Author's Pov,

"Aayu let's Go home."

They heard a voice from behind and their faces turned stoic.

Ayaan peeked behind and saw a handsome man looking at him with a warm smile.

"Mamu!!" he muttered and quickly detached himself from Vansh before slowly walking near his maternal uncle.

Kaustubh lifted him in his arms and glanced at the men, who weren't pleasant with his entry.

He diverted his eyes and kissed his nephew's cheeks, "Don't you want to invite uncles?"

Ayaan's eyes snapped towards him and he asked with a smile, "Main bulaoo unhe?"

(Can I invite them)

Kauatubh squeezed his chubby cheeks and replied, "You can invite whoever you want."

Ayaan turned towards his uncles who were looking at him and said happily while taking out small mini-birthday cards from his pocket.

"Uncle Aunty please come to my birthday palty."

Vansh and Yagya smiled seeing his gleaming face and took those cards from him.

"We will." They both replied and Vishakha glared from behind.

"You didn't give me a card Aayu," She complained with fake anger.

"Hume bhi chaiye." Sagar and Vrishank too poked their heads inside like their friend neglected to share his favourite candy with them.

"Aap to ghalwale ho na," Ayaan said with a frown remembering that they attended his birthday each year.

Vansh and Yagya's mouths fell open hearing his words.

"Does it mean we are not your family?" Vansh asked with shock-filled eyes.

"Tere Papa ke Diaper wale friend hai hum aur tune hume ghar se bedakhal kar diya," Yagya joined his friend and said with a frown.

Ayaan stared at him for a while and forwarded his tiny hand to take those cards back but Yagya backed away and said, "Koi nahi but Tu pura Apne baap pe gaya hai."

Kaustubh's face turned stoic, he tightened his hold around his nephew and said with a smile, "Say Bye to your friends baby we need to Go now."

Ayaan happily nodded his head and waved his hand before telling Sagar, "Jui ko bhi lana."

(Bring Jui too)

"Are nahi uske babies royenge," Sagar told him being serious and disappointed that they would not be able to play with Jui.

(No, Her babies will cry.)

Ayaan's face dropped but something came to his mind and he said, "Koi nai Tu uske babies ko bhi leke aa, unhe Vlishu sambal lega hai na Vlishu!!"

Vrishank was horror-struck hearing his best friend's words he hated that Jui and her kids, "Nai, Nai."

He hid behind his mother who chuckled and lifted him in her arms, "I will tell Vaibhavi Aunty to bring Jui."

Ayaan beamed with happiness after hearing her words and said with gratitude, "Thaku Vishu Aunty."

(Thanku Vishakha Aunty)

Vansh and Yagya chuckled remembering how seriously they were talking about that female Dog and her babies.

"Let's go,"  Kaustubh said and moved away from there while Ayaan kept waving his hand until his uncles and friends vanished from his sight.

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Maharashtra, Solapur

The jingling of the ghungaroos blended beautifully with her calming voice, creating a mesmerizing harmony. Her long, curly hair swayed gracefully with each twirl and step, moving in perfect sync with her soulful dance.

Her serene smile graced her pink lips, adding to the allure of her beautiful face that shimmered in the sunlight's embrace.

Her eyes, adorned with kohl, gently shut as her long lashes cast a soft shadow upon her rosy, cherubic cheeks.

The little kids watched her in awe, captivated by her flawless movements, seamlessly flowing with every beat without missing a single rhythm.

The red rose, snuggled in her jet-black hair, slipped down and landed at her feet. Its thorn pricked her skin as it gently pressed against her soft flesh but she continued to move gracefully, her steps in perfect harmony with the rhythm.

She felt two rough arms encircling her waist and the smell of strong manly musky oil invading her nostrils.

His hands shamelessly slid on her waist like checking her perfectly moulded curves and her heart thumped loudly.

"FOUND YOU, JAAN."

His husky voice reached her ear making her heartbeat skip in anxiety.

"Arsh... Her lips wobbled as after five years his name slipped out of her tongue.

Her terror-filled heart trembled and a lone tear dripped down her eye.

He can't be here.

He can't find her.

What if he did?

He will kill her and her–

She stopped her running thoughts not wanting to think further and took a long breath.

As she gently opened her teary brown orbs, they were met by a joyous sea of smiling little faces, radiating pure happiness and innocence.

She moved her sacred eyes all around to see those happy faces of little children admiring her and clapping loudly.

Relief washed over her heart when she understood it was a dream, Not a dream a Nightmare.

But it felt so real and her breath was affixed with the anxiety of letting her worst nightmares come true.

"Beautiful Miss."

"You are so beautiful Miss, You dance so good."

She heard the praiseworthy words from her little students and smiled before replying to them with little kisses on their cheeks.

"Thank you, babies."

A beautiful smile adorned her lips as she walked by them, passing corridors of school premises to change her dress.

As she walked by, the gaze of passing teachers and students inadvertently gravitated toward her, evoking an unwelcome spotlight she hated.

Stepping into the changing room, she gracefully transformed her attire, draping herself in a resplendent cotton Saree. Its exquisite fabric seemed to illuminate her inherent beauty, casting a radiant glow that accentuated her charm even further.

She came and walked towards the staff room with a charming smile adorned on her lips, but if it was as real as it used to be, once.

"Good morning Miss Ana."

She smiled and gritted back, "Good Morning Mrs. Kelkar."

She sat on her chair and wore her specs before taking the test papers of students to calculate the marks.

Her eyes wandered on each paper calculatingly before calculating the marks and writing it in the corner of the page.

Her face remains neutral seeing the scoring marks of her little students, she didn't expect any good though.

Of course, mathematics was the most hated subject of her babies.

"My dear friend what's up with you!!"

She lifted her eyelashes and gave him a look that clearly stated to shut up but he was way more stubborn.

"Don't tell me someone failed Duck."

"Get up Rakshit and go on your classes," She told him in a serious tone showing her finger but if it affected him any way.

He sheepishly smiled and tried to pick inside the papers.

"Go." She glared at him and he got up to go when she ordered him from behind.

"Call Aehraan and tell him to meet me."

"Did that kid fail?"

She glanced around herself and noticed all the teachers looking at her with weird gazes.

She raised her eyebrow at Rakshit and he tightly shut his mouth.

"I will call him," He said with an apologetic look and moved out.

She dug her face into the answers shit of Aehraan and her brows creased scanning the answers he wrote.

"Is there any problem miss?"

She heard the voice and lifted her eyes to meet a handsome man of the same age as her.

"No Mr Raheja." She replied with a small smile and quickly averted her eyes from him not being able to see the emotions in his eyes she hated the most.

She is just allergic to those disgusting feelings, If she could go back in the past and slap hard herself to break her all fairytales to get a loving prince.

She learned one thing.

No prince exists The one who exists is only Demon.

She got one in her life, Ardhansh Singhaniya and now she would be glad to die rather than love someone.

"Miss Ana, Aehraan is fighting with seniors."

A little girl around three years old came running and told her.

She got up and ran outside of the staff room while other teachers sighed knowing the daily drama.

She ran from the corridors and came towards the playground.

Her gaze fell on Rakshit who was pulling a four-year-old boy who was sitting on another boy's stomach and was punching him madly.

Rakshit was trying his hard to pull him away but that baby was too stubborn to move an inch.

"Aehraan!!!" She called out and ran in their direction.

"AEHRAAN STOP IT."

That little boy halted after hearing her voice and making her sigh in relief but it didn't last long when he again punched the boy resting under him.

She ran towards them and tightly held his wrist before snapping harshly, "Enough Aehraan."

"HE BADMOUTHED YOU MISS I WILL KILL HIM."

He shouted and kicked that boy in the stomach