Chapter 40

Roli went to Sid's room for his laptop as she got to finish her assignment. Sid went out a while before she entered, so she directly went and took the laptop. 

When roli turned it on, it asked for a password. She stared at the screen for a few seconds as she recalled something. 

Sid said only the first letter 'R' when she once asked him. At that time she assumed it to be ritika's name. But, now when she thought about it, she felt terribly strange. Especially after recalling Sid's words from the previous night when he came in search of her. 

But, still something drove her mind crazy as she pressed 'ritika" in keyboard. Not so later, an error message appeared on the display screen saying it was an 'incorrect password'. 

Roli sighed a breath of relief thinking that Sid's password wasn't ritika's name. Soon realizing what she did, she hit her head for being too stupid. 

Then without any other options, roli made a call to sid to ask for his password. Sid attended the call only in few rings. 

"What's your laptop password?" Roli asked when sid answered the call. 

"What do you need now?" Sid shot back a question instead of answering. 

"I've to finish my assignment now. Tell me soon" roli urged through the phone. 

Sid sighed and started saying the password letter by letter. 

By the time roli finished typing the last letter of the password, she realized that it was her name and birthday. 

Roli stared at the screen as she watched it accepting the password. 

"Password is my name and birthday" roli said in subconscious mind which was clearly heard by sid from the other side. 

"now don't roast my head anymore and let me do my work" sid said before hanging up the call. 

Roli came back to the reality as she heard him hung up. 

"He ended the call" she stared at her phone screen with a pout which soon turned in to a bright smile as she turned to the laptop. 

Evening, roli was helping sujata in cutting vegetables at dinning hall. When she saw sid entering the hall, she quickly jogged over to him with a glass of water in her hands. 

"Have it" roli forwarded as she reached him. 

Sid, who just settled in the sofa in hall, looked up at her with stunned expression. 

"Being so nice.... Do you want anything from me?" Sid raised his eyebrow. 

"I don't want anything. I'm always nice" roli pouted at his suspicious look. 

"Try some better jokes. This is very bad" sid mocked at her as he retrieved the water glass from her. 

"Can't you just talk to me properly without making fun of me" roli felt wronged. She was so happy that he kept her name as his password. But, here again he was pulling her legs, making her annoyed. 

"No, I can't" sid replied with a sinister smile. 

"Again you both started fighting" rajender, who returned from office, entered the hall and found them bickering as usual. 

RoSid stared at each other and didn't respond. 

"Sid, how's the work going?" Rajender switched the topic as he was used to their cat fights. 

"Going well. Ruchi is working as internee in some interior designing company. I've asked her to take up this one. We'll be finalizing the designs today" sid answered, shifting his attention from roli. 

"Have you talked to jamanlal about it?" Rajender asked. 

"Yeah. He said he'll be coming in three months and by then the designing will be completed" sid answered. 

"Wait.. papa is coming? And I don't know about it yet" roli interrupted their conversation. 

"Did jamanlal not tell you about it?" Rajender looked at her in surprise. 

Roli nodded as 'no' with a pout. Her expression was like an innocent little kid that made sid smile. 

"It was supposed to be a surprise for you" sid said calmly. Both roli and rajender looked at him stunned. Even rajender didn't know that his friend was planning it as a surprise for roli. 

"So my papa is teamed up with you" roli glanced at sid. 

Rajender laughed out as he said "so I'm just happened to spoil the surprise". 

"Tell me now what all other things you both are planning" roli held her hip with each of her hands and stared at sid. 

"Why to tell? Let him show you directly. Sid, you're going to the new house now right, take her with you. Let her too see her new house" rajender suggested. 

"New house?" Roli widened her eyes and turned to rajender. 

"Yeah. Jamanlal is coming back to India permanently. So he bought a house here which I didn't know that he was planning it as a surprise for you" rajender explained. 

"So much is happening without my knowledge" roli said with a sigh. 

"You know it now. Go have a look at your new house" rajender smiled and left to his room. 

Roli turned her attention to sid, who was already looking at her. 

"Want to see?" Sid asked. Roli nodded slightly, knowing that he wouldn't do what she asks for. 

"Let's go then" it was like a shock for roli. Sid just agreed to what she said and that too without having a second word. Roli couldn't believe but, silently followed sid. 

Reaching the parking area, sid started his bike. 

"Are we not going in car?" Roli asked as she looked at the bike in terror. 

"I'm bored of car. So, if you want to come with me now, you've to get on this bike. Otherwise, wait until your dad comes to see the new house" sid made his final decision. 

Roli glared at him, finally understanding his plan. He knew she was scared of bike rides yet he wanted her to get on it, only to make her scared. 

"Are you coming or should I leave?" Sid turned his head to look at her standing like a statue. 

Roli was in a dilemma. She didn't want to go on bike. At the same time, however, she couldn't hold the excitement of seeing her new house for any longer. 

"You shouldn't drive in high speed" roli wanted to warn but, it sounded like a request. 

"That depends on my mood" sid smirked. He was literally enjoying her pity state. 

Holding her anger in, roli got on to the bike. Sid cover his eyes with shades with a victorious smile. 

Roli quickly leant on to him and held his shoulder as soon as he kick started the bike. 

"Go slow" roli cried from back which only made him to raise the speed. 

Roli shut her eyes, held her breath and his waist tightly as sid drove the bike at the maximum speed allowed. She was too scared that she hugged him as tight as she could. 

Sid looked down at her hands wrapped around his waist. He took his one hand to place on her hands while the other held the handle. 

"Just look around, you'll like it" sid said caressing her hands. 

"I don't want to look at anything. You just slow down the speed" roli was at the edge of bursting out in to tears as she hid her face in his back. 

"No way" sid smiled evilly as he left holding her hands and raised the speed, making her to hug him more tightly. 

Sid seemed to be enjoying the closeness between them and didn't want to slow down the speed as he continued to drive. 

After what felt like an eternity, sid stopped the bike and said "here we reached". 

"am I still alive?" Roli opened her eyes as she got down from the bike and let out a heavy breath that she was holding in for so long. 

"Unfortunately, yes" sid gave a cold stare as he got down and parked the bike. 

"Can't you drive a bit slowly" roli yelled started hitting him as she was scared to death coz of his high speed driving. 

"Roli.." sid held her both hands and defended himself. He swirled her and turned her to the opposite side. 

"See.. your new house" sid diverted roli by showing her the house they were standing in front of. 

It was like a huge mansion with a beautiful garden. They were standing a few meters away from the entrance of the hallway. 

Roli gazed at every detail of the surroundings as a "wow" escaped her mouth. 

"Are you just going stare from here?" Sid said in her ears. He was still holding her hands from back. 

"Let's get in" roli said excitedly as she dragged him by his hand. 

The mansion was even more beautiful from inside. It had a spacious hall with a staircase leading to the top floor. It was completely painted with white color and yet to be designed. And that was why sid was here, to finalize the designs for it. Jamanlal had given the complete responsibility of designing the house to sid as soon as he bought it. 

Roli looked at each and every corner with aww. She was completely drawn to its beauty.