Chapter One

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Don't wake me up, up, up...don't wake me up... the song kept screaming into Riya's ears, irritated by the early morning wakeup call she slide her phone alarm to snooze and cuddled herself even tighter.

A few minutes had passed; she was fast asleep dreaming of a romantic date with Hugh Jackman, his cold kisses exploring her face. She smiled highlighting those deep dimples, and then again her alarm started to give its final warning. She jumped out of her bed and hit her head on the creature that was actually exploring her face. Ouch! She cried holding her head. It was a dream. Sigh! She hit the snooze again.

And then she heard a low whining cry from other side.

Fluffy! Baby you okay. She stepped out of her bed and ran to the pup that was cringing in pain crouching beside the bed.

She cuddled the puppy and kissed where she hit him. Yeah it was a male Poodle. Fluffy was like her very own child to her. No one messes with Fluffy.

Fluffy has been staying with them from the time they moved in to this lavish apartment in the city. Amit would never spare a day complaining about Fluffy. 

Your poodle tore our new couch, my other shoe is missing, how am I supposed to go to work?, He pooped in my closet, he would complain.

He does not like dogs, he's allergic to them especially when Fluffy sleeps next to Riya on the bed, Amit would use the living room couch, yeah the same couch that was messed up by Fluffy. . However Fluffy does not like him too, which is why he annoys Amit the most. I laugh Oops!

Naughty Fluffy, she said as she ruffled his hair and then noticed the fat diamong ring on her finger.

I am engaged. It's been 2 months when Amit had proposed her at one of his business party. He had hinted her about the big announcement, but the engagement idea came as a shocking surprise to her.

She wasn't sure if she wanted this to happen. Then later during the function she had consumed enough alcohol to get her drunk. Alcohol must always come with a Stay Away  tag to her; because she is bad in handling herself in such situation. What happened that night after getting boozed is something like a fuzzy TV screen to her.

It has been two years since they were together. They knew each other from the University days, same batch but Amit was a law student and Riya was an Art student. But after graduation they knew nothing about each other's where about.

One day they bumped into each other on a common friend's marriage which is when they started seeing each other and soon had moved together in an expensive apartment.

Amit was currently working in partnership with a private property firm and would always spend his time roaming around the country and across the Europe meeting clients.

However her love life had just seemed to be drained off. Riya never complained to him for not spending much time with her. Because she was having the best time of her life at Cosmos; her dream job with better prospects then MyStyle magazine where she use to work before. But all thanks to Ambi, the Managing director of MyStyle magazine. She had figured out the creative talent in her and proposed the idea to give a shot for Cosmos, where the Creative chief editor's chair was vacant.

MyStyle magazine was an accident but a good accident. The magazine was losing its readers; only old people would read it and it didn't cater the larger audience because of dull colours on the cover and lacked exciting ideas, this is when that sweet accident happened and she used her magic wand on Photoshop and added life to the magazine. Ambi was over the moon as the percentage of readers over one month had shoot up and excited over this she promoted her to a chief editor, since then the magazine was doing great. And after My Style she loves her new job in Cosmos.

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