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Chapter 1
"Chotte, when are you going to introduce us to your girlfriend?" Anjali pleaded as she limped after her brother who'd just returned from the office.
"Di, we've spoken about this before; I'm not ready to introduce her to the family." Arnav replied, closing his eyes with regret. He hated lying to his Di; but the topic about his love life and marriage had reached a point of exhaustion where he had literally shouted at his family that he already had a girlfriend and did not need them to find him one.
"Arnav bitwa, don't you think it's time that we found you a girl?" Nani asked her grandson. "You've had plenty of time to find one for yourself but you are always tied up in your work that you hardly have enough time for a love life."
Arnav took in a deep breath to calm down his quickly rising anger.
"Nani's right Chotte, I really want a sister-in-law; I want to see you happy," Anjali added, throwing in her puppy dog face look.
Already frustrated from a long day at work, Arnav stood up suddenly from the dining table; his chair screeching loudly against the marble floor as he did so. His family winced at the sound, but his face remained masked of any emotion. He was sick and tired of them pleading and encouraging him to find a woman. Don't they understand that he was not interested?
"You will do no such thing Nani because I already have a girlfriend." Arnav bluffed and immediately left the room soon after acting ignorant to the shocked faces of his family.
He only wished now that he could take back what he said that night. Since then, his family had been digging and hinting (not very subtly) about his non-existent girlfriend. But hell, he couldn't even tell them her name because she doesn't exist! He thought frustratedly.
"I don't care what you say Chotte but she is to be here and to stay with us for the upcoming Diwali celebrations and Akash's wedding. Tell her to pack her bags for a month because she will be staying as a guest at our home."
Arnav's eyes widened comically.
"What the-?" He started, astonished. "But Di ... I can't ... She can't ..." Arnav was rendered speechless.
"I thought that you and Nani didn't approve of any live-in situations Di." He finally said after he took himself out of his shocked mode, smirking proudly at the excuse he had come up with.
"Chotte, I'm not oblivious. Our family were not aware but I know that you've had relationships before ... and I also know that they were physical ones mainly," She paused blushing. Arnav felt his cheeks burn as well in shame that his sister knew about his escapades. "You've never mentioned any of your previous girlfriend's to us before; and suddenly you're protecting your relationship being ruined by Nani and I requesting to find you a wife. You wouldn't have done so if she didn't mean anything to you. You're in love Chotte, I can see it. Please, please introduce this wonderful girl in your life to your Di?" She pleaded, her eyes starting to brim with tears.
For the second time that night Arnav found himself speechless and unconsciously started nodding. He quickly realised what he did when the tears suddenly disappeared from Anjali's eyes and was replaced with a beaming smiled.
"Great! Now go freshen up and come down for dinner!" She giggled; and Arnav could have sworn that she practically skipped out of his room.
Groaning he fell on his bed, running a hand over his tired face. What had he got himself into?
INDEX
Chapter 1: Above
Chapter 2: Below
Chapter 3: Link
Chapter 4A: Link
Chapter 4B: Link
Chapter 5: Link
Chapter 6: Link
Chapter 7: Link
Chapter 8A: Link
Chapter 8B: Link
Chapter 8C: Link
Chapter 9: Link
Chapter 10: Link
Chapter 11: Link
This is now a completed Fan Fiction.
Author's Note (A.N.)
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