FAMILY BEFORE ANYTHING - 3

CHAPTER - 13 BEING A CEO IS NO JOKE!!

As soon as Abhimanyu's car left the compound, Anya's car zoomed in. She just ran out of the car and rushed to her room. She had no time to waste. Aryan and Akshara were shocked to see her like that. She didn't even care for their yells of caution as she ran upstairs. 

Akshara was all set to put her orange juice aside and go to Anya but Aryan stopped her "You drink this. I'll go check on her." 

Akshara narrowed her eyes but didn't loose her patience. She'll have to bear with this for atleast a week and there is no point in loosing patience in the very first hour.

Aryan gave an appreciative nod and turned around to find Anya rushing down with the same speed. He stopped her holding her wrist when she tried to brush past him. 

"Kya hua?" Akshara asked walking to Anya, in concern.

Anya made a crying face "I forgot an important file and meeting is in 20 minutes, Bhabhi. I am late already. Bhaiyya is simply going to kill me." 

"Relax bacha. Ek meeting hi tho hai. Pehle yeh juice piyo." She said holding out her glass of orange juice.

"Bhabhi!! Meeting! Important file!! Time nahi hai!" Anya tried to walk away but Akshara forcefully made her drink the whole glass. 

Aryan watched the scene unfold, a frown forming on his face as he realized what his child was doing.

"Akshu!" His said in annoyance.

"Shush Bhaiyya!" Akshara dismissed him and Aryan walked away shaking his head.

"Ab jau mai?" Anya asked.

"Relax first. You are late anyways. Don't mess up the presentation. Aur tumhare bhaiyya ke bare mein tho bilkul bhi mat socho! The man is mad anyways!!!" She gritted out.

Before Anya could ask anything, Aryan walked to them and placed Watermelon juice in front of Akshara. 

"Bhaiyya!!!" Akshara whined "I am done with liquids!!! Aur kitna piloage Bhaiyya? I am so not going to drink this." 

Anya raised her brows in surprise. Now that was the tone she took with her bhaiyya. It was amusing to see her Bhabhi do the same. 

"Akshu you are really testing my patience. If you want to act like a brat, I'll treat you like one."

Anya choked on her breath, the tone of Aryan's voice strikingly similar to her own brother's. She looked at Aryan in surprise. She always saw Aryan as an easy going brother unless its something serious. 

Is this really that serious? She doubted but going by her own Bhaiyya's reaction, she realised it indeed was. 

She remembered how upset Aryan was with her Bhabhi during her drunk adventure. But that was the only other time she saw him this way. It was that rare for him to behave so.

"Please na Bhaiyya. Abhi bhi itna nahi satate mujhe." Her Bhabhi whined.

"Sach mein. Abhimanyu ne poora bigad ke rakh diya tujhe Akshu. Kahan mere ek baar bolne se baat samajh jaati thi aur ab dekho kitni daant kha rahi hain." He shook his head as he took the glass to her lips. 

Anya was amused to hear that. Her Bhaiyya was not lenient—not with her, not with Ajay or Arav, and definitely not with Akshara and her health. If Aryan was still saying that, she could only feel sympathy for her Bhabhi. Keeping up with one Hitler was tough. Having two to handle was a whole different level.

Her expression softened when she saw Akshara snuggling up to Aryan after finishing the juice, even though he wasn't offering her comfort. No matter how strict they are, we always gravitate towards them when we need solace.