Priya in Heels (Entangled Embrace) by Ayesha Patel

Author:Ayesha Patel [Patel, Ayesha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medical resident, Ayesha Patel, Middle Eastern Indian culture, arranged marriage, Multicultural, Romance, forbidden love, Embrace, Priya in Heels, new adult, contemporary romance, Entangled
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-09-14T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Priya

I unwound my sari in Vicki’s room and slipped into jeans and a glittering sequin blouse.

“You invited him?”

“Not really. Our moms were together when I told them we’d head out soon, and my mom, who knows about Manuk’s potential suitor status, invited him to go. Sorry, yaar, but thank goodness she told me she’d invited him before I invited Tyler.”

“Probably wouldn’t have gone over well.”

“Duh. You better tell one of them about the other. Tyler would snap if he were going with us. He’d purposely piss him off by getting all over you.”

We held up the corners of the sari and folded both mine and Vicki’s. “Ty knows about him, but yeah, it sounds like something he’d do. Where are we going?”

“Club Red for drinks,” she whispered.

“Interesting.”

“What?”

“Gonna get hammered after a staid ceremony?”

“Hell, yeah. We deserve it after sitting through that thing and dealing with so many people. Yours won’t be as long.”

“How do you figure?”

“Christians don’t have engagement ceremonies or three-hour-long weddings.”

“And which Christian am I converting for? No, wait, I already know who you’re talking about.”

“I can see the future, and your future is full of Mr. O’Connor. Hmm. Priya O’Connor? Doesn’t sound right, but he’s modern and you’re a doctor, so you can keep your last name.”

“Problem number three with that theory: a man will never lead me to convert religions.”

“What are problems one and two?”

“Let’s see. One: my parents won’t approve a relationship with him, and I’ll never marry a man my family doesn’t love. Two: he’s white, American, different culture, language, mind frame, everything. How would he effectively communicate with my family and our friends? How would he be at weddings and mandir and all that stuff? Anyway, he doesn’t even believe in marriage, and he certainly doesn’t approve of our quote unquote restrictive old-school philosophies, or any religion for that matter. So there, add problems four and five to the mix.”

Vicki rolled her eyes and replied with indignation, “So just screw him and throw him out? Even Tulsi doesn’t do that.”

“She sleeps with a lot of guys.”

“She sleeps with guys who don’t want anything but sex. You’re sleeping with a man who’s in love with you. How are you living with yourself?”

I pushed down the urge to vomit. Vicki was right. I was a horrible person, but I thought of things logically when not in bed with Ty. “You know I’m right. Ty’s sexy and he makes me want to do bad things, but that’s not something to base a lifelong commitment on. A dirty little fling? Yes. A future together? No. You know this is true. While we’re at it, please don’t go inviting him to stuff like this to get us together.”

“He’s my friend, too.”

“If someone had caught us earlier…”

“Doing what?”

“Nothing. We weren’t doing anything, but he was standing close to me, touching my hair. Had someone seen us, all hell would’ve broken loose. Rumors would be flying. Manuk’s mother would’ve called me a whore right in front of everyone and made sure we’d never get married.

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