"I hope you have your justifications when bhabhi is going to hear about this." Vatsalya said controlling his anger.

Vatsalya started walking away after glaring at his younger brother. All of them knew that he was beyond pissed at Ridhaan.

Ridhaan groaned thinking about what he was supposed to tell his bhabhi. Imogen was his bhabhi's best friend.  He knew that. Everyone knew that.He didn't know how to face her. Ridhaan never wanted to hurt his bhabhi. But now he knew he would hurt her.

Trying to change the mood,Idhayan spoke.

"Aren't those pair of earring And necklace gifted by Agastya for your birthday last month" Idhayan told referring to the diamonds which went well with her outfit.

Ridhaan,the fashionista among them also acknowledged the fact. While the silent girl standing next to them didn't know how to respond.

She muttered a quick reply praising the diamonds but her heart was breaking inside. She couldn't even look at any of them.

Agastya was a very difficult man to impress. He never even gifted the university principal till now. Mithali knew that. She knew a lot about Agastya. After all her best friend was his younger brother and Noreen, even though she doesn't share the same blood as them group up with them, she would talk a lot about him too.

And gifting his personal assistant,giving her nicknames and holding hands,Mithali understood. She understood that Agastya had feelings Akira.
After all Akira was a nice woman,very professional.

'Obviously he would like her. Look at her,she is bold,confident and stands for what she believes in. While I am nothing more than a ugly geek who aspires to achieve something but can't even concentrate on her goals because of a man who doesn't even care about her. How could I stoop so low? I am really pathetic. If Kiyaansh were to find out about my feelings for his older brother and everything that I did,he would never even talk to me. And Noreen, she will leave me too. I can't risk loosing all I have. And this family, they gave me the love I never thought I would get. I can't do this. I have to stay away from him.' Mithali thought while it was destroying her at the thought of Agastya with someone else and most importantly,staying away from him. She has told it. For Noreen, Kiyaansh, this family and most importantly,Agastya.

Idhayan was observing Mithali, a tear falling silently down while she held her head low. She looked so broken. Idhayan couldn't understand what exactly was happening. Anger,Pain,heartbreak,jealousy was all he saw.

He didn't know what to do. His brothers were all behaving as if they were not the men he knew. They were behaving out of order. Vatsalya has changed. The man who once loved to whore around,now doesn't even have different girls every night. He barely goes out. The party animal he knew, the man who always loved to smirk and smile,now barely talks.

Kiyaansh is a lot case. Who would think the girl he is attracted to is like his sister? Only Kiyaansh. Everyone could see the way he looks at her. Even when Noreen is dressed in ugly sweatshirts and snot running down her nose with her hair like a bird's nest,Kiyaansh still thought she was the most beautiful girl in this planet. And still going to the university which was handled by their older brother, they knew who would obviously have a track on what he was doing,he still continued even after he graduated. It was for Noreen. He would do anything for her. That was enough for Idhayan and the rest of them to know that Kiyaansh loves her and isn't listing after her body.

And Ridhaan, the man with a control over anything. If anyone were to ever loose to their anger among them, it was never him. He was the spokesperson among them. Always kind and understanding. Never spoke out of time even though he always had a way of getting what he wanted. He was a sweet talker. If a poll was raised about which one of them would a girl choose to marry, Idhayan was sure, not just him, even their mothers were sure it would be Ridhaan who would have the highest votes.

He s is everything a girl would want. Kind, Understanding, Handsome and most importantly very patient. But they way he is always out of control near Imogen was something he never understood.

Idhayan never thought that Ridhaan hated Imogen to an extent to call her a whore. Ridhaan always being the soft spoken brother, hearing him speak like that really shook all of them.

He doesn't understand the reason for their hatred. Only if he could sort everything out. At least for his bhabhi.

His Katyayani bhabhi, he couldn't help but be worried. Not that the party was already going down the hill, he didn't want his stupid older brother to hurt her more. She dealt enough. She deserves all the happiness. His brother is a jerk for hurting her and not realizing her live for him.

Before he could ask Ridhaan to apologise to Imogen, he was already walking down the hallway Imogen left leaving the three of them. Maybe he is going to apologise to Imogen.

That's what Idhayan heard. Turning to look at Akira smiling at Agastya after talking expressing her views about Ridhaan's sudden abandoning.

Before he could say something, Mithali muttered a quick excuse about finding Noreen and Kiyaansh and rushed without even sparing a glance at any of them. Noreen and Kiyaansh. Everyone forget they were supposed to be there.

'What's with people running away? All they do is run away' Idhayan thought.

'Just like you did.' Mocked his mind. Making him remember those bitter memories.

Now,Agastya started walking away towards the bar after Akira declined joining him.

Muttering an excuse, Idhayan too left.

'God!! These men keep running away' Akira thought,observing the people in the part scattered here and there, talking to each other. More like gossiping about her.

Idhayan groaned sitting on a barstool. Waiting for the bartender to get more drinks,he already finished a couple of champagne glasses. Burdened with all these women clutching to him like they were his puppiesand he was their master,he grew tired and his one glare was enough to put them away.

Sighing,he was moving his finger around the corners of the champagne glass, He saw a silhouette of a man walking towards the other side of the masnion, the place where his twins and their friends were enjoying.

Even if Idhayan was partially drunk,he could recognise his brother. His older brother was talking long strides, even though he couldn't see properly, he felt like his brother was radiating anger.

'Maybe it's because I am drunk' Idhayan thought.

But then he remembered his previous encounter with his brother,who always has anger on the top of his nose. And he immediately thought of his bhabhi.

She was with the kids.

'What if bhaiya is going to harm bhabhi? No. No. He wouldn't. I completely distracted him from that girl,his date.' Idhayan tried to calm his nerves down.

He can't catch up with his brother in this state when all the women are arraign at him like hawks. So he did the only thing he could do. Drink his miseries away,His memories away.

Idhayan is no better than his older brother,Yuvein. Considering him a jerk for testing his wife like that,he couldn't help but feel like a hypocrite. Atleast his brother never did what he did to the woman who loved him. Atleast he didn't leave her hanging like he did.

Chuckling at his his fate, he drowned himself in alcohol. It was supposed to be the happiest day of the year but here he is burning in her memories, drowning in guilt.

Kiyaansh grabbed her wrist and took her away from all those stares when all the attention was on Agastya. Kiyaansh has always been good at grabbing the attention when he wanted and smart enough to not have the same attention when he didn't want unlike his brothers.

Dragging her towards his room,he couldn't help but feel confused about his feelings. Kiyaansh hated the he felt. He didn't understand the reason behind his anger. He hated the way those men were looking at her and he hated the idea of her being in any man's arms. Let Alone his brother.

Ridhaan has always been the perfectionist. The man who could charm every girl without even trying. He didn't want his brother to make this girl fall in love with him,he didn't want anyone to take his Noreen away from him.

Noreen yanked her hand back glaring at him while rubbing her hand against the marks on her right wrist. She didn't understand his problem. There isn't any need for him to be so overprotective near his brother. Noreen understood and finally came to the conclusion that she can never be his woman. She will always be his sister. Nothing less,Nothing more.

Noreen felt the tears building up in her eyes. Thinking of all those times he only saw her as his sister. And now when he grabbed her away from him as if she were his woman. She felt happy but she knew it she would never be his girl. She would always be that ugly girl with two braids crying on the first day of school.

She hated it. She is going to be part of his life. Always. She will watch him fall in love, get married, have kids,grandkids while she will grow old with cats  and dogs.

'Nope. I won't be alone I have Mithali' she thought.

She smiled at the thought. Atleast she has her mittu.

Kiyaansh fails to understand this women. Even though she has been his best friend for almost all their lives.

'Wasn't she angry at me? Then had tears in her eyes and now she is smiling. Wow. I really got myself a keeper' Kiyaansh thought sarcastically.

"The boy married to you is going to be the unluckiest in the world. Thank God, I never fell in love with you" Kiyaansh told chucking.

His words broke her from her train of thoughts and then broke her dreams too.

Kiyaansh jokes about the first sentence while he felt a pinch of pain speaking the latter. But Kiyaansh is Kiyaansh, he ignored the pain.

Watching her look at him with tears welled in her eyes, he couldn't understand his mistake.

"Weren't you smiling a moment ago? Why are you crying,Noreen?" He questioned her shocked at her behaviour.

Kiyaansh hated to watch her hurt. Not that he wasn't enough pissed that she wasn't sitting next to him earlier at the Pooja. She came dressed like that, he understood his Noreen is beautiful but those ugly men should keep their eyes on their women or somebody else. Not his Noreen. And then Noreen in Ridhaan's arms. All these incidents went on triggering his anger,more and more. But watching her cry, it really took it to another level.

Noreen stared at his irritated face. She couldn't control her pain any longer. All that she submerged inside her and never let it out. Not even near Mithali. All those things she couldn't tell her best friend, all those things she couldn't explain were ready to explode. But her pain was turning into anger. Anger can never do any good.

"What the fuck is your problem,Kiyaansh?Questioned his best friend angrily.

This was the first time Noreen yelled at him. All these years,she never yelled at him. She has always been the understanding one. But today, she yelled at him.

Before he could say something,she spoke. Kiyaansh felt like everything was going to change after this. And he couldn't have guessed it right.

"Why did you bring me here? Why wouldn't you let me stay in your brother's arms? Why do you have a problem with me hugging your brother?" Noreen yelled,tears streaming down her face.

Kiyaansh stood there frozen. He didn't have an answer. He couldn't understand her outburst.

"Why are you creating a huge fight out of it?" He asked her,uninterested.

'She must be on her periods' he thought.

That must be the reason. Noreen would never yell at him. He was confident. She must be on her periods. It was not going to change anything between them. Kiyaansh was confident.

Noreen was stunned. She never knew that she didn't even matter to him. She was hurt. She couldn't help but be ashamed.

'How could I love him?' She thought.

"Did I ever matter to you? Did you ever even care about me?" She questioned controlling her tears.

Her voice breaking while talking. Anyone could feel her pain,hearing her voice. But not him.

"What's the problem with me not wanting you close to my brothers?" He questioned her anger blazing in his eyes.

"You don't seem to have a problem with Mithali hugging your brother? You you have a problem with me but not her. Aren't both of us your best friends?" She questioned him.

He didn't have answer to her question. He stood there speechless. He didn't understand his feelings.
Both of them are like his sisters. But he didn't know what made him hate the idea of her in any other man's arms.

'Wasn't I supposed to feel the same way towards Mithali? She is my best friend too. I probably felt like this because Noreen has been with him longer. Right,that must be it' Kiyaansh thought.

He answered it. His answer really did change everything. His answer made her assume the worst.

"She is my best friend. You are like my sister. You are my best friend too. I have known you longer. That's it. I just felt a little overprotective over you." He said concentrating on explaining more about what she meant to him then what Mithali meant to him.

'She must have felt insecure. Damn. I am really stupid. She must have thought that I don't care about her any longer. I really need to clear this misunderstanding. My poor Noreen.' Kiyaansh thought.

Before he could say something, Noreen took her heels off and ran away silently without saying anything,leaving him dumbstruck.

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