Gauri's pov:
Rudra and Priyanka came along with me, Lucas and Caroline to my beach house.
"Rudra why are you guys here?" I asked with a serious face.
"To plan Prinku's wedding. Since I am a fashion designer I wanted to partner along with him for this occasion." he told me.
That's a great opportunity!
"But, how do you know Lucas?" he asked and my heart dropped.
What was I supposed to tell him? "Hey, after loving your brother like a love-sick idiot I have now married Lucas?"
Hell, no.
Rudra wouldn't understand. He loved his brother way too much.
"I work for him." I said and gained death glares from Lucas and Priyanka who knew everything.
"Work for him? Trust me, I've never seen this kind of relationship in an employee and boss. You seem pretty close." Rudra said sensing something was fishy.
"Tell him!" Priyanka mouthed from the other end of the room and I delightfully rejected her idea by widening my eyes and did a cutthroat gesture.
But she wasn't going to back down, was she?
Okay, I have to tell him.
Speak up, Gauri!
"Okay, I will tell you something now and you will not react like a crazy person. Just hear me out alright?" I asked Rudra in a calm tone taking him to sit on the couch.
Okay, here goes nothing.
Or rather everything.
"What is so serious? You're acting as if you're going to tell me that you're married to that guy." Rudra joked, but little did he know that was the truth.
"What?" I asked almost choking on my saliva which was hardly there considering my throat had gone dry as a drought.
"Tell him." Priyanka mouthed again and without thinking for a second I blurted it out.
"RudraIammarriedtoLucas." I told him faster than I thought I would.
He'll react now.
Say something, Rudy!
"You have lost your sense of humor, di" Rudra said laughing nervously.
He really didn't wish to accept it now, did he?
All I could do was look him in the eye till he realised that I wasn't joking.
Here it comes...
Wait for it...
There it is!
"No, you can't do this. You love Om!" Rudra said devastated.
He's freaking out.
"Rudy, No! listen to me." I said getting up.
"No, you listen to me!" He shouted and I flinched "I believed that Om was the wronged one, and I still do but you are no better!" Rudra shouted.
Oh boy.
"Rudra!, hear her out first." Priyanka scolded him.
"She loved Om, and she married another guy, Prinku! Everyone in our house hates Om for what he did to her! Do you even know that Anika bhabhi hasn't talked even 3 whole sentences with him in these 3 years? And here she is living the time of your life." Rudra said, having tears in his eyes.
Darn it!
He was broken, he felt deceived. But Rudy's little revelation about Anika di left me broken too. She loved Om a lot. They had the cutest bond any sister and brother in law could ever have. And now, I blamed myself for ruining it.
"Rudra, I don't love Lucas, neither does he. This marriage is a deal." I told Rudra.
"I don't wanna hear it." Rudra said and left from there, angry.
Shit. What am I supposed to do?
At night I went for a walk on the beach and spotted Rudra sipping on his beer.
I hope he's cooled down.
"Did Prinku tell you I was here?" He said, coldly.
He is angry at me.
"No, I had come to get some fresh air." I told him and sat beside him.
"Rudra, won't you give me a chance to explain? I am your sister, right?" I asked him, hoping he would give me a chance.
"That's the funny part here. I love you and Om so much that I cannot see these things." he said gulping down another sip.
"Rudra, when I moved to LA, I had no job. I applied in so many hospitals but no one gave me a job after knowing that I had been fired ...." I told him the whole reason behind our wedding-deal.
He was just listening but he wasn't looking at me this whole time.
"Rudy, I know it's bad news for you but we all have to move on." I said. Rudra kept quiet for a very long time and it hurt my insides.
"I am sorry. I shouldn't have lashed out on you." He said as he lay his head on my shoulder.
"If not me then whom will you lash out on? You have 100% rights to shout at me, fight with me and if needed scold me too." I said and he smiled. We sat there seeing the beach.
"Will you help me after all this?" he asked suddenly.
"In what?"
"Prinku's wedding. Ever since this whole incident with you and Om, Oberoi Mansion was kind of a mess. Prinku was always out and honestly we were all focused on Om. But, you were there with Prinku throughout. You are a major role in her wedding." Rudra said and it was touching.
"I'd love to help you. She's like my sister." I said.
"Did you both ever talk about Om?" He asked.
"No, we don't talk about family. Everything else." I replied.
"So, are we cool?" I asked.
"We are, now that you have given me these new rights of shouting at you and all." Rudra joked.
I've always wanted a cute brother and he was one.
