It started with an impulse

8. Aath

"Oh. My. God! You lucky bitch! You just lived the wish of millions of girls put together!" Anjali was awestruck as she playfully punched me.

"More like was dragged into the wish," I joked before casting a lookout of the glass, towards the Raivardhan mansion. Except for the few lights here and there, the mansion had been very quiet with no noticeable movements. The dim lighting of the room allowed us to see outside, of course with a little reflection of ours in the way.

"Already can't keep your eyes away from them, eh?" Anjali teased by nudging me. I chuckled, "Hey! It ain't like that and you know it quite well too."

"Yeah, yeah, that you only have eyes for Surya Kanth Nath," she smirked making me groan, "Anju..."

I grabbed a nearby pillow and smashed it onto her head. "Hey! That was uncalled for!" She took the other pillow and tried to hit me with it but I blocked her attack with mine. Our laughter had filled the room as we continued with the pillow fight.

Little did I know that on the other side of the Raivardhan mansion, our pillow fight was being watched by two pairs of amused eyes and another pair of cold eyes.

"I'm in a dilemma," Vikrant broke the icy silence between the brothers.

"About?" Viaan was still scrutinizing the scene before him that he did not see it necessary to cast Vikrant his precious gaze.

"I still can't decide if she was very dumb or that brave to talk like that to Aaryan, to us," Vikrant leaned against the desk and folded his hands across his chest. His black track pants paired up with black polo shirt, fit him snug.

"Come on guys, you know that she is an innocent girl with a personality that is real for once. At least, she is not fake," Neel removed his hands from his pockets and frowned at his brother's words.

"She's not," Viaan's deep voice filled the room again. He was still in his office attire, not having enough time from his work to change into his pajamas. The other two brothers waiting for him to complete his point. He slowly loosened his tie and pulled it out, "She is the most clever of the gold diggers I've met till the date. She's smart enough to hide behind the mask of dumbness and cunning enough to pretend to be innocent. Just one meeting and she already caused all of you to let your guards down, taking her to be as docile and harmless."

"But we must admit, she was entertaining," Vikrant smirked.

"Maybe. Just don't trust anyone outside our close circle. You can't keep a scorpion in your vicinity without having the fear of being stung. And keep her out of our house," with that said Viaan turned and left the room, leaving Vikrant and Neel in darkness, at the mercy of lights from outside. The remaining two Raivardhan brothers continued to watch the little fun I and Anjali were having.

The next day, I didn't have a panic attack like I usually did whenever I wake up in a new place. After all, Anjali was the one who woke me up gently.

We had a brunch, Uncle Aadarsh, Luv and Kush had taken a day off so that they could provide better hospitality to their guests, in a sense us.

A lot of talks happened over the brunch, along with the talk came Luv's and Kush's nonsense. Those baboons didn't spare anyone. Not even their parents...

"The only reason why you are in a hurry to get me married is that once I'm gone, you can secretly try my new limited edition underwear collection," Luv remarked thoughtfully to Uncle Aadarsh. Hearing Luv's comment Anjali choked on her saliva.

"Yeah, that's what is left for me to do. Try a size too small and die out of lack of blood supply in my lower region," Uncle Aadarsh deadpanned. Anjali hadn't recovered from the first choke yet and here she choked again on some water.