"I am good sweety. How are you and your husband?"Ria was tongue tied to answer that question. If her Granny knows that she had kids out of wedlock, then her Granny will beat her to blue! Looking at Ria"s reaction automatically Ren replied her question, "We are good Grandma."
Granny was so delighted to hear from her grandson-in-law. Her face was full of bright smile and she patted on his cheeks and said, "Good! Good!". Diya woke up from the noises surrounded by her. She rubbed her eyes and looked around.
The kids were not afraid of strangers as they were mostly with their mother who went to meetings and functions surrounded by strangers. Diya remained calm but she wanted to go to her daddy. Diya extended her hands towards Ren who was next to them, telling him to take her and said "Papa".
Ria was surprised by her reaction, she thought "they met only today now she don"t want to be with her mother already". Ria was again surprised, when Ren suddenly let go of her waist and took Diya from her hands. He now had both the kids in his embrace. Ria gave an annoyed look at Ren, he smiled at her mischievously.
Ren was immediately surrounded by all the mothers and fathers of the family. Everyone was admiring the love between the kids and their father. Darron and Nash were in their own world while Mr. and Mrs. Kozhaksi blended with the crowd.
Ria was pulled by her cousins to the sofa and then they surrounded her with a furious expression on their face. Ria smiled awkwardly at them.
Ria"s mother Valerie Mila has one elder brother Kingston Roy, president of Roy transporations and she has two younger sisters Aurora Mila, Madalyn Mila.
Her brother Kingston was married to Polly Maya, first princess of Maya textile Industry. They have two kids, Norwin Roy and Sierra Roy. Norwin is the general manager of Roy Transportations. Sierra has been working as an intern in Kozhaksi Techworld.
Aurora Mila is divorcee and she is the president of Ruth techpark. Ruth Mila is her only daughter. She is an intern lawyer under the legend in Law world, Mr. Kian Marks.
Madalyn Mila was married to Shawn Kane, the CEO of Kane Electricals. Madalyn herself is a professor in A university. They have two kids, Amy Kane and Mikail Kane. Amy is following her mother"s footsteps. She is doing her PhD in English while working as a temporary professor in A university. Mikail is a Lieutenant in army.
And Ria"s father has 3 elder sisters. Among them, the first two are present today. His third sister pa.s.sed away with her husband, whose daughter is Neha. Neha is in B city with her husband so she couldn"t attend the dinner party today.
Damien"s three closest cousins were also present. The elder one was Jameson Raj, he is the Chairman of JR constructions. Jameson"s wife is an government employee in transport division. They have two kids, Sabrina James and Greysen James. Sabrina is one of the leading Architect in I country. Grey is the president of JR constructions.
The second cousin is Vilson Raj and his wife is an professor in R univsersity. Their elder daughter Princy Vilson is working in Kozhaksi Techworld. Second Daughter Nancy Vilson is in college.
The third cousin Shaneson Raj is chief editor on "TH" Medias and his wife is a home maker. Their elder daughter is Amy Raj, working as manager in JK Construction"s planning department. Second daughter Jenny Raj is in college.
The first one to ask the question was Ruth, "Where the f**k have you been?". She was so furious when she heard that Ria left I country. Ruth was close to Ria and Ren. She was one of their shippers from the very start. Even Lucy knew about Ria"s love life only after Ruth.
Ria tried to comfort Ruth but Amy Kane asked concernly, "How did you manage to raise the kids? Was Brother-in-law with you all this time?" She turned towards Amy Kane to answer but Lucy interrupted, "AK, he also knew today only that he has kids". Ria glared at Lucy but she shrugged her shoulders carefreely.
There is two Amy in their group, so they call them with initials. AK is Amy kane and AR Amy Raj. Sabrina is married to another Architect and owns a studio. She had her child in her arms, when she heard Lucy"s words she froze in place.
Sabrina said coldly, "Tell the whole story Ria! Don"t dodge the questions with silence." When she opened opened her mouth, Sierra said, "Don"t worry Ria, we will always support you!" AR looked at Ria"s disdain face and said, "Give her some s.p.a.ce guys. She will tell eventually!"
Ria looked at AR and felt relieved atleast one of them is understanding my reactions. Lucy opened her mouth to say something but Ria shouted, "Could you guys please give me a moment! If you keep on asking questions without giving me time to respond how can I reply?"
Everyone suddenly became silent. They looked at Ria with blank face. Then Ria told them the whole story. Everyone"s expression kept changing hearing her twists and turns. She finished the story at boarding Ren"s car today afternoon.
Then Ria let a heave sigh. Even for Lucy this was the first time she was hearing this. Lucy teared up and said, "You didn"t have the thought to call me once?". Ria replied her with a simple smile. Ruth said, "If you told Brother-in-law about your pregnancy, you could have stayed here in the first place."
Ria replied seriously, "Yeah I know! He would have married me the next moment. But it will be for the kids, not for me. I don"t want him to think of me as a responsibility but as his better half. He was not in the state to do that in the past".
AK asked curiously, "Then what about now?" Ria shook her head as a reaction and said, "I don"t know!" Then Sierra changed the topic and asked about her kids, "What are their names?" Ria"s face changed a 180 degree when she was asked about her kids.
She said cheerfully, "The little guy is Varun and the little girl is Diya". As they were speaking, Varun was walking towards Ria and called her while rubbing his eyes "Mommy!". Ria Immediately turned back and saw the little penguin wobbling towards her.
Ruth rushed to Varun and took him in her arms and started to shower her love. All the others surrounded her. Ria looked for Diya and found her in Madalyn"s lap and chatting with the gang around them.
She sensed a cold aura emanated towards her and found Ren along with Darron and Nash on her left. That is when she realised, this guy was close to her all this time. Even if he didn"t hear the whole story, he would have definitely heard her last words.
Actually, Ren rushed to the side when he heard Ria"s shouting. So he heard the whole story. He felt so useless for the first time in the three years. He has achieved lots of things during this time but Ria was starting from the scratch with their kids in different country.
He felt angry and sad and helpless all at the same time. He decided that he will marry her as soon as possible.