"Papa, how did you and mumma start dating?"
Aditya choked in the air when his Little daughter questioned him. He looked at her in shock and then at his Personal Assistant, Samir, who looked at them awkwardly. Poor Samir came for professional reasons, as his boss is working from home these days, but now he was getting involved in their personal conversation.
How on earth does she know about the 'dating' word?
"Who is teaching you all these words?" Aditya asked, sitting straight and holding her hands while she was sitting on his lap.
"I learnt it from school" She grinned.
"You learn everything but useful things in school, it looks like it's time to change your school" He shook his head in disbelief.
"Dad, please" She showed her puppy eyes.
"Your mom will kill me" He shook his head.
"C'mon Dad, All my friends were talking about how their parents got married, What am I supposed to say?" Vartika pouted.
"Why would you guys discuss your parents' personal affairs? You go to school for education, not to gossip!!" He was surprised, her friends are always talking about something like this.
Gossip queens.
"It is also an education, And not Only me, even Nanny Uncle wants to listen, right Nanny Uncle?" Vartika looked at Samir and asked in a sugar-coating voice, Samir looked at her in horror, Why this little devil have to involve him? And what the hell with this Nanny Sh*t?
"No!!" Samir shook his head in negative as fast as he could only for Vartika to glare at him.
"Why did you not take my side?" She pouted.
"Because I am your father's Assistant, not yours... and Yes, I am not a Nanny!" He corrected her as politely as he could.
"They are the same!" She replied
"They are not!" Samir said this time his voice a bit stern.
"They are!"
"No, They are not!"
"They--"
"Princess, No!" Aditya cut off her words in the middle "That's wrong, You should not misbehave, He is much older than you, Apologise" He asked her to apologise, A victory smile spread on Samir's face, He did a happy dance in his mind because it will be very unprofessional if he does it right now in front of them.
"I am sorry, Nanny Uncle. I shouldn't have argued with you" Vartika apologised half heartedly, She thought Samir was a nice guy, and he would take her side, But He was a traitor.
"It's ok, Vartika" He gave her a tight lip smile. If kids are like her then he wishes to never have one, they are always in roasting mode.
"Dad, I want to know, I want to know, I want to know!!" She turned back to her father and started the same topic again.
"That's nothing interesting, Vee. We just met and dated" Aditya tried his best to not be very specific.
"And marriage?" She frowned
"What marriage?" He was taken aback, He glanced at Samir who immediately looked away acting like reading a file as if he was not listening curiously.
"How did you and Mumma get married? I haven't seen your wedding album" She looked at him innocently, Aditya glanced back at her and gulped, what was he supposed to say? Her daughter is a gossip queen, she will tell her classmates about them.
Of course, Aditya proposed to Shivalika for marriage and she said yes, but things didn't go that way. No way he's gonna tell her that her parents are not married yet, everyone will judge his daughter in her class, they are not mature enough. And no matter if they don't care about this some people will fill her head with negativity again, it's not the right age for his daughter to know about her parents, they will tell her once she gets a bit older.
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Love In Vengeance
Romance"Aditya, I-" "Yes or No." His voice cut through the air, sharp and commanding. Shivalika didn't say anything. She knew if she replied with only Yes or No then it will bring up more Misunderstandings. But Her silence was enough for him. "The lies, t...