The way I used to live novel Chapter 29

Daksha's POV:

I asked Sarada Aunty about Arjun's favorite cuisines. She informed me that he likes South Indian and Italian cuisines. So, I spent the rest of my day thinking about what dishes to prepare.

I didn't send any reply to him. I knew that he would have been waiting for my reply but I wanted to say everything in person.

So, I planned a small dinner date(if it is considered as one) for the next day. I already had some dishes in my mind. With those thoughts, I drifted into a good night's sleep.

The next day, after I woke up, I hurriedly had my breakfast. After that, I rushed into the kitchen to see whether all the ingredients for the dishes were available or not. Fortunately, everything that I needed was present in the kitchen.

Till afternoon, I spent my time with Aaru and mom. I told them my idea and they agreed to it instantly while grinning widely.

After having lunch, I and Aarna headed to the kitchen. Even though I was good at cooking, I really sucked at baking. So, I asked Aarna to bake a cake for me as baking is her favorite pastime.

She decided to make a simple chocolate truffle cake and I agreed to it.

While she was busy doing her things, I started the preparation for my dishes. I decided to prepare Italian cuisine.

First, I started making the dough for the pasta, precisely heart beet ravioli pasta, and another dough for pasta sheets to prepare lasagna.

It is named like that because the pasta which we use for that dish will be in heart shape and it has beetroot powder as one of the ingredients. I prepared it and let it rest for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, I started preparing the broth for Mushroom risotto. After the broth got ready, I headed with the further process of risotto by adding all the required ingredients. The mushroom risotto was ready.

I took the pink dough for pasta and cut them into heart-shaped ravioli. I also prepared pasta sheets for lasagna. As Aarna was baking the cake in an oven, I kept the pasta sheets aside and started preparing the pasta.

By the time I was done with the pasta, the cake was baked and Aarna was preparing the pipings and chocolate ganache for decorating it.

So, I took a casserole pan and placed the pasta sheets one by one by adding vegetables and paneer on each layer after applying the Ragù and sauces as a layer.

Finally, I added the cheese and put it in the oven to bake it. It would take another 25 minutes or so. I looked at the clock and saw that the time was nearly 4:30 pm.

After informing Aarna to keep an eye on the lasagna, I went to my room to freshen up.

After freshening up, I wore a simple salwar kameez and left my hair loose. When I went to the kitchen, Nom and Aarna had already packed everything into containers.

Mom even made carrot halwa after she got to know about it being one of his favorites. Mom asked one of the maids to place all the dishes carefully into my car.

Meanwhile, I messaged Arjun to know out about his whereabouts. I came to know that he was in The Empire Corporations along with his sister. So I headed there after bidding bye to my Mom and Aarna.

I reached there and after parking the car, I went towards the office. Wow! That was the only word that left my mouth after seeing the relatively grandiose view of the skyscraper from the outside.

I went inside and stood in the waiting area to call him. I told him that I was in his office and I asked him to come down. At first, he was surprised a little, nonetheless, he came to the first floor.

I saw him coming towards me along with a beautiful girl, probably his sister. Before I could greet them, I was attacked with a bone-crushing hug by that girl.

"Oh my God! Finally, I got to see you. Woah, Vadhina(sis in law)...you are so beautiful. My brother is so lucky to get you," she gushed in an excited tone. I smiled at her behavior.

"Nice to meet you. Amrutha, right?" I asked her.

"Yeah and nice to meet you too. You can call me 'Ammu'. Vadhina, I heard a lot about you from my Mom and even from my brother too," she said with a laugh.

I looked at him and he turned his head to another side without meeting my eye with a small smile playing on his lips.

"Ammu, are you gonna continue your blabbering here itself? Let's introduce her to Dhruv too." After saying this, without waiting for any reply, he held my hand and took me towards the elevator.

I just followed him silently with Ammu tagging behind me with a pout on her face.

After entering the elevator, he pressed the designated floor number of their office. When we reached the floor, Ammu excitedly rushed outside before us and went into a room.

Arjun shook his head at her behavior and passed me a helpless smile with a sigh. I returned that gesture with a laugh after seeing his face.

We went to the room which had the name Dhruv - CEO on the nameplate. Before we opened the door, it swung open from the other side.

It was Ammu who opened that door while holding the hand of a man(probably dragged him forcefully) who seemed to be of the same age as Arjun. I realized he was that infamous Dhruv.

He had an irritable expression on his face but it changed into a teasing smile after seeing us, precisely after seeing Arjun with me.

He passed me a warm smile and introduced himself as Dhruv. I smiled back at him and shook his hand.

After that, we settled in his office and got ourselves involved in casual talking and occasional teasing of Ammu. Seeing the time, I signaled to Ammu with my eyes.

She understood my gesture and asked us to go if we had any plans to which I stood up immediately. After bidding them goodbyes, I held Arjun's hand and strode out along with him.

When we were out of the elevator, I could still hear the gossip that stirred due to my presence among the employees.

I could hear the hushed voices of asking each other about who I was and what was my relationship with Arjun, etc.

Arjun might have noticed it. So he removed his hand from mine and held me close to him by placing his hand on my shoulder.

After that, he passed me a smile and placed a kiss on my palm by holding with his other hand, making me blush a little.

This one action from him was enough to answer all their questions. He indirectly announced my position in his life. He was making me go gaga over him. I smiled sweetly at him.

When we reached outside, I insisted him to drive my car to which he obeyed immediately. I told him to drive to his favorite secret place.

He agreed to it, though, I could guess he had a lot of questions in his mind. I smiled to myself after seeing his face.