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The sound of Anjali's laughter got me out of the one-sided staring competition.
"What are you laughing at? It wasn't funny!" I sulked as I crossed my arms across my chest.
"Believe it or not, that was very funny. You two haven't changed even when everything about you has," She wiped a tear from the corner of her eye as she added, "it's like only the hate changed into love between you two. The rest of it is still pretty much the same."
I just huffed at her words. Because it wasn't true and I didn't have enough energy to argue with her at the moment. Right now, I felt like going after Viaan and letting him have a piece of my mind.
Too childish of me, I know but he deserved it.
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Mayank's eyes kept stealing glances behind me but Prerna's eyes were stuck there wide open. With her mouth ajar. It had been fifteen minutes after I arrived and this was the scene that I had been trying to put up with.
I huffed and puffed as I eyed the baboons appointed by mydarlinghusband. No pun intended, or perhaps it was. All of them were standing like some mannequins of macho men for display. With their fancy suits, Bluetooth devices stuck to their ears and those impenetrable jet black shades. I wonder if they could see anything or rather just pretended to know everything while being blind. Like Daredevil.
"Did you both call me here to keep ogling at my bodyguards?" I asked, finally feeling annoyed.
"They remind me of one of Salman Khan's movies, but only with four of them here," Prerna sounded like a kid standing in an amusement park.
"Tell me, where do you find all these people?" Mayank wondered out loud.
I couldn't help but roll my eyes, "How about me asking Viaan to send these guys as dowry for your wedding? As a gift from us."
And I swear I could feel multiple pairs of eyes on me at the same moment. It wasn't difficult to understand that my words had frightened the hefty guards standing behind me while Prerna's eyes twinkled with mischief.
She turned toward Mayank and trailed her manicured finger down his arm, "that's a fabulous idea, isn't it darling?"
And I swear I just witnessed one of the guards gulp from the corner of my eyes.
Mayank delivered a baffled look towards Prerna.
"You will just have to pay their salaries while my five-year-old niece plays tea party with them," Prerna added, making me purse my lips to not burst out laughing.
"And why in the hell would I do that?" Mayank exclaimed comically with his eyes wide with horror.
"Baby! Because you want to protect me when you aren't around, that's why!" Prerna whined like a little girl making it, even more, harder for me to control my laughter.
"Why, baby? Who would be so insane to even think about messing with you? You won't be needing the bodyguards, perhaps even they may end up needing you," Mayank smart-mouthed, shaking his head.
Prerna gasped in the offense as she questioned, "What do you even mean by that Mayank Dutt?"
Her hands were on her hips as she glared down at her poor boyfriend.
"I just meant you are more powerful than all of them combined together," Mayank smiled with uneasiness only causing Prerna to narrow her eyes at him.
"Do you mean to say I'm Arnold Schwarzenegger?"
"Yes- I mean no! Definitely not! You are Prernathe Wonder Woman. They should have taken you for that role," Mayank sweated profusely. And I couldn't control it any longer and burst out laughing. Behind me, I could hear the guards cough a little, trying to hide their sniggers at the exchange.
Oh! How I missed these two!
The rest of the lunch went on with these two bickering at every little thing. Just like the days of our uni. We stayed there for another hour and a half before conveying our goodbyes and going home.
Sighing out loud, I entered the elevator back home.
I had never expected my life to take such a drastic turn but in the end, I was grateful to my lord for changing my pitiful fate.
The elevator opened to show the backs of Vikrant and Viaan by the entrance of the living room. They were busy discussing about something seriously and I couldn't hear anything due to the distance between us.
