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"Thank you for the pretty room, Aunt Lasika," I sighed in delight, taking in all the decors around the room.
"You should be thanking me because I was the one who chose this room for you," she winked at me.
I rolled my eyes playfully but I did thank her for her thoughtfulness.
"Oh my god! I have something to show you!!" All of a sudden she was engulfed by sudden burst of excitement as she remembered something! She almost skipped her way to the love couch and looked out of the glass wall.
What was she staring at?
The curiosity got the better of me and the next thing I knew, I was kneeling on the couch beside her, peering out of the glass wall.
"Whatcha looking at?" My voice came out in a sing-song tone as I looked at her. It reminded me of Isabella from Phineas and Ferb, saying 'Whatcha doing?'
The number of times Ritika had seen that cartoon, I was not surprised that I had indeed used the tone of a cartoon character.
"Look at that mansion," she nodded at the mansion that was on the other side of the road and across the empty site. The one that I found beautiful just by seeing the high compounds. But now, I could see more of it.
Behind the compound, I could see a hanging garden and polarized window walls on the same floor as ours. The levels above were higher up, so only glass walls and exterior wooden design was visible. The infrastructure was just so beautiful to look at, that I had been gaping at the exteriors of the house alone.
"Wait till you see the residents," she wriggled her eyebrows at me.
"Are they that good?" I wondered out loud. My brows pulled together.
"Good?" She asked exaggeratedly, "They are the definition of perfect male species! They are The Raivardhans, after all!"
The ‘duh’ in her tone made me feel like an idiot. I agree that I never paid much attention to the news or my surroundings, but was I so ignorant that I was oblivious to the entire society that I lived in? Okay, maybe I was. After all, I had to pass the engineering exams every six months. I had been so engrossed in my studies that I was very much deprived of entertainment for four years straight. My only source of news in the entertainment department had either been Anjali or Prerna. Prerna, my best friend from university, always nagged about how my knowledge was so limited to whatever was happening in the world around me. And truth to be told, I only knew what they had shared with me.
"Who?" I couldn't help but frown. It was the first time that I had heard that name.
"The Raivardhans? You don't know the Raivardhans!?!" She exclaimed as if I was just released from jail after serving time for a severe crime!
I hesitantly shook my head, afraid that she would throw me out of the window wall for the answer.
What? I wasn't exaggerating! Anjali was actually capable of that!
Fortunately for me, she only shook her head at me like a disappointed mother, "I expected better from you, Rynah."
"Come on! What's such a big deal about these people? They must be just like any other celebrities," I was getting a bit annoyed but looking at Anjali's expression, I got the doubts clouding my mind as I added for confirmation, "right?"
"I seriously can't believe you haven't heard about the Raivardhan brothers,'' Now it was her who grumbled in annoyance, making a dull memory of some national daily poke my mind from nowhere.
The Raivardhan brothers make it to Forbes again in the top ten billionaires of the world.The anchor had been squealing like a fanboy back then. That was how remembered the news.
"I think I have heard about them somewhere," I murmured, mostly to myself.
"That's it!" All of a sudden her mood changed again like she just discovered a new buoyancy and yelled 'Eureka!'
"When you live in India and don't know about Raivardhans, you don't know anything," she swished her hand before me like she was swatting a fly from the air. That had me amused. Was it really such a big deal with these Raivardhans people?
As if reading my thoughts, she winked at me, "Wait till the evening sets in, honey, you will know what the perfect species of men look like."
Her statement left me flabbergasted and gaping as she waltzed her way out of the room.
I couldn't help but look back at the mansion. Was Anjali exaggerating? Or were the Raivardhans really the epitome of hotness? No no, Anjali was never wrong in these matters.
I shook my head at the silly thoughts. I shouldn't be riled up, nor expect anything. I was an adult now, for the love of God! My hormones shouldn't affect me like a high-schooler!
But, I couldn't shake the feeling. If Anjali had said that they were damn good, maybe they really were good. And I shouldn't be judging anyone even before I see them.
