Married in Rage by Suraj Shilpa

Author:Suraj, Shilpa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Seven

RAASHI

That fake kiss…she couldn’t get it out of her mind. She’d spent all night sneaking glances at his mouth and wishing she could get another taste. A real one, this time. A heated flush had her turning away from Harsh and towards Aadhya who was sitting on her other side.

Aadhya’s curls were having a very bad hair day. The breeze that was stronger than normal that night had it standing up in a riotous mess on her head. She looked like a witch in the middle of casting a spell.

“Want a scrunchie?” Raashi offered watching Aadhya battle to keep the hair out of her face. She dug her spare one out of her tracks pocket and held it out.

“Thanks.” Aadhya took the satin band gratefully, grabbing her hair in a chokehold and tying it up.

“I love your hair,” Raashi said wistfully.

“You’re joking right?” Aadhya was still wrestling her hair into submission, rebellious curls slipping out of her grasp.

“It has character.” She fingered her own limp, straight strands. “Mine on the other hand mimics limp, wet noodles.”

Aadhya laughed, a full-bodied throaty chuckle that had Raashi smiling back. There was something about Aadhya’s confident fire that had always drawn her to the other woman. Raashi had the fire. She just didn’t have the confidence.

Today had been full throttle. From her day at the salon to the engagement party to that kiss, no not the kiss…she was not going to think about the kiss anymore. From the engagement party to this hang out on the terrace, it was a lot of peopling. Raashi didn’t normally people so much and now she was starting to feel peopled out.

“Marrying Harsh Kodela,” Aadhya mused from beside her. “That’s a whole vibe right there.”

Raashi bristled, her cranky pants side coming to the fore. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Easy,” Aadhya laughed. “He’s my friend. A great friend but that’s all. I just meant,” Aadhya waved a hand in a circle in Harsh’s direction. “That’s a whole vibe. Being married to him is going to be a roller coaster.”

Raashi’s hackles subsided. “A roller coaster on LSD,” she muttered.

Aadhya stretched out beside Raashi, her maroon jumpsuit beautifully accentuating her brown skin and the long, lean body beneath it. Raashi truly was jealous of how supremely comfortable and intrinsically fashionable Aadhya was. Ram glanced over at them, his face darkening. Raashi frowned at the disapproval darkening his face.

“Are you ready for the ride?” Aadhya asked, drawing her attention back. When Raashi continued frowning at her, confusion deepening, Aadhya added, “For the roller coaster that is Harsh.”

“No,” Raashi replied honestly. “But I’ll make sure I stay buckled up for the ride.”

Aadhya grinned, tipping her beer bottle to Raashi in a toast. “I’ll be your ride or die.”

A soft glow lit up in the pit of Raashi’s belly. “You will?” she asked.

All her life, all she’d had were her siblings. She doubted there was anybody else in this world who loved her, truly loved her. She had been too prickly, too strange, too nerdy to make too many good friends.

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