Sparkle in a Speck - Page 45

Good morning i just checked what u said was correct , i didn't give it so much thought because all the three thread I'm reading have the last chapter and i cross checked , I didn't know pages were missing.... Il check with the other threads and update you , if any chapters are missing or just the pages ..

So I just checked 4th thread all the chapters are there , I don't know how did they manage to shrink the pages like that , but each and every chapter is present..... Il check with the other threads too and il update thank you tej.... I didn't know the pages were missing until u mentioned.....

“U told me”

“No I am going to meet a guy for marriage”

“Cool” he said after staring at her face interminably

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Wedding Luck

She was a bit startled by his reaction

She had hoped for more?

She would wonder about it at home, but managed to appear nonchalant

This is going to be so embarrassing when Nakul M and I are not going to work out

“I just thought we should explore the date option there for a li; while I guess” she smiled sheepishly

Her eyes sparkled he noticed with a inaudible graon

She was gorgeous, loose tendrils framing her face, her large voluminous cotton mirrorwork bag filled with stuff.

He was sure she had a house and a car in there she could pull out with aplomb

“I better go” she nodded as if making a mental note

“Tests are on consecutive weeks before his final school exams”

He said to her back she paused and turned around

“Consecutive weeks?” she was furious

“Did you want him to test out the same day?”

“Umm”

“He is 13, you think he can do both tests of algebra on the same day?” he scoffed

“You are concerned about your nephew now?”

“I always was”

“Who gets the 2nd week?” “YOU?”

“You can have it” he smiled gently

She felt like a fool

She could never predict what he was going to give in to

He was cool smooth and oh so inscrutable

“I can actually teach one extra week?” she asked him astonished

“Hmm” he nodded crossing his arms across his chest

“Tumhe lose karne ka hai?” she giggled like a child

He felt a stirring inside

“Maybe?” he whispered not letting go of the gaze

They stood staring at each other

“Then you shouldn’t have spent time teaching the kid” she tried to figure him out

“Doesn’t matter… Pankaja” he stressed

“Oh yeah I HAVE to win… I don’t want to be Pankaja” she growled

“What DO you want to be” he approached her slowly

“Rich, carefree, hot and pampered” she blurted without thinking

He registered all the asks attentively

She realized she had just told him her life’s mission

“Welll… you have one thing taken care of already” he grinned devilishly

“You mean pampered? YES… Love ma Ajj”

“Ah” he nodded without revealing he was going to say “Hot”

Jaati hai mai” she whispered

“Good luck with the wedding”

“Thanks” she smiled genuinely

“We all need it” he thought to himself wryly

He would have been a man with a kid, or kid on the way…. If his fiancée Mithila Karanth hadn’t dumped him at the altar

He knew he was never getting married again

He wondered how anyone could trust a relationship

Every damn thing was a hoax. Most marriages were inches from falling apart

His parents had a wonderful one

But Aai had to check out early leaving Baba a aimless mess

He felt a lump in his throat when he thought of Aai. She would have made it all better for him he thought

He was going to hook up with women, make money and have a good time………….

The guys are more vulnerable, if only they could express it.

For the missing pages mystery, it happens from time to time when IF deletes comments that are too short. Not sure what length is required.

It messes up the index when that happens. You will just have to go page by page and browse for chapters. That's what I had to do when I read the story.

Us women do have a lot in our purses. Everything the whole family needs ends up in there. A house and a car? She has some serious magic going to pull that off.

She expects a fight for everything. When he gives in easy, it throws her for a loop.

He got dumped at the altar? Its worse than we thought. It had seemed like the engagement broke off or something. But being left at the altar would scar anyone.

More he hooks up with other women, farther he will get from Punky. Once her tutoring stint is done, will they even run into each other?

Rich, carefree, hot and pampered……

Now i know what i want to be