I woke up with a huge grin, recalling the new gifts I received a day before. and especially those beautiful blue diamond studs and the blissful lotus pendant. Moreover, I was super excited for the road trip, Vishal bhaiya mentioned.

I hurried to my dad's room as I knew if I didn't ask my father early then my brother would spoil everything.

"Dad" I said a little louder to call him. And opened the door without knocking

Ohh mahdeva, my pure eyes.

My stepmom was sitting on my dad's lap, maybe straddling and they were sharing a very intense kiss and I don't want to describe what they were doing.

my mother shouted look seeing me, but didn't left my dad, i turned my back and

"Sorry , I didn't see anything. I'm going. So sorry you co–nti" i didn't complete and ran out panting heavily.

What a vivid and shameful moment it can be for a daughter to.... I don't want to complete it either. That lady took my mom's place. What are you thinking ikshita no no it was all past. Your dad never gave a position to your mom and you are thinking.

"Baat hoyi dad se ?" Ishaan bhaiya came and asked me.

"No" I cleared my throat.

"No, they are busy."

"What are they busy with?" he asked me. Ab inko kya bolo?

"I don't know." I shrugged my shoulders and turned to leave my room.

He didn't pay attention to my words and opened the door wide. I was at the entrance of my room when I heard a scream.

"The fuck dad." he roared.

"Why are you both disturbing us?" Suzzane scolded him.. "And you leave me rishi, before subsiding the pain in your borner, handle the pain in your ass. "

She stopped to continue and I felt to poke. Are singhanias out of their mind early in the morning ,and then my eyes fall onto Aakarsh and vishal coming.

They came to me and heard Suzzane.

"Inki puch par kisne parr rakh diya subah subah" Vishal bhaiya laughed and asked, I sheepishly smiled and looked at Aakarsh who was shocked with the statement and awkward too.

I stood my hand up and said , "Me and bhaiya, we didn't know what they were doing, door bhi lock nahi kiya tha."

"Areyy tu tum logg subah subh auntie uncle ko kyun pareshaan kar rahe ho ?"

[why are you troubling them early in the morning?]. Vishal bhaiya asked me. And then my own bhai came. Mr Amrish Puri of the 90s movie.

"Can't you say what they are doing?"

"I said they are busy," I said innocently as I am.

"You could have said THEY ARE BUSY fuc...." and he trailed off. Ofcourse we cannot complete this sentence. We have got shame. at least. I have got.

"Leave it, I give you permission to go, no need to go to dad." he said and moved away.

And now it was awkward to stand there.

"Ohk , so We will leave by 12pm as all are leaving at 10am, after they leave we will also, by the way, where is aliyaa ?" Vishal bhai asked and now I had a teasing smile along with Aakarsh.

"Alooo?? Voh to so rahi hai... apko yaad aa rahi hai uski jijo.." I said teasingly and bumped my shoulders with him. The way he blushed told me the whole story.

[aaloo ? she is sleeping. Are you missing her jijo?]

I teased him more and went into my room to pack my luggage. The day passed and it was 11:30 am already.

Dad , bhaiya and Suzzane Auntie have left and the Mehrotra family is leaving now. I had already paid my presence to them and now I was sitting and scrolling on instagram, all ready for leaving.

Aliya came running and panting into the room with a constant blush on her face.

Argh my best friend is in deep lovey dovey trouble.

"Come we all are leaving. " she said and i stood up, the butlers came to take our luggage and descended down, there were two cars waiting, one a lavishing white BMW and one smoky black jaguar with a royal emblem.

My eyebrows furrowed together to notice it and at the same moment,

"Ishoo, I need to attend an important meeting, so I'm leaving early but I will join you guys in the middle of the trip." Vishal bhaiya came to me and said nervously. I gulped with the feeling that now I would have to go with the satan ? no worries aliya is with me, nothing will go wrong.

I step ahead but when I notice the butlers keeping my luggage in the black jaguar and aliya's luggage in white car, I noticeably shiver. What the hell it's going on?

"Aliya come here." bhaiya called aliya. But the moment Aliya moved ahead to go to Vishal, I held her hand.

"Why, she is my best friend. She will go with me," I said.

"Ishoo, you go with Aakarsh, we both will join you in Jaipur. It's just a five hour journey." he said and i shook my head in negative.

"Ishoo, you know na aliya has motion sickness, she can't travel through the road." bhaiya tried to make me understand. My eyes got glistened and I shook my head again.

"Ishoo, you go with Aakarsh and Enjoy . I will go and enjoy it with vishal. Please understand, baby, I need time with him. Pretty please" aliya mumbeled in my ear and I was speechless . I saw Aakarsh who was standing against the support of his car, smirking. He removed his shades and came towards us.

His walk was so slow, that it looked like he was coming to hunt his prey.

"Aliya, i wont eat your friend and it's just a duration of few hours, you wanted to see around, you can i wont stop you." he addressed the first part to aloo and latter to me and gave a genuine, billion dollar, the EXCLUSIVE DIMPLE smile to me.

Hayee mera dil is par na pighala to fir kahan pigalega.

Seeing his smile, a small smile carved on my face too.

"Okay aloo, then have a great time with bhaiya and you take care of my sister." I said to both of the Cupid couples.

They agreed and went to their car and flew away after bidding us bye ten times and fifteen flying-kisses.

"So, ready to roam around." the satan said the moment the car disappeared from our view.

"Hell yessss" I replied excitedly.

"You look excited," he said. I nodded my head, "Of course I am, it's my first time being in india."

"Oh , so you would be wearing these clothes?" he asked me, roaming his eyes up and down from head to toe.

"Why, what's the issue with these clothes? '' I asked, feeling self-conscious. As I have worn such a pretty set of crop tops and shorts with a shirt. I was looking damn cute and hot when I checked myself in front of the mirror. And here is asking me to change I guess so.

"No, we will be travelling by car and stopping at dhabas, small places, somewhat not decent places according to the places you have visited earlier." he replied.

"Hmm, you don't want people to stare at me ?" I was unsure what he was asking me about.

"No, I don't have any problem cutting their heads. But leave it, you look good. Come, we should leave or else we will find traffic." he said and what ? He complimented me !! Yes this was a compliment. Nah the princess in me isn't satisfied with this.

"What do you mean Mr Mehrotra, this is so comfortable and I looked so cute in this. And you are saying I'm looking just Good" i exclaimed disheartedly.

"Yes Only good, and a small child throwing tantrums. Chaloo ab beitho." he said, while opening the passenger seat and gesturing to me to sit.

"You are making me a passenger princess and telling me I'm a child, what is this behaviour?" I teased him more.

"Yes, cause you are mine to pamper and tease till the time we reach our destination." he replied and I smiled. He buckled the seat belt and jogged around the car to the driver seat.

"Aap chala loge na car, mumbai bahut durr hai.'' I said to him with a scared-stuck face.

[you will be able to drive right? Mumbai is very far.]

"Humari destination to usse bhi durr hai Princess." he replied and I blushed, getting the meaning of the destination he was speaking about.

[Our destination is more far than that.]

"Jai shree ram!!" I mumbled the moment he drove the car outside the hotel and we started Our Journey.

"Vaise yhe sawal banta nahi tha, you forget our race." he said to me remembering our pending conversation.

[This question is useless.]

"Hmm kitni bhayanak driving karte hai aap. Meine to dar hi gayi thi." i said to him,

[your driving is so rough. I got scared for a moment.]

"Why ?? you toh won the race." he said while tilting his face to me.

"Haan, cause you let me win. That's why.but why did you let me win.'' I asked him, I was well aware of the fact, he didn't lose with my lewd act but with something else. He is a Lord, a successful businessman in such a small age, why will he droll upon me despite knowing who I am to him ?

"Cause I wanted you to win," he replied and paused to continue and I looked at him with confusion.

"There is much more for you to know about and understand Princess, take it as a puzzle."

And I was shocked, what does he mean?

"I wanted to win against my real competitor in that game and so did I."

he replied and I understood he wanted to see Ishaan's losing temperament. The humiliation he went through when people got to know that his younger sister won the race but He ? according to his previous records. It was impossible for him to win against Aakarsh.

and today I found a new layer of Aakarsh singh Mehrotra. The man is a real King. A boss indeed who knows how to win, when to win.

I smiled at him nodding my head slowly, "but don't think I will always let you win princess. " he said with an evil smirk and I replied back with the same tone.

"I will not always let you loose, Aakarsh." the words escaped from my mouth unconsciously along with a small smile.

"Okay leave this, we are on vacation. We need to concentrate on that." he suddenly said. And I happily nodded with him.

"So have you visited Delhi ? " he asked and I shook my head in a negative way.

"I didnt got time, I was occupied with all the wedding functions and then I got tired..So I didn't go anywhere" I replied back with a pout and this man who is driving with a folded sleeve, making his tattoos roar at me, looking like a pure hot meal to eat raw.Gazed at my eyes and then at my pout. He licked his lips and averted his gaze back to the road as if it's the most interesting thing.

What's wrong with me ?

"Ikshita, i had to avert my gaze on the road or unless we will be targeted into delhi jail. Openly romance is prohibited here." he said to me and my eyes got wide open what the fuck.

"You ... shut up and concentrate on driving." I said to him with a red burning face. Haan I was gawking at him. Toh it's not my mistake his body, his physique is worth admiring. Okay I need to shut my mouth.

"Chalo, will see India Gate, radhtrapathi bhawan, rashtra marg, indian embassies, hanuman mandir in our way." he said to me.

"Do they come in the way?" I asked.

"Yeah I will take a bypass-route, and will find less traffic on that way toh yess they come. You just need to open and avert your eyes from me to the road and search where they are." he said to me again teasingly.

"Sure," I said.

And a comfortable silence followed again,

"Can I switch on the songs?" I asked him where he nodded and I connected my phone to the car's bluetooth.

I suddenly wanted to hear Alan Walker or The Chainsmokers. So I switched to the Closer Song. and the moment it started playing.

"Ikshita, I'm punjabi and in my car only hindi or punjabi songs will run. Change these British songs of yours.. "

Ayy he didn't ? he didn't point out my favourite song as a British song.

"Heck aakarsh, you know this song. It have billion of billion views yhe chalega aur uske baad hi kuch chalega."

"No way ikshita, turn to the other song or else." he warned me.

"Or else what aakarsh?" I asked.

"In the end of this song how he kissed her in the same way I will recreate with you on the bonnet of this car until you are out of breath." he said and my breath hitched for a moment.

Change kar hi deti ho, but how will it feel to be kissed by him? Ishhh ishoo change kar.

[I should change the song.]

I put the song Ishare tere and a punjabi playlist and started humming the song behind.

"You know Punjabi ?" he asked suddenly.

"Yess I know my mother was punjabi." I replied to him but he gazed at me with confusion.

"Suzzane auntie isn't christian." he asked, at which I laughed a little.

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