Love that Hurts

THE DASTARDLY DEAL

Raina was brainstorming on how to get out of her most weird predicament when Aryan startled her.

"You thinking of how to get away from me?", she was caught off guard with his question. She looked down and he chuckled ,"You cant. I wont let you."

He buried his face in her shoulder and smelt her ,"You smell like peaches. Did you always smell like peaches?"

"Did you always sniff around like a goddamned dog?", Aryan only laughed. "No, i never sniff around unless its you." Raina was bothered, she called him a dog and here he was laughing at her, if it would've been the old Aryan he would've shouted a hundred different profanities at her.

"I want to go out."

"Sure, where love?"

"I mean, alone.", he frowned at her declaration. He fidgeted for a bit and nodded ,"Alright then ,but not for long and I know you know better than to run away now, don't you?"

"Dont you get tired of threatening me? You say you love me and yet here you are threatening me every five sentences or so.", his face hardened. She was right. Aryan chose not to reply and just held her in his arms.

Few Hours Later

"Are you done Raina?"

"Im not going with you. I think i said that i wanted to go out alone."

"Im not going with you, ill just drop you off."

"I dont need that either."

"Raina-"

"I wont do everything according to you, I am my own person and when i said I dont need it, i dont."

"Alright, whatever you say but remember act accordingly. Dont do anything stupid, dont do anything that will make me do bad things."

Raina fiercely stared at him, "I'm smarter than that." And Aryan knew that, she was. 

Raina was busy navigating her way through the crowds to her destination. It was a cozy cafe, tucked in some irrelevant part of the city. It would be safe to do what she needed to do here. She searched around for the familiar face in the cafe when someone tapped her shoulder,she turned around and she was faced with the only person that could help her out of the mess. SANA.

Raina gave her a tight lipped smiled ,"Why dont we sit down?"

"I'll get an iced americano.", Sana said to the waiter.

"A macchiato.", Raina said and went back to facing Sana. She looked confident and posh and put together, the way she carried herself was envious. Sana was way smarter than led on others to believe and thats a weapon, a powerful one, to wield.

"What do you want Raina?"

"Exactly what I texted you. I want you to get back together with Aryan."

"I can't, he dumped me. Because of you.", it was like as if she was almost spitting venom.

"You can, you know you can. You are everything he ever wanted in a girl."

"He doesn't know what he wants."

"Exactly, hes confused. Ill help you convince him that you are the one he wants, not me."

"What If i say i dont want to get back together with him?"

"Dont bluff Sana, I know you do."

"Aryan was right, you are one cunning woman."

She took the compliment in stride, she knew Aryan meant it like an insult but she took it is as a compliment. If being cunning meant knowing to get herself out the mess she was in, then yes, she was one hell of a cunning woman.

"Ill let you win him back, but you have to promise me to say not one word of this to any living soul."

"Deal."

Back at the penthouse

Aryan was fidgeting with his phone, getting progressively more worried about Raina.

Had she said everything to her dad? Had she destroyed the leverage he had against her? No, she wouldnt. She was smarter than that, and that was what scared him. She could come out with a way smart enough to trick him and to get out of this mess. 

The door opened and Raina entered with a smiling face. 

"Someone looks happy."

"That is because I am."

Raina went to freshen up and sat close to Aryan on the sofa. And then she did the unexpected, she put her arms around his waist. Aryan was amazed to the say the least.

He didn't say anything and let her be. As he was about to get up she held him closer.

Raina pouted and said, "Where are you going?"

He scrunched his brows ,"To get water."

"Oh.", she said in an overtly sweet voice and let him go. As he pouring himself a glass of water he felt eyes on him. It was Raina, with an oh so sweet smile on her face. 

"He hated it when i acted clingy or overtly sweet. Made him think I wanted something from him.", Sana said on being how she could annoy Aryan or push him away.

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Precap

Raina had gone off to do bring something when someone approached Aryan.

Sana stood there in a beautiful chikaankari suit. She looked as if she had fallen from heaven, she looked like the Sana he had first seen in the same setting.

"Hi Aryan."