Ben's POV
When Dheeraj came to take Sita out, I argued that I would go with them so that Sita won't be suspicious. I went to Faloodas couple of minutes later. I asked waiter to keep micro phone on their table without them noticing. Dheeraj would tell me how Sita is feeling but I want to hear from her.
Why is mom worried about Sita getting pregnant? Does she not believe me? When Sita said that she doesn't know if it was right to be intimate before marriage, I felt bad. I cursed myself for loosing control. She is young, innocent, don't know much about outside world. She was born and brought up in states but more Indian than Indian girls here.
When Dheeraj asked if she regret, she answered no confidently. That made me happy. She is intimidated by dad, his personality is like that and his behavior from this morning, made Sita feel worse. He shouldn't have done that.
Sita's mom is Christian? That's shocking. It hurt me when she said that her parents would never agree to get her married into a family like mine and want her to marry Santhosh. I agree that my family is egoistic, reputation is very important but we are good, well respected family in the state. I understand what her parents went through going again their own families to be together and want good family for Sita. Everyone in my family loves Sita. Apart from religion, dad also likes her. I will convince him and make him accept Sita as she is.
I blamed Dheeraj for our strained friendship. I'm hurt that he didn't trust me and chose a witch over me. I couldn't forgive him, didn't talk to him in these 3 years even after knowing how much he repents. Sita is right, I'm pigheaded, I let that witch ruin our years of friendship. I let our friendship down. Dheeraj is my best friend and will always be. I really miss him, can't believe I stayed away from him for this long. I laughed when he said he would kick me if I'm still like this. I deserve.
Someone tried to kill Sita??? Who has the guts to touch Benjamin Kurien's fiance? How scared she would have been seeing someone trying to kill her! She is very smart, escaped but imagining her fear, stranded in unknown place, hiding brought tears in my eyes. She trusted me that i would get her! She trusts me so much. I don't deserve that trust, couldn't protect her from some maniac trying to kill her yesterday and today from being humiliated by dad. I should have known that dad would do something like this.
I'm going to find that bastard and make him pay for hurting Sita. I will have a word with dad so that he won't hurt her.
Sita thinks Nisha is involved! I know she is a bitch, didn't think she would murder. There is rumor that Nisha's mom, Selvi got Nithya's mom killed and marry her dad. Nithya's mom and my mom were best friends. Nithya was brought up mostly in our home. Selvi and Nisha were never good with Nithya, same time not bad also, no one can hurt a girl who is like a daughter to John Kurien.
I thought it's Athiraj when Sita said someone tried to kill her. I will definitely find out.
Even in that state Sita lied to make me feel better and I slapped her. Now I remembered her face when I found her, she was so relieved that she cried, ran to me and hugged tightly. Without knowing her condition, I hurt her. Again and again she proved how selfless she is and I'm self centric. I hate myself.
I called Dheeraj
"I told you, not to interrupt my date" he said
"I told you, it's not a date. I will be there in 2 minutes, are you done?" I asked
"Not yet but come inside, I want to talk to you" he said
I went to washroom, washed face and went inside from front door
"Let's go Sita"
"You are talking to a girl you just met, ignoring childhood friend" Dheeraj said
"We broke up remember" I said. I want to hug him and apologize but I can't let them know I heard their conversation and realized my fault
"Sita, wait here" he said and dragged me out. Sita smiled
"Ben, I'm sorry" he said and punched me
What the f***"
Then he hugged me " I missed you so much Ben, I can't let you act like a pig head and stay away from me"
I punched him and hugged back
"I'm sorry Dheeraj, I should have done this before instead of sulking... I missed you too"
"Sita is the only one who could knock sense into you" he said smiling. I looked at him confused
"I saw you coming out of restroom, then enter from front door. You heard our conversation, didn't you"
I laughed
"I'm so happy for you Ben, Sita is perfect for you" he congratulated me
"In less than a week you knocked her" he teased. "Look at you blushing"
"We will drop Sita home and let's talk" i said
"Yes, we need to talk" he said
As soon as we entered, Sita hugged me and Dheeraj
"I'm so happy, you both made up. I want treat" she said excitedly. Even with everything going on, she thinks about others. I kissed her cheek
"Ben, this is India..." Dheeraj teased, Sita blushed
"Since I met Sita, everyone, Achchamma, dad, mom, Joseph, you is reminding me that I'm in India"
"That's because you are totally whipped by an American girl and everyone is scared to see your kids before marriage"
F***! I looked at Sita, she looked away blushing
"And you let everyone know how brutally you knocked her" he continued
"Shut up" i shouted. This is so embarrassing, everyone is not going to leave this forever. We went home in Dheeraj's car, dropped Sita and went to farm house
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Ego over Relations
General FictionGirl runaway from home to escape from marriage only to be betrothed to a stranger. They fall in love but their ego and families come in their way. Can they overcome the hurdles and become one?
