PART 🦋 XXIII

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Chapter 23

"Take these gifts with you," Gayatri said, pointing at the various gift boxes to the three daughters-in-law.

Siya, Myra and Sania are going to their parents house for pag phera.

The worker kept the boxes in three different cars as Myra and Sania had their house in opposite directions but in Delhi itself so they can travel by cars but Siya has to fly from one state to another.

Siya was happy as she was going to meet her father after a very long time more precisely after a whole month. A little part of her was sad for leaving Reyansh behind but never-mind, Her father comes first for her.

Myra was happy not for meeting her family members as she sees them in office daily but because she can get away from this toxic household for a couple of days.

Sania was happy as she thought she would get a break of a few days from the overdramatic ass of her husband. But, who is gonna tell her she is gonna miss this ass so much. And, she has her exams around the corner so studying at home can be beneficial.

"Take care beta" Vikram gives his blessings to Siya as she touches his feets.

Myra also tries to touch his feets but he backs away, turning his face sideways showing the displeasure.

He still hasn't accepted Avyansh and Sunansh as his grandsons.

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"When are you coming back?" Sunansh asked Sania who was eating humming to the song playing in the background.

"Sadly on thursday" she replied, releasing a heavy sigh.

"Aww, I will miss you" he said with a pout.

"Aww, too bad as I will not " she copied his tone, placing potato chips in front of his mouth, feeding him as he was driving a car.

"Ye to waqt hi batayega"

(Time will tell )

He answers by eating the chip while locking his brown orbs with her black ones and winking.

Sania rolled her eyes, busying herself in eating the remaining packet of chips, not bothering to answer him.

"Hey!!" She suddenly screamed making sunansh stop the car abruptly and looked at her direction only to find her chewing the chips hurridley.

"What happened" he asked, checking her from head to toe.

"I'm fine," she replied after chewing the food.

"Then why did you scream?" He asked, starting the engine and driving the car.

"I heard something interesting about you," she said, changing the song.

Uski nazar

Palko kee chilman se mujhe dekhti

Uski nazar

Uski haya

Apani hi chahat ka raj kholati

Uske haya

Chhup ke kare jo wafa

Aisa mera yaar hai

"Something? Everything is interesting about me" he replied, making her roll her eyes for the nth time.

"Myra said you can sing"  A chuckle left his mouth hearing her words, but soon turned into a smug smile.

"And?"

"She said your voice is good"

"And?"

He knew what she was talking about and she knew he was teasing her wanting to hear the exact words from her mouth.

'Sing for me'

"I want to check whether she was telling truth or not"

"And?"

"Don't you have any other word except 'AND', papa ke pare"

She huffed crossing her legs on the seat and sitting comfortably.

He laughed entering into the building and parking the car aside, removing the seat belt he leaned closer making her breath hitch due to their close proximity, he placed his lips on her cheeks as she closed her eyes and parted her lips to shout at him but not even a single word left her mouth.

He moved his lips from her cheek to her ears and chuckled playfully sending shivers down her body and goosebumps erupting on her skin. He opened his mouth, still near her ear and sang the lines of the songs playing on the speaker.

"Pehla pehla pyaar hai

Pehli pehli baar hai

Jaan ke bhi anjana

Aisa mera yaar hai...."

'His voice is incredible and sensual'

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"Dil deewana bin sajna ke mane na

Ye pagla hai samjhane se samjhe na~~"

Myra sang with her not so good voice glancing at Avyansh, who was driving the car.

"When are you going to pick me up?" She asked, leaning on the window and staring at him.

"Thirty first February" he replied, taking the right turn.

"Okay" she said taking out her phone, messaging her secretary to free up her schedule on 31st february.

After sending the message, she closed her phone but what caught her attention was the words on her homescreen.

12 APRIL 2024

"Avy baby do you think I'm an idiot?"

Avyansh let out a laugh, shaking his head at her attentiveness.

'Still a tubelight I guess'

"What's there to think? When you already are a idiot"

"Avy baby we already passed February a few months ago" she said making avyansh break out into a heavy laugh.

"Haha" he parked his car sideways, laughing while holding his stomach.

Her lips curved upwards unknowingly seeing him laugh after such a long time. She doesn't even remember the last time she saw him laughing.

If she could, she would have paused the time and heard his laugh the whole day, or maybe the whole night or maybe– her whole life.

"I love you"

He stilled in his place, hearing her words which made his heart race at the fast pace. Butterflies erupting his stomach and a red hue gleamed on his neck and ears, like always.

'I love you more'

He wanted to say it out loud but controlled himself and cleared his throat starting the car and ignoring her words.

She smiled Sadly, turning away from him on the busy road.

When he faced death nearly infront of him a few days ago, his heart ached seeing her cry for him. He tried, tried his best to push her away and make her hate him but she never gave up on him and now when he is ready to make her his, fully.

He decided to make the day special, which will be the best day of her life. He wanted to confess his love while getting on his knees for her, giving her a bouquet of red roses while the place would be decorated with candles ,flowers and balloons,Just the way she liked.

He still remembers the fourteen year old Myra told his brother, sunansh about having a dream of getting proposed like the male lead did to the female lead.

He promised himself to propose to her the way she wants.

Maybe twenty six year old Myra would not like the proposal of fourteen year old Myra but nevertheless he is going to do so.

He will not run away like a coward now.

"We reached" he said entering inside the Rathore villa.

Parking the car aside he removed the seatbelt and got down from the car and opened the door for Myra who looked amused by his actions.

"AB" A loud voice was heard from behind and Myra made a face looking at the person.

'CDEF, fuck you'

She completed the words smiling sweetly at the person.

"How are you bro" the person hugged Avyansh who inreturn hugged him back.

"Hope someone didn't trouble you much, '' the person said, eyeing Myra who smiled, pulling Avyansh towards her.

"Hope someone gets lost before I kick him, '' she said, pulling Avyansh inside the house where her mother and father were waiting to greet their daughter and son-in-law with Aarti ki thali at the doorstep.

"How are you, my baby?" Her father engulfed her in a hug as soon as she entered.

"Dad we met yesterday at the office, then why are you acting as if we met after ages?" she said, hugging him back.

"Let me act," he said, hugging her, wiping his fake tears, making her mother roll her eyes.

"How are you Avyansh?" her mother asked, ignoring the dramatic duo.

Avyansh smiled and answered her question.

"We met after so many days AB , let's bitch about some bitch" the same person who hugged Avyansh said but earned a tight punch on his stomach.

"Ouch, stop punching your brother idiot"

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Tu chahiye tu chahiye

Sham aur subah tu chahiye

Siya sat silently inside the car while Reyansh was driving the car.

After the last incident they didn't exchange any words.

Siya wanted to talk but she knew she would end up crying the moment his eyes met with hers and she didn't want to force him to tell about the past when he is not comfortable to talk about it. She wanted to give him the space.

Reyansh wanted to tell her everything but is ashamed to tell the thing he assumed was the truth without any confirmation.

And now she is going away, away from him for a whole week.

It would be hard to spend entire week without her when he knew their room would be silent which had the jiggling of her anklet bells before,  their room would be cleaned without her wet towel lying on the bed, without her jewelleries spreading on the dressing table, without him staring at her at night when sleep was far away from his eyes.

It would be hard spending the whole week without her when he is now being habituated with her presence.

"Can't you come back early?" He whispered while driving through the roads towards the Airport.

"I miss my father," he nodded, understanding.

He knew the love the father and daughter shared. If any man who loved Siya more than him would be her father. He always manifested the bond they shared together, if they have a daughter in the future he is going to love her the same way her mother is loved by her Grandfather.

He parked the car in front of the jet which was waiting for her.

"Ansh" she spoke softly, grabbing his hand and making him look at her.

"Whatever it is, I want to know it all. You can trust me, you and me know we can't start our journey without clearing the past. I'm giving you one week to clear your mind and tell me everything after I'm back. Okay?" She said, giving him a soft smile.

Removing the seat belt he pulled her towards him taking in a hug.

No words were exchanged between them as the silent spoke more which words couldn't.

"I love you" he whispered, snuggling more into her neck, inhaling her smell which he would miss.

"I love you" he again whispered, now placing his lips on her collarbone.

"I love you" he said, keeping his lips on her left cheek.

"I love you" he placed his lips on her right cheek.

"I love you" he said, kissing her nose.

"I love you" he pecked her forehead grabbing her both cheeks.

Finally, gazing at her eyes he moved his lips to her lip, kissing her slowly. He moved his lips at a slow pace, tasting her strawberry lip balm, Savouring her lips.

"I love you"

He completed the series of 'I love you' after breaking from the kiss.

She broke into a smile, grabbing his collar and turning his face and giving a long kiss on his cheeks.

"Take care and don't forget to have your meals" she said and got down from the car.

Reyansh followed behind her along with the lady which he appointed for her security who is going to follow her around for a whole damn week.

"Not this Ansh" Siya whined when he told about Anna, the bodyguard.

"I would have hired an entire security team for you Siya but I didn't. The name Bhanushali itself comes with a danger tag and you are now Siya Reyansh Bhanushli"  he said in a stern voice giving her no room for argument.

She sighed heavily, ending the debate and agreeing with him.

"Take care and come back fast" he said, giving a peck on her forehead earning gasps from the bodyguards and staff members but they quickly glanced down when the grey eyes of their boss glanced at them.

"I love you" he said with a heavy heart, lossning his hold on her.

"I love you" Siya replied, waving at him as he walked down the jet.

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"Please come inside" Sania sighed in relief, running inside her house and landing on the couch.

"Peace" she whispered, closing her eyes and leaning back on the couch but her moment was disturbed when a hard smack landed on her forearm.

"Ahh maa" she shouted in pain, rubbing her hand.

"Behave properly" her mother showed her big eyes not wanting to smack her ass infront of her husband.

Sania drank the juice from the tray her mother was holding.

"I missed this," she said, chugging down the drink and hugging her mother.

"Me or the food?" Her mother asked, breaking from the hug and giving a glass to sunansh.

"Of Course your food maa" Sania replied, taking another glass of drink and sipping on it.

"I bet you must have missed me so much," she asked, flipping her hair.

"The house must have felt silent without me" she answered to her own question, keeping the empty glass on the tray.

"Not silent but peaceful"  her father replied, making her jaw drop on the ground and sunansh laugh.

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"Avyansh here" Myra's mother forwards the tray asking him to drink tea.

"Have breakfast " she said again, taking a seat beside him.

Before being the son-in-law of Rathore family, Avyansh was the best friend of Abhimaan Rathore, the elder brother of Myra.

He used to have food here a few times when they used to hang out here together.

"Are you not eating properly Avyansh, you have become thin" Her mother said, eyeing Avyansh who laughed at her antics.

"You always say this when I visit you aunty"

"I prepared your favourite food" She said, grabbing him and taking him to the dining table.

Myra sat there dumbfounded thinking whether she is her mother or his.

"Aaja bacha" her father pulled her, taking to the dining table leaving Abhimaan behind.

"Haha" Abhimaan laughed sarcastically, grabbing his own arm and walking to the dining table.

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"Please this way mam" Anna said, guiding the way for Siya.

"Sit inside mam" Siya sat inside the car which Reyansh arranged for her and smiled excitedly.

She didn't inform them about her arrival as she wanted to give them a surprise.

"I missed my home" she smiled driving through the familiar streets, smiling to herself.

She quickly messaged Reyansh that she landed safely even though the security team must have informed him.

"Mama, the car will not go through these streets" the driver informed.

"No worries, my house is a few blocks away" she said, climbing down the car and walking forward but was pulled behind.

"Let me guide you mam" Anna said, pulling her behind.

Siya observed the woman in front of her, black suit with hair tied in a ponytail. Her face had Indian features but her accent sounded American,maybe she is a mix, Siya concluded.

"You know where my house is?" Siya asked.

"Sir gave me your every detail"

"Kashi ahes g Siya, sagla bara ahe ka?"

(How are Siya, is everything fine)

A woman who was watering the plant outside her house asked Siya, walking towards her.

"Mi Bari ahe Kaku, tumhi kasha ahat")

(I am fine aunty, how are you)

She talked with her a few minutes before heading to her house.

"Come in the evening to have tea," the woman said, smiling at her.

Her neighbour aunt, she was not a typical neighbour who talks sweetly in front of you and bitch behind our back, she is the one who talks without any filter.

Siya took a deep breath, climbing the stairs of her house and finally when she reached her home, she peeked inside from the open door finding her father Watching television, mother was cutting the vegetables maybe for dinner.

"Baba," she said, walking inside.

Shivaji rubbed his eyes, confirming if he was dreaming or not.

"Baba" she whispered, running near him and engulfed in a hug.

"I missed you" she cried, hugging him. Feeling his embrace after so Many days.

The bodyguards kept the gift boxes on the bed present in the hall and stood straight.

Siya broke the hug and looked behind to find five people dressed in black standing.

"He said only you are going to come then why are they here?" Siya asked Anna who avoided her gaze and dialled the number of her boss and handed the phone to Siya.

"Speak," she said being angry at him.

"They are only to guard you, trust me you will not even feel their presence. Please, Siya don't be angry" his voice sounded so convincing that she ended up agreeing with him.

"I hate you Mr. Reyansh Bhanushali"

"I love you Mrs. Siya Bhanushali

(Edit : I'm not going to update till we have 30+ comments)

Guyssssssssss the amount of love my book is getting is too much.

I'm afraid, the more people read this the more expectations increase and I always do shit work during pressure.

At this rate we will cross 100,000 reads till the completion of the book.

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