Flashback
Mr. Tej Kashyap introduced Aditya Kashyap to everyone who came for short talks as soon as they entered the venue.
After half an hour a black Sweptail Rolls Royce reached the entrance of Paradise hotel. Kiara and Mr. Ratan Parihaar got out of the car and headed to the venue.
As soon as they entered the venue, they were greeted by some relatives and friends. After greeting and having a short talk with a few of them, Kiara found a corner to sit. As she was walking over she spotted a person.
The most handsome man she had ever seen.
She couldn't get her eyes off of him.
Well built body, pale white skin, sharp features, perfect jawline, and extremely handsome face. He was really handsome even when she just saw his side profile. He was talking to someone with a serious and elegant demeanor.
He seemed to be very cold and distant.
As she walked ahead while looking at the bewitching handsome face, she bumped into a beautiful lady.
Aditya was engaged in conversation with few people when he heard a sweet melodic voice and turned his head to look at the source of the voice.
"Ahh!! I'm really sorry aunt. I wasn't paying attention. I'm really really sorry. You didn't get hurt, did you?!"
Kiara asked worriedly.
"I'm okay... don't worry..."
The lady comforted her as she saw Kiara's worried face.
"But u should pay attention dear, what if you got hurt?"
She continued.
"I'm sorry aunt I'll pay attention. "
Kiara apologized again with a guilty smile as the lady smiled elegantly and patted her shoulder.
"I'll go greet your father, who knows when we will meet again!" The lady was one of the closest friends of her mother. One of the few people who were genuinely sad at their loss when Kiara's mother died. Even though she was always busy overseas managing her own company, she urgently boarded the flight as soon as she heard about the accident. This lady was present in the hospital when her mother was taking the last breath of her life.
"Beautiful," Aditya said in his mind.
He never had such a thought about any girl. No other than her ever caught his eyes before. A warm and fuzzy feeling filled his heart as he stared at the girl who was apologizing for her mistake, making his expression turn unusually warm for a second.
Kiara was wearing a simple champagne color dress. Yet, she looked very beautiful and emitted the aura of a girl from a prestigious family. She looked elegant but down to earth as she apologized to the lady for her mistake genuinely.
Kiara's eyes once again landed where it was before, on the handsome man.
And their eyes met.
Aditya was looking at Kiara with unusually warm eyes...
Kiara was surprised for a mere second, but she shrugged it as she thought it was just her illusion
He was looking even more handsome from the front profile.
After no more than three seconds Kiara broke the eye contact pretending that it wasn't intentional and turned to walk ahead. She sat in the corner of the hall and observed him. He was emitting a cold aura, replying with very few words to everyone who came over. Everyone around him was affected by his aura.
Even elders can't help but talk to him with respect as if they just didn't want to be on his bad side.
She wondered who he was... A businessman? A CEO? a politic or someone really powerful? But he looked too young to be either. She knew almost every guest in the venue, if she didn't, her father wouldn't bring her along with him.
The announcement rang in the room through the speakers, everyone turned their attention to the stage and the engagement ceremony officially started. The couple exchanged the engagement rings with a blooming smile on their faces. Everyone cheered and clapped for the couple. A soft melody played in the venue and the engaged couple started to dance to the rhythm as a few other couples followed them. Kiara sat on her seat elegantly with a glass of juice in her hand as she occasionally took a sip.
After a few minutes, Kiara's father called her to greet someone.
She walked to her dad and saw the person she was looking at not long ago, approaching her father as well with Rudra.
Her speed slowed a bit as she was surprised to see both of them greeting her father respectfully with a faint smile.
"He is with Rudra, is he Mr. Kashyap's eldest son who just returned from abroad?"
Kiara thought to herself.
At the same time, Aditya noticed her approaching them as well.
"Is she Mr. Parihaar's daughter?" he thought to himself.
Kiara greeted Mr. Tej Kashyap as soon as she reached beside her father.
"Kiara, meet my elder son Aditya Kashyap."
Mr. Kashyap introduced his son.