When Manish and Monica heard Sushama's angry voice, they both hastily walked towards the entrance but suddenly when Monica's eyes fell on Maya her hands turned into fists and her jaws clenched in anger.
She wanted to say something but as her eyes moved towards the male figure who she was carrying upon her, she couldn't help but see that person with pure shock and widened eyes.
She gulped and slowly-slowly took some steps back and as her hand came in contact with a pillar, she quickly hide herself behind the pillar and watched all the drama going on.
Sushama was still glaring at Maya who was carrying Ryan on her back. While Ryan was on Maya's back was closing his eyes and murmuring something gibberish.
Sushma looked at Maya and asked while glaring at her, " Tell me, Raina! What did you do to my Ryan that he is in this condition."
Maya rolled her eyes inside her head and thought.
'Is she blind or what?'
'Can't she see that his precious Ryan is drunk and is breaking my back with his heavy weight?', Maya wanted to say these things to her face but instead, she showed her a small smile and said politely as possibly she could say, " Mother when I was on my way to home when I saw him near the mansion in this condition. As Ryan is the family member of our family I cannot let him wander around the street. So, I carried him from there till we reached home."
Sushama didn't find any words to say as she heard Maya's explanation. Also, it was about her dearest son.
Although Ryan wasn't their own child still he was very dear to her since she saw him the first time when Sushama's sister gave birth to him.
Moreover, she was already having Manish at that time still she was more connected to Ryan and always used to tell her sister that she would be very thankful to God if Ryan was his own son.
Sushama still remembers that her sister also used to reply to her this saying by, " Sis, Ryan is also your child as much as he is mine."
But none of them were knowing that God will fulfil Sushama's wish in a very disastrous way. When Sushama's sister and her husband were going on a vacation with Ryan their car got into an accident and the couple died but fortunately, Ryan was saved.
At that time he was still a teenager and became depressed. The loss was too much for him to bear and Sushama also couldn't see him in such circumstances and brought him to Gupta House.
Of course, Sushama was delighted to have him but not everyone in the house was delighted to see him in the house, especially Manish. He was the first child of Sushama.
From the start, he got all his parents' attention, love and care but as Ryan stepped into his house and life, all the things including attention, love and care were split between them.
Soon this childish jealousy turned into resentment towards Ryan. Ryan also started sensing his resentment and both of them started avoiding each other to the extent that none of them can stay in a room even for five minutes.
Anyway back to the present situation:
As both of them couldn't bear each other, Manish ignoring Ryan asked Maya with a stern face, " And what about you, Raina? Where were you all this time? Don't tell me that you were with him all this time, babysitting him."
The last line was a taunt for both Raina and Ryan and all people in the room understood his intention. Sushama wanted to say something when in a blink of an eye, Ryan who was on Maya's back got down and walked towards Manish.
His walk was a little shaky still he managed to walk without losing his balance and looked straight into his eyes. For a moment, all intoxication from Ryan's eyes was gone.
One side of his lips curve into a smirk and asked, " MISTER. WHERE'S. YOUR. MISTRESS?"
It was more a taunt than a question and Manish got shot red and almost lifted his hand to slap Ryan when in no time, Ryan turn and pointed towards Maya and answered the question himself, " There she is!! My lovely sister-in-law!! Mister's mistress."
But when he said 'Mister's mistress', his eyes went in the direction of the same pillar from which she was trying to hide herself.
For a moment, both of their gazes met for a second which made Monica struggle in standing straightly. Her legs were wobbly till now and if not for that pillar, she would have already fallen.
Moving his gaze from her, he himself started laughing like he cracked a hilarious joke but Manish's face turned red and he stormed toward his room.
He also forgot about Monica who was still hiding behind the pillar and was watching all of Ryan's drama with clenched jaws and fear in her eyes.
She was also fuming in anger but this was not the right time especially when Sushama was there.
Sushama glanced at Manish's angry figure and then at Ryan with helplessness.
She sighed and asked Maya in a rude tone, " YOU! Take Ryan to his room and made him sleep comfortably."
With this, she signalled a male staff to help her to take Ryan to his room and followed Manish.
As Sushama also went from there, both that male staff and Maya took Ryan to his room. As they lay him on the bed, Maya asked the staff to go to the kitchen and prepare some warm water for him to drink till then she will manage him.
That staff nodded his head in positive and went out of the room leaving both of them behind. As that staff left the room, Maya quickly locked the door from inside, and as she turned, she saw Ryan.
He was laying facing towards her. He was supporting his head with his one hand.
Maya put her hands on her waist and sneered with her narrow eyes, " What do you think of yourself?!"
*smile*
Ryan just passed her a smile but it oy added fuel to her anger and with this, she walked some steps and threw a pillow in his direction.
Ryan quickly caught the pillow and sat putting the pillow on the lap. He palm his face with his hands and looked at her with a smug and said, " I already told you that your good days are coming."
Maya: "...."
Nothing came out of her mouth and she was looking at him with suspicion.
'Something is cooking in his head and why am I having a bad feeling about it?' She thought while looking at Ryan who was already laying on the bed with quilt covering his face.
She sighed and just prayed to give this little brat some piece of mind or gave her some indication about the idea cooking in his head.
She turned and opened the door.
She took a last glance of him who was still laying and covering his face but she could feel that he wasn't asleep yet and was just acting.
She huffed inwardly and walked out of the room lamenting.