"How old is she?" She asked curiously.

"Almost three and a half." My heart picked a race. Why is she asking this?


She furrowed her brows together as to debating herself whether to let out her query. "Riya, by chance..." She began but Sweety came and sat on my lap, distracting me from her questions.

"Ahh?" I asked once again.

"Her eyes are just like him," she said and I heard my heart pounding heavily in my rib cage.


"Yeah! She has her dad's eyes." I redirected her statement and faked a small smile.

"Ohh!!" She stayed silent for a while. "Where is he now?" Don't ask me, please. I begged inside my heart.


"He was dead." This time Sweety answered for me.

"Ohh! I'm so sorry Riya. I didn't expect this." Her eyes held pure anguish for me.

"It's okay Rachel, we can't predict our life." I assured her with my smiles.

She looked at her phone and gave me a warm smile but it didn't reach her eyes. She seems confused.

"Okay, Riya. It's getting late. We have to go, Mark is waiting for us." She stood up from her place.

"Okay then. Bye!!"

"Bye!! See you later." She gave me a side hug because of her rounded belly and kissed Sweety on her cheeks.

"Eww!" Sweety pouted and wiped her cheeks. "She reminds me of.. ahh.. nothing." she shrugged.

"Bye Sweety." Karan waved and they both headed towards the elevator. She gave us one last glance before entering the elevator.

Somehow I felt uncomfortable under her eyes. What if she...

No, it can't be. I convinced myself. After that, we both started to have dinner.

Oh, God! I didn't even ask her to join us. Where are my manners? I mentally facepalmed.

*

~~~Past Wind~~~

"I am not sure Riya. I'm totally confused by thinking about whether should I go or not? I am not ready to face them." Kayish put his face between his palms.

"Kayish, she is your sister and you love her more than anyone. Right?" I asked rubbing his back in a comforting zone.

He nodded his head like a child and chewed his inner cheeks. He seemed nervous.

"If you don't go to the marriage, what will happen?" I inquired grabbing the handful of popcorn before shoved into my mouth.

Right now, I am in his apartment watching horror movies even though I'm afraid of these bloodsuckers. But who cares when his hand was hooking around my shoulder keeping my fear on the bay.

"Then she will disown me." He blankly stated without any emotions.

"Are you okay with that?" I asked turning around to look at him.

He gave me a look which says are you serious? "Riya, how it could be okay if I lose the only blood relation I have? How could it make sense?" Frustration is written all over his face.

"It will make insane," I replied genuinely.

"Huh????" He furrowed his brows.

"That means go and attend her marriage. I don't know what problem you have with your parents but don't hate them too much. They always do better for us." I tried to reason out.

"Not again." He warned and stood up from his place. "Come on!" I grabbed his arm and pulled him down but he slipped and landed over me, his both hands were either side of mine.

I placed my hand over his chest and heard his heavy heartbeat as equal to mine.

Ohoooo.

I blushed and looked away as realizing our intimate position but he grabbed my chin and forced me to look at his baby blue eyes which I don't know when did I start to fall for them.

I admired the beauty of his eyes while he brushed his finger through my chin and draw a circle through my jawline.

Electricity passed through my whole body when he caressed my bottom lips, pure affection was evident in his face. He then parted my lips apart as asking my permission to go further.

I blushed and pushed aside all my negative thoughts which came to ruin our great moments.

"Riya, you know what, you are so beautiful than anyone I met in my life--" I searched his eyes to find any trace of lies but nothing; I couldn't able to spot any untrue in his voice.

"No one is perfect like you." He mumbled huskily.

For a moment I wanted to grab his collar and kissed him like there is no tomorrow, instead, I pushed him away which resulted in he landed on the floor with a heavy thud.

"Owwwch!! What the hell Riya." He rubbed his back and playfully charged towards me.

"Ahhhh!!!" Screaming loudly I started to run for my dear life. "Riya stop! Or else the consequences will be severe," he warned but I stick my tongue out and ran into the kitchen.

Ohh, God! Why did I come here in the first place? It seems I gave him easy access to win over.

"Kayish no..." I screamed between the laughter when he was charging towards me.

I grabbed the nearby tin which I don't have any idea what was inside and I threw it on him and to my admiration, his face drained by the flour.

Oops!!

I laughed richly clutching my stomach the moment he opened his eyes. He looks like a replica of Edward Cullen in the vampire movie.

"Kayi... Kayish-- you...hahaha....you exactly look like a ghost." I said between the laughter meanwhile my eyes searched the way to go outside.

"Oh really!" Then he grabbed the tin from the kitchen counter and threw it on me.

"See, now you look like a zombie in the movies which came out to haunt the innocent people." he pointed a finger at me and started to laugh like a maniac.

"Ohh really!" One by one we began to throw random stuff from one to another.

Finally, a red-coloured tin landed over his head and he shrieked like a child jumping up and down.

Then I realized I had thrown a chilly powder on him. Eww! I ran towards him and helped him to walk near the tap.

He splashed the water over his face; his eyes were still shut tightly.

"Are you okay?" I asked feeling guilty for the situation he was into.