Chapter-47 |•|

Jealous of my bestfriend?

Author's POV

"Please, Akhira" pleaded Dhruv holding her hand. He sneaked into the guest room she is staying for the night at Chowdary's mansion.

"Stop it, Dhruv. I told you my decision. Why are you irritating me?" She hissed at him standing up and moved to the balcony.

"Okay! Tell me one exact reason why don't you want to love me. One valid reason and I won't disturb you again" he said yanking her to him making her chest hit his.

"I don't love you" she whispered with tears.

"Reason, love! I asked reason" he whispered caressing her cheek. She closed her eyes letting tears flow.

"I don't want to love you. You don't know me. Am not the one for you. You deserve someone better" she said.

"You don't have rights to decide who I deserve, cupcake. And...no one deserves anyone in this world. It's how we mould ourselves according to our loved ones. I am ready to mould me as you like baby. Please give us a chance" he whispered.

"Dhruv..." she whispered opening eyes.

"Akhira..." he whispered looking into her eyes.

"Am broken than you imagine. The Akhira you see me is not the real me. Broken Akhira can never give you what you want. Am leaving for the states in the next few months after my graduation. To Stanford University" she whispered. A tear escaped his eye.

"If you are broken let me mend you, love. You may not be the same but I love every shade in you and...am happy you got placed there...but let's..work it out together baby. Distance never matter to me" he mumbled.

"Dhruv you are not understanding. My life is so complicated...very complicated. Please leave me" she cried holding his collar mentally screaming to hold her for all her life. He wrapped his hands around her.

"I love you, Akhira. Don't pull yourself back from reciprocating my feelings" he said as he brought his face closer. Her lips trembled when his eyes fell on her lips. Bringing his face closer her stroked her cheek with his nose and moved to her lips.

"I love you. A lot" he whispered and placed his lips on her, she gasped. He pulled her closer pushing his tongue into her mouth. She wrapped her arms around his neck tiptoeing, kissing back. He grabbed her butt making her wrap her legs around his waist. He moved inside the room closing the balcony door.

"If you don't love me, stop me, Akhira. Just stop me" he said as he hovered over her on the bed. She looked away biting her lips.

"I got my answer. Trust me, I will take care of everything. Now, just forget everything and give yourself to me" whispered Dhruv. She looked at him blankly.

"You have me. I will fight for you, for us. Just trust me and give yourself, Akhira. I will take care of you, am a lawyer who aced in LLM from Hyderabad University, LLB in Delhi University, getting trained under best lawyer of our state and will soon open my firm and currently a member of legal advising board of Chowdary companies" he said.

"Do you think I am rejecting you for some material things?" She asked.

"You are rejecting me? Ask yourself, Akhira. And, I told you this because I have to show my financial state for you to trust me and your future with me. I don't care what you think about it, but it is my responsibility to make sure you have a secure life. You may not ask it but your family will as it's their responsibility to keep their daughter in the hands of a man who can show them a bright future with both love and avoiding any crisis which you have to face" he said kissing her forehead. She looked at him with tears.

"I don't know anything, Dhruv. Am confused" she whispered.

"You are confused! That means you considered me and my love, want to give me a chance. That's enough" he said and slammed his lips on hers. She pulled him to her and kissed him back. He cupped her cheek and traced his hands down her shoulders. She shivered and her body went stiff making him withdraw his hands back.

"But I can't make love to you until you say those three words from your mouth" he whispered pulling back and kissed her cheek.

"I want to marry you, I love you, Akki," said Dhruv and rolled beside her pulling her closer

'I want him for the rest of my life. I love this man very much since I saw him when he came to our home for the first time. I caught him red-handed many times when he was looking at me but he just used to flash a smile which I never felt creepy. The way his eyes linger on me every time we meet and the way he makes sure I feel comfortable even when he is busy. The sincerity in his eyes and the honesty in his words never failed to amaze me. But...but do I deserve this wonderful man? Absolutely no! My one mistake which I thought could bring peace in others life brought a Strom in my life which made me pretend a happy going girl! I don't want to lose this man ever! But...I can lose him only when he is mine...is he? No! I can't pull Dhruv in danger. He shouldn't be punished for loving me'

Akhira thought.

She turned back wiping her tears. Her phone pinged, she looked at Dhruv and saw him looking at the ceiling with hands under his head. She peeked into her phone and saw another message which never fails to make her feel inferior to herself.

"Dhruv" she whispered turning to him. He looked at her smiling and pecked her lips.

"You know you are my first. I never kissed a woman. I know, everyone jokes on this but I feel proud that I always waited for my soulmate" he said smiling. She stared at him blankly.

"Forget everything. Now, leave from here" she whispered.

"Forget? Akhira, you love me, baby. You just proved it now, you kissed me back. Am not gonna leave you" he said angrily.

"I don't love you. Go away" she whisper-yelled

He sat up angrily and rubbed his face.

"What is your fucking problem? Tell me. I will face everything. I want you and only you. You love me but you aren't accepting. You want to live your life with me but you are backing off. Why? Just tell me, why?" He yelled at her.

"Leave me. Never show your face again. You are a playboy and I will complain to Abhi bava(bil) about you torturing me in the name of love" she said. He looked at her with tears. Dhruv though annoys Abhi, he gets scared of Abhi most among all the people in this world. He know, Abhi would even kill him without even confronting him. But more than the fear he has for Abhi, he is hurt by Akhira.

He silently got off the bed and left the room wiping his tears harshly.

"I love you, Dhruv. I love you so much. I don't want to put you in pain" she cried palming her face.

•••••

The next two days went awesome with many silly fights, crazy fun, movie nights, many games but in all these Abhi didn't fail to notice Sid's odd behaviour...like regret in his eyes. Even when they are leaving back to their mansion, he just hugged Sitaara crying and was chanting 'sorry' leaving her bemused.

*

"Congratulations, Mr Chowdary! Looking forward to many more deals like this" said Riaan Sharma.

Riaan Sharma is 25 years old, 6ft tall with muscular yet lean body with Greek god looks. He is leading one of the topmost companies in Sydney, Australia and 3rd richest man in Australia. His parents live in London taking take care of their business over there. Being an NRI, born in London his culture was expected to be his hometown's but surprisingly he culture was like Indians.

"Thank you, Mr Sharma," said Abhi curtly shaking his hands with Riaan.

"We would like to see you at dinner today at our mansion if you are okay with it Mr Sharma," said Naman.

"Yeah! Sure. It's been 6 years since I tasted Indian food, I would like to join you guys, Mr Naman Chowdary" said Riaan.

"That's great! We will send our driver to pick you up in the evening" said Abhi with a poker face but he was smirking internally.

'Does he ever smile even once in his life? He is exactly like he was described in many magazines and business channels. His gaze itself intimidating' thought Riaan.

"It's fine, Mr Chowdary. I will find my way to your mansion. It's been 6 years I have gone through these lanes which gave me many memories since childhood" he said.

"You are born in London and childhood here?" Asked Naman though he didn't want to.

"I am an NRI, not my whole clan. My parents shifted to London after I born and settled down there while my grandparents and relatives are here in Hyderabad and I spent my childhood here and did my schooling here itself" said Riaan. Naman nodded.

"Then, Mr Sharma Naman will ping you the address please do come," said Abhi. Riaan nodded smiling. Shaking their hands they parted away.

*

"What about the case, Jun?" Asked Situ.

"No one is ready to take up the case even if we are paying in fortunes," said Arjun letting out a sad sigh.

"What does that mean?" Asked Sitaara.

"Firstly, police investigated about it for almost 1 year but they couldn't get single evidence, single evidence!!! Because of that, they were asked to close the case declaring it as an accident. Secondly, someone behind us is making the policemen back off from the case" said Arjun. Tear filled Sitaara's eyes.

"You remember? Vandith Singh? Viraj bhaiyya's cousin who took up his murder case, called me one night when we were in the US and told me that he got the evidence, the very next day he was dead, actually murdered but framed as an accident. That's why no one is daring to take up the case now" said Arjun.

"What happened with Viraj that day, Arjun?" Mumbled Sitaara with her head in her hands.

"And... everything is clear from Sid anna, Kabir Bhaiyya and Abhi anna," said Vikram. Sitaara hummed.

"I found few best grooms for Samaira. Contact Vindhya aunty and talk about it. I know it's very early to get married but the groom's I chose are ready to make Samaira study more infact they want to make her educated looking after her educational expenses" said Sitaara.

"Mandeep Singh, 26 years old, is a doctor too like Samaira. He completed his master's in surgery at Delhi AIIMS and junior of Viraj. He wants to study more. He is a general surgeon now and is studying CTVS. Everyone in his family is educated and are into civil services. His father is an IPS officer, his mother is an IAS officer, his brother is an IFS officer, sister in law is a board member of the Delhi medical council. Mandeep is a very kind man. I sent my men to do a background check on him, he is very neat. No girlfriends in past, no alcohol or other stuff, has a huge friend circle and from joint family. So tell Samaira about this. In three months she is getting graduated MBBS and she will get married" said Situ with an emotionless face. They nodded.

"Ishaan?" Asked Aarya.

"I have to return property papers of the penthouse to Ishaan that Viraj bought for us to start our married life. It's his brother's hard work, let him enjoy it" said Sitaara as a tear rolled down her eyes remembering their wedding day in past. They hummed as even they fell in silence unable to talk over this topic.

"Samaira is calling," said Vikram looking into his phone.

"Ignore" mumbled Situ and he did.

Suddenly the door opened revealing Abhi. He came inside smiling widely and hugged Sitaara tightly. She too reciprocated it happily.

"You seem happy" she exclaimed.

"Very happy. We cracked the deal. Now, our business spread to Australia even" he said and pulled back.

"Congratulations! I know you will do this, Mani" she said cupping his cheeks and kissing his forehead.

"Because of you! Since I was in the business world, failure was never my thing but facing constant failures for 1 month just fucked me up and I felt so inferior but you made me realise my talents again and I did it" he whispered. She smiled.

"Wanna go Mumbai?" He asked. She looked at him with tears as memories rushed up to her.

"Let's go Mumbai in five days hmm?" He asked. She nodded.

"Let's go. I want to go" she mumbled with a smile. He nodded.

'Want to say many things' she thought.

"And... today our we have dinner with our business partner. We invited him to our home. Get ready" he said. She nodded.

Evening,

Everyone was busy with preparations. Sitaara and Aarya were getting ready. Sitaara cladded into a pink saree Pulling her hair into a ponytail. Lips painted with red lipstick.

Filling her partition with vermillion she adjusted her mangalsutra and a tear rolled down her cheek as she is unable to make a decision and only 5 days are left. Not even once did Abhi try to bring the topic again and behave normally like every time.

Seeing her crying, Aarya rushed to her.

"Situ, babe, you are crying? What happened?" Asked Aarya.

"Is my love for Viraj was true, Aaru?" She asked.

"What happened, Situ? Why are you asking that?" Asked Aarya and made sitaara sit on the bed.

"If we loved someone truly, then we should never feel even slight liking towards others again. But I like your brother and am not sure it's love. I still love Viraj. Very much. Like even now, am ready to go to him forever but one thought is holding me back 'What happens to my Mani if I leave him?' I can't see him broken. Leaving him to feel like dying. Living with Mani feels like killing Viraj's soul. Am struck. I don't want to cheat on Raj. I don't want to break Mani" she cried palming her face.

"You feel moving on from Viru bhaiyya is cheating on him?" Asked Aarya. Sitaara nodded.

"What if he asks you to move on?" Asked Aarya.

"He never asked me to love him, it was my feeling for him. Then, he doesn't have any right to ask me to move on too. It's my sole decision" said Sitaara.

"Then this also your decision, Situ. He always wanted you to be happy with whoever you are. Seeing our partners happy and fulfilling their wishes isn't cheating, situ. Love can happen twice, thrice multiple times with the same person or different persons but that's not cheating" said Aarya and held Sitaara's hands.

"When we were kids, we love our parents. After joining the school, we share our love with friends, after getting a job we love our colleagues, after marrying we love our partners and then kids but our love reduced ever as we grew up? No! We still love them as we did in past. Maybe not with the same intensity but we surely have an intensity making both us and the person fall in love with each other and themselves again and again" said Aarya.

"Don't think much, Situ. It's not cheating at all. It's not like you are doing this behind Viru bhaiyya's back. He surely wants this. He wants you to move on. He wants you to start your life happily" said Aarya.

Sitaara threw her head back blinking her tears still not convinced with Aarya's words.

"Okay! Am asking you again, tell me, if you were on your last breath and Viru bhaiyya was crying, you asked him to move on from him and he did! Will you feel bad? If he didn't move on from you, crying every day, got married forcefully and his partner loves him as you do, would you feel good seeing him like that? You would have been rotting in pain for leaving him like that! You want the same thing to happen with bhaiyya?" Asked Aarya.

"Crying for him when he can't come back and pushing away the person who loves you, who is making you remind your lover, who is filling the place you expected your love to fill it, is a foolish thing, Situ. You are not forgetting him! You are in love with him still because he will be an important part of life and he has to be. Situ, just think wisely. Just give a chance to yourself, my brother and give life to both of you. Don't take foolish steps. Am begging you" said Aarya.

Main hall,

Abhi was sitting in the living area in his formals; black shirt paired with grey pants and grey blazer looking deadly handsome.

"Abhi anna" they heard a scream from the entrance booming in the whole mansion. Abhi looked at the entrance and saw angry Disha.

"What is it, Disha? Why are you late?" Asked Aman.

"Ask this donkey," said Disha pointing at Dhruv.

"What happened, Dhruv? What did you do again to make her angry?" Asked Suman while Abhi pinned him with his intimidating gaze.

"I was waiting for Dhruv anna as Abhi anna was busy and so is Naman anna and my driver was sent to accompany our guest, so Abhi anna sent him and he was flirting with my enemy forgetting the time. He was about to even kiss her on roads" shouted Disha. Dhruv closed his eyes gulping the pain. Akhira rejected him during their stay here tagging him as a playboy and he is trying to forget her getting his way with girls which he never did. He composed himself putting on a playful face like every time.

"Dishu I flirted with her to get her designs from her as she copied yours once in the third year," said Dhruv smiling sweetly.

"Just stop these shitty lies. I have enough talent to win over anything and everything. I don't have to get into the wrong way to prove my talent and you don't lie! You were truly into flirting and covering up your mistakes with lies" shouted Disha.

"Great realisation dumbhead" mumbled Dhruv.

"You are gone she" yelled chasing him. Everyone shook their heads and took their seats watching them as it's common for them.

Dhruv started running faster while she was running behind him.

"Hey donkey stop right there if your life is dear to you" shouted Disha.

"Hey, piggy, run faster to catch me" shouted Dhruv laughing.

"Piggy? Seriously anna? See what am gonna do" shouted Disha and pulled out a water bottle from her bag and emptied it on Dhruv which he dodged and water fell on the person who entered. Everyone stood rooted as it was Riaan Sharma.

"What the-"

Riaan's words stuck in his throat seeing Disha who was looking at him cutely with her doe eyes widening them and her lips parted in shock.

"Mr Sharma, we are sorry. It was-"

"It's fine Mr Chowdary! Perfectly fine. I understand they were playing and it happened accidentally" said Riaan with his eyes fixed on Disha. Abhi asked Disha and Dhruv to apologise with his eyes. They nodded gulping

"Mr Sharma, we are sorry for what happened though it was an accident. We humiliated you and we are truly sorry about it. Please forgive us" said Dhruv.

"Mr Sharma, I..I didn't mean to.. do it...it was...it was to drench this donkey...I mean my brother for calling me a pig. Kindly...forgive us... please" she said stuttering making him smile.

"I didn't mean it. Let's not make it an issue. It was just water and it's only on my coat, it will dry: said Riaan.

"Mr Sharma-"

"Call me Riaan. I am usually not habituated with Mr Sharma as feel older than my age like my father's age. During office hours it's okay, but let's go with only Riaan outside the business world" said Riaan cutting off Abhi and Naman.

"Sure," said Abhi and Naman.

"If you don't feel mind I'll call you Abhi anna and Naman anna," said Riaan like a child with puppy eyes. They nodded chuckling.

"Dish, go and call your Vadhina (sil)" said Abhi. Disha nodded.

"Abhi anna you are married?" Asked Riaan.

"Yes! Approximately three months ago. I know you are shocked as there wasn't much news of me getting married and my wife, it's just I maintained a low profile about my marriage" said Abhi with a smirk thinking of something deeper and he looked at the stairs only to see Sitaara and Aarya.

"And that's my wife, Mrs-"

"Sitaara Dev Shetty" breathed out Riaan in shock. Sitaara and Aarya too froze looking at their best friend after 6 years. Tears rolled down their cheeks.

"Romeo/ Oreo" they both screamed crying running down the stairs.

"Juliet! KitKat" he whispered crying. They both hugged him tightly crying.

"You left us...you left us..6 years.. for damn 6 six years" cried Situ and Aarya.

They pulled back and Sitaara punched in his nose, slapped him hardly and continuously and Aarya slapped his other cheek. He smiled with tears and hugged them.

"No! Leave us. You left us. You left your KitKat. Do you know what happened after you left? You can't even expect Rio. You are such a worst friend. Bad, very bad" cried Sitaara at top of her lungs.

"What's happening here? Vadhina, you know Riaan?" Asked Naman while Abhi looked with a smile.

"My best friend! My Oreo! Since childhood! One day all of a sudden he left the country saying he won't come back ever" whispered Sitaara.

"For us! I had reasons" cried Riaan.

"You have done a grave mistake leaving me. You are gonna regret knowing what happened in your absence" cried Sitaara.

"I expected, KitKat. I know it would happen. I came there. I saw you. I saw everyone" he whispered hugging her making her shocked.

"You came? Did you know? Did you expect it? Then, why didn't you stop it? Why?" She cried in a whisper holding his collar.

"That was a helpless situation for me or to him. He had to give up "whispered Riaan crying.

"You bastard Riaan! How dare you come back" came Arjun's angry and loud voice. Riaan turned to him.

Within a blink of an eye, Riaan was lying on the floor with Arjun sitting on his stomach with his knees on either side of Riaan and Arjun was punching him.

"How dare you come back? Who the hell gave you the right to come back again into our lives? You fucker!" Screamed Arjun punching and also crying. Riaan gave a smile with bloodshed teeth.

Vikram pulled Arjun and held Riaan's collar pulling him to stand on his feet.

"You came back? Why? Wanna die in our hands? How dare you come back when you took an oath not to return?: Shouted Vikram and slapped Riaan. He smiled and hugged his friends.

"Am Sorry. Am extremely sorry. Please don't push me away. I cried every day and night being away from you guys. I had left for something that we all had love and bond us together" cried Riaan.

"You don't know what happened with Sitaara. You don't know how she became. She was a living corpse. Was in hospital for 3 months and in those 3 months we don't know we can save her or not. A dead person was better than her, Rio. She needed you. Like she needed bhaiyya" whispered Vikram crying so that only they could hear.

"Am sorry" said Riaan feebly and pulled back.

"Seems like I hit you harder," said Arjun touching the corner of Riaan's lips.

"It was worthy! I deserved that and soon someone deserves it may be much more" said Riaan and smirked.

"Was it? Take it more then" said Arjun and punched again. Riaan chuckled hissing in pain.

Suddenly Aarya hit on his face with a pan making everyone shock.

"That was hard one Juliet" cried Riaan.

"You deserve this too. Just thank your stars that Sitaara didn't break your bones yet" said Aarya angrily. He looked at Sitaara and found her in saree, vermillion, mangalsutra like a married woman.

"You are married?" Asked Riaan.

"To my brother," said Aarya and pulled Abhi to stand beside Situ.

"Your brother? Why are you here? This isn't your mansion, right? Yours was in next street and why am I not aware of your brothers? I even asked them if you are anyway related to him and he denied it. Why?" Asked Riaan confused.

"He is my elder brother. You used to fear him and he used to spend his time at his friend's place. After you left we went bankrupt and we had to sell that mansion and shift here. You never saw Naman anna because he used to be rarely at home due to football practice and matches" said Aarya.

"Okay... but why did Abhi anna lie to me about you not being related to him?" Asked Riaan.

"Because he knew you are that asshole best friend of us who dumped us just like that. He asked us about you when Sitaara told him how you betrayed our friendship, then we showed your pics and we found you are the one who is gonna make deal with Abhi anna companies and he made you come here lying about having no connections with Aarya so that you meet us" said Arjun.

"And... you didn't realise that it was Aarya's brothers' company because it was re-established with a different name than the previous one," said Vikram.

Sitaara looked at Abhi smiling.

"Happy?" He whispered.

"Double happy! I needed him, Mani" she whispered back. He smiled.

"Wash your mouth, you look like Vampire who drank blood just now," said Sitaara giggling. He nodded.

"We will be back," said Sitaara and all five friends went to Aarya's room. Riaan washed his mouth. Arjun gave first aid on his wounds. Aarya gave him pain tablets. Sitaara brought him fresh pair of Abhi's clothes for Riaan as his shirt is drenched in blood. He changed into it which fitted him perfectly.

"Now, tell me you knew Viraj getting murdered? If yes, you knew the murderer too" said Sitaara as a lump formed in her throat.

"No, I don't know him dying and I don't know who killed him," said Riaan.

"I heard that he was dead from friends in India and I was in China then. I took an emergency fight and came to Mumbai but when I came back everything was over. I saw you crying at his grave. Without turning back I went away, I was in so much regret that I didn't want to face you. That's when I shifted to our Australian branch from London" said Riaan.

"Then you told, you expected it, what does that mean?" Asked Sitaara.

"I expected you to break down," said Riaan not looking at her. She nodded not buying his words.

"I am not able to do anything, Oreo. No one is ready to take up the c-"

"We will investigate about it privately without anyone's notice," said Riaan cutting off her.

"But, there is no evidence and someone is crushing everything before it is coming into our hands," said Sitaara crying.

"How much we may try, we can't hide the truth. It will come out for sure. Isn't it, Arjun?" Asked Riaan.

"It will. For sure. We will try again and again" said Arjun smiling.

"We will," said all the friends in unison. Riaan hugged Sitaara making her break down.

"I promise, I won't go back until I bring justice to Viru bhaiyya" he whispered. She smiled in his chest with tears.

"Now tell me about your marriage thing?" Asked Riaan. Arjun and Vikram narrated everything. He smiled.

"Am glad you are married. Viru bhaiyya will be happy" said Riaan.

"Will he?" Asked Sitaara.

"Trust me when I say this, he will be the first person to see you happy with Abhi anna," said Riaan thinking deeply.

"Please, Rio tell her not to mourn over if he kill me' cried Viraj.

"Viru bhaiyya what are you speaking?' Asked Riaan.

'Truth! He will kill me, Rio. He killed my father too to leave Sitaara, when I didn't he made my mom suffer from heart disease. Now or even after I get married he will kill me. That's for sure and I want to die after marking her mine that's why am getting married to her. Tell Sitaara not to hang on me. She has to move on and I know she will be stuck at some point to move on from me but she chooses me. Please make sure she will be happy with her new life and I will be happy to see her. I can't carry the guilt of pushing her in pain and leaving her. I want her to be happy and happy only. Just get her married to a perfect man who is strong enough to take care of my pumpkin. She has to be happy" said Viraj.

"Bhaiyya...we can't lose you' cried Riaan.

''I can't see my loved ones in pain. Tell her I love her and my first wish from this relationship is her moving on" said Viraj.

"Bye...Riaan' whispered Viraj and hung the call

Riaan wiped his tears remembering the conversation he had with Viraj a few hours before he was dead.

"Vadhina(sil), everyone is waiting for you guys to have dinner," said Disha coming inside. Sitaara nodded while Riaan was looking at Disha with different emotions. She looked at him for once making his breath hitch and left from there.

"Let's go," said Sitaara. They nodded. Arjun, Aarya and Vikram were walking ahead while Sitaara and Riaan were walking behind.

"Who was that girl who asked us to come for dinner?: Asked Riaan. Sitaara raised her eyebrow.

"I am smitten by her" he whispered. She slapped his butt playfully.

"Her brothers will make dogs smitten by your flesh. Mani will kill you if he comes to know that you are crushing his sister. She is Aarya's cousin. Princess of this house. One word from her and boy! they will kill you part by part: said Sitaara.

"Just like your brother, Siddhanth," said Riaan chuckling. Sitaara stopped in her tracks.

"Like he used to beat boys who were behind you. I used that to say how much your brother is possessive and your one word can make him beast" said Riaan chuckling and pulling her looping his hand around hers.

"BTW, you look like a girl" he commented. She slapped his arm as they reached the last step. Abhi looked at them precisely at their looped arms.

''Your husband is throwing daggers at me. Just look at him girl, he looks scary" said Riaan pulling Sitaara closer.

"Maintain distance or else you won't be seeing next morning" she whispered side glancing at Abhi who fisted his fingers and turned red.

"It's okay! Let him be. Just in one meet am bored of his poker face. Let me enjoy it for some time" whispered Riaan and kissed Sitaara temple. In the next second, Sitaara was in Abhi's arms.

"My wife will start serving, please take your seat, Mr Sharma," said Abhi.

"Ok Mr Chowdary," said Riaan and winked at Sitaara and took his seat opposite Disha. Sitaara smiled.

"Don't smile at him. You are my wife. You should smile at me and why the hell he is sticking to you like glue? I know he is your best friend since childhood but you are married now, he should maintain his distance and he is the best friend of the other three too but he is with you" said Abhi squeezing her in his arms.

"Jealous of my best friend?" She asked pinching his cheek. Riaan looked at her with a smile.

"To be frank am jealous. Not Only at him but all your friends. They got 21 years of the chance to be with you. Am jealous of Aarya more, she even hugs you, kisses you, cuddles with you, you both sleep hugging" said Abhi. She giggled and kissed his forehead tiptoeing.

"You are such a kid, Mani," she said and looked around.

"If you stop giving this entertaining show and let me go, we will get less embarrassed and can avoid Dhruv dirty comments," she said and pushed him.

He smiled at her and Riaan put his hand on his chest. Sitaara slapped his back. They all had dinner with Sitaara's and Riaan's bickering and Abhi's jealousy glares, Riaan's glancing at Disha now and then.

Aarya, Arjun, Riaan and Vikram were on the porch discussing Sitaara and Abhi's relation and Riaan is on cloud nine listening to Abhi's love and care towards Situ.

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"Bye, I'll meet you tomorrow again," said Riaan hugging Sitaara.

"Why can't you stay back?" She whined.

"It's been 6 years since I met my grandparents, I have to meet them. Sorry" he mumbled.

"Okay! BTW we are going to mumbai in five days, it's a five days trip. I want you to join. You will join. I declared" she said bossily moving to and fro sideways still hugging him.

"I will. Even I have some work to get done with, in Mumbai" he said moving to and fro in rhythm.

"That's great Oreo," said Sitaara.

"Hmm...look at your husband. Damn! He looks dangerous" he whispered and smirked at him pulling Sitaara closer to him more.

Abhi understood that Riaan is teasing him but he was boiling in anger and could rip his arms and head anytime.

Riaan pulled back from Sitaara and hugged Abhi.

"She is your girl, anna. She is just my friend don't be jealous and glare at me like that it is making me piss in my pants" he whispered. Abhi smiled.

"Be careful, your countdown started" Whispered Riaan and went away leaving Abhi confused

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How was the chapter?

Dhruv and Akhira? Finally, a huge flirt fell for the innocent girl, but, are they gonna end up together?

Sitaara's new bestfriend? Handsome Riaan Sharma!!

Is he gonna become Disha's sunshine?

Will he bring justice to his bestfriend?

Seems like he had a huge plan! Agree?

Stay tuned to unfold many mysteries.

Precap:- The Mumbai trip.

Surya.