Ana's pov
To say I was pissed would be an understatement. Mrs. Oberoi sadly watched her grandson stomping out of the house, if it wasn't for Rudy holding me than I would have lashed out at him more. No one spoke, no one dared to, because they could tell from the tension hanging in there that I was pissed.
I took deep breathes and then looked at Pa, his eyes told me that he too didn't want this. Why can't Ma understand that I don't want to get married ?. Ma looked guilty and when she noticed that out of all people my brown orbs were fixed at her she opened her mouth to speak.
But before she could utter another word, " I know you want the best for me, but this was a low blow Ma." I stated my tone polite but message clear. I left the dining room and went to my room to shower and then sleep. I had had enough of bull shit and I simply wanted to sleep. I changed into my pjs when I heard a knock on my door. Rudy entered in, knowing full well that I wanted someone with me right then.
"You ok?"
"I will be." I told him knowing full well that it's no use in lying to him. I felt bad for my behaviour with Mrs. Oberoi so I went downstairs and apologized to her and bid her goodbye. Yes she was forcing me, but still my behaviour wasn't justified. It was justified with her grandson though.
Veer's pov
What kind of sick family this is?. Their daughter didn't even know that they have arranged a marriage for her. And Nani offered to my hand, why didn't she tell me? I remember when I went to Baveno to sign of certain deals, Nani was taking of business here in India. I am sure that must be the time when she offered them to marry me.
Agreed that I was rude to her because she was just as clueless as I was. May be she was completely clueless of everything. And when did Shorya Bajaj denied. At that point I was pissed at Nani, how can she do that. When Shorya had already declined the proposal why did she bother coming here.
I wonder what she saw in that woman. Agreed she was looking beautiful, especially the maroon color made her look more flawless and it contrasted well with her milky white skin. Her brown eyes and with the way she walked and talked she looked sexy. Men would be throwing themselves at her feet, that I could vouch for. She was definitely beautiful and when the way she spoke she was smart and intelligent as well. But she shouldn't have talked to Nani like that, yes it was our fault, but only a part of it. Her family hid it from her.
God my mind was a mess and I needed to get out of there. Shit I even left Nani behind and when I turned my back to enter into the house I was shocked.
Ana was walking Nani outside and from the looks of it Nani was completely drawn into her spell and then I noticed that she had changed her clothes.
Rudra was following them and hugged Ana in goodbye. He said something into her ear which caused her to chuckle and she nodded. Placing a light peck on her head he came out of the house. He brought Nani to my car and a brief eye contact with me that was enough to tell me that we would be talking about it.
We reached Rudra's place and Nani went to her room since she tired but I knew she was sad since Ana denied her, but I couldn't blame her as well. I knew Nani was forcing her, so technically she wasn't at fault. But still somewhere her insistance hit my ego, sicne I had never faced rejection so this was new to me.
But before Rudra could talk to me I held my hand and bid him goodnight, he took the hint and simply nodded, much to his reluctance he let it go.
It was the next morning when I got ready to meet the chief programmer of the Haynes corporartion and I wanted to get this deal and start this project as soon as possible. I got ready and was waiting in the conference room for the the lady to arrive. She wasn't late I was just early on time. I am always a punctual man and tardiness is something that I hate in people.
The door clicked and then I heard the sound of heels clicking on the floor. I was sitting with my secretary who stood up to greet the person.
"Good morning, Ms Bajaj." And then the familiar voice greeted back had my brain freeze for a moment.
There she was standing in her formal dark blue navy dress, her hair tied my in an open pony tail, her makeup natural and light brown shade covering her lips with a formal smile as her hand came out to shake in greeting. Shit, how come I didn't connect the dots.
She is Ananya A. Bajaj, the girl who rejected me and the girl who I would be signing the deal with. You have got to be fucking kidding me. Ana was the short for Ananya, though I am a smart businessman for the first time in my life I felt like a complete fool.
We talked about the project and I had to agree the woman was intelligent and smart. Especially when she was giving her presentation, and tilting her head with a smile when someone would ask a silly or stupid question. Her behaviour was completely professional, never once she showed that she was bothered was by our last encounter. She was great at what she did, now I knew.
The meeting ended at a good note and we would be having the project plan in the next month. This was the first project that was based on network security and I knew Haynes co-operation was great in tele sector. With the presentation I was very much impressed and I knew that my money was in good hands. 500 million dollars was a big deal, so I had to be double sure.
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"How did the meeting go?" Rudra asked taking a sip of his whiskey as he handed me a glass of the same.
"I didn't know her name was Ananya." I said as he smiled.
"Ana is her pet name. Only her loved ones are allowed to say it. For others it's Ananya."
"I see you are impressed."
"She is good at her job. Never once she bought the topic of last night or showed any anger or bitterness towards me."
I looked at my best friend smiling softly at me that looked creepy a the moment. I knew this look and I knew what was coming.
"What?" I barked.
"You like her."
"No, I don't. I am just impressed by her professionalism." I stated seriously, but he chuckled. If someone would hand me a gun, I don't mind shooting him in the balls.
I was regretting praising Ananya in front of him.
"Of course you are." He said, the creepy look not leaving his face.
"Hey, by the way are you free tomorrow ?"
"Yeah."
"Great so you are coming with us." A new voice interrupted us. There was standing my Nani at the hall with a look as if she had just won an award.
"And where are we going ?" I stated clealry anticipating that I wasn't going to like the answer.
"Ana's house. They are having a puja at their house at noon. And we are invited." She almost shrieked.
"Nani, I know what you are doing, but trust me it's not going to happen. I am not going to marry her."
"We'll see about that." Her voice was too excited and it sent creeps down my body, and then I knew I was fucked and my friend cum asshole framed me.
Why did I ever said that I was free tomorrow. I almost cried. Now I would have to make sure that I am at my best behaviour since she's my business partner.
Shit.
Veer's pov We got ready to join the function at Ananya's place and Nani was very muc excited to go there. According to her she was going to convince Ana for this marriage and soon when we would get married she would be able to see her great grand children. I neevr wanted to get married and Nani's constant nagging was getting on my nerves. Even Rudra said that his ship was sailing, he was so excited and he could already see his both best friends in the wedding hall, sharing the sacremental vows. We arrived at the mansion and I was greeted with Mr' Bajaj and his eldest son Shorya Bajaj. We had signed the deal with their company, not because I was interested in his sister, because I had seen his proposal, it was realy great and Shorya Bajaj was a renowed businessman in the industry. He had taken over his father a few years back and had expanded the empire in almost the entire Asia. We entered the house and unknowingly my eyes wandered over the hall to and then my
Ananya's povI closed the door behind me with a soft bang, and was about to dwell myself in the agony when someone knocked. I knew it who it was, at least that's what I thought but to my utter surprise there stood the person I was least expecting to come to me."Mrs. Oberoi." I acknowledged my tone curt yet polite, seriously I was in no mood for any of this marriage shit and the last thing I wanted to do was to snap at the old woman."How are you dear?" Her voice held one thing that I hated.Pity, sympathy."I am fine. Just need some rest." My tone was firm, a clear disguised statement telling her to back off so that I could spend some time alone, but fate had other plans."I heard what your grandmother said." Tone laced with pity and I controlled the urge to snap."Mrs. Oberoi, I appreciate your concern but the last thing I want is pity from you or anyone for that matter. So I suggest you giv
Ananya's pov I woke up to a massive headache, and found it hard to even open my eyes. Standing in the front of the mirror I took in my appearance, my eyes were puffy, cheeks were stain with dry tears and skin was pale. I looked horrible, as if I had just lost the love of my life. But technically my situation was like that only, Ma wanted me to find the love of my life so that I could live a happy life, which was far from what I wanted. As I took the medicines, the moments from last day came rushing down in my mind. And I realized how rude I was to Mrs. Oberoi. Yes she pushed me to my limit, but still it didn't justify my behaviour towards her. I shouldn't have been disrespectful towards her. I made a mental note to apologise to her later. I got ready to leave for the office, not my office, I could do my work from home. I was going to meet Shori at his office. It had been quite a time since I had a chat with my brother. I went to his
Ananya's pov. It would be an understatement if I said I was pissed. I was furious. How dare he?. The nerve of that bastard. Who the hell does he think he is ? He is very wrong if he thought I would get scared of him and agree to anything that he has to say. The hell I would. He might be able to dominate others but not me. From what I could understand, was that he was furious as to what I said to his Nani. It was understandable, what was not was that he can't threaten me like that. No way in hell I would marry that, he might me a good man according to Rudy but for me he is an arrogant asshole, which I strongly dislike with my every being. On my way back to home I was greeted by an overjoyed Ma. The reason was, she had found the perfect man for me and is sure that I would like him and we would get married. A big part of me was shouting that run woman, you aren't not the one to have a married life. Run before you screw up your or someone else's life.
Ananya's pov. "Sweetheart what do you think of this dress ?" Ma asked me for the umteenth time and I didn't have the energy to say anything, so I just nodded. it was half past ten and Ma was excited for the lunch date I had with Veer and I was too. Not for the date, but I was waiting for him to stand me up. and I knew he would because I made sure of it. My plan was simple I was going to put Veer in a badlight, and would show him as a bad guy for me and then Ma would deny for this alliance. As simple as that sounded it was difficult because Veer was a persistent man, and that was what scaring me. I didn't want to get married to him. But I just couldn't speak at all. By then Ma had made my room a god damn boutique and my every single dress that according would work for a date was on my bed, my sofa. My whole room was a mess. Not like it wasn't before, because I am a messy person, but this was another level of it. Ma hones
Veer's pov. "I should have known that, she is a genius in tech. She ain't that easy." Rudra's voice rang in my ears but didn't reach my ears. I was still occupied by her last words that she said to me. And I knew she wasn't bluffing, she made a promise and fucking meant it. She wanted me to back down. Her voice was filled with venom, a dark aura covering it, her eyes held a fire in them, she wasn't afraid of me or anything. Even if the devil would come and threaten her to marry me I knew she would fight him and send him back to hell. Where people were scared of my stone cold face, she had the audacity to enter my personal space and make a promise that she would ruin my life. And both of us knew she could do it, if she wanted to. Today was just a trailer, she was coming after me. When I entered the cafe and saw her in that tight fitted clothes something in me snapped. I was furious at her but still I admired her beauty. Her pale skin to her soft features
Ananya's pov. I was again getting ready for the dinner with the Oberois, only the difference was that I knew what was going on. I knew who was coming, for what purpose and I was going to say yes. Forever. This was it. It was my fate. But the strange thing was that after all that chaos, Veer didn't say anything. He was quiet. All along. I wondered what was cooking up in that big head of his. I didn't bothering apologising for the whole virus drama, even though I knew it was a extreme measure from my side, and I felt guilty about it. I made a mental note to do it tonight and then ask him what was he thinking. I went downstairs only to find Ma fretting over small things and as to how everything needed to be perfect since her daughter's soon to be husband is coming for dinner. Everything looked perfect according to me, and she didn't needed to do that, but then again who was I to stop her. I knew she would make sure t
Ananya's pov. I always knew that my guardian angels were actually having picnic when my fate was written, because at every point in my life, it was necessary to have drama. Or may be it was just my family who loved drama. Fate always had plans for me already, she made sure to make my life a God damn series with no ending, every ending had a twisted beginning. Here I thought that the dinner would go well since I had agreed to the wedding and then in just a week I would be married. But no, there has to be a drama. So the drama started since my beloved brother decided it has to be today where he would run away with Ruhi, his girlfriend for past 4 years. "What the actual fuck?" Rudy screeched like a hyena that Shori had to clamp his hand over his mouth and he pulled him behind the wall, caging him. If I didn't knew that they both were straight, I would have believed that they had chemistry. The position was quite compromisi