RIVITA'S POV

"Di don't you dare , i will kill you " Abhi threatened me standing 2 steps away from me putting both of his hands on his waist and literally glaring at me.

" Stop acting like a child i will tell papa to bring more don't act like a starved child" i said in a teasing voice to irritate him even more.

Well papa brought ice-cream yesterday a lot of it because of the guests but only some of it was left and now me and my not so loving brother were waging a war for it.

" Abhi let Di eat that she didn't had it yesterday also , and you had eaten enough of it " mamma announced from the kitchen to which Abhi dramatically replied " Yes now you also take her side only , no one loves me " complaining he flopped on the couch in front of me.

Just then our doorbell rang Abhi stood up looking at the clock it was 7 in the evening " it must be Papa i will complain to him about you both " muttering he went to open the gate.

In a few seconds Papa came in the living room with few bags of groceries and a very big smile on his face " Good evening Papa , what have you brought there are so many bags " i greeted him and enquired about the bags.

" Good evening Beta and there are sweets in them and things you both like" Papa replied with a warm smile on his face.

Hearing him mamma also came from the kitchen to the living room and looking at the bags she said " this many sweets ? is there any special occasion " and looked at my brother who was busy digging into the bags and scattering everything out.

" Not any occasion but i have a very big news " Papa announced in a very excited voice hearing him Abhi also stood up and looked at him excitedly .

I was still lying on the couch munching on my precious icecream but when i saw Abhi that excited my interest also piqued and i sat a little straight to hear what Papa had to say .

Mamma also asked " what news ?" smiling at him with narrowed eyes.

" Well Mr. Vivek called today in the morning itself and its a "YES" from there side " my father announced in a very happy and satisfying voice with a hint of proud in it .

" Really , they called this early and also agreed for the marriage " my mother asked in a surprised voice and looked at me .

Abhi had nothing to say because he had nothing to do with the matter and....... ME ......... i sat there frozen the ice-cream long forgotten in the haze of the shock i received just now . I just sat there my mind blank for a minute then all of a sudden the memories of what Evan said to me , the conversation we had came crashing .

My whole body went cold i couldn't think , i couldn't respond and i could hardly process the aftermath of this decision . HE agreed but why??? wasn't he the one uttering that bullshit infront of me .

After i lashed out at him i thought he would grow some guts and talk to his father regarding this whole arrangement but i guess i was wrong ..... that man ohh goddd what kind of a person he is.

I was lost so deep in my dilemma that i didn't hear when my mother called me " Rivi what happened Beta , where are you lost".

I composed myself a little and shook my head " nothing mumma" to which she came towards me sat beside me and said " why are you panicking beta its not as if this marriage is happening tomorrow and we will not pressurise you Beta take all your time and then only tell us your answer" .

My mother always saw through me she understood me in words i couldn't even explain and i know that she will be the last person to go against my wish in anything.

But it was not her who took the decisions in our family , she definitely had a say in it but my father was the one who finalizes them and somewhere i know its not going to be easy to convince him .

I was scared would be an understatement i was terrified and i don't know what to say to my parents.

" Yes Beta take your time , but i think this is a very good proposal we will never be able to find such family for you and i don't think there is anything more to find we already know that there are social ,kind ,wealthy and we met there family and everything seems perfect to me so think wisely " my father stated with a edge of finality in his tone .

" But papa i am not sure about this i don't know him papa how can i say anything about him , i can't do it papa " i mustered the whole courage in me and said it .

" What do you mean by you can't do it , what's wrong ? " papa asked in a very serious and confused voice.

" Papa you are just seeing the family and they are nice and all but what about Evan we know nothing about him and i know that family is an important aspect but i have to marry him not his family " i tried to make him understand what i was feeling.

" I understand your concern beta and we are not marrying you of just now you will get all the time to know each other and Evan seems a nice guy to me he is quiet , responsible , well mannered and he knows to respect others " my father tried to ease my worry.

Now how do i tell you Papa that what he said to me was nowhere near respectable and he definitely is not well mannered .

All this while my mother and Abhi were completely silent and were listening to us while none of us spoke for a while my mother spoke " Rivi i think your Papa is right Beta , i talked with Urmila ji and she also told a lot of things about Evan and Vihaan both and from her talks one thing was clear that Evan is a nice man , he even knows how to cook ".

Well that was surprising , so if a man knows how to cook go and marry him ........but i understand for her its a big thing because my father never cooked and also never helped her so it was kind of expected from her.

When i said nothing she continued " I know you are nervous about it and also scared but we are right here Beta and we always will be just think about it hmmm and then tell us your answer ".

I was just sitting there listening to them because if you think from there POV they were right , the family was good , they were well settled , had great social lives , rich , generous , down to earth , a small happy family everything was perfect for them to marry there daughter of.

The only problem for me was Evan and just because of what he said and how he said did and when i thought of it last night a hundred questions irrupted in my mind.

Does he have a girlfriend that's why he said that ? ..... But wouldn't his parents know if he had any after all they were very open minded and it was no secret that he was quite handsome for not having any girlfriend .

But when i stalked him yesterday there wasn't any such article present and knowing how famous he was it was almost impossible to hide such detail , but why his dad chose me ...... he could have found any girl for him i was nothing our family was nothing in front of them and all this was making no sense to me .

I came out of my musings when i heard Papa say " i know you need time beta but we also need to give them a answer you understand right ? They will call again and you we just can't delay this convo every time ".

I understood what he was saying basically he needed my answer as soon as possible and though i knew i would never be prepared enough to give them the answer i said " i will tell you guys tomorrow ".

Hearing me my parents gave me a satisfying and approving smile while i was sitting expression less .

" Acha chalo come on get up everybody time to have dinner " my mother announced while getting up to lighten the mood.

We had dinner while talking about random things while my mind was completely in another world.

After the dinner everybody retired to there rooms , i was lying on my bed thinking about everything happening and all i felt was helplessness .

I wanted to tell everybody about how Evan behaved but now i can't because if i will them the convo we had then they will ask if this is the matter then why did Evan said YES in the first place.

I felt stuck in this shitty situation and i don't know when i started crying because all the trauma i had because of a certain boy came crashing back .

Why i was always the one to handle things like these , why i had to be the understanding one , why i have to go through this ....... it could have been a simple arrange marriage if that Evan had not said such things .

He could have said a simple No and things would have ended but no he had to fuck it all up and i don't even know why????.

I kept thinking about my life and cried myself to sleep .

When i woke up in the morning it was 9am , Papa had already left for the hospital and i was relieved that at least i had time till evening.

I don't understand why Mr Vivek is in a hurry and why did Evan say yes when he clearly don't want to get married , If he hadn't given the answer this fast i know i would have a lot of time to think .

But after the YES from there side its all on me now and that's what made this situation even more critical for me .

But after a night of crying i have made my mind i would not scum to whatever plan Evan has in his mind ...... and i don't understand a bit what kind of man he is .......!

For the rest of the day i was calm and spent my time talking and helping mumma in her chores , she tried to talk about the whole thing a few times but i brushed it of .

It was evening finally Papa came back from the hospital , we had a peaceful dinner and then everybody gathered in the living room

At first the conversation started with Abhi's life whatever he was doing in college , what he was of thinking of next then eventually it came on me .

As expected after a few talks here and there my father asked " So what have you thought Rivi ?".

I took a deep breath i knew it was coming so i was kind of prepared wiping my hands off on my knees i looked at my father and replied with a calm and soft voice

" I thought a lot Papa and i don't think i am ready for this they are so different from us there lives are so different from us i don't think i would able to adjust there , i know the family is very nice and all but i can't , Its a 'NO' from me ".

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