this is a very short one guys. I'll update more sooner.
Part 7:
Jai drinks his drink while he stares at Bani, dancing with a man, enjoying herself. He didn't know why, but her smile would just make his day, it'd brighten it up. This was probably the sixth man bani has danced with. Jai smiles to himself and continues to drink. Pia follows jai's gaze towards her sister, getting the message. She walks over to Jai who has isolated himself from everyone else. Pia leans her elbows against the counter and stares at Jai, who is too busy looking at bani. She coughs to get his attention, but fails.
Pia: If you want to dance with her, then why don't you?
Jai looks away from bani and to a smirking Pia, staring back right at him.
Jai: What'd you say?
Pia: I said that if you want to dance with her, then why don't you?
Jai: (looks away) I don't know what you're talking about.
Pia: (giggles) Don't think that I'm dumb. Ever since we came to this party, I've seen you eyeing my sister. Why don't you ask her to dance with you?
Jai shrugs his shoulders and looks back to Bani, looking beautiful in her silky backless red dress and her hair pinned up nicely. He quickly finishes his drink and walks away towards the dance floor, leaving pia behind.
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Bani was definitely enjoying herself in the party, everyone was so nice and friendly. The French gentleman were very well mannered and kind to Bani. Many asked her to dance, she couldn't refuse. As the French man, bani is dancing with, twirls her around, bani sees Jai walking up to her. Right that second, her heart does a flip and she blushes, for reasons she did not know. "May I cut in?," Jai asks politely to bani's dance partner, who looks a bit disappointed at first but agrees, and walks away. Jai places his right hand around bani's waist and his left hand grasping bani's right. Bani looks away from jai, not knowing what to do or say, but smiles silently to herself. She wraps her hands around the back of jai's neck and places her head to rest on his shoulder, letting him lead her to the soft music. "You look very beautiful tonight, bani…," jai whispers into her ear, making her blush to the core. Bani looks deep into his eyes and smiles.
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Aarti walks over to pia, who is watching her sister dance with jai walia, silently.
Aarti: hey, pia! Have some gum?
Pia: (not looking away from the two) no, check in di's purse.
Aarti walks over to the side table, with bani's black purse on it. She opens it searching through it for some gum or any type of mint. Her fingers touch something circular and she finds a diamond ring in bani's purse. Aarti look at it, questioningly. Bani's cell phone rings, the screen flashing the name "Raj Patel" on it. Aarti is a bit hesitant to pick up the phone, but she does.
Aarti: (innocently) Hello? (still holding onto the ring)
Raj: Hello? Bani? What the hell, Bani?! I've been calling for such a long time! You, my fiance, haven't called me once ever since you left to Europe, I demand for an explanation!
Aarti: (speechless)
"Did he just say fiance?!," she thinks to herself, "Is Bani engaged?".
Raj: Why are you silent?! Damn it talk! (long pause) shit, never mind. I have to go, but I expect a phone call from you, you hear me?
Aarti: (imitating bani's voice) yes.
Raj hangs up. Aarti is too shocked to say anything. Why didn't bani tell her that she is engaged?! Aarti looks at the engagement rings, resting on her palm. "Why isn't she wearing her ring?," she asks herself.
