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After freshening up, Aishani made her way to the dining table. Revansh's siblings were already there, chatting and giggling, the room buzzed with warmth and laughter - Isha was teasing her brothers, the younger ones are cracking silly jokes.

Aishani slipped into her chair and joined them, her own laughter soon blending with theirs. For a moment, it felt like she belong there.

That is, untill the sound of heavy footsteps silenced the table.

Everyone strengthened in the chairs, the air shifted.

Only Aishani sat confused, glancing around at their suddenly stiff expressions.

And then he arrived.

Revansh Roy.

His tall frame entered the dining hall with his sharp usual aura, his gaze unreadable, his jaw set. The chatter dissolved instantly into silence.

He sat down... right beside Aishani.

Her shoulders tensed. Of course... the only seat left.

Dinner began in uncomfortable silence. Cutlery clinked softly, but no one dared speak loudly not with Revansh's sharp presence commanding the room.

Aishani's eyes darted toward the salt shaker. It was right in front of Revansh. Her lips twitched, mischief bubbling inside her.

"𝑫𝒓 𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚," she said innocently and casually,

"𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒕."

The table froze. Utter silence.

The silence cracked.

Everyone stared at her in shock, holding their breath.

And then Laughter erupted.

Esha burst into uncontrollable laughter nearly fell off her chair, clutching her stomach. Even their mother tried to hide a smile behind her hand, while their father coughed into his glass to cover a chuckle.

"Bhai!" Isha wheezed, laughing.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒓.𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚!!𝑶𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅"

Revansh's glare snapped to his sister, instantly shutting her up.

His jaw flexed, and he turned to Aishani, his voice cold and sharp.

"𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕. 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕."

The laughter died as quickly as it had begun. The table fell silent again, the weight of his words pressing down.

But before the air could turn heavier, his father spoke clearing his throat, his tone firm.

"𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒉, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑵𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔."

The siblings exchanged wide-eyed looks.

Her fork nearly slipped from her hand.

𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻? 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒓. 𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚?! 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕. 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕.

Revansh's lips curled into the faintest smirk, almost invisible, but there.

''𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒆"

Dinner ended in an uneasy mix of silence and hidden giggles, and soon everyone retreated to their rooms.

𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩

Aishani tossed and turned in bed. Sleep refused to come. With a sigh, she slipped out, her anklets tinkling softly.

"𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑..."she whispered.

She turned a corner, and collided with something solid. Warm. Alive.

Her scream tore through the silence.

"𝑮𝑯𝑶𝑺𝑻! 𝑮𝒉𝒐--!"

Before she could scream louder, a strong hand covered her mouth instantly pulling her flush against a broad chest.

"𝑺𝒉𝒉", a deep voice warned, lips  dangerously close to her ear. "𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆?'' His voice was low, sharp, dangerous.

Her eyes flew open, staring up at the one man she least wanted to see at this hour.

Revansh.

Her pulse raced as he released her.

"𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚!?𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕..𝑫𝒓.𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂.. 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌!"

He smirked, darkly leaning closer,

"𝑨 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖,𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖...𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒆."

Aishani stumbled "𝒖𝒉-𝒖𝒉𝒎𝒎''

Revansh exhaled slowly, visibly restraining his patience.

"𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒔."

She pouted. "𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒓.𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚."

Revansh folded his arms, his tone sharp. "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕? "

His eyes narrowed.

"𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔? 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑫𝒓. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 D𝒓. 𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚... 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒕. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖."

Aishani tilted her head, her lips curving into a mischievous smile.

"𝑰 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕."

His eyes darkened, his brows furrowed."𝑶𝒉! 𝑺𝒐 𝑰 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕?" His voice dropped, low and dangerous. "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆-𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑."

But Aishani wasn't done. She leaned closer, her smile playful.

"𝑯𝒆𝒉𝒆... 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑫𝒓. 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆."

Revansh took a slow, intimidating step closer, towering over her. His voice was low, dangerous.

"𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅  𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔."

Her breath hitched, but she quickly forced a grin. "𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕... 𝑫𝒓. 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕! 𝑯𝒆𝒉𝒆."

Before he could respond, she darted down the hallway, her soft giggling echoing through the mansion.

Revansh clenched his fists, his face a storm of restrained fury.

This girl. Infuriating. Insufferable. Impossible. And yet...

He exhaled sharply. Impossible to ignore.

She leaned against the wall, still smiling. 𝑫𝒓. 𝑮𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚. 𝑫𝒓. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒓. 𝑫𝒓. 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝑯𝒎. 𝑭𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚.

Meanwhile, back in his room, Revansh shut the door harder than necessary. His patience was thinning.

His jaw tightened, "𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆..𝑼𝒏𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆"  he muttered under his breath.

Yet, for some reason he couldn't name, her laughter lingered in his mind long after the night grew quiet.

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