Say You're Mine (Lovestruck In Bangalore #1)

Chapter 8

I MEERA I

I swear I'll kill this guy before this wedding gets over. He just can't leave me alone, can he?

You don't want him to leave you alone!

My inner voice tells me and I shut that bitch up before she can spew anymore bullshit.

He's such a jerk.

So what if he looks handsome in his simple yellow kurta? Everyone looks great in kurta.

Is that why you didn't notice anyone else ?

Whatever.

I can hear him walking leisurely behind me. I resist the urge to  walk faster towards the cabin. Remya didn't even slow down as she dragged Vinash away with her. I know what she's doing. She thinks it's funny how I punched Vikram and now she wants me to have his babies. Her words, not mine.

Just as we almost reach the cabin, I feel Vikram walk closer to me, which makes me nervous for some silly reason. And when he puts his hand on my hip, I freeze. His hand touches my bare waist and gently strokes it once with his fingers, making me clench my fist. I don't dare move a muscle .

He brings his lips close to my ear before whispering, "You look absolutely gorgeous. That's my problem."

His voice sends alight shiver down my spine. He slightly clenches his hand on my waist and walks away without a backward glance. I stand there shocked for a few seconds and realise I'm blushing. God! I slap my cheeks to calm down.

I will my legs to move and slowly walk towards Remya, in a daze. Just as I reach her, she turns to me with a knowing smile. I ignore her. "Where is Vinash?", I ask her, he's nowhere to be seen.

"He went inside to call Vimala aunty and Raj. Apparently, they are fighting about something", she says, throwing a subtle look at Pooja, who stands a few feet away from us in a yellow kurti, biting her nails. She lookes worried. Uh oh.

"And why are we standing here?", I ask Remya who smiles at me before saying, "I was waiting for you."

I smile back and we take our snooping asses inside. We hear voices coming from upstairs and climb the stairs without making any noise. Just as we reach the landing, we see Vinash hiding behind the wall eavesdropping on his mom and brother.
We tap him on the shoulder and he whirls around looking panicked, before realising it's just us. He sighs and puts his finger to his mouth telling us to keep quiet. We nod and listen to the conversation.

"Mom, I just can't leave Pooja alone. She doesn't know anyone here", we hear Raj say.

"I'm not asking you to leave her alone all the time. I'm just saying that you should spend some time with your cousins too. Or did you forget why you're here. It's Shraddha's wedding and I heard you didn't even talk to her after greeting her the day you arrived. Did you greet the groom? No. You spend all your time with Pooja. I told you to introduce her to your cousins but before they could get to know each other , you dragged her away", Vimala aunty says, taking a deep breath.

"How do you think she feels, that you won't introduce her to your family properly. She's a good girl, Raj. Respectful, well mannered and kind. But she's also a little shy, I can tell. So if you don't introduce her to anyone, I don't think she'll do it herself. We should make her feel welcome. Think from her side for a minute", she says.

I hear Raj murmur something. It's like he knows we're eavesdropping. We can't make sense of his muttering this far away.

"I don't know why you stopped talking to your brother and cousins and started isolating yourself. I tried asking a thousand times, but you never gave me an answer but it is getting a little too much. You know you can talk to me or your father anytime about anything. But I can't continue making excuses for you, Raj. You don't even talk to your twin brother. Do you know how much he's hurting because you refuse to even say a word to him. The two of you were so close, so what happened Raj?", Vimala aunty asks.