THE MISTRESS ✔️ (COMPLETED)

48~ Planning a Surprise

Three days later,

Jhanvi was super-excited as she made her way towards her home in the cab. She wanted to surprise her parents and that is why she didn't tell them about her surprise visit. All the way, she had ear phones plugged ear to her ears as she relaxed on the back seat of the car.

Soon, she reached her home. Happily, Jhanvi climbed down the car. She helped the driver take out her wheeled bag from the back bonnet. She smiled at the driver and paid him. He smiled back and took the cash. Then, she turned and stared at the locality she had grown up in.

Jhanvi had her eyes moist as she entered the locality. She looked up at the buildings and smiled. She recollected her time with Eshaan. They were naughty kids creating havoc in the building. Then, he shifted to Mumbai and soon she had followed him the next year.

She stepped into the elevator and took a deep breath. The smell reminded her of her past.

Eagerly, she stepped out of the elevator and made her way towards her apartment. They stay on the fourth floor and the Ranawat's stay on the fifth floor. Jhanvi stopped in front of her apartment and admired the nameplate stuck on the wall above the door-bell.

Abhishek

and

Mini

She smiled caressing her parent's name. Then, she rang the doorbell. She tugged her bushy curls behind her ears and bit her smile as she waited for her parents to get the door. Her smile faded when a slim woman wearing chiffon saree opened the door. She held a broom in her hand.

'Yes?' She asked. Jhanvi frowned. She stretched her neck and tried to look behind the woman. The woman also turned and looked back for a moment, then she looked back at her.

'Yes?' She repeated her question.

'Um,' – Before Jhanvi could say anything a middle-aged woman with short hair, wearing a Kurtha and pajama came from behind the woman.

'Who is it, Sarla?'

'Ma.'

The woman froze. She looked towards the door. A bright smile appeared on her face.

'Jhanvi, my baby.' She opened her arms. The two women squealed happily and wrapped their arms around each other. Jhanvi closed her eyes feeling at peace in her mother's embrace. All her tiredness and jet-lag flew out of the window.

Soon, they parted. Mini began enquiring about her and the surprise. Jhanvi was happier to speak with her mother but Sarla suggested she comes in first.

Mini slapped her forehead and invited Jhanvi in.

'Where is Papa?' She asked. Mini smiled and pointed towards the living room. The mother-daughter duo flashed a naughty grin at each other.

Jhanvi peeped inside the living room, her father was busy watching TV. The back of the sofa facing the door. She looked back at her mother and placed a finger on her lips, then she turned to look at her father. Slowly, she tip-toed towards her father. Abhishek was oblivious and continued to watch TV. Jhanvi bit her lips and spread her arms. She leaned and covered her father's eyes.

'Ah!' He was jolted. She quickly moved her palms from his eyes and jumped beside the sofa.

Abhishek looked confused, but a smile appeared on his face when he his daughter.

'Jhanvi beta.' He gushed and opened his arms wide. Jhanvi smiled widely and hugged him.

Mini hurried to them. She also hugged them. This beautiful reunion brought tears into Jhanvi's eyes.