Pride & Prej with a twist - Page 38

The Wickham angle surfacing ......waiting with bated breath for further developments

And fondly remembered II’s first calculation on the cost of pastries for Ranjan 😊😊

We land up tying anything.....and everything to Sosy effortlessly , don’t we 😀😀

They are alone... Can't wait more ... Please give us one more Nisha.

“Make sure you ask him (Abhishek) if he is related to me?” he reminded her blandly

“Ah… umm… Ohh?” “Umm… yeah” she nodded

Akash looked confused

Raanav and Viveka knew"

That atom of Raanav which got placed in her subconscious is seriously starting to get charged now. LONG LIVE THE PASTRY!

He has her go umm, oh, yeah, ba ba ba😆

It's an interconnected universe here as well and so pastries feel their kinship too.

Now that I am reading SOSY, I can understand the associations with that story. Today the sari and nose ring did that for me.

We see the first sign of politeness from Raanav.

Now Viveka is off to meet the boyfriend. Abhishek will be home by himself, so a makeout session is possible. He will try at least.

It's the first time viveka and raanaav shared something between them....may be a start of a long list kn somethings in the long run

Raanav is reminding her of their private conversation in front of her father..

And he's reminding her not to forget him when she's off to meet her boyfriend !

I'm loving it 😳

Among the 3 guys, after Abhishek, now even Raanav might be on the way to make a favourable case in front of Aakash... par bechara Inder!

He seems to be the most decent guy out of the 3, but still gets the most brickbats from the Mathur parents 😆

At least

She was too excited to see Abhishek at first to ask him anything. Then towards the end of her visit, she asked him if he was related to his Dad’s employer, or the CEO

“Yeh kya question hai yaar?” he laughed hard

“I mean… I am just checking” “Not CHECKING but asking” she quickly recovered

“Of course not… main pakka Mumbaikar hai, they are from MP?Or UP or Rajasthan” he shrugged derogatorily

“Oh”

“Why do u even ask?” he cuddled her

“Because I wanted to”

He squeezed her arm

His Dad was too exhausted to go to work, so there was no making out

She was too afraid to go beyond holding hands, and it was truly hard

“my grandparents are coming by tomorrow”

“To phir?”

“My Mom is in Ireland”

“To?”

“I don’t know when I can meet” she made a face

“main aa jaata hoon…” he whispered necking her

She let him for a second and pulled away

“I should shave nahi?”

She squirmed… she wanted to have such an intimate conversation about facial hair but the thought of his Dad being inside gave herPTSD about the Naina event a month ago

“My sister was making out with her BF and my Papa was asleep on the swing, he came out”

He began to laugh amused

“U think its funny”

“Main hota to ek dum se kat leta” he laughed and shook his head

“Well I guess Inder stayed” she said with a faraway look

“Fiance’ hai kya?”

“Oh no… NAHI hai, tabhi” she giggled

“How many sisters do u have?” he asked curiously”

“naina and then twin teens… teen twins… I know some days it feels like I have 10” she laughed

She lay on his shoulder and they went on their phone

“My Papa is making Italian”

“Tujhe aata hai?”

The proprietorial “Tujhe” did not go unnoticed, she smiled

“Kyon hasi?”

“You said TU”

“Kyon?”

“My Dadi and Ma anD Papa sab chidte hain TU se… pakka UP you know”

“Arey… aisa kuch nahi yaar… TU bhi chalta hai” he insisted

She hugged him tight

“I love how you are I don’t care about most things”

“Har baat ki fiqar nahi kar sakta main” he said bitterly

“I am sorry I asked if u are related to your Dad’s boss”

“Ekdum locha question tha maloom” he nodded

“I am … pata nahi” she had the discretion to not elaborate

“Party mein kya pehan rahi hai?”

“I will wear whatever you want me to wear” she sighed

He started to laugh

“I wont be coy… but… u know… I … no… I will be wearingclothes” she laughed

It occurred to her for a brief second, how theirconversations had taken a turn from being all about academia to research toscholarly articles to now…. Getting l—d

They rarely spoke about their love for Economics and socialsciences

She went quiet when that thought occurred

“I have something for you”

Her heart skipped a beat

“Ma is just going to kill me”

“Please don’t be a ring… please please don’t be a ring” she fervently wished in her mind

“Oh God no”

His phone rang, so he took the call from a student about how to download from Google Drive

“Papa will kill me” she suddenly felt uncomfortable

Bua will get even more reason to gossip, and what about DADI?

Oh God!!

he pulled out a nicely gift wrapped box

Her 200 bpm heart relaxed instantaneously, it was long likea pencil box

She unwrapped the finely wrapped box to find a Apple watch

“Oh my God… This is too expensive… I cant take this” she whispered setting it on the coffee table

He grabbed her turned her around and approached to kiss her

She gingerly leaned back… placing a hand on his chest

“Abhishek… I get it… u feel close but this is too expensive”

“Cmon yaar” he was approaching again

She stood up, tying her disheveled hair in a knot “I nevergot anything for you”

“Koi baat nahi” he winked

They heard sounds inside

She picked up the box and set it under the coffee table

His Dad appeared, greeted and chatted and she hung out foranother hour and left

Papa was asleep she stayed up with Naina dissecting the psychology of her relationship

“Did u guys start tearing off each others clothes after meeting at Bua’s?” she checked

“Oh we were ready to do it at Bua’s” Naina whispered

“Oh really?”

“HAAN… like ANIMALS” Naina laughed like a maniac

“If you don’t feel that urge its not like there isn’t any attraction right”

“I mean… you should WANT it Veev”

“Oh I DO”

“I was desperate for Inder to touch me”

Viveka went into her mind and thought about how she reacted

“Don’t say its been too long Veev, I ve been with 3 guys…and Inder send me to the NASCAR speedway”

“Ive been with a guy too… you know… may be I am older sofeel less hungry”

“Sure… you are 80 I get it”

The girls smacked each other with pillows

“You have to feel that smoldering hunger in the pit of yourstomach Veev… otherwise you are wasting your time… there are a million hottiesout there I can ask Inder” she giggled

“U are mad… DON’T… I am NOT hating him or anything”

“The fact that you feel like comparing notes tells me,thefire has not been lit”

“I LOVE his mind… I could listen to him for hours and weeks” “Mmmmm” Viveka settled backwith her eyes closed

“Yeah but poverty doesn’t give me an o----m”

Viveka opened her eyes the girls began to laugh again

“At least he doesn’t turn me off” Viveka thought trying not to question the heat index too much

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“Dada you can go with me, then Mom & Dad will be fine”

Kalyani Parashar was Satyen’s younger brother’s daughter, she studied art in Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden Germany

The parents lived in Calcutta, where Manish Parashar ran a chemical company, also a subsidiary to Power Engg Systems… in partnership with Balmer Lawrie

She was their only child, she had studied in Delhi University and then now studied a masters type program over there

“chale jao” Smrita loved the wealthy… she hugged Kalyani fondly

She was an attractive 23 year old for sure, slender with a short crop of silky smooth hair

“I cant… Dad wants me to wrap up the fiber optic thing in the next month and move to Singapore for a while” Fibertek Kabel APAC Pte Ltd (the Singapore alliance partner)

“Dada pleeeeez go for a week” Kalyani jumped up and down

“Dekho, kood rahi hai”

“Rakshit can go”

“He is boring, he only talks about Anusha”

Smrita laughed out loud

“That’s rude” Raanav didn’t like it

“I am kidding Dada pleeez”

“When is he back from Aurangabad?”

“Pata nahi… Dad mko poochho I don’t know… I texted him he said the same thing”

Raanav texted him

“Agar iski sagai ho gayi to tum kya karogi?”

“Well I doubt he will talk so much about her” Kalyani was sure

Raanav looked up from his phone and flashed a perfect smile

“Anything to make me go to Dresden?”

“I guess” Kalyani smiled softly

“You need to convince him to let me do some match making” Smrita cooed to her niece

“dada… please”

“OK JUST for a week”

“Areey main yaha match making” Smrita hollered and both the kids started walking back into the house

Smrita texted her friend “I am still working on him”

“My daughter has like 4 guys interested”

“Nice” Smrita texted

“I believe that” she mocked out loud

She didn’t like anyone being better than her

Savita Shrivastav’s SIL … umm.. that lady got under her skin… whatever the name was

She leaned back on the lounge chair and shut her eyes to channel Anubha

She was an Engineer, smart confident and successful

Atleast she is not rich… Smrita opened her eyes

Suddenly everything about Abhishek, his Tu, his getting too familiar with veev, his main hota to kat lega is all leaving a bad taste in my mouth!!!!

How did this guy, who had a sharp wit, quick on his feet suddenly become uncultured kind!! Where did his sophistication go ?!

Something about him is starting to make her go Hey! Hold on ! Something doesn't feel right!

Aaaah....the sister angle has also come into play !!!! Layer upon layer revealing and yet concealing a lot !!

Kudos as always Nisha !

Love how Veev’s mind is working and questioning her feelings...also the fact that the father was too tired to go to work, becoming the reason for no rewind of the Jaipur saga 😀😀

would love to know more about what makes Smrita tick. If she is unsettled by Anu, I hope it’s because she is highly qualified and successful in what she does. Please share more about Smrita and what makes her what she is ......with the Kitu Gidwani face etched firmly in my mind, Iam very curious about her 😊