Abhiram looked at the surroundings which was pleasant, he missed this greenery being in his busy life. He noticed small plants around the terrace, "you like gardening?" Abhi asked to start conversation.

"Amma does all this work, I just water them" Harshini said genuinely. She decided to speak freely with Abhiram thinking he may not accept this proposal. His job, education, looks everything about him seemed very high or atleast more than her.

"How many matches did you see till now?" Abhiram asked seeing her tension free. He guessed she is habituated to all these formalities, if not she is not a shy person.But second one didn't seem correct to him from what he observed till now.

"You are the first groom I am seeing directly" Harshini said with a smile shocking Abhiram. "Are you serious?" He asked skeptically and she nodded.

His expressions were making her laugh, "Why! Any problem?" She asked. "You don't seem to be tensed, of course you need not be but I expected you to be..." He tried to say "never mind" he said shaking his head.

"I understood, I think you will reject me that's the reason" she said plainly. Abhiram gave a big smile for her answer, she didn't know what was the reason but there is a spark in it.

"You can't conclude on my decisions Harshini, Let me tell you about myself" Abhiram started saying about his education, job, hobbies and all. Harshini felt comfortable and she too started saying about her career and family.

" I love my sister alot, we are just like you and Varshith, only difference is your brother is more responsible than me" he said and winked at her.

"This guy is going to accept you, congratulations Harshini" a voice in her mind said making her shiver.

"And my niece is a cutie, you will totally love her. She is a little magician, her name.." "Tridha" Harshini bit her tounge for accidentally slipping it.

"You know?" Abhiram asked raising his brows. How does she know...

How could I say that we stalked you on social media and there I saw her birthday photo. It's not wrong to check prospective groom's photos but how awkward it will be to accept it on your first meet.. she thought

"Your father said while saying about your family" Harshini said remembering the conversation. She took a deep breath in relief for coming out of that situation. Abhiram understood she might checked his profile. Is she interested to marry me... He had this constant doubt.

"Harshini I want to tell you something important about me which only my sister knows. If she knows my dad will come to know from her, they share everything with each other. I am connected more with my mom but this is the only thing I didn't share with her" Abhiram said "Sisters are like second mothers" he added.

"I was fascinated about a girl in my college, I don't know if it's attraction or love but everything about her impressed me. She is beauty with brains, multi talented, fearless, soft spoken person whom everyone likes. But I didn't propose her knowing she would reject me. She has a small place in my heart which I can't take away, maybe she is the first one whom I liked that much. She's out of league" Abhiram said sincerely.

Harshini could see admiration for that girl in his eyes even if she is not before him. She understood he really loved her. "Didn't you propose her in fear of rejection? What do you mean by out of league?" Harshini asked curiously.

"Hmm.. She is super rich, breath takingly beautiful, wiser than our dean only a prince would match her" Abhiram laughed.

"Still she would have accepted you, which girl we reject a guy like you" she stated as a matter of fact surprising Abhi.

"Then is it yes from you Harshini?" He asked with a mischievous smile. She didn't expect this question from him.

"Harshini I told you this because I wanted my future wife to know everything about me. And this is an important which you should know before we proceed further" he said clearly.

"So what's your decision Harshini?" He asked hoping it's yes. "My parents wish" she said calmly.

"If they accept it's ok for you right?" He asked looking intently at her. She nodded looking at floor shyly. "Then ..." Saying he came near to Harshini.

She got confused with him invading her personal space, he cupped her face with his hands and kissed on her forehead. It happened swiftly before Harshini could comprehend what happened.

"You are  Marked Mine Harshini" Abhiram said with a loving look on his face. He realised she is his soulmate the moment she saw him. He noticed her looking at him and that was the moment his heart got locked to her.

Harshini is beyond shocked and stood there rooted while Abhiram went down. After a minute on hearing Varshith's voice she too came down.

Varshith saw her face and understood something happened, their parents exchanged pleasantries. "It's nice meeting you Mr. Srinivas" Raghuram said genuinely, he liked this family. He saw his son's face which clearly showed that he liked Harshini.

"Varshith we could be good friends irrespective of this marriage" Abhiram proposed. "Sure man" Varshith hugged him and they exchanged their contact details.

Varshith observed how Abhiram's face is glowing with happiness, how he is stealing glances of Harshini. On the other side his sister seemed to be tensed and lost in her own world. She is not even looking at anyone making Varshith more curious to know what happened between them.

While leaving Abhiram's eyes were only on Harshini hoping she would look at him atleast once. When she did without anyone's notice he winked at her making her all red (not out of shy)

His audacity... Harshini fumed coming inside. Didn't she like it? Or is it too early? She is not able to judge.

"Harshi! Tell me what happened on terrace? Don't hide, I know it by seeing your face" Varshith clarified before his sister asks details. Harshini closed the door and explained everything except about Abhiram's love for his college mate.

"He kissed you... Wow! He is whipped" Varshith said with a big smile. "Are you not angry?" Harshini asked in shock seeing her brother react like this. "It's obvious that he likes you, what more will I want for my sister" he said pulling her cheeks.

"He kissed a stranger girl bro, do you get that. What if he does with every girl? We don't know about him.. who does things like these??" Harshini said in frustration.

She is totally confused and Varshith could clearly understand what his sister is going through.

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Will Harshini agree for this wedding?

What will Varshith do to help his sister?

A/N: Hello all! Sorry for the late update guys. I was not sure how to start and end this chapter.

Please give your suggestions if this chapter is ok or not.

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