⚠️Warning⚠️ - Contains swear words.
...I walked down the stairs to find Sasu Maa yelling at Bhabhi. Oh god, what happened now? What was the next useless reason that she was being yelled at? As I walked further down the stairs, the voices got louder and the faces got clearer.
"How could you make such a big mistake, Kritika? I did not expect this from you. Did you not tell me on purpose, huh? Of course you didn't tell me on purpose; you wanted to destroy our reputation in front of them, right? Oh god, what will I do with such a stupid and illiterate daughter-in-law?"
I looked towards Bhabhi to see her head bowed down. I could see tears pouring out of her eyes like rivers, except they were incredibly silent. I looked around when I heard silence. I saw Sasu Maa staring at me like a hawk. She took a few steps until she stopped right before me.
"And look at this, madam; you also hid this on purpose, didn't you?" Before I could answer, she continued, "Yes, of course you did. Both of you, stay together and ruin the entire empire's name." I looked down at my feet. What was she even talking about? I sighed to myself. This is what happens when you are the Bahu of the Randhawa Empire.
I looked up to see Sasu Maa starting to speak when we heard him. Sasur ji, one of the devils in my life.
"Kya chal raha hai yahan pe?"
"Ye dekhiye apni dono bahuon ko, itni badi baat hume batayi hi nahi."
"Arey calm down, hume subhe subhe itna shor nahi chahiye. Shanti se batao kya hua" Why did he sound so calm today? Something is definitely wrong.
"Ye aapki jo dono pyari bahu hai na.. dono hume bata na hi bhool gaye ki aaj Kiara ghar pe aa rahi hai shadi ki taarik fix karne. Kuch taiyaari nahi hui hai, mil gaya na hamare empire ka naam miti mai."
He looked towards me and Bhabhi with a stern look, tears still dripping out of her eyes.
"Kaka aap jaldi taiyaari karna chalu kariye, aur tum..." He looked towards me before continuing, ".. hum sabko khana rakho." At last he looked towards Bhabhi with an annoyed look and pointed at her. "Tum jake aapni shakal thik karo, aur jab tak hum na bole tab tak niche aane ki zaroorat nahi hai."
(What's going on here?)
(Here look at both of your daughter-in-laws, they haven't informed me of such a big thing.)
(Arey calm down, I don't want so much noise early morning. Calmly tell me, what happened?)Why did he sound so calm today? Something is definitely wrong.
(These two of your lovely daughter-in-laws forgot to tell us that Kiara is coming home today to fix the marriage dates. No preparation has been done, the name of our empire is in the dirt now.)
He looked towards me and Bhabhi with a stern look, tears still dripping out of her eyes.
(Kaka quickly start the preparations, and you..) He looked towards me before continuing, (..serve all of us food.) At last, he looked towards Bhabhi with an annoyed look and pointed at her. (You go and fix your face and until we don't tell you, there's no need to come down.)
All of us walked towards the dining room while Bhabhi rushed towards her room.
Kritika's POV
I rushed towards my room before anyone could see me and ran towards my room as soon as I was out of sight. I quickly opened the door and slammed it before resting on it while feeling my knees go weak. Tears were still falling out of my eyes and I could feel my eyes getting heavy while I fell to the ground, still resting my back on the door. I forced my eyes open when I heard a cold voice. Of course. It was Yuhaan Ji. He was sitting on the corner of the bed leaning forward with his elbows resting on his thighs. Oh my my my, his morning look with those messy hair and his eyes darker than usual what's happening to me? As soon as I saw him, I was reminded of all the chaos last night.. Wait.. wasn't that dream or was it reality.. Before I had more time to think about it my mind thought of the hug we had last night, OH GOD I REALLY HAD THE HUG DIDN'T I? I got scared for a few seconds when I heard
"Kya hua?"
"Hm?" Before he could say anything, I replied to him, "Kuch nahi"
"Tumhari shakal aur neeche ki aawaz se to nahi lagta tumhe kuch nahi hua" He said in an extremely rude manner. Does he really have to be rude all the time?
"Yuhaan Ji hum keh rahe hai na, kuch nahi hua hai"
"Outho"
"Hm?"
"Jaldi outho" I looked up to see him stare at me with a cold death stare. As much as I resented him, I was terribly scared of him. Without a single thought I quickly stood up and removed the invisible dust from my clothes.
(What happened?)
(Hm? ..... Nothing)
(Your face and the noise from downstairs don't show nothing happened.)He said in an extremely rude manner. Does he really have to be rude all the time?
(Yuhaan Ji i'm telling you na, nothing happened)
(Get up)
(Hm)
(Get up quickly.)
I looked up to see him stare at me with a cold death stare. As much as I resented him, I was terribly scared of him. Without a single thought I quickly stood up and removed the invisible dust from my clothes.
He looked down and took a deep breath and sighed, clearly being irritated and annoyed by the current scene. He looked back up to look my dead in the eyes once again. I heard him slightly mutter something but the volume was to low for me to understand what he was trying to say but the tone of what he said was clearly troubled and annoyed. I couldn't help but fidget with my fingers and looked around as he continued staring at me; but then his eyes captured mine. It became impossible for me to escape his dark and cold gaze falling on me. Those cold, dark haunting blue eyes fixed with my common brown eyes. I was lost in the games his eyes were playing when the cold voice spoke once again "Come here". I obeyed what he said like a lost puppy.
As soon as I tried to walk a step forward, then again, I felt my legs go weak as I was about to fall down. I tightly closed my eyes, awaiting the harsh fall. Just then, I felt two strong arms grip my body. I slowly opened my eyes to see his gorgeous face. Ahh, every time I look at him, I swear I find myself drowning more and more. I found his face extremely close to mine when I heard a humorless chuckle. "Look at your face, Kritika, It's red." I looked around, startled by what just happened. I looked to find my hands around his neck and on his chest, whereas I felt his arms around my waist and my head, preventing me from falling down. I quickly stood up while my face was red due to blushing and embarrassment. He looked away, back towards the bed. I started to speak but the embarrassment made me stutter badly
"I-im sorry, t-thank you Yuhaan Ji." I saw him look back at me before speaking in a stern voice.
"Hm okay." He said before continuing in a rude and angry voice "but don't you dare get any weird ideas. All this was due to my driving reflexes and nothing serious. Get thing straight Kritika, you don't mean anything to me; but you are the wife of Yuhaan Singh Randhawa and the last thing I want is for anyone to blame me for anything that happens to you. Got it? So stop being so fucking clumsy because if anything happens, I will have to clean the mess behind you. Hm?" He yelled the last part in anger before walking off to our walk-in closet and then going towards the bathroom. Just when I was going to speak he got a call.
"Haan Akash (Yes). No problem, I'll reach in an hour." With this he went towards our walk-in closet and just as he was going to go to the bath I spoke up.
"What happened?"
"Hm? Nothing, just work."
"Again? Kiara is coming today, and you won't be here."
"I know, but it's work; no excuse."
"But-"
"No buts, Kritika; I have said it before, and you know I don't like repeating myself; there is no compromise with work." He said while grinding his teeth in anger. Why does this man have to be so akdu (Stubborn/arrogant) ? With that, he walked into the bathroom while I sighed to myself, walking towards the bed and laying down.
After a while, he came out of the bathroom and rudely told me to serve him breakfast while wearing his watch. "Yuhaan Ji, I can't go down." Before I could reason, he looked at me with a stern and confused look. I continued
"Sasur Ji told me to come up to the room and to not go down."
"What exactly did he say?"
"He said 'Tum jake aapni shakal thik karo, aur jab tak hum na bole tab tak niche aane ki zaroorat nahi hai.' (You go and fix your face and until we don't tell you, there's no need to come down.)
"He said not to come down until one of us told you to; now I'm telling you to come down with me and serve me food; and yes, he is right; go and wash your face." Without replying, I bowed my head and walked towards the bathroom to wash my face.
I walked in the bathroom and looked in the mirror to see my face covered in tears and the kajal (Kohl). I turned on the tap and, without a thought, splashed the cold water on my face. I looked in the mirror, trying to control my tears as all the past memories came rushing back to me. I brushed the memories away and wiped my face with the napkin.
I walked to the bathroom and saw him in a crisp suit, leaning towards the door frame, busy on his face. Oh gosh.. how did he end up so cold and rude with this gorgeous face?
He swiftly twisted the knob and opened the door, walking out while I looked down at my feet and followed him. He walked down the stairs like the king he was with, following like a lost puppy. I slightly looked up to see everyone staring at us—me specifically.
He abruptly stopped when he reached the bottom of the staircase, causing me to bump into him. Just as I was about to walk towards the kitchen, Sasur Ji spoke up. "I told you to not come down until I told you, right?" Before I could reply, I heard another voice speak up:
"Haan Baba (yes, dad), I was the one who told her to come down."
"Why? Do you even know what she did today?"
"No, I don't, and neither do I wish to. I want her to serve me breakfast, and that is the only reason I have told her to be here. Otherwise, I have no interest in going against your word." He looked towards me before continuing, "Now, care to serve me my breakfast? I'm getting late to work." I quickly nodded before heading towards the kitchen.
Yuhaan's POV- PS: This is the same scene in their room but in Yuhaan's POV. You are free to skip it, but it is recommended that you read it; it will let you know Yuhaan's side in the scene as it is important to understand the future story line.
I woke up with my body aching from sitting on the couch yesterday for such a long time. God, Yuhaan, did you really have to sit on the couch all the time? I'm sure I woke up with an annoyed look, but yes, I was annoyed at myself. My eyes drifted towards the couch when my mind strolled off to the hug and that childish behavior of Kritika yesterday. I let out an annoyed grunt when I saw her missing.
I got off the bed and walked up to the front of the bed. No, no, no, i'm too tired to walk today. I sat at the front of the bed with my elbows resting on my thighs. I sat with my messy hair and sleepy eyes. I could hear loud voices coming from downstairs. What was this ruckus now? I was lost in thought when the door burst open and a figure walked in the room, panting and sobbing while slamming the door shut, before falling down on the floor. It was Kritika. She-she was sobbing, this loud? Without thinking I spoke up
Kya hua?"
"Hm?" Before she gave me a chance to speak, she replied "Kuch nahi" She might be one of the biggest liars to exist in the world.
"Tumhari shakal aur neeche ki aawaz se to nahi lagta tumhe kuch nahi hua"
"Yuhaan Ji hum keh rahe hai na, kuch nahi hua hai"
By now, my blood was boiling. Who the fuck had the audacity to make my wife cry? And why couldn't this girl simply tell me what her problem was. No, I am not going to tolerate this.
"Outho"
"Hm?"
"Jaldi outho" How long does she have to take to get up. I looked at her with my ice cold stare and she suddenly got up and removed some invisible dust. I saw her do anything and I naturally got annoyed. "Why can't she understand small things?" I softly muttered under my breath.
(What happened?)
(Hm? ..... Nothing)
(Your face and the noise from downstairs don't show nothing happened.)
(Yuhaan Ji i'm telling you na, nothing happened)She might be one of the biggest liars to exist in the world.
(Get up)
(Hm)
(Get up quickly.)
How long does she have to take to get up. I looked at her with my ice cold stare and she suddenly got up and removed some invisible dust. I saw her do anything and I naturally got annoyed. "Why can't she understand small things?" I softly muttered under my breath.
As soon as she took her first step she tripped but thanks to my driving reflexes I caught her just in time. I wrapped my arms around her waist and her head providing support so she doesn't end up with a neck sprain. I saw her her small face with her eyes tightly shut with fear. She fluttered her eyes, looking here and there realizing she isn't hurt. She looked towards me as her chocolate brown eyes locked with mine. It took me a while to observe her red face, I couldn't help but let out a humorless chuckle "Look at your face Kritika, It's all red."
As if she just realised she frantically looked around to find her hands around my neck and on my chest she hurriedly got up and straightened herself. I looked away frustrated as I heard her stutter while speak.
I-im sorry, t-thank you Yuhaan Ji." I looked back at her to see her face flustered by the current acts.
"Hm okay; but don't you dare get any weird ideas. All this was due to my driving reflexes and nothing serious. Get thing straight Kritika, you don't mean anything to me; but you are the wife of Yuhaan Singh Randhawa and the last thing I want is for anyone to blame me for anything that happens to you. Got it? So stop being so fucking clumsy because if anything happens, I will have to clean the mess behind you. Hm?" I yelled the last part in anger before walking off to our walk-in closet and then going towards the bathroom. I was really mad at her. How could she think of anything between us?
My thoughts broke apart as I heard the ringtone of my phone. It was Akash. I picked up the call to hear a worried and frantic voice continuously apologizing. "I-im so sorry sir. Please forgive me, I would have never done this if I knew im so sorry." I took a deep breath trying to control my anger before speaking. "Akash, Akash calm down. It's ok, No problem. I will the office in an hour." With that I cut the call.
How did he make a mistake? Akash has been my manager for a very long time and never once has this man made a mistake hence I wasn't angry. Just as I was going to enter the bathroom I heard the same voice speak up
"What happened?"
"Hm? Nothing, just work."
"Again? Kiara is coming today, and you won't be here." Kiara, Kiara, Kiara the same one marrying my brother. How did this playboy end up making a commitment? That too with a girl like Kiara.
"I know, but it's work; no excuse."
"But-"
"No buts, Kritika; I have said it before, and you know I don't like repeating myself; there is no compromise with work." I said while grinding my teeth in anger. This girl was really getting on my nerves today. Never will I ever compromise with my work. I am a CEO of one the biggest and the most successful companies and for the cherry on the cake I am the Hukum (king) of Jaipur.
After I was done showering I wore the suit Kritika had placed out for me and walked out. I rudely spoke up and told her to serve me breakfast only to hear a no in return. "Yuhaan Ji I can't go down." The fuc- Did she just say no to me? I looked at her with a stern looking while being confused as to what happened.
"Sasur Ji told me to come up to the room and to not go down."
"What exactly did he say?"
"He said 'Tum jake aapni shakal thik karo, aur jab tak hum na bole tab tak niche aane ki zaroorat nahi hai.'
(You go and fix your face and until we don't tell you, there's no need to come down.)
"He said not to come down until one of us told you to; now I'm telling you to come down with me and serve me food; and yes, he is right; go and wash your face." Her face is covered with the kajal (kohl) due to all the crying. She looked down and went in the bathroom to clean her face while I lent towards the door frame getting busy in my phone scrolling through random things.
She came out in a while and the two of us made our way out. As soon as I reached the end of the stairs, I felt a small figure bump into me, it took me no time to figure out it was Kritika. Just as she was going to go to the kitchen I heard dad speak to Kritika in a abnormally rude manner.
"I told you to not come down until I told you, right?"
"Haan Baba (yes, dad), I was the one who told her to come down."
"Why? Do you even know what she did today?"
"No, I don't, and neither do I wish to. I want her to serve me breakfast, and that is the only reason I have told her to be here. Otherwise, I have no interest in going against your word." I was really late to work now and this was the last thing I needed. I looked to towards Kritika and spoke up "Now, care to serve me my breakfast? I'm getting late to work." she quickly nodded before heading towards the kitchen while I made my way to the dining room.
I sat there while again getting lost in the thought of work, the files, the clients, my meetings, the departments everything when I heard a voice "Khaiye" (Eat *respectfully) "Hm". I quickly ate my food and left for my office.
On my way out, once again, I heard a driver offer to drive me. When are these people ever going to understand that I will never handover my cars to anyone? I simply ignored him and sat in my car driving to my office.
After reaching the office
I entered the building with my head held high while everyone bowed down with respect. I have said it before and I'll say it again. This. Is. Power and money. I used the personal elevator and walked to my cabin.
I sat and began analyzing the details in a file kept on my desk. Just then my mind clicked towards the call Akash made this morning. I took my phone and called him, telling him to come in my office. I kept my phone back on the table and went back to reading the file.
After a while the door of my cabin suddenly opened with a quiet knock and I looked up to see Akash's worried face. Immediately I got off my seat and told Akash to come in. I made him sit on one of the chair placed in front of the desk and I rested my back on the desk. Before I could say anything, he started speaking.
"S-sir sir I made a big mistake, I did not know anything about it, i'm so sorry sir, please forgive me, i'm so so sorry."
"Akash, Akash calm down, take deep breaths, tell me what happened." I passed him the glass of water kept on my desk and that man finished the whole glass in one go. He passed the glass back to me as I placed it on the table. I saw his face and saw a bandage covered around his head and a few bruises on his face. "Now Akash, relax and tell me what happened, I'm sure it can't be that bad."
I could see his hand shivering as he spoke. "T-t-today the clients from the Kapoor & sons. came a-and I didn't know about it. T-they came in and acted like they were the boss. A-a man came in with a woman behind him, there were 4 body guards behind them. Without saying anything they-they came in and the man sat o-on your chair and raised his legs on your desk and the girl s-sat on these chairs while also crossing her legs and acting l-like they owned this place."
By now my blood was already boiling. This was straight up visible as my hands were tied in a fist while my jaw was clenched. He continued "I-i thought it was you so I came in and found them that way. So I tried stopping them b-but they weren't listening and they were avoiding me. I-i got really angry because I didn't want them disrespecting you so I walked to the man and held him by the collar and yelled at him to get up from your seat and get out of the company but he wasn't ready to listen to me and before I could do anything the body guards grabbed my and I tried my best to fight them. I-i kept fighting and for a while I was dominating them and I was able to hit the body guards and the man quite a bit but-but then 1 of them attacked me from the back and I lost control over them and I was still fighting back but it wasn't enough.
As they were still hitting me one of them took a very hard object and hit my head which caused me to bleed a lot. I still kept hitting them until the man told them to stop. The man picked me up my collar and said 'I am the CEO of Kapoor & sons. One of the most important and big companies for your company.' H-his lip was bleeding and he was badly hurt because of all the times I hit him. He dropped me and walked out the door but before leaving he said 'You will regret this badly, I will not let this go' and with that he left. S-sir I didn't know it was the CEO of that company and I am so so sorry I would never do this if I knew."
While I was provoked by everything that happened, I was proud of my manager. "No no Akash, there is no need for you to be sorry. What you did was the best thing you could have done. I am honestly proud of you Akash. You fought when I was the one the finger was raised on. Thank you so much Akash. Are you feeling okay now?" I looked at him with a proud and concerned look and replied with a small nod while still looking down and I looked up with anger in my veins. "These people have nothing over us. So what if they are one of important big companies for us? I will not tolerate them disregarding my employees. Especially my manager. How dare they come into my company and insult my workers? No. Now they will be ones regretting this not us."
I got up and told Akash to relax and to go back to work while Akash was still looking down. I went back to my chair and opened the file again. After a few seconds, when I still saw Akash looking down I realised how guilty he felt. "Akash listen, don't think about this anymore and trust me we will take revenge on all of them okay? Now, relax and go back to work and if you wish go home and take rest." He looked up and spoke with dedication and passion "No sir, I will not take rest. I will go back to work and finish it with all my dedication. I will not let people like the Kapoors get in and mess with me. Excuse me I have work to get back to." I did a small nod as he walked out the door towards his cabin and I went back to reading the file for the 10th time. (Sarcasm).
These Kapoors really had to be treated the right way. How dare they enter my office, sit on my chair and misbehave with my employees. I sat back on my chair and went in deep thought about revenge and work. These was going to be a big bang now.
Dhwani's POV - Tune back to the breakfast scene.
I looked down and served everyone breakfast. I still don't understand why I have to do this, they have so many servants in their house and yet they choose to make their bahus work. Although I had much to say, I didn't say anything and decided to stay quiet while still taking baby bites of my food. I kept eating until everyone on the table had gotten up and left and I was left alone in the dining room.
As soon as the last person left, I practically gulped down my food and put the dishes to wash, before running up to my room. I walked in to see Mr. Shikhar Singh Randhawa messily running his hands around his hair in frustration. I couldn't help but laugh at the misery he was going through. I kept on laughing until my stomach started hurting and so did my mouth. I looked at him to see him look at me with a annoyed and bored look stating he was annoyed by my current act of continuous laughing. I slowly walked towards him with a huge smile plastered on my face.
"Kya hua Mr.Shikhar Singh Randhawa?" He looked at me and raised an eyebrow staring at me in disbelief.
"Dhwani you know I want you to select clothes for me everyday right? So stop making my mad and give me my clothes before I lose my temper." Now, I was confused, why did he want clothes when he was already wearing home clothes.
"But you are already wearing your house clothes, to phir change kyun karna hai? Ise pehle ki aap kuch boliye, main bolti hoon ke aap aaj office nahi jaayenge." He stared at me for a long while before finally going on the bed and layng down while closing his eyes.
(What happened Mr.Shikhar Singh Randhawa?) He looked at me and raised an eyebrow staring at me in disbelief.
(But you are already wearing your house clothes, then why do you need to change? Before you say anything, i'll speak. You will not go to your office today.) He stared at me for a long while before finally going on the bed and laying down while closing his eyes.
I went towards the the couch and started folding the clothes.
After a while, I saw him get up and take his laptop, moving back towards the bed. The silence in the room was killing me so I decided to speak up.
"Shikhar Ji.. are you going to work even at home?"
"Yes." UGH. Can't he stop giving one word answers? I ignored him and got lost in the thought of the third bahu of the Randhawa family.
Kiara's POV - Tune back to 11:30 AM at Kiara's House.
I sat in the back seat of the car once again. I took a deep breath and rested my back on the leather seat of the car. There I go, back to that haunting house. No, it wasn't a haunted house, well not with ghost but these people weren't any less scary. I wasn't wrong when I said these people give off scary vibes. I took my earphones and plugged them in as I was in for a 1 hour ride.
After an hour
We finally reached the mansion and mother signaled me to come out of the car. Like always, I looked down and followed her to the gate of the Randhawa Mansion. My New home. Mother rang the bell and in a while the big thick wooden doors opened up. We saw in to see kaka standing there and welcoming us in.
"Aaiye aaiye. Bohut acche wakt pe aaye hain aap log. Sab aap hi ka intezaar kar rahe the. Khana ka wakt hogaya hai." I saw mother give a small nod before kaka led us into the mansion towards the dining room.
(Come come. You came at a very nice time. Everyone is waiting for you only. It's time for lunch.)
I walked to see everyone was busy eating the food until we entered the room and all eyes were fixed on us. My to-be mother-in-law and mother had a small talk before mother left and I was left alone with these people.
On the table, I saw Sasur Ji sitting on the far end of the table with Sasu maa on his left side. Abhimanyu Ji was sitting on his right side while the seat next to him was empty. Jett ji and Dhwani bhabhi were sitting together on Sasu Maa's left side while 3 seats were empty. The one next to Abhimanyu Ji, the one on the other far end of the table and one between the two.
Just as I was thinking all this, my eyes caught the signal by Sasur Ji, telling me to sit down and join them for lunch. I could clearly see the signal was meant for me to sit beside Abhimanyu Ji. My fiancé. I looked down and walked towards the seat while everyone went back to eating. I looked towards bhabhi in hope to figure out what happened but she simply signaled me that everything was okay and passed on a sweet smile.
The silence was really creeping up on me so I thought of breaking the silence. "Umm, Where is Yuhaan jett ji and Kritika Bhabhi." Everyone stared at me as if I did something wrong. When no one spoke Abhimanyu Ji spoke up. "Bhabhi is in her room and Bhaiya is at the office." Again? I was starting to get really curious to see this couple.
I had only ever heard their names but I never got to see their faces. Not even in our engagement because Yuhaan jett ji had some buisness work party when Bhabhi had to accompany him. Jett Ji was always in his office and bhabhi was always in her room. I wonder why they never decided to show themselves. After a while, when everyone was done with their lunch we all went and sat in the living room. Once again, everyone got busy with their own things.
This time it was Sasur Ji who broke the silence. "Kiara you already know the way to Abhimanyu's room. Go now." The last two words came of as a command..an order. I looked towards Abhimanyu Ji to see him give me a very cold killing death stare. I thought of ignoring the stare and walked off towards his room.
As soon as I got in I couldn't help but admire the room. I was busy doing that when...
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I had planned to write so much more but I have already written so much in one chapter😭I never imagined I would write so many words and such long chapters but I seriously have 5492 word in the chapter alone. EEEEEEH I put so much effort into this. I literally re-wrote the chapter so many times to finally get this. I hope you like it.
But what happened to Dhwani?
What was wrong with the Randhawa Empire?
Can't Yuhaan take one day as a off? Ever?
What was gonna happen next?
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