17|➴Propose➴

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"You here? " Hiya asked, unclasping the seat belt of the car after the elders left the duo to park the car.

"Yes. Maheen ma'am invited us last night" Vihaan replied, unbuckling his seat belt and then looking at her.

"Oh I was not informed about your arrival," Hiya said, looking down at her lap.

"Should we leave Hiya? Are you feeling uncomfortable seeing me and my mother? We can le... "

Hiya held Vihaan's hands to stop his brain's thought process and shook her head.

"No I didn't mean it. You two don't have to leave sir" Hiya smiled after taking back her hand over him.

"Happy Birthday Hiya. I wish the best for you" Vihaan said, giving her a box wrapped with paper and on the top of it her name was written with 'happy birthday'.

Hiya looked at his face then at the gift and shook her head. It was so rude of her as she was denying the gift but she can't take it from him. Not after what happened with his brother that day.

"Thank you sir. But I can't take the gift. " Hiya said and turned on her left to open the door when she felt the door was auto locked and she looked at her right side and found he was pressing the lock button.

She looked at him shockingly until he looked at her and their gazes met.

"Do you feel uncomfortable around me? Is there any problem? "

"Sir"

"No, tell me. It was all okay between us before I asked you to stay away from prem. I got it that after that day you were angry at me because I said bad things about your boyfriend which were actually true. But now? What is your problem? Why did you always try to get away from me? Am I forbidden to you?"

Hiya was looking at the man sitting in front of her.

Was he yelling at her?

No.

He was just asking for her opinion.

What is your problem Hiya?

Why do you always behave abnormally with him?

Everything was different when he was around.

Everything seemed wrong when he was with me.

Every single thing felt so forbidden when we're together.

He is way too good for me.

He is someone I couldn't ask for after I've insulted him enough.

He is the one who has seen my miserable side.

He is the witness when my dickhead boyfriend was hovering over me and was going to force himself on me.

He has seen what Prem was about to do to me.

Why is he so good?

Why does everything about him feel so good?

Why was she feeling so damn safe with him?

Why was he here ?

Why did Badi maa invite him and his mother?

Why didn't he deny it?

Why is he still talking with her in a good way after seeing everything his brother was doing to her?

She blinked her eyes to prevent the tears from falling and opened the car door when she found Vihaan unlocking the door.

Sighing, Vihaan looked at the direction she ran and slammed his fist on the steering wheel.

"Damn it. I don't even understand what she was thinking about me?" He murmured and gulped hard resting his head on the seat head.

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Abhimaan, Rehana and Divya went inside following the elders. While Ayaan stopped Ishani to talk with her.

"Your mother and sister know that you're here? "

Ishani shook her head and Ayaan noticed her earrings jingled.

"Only papa knows. He dropped me there to your house and told me that he will come soon to pick me up from here" Ishani said, tucking the locks behind her ears and Then Ayaan noticed the bun she made with her hairs.

"You're looking beautiful in my favourite colour, Ishani" Ayaan complemented and she looked at him, looking at her with a beautiful smile on his lips.

Ishani lowered her eyes feeling shy and nodded her head mumbling a thank you to him.

"Blue is your favourite colour? " Ishani asked

"Yes. What is your favourite colour?"Ayaan asked as they're breaking the stairs one by one.

" Mine is white."

"Why so? "

"Because it has all the colour but no one is able to see it. Just like my life."

Ayaan stopped on his track hearing her and feeling the pain in her voice.

Ishani stopped and turned back to look at him.

"What happened? " Ishani asked, confusingly scrunching her nose because of the hot weather.

"Will you marry me Ishani? " Ayaan asked and Ishani looked at him dumb founded

"Answer me Ishani? Will you marry me? So that I can bring you from the hell you're living now? And give you a peaceful life? " Ayaan asked, walking upstairs beside her.

Ishani smiled sadly and then asked

"Feeling pity for me? Aren't you? "

"No. Because I want to give you a better life. You deserve a better peaceful life. Not the one you're living now"

"I'm happy with what I've. Don't want to be called as home wrecker"

Ishani was leaving Ayaan on the middle of the stairs when Ayaan held her wrist from behind, causing her to look back at him.

"No one will call you with such names. Just do marry me Ishani."

"Why? You don't even know me to marry me"

"I've known you enough to marry you and to bring you out from hell. "

"I don't need your two days of sympathy please. At Least they will never throw me out. Because unfortunately I'm their blood. But what about you? What if someday you get bored of me? And throw me out of your life? I don't even know you well enough rather than you're in a relationship with my sister. And now asking me to marry you."

"We're never romantically involved with each other, Ishani. It was your sister's obsession that I'll marry her one day. I've never confirmed it for once. Also my badi maa doesn't like her and I won't go against my mother."

"Does your badi maa like me? A girl like me? Whose mother did suicide because she didn't wanted to take care of me. An Illegitimate child? "

A lone tear escaped from Ishani's eyes. It was her mumma's words which she always told her whenever Harsh talked about her marriage.

Ayaan pulled her close and her palms went to his chest to prevent from touching his body with her.

"My badi maa loves you more than you can imagine. You don't even know how much the lady cares for you. How worried she was for you. You don't know anything"

Ishani raised her gaze at his face to look closely. He was handsome like the one who came to her dreams often. He has the beard she wanted to caress so badly and wants to feel the tickle on her palm. His intense eyes, where she wanted to swim for the rest of her life.

It would be a lie if she said she felt nothing about this man. She felt something for him. And that's what she was scared of. Just like her mother she will be also called as 'homewrecker characterless woman'. Which she doesn't want at any cost.

"I want to marry you, Ishani. '' Ayaan said, bringing her back from her dreamland.

" What about Suhani di? "

"I don't know. She is not my wife to think about. Or I never confirmed anything about her. "

"What if they don't like me? "

"Who? "

"Your family? Your sister? Your bade papa also doesn't like me. He likes Suhani di."

"He doesn't like suhani on his own Ishani. He is bound by his promise to your grandfather. "

Ishani lowered her head.

"Do tell me you feel okay with me and I'll marry you here right in front of everyone" Ayaan's demanding voice raise the goosebumps all over her body.

"What? " They heard chorus voice around them.

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