As I followed ram into hospital cafeteria,he walked to the corner table and sat across me.he stared at me for whole five minutes and Then our silence was broken by the waiter.

He ordered himself an ice tea and I ordered a coffee,then the waiter left us in our own silence again.after a few minutes,ram started to speak.

"I think u pretty much know the situation im in now ankitha",ram told.I just looked at him with a confused expression.Then he continued,"im into this marriage only because of my family and my father is insisting me to move in with you immediately after our marriage"

After a few minutes of silence,I looked up at rams face and took o deep breath and started talking,"if u dont like marrying me,I can talk to my family,is it because u didn't like me or because you are loving someone else".

I tried my best not to sound broken but my voice didn't help it.Then he sank in what I told and replied me,"this has nothing to do with you ankitha and I never told you that im not marrying you and for your record im not in love with anyone".

if u want to marry me then why,I stopped my sentence with a gasp.he continued speaking,

though I have no objections to this marriage,I have a few conditions,he continued ignoring my staring.though I have enough inheritance for living my entire life,I want to finish my college and work on my own and im not yet ready to run a married life with a complete stranger,so we can marry now and live as good friends and see where things go,if we fall in love well and good,if not we will lead our life separately after that,but this will only happen if u agree to marry me on this condition,ill give you a day for you to make your decision" completed ram.

Before I speak anything,ram took a tissue and wrote his phone number on it and handed it over to me and he started walking towards the hospital room.without speaking anything I started following him,later in the room we greeted everyone and took our leave.

After coming back to our home,my mom enquired about what ram spoke to me and I just told her that he just asked me a few casual questions and I quickly went to my room.

After changing my dress,I fell on my bed,lost in my thoughts once again.Ram told me I still have chance to say no to this marriage and I quickly rewinded the discussion earlier I had with ram today.

Why should I agree to a marriage with no love?though ram didn't love anyone till now,he clearly told me he can't accept me as his wife,now the decision is mine...