Destructive Desires

CHAPTER 3

SANDHYA POV

Death a simple word holding power to scare many I wonder what takes more courage to keep on living or to just die what I said to Satvik in the restaurant is true even if I cutoff all relations from my family the feeling of resentment will always stay and the time with them, their faces will always haunt me so the only way to escape them is death but I am not foolish enough to die just because of them they are not worth it , focusing back on my driving I took a sharp turn and reached my apartment freshening up I made myself comfortable on my bed but the events of today were still reeling in my head first family and then the face that I haven't seen in two years Satvik Narayan eldest son of the Singhania family the most powerful family in India , people die to see them that's the family he comes from but few years back his younger sibling became the CEO of their main empire and he became the CEO of their subsidiary company shocking everyone in business circle , it was an open secret that their father Ranjit Singhania deemed Satvik Narayan not capable enough to manage his empire giving the main command to his younger son Rohan Singhania , and I refuse to believe in my death bed , in my afterlife even in my seven lives that the Satvik Narayan is not capable enough , if anything he may be the most capable one their entire bloodline has ever seen , regardless of his situation in their inheritance game his impact on the business circle did not reduce but despite all of this attention he did not showed his face much.

Seeing him like this I remembered the time when I was engaged to his brother Rohan but it was only for one year as he broke the engagement saying that I was not the one he wishes to spend rest of his life with , after the inheritance of their family this was the second biggest scandal of the business circle followed by my leave from business all together and then I started my own restaurant , it's been two years since my new start and in that time he is the first person from my old life that I am seeing , normally I am not bothered by anyone's presence but around him my insides are turning be it in crowd or alone you are the only person Satvik Narayan whose presence I can feel .

''must say the food is so good here , I absolutely loved it , thankyou will come here again'' the lady said to me while paying for her food and it warmed my heart the compliment was genuine from her feeling happy I accepted the payment and waved bye to them and engrossed myself in work , usually on week days we don't have that much rush but on weekends it's jam packed,

''is there a table free in this lovely restaurant of this lovely lady here '' I turned around as fast as the speed of light because this voice belongs to one of the few important person in my life ''grandpa what are you doing here'' I said hugging him and as soon as I did that relief washed over me , patting my head he said ''times are so bad now that the only way for me to meet you is to come to your work place , do you not feel pity for this oldman'' I know I haven't been getting enough time to go and meet him

''sorry grandpa now don't be mad at me for long come sit I'll serve you lunch'' saying this I got him seated on the best table

''beta there is something that I want you to do for me'' grandpa said being a little tense

''what is it grandpa , tell me '' I tried to say it in an assuring tone

''next week there is a party in Kapoor mansion for Shreya's birthday and I want you to attend that'' he said in a low tone , I took a deep breath he clearly know I don't like going back to that house especially on this occasion , then why

''no , I am sorry but I will not fulfil that request'' I said in a firm tone hoping he would drop this matter but no he was in a different mood today

''please my child , just do it for me not anyone else please'' he said in a pleading tone his eyes hoping to find a yes in my answer this is the first time that he wants me to do something that to this badly , taking a sigh I told him

''okay I will go there but not for a very long time'', we both chatted for a long time after lunch and when grandpa left , I made a phone call it's a birthday party which means I need a present

''hello Dhruv'' I said to my best friend

''ohh is this the person whom I thought was dead '' he said complaining from the other side , rolling my eyes I said

''you are in Italy can you do one work for me'' and I told him everything

''alright darling don't you worry , I'll get it done'' saying this we ended the call , ohh it's gonna be difficult.