He was wearing a black waistcoat over a white shirt. He walked towards her cabin smiling, like he had just won a game of pool. Eyes followed him till he halted near Anya's cabin. She looked at him, utterly confused.
" Sir, to what do I owe this pleasure?" She tried to sound as sweet as possible. Ronan never came upstairs, not once in the whole week that Anya had worked or even before that.
March 2011, India."We're going out for dinner. Get ready by seven." Rahul said tying his shoe lace. He walked up to her and lifted up her chin to face him. " Are you excited?" Anya looked down and blushed. " I'll take that as a yes." he kissed her forehead and left for work. It had been two weeks since her wedding. They had postponed their honeymoon as Rahul's mother's condition had worsened.
"You're going to break into his house?" Lizzy squealed with wide eyes after listening to Anya's plan." What the hell, Ann?" Tash glared with fuming eyes." Since when did you start thinking like a felon? You could get arrested for B&E" Emily let out her lawyer self.
They drove straight to the diner where Tash worked, to fill her up with all the details. The diner was almost empty with merely two to three customers and Tash was busy in the cash register when they walked in." Tash, you won't believe what happened to our dear pussy here, umm I mean Jess." Lizzy giggled loudly and all heads turned towards their direction. The five of them looked like the group from gossip girls who had just returned from a successful mission, and all that their entry lacked was a little punch of 'bond' music
He stopped and walked towards her."I don't really know how you pulled this off but I'm going to find out and-", he paused and looked at her intently. " Please don't try denying it. I'm pretty sure it's you because who else would be dumb enough to remove only the main files and leave the backup files untouched." He grinned widely. Realisation hit like a bullet in Anya's mind. "Who else but you?" he continued.So that's how he was able to retrieve the files. Oh my, what am I going to tell the girls! I totally screwed up.She floated in her thoughts when Ronan snapped his fingers. " If you're back from dreamland, might I just say something?" He said waving his hands.
She stopped by the grocery store to buy some supplies before she went home. She was planning to make something special as Viola's dad was coming for dinner. She finally decided to make lamb stew with rice as it was his favourite meal. She had to somehow make him understand or atleast pacify him that she can't take the trip. She thought of all the possible reasons that could convince him. She knew it was a hard task but it wasn't impossible.She went home and started preparing the stew when Viola entered the kitchen. " Long day
May 2011, India.Anya splashed the water on her face and looked at her reflection in the mirror.Today's a big day.She had the drug to sedate Rahul in her bag. She had to give it to him somehow. She spent a whole night without sleeping figuring out ways to give him the drug, not like she usually slept anyway. She wiped her face with the towel and headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Anya's heart ached more than her cheek. She felt as if someone was clenching her heart with great force, trying to remove it from it's place. The piercing pain left her body numb to the effects and gazes surrounding her. She looked up with agonising eyes at Ronan and saw something that she didn't see in Rahul's eyes. It was guilt or maybe even remorse, she couldn't really tell but it definitely wasn't the despise that she saw in Rahul's eyes. It was the second time that she had been slapped in her life and it stung more than the first one, not because it came unexpected but because it reminded her of the first one and everything else that followed it and that's what made it worse .
"I'm calling dad right now. He needs to know what a douche of a manager he's got." Viola said furiously, picking up her phone. Anya had just finished narrating the reason for her cheek reddening up while they were walking to the shop where the girls were waiting for them. Anya was using the foundation from Viola's bag to cover up the marks on her cheek." No, no! Vye, I told you, I'm not reporting him." Anya snatched the phone away from her hand.
Anya woke up with a headache. The room was lit with light from outside the window indicating that it was morning. Her hand immediately reached for the phone. There were no calls or messages from Ronan. There was however a message from the boutique informing her that her wedding gown was ready for delivery. She sighed at the message and got up feeling light headed.She knew getting her mind off all this stress was the only thing that will help her with the headache and with that thought in mind, she decided to go to work. She had applied for leave and it was her day off but one of the perks of being in a superior position was that no one questioned her presence.She dragged her feet off the ground and forced herself into the bathroom. After a relaxing bath, she walked out and found Emily sitting on her bed with the morning daily in her h
Anya woke up feeling sore between her legs. A conscious pain pressed against her chest as she tried to move. A slight movement triggered a staggering amount of pain through her thighs. Her whole body ached but her heart relished every bit of the pain for it was a sign of a new beginning, a new direction, a new purpose and she felt fresh all the same.She took a deep breath for she knew it was her first since the start of a new life as she turned her head to her side hoping to see Ronan probably sleeping but the bed was empty. Her head immediately shot up as her eyes scanned the room for him but the sound of wind rustling against the curtains was the only thing she could hear.She tried calling his name but her lips were dry and her throat was parched. She couldn't help but smile
"I'm so happy for you both, Ann." Victoria said for what appeared to be the hundredth time to Anya. Victoria had arrived that morning and would not stop expressing how happy she was for them. She also told her how deeply disappointed she was that she didn't have much time to plan anything or call anyone properly. Her emotions could only be suppressed when they told her of the proper wedding that may happen in the future but she would still not stop conveying her disdain at the rushed up wedding. That didn't stop her from bringing the best dress for her daughter in law to be. The choice of a dress itself was left to Anya's decision and she desired for a saree because she knew quite well from experience that Victoria would bring her something that she liked.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Anya spoke up breaking the silence as they drove back home."You know why." His brows were puckered up as he looked straight ahead. She wondered why he looked so upset all of a sudden. Could it be because she said that they couldn't get married the very next day?"I don't know why!" She exclaimed quite loudly. He stopped the car instantly, sighing as he leaned onto the wheel and that's when she realised something was really bothering him."What's wrong Ronan? Are you not feeling well?" She asked pressing her palm against his forehead as she felt his temperature. He felt so cold."Tomorrow's my real birthday, Anya." He said taking her hand from his head and pressed it over his lips.
"Wha- what?" She gasped as she closed her palm tightly to escape the cold shiver that froze her hand but what he did later made the beats of her heart drum against her ears like the blaring sound of an horn.He knelt in front of her and took her hands in his. His hands were colder than hers and made her breath hitch. She couldn't take all the weight that was drowning her down and she found herself kneeling along with him."I know its too soon. I know that I don't even know your full name and honestly it doesn't matter because I'm here to offer you mine. I want my name to be yours, my house to be yours, my children to be yours, my happiness and sadness to be yours because I don't think I can do this alone, Anya. Ever since Nat left me, I stopped believing in relationships, marriages or love." He said brushing her cheek with her hand as a
"What's this?" Anya shot her head back and found Ronan standing by the door holding a cover which she recognised immediately. She ran over to him almost instantaneously and grabbed it from him."I threw it in the dustbin." She eyed him warily as a mixture of embarrassment and anger rose up her throat."That's where I found it and I'm in complete shock now." He said wide eyed."What's there to be shocked about? I'm a perfectly able woman." She nudged him hard as her face constricted and he laughed. During other times, his laugh sounded therapeutic while now it was more annoying than ever."That's not what I mean. I'm shocked because I didn't hear a single complain of a cramp or uneasiness nor did I see you flinch during any part of the
*This is a special bonus chapter for Halloween and I've added it up with your favourite characters so that it'll be more fun and interesting for you to read but more importantly Super CREEPY.I repeat this is not the continuation of the main story but a bonus chapter. Hope you enjoy! *
"Yes, I'm sure buying more than fifty flower pots in a day to impress Peter is nothing." Tash chuckled."What?" Anya laughed in surprise."I'm still holding on to my previous statement. It's nothing. I only bought them as a token of apology for my behaviour at his house the other day." Jess said in a disappointed tone."Well, how's he taking it?" Anya enquired as her mind was still processing the new information."Not well. He said it was not necessary as he doesn't care much about what she thinks. He kind of shoved it in her face by telling her that not even a million flower pots would open his heart for another woman. Ever." Emily said wryly stressing on the last syllable."Well, that's pretty harsh." Anya confessed as she tried to put on the top over her head."
"Morning, Moonlight." Ronan's voice sweeped gently through her ears waking her up. He was busy pushing the curtains to the sides when she peaked through her eyelids.Anya squeezed her eyes shut as the light was too strong for her sleepy eyes to adjust. "Moonlight?" A yawn escaped her lips as she tried to straighten up."I bet you haven't heard that before!" He said excited jumping onto the bed and suddenly insecurities that she wasn't even aware of presented themself before her making her squirm in the bed. She had just woken up and there were high chances of her hair looking like a forest which seemed like the least of her worries when she thought about her bad breath and crusty eyes. She couldn't help but wonder how cleaned and fresh he looked with his wet hair. She tried her best to stay at a distance from him as she slowly reached for her eyes to clean the crust