RaYa - Trips and truth ..... (Part 21 on Pg 26) updated.. - Page 7

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- PART 9 -

The day passed on very quickly, Priya now was waiting for him in his cabin while he was at the conference room. She was all alone in his cabin, and was just walking around to pass the time. She saw that he had kept a photo of their Ooty trip, the one they had taken while coming back. She blushed lightly, as she took the photo and sat in his chair. Caressing the photo frame, realizing what she was doing, 'Priya, you should stop behaving like a love sick teenager, wait... love sick? No... I meant... Oh god! Why are feelings so complicated...? Waise I like this chair.... I feel like a boss now... ' she thought as she adjusted herself in the chair and sat upright. She looked at him in the photo who was smiling whole heartedly, "Mr. Kapoor... What have you done to me? Every time I take a step back, you pull me closer than before, and every time you pull me closer, I fall for you more.... I know I can trust you; I know you will never intentionally hurt me, and I was scared of breaking of my heart. But no more, if you can take such efforts for me, I shall too take a step ahead with you.... Can I completely lose myself in you?" She said talking to the photo. Suddenly a voice came, opening the door, “Yes!" She looked up to him, Ram entered his cabin talking on the phone, his face lit up as soon he saw her. "Mr. Maan, we will continue this after you come. Thank you" he said cutting the call. Priya smiled at him, he came closer and sat on the table opposite to her, "you know Priya, this chair suits you better. Of course, it will, after all you are Ram Kapoor's boss." He said chuckling, "You are right, Mr. Kapoor, I am your boss, and you should listen to me then. So now let's go home and no stopping in between for any junk food, I hope I made myself clear." She said sternly pretending to act like one, "Yes boss" he said making her giggle, rarely she did.

He was driving the car, "Mr. Kapoor, aapko yaad hai humne kids ke baare mei baath ki?" She asked, Ram smirked, "haan, why? You want one now?" He said, Priya glared at him, "fine you keep teasing me, I am not going to say anything” she said turning to the other side, "okay yaar, I am sorry na, mai toh bas mazak kar raha tha, I am sorry... you tell me" he said making a pouty face. "I just wanted to know, when you thought of it. Umm... Having kids and all?" She asked, "well, Priya from beginning I knew, the way you care, the you put family before yourself, the way you tend to others, you have that mother's love and concern, I knew ki agar tum ma banogi, toh sabse best ma hogi. And about me, I have always wanted a family." He said smiling widely, Priya smiled but soon a pile of guilt hit her, "Mr. Kapoor I am sorry, I never knew you always wanted a family, and the you had to marry me and -" he cut her, "Priya... I don’t regret our marriage one bit; in fact, it is the best thing that has ever happened and I am so much happy now..." She smiled, with tears in her eyes, "Me too..." She said. "Waise I saw our photo you had kept in our office table" she said, "yeah, you how distracting it is..." He said Priya looked at him crunching her eyebrows, "haan, it is such a cute photo and the lady in it is so beautiful, how can I think of anything else?" He said causing Priya to red, as much she tried controlling it, she couldn’t help but blush. " Mr. Kapoor, yeh aapka new hobby hai kya? Flirting with me?" She asked composing herself. “well, tum meri biwi ho, agar mei tumhare saath nahi toh kisi aur ke biwi ke saath karoon kya?" He laughed, while she just glared, "joke that? Bilkul funny nahi tha" she said, while Ram just kept laughing. They reached their house, Ram's phone, and Priya observed it to be a serious conversation. "Priya I am sorry, I really have to go. I don't understand why suddenly he wants to pull back from the deal... I have to go and sort it out now. " He said as he looked at her apologetically. "Okay Mr. Kapoor, be home by dinner please" she said as he smiled at her care. He went back to his office as she heads inside to freshen up.

It was 8:30pm now, Priya was eagerly waiting for him, she had texted him but there was no response. She was getting angrier by the minute, he would neither text her back nor attend her calls and the time was 11:45pm now. Nandini had come down, she wasn't feeling sleepy. She saw Priya sit with a frown on her face. Thinking she and Ram must have fought, she smiled inwards but soon Vedika's words replayed. "Priya? Why are you awake? Are you waiting for Ram? You know he always comes late..." she said, Priya looked at her and gave a small smile, "actually mom, I wait for him every day, so I am used to it. Nandini returned a small smile and resided to her room. She was annoyed now, it is 12:30am, and finally she could see him sneaking through the door. He looked at her standing near the couch giving him a death stare, 'tu toh gaya ab Ram' he thought, "Freshen up and come down for dinner" she said coldly moving towards the dining. He rushed up to change and came down immediately. He had a weird smile on his face hoping she would have calmed down by now. Nope, she was still angry. He sat down quietly, not speaking anything else to make her blow up. "Mr. Kapoor aap chup kyu hai? I told you to be back before dinner" she said sternly, "woh, I am eating my dinner now right" he replied, " 12:30am!! Is your dinner time huh? Shaam mei toh bol rahe the ki mai aapki boss you and you listen to me" she said glaring more. " I know, I am sorry. It was an important meeting. I tried wrapping it up as soon as possible. But it had be finished now itself. "He said showing her his puppy eyes, "okay" She had calmed down now. "You know jab tum gussa hoti ho na, tab tum aur bhi khoobsurat lagti ho " he chuckled. Priya rolled her eyes, "aap fir shuru ho gaye? I think it is enough for today" she said, "Firstly, it is a new day now...and secondly, I am being serious" he said, continuing," Priya... Me, Meera ma, Sara di, Akki, Sandy, we all don’t simply compliment you just because we love you and you are our family, we do so because we mean it, maybe you don't see it, but we do. You are indeed beautiful, both inside and out and its high time you accept that. It is very important to love and accept ourselves." He said. Priya nodded, "I love that I am independent and I raised myself and my sisters. I love that I put my family first. And I love that you love these things about me, and you accept me for who I am and never tried changing me." She said proudly. "See, that wasn’t so bad. And all of them were very true." He said as she gleamed. "Okay Mr. Kapoor if you are done, let's sleep." She said yawning. Ram felt bad for keeping her awake. 'How can anyone not love you Priya? Little more time, I will gain your confidence fully and then I will tell you how I feel about you' he thought to himself and smiled. They lied down, Priya tuned and glared, “ek second, I can understand that you were busy in your meeting, par maine, call kiya, text kiya, you could have at least replied na. You didn’t. You know what, I am not gonna talk with you. The next time you call me, text me, I am gonna ignore it...” she kept ranting, while he looked at her smiling, ‘again woh biwi waali feeling, Priyaaa, how much more can I fall in love? I swear it’s getting harder day by day’ he thought, Priya glared at him, “Yaar Priya kitna daant thi ho tum, I said sorry na, I will not do this again, ok…” he said pleading, she gave in, “fine... last warning!” she said, he chuckled.

The next morning the sat for breakfast, Priya made Ram eat the sandwich she made, but Ram wanted the doughnuts which Priya strictly declined. The sandwiched were good, but his sweet tooth would deny. They both were leaving to their work, in came Vedika. Ram was angry at her for revealing the truth, even though she wasn’t entirely responsible. Priya could feel ram stiffening, Vedika greeted them, Priya smiled, while Ram just stared. “Hello Ram? Is everything fine?” she asked, before he could reply, Priya gave a small squeeze in his hand and gesturing him to calm down, “Everything is, actually it’s more than fine. I have to thank you for that Vedika...” he said. Priya looked at confused, so did vedika. “what do you mean Ram?” she asked, “Well, you called that night and told me to tell about us to Priya, and she heard it. Let’s just say, it helped us move forward with our relationship. And I kept quiet about everything, even how you had the bangle, yes, akki told me. But whatever it is you have in your mind Vedika about us, some dream you are living in, come out of it…” he said irritatingly, Priya looked at him not able to understand, while Vedika was baffled. “Oh, Ram I am -” he cut her, “No Vedika, don’t say anything.” he said angrily, “Ram, just listen, I want to apologize, and come clean. You were right. Last week has been good for me, time for myself is what I needed and I have decided to face the consequences of whatever I have done to both of you.” She spoke, Priya nodded and asked Ram to calm down and listen to what she has to say to which he agreed. Before Vedika could start, Priya got a call from the police station, “Mr. Kapoor, aap baath kijiye, I’ll take this.” He asked her to go on, while she excused herself. “tell me Vedika, I am listening”. She narrated everything she had done, from faking her assault, trapping Akki and accusing it on Shashi, sending messages to Priya, everything she could do in order to sabotage their relationship. Ram fisted his hands, “Vedika?! Toh… no… I can’t believe you could stoop this low… Priya…” she cut her “Are you gonna say this to Priya?” she asked, “Ek baar tumhare waaje se jhoot bola, fir se nahi karoon ga. What she will do, I will not stop her.” He said. “Okay. But I am truly sorry Ram… I am” she said genuinely, and for the first time Ram could see her true side. “Also, ek aur baath, I don’t know if you know this, but Shashi and Mahendra Sood meet each other often. It felt weird when Shashi was shaken by the fact that Priya had an accident, almost as if it was because of him, I asked him, but he denied. When I went back, I overheard Shashi talking to Mr. Sood, and it was not good, something about an accident long ago and some missing number plate, I couldn’t hear properly.” She said. It hit Ram, ‘Oh no… why did I never think of that… Shashi and dad fought for the legal documents of the company and it’s shares, and two weeks later dad’s accident… it was...’ he thought, “Shashi!!!” Ram and Priya yelled together. They both looked at each other, “Mr. Kapoor?” she asked, “we are thinking the same thing aren’t we Priya?” he asked, “I guess, we must go now” she said, “Ram, Priya, I will leave you now. But if anything, I will help. I am sorry and Thank you” Vedika said leaving. “I’ll tell you everything in the car” he said gently dragging Priya to the car.

He told her everything that Vedika told him. “Priya, whatever you feel right, you can do, and I will be with you. Even I am angry, she shouldn’t have, she underestimated our relationship and that is her loss.” He said. “Mr. Kapoor, I am angry too. But right now, everything is well, between Akki and Shivi, yeah I am upset that she used me in that harassment issue, but It’s done now, even though Shashi never did hit her, he has done worse. But you say she genuinely apologized, meaning she really wants to move on, then I guess she deserves another chance, everyone does, right?” she said, “Yeah, everyone does, even us…” he said. Before she could ask him more, then had reached. “Mr. and Mrs. Kapoor, we have found out that Mr. Shashi Babbar was a part of your attempt to murder and the murder of your father. We have found Mahendra Sood, and have him in our custody.” Inspector said. “That bloody -” she cut him, “where is he, Inspector? Where is Mr. Sood?” she asked, Inspector took them to a cell, where lied a tired, bruised Mahendra Sood looking weak. Priya was on the verge of crying but she stopped, she will never cry in front of him, he cannot see her vulnerable, the only person who can see her like that is Ram, because he will never take advantage of that. “Priya, please help me, I know I have been a terrible fath-” she glared, “terrible father? You were never our father… Please I cannot tolerate your fake behavior, it worse than your normal one. You tell me, why you did it, and you better speak the truth” She said sternly. Ram was looking at her, how could someone be so strong? Her father lied there begging for her help and yet she knew better, she knew it was all acting, she was brave to face him, she never shed a tear. “For money… I needed money, so I had to. I never asked Shashi the reason why, all I had to do was the accident and I would get the money” He said, Priya looked at him disgusted. “How could you!! No, you will be severely punished for all you did. Don’t worry about your son and your wife, I will tell them about your deeds so that they could move on and have a better life. Where is Shashi?” she asked her tone getting more angrier. “I don’t know” he replied trembling, “Don’t make me ask again! Where is Shashi??” she asked seething. “He went away, when you started this investigation, he knew it. He ran away!” he replied shaking. “Priya… calm down…” Ram whispered, he had never seen her so angry, it terrified him. “No, Mr. Kapoor! He knows… I know that he ran away, I am asking where, and don’t make me repeat or I might do something we all will regret!” she said as her glare on him intensified, “Venice, Italy, he has a safe home there. He went there. I don’t know the exact address. He keeps it in his study usually… that is all I know I promise…” he said joining his hands. Priya just left there loathing, while Ram followed her and sat inside the car with her. “Priya, we got the information. Now, drink water.” He said rubbing her back. “Mr. Kapoor, how can he do that?! I always knew he was bad, but never expected him to kill…” she said breaking down. “It’s okay. What happened has happened. We will get justice, goodness triumphs over evil right?” he said, she gave a small smile. “Now don’t cry Priya. Don’t waste your precious tears for that man!” he said wiping her tears with a tissue. “ah, Mr. Ram tissue Kapoor is back.” She said chuckling, “only for you” he said laughing with her. “So, what now?” she asked. “seems like we are going to Venice…” he said.

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I love Venice, there could be a gala, they could be Mr. and Mrs. smith😉.... anything can happen... anyways, how did you all like it? do tell me...😆

Thank you all for you lovely support you have given me❤️...

I love the way you progress the story… it is simple yet so beautiful. No need of any additional characters beyond their genuine role to progress the story. Though some characters are grey they are not outright evil. Love the way you have maintained the balance.

Please continue… loving it. If reading it is supporting then you bet… I am enjoying supporting it every bit 😆

Ohh...i read all the chapters at one go.

This is really good👌👌

Will be waiting for more.❣️❣️

I really like your story and writing. Love the pace of the story...hope to see some gradual growth in their relationship. Waiting for the next part.🤩

Amoreeeee! Amore! Italy it is…. Only my heart knows how happy it is reading that you are sending them to MIA CARA VENEZIA💓💓💓 let them consummate their marriage there and I’ll be amongst the first ones to shower my love on your fanfiction💓

Thank you for the wonderful moments, dear) Venice, the city of love, is waiting for the most loving couple)

Thanks a lot☺️ ... About consummation, there is a lot to do first, they are still yet to confess, and accept each other fully. So.. we'll see how the story takes us, how it goes...😅😁

Thank you for the suggestion😆