Chapter 10: Chapter 10

Diya's pov

Lavanya was making me crazy to meet her mother Mrs Anjali Pratap Singh. She said that when she told her mother about me her mother really wanted to meet me.

So, I decided to meet her. But, I was a little afraid because I don't want to face Rudra Pratap. I don't know why his looks always scare me.

Reaching Lavanya's house I was in complete awe. It wasn't a normal house. It was a palace. The palaces I have seen in movies always. Of course, Lavanya lives in this gigantic Palace. After all, she is the daughter of a billionaire.

"Come on Diya, let's get inside. First, you meet my ma. Then I will give you a tour of my whole house. I will take you to the garden which is the most beautiful part of our mansion house," Lavanya told me with a genuine smile and started dragging me inside.

We were going to Lavanya's mother's room when we heard some noise. It felt like someone was yelling. The noise was coming from Lavanya's mother's room. We both went there and seeing the scene in front of me I froze in my place.

Lavanya's father Uday Pratap was beating a woman. I think the woman must be Lavanya's mother as she told me earlier that her father beats her mother.

They didn't notice us yet. We could hear Mr Uday Pratap yelling," you pathetic bitch!! How many times I have told you not to disobey me"!!

Lavanya's mother was crying hysterically laying on the floor. Suddenly Uday Pratap kicked her stomach making her cough loudly. She clutched her stomach tightly.

That's enough. I can't see someone getting beaten up so brutally. When I will just say something to Uday Pratap, Lavanya pulled my hand and started dragging me somewhere.

"Hey, Lavanya. What are you doing? We need to stop your father. He will kill your mother," I told her worriedly but she said nothing.

" This is normal for ma(mother). If I try to save her then I will also earn beatings," she replied crying. I could see the pain in her eyes. Her father is really a monster.

I was sitting in Lavanya's room with her. We were silent because Lavanya was crying for her mother and I was too stunned to react. The playfulness on our faces has vanished already after seeing Mrs Singh's condition.

Suddenly we heard a beautiful voice calling Lavanya. We turned at the door and it was Mrs Singh. She entered the room with a big smile like nothing happened a few moments ago.

"Are you Diya? She asked me smiling.

I smiled back and said yes. She thanked me for becoming Lavanya's friend. We talked for some time and I realized that she is really a charming woman.

She doesn't look like she has two grown-up children. She is still beautiful in her 40s. I wonder how someone like Uday Pratap is her husband! I just hope someday she will find her own share of happiness.

Lavanya took me to their garden and I just lost myself admiring its beauty. There were many kinds of flower plants. Lavanya started introducing me to the plants. She is telling me their names and as expected I didn't recognise half of these plants.

Our conversation was interrupted by her phone and she went to attend to the call.

There was a beautiful fountain in the middle of the garden. I want to feel the water so I went there and tried to put my legs in the water.

But my leg slipped and I will just land on the ground when a pair of big and rough hands saved me from falling. I was startled by the sudden touch. I looked at the person and seeing his face I just stiffed in my place. It's Rudra Pratap.

He was staring at me with an intense gaze. I pushed him a little bit and balanced myself. I thanked him and forwarded my legs to leave. This man always gives me a creepy vibe. It would be better to not cross his path.

Before I could take any step further he held my wrist and pulled me to him. My head bumped into his hard stone-like chest. Of course, I was nervous and scared by his close proximity.

I tried to free myself from his hold but he kept holding me tightly. Suddenly, he kissed my earlobe making me a statue. When his lips touched my earlobe I felt like electricity passing down my whole body.

He whispered in my ear," My Sunflower"

What!! Sunflower!! Why did he say that? I couldn't understand.

Then he again said," You are mine. I can't wait to make you mine."

I just still in my place unable to move.

"Is he a psycho? What's he talking about?

Suddenly we heard someone laughing and only then he left me. But his intense gaze was still on me which was increasing my heartbeat with every passing second.