Kiara Malhotra is sunshine personified. Ever smiling, bubbly and tenderly beautiful, she's more than a pretty face. She's a talented baker from Delhi, India. She owns her own bakery which serves some of the most delicious desserts in the city. As sh...
"And then add some more milk and mix it thoroughly." Ma said.
"Done. What next?" Ma was teaching me to make Kaju Katri. An Indian sweet dish.
It's Karva Chauth today and I'm in India currently. It's my first Karva Chauth so Geeta Ma suggested I should celebrate it in India with my Indian family.
Karva Chauth is a traditional Indian festival where all the married ladies observe a fast for their husband's long life. We don't eat or drink anything from the morning till evening. Our husbands break our fast by feeding us a sweet dish after we see the moon at night.
"Now lay it on the dish and put it in freezer." She said and I nodded.
"What smells so good?" Jai, my brother, asked as he entered the kitchen.
"Your sister made Kaju Katri." Ma replied and his eyes brightened as a tree does on a Christmas evening.
"It's smells so good, I can't wait to try it. But I'm sure, Daniel won't get some." Jai said. He calls Daniel by his name because Daniel doesn't like it when Jai calls him 'Jiju'. (Brother-in-law)
"When he decides he's done being angry at me, he can have some." I replied and walked up to my room.
I walked in and soon a pair of arms wrapped around my waist from the behind. He bought me to his chest and rest his chin on my shoulder.
"I'm not going to get some sweet?" He asked and I shook my head sideways.
"Why? You know how much I love eating anything that you cook." Daniel said and I rolled my eyes.
"You didn't have to keep the fast with me." I said and turned in his arms. "You haven't eaten anything since the morning." I said and cupped his face.
"Neither have you, so." He shrugged his shoulder and kissed my lips.
"Daniel!" I said and he gave me a confused look.
"What? We're in our room and no one saw us." He said and I chuckled at his behaviour.
"Fine." I said and pecked his lips before I pulled out my saree from the closet and walked into the bathroom to change.
If you're wondering what happened with the whole Aarav scenario, this is what went down.
~ FLASHBACK ~
"Aarav, shut up." I said and stood next to Daniel.
"Daniel, I promise there's nothing going in between us. That day..." Daniel cut me off before I can finish.
"Kiara, I trust you." Daniel said and I closed my eyes and took a breath of relief.
"Who is he to you, Kiara?" Dad asked and I took a deep breath before answering them.
"Kiara was my girlfriend." Aarav cut me off and Daniel almost punched him.
"Let her talk." Janet said.
"Let's please sit down." We all sat in the living room. I sat next to Daniel and he possessively kept his hand on my leg.
"Aarav met me when I was in college. We were friends in the beginning and after some months, he started dating my best friend, Diya. We used to hang out all the time before everything started getting complicated between them." Kiara said.
"The thing was, I started liking Kiara and I wanted to break it off with Diya. She started getting obsessed and wanted to control everything. She started manipulating me. When I walked away from that relationship, she fed Kiara lies and left the city, making herself look like the victim." Aarav said.
"You fucking raped her!" I shouted at him in frustration.
"She told you that? She fucking mixed a drug in my drink that night. She got me intoxicated but nothing happens. It was her way of having a leverage over me. You know how I was dating you after she broke up with me but I suddenly stopped hanging out with you? It was her way of keeping me away from you."
"What dating? We went on like 3 dates." I said and he rolled his eyes.
"Yeah yeah. Whatever." He said. "I'm sorry Kiara and I'm sorry everyone. Please forgive. I don't have any ill motives towards any of you. Please forgive me."
~ END OF FLASHBACK ~
Long story short, we didn't hear from him after that day. He's still in touch with Dad but hasn't tried contacting any of us. Thankfully the misunderstanding was cleared now.
I walked out of the bathroom in a red saree. I went upstairs on the terrace of our house. Daniel was already standing there, waiting for me.
"You look amazing, coraźon." He said as he fed me a piece of the Kaju Katri I made earlier.
"Thanks but Daniel don't you think it's high time you tell me what coraźon means." I said and he nodded.
"I guess it's time."
He pulled a box of ring out of his pocket and opened it, revealing a beautiful ring.
"I call you coraźon because it means 'heart' in Spanish. You are my whole heart, Kiara Reynolds. You are the thing which keeps me alive. You are the most vital person in my life. I love you." He slid the ring on my right ring finger and kissed the top of my hand.
"I love you too." I said and hugged him.
"I know." He cockily said and I chuckled as I buried my head in his chest.
~ Kiara's Saree ~
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~ Kiara's Ring ~
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