Chapter20

Shravan woke up at the steady knock on the door. He stood up from the couch and stretched to relieve his muscles.
He looked at the bed and saw Drishti sleeping peacefully snuggling against the fluffly pillow.
It could have been you ,a voice in his head reminded him
He heard the knock again. It was 7.30 in the morning.
Damn!! He is late
He opened the door to find Abhay's mom.
"Goodmorning aunty" Shravan wished
"Goodmorning Shravan. Where is Drishti??"
"She is sleeping"
"She can happily sleep through an earthquake. I will wake her up" Anjana said and walked in to
wake Drishti up.
"Drishti. Wake up"
"Mmmmm. Five more minutes" she murmered and snuggled more into her pillow.
"This girl. You can't sleep like this at Shravan's place." Anjana said
Shravan scoffed. She very well can. She has been sleeping like a log all the mornings.
"Drishti get up. Shravan has to go to office."
"I'm not going with him" she again mumbled sleepily
"It's okay aunty. Let her sleep. I will manage" Shravan said and Anjana smiled at him
"She is a little pampered baby. This is all new to her. She will get the hang of married life soon. Just give her some time" Anjana said.
They had taken an instant liking to the cheerful teenage girl,when they met her for the first time at the boarding school.
Over the years ,she became a part of their life through regular phone calls.
So when Drishti came to Bangalore ,Anjana was only too happy to take the young girl under her wing.
Having Drishti around made up the loss of their little girl to some extend.
Not entirely. Nobody could replace their gudiyaa.
But Drishti became a daughter for them. And she wants Drishti to have a happy life with Shravan.
"I understand aunty" Shravan said
He definetely doesn't have a problem with her sleeping in. He is not an ancient man who expects his wife to wake up early in the morning and wait on his hand and foot.
"Tell her to get ready once she wakes up. We will leave for shopping soon after breakfast" Anjana said
"Sure aunty"
Shravan took a shower and got ready in his three piece suit and decided to wake Drishti up
"Drishti. Wake up" she shook her gently
"Mmmm" she snuggled deeper into the duvet
Shravan sighed and shook her with more force.
Drishti opened her eyes in irritation
"What??"
"Aunty wants you to get ready soon. You are to leave for shopping after breakfast" Shravan said
A bright smile broke out on her face hearing the word shopping.
"Oh yes. I will be ready in a jiffy" Drishti ran to the washroom to get ready.
****
After the breakfast Shravan left to his office and he got to know from Mithran than Isha is on a leave that day for some family affairs.
They discussed about the construction work of their new resort for a while.
"Shravan!! Did Abhay had a sister??" Mithran asked
"I don't know. He never talked anything regarding that before. Its the first time I'm hearing about it"
"I think your wife knows about it" Mithran said
"I guess. I was planning to ask her yesterday ,but then got distracted by other things" Shravan said and his heart started beating fast remembering what had distracted him very much
Mithran might have seen something on his face ,that he wriggled his eyebrows teasingly
"What??" Sharavan snapped annoyed at him
"Nothing Shravan. I was just wondering if the distraction is a green eyed ,dimpled beauty" Mithran said
"Shut up. You were about to leave for site inspection. Remember??"
****
Drishti came back to the penthouse after shopping and dropped down on the bed with her legs dangling down the bed.
She opened her instagram page and scrolled through it.
She saw a a picture of her family and a smile formed on her lips. She missed them
Without thinking ,she dialed her mother's number for a video call.
"Hello baby" Diya smiled
"Hello Maa. How's the trip. How is everything going??"
"Everything going good. But we miss you." Diya said
"I miss you too"
"I will ask Kiran to get the jet ready. Why don't you fly over" Vihaan said as he came into focus
"Hey Paa. It's okay. You guys enjoy. Next time we will go together"
"Where are you?? Its not your hostel room. Neither is it Siddhu's home??" Vihaan said noticing the different decor of the bedroom
Damn!! Why didn't she think before calling
"It's actually my friend's place. Her parents are out of town. So we are having a sleepover" Drishti said chuckling nervously
Vihaan narrowed his eyes
"And where is your friend??"
"She is having a shower"
"Who is this friend?? What's her name??"
"Shra..Shravani" Drishti said and mentally cursed herself
"Who is Shravani. I have never heard of her before"
"Paa. What is this?? Why are you interrogating me as if I'm a criminal" Drishti asked angrily
"Because you look as if you were caught with your hand inside the cookie jar" Vihaan said suspiciously
"I feel offended" Drishti said
"Ofcourse. Truth always offends you"
"You don't love me. You only love Damini" Drishti accused
"Baby. You know we love you" Diya interrupted
Her husband and daughter enjoys getting on each other's nerves. They always have.
"Well. Maybe you do. I don't know about your husband though" Drishti said
Diya pinched her husband and asked him to apologise
"Sorry" Vihaan mumbled
Drishti smirked
"Always remember who the boss is" Drishti said smugly
She then heard movement inside the apartment
and realised Shravan is home
"Okay Maa Paa. I need to go. Give my love to Damini when she wakes up" and she hung up the call without waiting for any response