###Chapter 30

Chapter 30


Writer's POV

Anthonia held her stomach as it grumbled again.
She had taken so many wrong turns and now,she was stuck.

It was as if she had been walking in circles and always found herself at the library area.
Definitely frustrating..

She felt so hungry and tired.
Haven't they even noticed her absence yet?

Aditi...
He came into her mind.

"Aargh! He must have known I am taking the wrong way then and probably wants to get rid of me. Gosh! I feel so hurt.. he's betrayed me." She muttered dramatically.

Hold on... betrayed?
No... definitely not her.
She shook her head rapidly.

She doesn't even like nor trust him one bit nor his looks.... everything...ugh!

Anthonia tiredly rubbed her forehead.
Oh heavens... please save me....she thought.

Meanwhile........

"Where could Anthonia be?" Janvi mumbled.
Dinner was over a long time ago and everyone began searching for her.
The house is so large and she probably must have gotten lost.

. Janvi joined in the search calling out her name.

Anthonia who was in deep thoughts heard a call of her name....the voice sounded like that of Janvi.

Huh?
"Am here!" Anthonia yelled and no sooner, footsteps became audible and....

"Anthonia!" Janvi exclaimed and scuttled to hug her tightly.

"I got lost Janvi." Anthonia mumbled.
"Aww..good thing I found you. Come on.." Janvi urged as they left the hallway.

It turned out that all Anthonia needed to do was to use the lane where Aditi had appeared through,take the second turn and she would appear into the sitting room.

She felt so stupid and naive that instant.
Everyone exhaled happily on seeing her while granny scuttled to hug her tightly.

"Oh my child...am sorry you got lost." She cooed and Anthonia glanced at Aditi who rolled his eyeballs....at her!

So he purposely made her miss her way..

Anthonia was served dinner like a baby and gained lots of attention that night.
Of course she deserved it.. after all,she is highly loved there.


★A Day Later★

As soon as Anthonia stepped out of the room, Janvi rushed to her and rubbed green colour on her cheek as Anthonia shrieked.

"O my!"

"Happy Holi!" Janvi wished giggling happily as Anthonia smiled taking colour from her face and applied it on Janvi.

"Happy Holi."

"Come on Anthonia,yeh guests are here including your parents!" Janvi announced.

"Mother!?" Anthonia muttered and hurried away with Janvi.

They got out of the mansion and arrived a large field.

Jeez!
There was so many people around and colours flew about, people danced, discussed,drank and so much more.

Anthonia knew instantly that her white saree would definitely get spoilt.

She finally met up with her Mother and Krishi who were both having a great time.

A girl rushed towards Anthonia pouring pink colour all over her.

"HAPPY HOLI!!" She yelled.
Kaeya!?

Anthonia giggled happily and they hugged.

"I missed you so much!"I said in a high voice cause of the music playing around.

"Missed you too Anthonia. We have alot to talk. Come let's grab some milk shake!" She urged leading them away to the serving stand.

The celebration grew hot as the day moved on.
Nathasha and Jeet were present as Jeet kept wooing young girls and Nathasha eye-scanned for Aditi.
Too bad,he wasn't at the festival.

He wasn't in attendance.
It also disturbed Anthonia.
Where is he?

Everyone were in high spirits,so was Kaeya who soon danced away Anthonia who was already drunk due to lots of milk shakes and sweets.

Her head felt spiny a little so she sat by the pool watching everyone.
Then it happened...he arrived.. Aditi arrived!

She noticed it as people kept their eyes glued on the cars rolling in.

Aunt Sana scurried off to meet her son and his friends who came with him and they all joined in the celebration after much pressure.

Aditi didn't like the idea at first but his friends made it worthwhile as they drank, talked, danced...well... except for Aditi..he only stayed put and didn't dance

He was way too drunk to move tho,he can think straight....a bit.

While he watched the party his gaze fell on her... Anthonia.
She was by the pool, colour filled and looked drowsy.

He scoffed and got off his seat heading for the colour trays on a large table and he packed a handful of red colour heading for Anthonia.

The family and Janvi were together having lots of fun when Janvi noticed Aditi heading for somewhere..
His steps were shaky and he had fistful of red colour while he headed for... Anthonia.

Janvi called on the family attention and they began to watch keenly.

The music was already too hot to ignore as Anthonia began nodding her head and tapping her feet then she got up suddenly dancing crazily to the song twisting get waist easily when she felt someone pour colour on her...on her head!
Red colour!

Their gaze met and Anthonia was stunned to see Aditi!
He had a sly smrink on.

"Happy...Holi.." he winked and get eyes dilated in shock.

The family gasped stunned.
Red colour!

Aditi had indirectly renewed his wedding vows with Anthonia!

Everyone felt so happy..it was a great sigh that good was bound to happen.

Anthonia and Aditi had both lost their senses at that moment.

She pushed him at the chest with a burp.

"How ..dare you..?" She slurred and he took a step towards her while she moved away.

Everyone was too excited to notice anything.
People bumped and danced around them but Aditi kept his gaze fixed on Anthonia who in turn could barely stand.

Teh entity place went in circles for her.
Never had age felt this drunk.

Two guys bumped into Aditi playfully.
Karan and Vicky.

"Hey man!" They hailed shaking him as he spared them a glance and looked back at Anthoniabut she was gone..
Ugh!

He suddenly felt disappointed then began heading for the mansion.
He needed space and time to cool off then probably, hit snooze.

The festival went on and as dusk approached,the celebration came to an end.
The entire Singh family were totally worn out and all went straight to bed highly drunk.

#Morning.....

Anthonia let out a groan.
The hangover she felt was so annoying.
She tiredly got off the bed and headed to the bathroom to shower before anything else.

After her morning business,she came out wearing a bathrobe and a towel which she used in drying her wet hair.

Aditi wasn't in the room.
She rolled her eyeballs and headed to get dressed in a pink saree and jewelries not forgetting her wedding chain.

Anthonia had her hair dried and combed it properly before picking up her vermilion to apply it.

As she was about placing the red colour on get temple,a vivid memory flashed into her head of Aditi pouring red colour on her head yesterday.

A slight gasp escaped her lips as she gulped heavily then applied the vermilion before closing back the voz.

What happened yesterday?
She could barely recall anything.
Exhaling,she got off the stool heading out of the room.

Everyone was present at the table including Aditi.
He didn't even spare her a glance.

After serving,the ladies sat down to eat.
Thinking about it, Anthonia still needed to resume schooling.

"Um..." She cleared get throat gaining attention.
"I was thinking of me resuming school already. It's been weeks since I joined this family and I haven't started schooling yet." She finally said.

"That's true! We totally forgot Anthonia.. you know..all the excitement of having you with us." Granny teased and she smiled.

"You are free to resume whenever you want Anthonia." Mr Aniket said and she beamed.

"Wow! Thank you all so much!" She exclaimed.
"Not so fast.." They all heard Aditi say as all eyes laid on him.

Huh?
What was he up to??

"She would only resume if she's always accompanied by two escorts." Aditi conditioned icily and there was a relieved sigh that went round.

"We thought it was something else. Of course she would get the escorts." Anthonia's Mum In-law assured.

Anthonia kept her gaze glued on Aditi who never spared her a glance.

Did he really say that....?

She scoffed finding it hard to digest what he had just said.

The rest of the breakfast was chattering all about yesterday's Holi festival.
Aditi soon made an exit.

Anthonia was told soon enough that a new pair of uniforms and sport wears would be brought for me along side new school items.

Well...she was super excited and could barely wait to resume and see Kaeya.

Throughout the rest of the day,she didn't see Aditi even until late at night..he still didn't show up.

Anthonia got tired of waiting and headed to bed.