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"So, what are you doing sweetie? Missing me?"
"Of course…..It's so boring here……just study, study, study….no party!"
"Ah, well…..when you come back, we'll party! Right now you gotta study so when we get married" he purposely drawled on the word 'married', "we can be rich, right sweetie?"
"Right,"Nikki giggled.
Her roommate called her. "Nikki?"
"Umm…Raj I gotta go! I'll call you later. Love you, bye!"
"Love you too!" he hung up.
***
Raj Malhotra hung up feeling very guilty. Nikki's a nice girl, he thought. I shouldn't be doing this to her and her family. But he knew he had no other choice. His sister was getting married in two months, and the groom's family demanded a heavy dowry.
Raj had come from a good family. They were respectable, affluent – but all that was buried when his father died. He had been killed by the people from whom he had borrowed money. Later, Raj had learned that all their wealth had come from the borrowed money. They were over their heads in debt. It all came down on him. He was the eldest; he was the one who had to make this work. Soon, his sister fell in love with a man many times richer than them. He needed to get the money from somewhere.
So he devised a plan. He used to go to Sanjeevani hospital as an engineer to fix the machines, and he shared a good rapport with Shashank Gupta. So when he asked Nikki's hand in marriage, it was no big deal for Shashank to hand over his daughter.
Shashank thought he was marrying his daughter into a good family, but in actuality, Raj was the only good one in the family. Raj's mother had taken to drugs after his father had died, and she shut herself in her room now, only coming out if she needed something. His sister, Shivani, worked as a bar tender, and she had had multiple affairs with married men. His brother, Yuvraaj (known as Yuvi), had a greedy and lustful eye for anything that pleased him.
And what about Raj? Raj himself was a great guy – hardworking, intelligent, and humble. But he loved someone else.
Suvarna Chadda had understood her love when he told her that he was getting married to someone else. Raj had told her it was only temporary, and that he would divorce Nikita as soon as he got the dowry in his hands.
Raj knew he was cheating the Gupta family. But what could he do? He was helpless.
He broke out of his musings when he heard his name.
"Raj! Raj?"
He turned and saw Suvarna calling him into the pub.
"Kiska phone tha?" she enquired.
"Nikki," he replied sullenly.
"Oh…" Suvarna knew just how her boyfriend was feeling. After all, she was guilty too. She did not mean harm to Nikita; Nikita was a nice girl, but Sue loved Raj, and she knew he loved her back.
"Look Raj, don't feel guilty. Perhaps, Nikki will find someone else too!"
Suddenly, Raj's mood picked up.
"You're right, Sue. Let's go." He gave her a peck on the cheek and led her into the pub.
***
Riddhima was walking towards the market when suddenly someone banged into her.
"Oh, I'm sorry," came a deep, but sweet voice. "Sorry!"
She looked up and caught sight of him. Oh, man…I've always loved Greek…and now I get to meet a Greek god!
For a second, she stood there, gaping at him, until he cheekily said, "I know I'm handsome, but could you stop staring?"
She spluttered. "What? I wasn't staring at you! You bumped into me! Say sorry!"
"Errr…..for your information, I've already said sorry….twice."
"Oops" she blushed. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay…Now let's not start a sorryfest here. I'm Armaan, Armaan Mallik," he said as he held out his hand.
Even his name sounds Greek god-ish, she thought.
Timidly, she took his outstretched hand and shook it. "I'm Riddhima, Riddhima Gupta."
Armaan's mind whirled. Gupta? Did she say Gupta? He looked at her eyes and found himself looking at the greenest eyes that he had ever seen. No, he decided,she's not the one. Abhi's has the big brown eyes.
"Well, Armaan, it was nice meeting you. I have to go. I'll see you later?"
"Wha-? Oh…oh, yeah….yeah, sure…see ya!"
He watched her as she walked past him to the market. If she's not the one, then where is Abhi's girl?
***
Okay, guys, short part again, I know, but I have decided that this ff will be updated either every day, or every two days! So your next update will be (hopefully) tomorrow or Thursday!
Love, Sheena
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