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I liked her already, she was easygoing and approachable.
She winked making me flush. She just grinned at me before introducing herself, "sorry for the late introduction, by the way, I'm Asha Raivardhan. Mother of all the Raivardhans."
"M-mother?" My eyes widened. If they had widened a little more, my eyeballs would have fallen out of the sockets. I could have expected anything else other than the'M'word! She didn't look like their mother! She looked like their elder sister...
My thoughts might have been visible on my face as she let out a melodious laugh, "sometimes it's hard to believe, but yes, I am their mother. And now yours too."
Her tender smile made me smile back.
The little beeps from the iPad attached to a big circular white magnet grabbed our attention. It wasn't there the last time I was here, that was when Viaan had held me captive in this room...
He must have taken it off with him, to reduce my probability of escaping.
Asha picked it up as the message 'you have a visitor' displayed on the screen before the watchman's voice came out of the speaker, "madam, those people came to visit, should I let them in?"
The screen displayed the footage of my parents and Ritika standing by the gate, holding various covered plates and a few boxes.
Asha looked at them before telling the watchmen, "they are family, Prajwal. Never hold them out like that again."
Hearing her words, my heart swelled up with respect for her. She turned to look at me before smiling, "get ready, your parents must be impatient to see you again."
Patting my upper arm, she walked out of the room, letting me get dressed.
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I slowly went down the stairs, anxious as well as excited to see my parents again. The maid had informed me that everyone was in the dining, and she was also kind enough to show me the direction because I didn't remember it from the last time.
My family was being very chatty with my mother-in-law who was nodding at something that my mother was saying, with a soft smile on her face.
It felt nice to see my parents smile again, the happiness glistening in their eyes. My father was the first one to spot me, "Rynah!" He stood up with wide arms open.
"Daddy," I got down faster before enveloping my arms around him.
"Missed you so much," he whispered above my hair placing a feather-light kiss on my head.
"Me too," I smiled in his hold before withdrawing to hug my mother.
"My little princess, I didn't even know how quickly you grew up," my mom wiped the tear from the corner of her eyes. She withdrew to look at me, "and look at you now! You have got a husband!"
I didn't know whether to blush or scowl at her words... Blush because of the 'h' word and scowl because it was none other than Mr. Jerk...
I chose to remain neutral.
"Good morning," the greeting from a familiar voice made me turn to look at Aaryan who smirked at me before giving amister prim and properfacade to the rest of the people. I just narrowed my eyes at him. Greetings were returned to him as general talk floated through the air.
My parents were invited to the brunch that we were having. I mindlessly spread Nutella over the toast as I listened to the boring talk.
"Where's Ritika?" I finally remembered that my sister had arrived along with my parents.
"Oh, she wanted to have a tour around the house, so I have sent her with a maid to look around," Asha replied with a smile before adding, "I would have sent her with this troublemaker, if he wasn't sprawled out on the bed, snoring."
"Mom, have you made it your mission to ruin my dignified image? I'm a rock star! Please have some mercy on me," Aaryan groaned making everyone laugh. I was happy to see my parents feeling comfortable around here. This wasn't that bad as long as I didn't come face to face with Viaan. But fate was not satisfied with my situation.
"Good morning." Think of the devil and devil appears. I rolled my eyes as Viaan walked in placing his jacket over the chair beside mine before taking his seat.
I wanted to scoot away from him, probably to the other end of the table but I refrained from doing so.
"You didn't tell her that she was getting married to me?" Viaan casually asked as he picked up a butter knife and started spreading cream cheese over the toast.
