Author's Pov

MORNING

Vrinda was sleeping peacefully when a little disturbance in the room awakened her from her rest.

She rubbed her eyes and gave a quiet huff. Her arms opened, and she tapped on the opposite side of the bed, hoping to find out something.

She opens her eyes with a jerk, as she doesn't find anyone in bed with her.

"NOT AGAIN!!"

She yelled, slamming her hands against the bed with a furious expression.

"Take it easy, raspberry; you'll get hurt.".

A voice drew her attention; she looked behind her and discovered that the voice belonged to none other than Avyukt, who was sitting on the couch in his office attire.

Seeing him she relaxed her body, and took a deep breath.

He approached her with a smirk on his face and sat beside her on the edge of bed. He tucked the hair from her face behind her ears and said, "I will not leave you alone like yesterday."

"By the way, you look really cute while sleeping."

He said cupping her cheeks.

A little happy pout appeared on her face after hearing him.

Suddenly her eyes landed on his attire, and she looked at him from head to toe.

"Are you going to the to the office today?" she asked.

"Yes!" he replied.

"And for what reason will I stay at home?." he asked.

The smile on Vrinda's face disappeared after hearing him.

"Why is he acting so normal? As if nothing happened last night, he didn't even kiss my forehead. He drank too much last night; perhaps he forgot everything.," she muttered.

"Dear mam, What are you lost in????

I'm going to my office, and you're coming with me... Go get ready quickly; I'll wait for you downstairs for Breakfast"

He said getting up from the bed.

"But why would I come with you? I will not come," she exclaimed fiercely.

Hearing this, he bent towards her, bringing his face close to her, and said, "You will come with me; I will not leave you alone."

"GO AND GET READY!" He pointed his hand towards the bathroom door and turned to leave.

"If he doesn't remember what happened yesterday, then why is he asking me to come with him?" She whispered and got up from the bed.

"You are giving me orders as if you are my dad," she said.

Hearing her, he stopped.

Vrinda started taking steps back as he turned towards her.

She stepped back and collided with the wall as he was taking steps towards her.

And within a second, he pinned both her hands above her head with his one hand and cupped her cheek with the other hand and said, "Till date, I have never had to repeat my orders, but you... you are so stubborn raspberry that I will have to talk to you only as a daddy.

Moreover, there is no harm in becoming a daddy and punishing you for every mistake you make."

Vrinda gulped and was just trying to understand what he said, as she did not understand the meaning of what he said.

She was just looking at him with a cute pout on her lips.

"You are too innocent, raspberry; don't put so much pressure on your little brain," he smirked and said, knowing that she did not understand anything.

He freed her and said, "Are you going now? or I will force you inside and help you.

"Noo , I am going," Vrinda said and he nodded.

"I am waiting for you downstairs for breakfast," he said.

And he starts leaving from there.

She threw the pillow in anger from behind with force when he was leaving, but by then he had left; the pillow hit the gate instead of him.

"Goddamm! I missed the target.".

She exclaimed in annoyance.

"OOOhhhh noooo!!"

She yelled as she went to the bathroom and saw a red mark on her neck in the mirror.

She was shocked to see a red mark on her neck.

"What is this now?"

"It's probably because of whatever happened yesterday."

"What do I do now?"

She panicked and started looking here and there, wondering what to do.

"Wait!!"

She looked at herself in the mirror and smirked.

"Maybe this mark will be useful to remind him what happened last night."

"Yess"

After some time, she came out of the bathroom after a bath, dressed in a peach- colored kurti, and went downstairs.

While walking towards the dinner table, she notices a bouquet of red flowers on the table.

"Woow!!"

"Did he get this bouquet for me?"

She grabbed the bouquet and clutched it to her breast and murmured in joy, "I was thinking too much; perhaps he just wanted to surprise me."

Suddenly, she spots a little message within the bouquet.

"Yaaaay!"

"There is a message for me too; it must be something romantic."

She clutched the bouquet close to her heart, sprang with delight, and said, "I am excited to read."

She took the letter out of the bouquet and began to read.

"Hi handsome, Let's meet tomorrow night at 12 o'clock at Sky Bar.

I want you to make me wet.

Your Anika."

" WHATT?"

Her smile faded as soon as she read the letter.

"I assumed this bouquet was for me."

She became sad.

"But who is Anika?, and what does it mean to make me wet? If she wants to be wet, how will Avyukt help with that?"

"Vrinda, why are you standing there? Hurry up"

Avyukt's voice attracted her attention, and he was coming towards her.

"Why are you stiff here? and hugging this bouquet of flowers like this?"

"I told Aleena to throw away these flowers; she might have forgotten."

"Leave it!"

"And don't embrace anything like that," he said, staring through her soul and making her gulp.

She looked at him like a cute, angry tigress and muttered, "Perhaps I had become too happy. Thought one thing and turned out to be something else."

"Let's go now," he added.

"His name should have been Akdu Rajput, not Avyukt Rajput! ....Akduuuu," she whispered, following him.

(Akdu: Stubborn)

He sat on the dining chair, and she also sat on the chair next to him. But that letter thing was still in her mind.

She looks at him secretly from the corner of her eyes, then takes a bite of her food. Then again, she looks at him secretly, then takes a bite, and she is continuing this.

"Do you want to say something to me?" he said.

She flustered and whispered, "Does he have four eyes? How does he know that I am looking at him?"

She looked at him and said, "No. I mean, yes."

He lifted his eyebrows in a query and said, "Hmm, ask," taking a bite.

"I wanted to ask..." and then she stopped.

He furrowed his brows and said, "Hmm, ask raspberry," taking another bite.

"Tha...that along with being a CEO, do you also do a part-time job as a plumber?" she asked.

As soon as he heard that, his food got stuck in his throat, and he started coughing loudly.

She quickly got up from her place and went near him, making him drink water while patting him on the back.

After some time, his cough stopped.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

He looked at her and said, "And why do you think so?"

'Because in the letter of that bouquet, a girl had written, 'I want you to make me wet', So will you go to fix the tap in her house? so that she can get wet," she replied.

"Aaaaauchhh."

 She yelled as he pulled her hand and made her sit on his lap and said, " I don't care what letters other girls send me, nor do I read them. But if you want to get wet, then I will help you with all my heart."

She widened her eyes as she could not understand what Avyukt had said, but leaving all those things aside, she thinks that "I'm very close to him right now. Perhaps this is the appropriate time to show him the red mark. Perhaps he can recall everything."

She twists her hair into a bun while sitting on his lap,  caresses her neck, trying to make him notice the mark, and asks, "It's a bit hot, isn't it?" Just look at my neck—how much I'm sweating."

and she could think or say anything. He lifted her into a bridal position and took her towards her chair. He made her sit on the chair and said, "Finish your breakfast" and increased the temperature of the AC.

"Dammm he ignored the red mark," she said making sad pout.

After completing their breakfast, they proceed to the workplace. 

When Avyukt arrived at his office, everyone stood in their positions and wished him good morning.

But he wasn't wishing anyone back, and he wasn't even looking at them.

Vrinda was following him and observing everything.

"He is so stubborn," she muttered. 

Just then, Rahul approaches from behind her and whispers to her, "Brother has always been like this; he has never even spoken lovingly to anyone until now, but you are lucky." as Rahul had heard her whisper.

"Mee? ..lucky? for what?" she asked.

"You yourself will understand someday,"  he replied, being mischievous.

"You always confuse me with your words," she said, chuckling.

"Avyukt bhai is busy in the conference hall right now; go and wait in his office and don't wander here and there.

Ever since Hidden Face Girl, aka You and Brother, came into the media's eyes, both of you have been the headlines of every news station. We can't take any risk with you." Rahul said and  she nodded.

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Vrinda's Pov

I have been waiting for him sitting in his office for half an hour. His company is so big that it seems like a city in itself. People dream of working here. Everything is a luxury. Mr. Rajput is very rich.

I was looking outside through the mirror and noticing everyone. Everyone here was diligent about their job. How fortunate the employees of the 'Alsa' firm must be, but there is only one bitter thing here, and that is Mr. Rajput, who is always angry.

It was 7 o'clock in the evening, and he was still busy. Rahul was taking care of my meal and everything else, but later he again went to help Avyukt. He seems to have an important meeting today. He was so busy in his meeting that he did not come out of the conference room even once.

I slowly started getting bored. I got up from my couch and went towards the table.

There were a lot of files, his laptop, and many other things lying there. Then the mobile phone on the table starts ringing. I picked up the phone from the table, but before I could receive it, the phone got disconnected.

"Hey you, what are you doing?"

Someone's voice attracted my attention.

I looked back and saw a girl was standing , she had smirk on her face, and there was one man and a women with her.

Suddenly,  she snatched the phone from my hands and said, "How dare you steal Avyukt's phone...huh?"

"Wait, what?" I added, as I was confused by her statement.

"I haven't stolen anything." I said to her.

"And I didn't even know that this was Avyukt's phone. I was just sitting here and waiting for Mr. Rajput." I said, giving clarification, as her statement left me frustrated and confused .

"You are answering me; do you even know who I am?" She asked, showing me rage.

I shook my head yes and said, "The one who fell on her face yesterday before the start of the event." I didn't want to insult her, but I didn't know her name but I recognized her as the same girl who had fallen yesterday.

She widened her eyes , turned angry at me and looked at me with gritted teeth.

"Aaaauchhh!"

I yelled as the man standing with her yanked my hands back and twisted them violently .

A lone tear rolled down my eyes as I couldn't bear the pain. I felt blank.

"Leave me. Ahhh, it's hurting," I said in a low voice.

"How dare you talk to me like that? I am Vedika Vaidya, the star model, and I am very close to Avyukt. If I told him that a cheap girl tried to steal his phone and misbehaved with me , he would push you out of here," she said, pointing her finger at me and gnashing her teeth in rage.

I used all my strength to free my hand from his and yelled, "I am not a thief.".

His handprints were printed on my hands.

I tried to stop myself from crying, but tears started flowing from my eyes.

"Yes, you are a thief!” shouted the man, who was twisting my hand.

He gripped the hem of my kurti and said, "Just take a look at her clothes; this is one of the most expensive outfits of our brand. I think she stole this too."

My hands were twitching, and my knees were shivering. I felt helpless at that point; I didn't know what to say.

I started sobbing. All three of them were saying bad things about me, and I was silently there. I was just feeling insulted at that time.

"Get out of here," Vedika exclaimed.

I lowered my teary gaze.

And without saying anything, I started leaving from there. I couldn't see anything clearly because of the tears.

I was gasping for oxygen; So dumb of me. Someone helped you for two days, kept you at home for two days, and then you had so many expectations from him.

How dumb I am! That night, he kissed me, and I thought that he liked me. How did I forget that he is very rich and all this is normal for him?

I sobbed. I wiped my tears with the back of my hand. I was just walking; I didn't know where I was going. It's been more than half an hour since I was walking.

All the girls there were so beautiful. They belong to such a rich family. And here I am; neither do I have my own house nor am I very educated. I am nothing in front of them.

He has a lot of options, and I thought he liked me. I was very angry with myself. I wanted to scream at that time.

Then I noticed my surroundings and realized that I was standing in a deserted place in the dark of night.

In the very next moment, I hear a loud sound of a car clashing against the road. That car was coming towards me at very high speed.

And in the blink of an eye, that car came so close to me, and the car drifted just a few inches away from me. I became numb, and my heart started racing. My mind was totally blank.

As soon as the car stopped, I took a deep breath. I felt like I was living my last moments.

The car door opens, and the person comes out. Who was none other than Mr. Rajput.My heart became heavy seeing him, and my eyes filled with tears again.

"Get into the car," he said while moving towards me. His coat and shirt were completely red, as if he had played with blood.

"No," she said, stumbling. I didn't want to get too close to him again. I wanted to go somewhere far away from here.

Looking at him, it felt as if I had found someone close to me again, but I also can't forget that it's nothing like I thought.

I started sobbing.

He came near me, grabbed me by the waist, and pulled me closer to him. The fronts of our bodies collided. I lifted my head to look at him.

"Stop crying," he said while wiping my tears.

I pushed his hand away from my face.

"Stay away from me," I said, pushing him away from me.

But there was no expression on his face.

He was just looking at me as if a child was babbling in front of him.

"Leave mee!" I said, sobbing.

"Sssshhhhh"

He placed his palm on my lips.

"Let's go home, all....." and before he could say anything, I bit his hand hard with my teeth.

He didn't even utter an 'oops' due to the pain. Is he made of metal?

"Well, Okay! If you have started, then let's finish it all in bed." He said and suddenly , I was thrown at his shoulder....

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