Hey, after so long🤭. Happy reading.

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Pratha, Karan along with Sita reached EC Mall. Karan parked his car in the parking lot and all of them got down. They got in and Sita brought them straight to a dress shop. Karan stopped right in front of the shop and PraSita looked at him.

"Bhai, why are you standing there? Andar aajao." - Sita insisted him. "Ah, no. Nope. You girls will take time to shop and I don't want to waste my time. You both go and shop meanwhile I'll just do my work sitting at the food court." - Karan said showing his laptop.

"Argh, always work. Come, Pratha. Let us shop." - Sita said and dragged Pratha with her. Pratha turns back and looks at Karan. He also looks at her. They had a small eye lock until Pratha breaks it and turns towards Sita. Karan smiles to himself and went to the food court.

After roughly an hour, the girls came to them with 2 bags each in their hands. Karan looks up at them. "Done with the shopping?" - Karan asked them. "Yes Bhai" - Sita replied him. Karan looks at Pratha. "Yes, sir." - Pratha replied with a small smile. "Okay, Bhai. Let's go home." - Sita said.

"Why in hurry, Choti? Even I have to do shopping." - Karan said. "What? Why didn't you shop when we were shopping?" - Sita asked him. "Because I had a small business work. I had to finish it before I shop for myself. I'm done with it and you with your shopping. Now, won't you accompany your brother to shop a shoe for himself?" - Karan asked looking extra sweetly at his little sister.

Sita makes faces and agreed to him. Karan smiles like a kid which made Pratha to chuckle at him. Karan attention turns towards her. Pratha stops chuckling and looks at him. "Please join us, Ms. Pratha. I insist!" - Karan said looking at Pratha.

She agreed and the girls followed him. He went into a shoe shop followed by the girls. He looks around the shoes and takes out one. He tried it but he keeps it back. Then, he takes another one and tried it but he keeps it back as well. He did like this with 10 shoes in the shop.

Then, he came to the girls who were sitting on the bench provided by the shop with empty hands. "You didn't buy anything?" - Sita asked him. "No, I didn't like any of it. Let's go to another shop." - Karan said dragging them to another shop. Pratha and Sita look at each other and sigh heavily.

Like this he went to 4 shops in the mall and the time was 9:35 p.m. Sita goes to her brother who was trying yet another shoe and looking at it. He looks up at Sita who was standing in front of him. "Are you done? Did you look at the time? We only took 1 hour to shop that too at only one shop. But you brought us to 5 shops and ek shoe bhi pasand nahi hai tujhe?" - Sita asked him.

Karan nods his head negatively. Sita frowns. "People says that it's hard to shop for girls but here it's hard to choose a shoe for a guy like you! Arrey, Bhai mujhse nahi ho payega. Chalo na ghar pe. Hum bhook lag rahi hai and thak bhi ho chuki hoon. Pratha bhi tired lag rahi hai. Chalo na, Bhai!" - Sita begged him dramatically.

Karan ignored his sister and looked at Pratha, who is looking really tired. He gets worried and immediately goes to her dragging Sita with him. "I'm really sorry, girl. Let's go home." - Karan said. They all exits the mall. "Okay, sir and Sita. It was a lovely shopping. Will meet you at office tomorrow, sir." - Pratha said.

She was about to go but Sita stopped her. "Madam, kahan jaa rahe hai?" - Sita asked her. "To my hostel. I'll take an autorickshaw because it's in this way and your house is in that way. I don't want to trouble you guys." - Pratha said politely. "Pratha yaar, you only said that your hostel warden will close the gate by 10 pm. It's already 9:40pm. You'll definitely get late and will be locked out." - Sita said.

This was a new information about Pratha for Karan. "Hostel? You don't stay in your house? Or is your parents from another city?" - Karan asked her. Pratha looked up at him meanwhile Sita slapped her forehead. "Bhai, she doesn't have anyone." - Sita said. "I'm really sorry, Pratha. I didn't meant to.." - Karan really was sorry.

"It's okay, sir. Sita, main manage kar lunga." - Pratha was cut off in the middle. "No arguments in this matter. You are coming with us to our house and will stay there tonight. Matter khatam. Bhai, bol na kuch." - Sita turns to Karan. Karan looks at Pratha and says - "Stay at our house tonight, Pratha. I insist."

Pratha looks at him and then at Sita. She agreed to them reluctantly. Karan smiles at her and Sita was so happy. They get in the car and Karan drives to Kundrra mansion. They gets down the car and Sita entered the house with Pratha followed by Karan. They were welcomed by their mother, Annapurna.

"Finally, you both had returned. I was getting worried for you two. And I suppose you are Pratha" - Ap asked looking at Pratha. "Ji, aunty." - Pratha passes a smile at her. "How you know her, Maa?" - Karan asked his mother. "Your sister had shown me her picture and had said a lot about her. I must admit, you look really beautiful in real more than the picture, dear." - Ap said caressing Pratha's cheek.

"Thanks, aunty." - Pratha said. "May I know why are you both late?" - Ap asked glaring at her children. "All because of Bhai, Maa. He took more than 2 hours to shop a shoe and at last he didn't buy anything at all. He wasted his time as well as mine and Pratha's." - Sita complains and Pratha chuckles.

Karan makes faces at his little sister. "Maa, Pratha will stay with us tonight because it was too late to send her back to the hostel. Is it okay for you?" - Sita asked her mother. "That's okay. I'm happy to have Pratha as a guest in our house. Go, dear. Go fresh up and I'll serve you three dinner." - Ap said. Pratha nodded at her and Sita brought Pratha to her room.

Karan keeps looking at Pratha from back. Ap looks at her son and smiles. "Enough of staring at her. Go and fresh up." - Ap said at Karan. Karan turns to his mother in shock. Then, he smiles sheepishly while rubbing his nape. He runs to his room leaving Ap laughing at her son.

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After getting freshen up, the girls and Karan came down to the dining. Ap serves them their dinner. "Maa, have you all had your dinner?" - Karan asked. "Yes, we all had except for Jay." - Ap said. Pratha's attention turns towards AP when she says the name.  "Jay Bhaiyya abhi tak nahi aayi?" - Sita asked her mother.

"Not yet, Sita." - There comes another woman's voice. They turns towards the voice and it was Mahhi. Pratha was confused looking at Mahhi. "This is my Choti Bhabhi, Mahhi hai Pratha. Jay Bhaiyya ki patni." - Sita said clearing her doubt. Pratha smiles at Mahhi and Mahhi smiles back at her.

"Where is your Bade Bhabhi?" - Pratha asked and Karan choked listening to her meanwhile Sita laughs out loud. Ap passes a glass of water to Karan and rubs his back. He drinks it and composes himself. "Arrey, Pratha! Mera Bade Bhaiyya, Karan abhi tak single hoon. Phir humhe Bade Bhabhi kahan se laaon?" - Sita said.

"Sorry!" - Pratha mouthed at Karan. He just nods at her. "As you know abhi tak mera 'Bade Bhabhi' ka seat kaali hai kyun tum woh seat ko fill nahi karoon?" - Sita asked her making Pratha to widen her eyes. Karan widens his eyes well listening to his little sister. Ap smiles and nods her head in disbelief at her daughter's naughtiness.

"I'll be happy if I get Pratha as my Bahu!" - Ap said bringing Pratha and Karan's attention to her. Then, they both turns and looks at each other. They slowly falls into an eye lock. Sita signals her mother to come near her. Ap goes closer to Sita. "Maa, lagta hai mera 'Bade Bhabhi' mil gayi ya!" - Sita said. Pratha breaks the eye lock and blushes as she heard Sita.

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That's all for this part. I hope it didn't bore you all. Thanks for reading and sorry for the grammar mistakes 🙏☺️.