The One She Was Warned About by Shoma Narayanan

Author:Shoma Narayanan [Narayanan, Shoma]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 0373207395
Google: dRBsAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00D4MVHNA
Barnesnoble: B00D4MVHNA
Goodreads: 17900176
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

‘Why don’t you move in with me?’ Nikhil asked.

They were back in Mumbai and had been spending practically every free minute together for the last three weeks. Nikhil had never been happier. There was something about Shweta that centred him—it was as if she brought peace to his restless soul. He had been toying with the idea of asking her to marry him ever since they’d first kissed, and he’d made up his mind a few days back. An engagement first—perhaps a long one, to allow both of them enough time to get used to the idea of spending the rest of their lives together. Asking her to move in with him was the first step.

‘Live with you?’ Shweta wrinkled up her nose. ‘Isn’t that a little unconventional? We’re in Mumbai, not Manhattan.’

In the last few weeks she’d figured that Nikhil was a lot more serious about her than his sometimes casual attitude suggested. On the other hand, there was his rather colourful past, and her own pathological aversion to taking risks—taking things slowly seemed to be the only sensible thing to do.

‘I know we’re in Mumbai.’ Nikhil pretended to be offended. ‘I might not have topped the class in geography, but the little fact that I live in Mumbai hadn’t escaped me... Ouch—don’t. You’ve grown into a terribly violent little thing, Shweta.’

Shweta gave him a last punch in the arm for good measure. ‘Some men deserve to be treated violently,’ she said, though she reached up and dropped a light kiss on his forehead, right where her unerring aim with the blackboard duster had left a scar many years ago. ‘You’d get terribly out of hand if I didn’t keep a strict watch on you.’

‘Yeah right,’ Nikhil said. ‘So, how about it? It’s not all that uncommon in Mumbai nowadays—lots of people live together.’

‘I must say that’s the most romantic proposal I’ve ever received,’ Shweta said. ‘Actually, “So, how about it?” is probably the most romantic proposal anyone’s ever received. It should go down in the Guinness Book of World Records as an example for generations to come....’

Nikhil grinned at her. ‘You’d have run a mile if I’d gone down on one knee,’ he said. ‘But I’ve got you a ring.’

In the short time they’d been together he’d figured that, while she was a romantic at heart, Shweta was deeply uncomfortable with romantic gestures—somehow she didn’t seem to think she was worth them. And proposing to her was important. He wanted to make sure he did in a way that made it impossible for her to refuse just because she was embarrassed.

‘Let’s see the ring,’ Shweta demanded, but inside her heart was pounding away at triple speed. A ring meant an engagement, and she’d never allowed herself to hope that Nikhil would go that far. He’d had dozens of girlfriends, after all—some of them well-known models and actresses. There was no reason to imagine that he was serious about her.

Nikhil took the ring out of his pocket and showed it to her.

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