Part VI
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Last part, title dene mein darr lag raha hai 😆😆😆
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Rayan sighed to himself, sitting here with Neha for lunch, on Jhanvi's fantastic idea, glancing around he glares at Jhanvi who laughing away to glory with her college friends...whom they accidently bumped into when-- He Jhanvi & Neha had entered into this resturant...Rayan can swear, its not just a mere coincidence...how Jhanvi friends end up at same resturant...
Rayan rolls his eyes as he realises, its Jhanvi's plan, so as not to join him & Neha for lunch...as He had literally forced Aunty to make Jhanvi join them...when Jhanvi was making plans for sending him & Neha for lunch...
Only he knows how much he had to coax Madhu aunty to let Jhanvi accompany them on lunch...it was only her forcing that Jhanvi joined them...since Jhanvi cudn't refuse her mother...she came up with this stupid plan...
Once again he glances over Jhanvi for nth time, to find her giggling away with her friends & acting completely innocent and unaware of what she is putting Him through... For a moment he was mesmerized with her tinkling laughter...how her eyes sparkled, as she laughed away with her friends...
His chain of thoughts broke as he heard...Neha's voice
Neha (cleared her throat)"So, you're planning for us to just sit here for the rest of lunch, are you?
Rayan (sheepishly)"Sorry... didn't mean to be rude to you... Instead of striking a conversation with you, I am just making this even more awkward than it already is...
Neha (smiled)"ofcourse it is, already I feel out of place as my family knows so much about you except me... they simply adore you...(added after a pause) So, tell me how your stay has been so far...
Rayan (nodding)-- Your family has been very kind to me ever since I have arrived. (smiled) they have made my whole experience in India very warming...much more than I had expected it to be...
Neha"That means...you are growing to attached to the family... as much as they like you
Rayan -You can say so...(ended with a smile)
Neha(smirked)--& what about Jhanvi??
Rayan choked on his soup, he is thrown off by this sudden question...he looks at her closely as if trying to scrutinize her."excuse me!! What about her...
Neha (smiled)"well, a simple question...Do you like her??
Rayan (confused)"Sorry!! What you are getting at??
Neha (calmly)"nothing particular Rayan...a straightforward question & simple answer from you Yes or No...
Rayan instead of taking offence of her taunting, merely smiles in an amused manner...
Rayan --& If my answer is Yes, infact If I say feelings are much beyond "Like". Then??
Neha"In dat case, I wud say being elder sister (paused)...you have my blessings Boy...wish two of you happy married life...
Rayan (shrugs)--blessings or no blessings...I would take her away from here either way... I am not afraid of anything or anyone... It is your sister who is afraid...
Neha (sighs)-- cant blame her, poor girl is hung up on the fact that you came to India to see me...not her. It will take her a little while to understand that nothing had been finalized & there was no decision made...
Rayan (smiled)" Our meeting is quite different from what I had imagined it... I didn't think we would be speaking so bluntly about how I like your sister instead...
Neha (laughed)-- You on the other hand are exactly how I imagined you...(seeing Rayan confused look she smiled) straightforward & Impatient ...& smitten by my sister, that u cant take your eyes off her...😛😆
Rayan chuckles at her reply realizing Neha had noticed that he had been eyeing her sister throughout lunch 😛😆...
At same moment Jhanvi had turned around & she saw Rayan & Neha smiling together she felt the same pain in her heart everytime she used to see them together...
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It was the day, Rayan's parents were to arrive, Aniket-Madhu went to receive them at airport...leaving Jhanvi-Neha-Rayan back home...Jhanvi-Neha were busy tidying up things & preparing to welcome Rayan's parents...& Rayan sat at the dining table fiddling with his phone...
Jhanvi though conscious of his presence in his room, but also relieved that Neha is with her, it's minutes later Neha's cell rings & she excuses herself from Jhanvi to attend the call... not before winking at Rayan who hides his growing smile...
Jhanvi watches as Neha busy chatting with her friend, moves to walk towards her room...leaving Jhanvi alone with Rayan...realising the fact, Jhanvi walked towards the kitchen...not liking the idea of being in same room with Rayan...
As she turned around from stove, to get a thing from the fridge...she bumped hard into something...almost scaring her...realising its Rayan, she made a move to walk past him...but found him blocking her path..
Jhanvi (nervously)"Um ...u want something...I am a little bzy...need to check on food...(she turned around towards the stove)...Uncle aunty are abt to arrive...they...(she paused as she saw Rayan leaning forward & closing the stove)
Rayan"I dont care if u are bzy...I want to talk to you...(smirked) & Uncle Aunty are my Mom-Dad, they have no problem in waiting for lunch... (Jhanvi stil made a move to walk past...when he caught her wrist ..stopping her from leaving, Jhanvi looks on at him curiously) actually...had got something for you...A gift which I had thought wud give you later, before everyone, as Mom suggested, as she also wants to gift something...but guess I want to give my gift before her...
Jhanvi (confused)"What?? You got me a gift??
Rayan nods his head & his heart skips a beat as Jhanvi smiles the same old sweet smile that had first made him smitten by her...Rayan, reaches out to her wrist he has been holding & stretching it places a small box onto it...
Rayan"There you Go...Open it...
Jhanvi does so by tugging on the box, opening which seconds later she gasps at the sight of her present sliding out onto her hand... She gazes at it for quite some time until she looks back up at a smiling Rayan...she is at loss of words as she gazes back the same designer diamond danglers, which she was fascinated at the store when days back, she went shopping with him...
Jhanvi (shocked)"this...Rayan...you...why...
Rayan (smiled)--I knew you really liked them despite how many times you tried telling me you didn't... I went back to the store and got them for you...(teased) & mind you, the owner did recognised me as the "good husband"😛😆
Jhanvi stares into his eyes for a moment before switching them down onto her danglers in her palm and feels a surface of emotions arise in her by this gesture of his.
Rayan(curious)"You still like them...Don't you !!
Jhanvi (sincerely)"I love them...Thank you...
Rayan looks relieved as well as happy by the way she beams at him...& appreciated his gift somewhere he was apprehensive she may reject the gift but seeing her affectionately running her fingers along the danglers, but his next move startles her as he reaches out and cups her cheek with his hand...staring at her intently with his piercing eyes...
Rayan (moving closer)"I wanted to give you something special for you to remember...as I let you know the most important...& you will remember it everytime...you will wear these danglers 😊😊
Her hands slightly trembling from their close proximity, Jhanvi drops one of the danglers from her hand which makes a cluttering noise as it hits the floor...It draws Rayan's attention to it who looks down...& picks it back up...& moves closer to make her wear the danglers...
Too lost in his soft touch, as he made her wear the danglers...& not knowing what else to do, she silently watches as he moves further close to screw the danglers...
Rayan (moving back)--They look great on you...
Jhanvi mumbles a thank you...& Rayan breaks into a wide smile and his eyes meet hers once more...For a long minute neither of them speak as they are caught in the spellbinding moment...Until Jhanvi breaks the silence...
Jhanvi (curious)"You said you wanted to say something important...
Rayan smile realizing he is yet to say what he had decided to... he lightly begins tracing the features of her face with his fingers as his eyes soften and stay fixed on her...
Rayan (moving closer)"Oh yes!! I was supposed to tell you... (whispered)"Main- tumse- pyaar- kartha-hoon"
Jhanvi's pulse races fast and she feels her breathing shake as nerves tighten in her chest... Her heart thumps hard just when Rayan's face inches closer to hers, their noses brushing, and tilting his head slightly to the side... It is when she can feel his own breath fan her face that she snaps out of it and turns her face the other way, making Rayan miss her lips by a second... Jhanvi almost pushed him back...bringing a distance b/w them
Jhanvi -Rayan...are you crazy...this is wrong...
Rayan (confused)"wrong?? No it cant be, I know I learnt it correctly this time 😛...I even cross checked...& I know the meaning...its I
Jhanvi (turned other side)"Stop joking Rayan, You are here for Di... your wedding will be fixed with her... Both Mama and Anu Aunty approve of your match with Di... infact they wud be here soon to talk about your & Di's engagement (close to tears) Please---don't do this to me... I can't do what you want me to do... I can't cheat everyone like this...
He grabs her elbow making her turn to himself, taking her face into his hands, steering her over to meet his gaze. His insides sink on seeing tears brimming in her warm honey eyes. He tenderly wipes one away that manages to escape...
Rayan (pissed off)"I get to decide who I belong to or not...& its true Mom-Dad are here for engagement because I have called them... & don't know what your Mom & my Mom decided...but I know my Mom very well, she will never approve of Neha & my alliance after I confessed to her that I don't want anything to do with Neha because ...(paused)
Jhanvi (Looks up at him)"because??
Rayan gazes deeply into her eyes as he confesses
Rayan -because (clears his throat) will have to do it again...Ok, ...--kyunki, "Main- tumse- pyaar- kartha-hoon...(chuckles) as I said, this time I very well know, what I'm saying in Hindi... I love you... and that is the truth...
Jhanvi's heart skips a beat and her whole insides tingle from his words... She looks at him with transfixed awe... He gathers her close and stares down at her...too overwhelmed with surfacing emotions, she feels like she might just choke right then and there...her eyes tear up with happiness as professes her own truth to him as well...
Jhanvi (smiling through her tears)"I love you too "Ray"...
Rayan breaks out into a satisfied smile as he has longed to hear those three words from her mouth the moment he laid his eyes on her and takes her lips in his into a gentle, yet passionate kiss. His fingers make their way into her silky hair and he sighs in content as he holds her close against him...
After what seems like a century to them, Rayan slowly caresses her bottom lip before drawing back and resting his forehead against hers, nuzzling their noses together...they break only apart when they hear Neha clearing her throat noisily...
Neha"just curious to know, my to be brother -in-law...is it safe for me to open the door, where your parents are waiting to be welcomed inside...& later you can have all this officially "kiss the bride" session 😛😆😆
Rayan-Jhanvi both share a look at this and grin... the thought of marriage exciting them both and sending their insides in frenzy...Jhanvi blushes from embarrassment on being caught by her sister who stands at kitchen doorway giving her teasing looks but she hides her face in Rayan's chest as he pulls her into his arms...
Rayan"See, Your little sister loves to be in my arms...what to do...she cant keep her hands off me...
Jhanvi smacked him & moved back as door bell rang again, indicating Rayan's parents arrival...since their arrival...Jhanvi doesn't remember how much she had blushed...& which different shade of pink she had turned everytime her di has teased her alongwith Surbhi...As both parents give their consent...
Rayan grins himself from relief, frankly somewhere he was skeptical about Jhanvi's parents but he was happy that they were as happy with the alliance and turns to meet Jhanvi's eyes who shines radiantly back at him, bearing the same look as his...as he slips on the engagement ring, which his mother asked him to slip on Jhanvi's delicate finger...
Neha (feeding sweet to jhanvi)"maine toh pehle hi kaha tha...Mr. America is not for me, tu shadi karle isse... (making Jhanvi blush)
Jhanvi smiles to herself...gazing at shining solitaire in her finger, & gazes adoringly at her handsome American fiance beside, wondering how Mr.Mehmaan became her heart's permanent & exclusive occupant
The very girl who resented the American stranger from the beginning had unknowingly managed to give her heart away to her Mr.America...
++++THE END++++
+++++To Continued++++
😛 Oops, will see, if i can add on Epilogue 😛😛😛😆😆😆
If anyone wud be interested 😛If not, in that case, its Curtains down to the FF 😃😃
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Thank you to one & all...
A special wala thank you to sutapabanerjee, for being the reason behind for me to reopen the thread...& continue the FF, when I had given up on it 😃😃...& also thank you for being a constant reminder ...that I have to update this FF too 😆😆😆 it worked as a good incentive for a lazy bum like me 😃😃😃
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