Our journey from engagement to marriage by Shipra Saini (thriller book recommendations TXT) 📖

I was in kitchen preparing lunch and cutting fruits for everyone. Papa and Akhil dad went to papa's shop. Papa wanted to show around the city and his shop to Akhil dad. Anshul is in his room. Keerti, Neeta maa and mummy are sitting in a lawn discussing about wedding and diwali's preparation.

Siddharth in his room doing meeting with his client through his laptop that's why he didn't go with dad and papa. After morning incident I avoid both Siddharth and keerti. Keerti didn't leave a chance to tease me and Siddharth didn't leave a chance to make me blush and increased my heart beats.

All the time when I think about him and last night that how we confessed our love and came more close to eachother, I started blushing and smile to myself.

'Ting tong...'

Door bell rang and I saw Anshul came in kitchen.

"Anshul go open the door." I said while cutting the fruits.

"No, last time I opened the door, now it's your turn." He said while taking the bite from the apple.

'Ting tong...'

Door bell rang again.

"No, last time I was the one who opened the door and I always opened the door. You never open when it's your chance. Please go na... I'm busy right now." I said looking at him annoyingly.

"So you can open the door now." He shrugged his shoulders and walked out from the kitchen.

Who says he is my brother. He is my number one enemy. We both find a chance to get alone in the house so we can beat each other's ass because if mummy finds out we both are fighting she grounded both of us atleast for a month. But we both love eachother and love to annoy eachother.

'Ting tong...'

Door bell rang again so I put the knife aside and sim the gas stove. I wipe my hand with towel and walked towards gate.

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I opened the door and saw a face which I least ever wanted to see in my life, Riki, my most unwanted cousin. Actually her real name is Rukmani. She doesn't like her name so she changed it from Rukmani to Riki. She is from my mother's side. She hates me but I don't hate her I just don't like her. I saw her after 5 five years she live in Delhi so we didn't encounter eachother much.

"Hii bimbo, what took you so long to open the damn door." She said while giving me her annoying smile. She used to call me that name from high school.

"Kitchen.." I said.

"Yeah..at your right place." She said while pushing me aside and walk in.

"Where are others." She asked turning to me.

"Lawn." I said, closing the door.

I walked to the kitchen and off the stove. I took a plate of cutting fruits with me and walked to the lawn. Riki is sitting with everyone and talking and I saw keerti is sitting there with a frown on her face. Looks like there introduction didn't go well.

I put the plate at table and sit beside keerti.

"What happen?" I asked keerti.

"Is she your cousin?" Keerti asked me while folding her hands infront of her chest.

"Yes, why?" I asked.

"Sorry bhabhi to say this, but she is a bitch." She said, looking at her angrily.

"I know. " I said while shrugging my shoulders.

"That's like my bhabhi...at least you agree with me." She said while giving her beautiful smile.

"Okey..but what she did to you?" I asked.

"She gave me her handbag and ordered me to put inside. She thought that I'm her servant." She said with a frown.

"Then what did you do?" I asked her.

"Maa and Isha aunty is here otherwise I showed to her, her right place." She said while looking at her angrily.

"When were you come Riki." Anshul said while coming to the lawn with Siddharth.

Siddharth was eating the apple. In these days I came to know that he loves apple in fruits. So I always make sure we have enough stock of apples in home and I never forget to gave him when he engrossed himself in work because that time he forget to eat anything.

"Just five minutes ago." She said looking at Siddharth.

"Hii...handsome, I never saw you before here. Are you and Anshul friends?" She asked Sid forwarding her hand to shake.

"No, dambo.. He is my jiju." Anshul said while eating the apple.

"Hii..I'm Siddharth, Preeti's fiancé. " Sid said while shaking his hand to her.

"Hii..I'm Riki, Preeti's favourite cousin." Riki said.

I rolled my eyes at her comment.

In your dreams..

We all are sitting in a lawn and talking. Keerti and Anshul talk about their studies and pub-g game, mummy and Neeta Maa busy in there own world and Riki sticks with Siddharth like a glue. She is talking him like he is her fiancé not mine and my blood is boil when Siddharth also took interest in her talk like they both are long lost friends and meet after ages. He trying to steal a glance from me but I didn't look at him when he is looking at me.

"Preeti beta make some coffee for everyone." Mummy said to me. I nodded my head and got up. I turn to Anshul when he called me.

"Preeti don't make for me. I'm going to meet my school friends. Jiju you want to come." Anshul asked to Siddharth and he shake his head as no.

"Bim...I mean Preeti makes mine little strong." Riki said giving me her fake smile

"Do you want anything Rukmani?" I asked her with a fake smile. I heard keerti giggles and Siddharth look at me confusingly.

She got up and walked towards me.

"You are so lucky bimbo that I was not in a town when his proposal came to you. other wise Siddharth is my fiancé not yours. He chooses me not you. You don't deserve him. He is too handsome for his own good. " she whispered in my ears.

My face fell listen her comment. She always knew how to hurt me. I didn't say anything and walked from there to kitchen.

I put pen on stove and pour some milk in it. I started cutting salad for lunch when I heard a footsteps in kitchen. A familiar man cologne reached my nostrils and I know who it is.

"Water.." Siddharth said.

I know he is standing just behind me but today I'm not going to affect it which is a pure lie because he is effecting me standing so close to me. But I am not going to give up.