Raghav's POV:

Well this Vedika is on with her ways again... I don't know what is her problem...there was a time I found her very pretty...today the same face doesn't attract me anymore although she looks just how she did 10 years ago...but her ways aren't enticing.

She's been clinging onto me almost the entire evening knowing that i am a married man, I have a wife, who is literally spitting fire from her eyes looking at us... But no Vedika wouldn't mend her ways...

What does she think I still have a thing for her... I still can't forget how she publicised my feelings for her...I only did one mistake was I told my feelings to our common friend Abhinav and that big mouth went and told her...and she as if it's a crime to have crush on anyone during college days told the entire world that 'Raghav had a crush on meeee'.

She obviously felt herself way more superior to my nerdy simple looks...so she insulted me, laughed at me, made me feel really low and embarrassed.

That's the minute I felt if not looks I definitely will do something that's better than looks .. earn money!!!

I was now hellbent to revive my falling ancestral catering business...

I thought of pitching ideas to invest to one of my rich senior Harsh who liked my passion towards work and also was planning to invest some money to his sister Harshita's venture...but as Harshita was a college drop out he was a bit skeptical...passion alone isn't enough to get business successful...after all we aren't in a bollywood movie or a tv soap drama...

Harsh offered me to take Harshita's ideas and involve her and that's how Harshita and me we became business partners in our first hotel venture in Chennai...which was successful... Slowly I started our own Hotel called Prabhu Riveria in Chennai that went on to become extremely popular.

Just then Harshita suggested that if I'm doing independent ventures too then I must definitely try to bank upon my grandfather's name. That's how Prabhu group hotels came into picture...

Although Harshita and me we both kept venturing together in one or two hotels as partners now finally I decided to get into resort Business after 10 years of knowing each other. Harshita became very close to me. Such close that every year when Harshita tied a Rakhi (holy thread a sister ties to her brother's wrist as a promise to protect each other during tough times) to Harsh, she also tied one to my wrist ❤️ I didn't have a sister so Harshu became my little sister.

Then one day approximately 5 years ago...I get a call from Vedika where she invited me for her engagement... Saying she was getting engaged to one of richest investors in the market...him this him that and I didn't know why the hell is she telling me...what does she want to prove...

Why is she always trying to belittle me. Fine I wasn't good enough for her...I accepted that fact. Everyone has a choice of their own. But why all this drama of calling me and telling me details...

'I didn't want to know and it didn't matter anymore'

But little did I know she was getting engaged to Harsh.

That smirk on her unforgettable face when I attended Harsh's engagement unknowingly that he was getting engaged to Vedika...she had so much pride on her face that she was engaged to one of the richest and good looking investors in South India.

I heard that they were getting married within next 3 months. But I didn't hear any announcements for an year... however a year later I heard Harsh is getting married but I was shocked to see Anika written on the wedding card instead of Vedika... then I heard the news from Harshita that the engagement broke off long long ago...brother couldn't handle her tantrums and that they had a bad fight when she was forcing her brother to move out to a seperate house that too Chennai. Harsh didn't want to leave Mangalore and neither wanted to be treated like a Puppet in her hands hence decided to break off the engagement and that he was getting married to Anika then.

Ever since then I didn't see her. I was told she's gone to U.S.

Then approximately 2 years ago I meet her in Dubai. At our hotel launch in Dubai....

She was acting all differently that time...she tried to be all sweet to me...I was shocked to see Vedika trying to spend time with me... She tried to ask me out on dates...but my poor heart that had been hurt by her multiple times , those insults, those rejections ...my heart somehow didn't want to get along with her... I somehow was very hurt...I was annoyed...I avoided her like plague.

Since then for last 2 years I receive roses bouquet every year on my birthday.

When the news was around that I was supposed to marry Aditi she called and cried on the phone...as if I was her boyfriend and I was ditching her. But I was nowhere in any kind of relationship then or now with her. She was someone whom I regretted having crush on. She was becoming a gigantic pain in my ass since last 2 years.

I clearly told her that I felt a thing for Aditi and hence was marrying her and looks like feelings were mutual too. But then the wedding drama happened. Aditi's rejection, Siya's entry in my life.

And then I met her in Goa... This woman was all Gaga over her new business ventures and was now popular self proclaimed fashionista and a designer (atleast by name) has a brand called VBDesigns popular across US and now making a decent name in Indian market too...that's when it striked me that was where I ordered Siya's dress and Aditi's engagement dress too.

Damn...My luck!!!

That night when I was back sorting out all the business mess, I met her by the beach side dinner table set up for public... She had come for a business dinner with her proprietor and designers in Goa...once it was done she had sat down to relax and thats when I met her...

She jumped to hug me and was trying to get all touchy and I was already annoyed. I wanted to go away from her while she's started her antiques...

'Why do you avoid me Raghav??? Still scared that your little heart might start fluttering while talking to me'...

Well that's how she's always tried to talk to me...and I hate that mentality that she feels I still have a thing for her...I once and for all told her that I'm a married man now and that whatever happened 10 years ago was a teenage crush that's all...

She laughed off loud when I said about my marriage...

'Oh you're exchange offer wedding 🤣' she tingled and laughed out loud...

I was helpless...I didn't have an answer then... She asked me to take a seat while I clearly wanted to go to my Siya and surprise her...

But Vedika being the stubborn one started asking me to introduce her to Siya... I absolutely didn't want her to meet Siya...she was an innocent soul and knowing how cunning and annoying Vedika could be...I wanted her to stay away from our lives... so I sat down for. Minute or 5 to tell her to stay away from me or my family.

I warned her clearly to stop interfering in my life...my marriage was my decision and choice...

Maybe I was a bit harsh...I saw her smiling face become sad in no time...I felt bad to hurt her like that...but she was really getting on my nerves since last 2 years... wishing me on my birthday... sending anonymous gifts and roses with creepy greeting cards on my every new business venture...every hotel launch...it had at once become a laughing stock to Naman who made fun saying
' Bro you've got a creepy anonymous lover girl'
Only I, Radz and Harshita knew who the so called anonymous lady was!!! Then I chose to ignore her as suggested by both my friends but not anymore...I was done with her psycho attitude.

I wanted to once and for all put an end to it specially because my life already had more masala than a biryani.

Now that I was finally happy to have Siya in my life and wanted to seriously make our marriage work...I didn't want more trouble...
Not Vedika atleast!!!

Finally I consoled her... I thought she understood...then she gave me side hug and I finally left from there ...

But little did I know that one step she took back was to pounce back into my life...

Here she was ..

In this party...

And now my Siya was running away from me all thanks to this woman sticking on to me like a chewing gum.

I wanted to dance with Siya...but Vedika requested me to hold on to her and take her away as she was in an embarassing situation as the zip of her dress was coming off and could cause extreme embarrassment to her in that party...

So I covered my hand holding her back and while dancing around took her away from the crowd so she could fix that off...

That's when I noted Siya leave the party...she stormed out like she's never coming back to me again...

While trying to stop her Radz came to me and started yelling at me...

That's when I explained her about Vedika's dress malfunction...

'What bloody fashion house does she run...can't buy a dress with a proper zip is it ..' she said

While I was only worried about one woman who was really mad at me.

Siya!!!