His Unrequited Love

Chapter ~ 8

Author's pov........

Aadrika was sitting in her room drawn in her thoughts when she heard knock on her door. Standing up from the bed she walk towards the door opened it and found one the house help standing there.

"Yes."

She asked her and the woman replied.

"Mam, boss is calling you in his home office room."

The woman informed her, Aadrika nod her head and then asked her to leave. Sighing she scratched her forehead.

"What did he want from me now!"

She said and walked towards her father's office.

Reaching there she knocked on the door, and then entered inside after getting permission.

"Why did you call me here dad?"

She asked her father, her father who was sitting on the chair looked at her and signal her to sit on the chair infront of his desk. Aadrika then got seated on the chair and again looked at her father waiting for him tell why he called her here. She was somewhere anxious about her father's next words.

"Be ready on this Sunday."

He said making her look at her father with her forehead having the frown on it.

"Ready for what dad ?"

She questioned her father again, while he looked at her and said.

"The man I have choosen for you, he will be here with his family on this Sunday."

As the words left from his lips her whole body filled with fire, standing up she looked at her father dead in his eyes.

"I will never agree with this dad, you can't force me like this."

She said,  her father looked at her stand up and said, his voice firm and threatening.

"You know what can I do Aadrika, don't make me do something which you will regret later."

"You will not do anything like that dad. How can you even think of doing something to him? He is innocent, it not his fault what had happened. And you can't threatened me like this time and again."

Her words comes out a bit rough while looking directly to her father, who looked at her and said.

"Aadrika you had done enough to ruin our reputation. And now I have found you a man who belongs to a reputed family."

"You think I don't know dad, I am sure you must be gaining something out of this." 

She said with her teeth clenching and eyes accusing making her father looked at her with a blank stoic expression.

"Aadrika listen to me very carefully, you will get ready for this marriage, I don't want any kind of tantrums. Otherwise you will never be able to meet him. You will not even know where he just disappeared into thin line."

Her heart clenched hearing her father's words.

"You will not do anything like that dad. You have no right to do anything. How can you be so heartless dad."

Her father looked at her and said.

"Try me Aadrika and you will see what I will do."

She kept standing there looking at her father with a hurt expression, how could her father be like this. Doesn't he have a little bit of mercy in his heart. Afterall she is his own daughter.

"Now go from here and prepare yourself for your marriage."

She looked down and then looked at her father pleading him through her eyes to not to do something but her father turns his back on her. Having left with no options she turns around and went back to her room.

Entering inside her room she closed the door with a thud sound and then lay down on the bed dipping her face in the pillow.

"Why, why are you doing this dad ? I hate it. I just hate it so much. Even hearing the word marriage give me anxiety, the mere thought of being with a man in that way filled my whole body with disgust. I don't want to repeat the same mistake. I had already done once in my life."

She said while tears were streaming down from her eyes. She was crying when suddenly a thought came in her brain.

"I can't say no to the marriage but that man whoever he is , he can deny."

As the idea strike her mind , it brings a smile on her lips. Wiping her tears away from the back of her hands she said.

"I will ask him to back away from the marriage."

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On other hand Reyansh was sitting in his bedroom doing some of his office work when he heard a knock on his door. He looked up and found his parents standing there. He got up and then welcomed them inside his room.

"What happened? Is everything alright."

He asked them, his voice reflecting his curiosity that woke up with their arrival at this hour of the time.

"Reyansh."

His mother uttered making him looked at her. She smiled, hold his hand and said.

"Listen to me carefully."

He looked at his mother and after sometimes blinked his eyes telling her to continue whatever she wanted to say.

"Your are soon going to turn 28, until when you are going to live your life like a lonely person."

Hearing his mother's words he looked at her with raised eyebrows. Shaking his head he said.

"Mom please, I am satisfied with my current life style and I don't have any desires to get into any relationship so don't bring this topic cause I will straight away reject it. So its better not to waste our time right."

He said, his voice showing clear irritation with this continuous nagging. This thing always irritate him and his family make sure of that. Even when they went to meet him on his birthdays they make sure to vexed his head regarding his marriage thing.

"You are already at the age of marriage. I even had you and Vihaan at your age."

Her mother said making him look at her.

"Mom the time is different now and 28 is not a huge age number, now a days people get married in their thirties also. So please don't behave like I am some old guy."

He said making his mother shake her head.

"Reyansh this Sunday  which is after three days we are going to meet the girl and her family your dad has selected for you."

Hearing this he looked at his mother, stand up from the bed and looked at both the them, his forehead showing creases, he grit his teeth and said.

"Hadn't I cleared this thing before that I will not accept it. Then why are you all forcing me."

He said, seeing his expressions his mother looked at his father who was standing there. His father comes forward and said.

"If you don't want to marry the girl I have choosen for you then that's okay Reyansh."

His father said, he looked at him , a sigh left his lips while his mother looked at his father with what are you even saying face. He blinked his eyes at her signalling her to calm down.

"But at least come with us to meet her and her family on this Sunday."

Raj ( his father) said making him hiss in irritation but before he could say something his father again said.

"Reyansh we can't just say no now, the meeting is fixed, they are our business partner and a reputed family, we can't just disrespect someone like this. I am not forcing you to marry her but atleast you can come with us. Later you can decide anything you want, even if you will deny the marriage proposal I will not force you. But for now atleast come with us."

Hearing his father's words he thinks for sometimes and then accept his father's suggestion with the thought that he will deny the further proposal.

"Okay."

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