I Am Not That Pretty

CHAPTER 2

Here comes the fucking Monday. I hate it already. Why is everyone so chirpy!!??

They didn't spend the night crying over Falling by Harry styles

I mean come on be a little silent. Devashri is all chatty and I feel like her words are screws drilling in my skull. Ughh

Is something burning?? That woke me up. I hear screaming from the kitchen, which was expected by me but not by dadu. He rushed to the kitchen. And as I thought there was burnt omelette in the pan which my dearest sister was cooking.

"What happened?? Why are you screaming??" dadu asked.

"Nothing, I just burned the omlette." Devashri replied while smiling sheepishly.

"Hmm, how about you sit down and I make the breakfast??" I asked

When she tried to argue I shut her up with my glare.

I serve breakfast while Dadi enters the dining room. We all have breakfast and I leave for work.

I hate Pune's traffic. But it's better than Mumbai's.

"Good morning" says the receptionist.
"Morning" I mumble not in mood.

I go to my desk and start my laptop. There is so much to do today. Thank God I did some work on Saturday. Hmm let's start working Tanu, you don't have a billionaire husband to provide you everything. Yeah, I should probably give up reading for a while. My office has a very chill vibe, just no phones allowed other than lunch break. I find it better that way to work, that way dadi doesn't call me during office hours. Just an hour and I am free for the rest of the day.

Finishing of the last sheet, I go to my boss's office and knock on the door. I hear a faint come in. Harsh looks up from his work and raises his eyebrows as if asking what do you want. "I just came in to submit these designs" I said. To which he just nodded and motioned me to take a seat in front of him. " Ms Datar, give me an overview of the designs quickly. You are coming with me to the meeting to guide me by the way." he said. You see he just joined the company, grandson of the owner. He is yet to given all responsibilities and needs guidance once a while, which is fine by me. So I tell him about the design and give some advice for the meeting tomorrow." I would take my leave now. Have a nice evening " with that I leave in a hurry.

I pack up everything and leave the office. Sun has started to set, it's a beautiful scene to see. I start to wonder how many people are taking a break from their work and seeing this right now. I should probably take a vacation. Somewhere calm and cool... Switzerland?? maybe let's see.

I hurry back home thinking what I have for dinner. I am carving something sweet. Kheer!! oohh I will make it today. The thought excites me. There is a big smile on my face, I can feel it. I reach home in 30 minutes , freashen up and start cooking kheer. I made some more for Arjun dadu and Anu dadi. I call out dadi while packing some kheer for Anu dadi. Dadi doesn't answer but Devashri comes downstairs running. She informs me that we are having dinner at their house as their grandsons are here. I have heard a lot about them both, how handsome they are and all. I have this weird feeling in pit of my stomach but it isn't new so I ignore it. We pack the kheer and take it to their house.

We walk in as if we own the house, giggling and no one is surprised but the two 'grandsons'. Those two pair of eyes stare at us as if we are aliens. The black one caught my attention.

Avi !!

He has changed, he is no more the boy I knew. He was a man now, light subtle covering his jaw. His jawline is even more defined than it was, he looked more mature. God!! this is not fair, he gets a glowup and what do I get, more fat. Devashri nudges my arm bring me out of my daydreaming. We walk to them, those black eyes still on me.

"Ahh!! there you are. We have been waiting for you. Is that kheer!?? Avi's favorite. " Anu Dadi says and I give a forced smile. " I am Devashri and this is my sister Tanushree" Shri introduces us with a playful tone. " I am Ani and this my brother Avishek. Nice meeting you" he says forwarding his hand. Shri shakes it with a bit of arrogance.

And now there is a hand in front of me. I look up at it's owner, glaring at me as if I did something wrong. I take a deep breath and takes his hand. His once warm hands were cold. I flinched a little at the contact. All while maintaining eye contact with him. "Avishek Naik-Nimbalkar " he said in his deep voice. "Tanushree Datar" I said with confidence.

"Come on let's have dinner. I am hungry." dadi said. I quickly left his hand and we all started walking towards the dinning table. Me and shri started serving. While serving kheer, I put some ghee on top of it leaving 2 bowls, one his and other mine. We both hate ghee makes us nauseous. What I wasn't prepare for was the reason I did this.

"Tanu, Avi doesn't like ghee don't put it on his." Anu dadi said. "She didn't dadi." the bastard told her while smirking. Ohh how much I would love wipe that smirk off. "Actually I mixed it before serving, so it does have ghee in it and the kheer is also finished." I said smirking. I know he loves kheer too much to not have it but equally hate ghee too. HA!! tough choice. Now whose smirking.

"No problem!! I won't have it" he said. "Tanu, tomorrow you should make kheer and give to him, ok??"dadi said. Why dadi why?? do you hate me that much. "Sure why not!!" I replied faking a smile.

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Helluuu long time no see huh! 👉🏻👈🏻
I'm sorry...idk how many of u still have this book in library but I still hope u will comment and tell me how it was

Peace