The night continued to be more fun and exciting for everyone. Naoh asked Avery for a dance and Sonu happily dragged Abhay to the dance floor. Knowing Pari's lack of interest in dancing, Ian decided to stay with her on the couch. Pari's nerves weren't at peace until she knew what was running in his thoughts. "Ian…" She finally decided to question him. "Yes baby" "I wanted to ask something""I should have guessed it while you were busy thinking about it for a long time. Go for it" He smiled at her. "You didn't really feel jealous about the dare? ""You wanted me to? " He questioned instantly. "Of course… no… but didn't you really feel jealous about it? " "No baby. I wasn't feeling jealous at all " Ian replied with a smirk. He knew she was just trying to instigate him to admit his jealousy. Now it had become a silly game of jealousy and he didn't want her to enjoy thinking that she had succeeded in making him jealous. But truth to be told, he wasn't there just jealous but he was bu
November rolled in and the beautiful Autumn was slowly fading away. Ian had won the best business tycoon of the year award. As usual Pari had to attend the ceremony as his date and Sofie was her life saviour. Sofie had created a silver floor length gown with intricate designs for the evening. She even picked up a pair of silver pumps and accessories to go with it. Ian was wearing a jet black fitted suit with a silver brooch and silver cufflinks. It was as if they were doing a subtle show off of their love. George drove them to the venue and it was all about glitz and glam as always. Pari recognized many known faces from their meetings and some of their families because of the business related parties. Ian excused himself to get their drinks and Pari was talking to some of the ladies she knew. “Pari… Is that you? " She heard someone call her name. She turned back to see her stupid ex with his wife, it was indeed a great way to destroy her evening. Still, she smiled at him, of cour
The awarding ceremony began and when Ian went up to collect his award, Pari's heart swelled up with pride. She was happy to see her man, successful, beaming with pride and joy. He walked back to her after rendering a poise and perfect speech on stage. He place the award in front of her and whispered “It’s ours” This sweet gesture made her tear up instantly. The amount of love and respect he had for her made her feel worthy of all the tough times she had to go through. Next the MC announced that it was time for dance and Ian asked for her hand and she happily accepted. He took her to the dance floor. As the soft piano music played, he took her in his arms and started dancing to the melody. She remembered the first time he asked her for a dance when she had just begun working as his assistant. His strict orders, serious face and his calm yet dominating demeanour…. The man in front of her right now looked completely different. Though the strictness at work still remained the same, she
Pari walked back to the hall and saw Ian with Archer.. 'Damn this nonsense man trying to get on Ian's nerves all the time, doesn't he have a business to handle?' she thought. She walked up to Ian and stood next to him. He knew she was the only one who could calm him down. “Gorgeous as ever Ms. Deshmukh. Ian indeed has a good choice for dates” Archer spoke with a wicked grin. “Of course Mr. Smith. He always picks the best unlike others, who are happy with second hand stuff." She smirked at him. “Smart mouth I see. One day I would love to see that mouth calling my name with lots of love " Archer's lust filled eyes made her skin crawl. That’s it, Ian lost his last ounce of calm and his hands were now on Archer’s shirt collar. “I’d rip you apart Archer. Trust me I wouldn’t mind a crime. Her name doesn’t suit your filthy mouth. So keep your thoughts and eyes off her. I warn you, I don’t mind a crime” Pari panicked and tried to calm him, after all she didn’t want to s
Next day after their arguments, Pari went back to office as usual. She thought Ian would be back to his senses after a whole night of thinking. But his cabin, which was closed when she looked in the morning, remained empty throughout the day. "Maybe he needs time to calm down. Maybe I should let him be '' were her thoughts. So she decided to work on her things. But working as his assistant in his absence felt weird. Austin had volunteered to accompany her to the lunch. After an entirely gloomy day, she went back to her lonely apartment. Ian hadn't called her or messaged her since that night. Her fingers were itching to call him or atleast text him to know if he was ok.. But she restrained herself. Next day was the same too.. He didn’t bother coming to the office, nor did he think it was necessary to inform her about his absence. At this point all her logical reasons were out of the window and she wanted answers to her questions. So she walked into Austin's cabin and asked him where
Pari drove her car to Ian's place. He was nowhere in the hall and she met the regular maid at his place, Evelyn. Evelyn was a lady in her late forties, who used to work at Anna's place earlier. Due to Pari and Anna's constant pleading Ian had finally agreed to let her work at his bungalow. “Where’s he? " Pari asked her politely. “He's been upstairs for 2 days. He doesn’t eat well or sleep. Either busy with laptop or Piano. Please talk to him” Evelyn spoke with a concerned tone. She knew how worried Anna was about her son's health and food habits when she lived with Anna. So once she started working at Ian's house, she always took care of his health like her own son. “I’ll do that. Can you please prepare some food and keep it warm before you leave?” Pari asked her. “Sure. Take care mam” Pari smiled at her. Pari loved the way Evelyn adored Ian. Suddenly they could hear piano chords from his study. While Evelyn made her way to the kitchen, Pari climbed the stairs carefully s
Christmas was on its way to the cold and chilly London. Anna had strictly ordered her kids to come home for Christmas. So Pari and Ian didn’t have any choice. They had to wrap up all the important work before they leave for Christmas vacation. So the important meetings were scheduled throughout the week on the week before Christmas. They were having a meeting with their partners from various sectors and the plan of actions for next year were to be discussed. Ian sat next to Pari in the meeting room as usual and Pari was busy taking down the notes of the meeting. Everything was going normally, but she didn't know what problematic food he had for his breakfast, his nonsense and naughty side of the brain was switched on. His left palm which was resting well on the table was now on her thigh after some time. Her breath hitched when he started drawing random patterns on it while others were busy with presentations. 'For heaven’s sake I’m not his drawing book and he isn’t a prescho
She had played well, Ian should have been careful with her intelligent girlfriend. Her perfect comeback plan had left him hot and bothered. He called her through the intercom once he revived from his shock. "You didn't play fair Pari" He whined. "We were not playing Chess Ian. There are some things I'm good at too. You shouldn't have underestimated my talents " She was giggling in mockery. "This game is on Pari. We'll play this some other day " Ian was determined to win. "Bring it on Mr. Evans" "Sure soon to be Mrs. Evans" The special endearment he used had already caused her to blush deep red. "I have things at hand. My boss needs notes. So please restrain yourself from office romance and focus on your work too" She tried to divert the topic. "Sometimes I feel like I'm your employee. You keep bossing around me a lot these days" Not that he ever complained. For a man who hardly accepted commands from anyone else, he was an obedient pup for all her demands. "Well I love bossing