◇NO POV◇
the moment when sriste seen the man infront her from few steps far her whole body started sweating and her knees became weak shiver started running in her spine
she whispered slowly "da dad" even her words are shattering because of tension Anand royal came near them and said "hey princess"
sriste was still in shock she replied "hey dad" anand royal asked "what you're doing here princess" sriste replied "umm dad today we have free time and and so we thought of eating a ice cream as this restuarant is quite good for ice cream and have great reviews too you can check in online you can check college too we are free we are not skipping any class"
mari face turned pale due to sriste's words
anand replied "I didn't asked anything about it dear" mari smiled awkwardly and asked "hi uncle, how are you?? it's been many days last I seen you, quite surprised to see you here and happy by the way what you're doing here I mean you here in this city suddenly what's so important"
anand not understanding anything because both his daughter and her friend are behaving strange he asked "what happened to both of you I mean you both are behaving different"
srusthi came in middle and said "they're so happy to see you after many days uncle so in that happines they became strange am I right buddies" sriste and mari both nodded their head
sriste facepalmed herself and ran to hug her dad finally she got the warmth she missed the tears fallen from her eyes but she wiped them before her dad to notice she smiled by looking at her dad
sriste asked "by the way dad what you're doing here" anand royal replied "I have a client meeting dear so I came here I thought of completing it and come to your college to meet you but however I met you here"
srusthi gulped and whispered near mari "kiddo what if uncle went to college" mari replied casually "what will happen nothing will happen he'll know that his daughter didn't came here to study but instead she came to go discovery on his enemy then he'll drag her from here and make her to marry that so called fiance"
sriste passed a death glare which made mari to hide behind srusthi anand royal asked "by the way did you people had ice cream"
mari said "no uncle" sriste looked at mari with anger and said "we completed having ice cream dad dont believe her she became a ice cream freak now a days for another ice cream she is lying"
mari face became depressed anand said "it's okay mari this is the age to have anything you wish for you can anytime and as many as you want because after reaching to our age you'll have the biggest enemies called diabetes, blood pressure blah blah so enjoy yourself now"
mari hugged anand royal and said "wahh uncle is the best" they all laughed sriste asked "is your work completed dad" anand replied "no dear still little bit of work is pending"
sriste asked "are you not coming to our home now" he smiled and said "no baby I will come send me the address" sriste shared the address, anand went inside sriste smiled
but mari started pulling sriste's sleeves again sriste turned to look again she seen alex looking at them
srusthi asked "partner since from how long he is watching us" sriste replied "who knows yaar"
alex came near them and asked sriste "who are you" sriste face turned pale by thinking he known that who is she, she was about to say the truth
alex said "dont worry I'm kidding what you're doing here" sriste understood he didn't known anything but he seen her talking to her dad so asking un necessary questions
sriste replied "we are planning to have a ice cream and that person asked a address to us we said he went away so thinking to take ice cream to home"
Alex smiled in relief because for a second he thought they're related the way he and she smiled at eachother but later he got satisfied by her answer
Alex said "whatever dont be near to that man till now you didn't seen dhruv's anger dont let him to show you that" sriste thought this is the right chance to know something which might be helpful for her so she asked "why so I mean is that man bad"
alex said "I'm not someone to judge him as I known he is not a bad man but I can say that he is someone whom dhruv hates more than anything in this world so being close to that man adds to dhruv's hatred list"
sriste nodded her head alex said "one day dhruv himself will day to you so untill then dont let him to loose the good opinion on you"
sriste became silent mari said "not only uncle hates him that devil also hate uncle why these people hating eachother without any reason"
sriste said "there is a strong reason kiddo but dont know who is wrong" srusthi said "don't worry we are here to crack and reveal that truth" sriste nodded her head whole day she is thinking samething
finally in the evening she went to home and waited for her dad to came finally when she seen her dad she became extreme happy
he gave ice cream covers to them they all started eating ice cream sriste took her dad to room after speaking to her mom in video call
sriste started gossiping with her dad he seen a article in that dhruv's photo is there anand royal thrown the article after tearing it sriste never seen her dad in this state of anger
sriste asked "dad what happened" her dad replied "he is the man reason behind everything he is the person whom I dont even wish to see in my dream so this vicious man is in this city"
sriste became stunned for a second she said "it's okay dad be cool" he became calm and said "I'm sorry princess" she smiled and said "no problem dad take rest" after making her dad to sleep
sriste stood infront of balcony and started thinking "what exactly happened in the past mom said her pov, dad said his pov if I ask him he will say his pov but who can exactly say what is truth but this hatred level between both of them is too high how to make everything okay"
she sat on chair while thinking all these again she feeded to her pompom and slept there only while thinking