Say You'll Be Mine by Naina Kumar

Author:Naina Kumar [Kumar, Naina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2024-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

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“Karthik is going to lose his mind when he sees you in this.”

Meghna snorted, turning a bit to the side to get a better view of her reflection in the mirror. “Yeah, right.”

“I’m serious,” Ankita insisted. “You’re an absolute bombshell. He’s not going to know what hit him.”

“As my best friend you’re required to say that.” Meghna lifted her arms, the movement constrained by the pins the seamstress had just placed, indicating where some last-minute alterations were needed.

Ankita shook her head. “Nope. Once you see these pictures, you’ll understand what I’m talking about. You look amazing.”

Meghna rolled her eyes, stepping behind the dressing room curtain to change. “Enough about me,” she called as she carefully removed the tux, making sure the pins stayed in place. “We need to talk about you.” She pulled on her jeans and threw her shirt over her head before coming back out. “Last time we talked, you had a pretty…different approach to how you wanted to handle things.”

Ankita flinched, and Meghna immediately felt guilty. “I didn’t mean that in a judgmental way. I promise. I just meant that, you know, you were pretty adamant about not telling Rishi before.”

Ankita rubbed her forehead, letting out a sigh. “Yeah. Well, before I thought it was only one kiss. A mistake made in the moment. Really, I think I was trying to convince myself that was all it was. But then Samir called me.” She paused. “He called a couple times.”

Meghna’s eyebrows rose. She hadn’t realized that her brother had been trying to get in touch with Ankita. Meghna hadn’t spoken to Samir since the engagement party. Since he’d gone back to India. He’d called and texted, saying he wanted to explain, but Meghna hadn’t been ready to hear his excuses.

“I didn’t pick up at first,” Ankita said. “I thought I could just avoid him. But Rishi started noticing that I’d jump when the phone rang. That I’d send calls straight to voicemail. And he was so sweet. He never asked questions about it. He never pushed to find out what was going on. And that just made me feel even worse. Like I was some horrible person, keeping this big, dirty secret. It didn’t seem like one small kiss anymore. It felt like something more.

“So, I called Samir back, thinking I could get clarity. Closure. And move on. But talking to him made me realize that there’s still…something between us. I don’t know what it is exactly or whether there’s a future there, but I can’t be engaged to someone when I feel like this. It’s not right. Or fair to Rishi.” She met Meghna’s gaze, pain in her eyes. “I love Rishi. I love him. But I don’t think I’m in love with him. I don’t know if I ever was.”

Ankita’s face crumpled, and Meghna drew her close, pulling her into a hug. “It’s okay,” Meghna said. “It’ll be okay.” She held her best friend for a few moments until Ankita pulled back, wiping her tears away.

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