Italy, The Next Morning
When Anya opened her eyes, she was drenched in sweat and wrapped in Rivan's arms. She raised her head and saw Rivan sitting up, doing something on his phone. Anya quickly sat up and started glaring at Rivan.
Looking at his phone, Rivan said, "My little strawberry, don't look at me like that, it will set my mood."
Anya snatched Rivan's phone and put it on the bed. She herself sat in his lap. She put her arms around Rivan's neck.
Rivan also pulled her closer. He made Anya sit in his lap in such a way that both her legs were on his waist.
Anya was still glaring at Rivan.
Rivan said, "What?"
Anya quickly said, "Why did you turn off the AC?"
Rivan said, "Because you were feeling cold."
Anya said, "Look, my shirt is soaked with sweat."
Rivan said, "Then take it off."
Anya glared at Rivan and said, "All you want to see is what's under my shirt, right?"
Rivan pulled Anya even closer and started unbuttoning her shirt.
Anya said, "What are you doing?"
Rivan had unbuttoned two buttons of her shirt and then looked at her, saying, "I know what's under your shirt." He leaned his lips close to Anya's ear and said in his seductive voice, "I want to suck and bite it."
Anya tilted her neck and looked at him, a mischievous smile playing on Rivan's lips. Anya pushed Rivan and glared at him. After a moment, she said, "You are such a pervert! Aren't you ashamed to talk to me like this?"
Rivan brought his face close to hers and said in his deep voice, "I am a pervert and shameless too, only with you."
Anya had no answer to his words. She looked at him for a while, then got up from on top of Rivan and got off the bed. She stood in front of the dressing table, fixing her hair. She looked at Rivan, who was back on his phone. Just then, her gaze fell on Rivan's hand, which had wounds. She quickly went to Rivan and, taking his hand in hers, looked at him and said, "How did you get these injuries?"
Looking at her, Rivan said, "Some wounds were on the heart, and now they are visible on the hand."
Anya asked, "What are you saying? Tell me, how did you get hurt?"
Rivan pulled her onto his lap, cutting her off, and said, "Why did you go out of the palace yesterday without my permission? Tell me right now."
Anya said, "Leave me, look how injured your hand is, let me bandage it."
Rivan said in a loud voice, "Shut up."
Anya suddenly got scared and looked at him with frightened eyes.
Rivan then said, "I want an answer, right now."
Anya thought to herself, "If Rivan Sir finds out that Shruti took me, I don't know what he will do?" She was lost in her thoughts when Rivan's voice reached her ears, "I am asking you something, my little strawberry, I need an answer right now."
Anya looked at Rivan, who was glaring at her. Rivan raised an eyebrow.
Anya closed her eyes and said softly, "I was getting bored, so I asked Shruti to go out for shopping."
Rivan said in a loud voice, "Get up." Anya opened her eyes and looked at him. Rivan was glaring at her.
She quickly got up from his lap.
Rivan stood up from the bed and started to leave the bedroom, but then he suddenly stopped. He turned back to look at Anya, who was still looking at him. Rivan looked at her and said, "I hate liars," and he left the room. He knew Shruti had taken her.
Anya sat on the bed and said to herself, "If a lie is told for a good cause, it is not a lie." She sat on the bed for a while, then got up and went towards the bathroom.
On the other side, Rivan was working out in the gym. Everyone was present in the gym - all of Rivan's friends and his brother Aman too. Everyone was busy with their own workouts.
Anya was ready. She was wearing jeans and a crop top. She was looking for Rivan on the upper floor, but she couldn't find him anywhere. Then she came downstairs. Shruti was sitting downstairs, talking to someone on the phone. Anya went to her.
Seeing Anya standing in front of her,
Shruti took the phone away from her ear and looked at her, saying, "What happened, Anya? Is everything alright?"
Anya said innocently, "Nothing is alright. I have been looking for Rivan Sir for so long, but I can't find him. I checked every room on the upper floor, but he wasn't there. This palace is so big, where should I look for him?"
Shruti couldn't help but laugh at her words, but she controlled her laughter and said, "Brother is in the outdoor gym." Shruti said, "Come, I'll take you," she took Anya's hand and led her to the outdoor gym. Shruti said, "Go, brother is inside." Shruti left from there.
Anya stood outside the gym, wondering whether to go inside or not. She stood there thinking for a while, then went inside. She stood at the gym gate and saw Rivan doing push-ups. She stood there watching him. Rivan was shirtless and wearing shorts. His whole body was drenched in sweat. Seeing Rivan like this, dirty thoughts started entering her mind. She bit her lip and said softly, "He is so hot."
Just then, Rivan said, "My little strawberry, will you admire my hotness from afar? My whole body is yours. Touching my body will give you an even better feeling."
Anya's eyes widened, and everyone's eyes turned to look at Anya. She started feeling embarrassed. She said softly, "Obscene man."
Rivan said while doing push-ups, "Dirty thoughts are coming into your mind seeing my body from afar, Miss Pervert woman."
Anya said softly, "Me? A pervert woman?" Anya then said to herself, "Am I... becoming a pervert?" She glared at Rivan, who was doing push-ups and it seemed like he was deliberately showing off to her.
Anya watched Rivan for a while, the movement of his muscles making her a little uncomfortable, but still she couldn't take her eyes off him. As she turned to leave,
Rivan's voice came, "My little strawberry, come here."
Anya stopped and looked at Rivan in surprise, who was still doing push-ups, a mischief in his eyes.
Anya watched him for a few more moments, then her steps moved towards Rivan. Now she was standing near Rivan, her breath a little faster.
Rivan stopped doing push-ups and sat up, his smile widening. He looked at Anya and said, "Sit down."
Anya felt a little strange, she didn't understand what was happening.
Rivan looked at Anya and said once again, "Sit down."
Anya quickly sat down, and the next moment, Rivan forcefully pulled Anya and laid her down on the mat. And in the blink of an eye, he was on top of her.
Anya was shocked and said, "What are you doing? Everyone is looking at us. Get off me, wasn't the bedroom small enough for you? That you've started here too."
Rivan looked into her eyes and said carelessly, "I don't care." Then he started doing push-ups, and every time he went down, he would kiss Anya sometimes on her forehead, sometimes on her cheek, and sometimes on her lips.
Anya was turning red with embarrassment.
Aman, who was lifting dumbbells nearby, stopped his workout and said, "Wow, brother! Today you've turned the gym into a honeymoon suite! Have some shame, we are here too!"
Aditya put his hand on Aman's shoulder and said, "Don't be jealous. Look how fit the guy is, multitasking."
Arav stopped his bench press and said, "Brother, if there's inspiration, it's like this! Next time I'll bring my girlfriend here too."
Looking at Rivan, Rishabh said, "Looks like Rivan's 'romantic workout' is going on today."
Karan, who was stretching, said, "Poor Anya! What must she be thinking? Maybe, 'This man won't change even in the gym'."
Leaning down, Rivan whispered in Anya's ear, "What happened, my little strawberry? Are you enjoying it?"
Then, looking up at his friends and winking, he said, "What are you guys doing? Aren't you inspired? Look, this is what real 'core strength' is called!"
Aman said, "Inspired? We are in shock! Brother, have some decency!"
Aditya said, "Decency? That word doesn't exist in Rivan's dictionary."
Arav said, "Man, I also want such confidence. I want to have the guts to romance in front of everyone!"
Rishabh said, "Looks like Rivan will change the whole atmosphere of the gym today."
Anya started feeling embarrassed listening to all their talk. She was trying to hide her face in shame, but
Rivan was bothering her even more with every push-up.
Anya pushed Rivan forcefully, "Get up! Seriously, this is too much. Shameless man," she muttered. "They are all making fun of us. You have no shame, but I do, now get up quickly."
Rivan gave her one last kiss on her forehead and then sat up, showing his victorious smile. He took Anya's hand and helped her up too.
Anya sat up. While fixing her hair, she glared at Rivan. She was very angry with Rivan. She looked at Rivan's friends, their eyes were on both of them. Anya was feeling embarrassed. She then looked at Rivan, he was sitting as if he had won a war. Anya said to herself, "This man has sold off all his shame."
Aman stopped his workout and came to stand near Anya and Rivan, teasing Anya, "You have turned our private gym into a 'romance hub'!"
Rivan stood up and punched Aman.
Holding his nose, Aman said softly, "You yourself are being shameless in front of everyone, and you're hitting me?"
Rivan glared at him, and Aman got scared by just one glare and went to sit on the bench.
Rivan said, "Is your fun over, guys? Now do your work."
Anya was sitting with her head down. She was so embarrassed. She couldn't lift her head.
Rivan offered her his hand, gesturing for her to get up.
Anya shrugged off Rivan's hand and quickly stood up, and ran from there.
Anya ran inside the palace. She was panting. Riya, who was sitting in the hall, got up and went to Anya.
She quickly said, "Anya, what happened? Why are you panting like this? Where did you go?" Anya calmed herself down and looked at Riya, saying, "Aunty, your son is so shameless, he tortured me so much in the gym."
Coming down the stairs, Shruti said in surprise, "Brother tortured you?"
Riya said, "What did Rivan do? Tell me?" Anya started narrating everything like an innocent child. As Anya was telling her story, Riya was feeling both embarrassed and amused. Anya told everything in one breath.
Shruti was laughing a lot after hearing it. Laughing, she said, "Anya, that's not called torture, it's called love."
Anya said, "Such love, that is shown in front of everyone?"
Just then, Rivan said, "Then let's go to the bedroom, I'll show you my love properly there."
Anya, Riya, and Shruti saw Rivan coming in through the door. Anya quickly went and stood behind Riya.
Rivan now came and stood near Riya. Riya said to him, "What is this shamelessness? What was the need to do all that? I don't know when these two father and son will ever सुधारेंगे (improve)?" Riya glared at Rivan for a while and started to leave.
Anya also followed Riya.
Shruti said, "Brother, have some shame, Anya can't handle your shamelessness."
Rivan immediately said, "Now she has to endure this shamelessness for the rest of her life." Rivan said in a loud voice, "My little strawberry, come to the bedroom in five minutes."
Riya and Anya were standing near the dining table. Riya immediately looked at Rivan and said, "Now what shamelessness do you want to show? Can't you leave her alone for a while?"
Rivan, who was going towards the lift, stopped and turned back to look at Riya, saying, "My dad's wife, don't be a pain in the neck," and then left from there.
Riya said softly, "The limit of this boy."
Anya talked to Riya for a while, then went towards the lift. In a short while, she was on Rivan's floor. Anya was walking, thinking about something. She needed to talk to her mom and dad. That's why she had gone to the gym, to get a new phone from Rivan. But something else happened there. She was lost in her thoughts when she bumped into someone. She was about to fall when strong hands caught her. Anya looked at Aditya, who was standing holding her hand.
Aditya helped her stand up straight and said, "Are you okay?"
Anya shook her head and said, "What are you doing here? I heard no one is allowed on this floor."
Aditya said, "Yes, no one is allowed without Rivan's permission!"
Anya immediately said, "Does that mean Rivan Sir called you?"
Aditya nodded his head.
Just then, Anya's gaze fell on Aditya's hand, which held a box. Looking at the box, she said, "What kind of box is this? What's in it?" Walking forward,
Aditya said, "Come, Rivan will tell you." Anya started walking with him. They both stood at the door of the room. Rivan was ready.
Anya quickly went into the room and said to Rivan, "I need a phone."
Rivan looked at Aditya,
who was still standing at the door. He came inside and handed the box to Rivan.
Rivan gave the box to Anya and said, "There's a phone in this. Talk to your mom and dad. The wedding preparations need to start." Saying this much, he left the room with Aditya.
Anya quickly opened the box and took out the phone. She saw that everyone's numbers were saved in the phone. She quickly called her dad.
Bangalore
Shrikant was sitting in his hotel cabin at this time. He couldn't focus on work because Anya was missing. He saw an unknown number calling on his phone. Thinking it might be Anya, he immediately picked up the phone. Hearing the voice on the other side, he stood up from his chair and said, "Anya?"
Anya said, "Dad, how are you? And how is Mom?"
Shrikant quickly said, "First tell me, where are you?"
Anya said, "Dad, I am in Italy."
Shrikant was shocked to hear "Italy." It felt like the ground had slipped from under his feet. For a moment, the phone was about to fall from his hands. But he composed himself and said, "What are you doing in Italy?"
Anya said, "Dad, you come to Italy, then I'll tell you everything, and bring Parul and Siya along too."
Before Shrikant could ask any more questions, she quickly hung up the phone. Anya sent a message to Shrikant's number.
Shrikant was looking at the phone. Anya had hung up. Just then, a message came on his number that read, "Dad, when you come here, just mention the name Rivan Birla."
Seeing the message, Shrikant was stunned and fell onto the chair.
That's for today chapter 🤗