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What?
He left me more confused than freaked out.
As if he never said it, he snapped back to the present and flashed me his brilliant smile, "You know what? You should see a doctor as soon as possible, maybe I can help you too with that. But right now, I'll let you enjoy your friend's party."
He was already up and was about to leave when I called after him, "Mr. Raivardhan—" and was immediately cut off by him interjecting, "Aaryan. Just call me Aaryan, I am not so old either."
"Okay, Aaryan," I started again with a nod, "thank you so much for whatever you did but please let me pay you back. It would make me feel better."
He just looked at me as the end of his lips tugged upward in a ghost of a smile, or smirk, I don't know which it was though, "we will meet again soon, senorita." And off he was, walking away as elegantly as a cheetah would walk. I just shook my head at my luck. No doubt, I was currently the center of attention among the staff but not for too long as the birthday girl and the rest of the company walked through the door. Wait till Prerna and Anjali hear about it.
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"Ouch!" I scowled at my aching ankle. I had removed my heels long ago as I carried them in my hand, along with my bag. My other hand took the support of the wall to avoid falling. My aching ankle raised a foot above in the air as I hopped my way out of the elevator. I only needed to make it out of the main door before hailing a cab. The only problem would be the availability of the cabs at this hour.
"Are you alright?" Prerna's worried voice boomed from beside me.
"Yeah... I guess," I tried to be as honest as possible.
"Let me help you," this was what I feared. She would sacrifice her birthday party and assist me all the way to the doctor if she knew about it. I had to busy myself with random people making her unsuspicious of my situation. Then without actually telling her about my ankle and ruining the party for her, I had hobbled my way out. But nothing could escape her eyes.
She pulled my arm around her shoulder, supporting half of my weight. And it didn't take much time for Mayank to react. He was on the other side of mine, mirroring Prerna's actions.
"How did you end up like this, kiddo?" Mayank questioned, easily dragging me towards the doors.
"Broke my heel..." No, I didn't lie, in fact, it was very much the truth! Maybe a part of the truth nevertheless, it was true.
"Only you can manage to do those things," Prerna shook her head while Mayank nodded in agreement. I just rolled my eyes.
We made it out the doors when Mayank announced, "I'll go get the car. You both stay here." And he was gone even before I could open my mouth.
What we weren't expecting was a black Porsche Cayman to halt before us, and the window rolled down. I and Prerna simultaneously gasped looking at the person sitting behind the wheel.
He had his night Oakley on, his one hand resting on the wheel while the other on the gear. Slowly and gracefully, he turned his head to face us, "Ms. Chopra and Kundra." His greeting sounded polite yet playful.
"Mr. Raivardhan," Prerna returned his greeting while I was busy opening and closing my mouth. My voice died down somewhere in my throat. When he said that we will meet soon, I didn't expect him to meet me this soon! So what if I was oddly comfortable around him, like how I felt around Luv or even Kush? But I still wasn't over my embarrassment.
"You are blushing, darling," Prerna sang under her breath, warning me of my burning face.
"Please call me Aaryan. Mr. Raivardhan makes me feel like a great grandpa waiting for his great-grandson to be born." Prerna giggled at his words.
"So, Aaryan. What brings you here?" I let Prerna do all the talking. At least she wouldn't make a fool out of herself, unlike me...
"I noticed Ms. Rynah was hobbling with great difficulty. Just wanted to offer my help to get her ankle fixed," he explained.
"Yeah, right! Your brother's a doctor, right?" Prerna's eyes lit up and I knew immediately that something was cooking in her head.
"N-no! I-it's fine. N-nothing serious!" My words fell on deaf ears because they both ignored me and continued, "surgeon, my brother's a surgeon but he expertises in other stuff too."
"Of course, how silly of me!" Prerna gave out a high pitched laugh of a witch’s making me flinch in the process.
"If you want, I can give you a ride. I am heading out to Jubilee Hills anyway," he unlocked the door waiting for me to open it but all I did was stare at him.
Just one question burned in my head,HOW IN THE HELL DID HE KNOW WHERE I LIVED?
"Great idea! That would help us a lot too!" Prerna opened the door as she went on blabbering about something that I wasn't even paying attention to. My mind had stopped working when I heard him say Jubilee Hills.
"B-But...I... We... Er-" and I was a stuttering mess once again, who was now seated on the expensive leather in an amazing smelling car. Prerna shut the door after putting on the seat belt for me. I watched her stand back and wave, yelling, "Call me once you reach home! Good night, babe!"
