"Hello bhaiya!"

"Hey kiddo! Shaadi kr rha hai tera bhai. Destination wedding. Aur iss gadhe ke saath tujhe bhi aana hai."

"Congratulations bhaiya! Waise aap sach mai chuparustom ho. Kisi ko khabar bhi nhi ki."

She heard him chuckle.

"Arrange marriage kiddo. Mujhe bhi nhi pata tha. But I'm sure you'll like your bhabhi. She's so nice."

Nitara could hear the love in his voice. She was happy for him.

Nitara, Nitin and Aashvi reached the venue where the wedding and other functions were to be held. They were in Goa.

"Aise Goa trip banayi tumne. Shaadi ke bahane. Sahi hai beta."

Raghav said taking Priyansh in a brotherly hug and then everyone congratulated him.

"Lekin hamari bhabhi hai kaha?"

Muskan asked and Priyansh looked around. His eyes fell on a figure and he smiled.

"Kashish!"

The woman turned and Priyansh motioned him to come near them. She excused herself from her guests and walked towards him with a smile.

"Here she is! My beautiful fiancee."

Priyansh introduced her making her blush.

"And this is my gang."

He then introduced each one of them by name. Kashish was a good woman. And anyone could see how much the couple adored each other.

"Manna padega saale! Choice toh teri achhi hai. Welcome to the fam bhabhi."

Nitin said and Kashish thanked him while Priyansh boasted.

"Choice toh meri hamesha se hi achhi hai. You should say this to Kashish though. Iss baar iski choice sabse best hai."

He said self boasting making everyone roll their eyes.

"You're so full of yourself."

Kashish said and Priyansh leaned in near her ear.

"Soon, you'll be full of me too."

He meant to say it quietly but unfortunately everyone heard. They oohed, making Kashish blush and hide her face in his chest.

The functions were going to start tomorrow. It was Ganesh puja tomorrow followed by a small havan to welcome the deities.

All of them were sitting in Nitara's room because they didn't want to mess up theirs and the poor kid couldn't refuse when everyone asked.

Nitara was trying hard to not pay attention to the constant gaze being directed towards her. The man was hell bent on letting everyone see that there was something going on. He wasn't looking away from her.

Yuvan wanted Nitara to look at him just once. He wanted to see her eyes. But, to his bad luck, she didn't, but her brother did.

Nitin saw how Yuvan had been looking at Nitara constantly. He patted Yuvan's back harshly and smiled tightly.

"Daaru khatam ho gyi! Chal room mai se lekar aate hai."

Yuvan nodded and got up not realizing what was happening. As soon as they got out of the room, Nitin spoke.

"I've always been really protective of Nitara."

Yuvan looked at him and nodded. All of them knew this.

"And I still am really protective of her. Tujhe toh pata hai na I don't like people looking at her. She's too innocent and pure for this world. I don't want anyone to take advantage of that."

Yuvan looked ahead realizing why he was being told all this.

"Tum sab pr pura bharosa hai mujhe. Priyansh, Raghav and you, ki tum uska bilkul meri tarah khayal rakhoge. Like your own sister."

Yuvab clenched his fists but didn't say anything. She wasn't his sister. He didn't see her as one. He was falling in love with her for Heaven's sake.

Nitin patted his back again in a warning way which made Yuvan understand that it wasn't going to be easy with Nitin having an eye over them. Especially him from now.

The couple was engaged and today was the pool party. Elders were not allowed, so only friends and cousins were there.

Kashish was getting her facial and skincare done today so she wasn't attending.

Nitara too kept away from the pool and was sitting on a recliner. Everyone was in the pool. Nitara was wearing a short dress with a long shrug over it.

Her eyes constantly moved towards Yuvan. He wore swimming trunks, his chest at display and although he didn't have abs, he was fit and really hot.

She just couldn't avert her gaze from him. He was in the pool with everyone else and their eyes met. He raked his hand through his wet hair which made his biceps flex.

She gasped when he winked at her and smirked looking away. She looked to see if anyone saw and then blushed.

Aashvi and Muskan too joined everyone in the pool.

"Oyee kiddo! Aaja! Hum sab hai yaha. Kuch nhi hoga."

Raghav said but Nitara shook her head. She was terrified of pool and water bodies.

She didn't remember exactly but she was about 5 or 6 years old and they were on a school picnic. She was told that she sneaked away from her class group and went near the lake where a family of ducks were.

She got startled and lost her balance resulting in her falling into the lake. She would have drowned if not rescued on time and since then she was terrified of going near any water body. Even a pool.

"Hey! You're Jiju's sister?"

Nitara saw two girls, a little older than her, hover over her.

"Umm..aap kaun?"

"We're Kashish's cousins."

The girls said in unison. Nitara assumed that they were twins and smiled.

"I am Priyansh bhaiya's best friend's sister. But wo bhi mere bhaiya hi hai."

The girls nodded and looked at everyone enjoying in the pool.

"Yaha kyu baithi ho? Come there no! Everyone's enjoying."

"Umm...nhi. I'm fine. Thank you."

"Arre aise kaise fine! Chalo na."

They held her arm and tried to force her into coming but were stopped by Muskan's voice.

"Usne mana kia na. Why are you forcing her? She doesn't want to come. Let her be!"

"But we just want her to enjoy too."

"She's enjoying the way she wants. No need to force her. She's scared of water."

Raghav spoke this time. The girls looked at Raghav and then at Nitara and burst out laughing.

"Scared of water? How can someone be scared of water?"

Nitara felt embarrassed and lowered her head.

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