Chapter 32: Chapter 32

Akash’s P.O.V.

Mack informed me about the happenings in New York and I got dumbfounded. I didn't think Naira would ignore Ehan to this point.

I kept pacing around in my cabin of the office after calling Naira for few times and getting ignored as usual. She was talking to Mom and Dad but not to me.

Besides being my sister, she became my only friend. For the past few years when my friends weren’t at my side, she was there.

But since Naira got to know about that damn dare, she hadn't been talking to me.

From the time I told Ehan about Naira’s whereabouts, I was arguing with myself.

Did I do it right?

All I just wanted to see my sister happy as I knew all these years she kept thinking the love she had for Ehan was one sided which she whenever wanted it to stop, she could anytime.

And she did it.

At least she tried to make me believe that.

But I could see it on her face that she couldn’t though she tried her best to hide it deep within.

She just might be thinking since it was better that she was the only one who would be sad.

Like her, I also thought the Ehan, I knew would never fall for a girl. That’s why I couldn’t make it to tell Naira about my involvement in that dare.

As I thought she would get herself in isolation from me also. All I wanted to be with her in her tough times to help her over come it.

So when I got to know, it wasn’t actually one sided, I couldn’t but help Ehan.

The chain of my thought got interrupted as my got ringing. Thinking it might be Naira, I looked at the phone only to find it was Dad.

Hearing him, I got back home early in the evening.

Entering the living room, I saw them sitting with my family and understood the matter. In all this it got totally out of my mind.

Greeting them, I sat beside Dad. Uncle Matt spoke up, “How is it going, Akash?”

Forcing a smile on my face, I spoke up, “All good, Uncle. How are you?”

“I am fine, son. So tell me. The date is almost here. We should start with the arrangement. Don't you think so?” I looked at Alina thoughtlessly.

She might be guessed something as her all smiling face turned dark all of a sudden.

Making an excuse, she got ourselves out from there. We kept walking by the swimming pool side for a while silently until she spoke up, “Aren't you going to tell me what's bothering you?”

I looked at her confusedly only to get her uttering, “It's about Naira, right?"

Involuntarily I nodded at her. She really knew me well in the past few months.

We were about to get married. Obviously it was arranged by our families. As after whatever happened to me in my college days, I was done with the matter of love fully.

Looking at her, I got uttering, “Ehan is back, Alina.”

She spoke up smilingly, “Then shouldn’t you be happy? I mean he is the one Naira loves after all."

Her smile faded away as I uttered, “Naira got to know about the dare. She isn’t talking to me and is ignoring Ehan as well.”

I added, “I am totally confused and not getting what to do.”

Alina got silent for a moment and then spoke up, “Why is he back? For Naira or something else?”

“He loves Naira now but Naira..”

Alina didn’t let me complete and spoke up, “And Naira loves him too. Then what's the problem?”

I spoke up, “For some reason I think Naira doesn’t love him anymore though I used to think otherwise.”

She spoke up smilingly, “Do you know what is love actually? When you decide to get over the person or  leave him, tears spill over first. Don’t you think Naira has done it so many times?”

I got thinking again as she spoke up, “Let’s help them patch up.”

“How?" was my direct question.

Her smiling face turned to a serious one in no moment as she spoke up, “Tell me first, what about us? Should we go ahead with our wedding plan or you are considering..”

I didn’t let her complete this time and spoke up, “I am not thinking otherwise actually but if you say, then..”

She looked at narrowing her eyes and then both of us got smiling.

She spoke up then, “Okay then. Let's go with a plan for our wedding.”

Giving her a confused look I spoke up, “Like?”

“I heard Naira is in New York now. Is Ehan there also?” I nodded at her question only to get her uttering, “Get them back here. Let’s shift to a resort or something for this wedding. Invite your friends there. I will also do the same. We need them to get face to face more often to execute this plan. And I think I have someone who can help me with this. You don’t worry.”

I could feel something was going on in her mind but before I could ask her, she spoke up, “Now let's go inside. Otherwise everyone will get worried and think something might be wrong" as she forwarded towards the entrance of the mansion.

When we entered the living room with smiling faces, the worriness got away from their faces also. When we said about shifting to a resort or something, they agreed immediately and Uncle Matt spoke up, “That's really a great idea, dear. Let's go for it.”

A fter discussing about some other things, Alina left with her family. Dad spoke up then, “Let me call Naira. Her work is also finished there.”

As Dad kept talking to her on phone, I kept staring at him. When he cut off the line, he got uttering, “She is coming back tomorrow.”

Nodding at him, I forwarded towards my room and made a call to Ehan.

I wanted to know what type of reaction he would give after getting that much of ignorance from Naira and hearing about her wedding on top of that.

But when I found him still persistent in his decision, I informed him about my wedding and asked him to come back with Naira the next day and cut off the line....

Ehan’s P.O.V.

Hearing Akash, I got uttering sadly, “I thought you were on my side at least. But I guess I was wrong.”

Hearing me, he sounded like sighing and then spoke up, “I am on your side, Ehan. Don’t think too much and come back with Naira tomorrow."

I got angry on him and got uttering, “Are you kidding me, Akash? You people are getting ready with her wedding plan and even you are saying me to attend that. And you are saying you are on my side like really? If you are not going to help me, it’s okay but don’t make it more difficult for me. Naira seems to keep searching for a reason to get me out of her mind by any excuse and you are trying to give her a helping hand  to have that."

Akash spoke up again, “You are going overboard, Ehan. It's not her wedding but mine, you idiot. So it’s obvious she had to be here."

He then said about his thought. Though I wasn’t getting convinced with that but got agreeing at some point.

Cutting off the line of the phone call, I got on the bed and lied down. I was considering his plan. Would it work between us?

I strongly doubt on that knowing Naira's nature..

While thinking of the matter, I fell asleep at some point.

The next morning when I woke up, it was already late. Getting a quick shower, I got ready and got out of my room and kept waiting in the lobby for Naira...

Mack and Rivan got into my sight after a while. Seeing me, they got near and Mack got asking, “Packing is done, right? We will be leaving in a while.”

When I nodded at him, he smiled a little and uttered, “That’s good.” as they sat beside me.

After waiting for a while when I saw Naira getting out of the elevator with her luggage and a girl with her, I got forwarded towards her. But getting me taken aback, the girl with Naira spoke up, “Hey, you here?” all excitedly.

I thought for a moment did I know her..

May be she also understood that as she spoke up, “I am Stella. Don't you remember?  We met at Hina’s reception function.”

Then it heat my mind and I spoke up with a little bit of smile, “Oh, yeah. Sorry it got out of my mind. Anyways, how are you?”

She answered somewhat coyly making me confused. But what got my attention was Naira’s expression. She was just glaring at Stella which got me all wondering...