A Tale Of Schemes... #1,#2,#3

Chapter 7

*Anitha Pov*

"You can tell us the truth, Anny. Did you really get engaged?" One of the crew members who are right now applying my makeup asked in a whisper.

That question didn't stop from reaching my ears even though it's been like two weeks since I returned from India. I don't know what to even tell them anymore.

"I think it's true. You guys remember her saying she has a crush on someone and is in the process of trying to come out of it? I think it's the same person but she failed to come out of it and ended up being engaged." I smiled listening to that answer from my side by one of my friends with whom I have a shoot for the next week.

"It's him?" she asked after asking me to open my eyes and I nodded opening them to stare at her shocked look.

"You are still young. Is this why you accepted the offer from India by leaving us like this?" she mumbled.

"No! I always wanted to work in India, remember? I didn't decide because of a man." I assured her and she smiled before finishing the touch-ups.

"Are you going to the party they are going to hold the next weekend?" My friend asked as she finished with her makeup too.

"I am not sure." I mumbled still thinking about it.

"Just join us and it will be like a party to send you off. You will be leaving after the weekend shoot, right?" She asked and I slowly nodded.

"I will think about it and will join you guys if I don't feel tired. And it's not like I will never come here. I am still in the contract with this brand, remember?" I pointed out and she smiled.

"I heard her minions are passing rumors that you are pregnant because of which there is news about your engagement." She whispered after looking around.

"They always do that and I don't know what does she want to prove by not stopping them. She gave me a huge headache back home because of which I had to come so far away and now she is doing the same." I mumbled frowning while she patted my shoulder.

"Let her be! After a few months, they will know whether I am pregnant or not." I added and she chuckled nodding.

After finishing the first scheduled shoot, I returned to the van where two of us are sharing and found my phone vibrating.

"Your phone has been ringing from the past hour. I saw the ID is noted as fake and didn't pick it up thinking it must be some prank callers." Keerthi said when I took my phone from the table and passed the juice bottle to my other hand.

Fake? Who is that? I thought and my eyes widened realizing who is it. I remember we both exchanged our numbers when his friend Shrishti forced us to two weeks back and I just used this word to save his contact without thinking much.

What if someone else had seen this and lifted the call? Everything would have doomed for sure.

But why is he calling me when there was no message or call from him all this time? I thought unlocking my phone and found a few messages from him too.

I took a sip from the bottle while opened the messages only to cough and Keerthi immediately rushed to wipe away the drops that fell on my dress.

"What are you doing? What happened?" she asked and somehow managed to not let the juice stain the dress while I stared at her with a guilty look.

"I will hold this for now." Saying that she took the bottle away from my hands and I kind of ignored that part as I want to read the message properly to see whether I have gone mad and seeing things that are not present before my eyes.