform the ritual. But it''s also
reasonable that chhoto mama is the person who has provided you with the love of a father." Riya says
making me nod my head.
"Kakai has always been there for me when I needed baba. Also, because of him, my daughter is alive
today. So, I can not be happier that I have him in my life." I let out with a sigh.
"Umm, but what''s this ritual about?" Olivia asks making us look at her.
"In this ritual, the father of the bride or any elder person give the bride''s hand to the groom''s hand and
bind their hands together with a sacred thread while chanting some Vedic mantra." Riya exins while
putting the gold bangles on my wrist.
"Wow, that''s so great." Biancaments with a smile. Just then walk inside the room my Jasmine di
along with my two babies who have also changed their clothes.
"By the way guys, can you believe that Alessandro has epted to wear the traditional Bengali attire
for the wedding?" Olivia says whileughing aloud. I try to hold myugh but the thing is really funny.
"But still, we have to ept that he loves our Anu very much and can do anything that makes her
happy." Riya retorts making me blush because it''s true that Alessandro will do anything that makes me
happy.
After a few minutes, Riya announces that she is done with my makeup and all so I can look at the
mirror. I face the mirror while admiring the way I am looking in the wedding attire. I love the way my
makeup is simple yet beautifully contrasted with my red saree.
"You are looking like a goddess, Anupama." Biancaments from behind while the others agree with
her.
"Yes, I never knew that Bengali brides look so beautiful in the heavy saree and the gold jewelry." Olivia
lets out making me chuckle.
"Okay, now enough with the talking. Chhoto mami is already done with the Bor Boron ritual so it''s finally
time for the Subho Drishti where the bride and groom will be seeing each other for the first time. Here
take these betel leaves in your hands while hiding your face with them and sits on this pidi." Jasmine di
instructs me so I do as I have asked to do. Dadabhai along with some of his friends from India pick up
the pidi before walking out of the room towards the ballroom where the wedding will be done.
When we get there, the first ritual that gets performed is the ''Saat Paak'' where the ones who are
holding me on the pidi start to go in circles around the groom seven times. Then the priest asks me to
look at the groom to perform ''Subho Drishti'', so I remove the betel leaves from the front of my face and
look at Alessandro while holding back a gasp. Because he is wearing aplete Bengali attire for the
ceremony.
Afterpleting the ritual of Subho Drishti, we both ask to exchange flower gands three times to
perform the ritual named ''M Badal''. Then we both ask to sit on the mandap while facing each other,
to begin with another ritual of the marriage.
Just as I know Kakai performs the ritual of ''Sampradan'' which is known as Kanyadan in most ces of
India. Afterpleting the ritual, the priest starts to do ''Yagna'' while asking me and Alessandro to
recite the Vedic chants after him. I can feel Alessandro getting nervous so I give his hand a little
squeeze to let him know that he doesn''t need to recite as it will not be easy for him to do.
After doing the Yagna, the priest asks us to stand up to perform the ritual of ''Saptapadi'' where we
instruct to make seven circr rounds around the holy fire to solemnize the asion. After that, I am
given a bronze te where Dadabhai puts puffed rice that is known as Khoi to perform the ritual
''Anjali''. Alessandro stands behind me and we together pour the puff rice on the fire.
Then we both sit down beside each other and the priest hands Alessandro a silver coin while putting
some sindoor on it. The priest instructs Alessandro to put the sindoor between the hair partition of my
head which he does while Jasmine di covers my head with a saree as a veil. Finally, the priest
announces that the marriage ceremony ispleted and asks us to take blessings from the elders.
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Alessandro''s POV:-
I didn''t know that there are so many rituals in a Bengali wedding. So, you can guess how surprised I
am performing the rituals. However, the smile on Anhuphama''s face is enough for me to forget about
everything. No doubt she was looking extremely beautiful in the white wedding gown, but after seeing
her in the red saree I can not believe that this goddess beside me is truly my wife.
Currently, we are ying some post-wedding game and I am surely enjoying while seeing the frown on
Anhuphama''s face who is losing constantly. Finally, I decide to show mercy on her and let her win the
game which makes her very happy.
"Papa, me y games wid you." My princess says while fidgeting with her dress.
"Of course, baby." I reply before putting her on myp.
"That''s cheating, Alessandro. If you are taking help from Advira then I will take help from my son."
Anhuphama whines making me chuckle.
"But Cara our son is sleeping." Iment with a smirk.
"I think you''re forgetting that I have six more sons to help me. Come on my furry babies, help mum to
win against papa." She replies and the dogse running towards us before sitting beside their mum.
"You both are so childish." Mama says making everyoneugh around us.
"I am pleased that both wedding ceremonies have beenpleted without any problems." Uncle
Gabriel says who is now holding a sleeping Vivaan in his arms.
"You are right, Dad. Because I can not take any more nervousness from Alessandro." Marcoments
making me want to smack him. However, Miss Ganguly does this on behalf of me.
"Ouch, babe! I am your boyfriend, show some mercy on me." Marco whines but Miss Ganguly
completely ignores him by getting up from her ce. Marco follows her making usugh at them.
"God knows when Riya will forgive Marco." Samuelments with a dramatic sigh.
"I don''t know about Riya but I am not going to forgive you if you don''t marry me fast." Olivia threatens
while pointing her finger at a terrified Samuel.