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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalIt had been Haribabu’s ‘last’ wish that his granddaughter, Puja, got married to his protégé’s eligible son, Rahul. Dr. Dev Arya had no option but to acquiesce to his benefactor’s wishes. It was payback time, after all. However, it had been a challenge to make Rahul and Puja to fall in with their plans. After the wedding, a miffed Rahul had headed back to Harvard without a backward glance. He hadn’t once looked Puja’s way, but she had managed a sneak peek and that had been her undoing. It had been love at first sight.
Years pass and Dr. Rahul Arya, now twenty nine, sets up residence and practice in Mumbai. Dev and Suman invite Puja to Mumbai, gently reminding her of Haribabu’s last wish. After the mandatory demurring, she demurely promises to reconsider renewing her marital vows with Rahul.
After all, propriety demanded that she didn’t jump with joy and yell ‘Yes!’ she reasoned sensibly, with just a hint of a smile, as she saw them drive away. But what was she going to do about the niggling reservations about Rahul’s philandering ways? For starters, his ambiguous relationship with Manisha, the Bollywood star? It was splashed all over the tabloids…
Alka Raghbeer
Alka Raghbeer is a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner of Bach flower remedies. But writing, she confesses, remains her first love. Strangers – The Love Connection is her first attempt at fiction. She has only recently published a crossword puzzle book based on Bach flower therapy. She lives with her family in New Delhi, India.
