"Are you sure you want this?" Ajay asked his sister, still in shock from the bomb she dropped on him some time ago.
“Yes bhai, I am sure and it will be good for all of us if I move on" she said in a firm tone but only she knew how she was holding herself back from breaking down in tears but her swollen and red eyes were the proof of how much she had cried, which was the main reason for his worry. He never wanted any pain to reach his sisters but no matter how much he fought with their fate; he couldn’t win.
He moved to her and placed his hand on her head stroking her hair softly before letting out his point “Moving on does not at all mean that you turn away from your happiness and we all know very well whom your happiness lies in. I will not force you but baccha (kiddo), do not take any decision in haste which you may regret later.” At the end he advised her to think thoroughly before taking final step.
“It’s impossible bhai” She finally dropped her facade of being strong. A lone tear escaped out of her eyes which he quickly wiped away. He cupped her face gently sitting on his knees on the floor in front of her “It's not impossible, you are making it impossible, he has left no stone unturned in these three years to show how much he loves you and you cannot deny it. I would just tell you one thing that do not push him away from you because of your insincerity and fear because it will tear not only you but him too. Stop blaming yourself for what papa had done. You are not him." he advised her to easy her insecurity.
Tears started storming down from her eyes making him sigh in dismay while she looked down at him with only pain in her eyes.
“This is not easy for me, whenever I look at him, what Papa has done to his family starts flashing in front of my eyes, he ruined their life, so how can I start a new life with him.” She poured out her insecurities to him, crying with hiccups. He pulled her in arms stroking her back softly “it was papa, not you. We are only responsible for only our actions, not other as you can’t control their actions. I understand the turmoil going on inside you but marriage is a lifetime decision, so before saying yes to Anurag, please think carefully whether your decision is right."
“I….I w…will think” she stuttered as he broke the hug.
“Don't forget that you are my strong sister.” He said with a small smile patting her head while getting up from the floor to which she nodded.
He moved out of the room to give her time to rethink. he saw his wife pacing with worry on her face outside the door who immediately rushed to him as she saw him "What did she say??"
"She needs time to think" he sighed dejectedly. He wanted to stop her from taking the wrong decision but he didn’t want anything to impose on her.
“Ajay…” He cut her off, wrapping his arm around her shoulders and leading her towards their room. “We will talk in our room.”
“Should we tell Karan about this??” She asked him without wasting a second and stared lifting her face up to him as they walked into their room.
He huffed, shaking his head slightly as he moved towards her bed taking her with him.
He placed his head on her lap while putting her hand on his hairs to play as spoke “Not now, we should wait for her final decision because you know what havoc he is going to create, he will go on rampage.”
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Aashi’s POV
"You both are under house arrest for a week." He decaled sternly making me shut my eyes with a sigh as I knew this would happen when he found out about our night adventure while I heard her whining leaning on the table "bro this is not fucking fair, for fuck’s sake we are adults, you can't put us under house arrest like that."
The way to prolong our punishment
Great Sonya
“can't she shut up” I grumbled in my mind as I opened my eyes slowly to look at him who was glaring at her with pissed off look, I knew this look, shut your mouth and run away from him as quickly as possible.
"Then behave like a fucking adult, this is a very small punishment that I am giving, so don't push my fucking buttons, now get the hell out of the room." his voice turned cold and commanding making her gulp in fear but she still spoke, giving him puppy eyes which won't help her right now "And what about the office?"
His lips lifted in a mocking smile as he scrutinized her from toe to head and head to toe leaning back on his chair.
"Sorry to disappoint you but the office can work well without you so you don't have to worry about it. Do work from home on whatever projects you both are working on." He spatted making her pout but she nodded reluctantly.
“I didn't expect this from you” he asserted, shifting his eyes to me, not trying to hide his disappointment, making me shifting on my place.
"Sorry bro" I apologized as it was our fault, we should not have done this.
"It was just the pub" she protested making me glare at her but she shrugged it off, making me huff in displeasure.
Damm this girl never knew when to keep her mouth shut which called for more troubles than we already had.
"It was not just a damm pub, it was the most dangerous place in New York where all kinds of criminals hang out. That drug and arms dealing happens openly and you fought there. You have fucking idea what could have happened if I had not reached there with my guards. They could have killed you both." he bellowed losing his cool making us jump, throwing chair back as he slammed his hand on the tables making us flinch.
"You….." A knock interrupted him making us turn our heads in the direction where Tanner, his PA and best friend was standing with a tense face. I gave him thankful look to which he returned with a small smile.
"Leave" this one word was enough for us to run away from devils’ den.
She slumped down on the couch in the living room while I glared at her with folding hand on my chest, standing Infront of her who grumbled throwing her hands in air in irritation “Don't you think I am too old to be dictated to by my brother?? For God's sake, I'm 26 but he still treats me like I'm a fucking kindergarten baby.”
I rolled my eyes at her remarks before scoffed at her "Going to that hellhole pub to win some silly dare doesn't seem like an adult”
Her head snapped at me in lightning speed with offended look “It was not some silly dare, they called me a mindless puppy who follows her brother with her tail wagging, I had to show them that I have spine.”
I sighed grumbly shaking my head at her “It could have cost us our lives.”
“But it didn’t, we are safe here” she protested. I didn't know how to explain to her how dangerous and stupid this was.
A stupid dare thrown at her by some of our mean colleagues at a lunch that one of our colleagues had set up to celebrate his birthday.
It was a pretty and relaxing lunch until they started making fun of her that she didn't have a spine and was a rich little princess who needed to grow up out of her brother’s shadow as they were jealous of her.
She fought with them with her sassy ass and the argument was ceased with a dare "Okay, we will accept that you are not a baby princess if you accept this dare. You have to go to ‘Desire of Hell’ pub, click some photos there and post them on social media."
"Think it's done but I want something in return, you all will polish my shoes Infront of damm office."
“If you could do it” they were so confident as that pub was a hub of illegal activity so taking photos there was strictly prohibited.
I tried to stop her but that hell of stubborn young lady didn’t listen and I ended up going with her as I couldn’t let her go alone.
Our plan was simple, we will go there, take some photos secretly and come back but it turned into a disaster when you two drunk men approached us as they found us pretty enough for one night stand.
Fucking rascals
We calmly reject them but they started forcing us and we had to fight them to save ourselves.
"Talking to you is useless” I groaned to which she fireback with an annoyed growl “then take a break, don’t talk to me for three hours, anyways I need a power nap”
I hissed at her who gave me sheepish smile before walking out of the living room but jerked up as I heard some voices to see bro seeing off Tanner bro who said to him “I will try to distract them but we have to do something quickly”
He nodded and Tanner bro left.
Our eyes clashed as he turned around and I saw something flicker in his eyes before he covered it.
He walked to me.
"Aashi, I need to talk to you" he said calmly but I could feel that something was bothering him the way his face tensed up.
"sure" I got up from the couch, I had no idea what he wanted to talk about.
"Come with me" he walked towards the garden and I followed him silently.
We sat on the bench. He stared at me blankly before starting "Aashi I am a straight forward man. I don't know how to talk in rounds. Just remember one thing, you are my sister and I won't force you to do anything you don’t want it but something has happened which I can't share right now but I have to find some solution.”
I frowned at his words.
He took a long breath before opening his mouth "Are you ready to go back to India??"
my body stiffed on this one question of his.
India is my home, my family, my love lived their but was I ready to go there.
"Is this the solution??" I muttered to which he answered honestly "if your answer is yes then otherwise, I will find some other way, don’t feel burdened. Take your time and answer me”
He patted my head with brotherly affection before moving inside.
When I came here three years ago, I wanted to run back in the next second because my heart was burning in agonized pain but somehow, I stayed here but now after three years I was not able to find the courage in myself to go back and the only reason was how will I face him??
I had no idea what was happening in his life in the last three years as my family thought that if I remained entangled in his matter then I will never be able to break my timid shell, I just had to focus on myself.
I lived here with Mathew grandpa, Emily grandma, Taylor bro and Sonya who became my best friend.
They were a happy going couple who were deeply in love with each other and never leave any chance to show their love.
“Dear, you can call us grandpa and grandma like Sonya and Taylor, you are also our granddaughter” were their lovely words when I greeted them formally by their last name.
Bro was calm, straight- forward and speak less but he proved that he was a good brother to me and Sonya.
Sonya, don't talk about this girl she's crazy with no limit, witty, full of fun and had a heart of gold.
At first it was very difficult for me to stay away from my family and him but that amazing family had welcomed me like I was part of their family and helped me become who I came here for and who I was today, a confident event organizer who was working from past two months in the well-known international company ‘heaven event organization’. Bro was CEO of the company but that didn’t mean I got my job through recommendation, I had to go through the same process that any job applicant went through, I worked hard for this.
Earlier I was blank as to what should I study or what career should I choose but Grandpa took me with him to company many times to know my interest and it worked when I saw how they made other's special day even more special and beautiful with their skills and I decided that I wanted to event organizer, after three years of hard work I completed my studies and now I was working under Brillant Organizer to gain experience.
I was not same timid Aashi who let you trample on her but the one who will push you to the gate of hell if you dropped in her hit list.
A shrill ringtone of my phone broke my chain of thoughts.
My lips curled up seeing the name flashing on the screen but it’s faded as I answered.
The call lasted for 40 seconds before the line went dead and I was frozen in place while tears gathered in my eyes.
"I have to go back, they need me. I am coming back."
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