Half Girlfriend

I stepped inside. A maid gestured for me to follow her. Five expensive cars—an Audi SUV, two Mercedes Benz, one Bentley and Riya ...

lipstick on, making her lips appear fuller than usual. I couldn't believe I had kissed these same lips a week ago. She hugged me ...

‘So thoughtful. This will keep me warm.’ Riya said with a big smile on her face. 'I hear you play good basketball. Can you beat ...

‘Dad, Mom and some of their friends.’ ‘Dad and Mom?’ I said. Every guy has a fear of meeting his girl’s parents. Apparently, the ...

‘It’s okay, uncle,’ Rohan said.‘I just do it to make my mum happy and proud.That’s all.’ Riya’s mother stood next to her husband ...

A waiter arrived with a tray of drinks. Rohan took a beer, Riya picked up a glass of wine and Mr Somani helped himself to a whis ...

‘Riya, babe, you only got guy friends? Or you have some lovely ladies to introduce me to?’ ‘Plenty. Come to the poolside.’ Riya ...

‘You’ve known Riya a long time?’ Rachita asked Rohan. ‘Since she was a little girl,' Rohan said, ‘I used to be able to lift her ...

spring rolls. 'Madhav, so many guests. How are we supposed to be more private?’ 'Yeah, fine, I understand,’ I said. I picked up ...

‘What’s with Mr London? What was he lifting you for?’ Riya laughed. ‘Oh, Ro. Ro is an old buddy. He’s mad.’ She even had a nickn ...

Riya raised her eyebrows from the dance floor, wondering what I was doing with the waiter. I shook my head and smiled. There are ...

9 'Even I have no fucking idea what sushi is,’ Ashu said. ‘It’s Japanese food. How the fuck are we supposed to know? Do they kno ...

‘You are the new exotic creature in her life. She’s bored with everything else,’ Raman said. ‘Are you always this pessimistic?’ ...

parents wanted to do it.’ ‘Riya, that’s your world. It was me who didn’t fit in.’ ‘I can fit in, but I can’t relate to it. I’d r ...

‘Have you been in love before?’ ‘No.’ ‘So how do you know it’s love?' Her confusing words left me tongue-tied. ‘How do you know ...

Riya didn’t come to college the next day. I briefed my friends-cum- relationship-experts about the proposal while eating lunch i ...

I had proposed to her. The least she could do was give me a reply. I also felt scared. What if she said no? Maybe her silence me ...

10 I knocked on the door of Riya’s bedroom, located on the first floor of her house. ‘Come in, Madhav,’ Riya said and sniffled, ...

said in a baby voice. I took that as a sign that she was in a good mood. I voiced what had been haunting me for the past twenty- ...

‘Nothing more? What is more?’ ‘Well, you know what constitutes more.’ We heard a knock on the door. ‘It’s the maid. Can you sit ...