CHAPTER 8
After some minutes of his ear torture, Aryan was totally ready to attend the party. He was wearing:
The party was held at the ground floor ballroom of The Four Seasons Hotel. Aryan and his Secretary entered the party venue, verifying the invitation card to the security department for the business party. Aryan with a business smile, went up to the hosts of the business party, Mr. and Mrs. Adhikari of Alight Group of Industries.
Aryan- Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. Adhikari. Both of you are looking amazing today. Thank you for inviting me to your party.
The Adhikari couple- Good Evening Mr. Rathore, welcome. You look as handsome as ever. In this event, we will be sharing a very important and happy shocking news. Thank you for attending our party.
Aryan- It’s my pleasure, to be able to be a part of this party.
Mr. Adhikari- Mr. Rathore, please don’t mind, where is your female companion?
Aryan (shyly) - Actually, I didn’t bring one.
Mrs. Adhikari- Oh great, we have a perfect female companion for you.
Aryan – No, no I am okay without one.
Mrs. Adhikari – No, you are not.
Mrs. Adhikari pointed her finger towards the opposite direction of the room where many people were dancing in singles. Her finger stopped at a black long-haired fair toned lady who was dancing, with her back towards us. She was wearing:
Okay so, I think Aryan in a tight situation, but, I think soon he will get more confused after seeing the woman he is going to meet, if they meet. After all, it’s our Imlie. But, I don’t think Imlie’s or Eve’s identity will be so easily in front of Aryan. Let’s just wait and watch.
Mrs. Adhikari made me follow her, when we were at the centre of the hall, Aryan got a business call. He gestured at her to go on, while I turned around and I went to receive the call.
Imlie stopped dancing and turned around, when she felt Mrs. Adhikari’s stare behind her.
Imlie - Pranaya, why were you pointing a finger at me, while I was dancing?
Mrs. Adhikari - Eve, are mein tumhe kisi se introduce karwana chahiti hu.
Imlie (totally uninterested) – What? Do I look like I need a partner? By the way, who is this male companion?
Mrs. Adhikari (pointing a Finger at Aryan) – Mr. Aryan Singh Rathore, Rathore Group of Industries owner
Imlie (having a jaw drop to her friend’s answer) – Who? Are you crazy? I am out of here.
Mrs. Adhikari (holding Imlie by her arm) – Eve, wait. What’s so crazy about Mr. Rathore? Do you know him?
Imlie (trying hard to free herself) – No, I don’t know him, actually I don’t know you, I don’t know anyone here. I am an orphan who is left alone in this world. Leave me alone you crazy woman.
Mrs. Adhikari (raising her eye brows, tightening her grip on Imlie’s arm) – You the Great Eve and orphan? You don’t know me? Then, lady, take back all the gifts I received from you, and never talk to me.
Imlie (making a crying expression) – Sorry, Pranaya. Okay, I accept, I know you, but can you let me leave.
Mrs. Adhikari (again raising one of her eye brows this time) – No way, now you will meet him.
Imlie’s phone rang, she saw the caller’s name, showed it to Mrs. Adhikari. Instantly, Imlie was free, she turned around and went out of the event hall through the other access point, opposite to the main entrance of the event hall.
On the other side Aryan was finally over with his business call, he turned around, and only got a glance of the Lady Mrs. Adhikari wanted him to meet, to his shock or surprise, he thought, Imlie? No way, she never wear this type of attire. And, how will she be here? She is out of station from Delhi, but she didn’t book any flight, if she had I would have known. Yes, this lady cannot be Imlie. Her eyes and eye colour are bit different, her lip colour is also different, she does not have the 3 tattooed black dots on her chin andthe way she moves is definitely more different than Imlie. She is also almost a bit more fair-skinned than Imlie. It’s definitely not my Jungli. This lady only has a similar face type to her. She is totally opposite to Imlie. The Lady turned around, and left. Aryan made himself understand that, he might be missing Imlie too much.
Aryan, you idiot child, that’s Imlie. You might be missing her, but, she is really here.
He walked towards Mrs. Adhikari, stopping before her.
Aryan - Where is the person you wanted me to meet?
Mrs. Adhikari - Attending a call. And when she saw you, she felt like she saw a ghost.
Aryan – Really? Interesting. By the way, who is she?
Mrs. Adhikari – She is my friend, and the thing I know about her is that, she is a professional and famous model. She is a singer, dancer and dance choreographer as well. But, the most important thing is that, she is today the representative and she is always the Grand Ambassador of M Group of Companies for almost 3 years. She is a very important person, in this event.
Aryan (lifting his eye brows, blinking in shock) – What? Okay, lot of information to digest. And what is she called?
Mrs. Adhikari – Her name is Eve. Now, I think you might have heard a lot about her, even if you have never seen her.
Aryan (another shock) – Eve, meaning the Eve that the whole world wants to draw a contract with? The one that every advertisement company gets mad with? That Eve, that does very less modelling, but is at the top of modelling world.
Mrs. Adhikari – Exactly, Mr. Rathore.
When suddenly many gifts arrived for and Mrs. Adhikari became busy to receive them. She asked the staffs, about the sender. When they handed her a piece of paper. She read it aloud, enough that Aryan was able to hear, “Pranaya, I already gave you my, my whole family’s gift, my grandpa’s gift, my uncle and aunts gift and my parent’s gift. These are gifts from the company staffs. I know I brought a little number of gifts, but please accept these. Don’t call me, I am not going to be present here till tomorrow. Got something to do. So, bye. See you tomorrow.” Mrs. Adhikari, totally in fuming mode said, “Eve you, you are done for. You fled from the party again. Aur, tum mujhe na aaj evening se 30+ gifts de chukhi ho, aur kitne baaki he, tum kya mere ghar ko gifts se bharna chahati ho? Dusre guest’s maximum 5 gifts laaye he, par tumhara toh dena khatam nahi hota. Just wait for tomorrow.” When a women walked up towards Aryan, she handed him an invitation. I asked, “Who sent this?” She answered, “My boss, the heir of M Group of Companies. She is very willing to work with you.”
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