She crossed her legs below the table. Her loose palazzo pants never felt so uncomfortable as they do now. She is nervous. The weekend couldn’t be worse than this. She drove all the way from Pune to Mumbai last night thinking her parents have an emergency, only to find out later that they wanted her to come home for a day at least and meet the boy they had chosen for her through a matrimonial site. The whole idea of creating her profile on a matrimonial website seemed absurd, but she didn’t want to hurt her parents’ sentiments. She has saved enough money for her wedding during the last 5 years of working in an IT company in Pune. They wanted her to be married before her father’s retirement. It is the most illogical thing she had heard but again, denying her parent’s wish is the last thing she would want.
So, here she is, waiting for that man to show up. There are more surprises in store for her. She doesn’t know how he looks, forget looks, she doesn’t even know his name. It’s more of a blind date for her and the entire stupid idea was her little sister, Aditi’s, who is 18 and is bubbling with all the fuzzy philosophies of romance and blind dates. She sits there hoping for her sister to grow up soon and understand that the reality is way different from her imagination.
Back at home, everyone in her family has seen this boy’s photo, and they seem to love him already. Her mother thinks that he looks like some Bollywood actor, and according to her sister he is a “cool dude”, a prince charming. She has no more clues about the man other than this crazy description by her mother and sister.
It was decided that they would meet in this coffee
shop at 05:00 p.m. sharp and now it’s 05:15 p.m. She hates latecomers. Even at
work, she doesn’t like her team members who are late. Where is he? Or has he
changed his mind? Not that she minds. She can stay single for a few more months
of her life. Love affairs and breakups have become too commonplace in today’s
age. Though the idea of an arranged marriage displeases her, it might work for
her somehow as she has no time to find a match for herself, feel attracted
towards him, date him for some time and then decide if they should take their
relationship to their parents for the final seal.
She looks at her watch again. It’s 05:20. If he
doesn’t show up in next 10 minutes, she decides she will leave.
“Excuse me?” comes a voice. It must be the server
to take her order, she assumes as she looks through the contents of her purse.
“No, I don’t want to order anything yet” she shrugs, without even looking at him once.
She continues to look for something in her purse.
Did she keep her car keys back in the purse after parking it? She doesn’t
remember. Whenever she is nervous, she forgets a lot of things.
“Khushi?” the same voice continues to speak to her
but this time taking her name.
How does the server know her name?
She raises her gaze from her purse to look at him.
He is a tall, alpha-fit personality with features no less than perfect. He
could make any woman go weak in her knees just by his gaze. While she looks at
him dumbfounded, he stretches his arm towards her.
“I am Arnav, the one you are here to meet,” he
introduces with an easy smile.
Madhu please update lawful sins 2
ReplyDeleteStill drafting. Will post within 2 hours
DeleteMadhu when you will update ? Its been 3 hours
DeletePlease update soon Madhu.
DeleteI am sorry but these days it really seems like you are neglecting the stories in the blog. The update hasn't been as regular as before and when you update also its very late or a short update. I know real life gets hard and busy and you are still giving us great stories which I appreciate but I am your reader since 2011. I have made a journey from multiple updates + precaps to one story per day i.e from your initial IF days till this blog. So thought of sharing how I feel with you. Waiting for the update. Please update soon and please try and be a but more regular with updates. Thank you.
True.. and also id like to add that if u r not sure of the time u will be posting just let us know.. u say two hours or one hour and then that takes 5-6 hours instead and we keep checking ur page every few mins.. please try and be accurate.. I understand that maybe ur busy but if ur giving us a time try and be punctual.. sorry to say but I'm losing interest in the stories now due to the irregularities
DeleteHonestly, everything is just so difficult on this blog. When lawful sins ends, am not coming back here
DeleteWaiting for Lawful Sins Update soon.😍
ReplyDeleteU said two hours it's 3+ hours now.. please post soon
ReplyDelete4 hours now
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