Hi to anyone and everyone reading this. Obviously it's a new ff. My previous account was Breahtifyoufinddimitrihot, however I have lost the password to this account and for some reason cannot recover it. Anyway, enjoy and review if you like. Based loosely on Dhadkan.

Disclaimer: I don not own Vampire Academy. All rights go to Richelle Mead.

"You may now kiss the bride."

As my new husband leaned in to kiss me, I turned my head slightly so that his lips made contact with my cheek. In my peripheral vision, I could see my father's face growing angry. It wasn't my fault though. What was I supposed to? This man standing in front of me in all his six-foot glory was not someone who I'd wanted to marry. With his dark brown hair almost reaching shoulders, deep eyes only a few shades lighter and damn soft looking lips, he was without a doubt gorgeous.

However, he wasn't Adrian Ivashkov.

Adrian Ivashkov was my boyfriend and the love of my life. Well, ex-boyfriend now, but still. He'd asked my father many times for my hand in marriage and in return I'd begged my father for days on end to let us marry. Of course, Abe wouldn't listen to a work either of us had to say. Yesterday, I had tried one last time. What a waste of time.

"The Belikovs are good people, Rose. Olena has been both your mother's and my friend for almost a lifetime. We promised each other a long time ago that you will marry Dimitri," he told me.

"What about Adrian, Dad? I love him. He'd be suited so much better to me. He'll take better care of me. He's known and dated me for years, he's fucking rich, he loves me and I actually know him! What is this great Belikov dude that you've picked out turns out to be some wife-basher! You can't d-"

"-Rose! That's enough. I have heard enough. You're right; you don't know anything about that family which is why you need to keep your damn mouth shut. That family has been through a lot and without meeting them, you have no right to judge them."

"You can't make me marry his," I fumed. "You can drag me to the alter but I'll say no. I'll say no as many damn times as I need to, but I won't marry him. If I get married, it will only be to Adrian."

"If you choose Adrian you will lose us forever, Rose. We raised you, not Adrian. If you love us than you will marry Dimitri. He's a nice boy, Rose, and he's expecting to get married tomorrow and I don't believe he will take well to the embarrassment of being left at the alter."

As much as I loved Adrian, my dad's words brought me to a standstill. My family was everything to me and if I was willing to choose Adrian over them, I would have just eloped with him. My eyes were beginning to blur which could only mean the dam was about to burst.

"Don't make me choose, Dad. Please, you know I'd never leave you and Mom but don't you love me enough to let me make my own decisions?"

"We do love you, Rose," he told me gently. "That's why we're doing this. You may not see it now, but you will one day."

"All I will ever do is regret."

"We'll see."

That was how I ended marrying Dimitri Belikov whose hand held mine and led me our car. As a wedding gift – or prison sentence in my opinion – my parent had paid for a two week honeymoon in Greece.

My new husband opened the backdoor of the car and gestured for me to hop in. "Ladies first, Roza," he told me a small smile.

I huffed loudly and pushed past him to get in. What had my father sentenced me to?

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xx Neha.