Chapter 16: Chapter 16

Shanaya Oberoi

We were all sitting in our regular cafe and laughing our asses off.

"There is this one girl who is trying to woo my mom so that she could make me marry her." Ayaan said and we all laughed again.

Ayaan was talking about some girl who was stalking him and also had started talking to his mother.

"Aww..! I think you should get married to her. Aunt is definitely going to get you married with her." Shruti started teasing him.

"I think I should tell mom about it. She'll convince Aunt, naa." Shruti again said laughing.

"Dare you tell anything to Aunt, Shruti. I'll kill you." Ayaan said glaring at her.

"Oh come on..! The poor girl is making so many efforts to get married to you. What is the problem?" Myra asked laughing.

"Guyss! Jokes apart. I want to tell you something really important." Shruti said and we all stopped laughing.

"Pratik proposed me for marriage yesterday and I ofcourse said yes." She said sqeauling.

Ayaan & Myra both had happy smiles on their faces.

Pratik Sharma her boyfriend and she is with him since 3 years. I don't know why he doesn't give me good vibes. I just think he is with her for his selfish purposes.

I just smiled a bit and said "Congrats."

"So? When is the wedding?" Ayaan asked wiggling his brows.

"First he needs to meet mom & dad. Then we'll know about the wedding date." She said blushing.

"By the way, Shana I'll come with you. I have to meet Aarav bhai. I want to tell him about it first." She said and I just nodded saying an okay.

"Why your aarav bhai first?" I asked confused.

"Though we have a father, he is always busy with professional responsibilities. Aarav bhai is always been more of a father to me & Ananya emotionally. Even though Ahana di is elder to him, he still treats her as a younger one." She said chuckling.

"Told you, he is the best!" Ayaan said winking at me and I rolled my eyes at him.

"Don't even start with how much he is spoiled Ayaan because he is the one & only brother he has. Though a cousin but still he loves him the same." Shruti said smiling.

So he is a major softie!

We bid our goodbyes and were headed towards my apartment. Ayaan also decided to join Shruti since he was missing his Aarav bhai.

His words not mine!

When we reached Shruti called Aarav while we were waiting for the elevator.

"Arrghh! His phone is off." Shruti whined.

"Maybe he had some emergency." Ayaan said and by this time we got down on the floor.

"Get into my apartment. Wait until he comes back." I said and opened the door.

"Ofcourse! We weren't planning on sitting beside his door." Shruti said in a duh tone and I smacked her head.

"Bitch!" I said to her and she just rolled her eyes at me.

"What? I guess this whole rolling eyes thing runs in Kapoor's blood." I said scowling at her.

"Yeah! Because people keep on annoying us." She said again rolling her eyes and then I threw a pillow at her face and laughed.

"Would you guys have something? I mean I can't cook but yeah coffee maybe?" I asked.

"I would rather die than have something cooked by you, anyway." Ayaan said making faces.

"You bastard! Wait." I said and ran behind him. The door bell rang but me and Ayaan were so busy chasing each other that we didn't give a fuck about it.

Shruti opened the door and Ayaan ran out of the door and when I ran towards the door I again bumped into a wall.

Freaking Kapoor!

"Oww." I winced rubbing my forhead.

"Why am I not surprised?" He muttered to himself and kept his phone in his pocket.

"All beacuse of you. You are always so engrossed in that phone of yours you never see around while walking." I said glaring at him.

"Okay. Ms. Always right." He said.

"But why are you guys playing around like kids?" He asked confused.

"Ask your stupid brother." I said huffing and entered inside with Aarav.

"Shruti you said you wanted to talk about something." Aarav said while sitting beside shruti and getting comfortable on the couch.

And then he called me mannerless!

"Yeah. Umm actually." She started but I interrupted.

"Aarav, do you need something to drink?" I asked

"Do you have orange juice?" He asked and I just nodded and they continued with their talk.

When I entered the living room, I saw Aarav sitting there with a clenched jaw. Shruti and Ayaan were just sitting there trying to gauge his reaction.

I kept his orange juice on the table.

"Are you talking about Pratik Sharma son of Adhiraj Sharma?" Aarav asked still with clenched jaw.

Shruti just nodded and I saw her with her fingers crossed.

"I don't approve of him. But if you think he is the one for you then go ahead." He said still with the same blank expression.

"Bhai! You are the best! I knew you would think about my happiness first." Shruti said hugging him.

He embraced her and said "Shruti, I want you to think through it before going to Mom & Dad. He is a bastard." Aarav said patting her back.

"Bhai, once you meet him I am sure you'll like him." She said grinning and he just nodded.

In no time Ayaan and Shruti left.

"So it is not just me who gets these bad vibes from him?" I asked Aarav while he was having his juice.

"He is one manipulative bastard. I have known his father's deeds since ages. And he is no diffrent. I just don't want her getting hurt." He said staring in space.

"She'll be fine. Don't worry. She is a matured girl now." I said and he rolled his eyes.

"She is not at all matured. She is staright away falling into his trap. One wrong move and I'll personally throw him out of her life." He said and stood up to leave.

"Aarav." I called but he was in his deep thinking so he did not hear.

I held his wrist and he he turned around raising his brows.

My eyes were just focused on our hands.

Snap out!

"Umm... your phone." I said leaving his wrist and handing his phone back to him. He took it and left.

No goodbye

No thank you

Asshole!

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Today was a sunday and I was in no mood to cook breakfast. So, I thought of having breakfast on my way to my dance class.

When I entered the cafe I saw Aarav sitting alone on one of the tables with his headphones on.

Loner!

Grinning I walked towards him and sat on the chair opposite to him.

"Hello!" I said in a chirpy tone. He just glanced at me and rolling his eyes he again went back to his phone.

I swear this man infuriates me to no extent!

I removed his bluetooth earphones from his ears and sat again smiling at him.

"What's your problem?" He asked irritated.

"My problem? You didn't smile at me.I am here to give you company and you just decide to ignore my existence." I said huffing.

"And why am I supposed to smile at you? And Daksh and Abhi will be arriving so I don't need your so called company." He said and snatched his earphones and kept it aside.

I scowled at him and was going to get up when he placed his hand on my palm which was on the table.

I looked at him shocked.

"Sit down." He said rather ordered.

"Shanaya, just sit down okay. Don't be a drama queen now." I sat down and scowled at him.

I placed my order and started scrolling through my phone when Daksh and another man who I guess is Abhi sat on our table.

Daksh sat beside me and Abhi sat opposite to me.

"I didn't know we had a beautiful company, huh." Abhi said.

"Ohh please. I'll rather call her an annyoing company." Mr. Jerk said rolling his eyes at me again.

"Ohh please! Being annoying is way better than being like you, loner ass." I said to him.

Abhi just started laughing and put his hand ahead for a shake.

"Abhishek Anand." He said smiling.

"Shanaya Oberoi." I said taking his hand for a handshake and returned his smile.

"Wait, you are his sister?" He asked me gesturing towards Daksh.

"Yupp! I was waiting when would you realise and stop being a flirt." Daksh said gritting his teeth.

"Chill out dude." Abhishek said.

I was done with my breakfast. I got up and went towards the washroom but I had this urge to puke out when I saw a couple making out in the ladies washroom.

When they saw me they seperated and I saw the man's face and all the colour drained from my face.

"You!" I screamed at him.

Pratik fucking Sharma!

"You have the guts to make out with some other girl after proposing your gurlfriend for marriage?" I yelled at him moving towards him.