This can be read as a stand alone too
Alara Malhotra
A model
Spoiled child and hated by many
Always referred to as a Nepo kid and was never really seen for her talent
Ayaan Dutt
A singer
He had worked hard to be in his current position
Doesn't toler...
It was Akash and Sania's wedding today. The Malhotras were preparing for the big day. Meanwhile Alara didn't see Ayaan for the whole week. She knew he wouldn't show up for the wedding and would spark rumours again. But nothing was in her hand.
Alara wore the outfit that Mehek gave her and looked pretty in the dress. The only concern she had was that the sleeves were short and that her scars were visible. But nonetheless the outfit was pretty and she was ready to go to the mansion.
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She managed to style it in such a way that her scars were hidden. She left the mansion not before eyeing Ayaan's room. It was locked as usual.
"Heyy diii" a voice called her as she parked her car. She looked back to find Dev running towards her. She was surprised to see him being friendly with her.
"Hey" she just smiled at him politely.
"When did you return from Canada?"
"A couple of days back. I couldn't miss my baby brother's wedding."
"Di...I'm sorry. I've been rude to you during a lot of instances."
"It's okay Dev. Stop apologising when you did nothing wrong." She patted his shoulder and walked inside the mansion.
She greeted her family and was waiting in their backyard, where the marriage was taking place. The groom had arrived already and they were waiting for the bride.
Alara was standing next to Mahira when she felt someone's presence next to her. Thinking that it was probably Zayd standing next to her she didn't react much. But the familiar citrus fragrance cologne made her turn and look into the black onyx eyes.
She stared at him with her lips parted in surprise. She didn't expect him to turn up to her family occasion.
"Take a picture. It'll last longer." He smirked at her and turned his head to look towards the bride's arrival.
Alara scoffed at his remark and that's when she noticed that he was wearing a sherwani that matched her lehenga's colour.
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"Of course we are twinning. After all I chose our outfits." Ayaan whispered in her ears.
She just rolled her eyes at him and was looking at the couple in front of her in awe. That's when she noticed Kartik and Kaira standing across from her and made a mental note to talk to them about Mehek.
The ceremony was going on as planned and Alara was talking with Sara about her career and future plans.
That's when she noticed Ayaan talking with someone intently. Her curiosity was piqued and she excused herself from Sara and approached them.
She stood near Ayaan and was shocked to see who he was talking with.
"Jai" She looked at her best friend wide eyed and engulfed him in a hug immediately.
"Hey Lara." He chuckled and hugged her back.
"How are you feeling right now?" He asked and patted her head affectionately.
"Much better." She smiled at him.
"So what are you guys talking about?" She looked curiously between her best friend and her husband.
"Just business" Jai shrugged.
"Really" she raised her eyebrows at him.
"Anyways we've got business to talk about, so I'll borrow your best friend for a while." Ayaan gently nudged Alara to the side and continued talking with Jai.
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The wedding ceremony took place smoothly and Jai, Ayaan and Alara were hanging out in a nearby icecream parlour. Alara decided to put beside her feud with Ayaan just so that Jai doesn't worry about her life.
Meanwhile both the guys were busy searching for something in their phone and Alara sneakily clicked a picture of them to post it in her Instagram.
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vansh_01: I KNEW IT!!!OFC THERE'S ALWAYS A DUO IN A TRIO BUT Y'ALL REPLACED ME WITH @ayaandutt
Alara was laughing at Vansh's comment when she noticed that the post was liked by Richa, none other than Jai's ex-wife.
"Jai are you back with Richa?"
"Nope" Jai replied Alara, doubtful as to why she asked about her.
"She has liked the post i shared with your picture."
"What post-" Jai cut himself off when he saw for himself that his ex- wife had indeed liked Alara's post.
Ayaan didn't understand neither the starting nor the ending of what they were talking about. All he knew was that Jai was divorced from his wife due to personal reasons.
Jai simply returned her phone back and pretended that incident never happened. The trio were talking about life and future plans and just like that the awkwardness between Ayaan and Jai subsided.
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"I'm sorry" Ayaan spoke when both of them were seated comfortably in their car. Everybody left for their respective houses and Alara and Ayaan were going in the same car to avoid any conflict with her family.
"Look Ayaan, my parents raised me as an independent woman and I know how to survive alone in this world. It's better that we don't interfere in each other's business." And just like that both of them were back to square one.
Ayaan sighed and turned on the music. The car stopped in traffic and Alara was staring out of the window not exactly looking at a particular place. She saw an old couple talking with each other happily and on the other side few children playing with the paper rockets she made. She scoffed at the irony of her life. She couldn't enjoy her childhood nor would be able to enjoy her old age with someone else.
Ayaan on the other hand was mentally cursing himself for messing things up with Alara. They were finally becoming normal but he messed up. This time he decided that no matter what, he won't talk to her and make things right. He just didn't want to. _________________
