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"These girls here wanted to see what a bar looked like and somehow managed to convince their brother to bring them here, without our knowledge. And you can’t fool a father, we followed them. Since the atmosphere is not worrisome, we decided to let them stay for some time with us," Kamal Agnihotri explained.
"Your son?" Viaan asked the question I had been wanting to ask to get Raj into picture for the next step.
"Yes my son, oh here he comes," Mr. Agnihotri said, looking behind us. I wanted to turn and verify if it was Raj who was coming but then another thought occurred to me. If I didn't want to give any time for Raj to create any story, I had to surprise him. Trap him from where he couldn't escape.
Neither I nor Viaan turned to look at Raj. Instead, we sat still, waiting for him to come before us.
"Dad, who's this?" A man's voice reached my ears beforeRajcame into view. And when he did look at us, his face was worth watching.
Mr. Agnihotri introduced us to him but Raj remained frozen at his spot, "and this is my son, Aviraj."
"Nice to finally meet you Mr. Avi-Raj," Viaan smirked while he stressed at 'Raj'. Involuntarily Aviraj gulped. It was a subtle movement but I noticed it and I was sure that Viaan too had.
Placing my hand over Viaan's chest, I spoke in a sweet voice, "Darling, I am thirsty. I will get myself a drink."
Viaan smirked as he nodded, understanding what I was doing. I got up giving a pointed look at Aviraj before walking away from the table, towards the counter. I didn't even need to turn back to look if Aviraj was following me or not, because I had started to learn to do things like a pro. The way Raivardhans worked. The way Viaan worked.
I stood by the counter and felt someone come to stand beside me. A half-smirk formed on my lips while at the same time my blood boiled within. Viaan was surely rubbing off on me.
"You lied to my sister," I entwined my fingers together and stared in front of me.
"Mrs. Raivardhan, please listen to me before you conclude anything," Aviraj pleaded. I looked at him.
He seemed desperate and nervous as he waited for my decision. His expression reminded me of a fourth-grade kid attending his first-ever oral exam before a stringent teacher.
I just kept looking at him with a poker face. He took that as a sign and continued, "I am sorry that I misunderstood you and I am sorry that I lied to Anjali. But trust me, I love her a lot. Ravi is a very close friend of mine. He has always taken me along with him to look for suitable ladies for marriage. To not attract much attention towards myself, I have asked them to introduce me as the broker. And since my family’s company is one of the best matchmaking ones, it was a good excuse too. Even when he came to see you, that was why I was there with him."
He paused there to take a breath before he continued, "What I didn't expect was to end up getting whipped at first sight. One glance at Anjali and I was sure that I was doomed for good," Aviraj smiled to himself remembering his memories.
"At first it was the mere attraction. I followed her thinking that sometimes with her would cure me of my obsession with her. So, I lied to her about my name. Not entirely though as you know, it was just to not wanting her to follow me after I disappeared from her life like any other girl that I had dated before had. But as I ended up getting to know her better, I fell more and more for her. And the things Ravi told me about you being promiscuous, made me angry towards you.
"That led to a few complications between me and Anjali. She would always defend you while I believed in Ravi's words. We decided to separate our paths. But then I realized that if you really were that kind of girl, then Mr. Raivardhan wouldn't have married you. That was when I realized that I had made a mistake. It had been difficult to spend every minute without Anjali, so I swallowed my pride and approached her again, asking for her forgiveness and a second chance. I was going to tell her the entire truth about me not being a broker but the son of the owner of the matchmaking company but Anjali has requested some time to think it through. And I had to wait."
His words were making sense. And I was sure that he couldn't have made this entire thing up in a matter of a few minutes.
"I beg of you, Mrs. Raivardhan, please don't say anything yet to Anjali. I want to reveal it to her myself. I want to be the one to explain everything to her," Aviraj joined his hands before me as he pleaded. He looked terrified as if I was going to swallow him whole. Guess, he wasn't so bad after all.
"Do you really love her?" I inquired with narrowed eyes to see if he was lying about that part.
"With my life," he didn't look away nor did he blink, indicating that he was telling the truth. I pitied this guy.
"Okay, I won't tell her anything but you will be telling her everything as soon as possible," I conditioned.
"I will, I promise," Aviraj nodded.
"And you will take care of her and never make her cry again," he again agreed to my words with another nod full of promises.
"Else I will cut you into pieces and feed you to my dog," I threatened him even though I didn't have any dog. But if he broke his words, I was going to buy one just to keep mine.
"Sure sure," he gulped in nervousness.
"And one more thing, call me Rynah. I hope we are going to be family soon," I added finally with a little smile.
"I hope so if Anjali gives me another chance." He scratched the back of his neck as a shy smile took over his lips.
"Now let's get back before my husband comes in search of me," I turned around to look at Viaan's back profile which looked as good as always. Aviraj agreed with me as we returned back to the table.
As soon as I arrived, Viaan's eyes met mine asking if the job was done?
