Our World Our Way! - An AnuPre Tale

Part 10

The story so far:

Anurag and Prerna's love for each other knew no boundaries. Things had been beautiful for them till a certain Mr. Bajaj entered their lives and decided to blackmail Prerna into marrying him. 

Anurag was shattered when he got to know about the marriage but soon figured out that his Prerna could not be a traitor. He is now on a mission to expose Mr. Bajaj and win his love back. 

Anurag and Prerna though away from each other, know the immense care and love they feel for each other. Prerna wants to create her identity in the business world, be independent and has resigned her life for Anurag. Whereas our hero is undeterred by the current situation and is set to get her back.

Previous chapter:

Prerna gets the "best magazine" award beating Basu Publications. Anurag is happy for her. Prerna's family joins her in the celebration keeping aside their differences. AnuPre shares a cute moment in the kitchen over her sweet victory. 

Part 10

A cup of piping hot coffee (not-so)early in the morning without the tension of going to work but still getting all the luxuries in life would be a figment of wild imagination for most people. However, for Anupam Sen Gupta, it was a way of life. 

Skimming through the newspaper sipping his mocha, he tried to ignore the irritated tone of his sasuma who seemed to be irked for some reason and was snapping at her house-help staff. 

"Ye..ye kahan rakhun boudi?" Stammered debu holding an extravagant bouquet of fresh red roses, luxuriously draped in satin. 

This sparked a new burst of anger in Mohini. This morning had been flooded with wishes, cards, and flowers congratulating Prerna on her success which didn't go very well with Mohini. 

"Uthake bahar fek do meri bala se." She seethed. 

"Par ye toh Anurag baba ke liye hai." This seemed to calm her a bit. 

"Ye hota hai bouquet, bada aur classy. Faltu logon ko sirf faltu cheez hi milti hai." She spat looking at Prerna. 

"Isko center table pe saja do" she said cheerfully and went upstairs.

Prerna looked lovingly at the enormous bouquet in front of her. The water droplets on each red rose glittered like diamond dust. She touched one of the roses and rubbed her cheeks ever so gently against it as the bouquet almost reached her height. 

"O hero, teri heroine ko tera bouquet mil gaya." Anupam spoke into the phone. 

"Awesome! Mil- I mean.. kaun heroine.. kaunsa bouquet? Kya bol rahe ho aap Anupam?" Anurag pursed his lips as he tried hard to contain his excitement.

"Chal chal ab ban mat. Jitne pyaar se vo us bouquet ko dekh rahi h saaf saaf pata chal raha h ki tumne hi bheja h and usko vo baat pata h." Anupam spoke hiding behind the newspaper that he pretended to read. 

"Actually na, tu ek minute hold kar." Anupam clicked a couple of pictures of Prerna admiring the flowers. He was sure that seeing her will give him more strength to fight for his love.

As the pictures downloaded in Anurag's phone and he saw the smile reach her eyes, he too smiled. "Aap na mere sabse best bhai ho." 

"Jhoot! Koi bhai nahi manta tu mujhe." Anupam said indignantly. 

"Agar maanta toh mujhe batata ki is waqt tu London me kya karne ja raha h."

Anurag knew that he owed an explanation to Anupam. However, he himself didn't have a plan yet. He had landed at the Heathrow airport, London 2 hrs back, and was browsing through the list of NRIs to find some clue of the mysterious women who hadn't left his mind from the time the doctor had mentioned about Kuki being drugged by her mother.