Raichand's Heartbeat

5.Do you have a boyfriend?

( Abhay's POV )
The next morning.....
I pondered if my own father and my mother would one day stop trying to play matchmaker on him. This was the third one already this month, and my patience was starting to run out.

When dad gave me tickets for this cruise vacation, I was threatened by my mother not to come home unless I date a woman. I already ditched tanushree yesterday, the woman whom my mom set for me. Clearly, this was my family's way to let me know that they wanted me to get married soon .

I silently sat with the woman I had forced that morning to accompany me. I really wished for this vacation to end soon so I could go home. The atmosphere was filled with the couples who
flirt and tease each other through whispers and murmurs that made me churn in irritation.

I already made up my mind yesterday, that I will seek miss curly hair's help, so I could survive this disastrous vacation. I looked around to make sure that tanushree wasn't following me today.

( Piya's POV )
I looked at the man in front of me. I tried to escape earlier but failed as I found myself sitting across the weird stranger who keeps me calling miss curly hairs.

"Do you need something? " I had enough of him.

"I wish to discuss a deal with you " he started.

"What deal? Can't you ask someone else? Can't you see, you are ruining my vacation. "

He tilted his head in one side , his blue eyes staring at me , making me little uncomfortable on my seat.

"It's not like you have a boyfriend, " he said.

I winced at his words , remembering me of my cheater ex-boyfriend. I didn't like this stranger, and at the same time , I don't want to be reminded of how stupid I was.

This cruise vacation was intended for couples , so it wasn't really surprising if we encounter and meet one while they were on it. He was shocked that I was spending the vacation alone on this cruise ship.

" That's none of your business. I chose to be alone for this vacation. "

( Abhay's POV )
That tone of her voice made me regret for what I said earlier. I wanted to seek her help, and yet here I was , being a stupid guy making her sad. She looked miserable right now, and I mentally berated myself for being stupid.

"Miss curly hairs....." She glared at me .

( Piya's POV )
I glared at him. I was contemplating how I could push him off the cruise or strangle him to death without anyone noticing his absence.

"What curly hairs? I have a name , mister! " I hissed.

( Writer's POV )
Abhay stifled a laugh . This woman was surely different from the rest.

"What's your name then? " Piya hesitated and bit her lower lip. Did she really have to associate herself with this man?

" Piya " she finally said.

" Do you want to say what's bothering you? "

"No." They were practically strangers ; what made him think that she will open up her problems to him?

"Have you ever been on one of these cruises before? " he asked.

" No."

She poked and played with the food she had on her plate. Her appetite was already gone because of this weird stranger .

"Oh? So do you have a boyfriend? "

Well , if he was going to ask for her help , he should know first if she was committed to someone, or else..... Piya stopped and wondered why he was asking . It wasn't like he was interested in her or something, right?

"Not anymore, " she said.

"We broke up because he never used the right head to save our relationship . "

Abhay resisted his desire to laugh. He knew it. He'd already had this assumption that miss curly hairs ditched her boyfriend because of third party.

"So I guess we're both stuck in this hell," he sighed.

"Are we?" Piya asked with a slight smile. It was weird feeling relaxed and at peace in her company. For someone like Abhay who doesn't like to interact or to be near others, it was already surprising to see him talking to a woman on the same table in close proximity.

"Indeed. My family set me up with that woman even though they knew I'm not interested with her."

Piya snorted. Was this man so narcissistic that he couldn't see a beautiful human being aside from him.

"Huh, who would like to date someone like you," she muttered.

Abhay almost fell out of his chair when he heard what she said.

"You don't know who am I, do you?he asked, for if she did , he would have to stop and leave her alone. He didn't want another woman eyeing his family's fortune.

"Should I?" Piya asked. Abhay shrugged his shoulders before leaning his back against his seat.

"Depends." He looked calm and collected, but his mind was screaming 'yes' over and over. She didn't recognise him. Miss curly hairs truly didn't know who he was. He liked that she didn't know him. Her company was like a fresh air that soothed him.

Piya arched a thin brow at him, wondering what was up with him now while Abhay smirked internally. This deal with miss curly hairs was going to be fun.

Her phone vibrated inside her pocket. Taking it out to see who messaged her, Piya opened the message without reading the sender's name. Her brown eyes blinked as she stared down at the screen of her phone.

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