Chapter 7 Worried Daksh
Eden came downstairs and saw Ray standing with Lavanya’s luggage. He went to him and asked,”Where is her phone?”
“Must be in her handbag.” Ray replied, pointing to her blue handbag. Eden opened it and found her phone. He placed it inside his pocket and said, “It’s good that it’s not with her. Go and give her the luggage.”
“She will ask for her phone.”
“I can’t give it to her. She will try to call her family and I can’t let that happen for now.”
“Okay.” Ray said and went upstairs with her luggage. He knocked on the door. Lavanya wiped her tears and opened the door pretending to be normal. She saw Ray standing outside with her luggage. She took her luggage and closed the door with a loud bang.
She quickly opened her handbag to get her mobile phone but found that it wasn’t in her bag. She tried to search for it once again, throwing all the stuff out but didn’t find it.
“How will I contact Bhaiya (Brother)now?” She thought, throwing her handbag on the couch and tears started to flow down from her cheeks thinking about Daksh, when a thought appeared in her mind.
“Did Eden take my phone?”
She went downstairs and saw Eden sitting in the living room enjoying his coffee. She went inside and asked him, “Did you take my mobile phone?”
“Yes.”
“Give it back to me, right now.” She said, stretching her hand in his direction.
“I can’t.” He said and Lavanya looked at him in anger and asked, “Why?”
“I don’t want you to call your family and friends. I will give your phone back to you once we’re married. It’s my promise.” He said and She went upstairs without saying anything to him but tears were flowing down from her cheeks.
It was dinner time. Eden was sitting at the dining table. Servants were placing the dishes on the dining table.
“Go and tell Lavanya to come downstairs.” He ordered the head servant, Bella and she went upstairs. She knocked on the door of Lavanya’s room but didn’t get any response. She knocked again and this time, Lavanya opened the door.
“Do you need something?” Lavanya asked her. Bella looked at her carefully. The patches of dried tears on her cheeks were visible as she had been crying for too long.
“Madame, Master is waiting for you to have dinner.” Bella said and looked down.
“Go and inform your Master that I am not interested in having dinner with him. He can eat alone.” She said and slammed the door hard.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.
Bella went downstairs and informed Eden about this. He was angry but smiled and said, “Take all the dishes to her room. If she is stubborn, I am stubborn too. I will have dinner with her.”
Eden stood and went upstairs with all the servants following him. He knocked at the door and Lavanya opened it. “I told you I don’t want to ha…..” She didn’t finish her sentence when she saw Eden standing at the door with all the servants standing behind him.
He held her hand and said, “I know you’re not interested in having dinner with me, but I am very much interested in having my dinner with you.”
He dragged her inside the room and she was trying to free her hand from his hold. The servants placed all the dishes on the table and left the room. He left her hand and closed the door. He noticed the patches of dried tears on her cheeks and his anger vanished as now he felt sad because he knew she was crying because of him.
“Why were you crying?”
“You know the reason. I don’t know why you can’t understand the value of family.” She said and his expression changed but he hid it from her.
“I am sorry.” He said and sat on the couch. She was glaring at him.
“Will you join me or do you want me to hold you in my arms and make you sit beside me?” He asked and she helplessly sat beside him.
He served the pasta in two plates and gave one plate to her. He started eating but she was just staring at the plate. He noticed this and said, “It’s for eating.”
“I don’t want to eat. Why are you forcing me?”
“I don’t want you to starve yourself. If you care about your family and they care about you, I care for you too.” He said and tried to feed her pasta but she didn’t open her mouth.
“Open your mouth, Lavanya.” He said and she slowly opened her mouth. He fed her the pasta and kissed the side of her head.
Lavanya started eating the pasta and they finished their dinner in silence. He placed a kiss on her forehead and left the room.
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Everyone was having breakfast but Daksh was hardly able to eat anything. He was worried about Lavanya and his worries were clearly visible on his face. Jai noticed this and asked, “What are you worried about Daksh?”
“He has been worried about Lavanya since last night, Dad.” Aakash said. Daksh looked at both of them and said, “I told you we shouldn’t send her alone. I am not able to contact her now and she also hasn’t called me yet.”
“Daksh, calm yourself. She has gone to London for the first time. She must have explored it and got tired as she travelled a long journey too. Don’t worry. She must be sleeping and will call you after waking up. I am trying to make you understand this thing since last night but you’re not understanding it.” Aakash again tried to make him understand this but time Daksh lost his calm. He stood up and left the dining room ignoring Sakshi, who was continuously calling his name.
Jai got frightened witnessing his behaviour thinking what will Daksh do, after he will get to know what he did with his beloved sister.