"Hey, baby?" I smile cheekily, grabbing Shreyan's attention and the girl beside him.
He facepalms and looks at me, "Avyuktha?"
"You look handsome, boyfriend." I wink at him and look at the girl beside him. "I'm sorry to say this. He's taken. We hav...
I dedicate this chapter to my brother. Happy birthday, Annaya!!!
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I start to wonder when my sister and both my friends stopped sharing things with me.
What is so much secrecy about having a private meeting when I'm not home?
My sister jerks and turns around with my voice thundered in the huge hall. Her eyes are red and swollen. I haven't seen her like this except for that day dad had hit mom for the second time a few years ago. They never hit each other even though their anger reaches peaks but that was the second time dad lost it and slapped mom. Dad just stared at us. Regret was meandering in his eyes when Riya was crying while I tuck her in my arms in the corner of the room so that she doesn't witness my mom's state.
Witnessing the same devasted look on my sister's face, my hands start to shiver. Avyuktha seems to notice it and holds my hand. "Is everything alright, Riya?" I ask.
She looks at my friends and turns to me. "She was just trying to set you up with Avyuktha. What do you say?" Chey asks with a wink. He hasn't noticed Avyuktha behind me. He looks at Sam and my sister, "Shre already told me about her. Damn! He is so much into her."
Although he whispered, it was audible. Avyuktha's disbelief gaze drills in my head. I turn my head to my right, embarrassed, and look at Avyuktha, who stood in the doorway with a flushed face and her lips parted a little.
I throw the magazine on Chey's face and grit my teeth, "She is here," His eyes widen. Sam and he both, run past me shrugging my shoulder with a jerk, excited, and damn it hurts so much.
"Goodness, this asshole had made some good things in his past life," Chey mumbles, looking at Avyuktha. I smile while Avyuktha looks at them confused.
Sam observes her perplexion and smiles warmly, "He means that Shre had never done any good thing in his present life for getting you," he explains and she laughs.
I stare at her serene face as it strangely soothes my inner turmoil. Her laugh sounds so musical.
"Can I?" she swirls her finger inside the hall.
Sam and Chey slap their forehead. "Hell, sorry. Please get in," Sam says flashing a silly smile while Chey runs inside the kitchen to fetch juice for her.
Dr Avyuktha," she says forwarding her hand for a shake.
Sam grins wiping his hand on his jeans. I roll my eyes. "Samrat, DCP of our zone."
She smiles. "Impressive, isn't it stressful at times?" She asks getting comfortable with him. Sam has the aura around him to make everyone comfortable.
He shrugs. "I love it." he gestures for her to sit, "Even the stress out of it."
"Sincere huh?" she teases him.
Chey comes to her with juice, "Chaitanya, Attorney," he says. "Civil." he specifies.
