AllFreeNovel
Share Us
"Sorry," I apologized realizing the consequences I would have been responsible for if Aaryan hadn't controlled the wheel on time.
"Care to elaborate?" He asked turning right on a road and entering into a gate.
"Where are we?" I asked at the sight of familiar yet not so familiar place.
"Raivardhan mansion. I drove in through the other gate rather than the one we came in through the last time."
My lips formed an 'o' in understanding as we got down the car and headed towards the glass elevator.
Once inside the elevator, I avoided looking at myself in the mirror. Aaryan turned to me, "You look like a mess."
I rolled my eyes, "Ain't I always, whenever I come here?"
He snickered at my words. The elevator stopped on the third floor and we walked towards the living room.
Daksh came out of a room, completely dressed and carrying his briefcase.
"You are home already?" Aaryan asked his brother.
"No, I had forgotten an important document back here. So, had to come to retrieve it," Daksh's eyes landed on me making him frown, "Rynah, are you alright?"
Before I could speak, Aaryan beat me to it, "she's been crying the entire way. I am still trying to get her to open up. You get going, you must be running late."
Instead of obliging to Aaryan's words, Daksh stepped closer as he placed his hand on my shoulder and spoke in a gentle tone, "No matter what it is, if it made you cry, it ain't worth it."
I felt like crying out of warmth that spread in my chest. They were so nice! Why couldn't their brother be like them? Why, oh why did I have to have a crush on a jerk?
I nodded my head with a small smile.
"Good, take care of yourself," he said before turning towards Aaryan, "Take care of her."
And then with a polite smile, he walked away from us towards the lift.
"Now, will you tell me what happened to you?" I turned to look at a stern looking Aaryan.
*******
"That's when you and Neel found me..." I poured my heart out to him as I let him know how much of a jerk his brother had been. Before I started with mysob storyas Mr. Bossy Raivardhan had put it, Aaryan guided me to a private sitting area on the fourth floor, overlooking at a family dining from the mezzanine.
"I'm not surprised by his behavior," Aaryan spoke, at last, explaining further, "That'shisway of testing people. Put them into a situation and let them handle stress. You know the answer to anything he asks or doesn't, doesn't actually matter to him. He shall only see how you handle it. So, in case an emergency arises, you should be able to handle it."
"But that wasn't testing, that was full on insulting!" I exclaimed.
"What's the guarantee that the situation which arises won't let you hear a few insults about yourself? Better prepare your people before something like that happens."
I understood what Aaryan was pointing out. I felt so stupid at the moment for acting impulsively that I regretted opening my big mouth in the meeting room. I wanted to cry all over again.
Stupid! Stupid Rynah!
"No worries, he's not a heartless monster to cut you off like that. I don't think he would have fired you since you were the one who said you were quitting. He shall wait for your resignation letter. Talk to him then and clear out the misunderstandings," Aaryan added with an amused smile.
"Let's hope he doesn't feel very cannibalistic that day," I grumbled to myself nevertheless he heard it as he burst out laughing, "You are just amazing!"
"Yeah, yeah. And only you can think about entertainment at a moment like this," I rolled my eyes. He was about to retort when a security guard appeared before us making Aaryan restrain from whatever he was saying.
"Sir, the surveillance office head need you to see something really important," the guard spoke like an army officer. Aaryan swiftly gazed at me, "I'll be back in a moment, Rynah. Make yourself at home. If you want, you can head over to my studio and busy yourself."
He winked at me as he followed the guard making me smile at him in return. I got up to look around the house a little, after all, he had asked me to make myself comfortable. I walked around the corner to find multiple doors along the corridor. Which one of these was Aaryan's studio?
