Hello Mr Oberoi,He's Mr Ahuja and this is his family"
Mr Oberoi saw the man standing next to Charlotte and passed a smile to Ruhani's Dad.
"Oh,So you are Mr Ahuja..It's nice to finally meet you" Mr Oberoi said while moving a hand forward
Ruhani's dad cupped his hand with both his hands and shaked them rather firmly. "Sir,I'm honoured that you even know my name"
"Ofc I do,drop the formalities already" Mr oberoi continued while laughing in a laughter that would capture the whole room. Exactly the way Rich men laugh. "Call me,Arjun"
"Thankyou,Arjun ji..Devendra this side"
Both the men were talking and laughing but it was all a blur for Ruhani at this point. Her eyes were focused on a certain woman and the woman was repaying that stare with same confusion in her eyes.
Ruhani diverted her eyes after a few moments. A small smirk appeared on the corners of her lips and she felt a pair of almond eyes still on her.
"Oh my godd,I know this girl" A young girl with american accent in front of Ruhani pinpointed a finger at her. "You are the viral girl..whose skit is making a headline all over the internet..OH MY GODD"
She had a genuine smile and happiness on her face. Pretty much the same smile as Miss Oberoi. She had almost the same kind of eyes but these had a hint of brown in them. Her hair length was up until her shoulders and her lips were thin comparatively. She was almost as gorgeous as her sister but was quite young. Maybe same age as Ruhani.
"Thankyou so much..I can't believe that you saw it" Ruhani's attention was now completely directed to the girl in front of her.
"Ofcoure I did,actually everybody did" She said with excitement sparkling in her eyes. "You were amazing in it..I actually followed you after that video of yours"
Ruhani's dad was confused. His eyes were shifting between her daughter and the young girl but he didn't uttered a word. On the other hand,Miss Oberoi was quietly watching the conversation being unfold.
"Yeah..Aliya,you did showed me that video..so,she's the girl" A woman who seemed to be their mother butted in. She was gorgeous and seemed not too old for a mother of two daughters in their early 20s.
"Yeah..Well,are you her elder sister miss?" Ruhani asked innocently with a playful smile on her lips.
Everyone on the spot cracked up in a healthy laughter and there Ruhani felt some weight loosing from her shoulders.
"Nope nope child..I'm her mother,Amrita" She introduced herself gently. "And here are my daughters...Aliya,the one you were talking to and that's Alina..my older daughter"
Ruhani's eyes shifted to Miss Oberoi. A constant smile was settled at Ruhani's lips right now but Miss Oberoi..There was no expression on her face. It was blank. Was she scared about something?
"I guess good looks run through your entire family...Hello Ma'am,Ruhani this side" She said while moving a hand to shake but the older woman rather brought her into a hug.
Ruhani greeted the other members as well and the introductions exchanged between both the sides of the family. Ruhani saw her mother easing up a little. Maybe Rich people weren't as bad as they were portrayed in the movies. Atleast Oberoi's weren't. Ruhani didn't greeted her professor yet and their introduction kind of got lost between the other greetings. Miss Oberoi happily smiled at Ruhani's parents and passed them healthy handshakes but she didn't initiated a conversation with Ruhani and neither did Ruhani took a step.
Ruhani wasn't the kind of person to respond only when the initiation happened from the other side first. But she didn't know Miss Oberoi's reasons. The other Woman's expressions were saying some things which words couldn't. Ruhani was scared to mess up so she chose to speak nothing.
Mr Oberoi held Ruhani's dad's arm and asked him to join other men. Ruhani's dad glady followed. Ruhani was hoping to join her mother throughout the party so her mother won't get uncomfortable,but to her surprise that wasn't needed. Her mother found some of her Dad's friends wives and Senior Miss Oberoi also happened to join them with some of her own friends. Ruhani didn't know what was happening,Miss Oberoi's parents and her parents were now kind of hanging out together but both of them haven't exchanged even a single word yet. Aaliya and her elder sister were both standing in front of her now.
"Ruhi,what's your age waise" Aliya already shortened her name into a nickname
Ruhani smiled at her. "I'm 18 and you"
"Nineteen this side..well both of us are escaping our late teens now"
"It's exciting and scary at the same time' Ruhani sighed
"I know right...ye hai humari majboori,thrill bhi hai zaroori" Aliya said with the most amount of natural hindi she could manage through her american accent. "You see,I did some poetry back there..just like you"
Ruhani's eyes widened with shock. "Please don't do that again,Poetry just died a moment ago..I saw it's soul passing to another world right before my eyes"
Aliya busted into a laughter and a smile appeared on Ruhani's straight face which she couldn't mantain any longer.
"You have this positive vibe about you Ruhani,Would you like to join me? I'll introduce you to my friends as well"
Aliya pointed towards her friend group and Ruhani eyed them.
"Absolutely..I wouldn't want to miss on those hot bunch of girls anyways"
Ruhani made sure to say it loud enough so Miss Oberoi could hear it as well. Ruhani wasn't looking at her so she didn't get her reaction but she hoped that Miss Oberoi heard it well.
"Girls huh?" A smirk appeared on Aliya's face.
"Well..Women over Men,anyday girl"
"Are you...lesbian?" Aliya was initiating this conversation with a gentle smile
"Bisexual"
"So,why only women?"
"Cause honestly Men are just assholes and Women..they are pretty. Just like.."
"Just like?" Aliya arched an eyebrow
Ruhani glanced over Miss oberoi for nearly 5 seconds and then back at Aliya. Aliya eyed between her sister and Ruhani and her mouth slightly opened with shock after Ruhani's glance. She was about to say somethi..
"Just like your mother" Ruhani answered her with a smirk
"SERIOUSLYY?" It was Aliya's turn to widen her eyes.
Both the girls were having comfort in each other's humour when Ruhani heard a melodious laughter from her right. She looked at Miss Oberoi and finally her face muscles were relaxed now.
"Ruhani..you seriously ain't going to ask me anything?" Miss Oberoi controlled her laughter and her eyes were now set on Ruhani.
The same eyes that made Ruhani shy everytime she looked at them.
"About what Miss?"
"You know what I'm talking about" Ruhani's eyes were still not meeting hers
"You guys know each other?" Aliya asked with confusion but she was completely ignored
"I don't have any authority and honestly It's not my business"
"Will anyone tell me,what's happening?..hello?" She was ignored again
"And also.." Ruhani continued but stopped after glancing at Aliya
"It's ok...you can continue..My sister ain't an issue" Miss Oberoi answered Ruhani's hesitation
"Also,it's not college where you have to irritatedly hold back..It's your hotel,It's your party..Here you can throw me out any second you wish"
"So you are aware about your capacity to irritate me and yet you do it anyways" She replied "And ofcourse I won't do that..You are here with your family and they are lovely"
"So you would have thrown me out if I wasn't here with my family?" Ruhani frowned her eyebrows
Miss Oberoi didn't answered that.
"I never annoy you intentionally Miss..Honestly,I try to act most natural around you,most soberly but no matter what I do..it irritates you..even if I'm breathing"
"Why do you try to ACT like anything in front of me?"
Now Ruhani didn't answered that.
For a split second,Both of them tried to look over Aliya . Was she alive? Her mouth was completely open and her eyes were opened as big as they could. Her breathing was not normal for a human and she was trying to register something. She was pointing her fingers between her sister and Ruhani but no words were coming out of her mouth. She was animated at that point.
Miss Oberoi looked at her overdramatic sister. She closed her eyes and sighed. "Yeah baby..you are connecting the dots right"
Aliya was shifting her gaze between both of them and no words were still coming out.
"Say it baby' Miss Oberoi asked her sister whose overdramatic expressions weren't easing up even a little
Aliya took a deep breath. She started in a calm voice which wasn't matching her earlier expressions. A Buddha entered her body "So,Ruhani is a student at Amity..and from what I can guess..not just any student,your student,Right Sis?"
"Right"
"Our parents or anyone else ain't aware about The Daughter of Oberoi's being an English professor and your student landed one of our family parties,Right?'
'Right"
"And not just that,Her parents and our parents are giggling together..This party is extremely private for guests. Dad would only let those people in with whom he would like to grow his business or connections more,Right?
"Right"
"The way our dad held her dad's arm and took him,The only thing I believe is that he wants to grow any kind of business with him. Right?"
"Right"
"So,with all this A simple question occur in my mind"
"And that is?" Miss Oberoi sighed for the 20th time now
"Are you two dating?"
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