Perfect RomCom Couple

Chapter 26 - Arranged Marriage?

I was stepping downstairs when I saw Aahan, Dad, and Mom whispering about something.

"Why are you guys whispering?" I asked them.

"Nothing. We were just waiting for you. Let's go," my dad said, starting to walk toward the garage.

I looked at Mom, and she was smiling like a kid in a candy shop.

"What's happening, Mom?" I asked her.

"Nothing, beta. I am just very, very happy today," she said, patting my back and walking behind Dad.

I just shrugged it off and followed them out to the garage.

Mom and Dad were taking their own car, and Aahan came with me in mine.

I connected my phone to Bluetooth and put my playlist on shuffle.

I started the car and followed Dad's car because I didn't know the way to Agastya's house.

"So, what were you guys talking about?" I asked Aahan.

"They didn't know how to tell you that you are adopted and your birth parents want to meet you," he said.

"You's the are's the mentally's the sick's the bro's," I replied in our language. It's actually very easy—we put "the" in front of every word and "s" at the end.

"You's the shut's the up's," he replied back.

I knew I wasn't going to get any information from him, so I let it go and increased the volume of the song.

My dad took a left toward Malabar Hill (which, FYI, is one of the posh areas in Mumbai).

I followed him to a mansion.

I mean—I don't even know how to describe it.

It was simply mesmerizing.

White.

Huge pillars.

A fountain at the entrance.

I parked next to Dad's car and got out.

Aahan had already abandoned me and gone inside.

I looked around for Mom and Dad—

but they had disappeared.

Looks like I'm on my own today.

But it felt strange.

Because they have never done this before.

We always stick around each other at parties.