14 YEARS AGO
"We are moving to the states. I got a job there & it has good salary." Henry says to Lucas
"But.. you have a job here. why are you transferring?" he asks
"We have been living here since birth. I want Ava and Peter to study in the states. Don't worry Lucas.. we will come back soon" henry says
"And what about our promise? I don't know how I will say this to Sofia. She will be very disappointed" Lucas replies
"I know but dara wants this. we have made that promise and we will definitely fulfill it." Henry adds
present days
the parents join Ava and Peter in the living room. "So what have you two decided?" Lucas asks
"I have already agreed to it" Ava says and looks at Ian with a last hope that he'd reject her
Ian looks at her coldly and says "I don't have a problem either" looks at Ava
Ava gives him a deadly glare. "What a jerk. I can't believe that I have to pretend to be with him.. God, please kill me"
"Welcome to the family" Sofia says to Ava
"umm. we are not married yet so... uhh.. I feel a little" Ava hesitates a bit
"haha, don't worry Ava. you two are not marrying anytime soon.. You guys are too young for that now. Both of you should finished studies and get established before anything happens. We wanted to inform you about so early so that you get comfortable with things later" Lucas says
" Now that I think about it, Ava will be Ian's first gifrlfriend, right? This is what I've wanted always. I mean, Ava, look at Ian. he is always in a cold mood. Rarely even smiles. I heard that he is quite popular in your university among girls. But he never approaches anyone. How is he even my son?" Sofia nags
Ian looks down at his phone and Ava smirks.
"First girlfriend? That jerk never dated anyone? I can see why" Ava thinks to herself
"Ian is your first boyfriend too, right Ava? I want to know more about you" sofia asks her with a motherly smile
Ava all of a sudden gets taken aback with the question
"Ian? oh.. umm.." she says
Ava looks at Peter and he nods at her
"yes, he is" she lies
"okay, enough with the question. You have all the time to talk to her sofia. Let's get dinner. It is late already." Lucas leads them to the dinner table. He sits at the main chair with Sofia sitting on his right. Ava and Ian are right besides Sofia while the other 3 are in their opposite side..
"Chicken?" Ava gives a satisfied look
"haha, I knew it. It was your favourite curry when you were a kid" sofia says
While the parents are talking among themselves, Ian asks Ava to pass the curry..
"It is too heavy. give me your plate" Ava says as her eyes light up
Peter looks at Ava and knows what she is about to do. He has been the victim of such antics of Ava before.
Ian gives Ava his plate without questioning and as he drinks water, Ava serves the curry with a huge spoon of chilly flakes in it and pretends to stir it up as she mixes the chilly flakes
"here, take it" she says
Ian takes the plate and says "mom, can I ask for one thing?" he says
"yes?"
"I want to feed Ava this curry myself" he says with a smile and leans towards Ava to whisper "you think that I wouldn't know?"
The parents are shocked. "I guess that " alone time" really worked for you guys. Of course. go ahead. We will not be looking" sofia replies as they laugh it off
"no, I can't have that" Ava gets flustered
"why not?" Ian whispers
No one is looking at them but Peter is most definitely laughing at his sister secretly
"Ava, you are now gonna understand what it feels like to eat these chilly flakes." he thinks
"Come on. open you mouth" Ian whispers in a cute voice
"What the heck dude, I won't"
"Why? i want to feed you with my own hand, my future wife" he says as he takes a spoon filled with curry to her mouth
Ava keeps thinking to herself when suddenly she drops a glass of water on him making it look like an accident when it clearly wasn't. Everyone looks at them
"oh I am sorry. you should get up and change that" she says
"yes i should" Ian says coldly putting the spoon down. He clearly isn't satisfied with this
As he gets up, Ava says "please excuse me" she gets up too
"Where is the washroom?" she asks Ian
" in my room" he replies
"I don't want to use that. Where are the other ones?" she asks again
"This guy was about to feed me a spicy curry and yet wants me to trust him? nah. I ain't falling for that" Ava says to herself
" I don't know" Ian replies
"but it's your house" Ava says being annoyed at his answers
Ian all of a sudden comes very close to her and says. "listen wifey, i have already told you where the washroom is. If you don't want to use that then find one that you want to use by yourself "
Ava can feel his warm breath against her
"find one? in this huge mansion. I will get lost" Ava thinks
"I am not your wifey yet,so shut up. and umm.... Just show me the washroom" Ava says
Ian walks to his room and Ava follows.
"there is the washroom" Ian says
Ava heads to the washroom as Ian gets rid of his wet shirt. He locks the room and takes it off.
jisoo touches up her makup and "uhh. these heels.. why do girls even wear them?" she sits on the side of the bathtab and looks around.
The washroom is bigger than her room. Marbeled floor, sink, even mirror is huge.. Everything is perfect here. Ava rests her legs while sitting at the bathtub and thinks about her decision.
"Sofia aunty is very nice. I always wanted a mother in law like her but alas, the son is the devil reincarnated" Ava rests alone for a while and then comes out..
As she locks the bathroom door behind and turns around, she sees shirtless Ian in his phone being unaware of her presence
She blushes and tries to look away and head towards the door. She almost makes it to the main door but she slips
"damn you heels" she says out loud
Ian looks up from his phone and smirks as he grabs her by her wrist and stops her from leaving
"dude, get some clothes on and let me go" Ava says trying to break free
Ian pulls her closer to him
"Why? it is my room and I can wear anything I want to " he asks while directly looking at her
"umm. I mean..that's true but.." Ava is about to say something
"Sshhh. look around us. We are in a locked room, I am shirtless and there is a bed in front of us. you watch a lot of movies right? what happens next Ava?" he asks with a smirk
Ava thinks for a while and all of a sudden blushes. She stares back at Ian and realizes that they are way too close
She feels her heart beating fast. No Ava..stop it.
"I need to go" she says
"Where? to my bed?" Ian whispers with an evil smile
"No. I didn't. mean.. that.. I meant downstairs" she says. "They are waiting"
Ian gets a bit closer but then all of a sudden he withdraws himself and says "go then"
Ava looks at him being confused and runs as fast as she can out of his room. She can still feel her heart beating out of her chest
Ian puts a shirt on with his usual cold face as he looks down at his phone.. "Why isn't she replying? Where is she?" he signs to himself..