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

Chapter 8

*Prathap Pov*

I woke up hearing the doorbell and sat up realizing I must be sleeping until late if someone is ringing the bell.

I searched for my phone to check the time but the battery is completely drained adding up to the torture of the shock I am feeling right now that I slept late.

I rushed out of the bedroom and found the clock on the wall which made me frown as I am just half an hour late then why are they ringing the bell already.

"What is it?" I asked opening the door and found Deepak looking at me with a worried expression.

"What happened?" I asked and he immediately shook his head.

"You were late today and the others wanted me to find out whether you will take some more time to come downstairs." He replied clearing his throat.

"I will there in some time as I need to get ready." I mumbled even though feeling weird that they are asking me for as I generally go late sometimes and I am not so punctual.

After he left, I added the plug to my phone to get it charged for sometime before going downstairs and get it fully charged later.

I frowned thinking why the phone switched off as I continuously keep the charge and then I remember what was I doing yesterday.

I can't believe I actually let the call continue instead of cutting it. There are sometimes when I do weird things too I guess.

Ignoring the yesterday's incident, I finished getting ready before stepping out of the house and switched on the phone while yawning as I feel I should sleep for some more time for sure.

I got startled hearing the phone ringing the moment I switched it on and more surprising is that it is from Shrishti as I expected it would be from Anitha because of yesterday's incident.

"What is it?" I asked climbing down the stairs after lifting the call.

"Are you okay?" she asked without saying anything else in a soft tone.

There must be something wrong. She doesn't use soft tone at all but if she does then either she is in a problem or the person she is talking to is in a problem.

"What happened? Is everything okay?" I asked her frowning.

"You just woke up?" she asked after a few seconds pause.

"I... I called to let you know to not take things seriously. And I actually called yesterday night for some other matter but it was engaged." She continued.

"I was talking to Anitha. But you are not telling me what happened." I pointed out.

"Talking to her? Prathap! You need to check the articles that are trending today on her name." she mumbled and I frowned entering the restaurant where they are getting ready to adjust the tables but stopped doing it the moment they saw me.

"Chef! He is here!" one of them shouted and Bharghav stepped out of the kitchen with a frown.

I gestured him to the cabin and cut the call saying I will call her later. The moment we both entered my cabin, he closed the door behind him.

"What happened? Is something wrong with the ingredients that were brought for today or did I left the kitchen in a mess after yesterday's cooking?" I asked sitting down while he took a deep breath.

"You know rumors are easy to spread. You shouldn't believe them and have trust on your fiancé. Don't hurt her and comfort her." He continued to talk about rubbish.

"What are you saying?" I asked him frowning.

"You didn't know the news?" he asked back and I remember Shrishti asking me to check the articles on Anitha and he is saying something about my fiancé.