Billionaire's Love From India

The birds were chirping outside, and the rays of bright sun, entering through the balcony, kissed her beautiful face. She covered her face with the duvet, as the sun rays disturbed her sleep.

“Lavanya, wake up. You're getting late for your college.” Her mother, Sakshi said while knocking on the door. Lavanya removed the duvet from her body, stood up from the bed, and opened the door for her mother.

Sakshi entered her room and said, “Get ready fast and come down for breakfast. You know your grandfather doesn't like anyone being late for breakfast."

“I don't care about him, mom. He also doesn't love me or care about me." She said and went into the bathroom.

“He is your grandfather. You should show some respect towards him even if he doesn't show any love towards you." Sakshi said and Lavanya sighed.

“I will be ready in ten minutes." She said and Sakshi left her room. She got ready after taking a quick shower and went downstairs. She entered the dining room and sighed in relief when she didn't see her grandfather there.

“Good morning, Dad." She greeted her father, Aakash.

“Good morning, princess." Aakash wished her.

She sat down on her chair beside her brother, Daksh who was looking at her and said, “You should wake up early."

“I know that Bhaiya(Brother) but I can't get up this early." She said with a pout and saw her grandfather, Jai entering the dining room. She prepared herself to get scolded for getting up late from her grandfather, and closed her eyes but what he did surprised her. She opened her eyes and saw her grandfather placing his hand on her back, looking at her with eyes full of love.

“What's wrong with him today? He always used to scold me and always told me to stay away from him but today he is showing his love for me." She thought while trying to read her grandfather's thoughts and the next thing he did surprised her and everyone even more. He kissed her forehead and sat on his chair.

She asked in a whisper to her brother, “Is grandpa fine? Why is he showering so much love on me?”

Daksh placed his finger on his lips to tell her to stop speaking and she looked at her grandfather again. Daksh looked at her and said, “Finish your breakfast. I will drop you at college.”

Lavanya finished her breakfast and left with her brother. She was sitting on the passenger seat of the car beside her brother, who was driving carefully.

“What was wrong with Grandpa today? He was showering so much love on me all of a sudden.“ Lavanya said.

“You're so used to getting scolded by him that you can't even understand his love for you." Daksh replied and she pouted, but inside his heart, he was also finding it strange that why his grandfather, who hated Lavanya since her birth and always used to scold her, has showered lots of love on her today?

Daksh stopped the car in front of her college. She stepped out of the car. She was about to enter the college, but turned to look at Daksh and smiled, waving her hand at him. He smiled at her and drove the car to his office. He entered the office and went to Aakash's cabin.

“Dad, I need to talk about something.” He said and Aakash asked him to sit.

“What happened?” Aakash asked him.

“Dad, I am having a strange feeling about the change in grandpa's behavior towards Lavanya.” Daksh said and Aakash also started thinking about it.

***

Lavanya entered her classroom and met her best friend, Shreya. They both sat on their seats. Lavanya took out a book from her bag and started reading it. Shreya saw her reading the book and said, “Can't you add some fun in your life?"

Lavanya lifted her eyes from the book to look at her and asked, “What's wrong with reading a book?"

“Just look around you, Lavanya. No one has a book in their hands. Everyone is having fun. Let's go out and enjoy ourselves." Shreya said, holding her hand.

“You're planning to get a billionaire husband but I am planning to be a billionaire." Lavanya said and focused back on her book.

“Atleast, my billionaire husband will give me lots of money and a luxurious life." Shreya said, placing her hand on her cheek pretending to imagine it.

Lavanya chuckled at her while reading the book.

***

In the evening, Jai was thinking about something in his room. He was lost in deep thoughts, and didn't realize that his phone was ringing. He picked it up from the bed when he felt its vibration and looked at the number on the screen. He stared at the number for a few seconds before finally deciding to answer it. He was about to answer it, but the phone stopped ringing. He sighed and called on that number, waiting for the call to get connected. The call got connected after a few rings, and a deep voice reached his ears. “Hello, Mr. Shah.”

“Hello, Mr. Eden Richards.” Jai replied.

“I called you to know about your promise to me. Hope you remember it." Eden said and Jai took a deep breath before finally replying to him.

“I remember it and I am trying to fulfill it.” He said and heard Eden's laugh.

“Don't try. You should fulfill your promise and I will help your grandson in business but if you don't, I will stop your grandson's career in business before he could even start it.” Eden said calmly, but Jai panicked on the other side. “No, no, no, I will do whatever you want."

“I want her soon. Send her as soon as possible.” Eden said.

“I will send her. She is not important to me. I don't care about her but I do care a lot about my grandson. You will not do anything with my grandson's career.” Jai said, thinking about Daksh.

“Okay.” Eden said and cut the call. He looked at the buildings outside through the huge glass window of his cabin.

Jai was thinking about Lavanya and said to himself, "I have to send Lavanya to him for Daksh's career."

He heard Lavanya’s cheerful voice from outside. He went out of his room and saw Lavanya hugging Sakshi from behind. She was happily telling her about her day in the college, but quickly left her and turned silent when her eyes fell on Jai, who was standing there and looking at her.

Jai walked to her and said, "Why did you stop Princess? Tell your mom about your day. I also want to know how your day went."

Lavanya was surprised after hearing this. She looked at Sakshi, then again at Jai who was waiting for her answer and said in a low voice, "It was good ."

"Mom, I am going to change my clothes. Please prepare a glass of orange juice for me." She said and went upstairs. Jai also went and sat in the living room. Lavanya came downstairs after changing. She entered the living room and saw Aakash and Daksh sitting with Jai. She sat beside Daksh and smiled. Sakshi entered with a tray in her hand and placed it on the table. She served tea to everyone and gave orange juice to Lavanya.

"Lavanya, What are your future plans?" Jai asked Lavanya and they all looked at him in surprise as if he had asked something different from her.

"I want to do business, just like Papa (Father) and Bhaiya (Brother)." Lavanya said happily and Jai's facial expression changed to anger, but he quickly hid it before anyone could notice .

"Well, you should join us in the office after completing your graduation to learn business." Daksh said and Lavanya got excited after hearing this.

"Really, Can I join you in the office?" Lavanya asked him excitedly and Daksh nodded with a smile.

"You can join after graduation but before that, your birthday is in a week. Don't you think we should be planning to celebrate it first." Daksh said and Lavanya touched her forehead and said, "I almost forgot about my birthday. I am going to turn twenty one. I will invite all my friends."

Everyone chuckled at her and Aakash said, "We will have a grand celebration for my princess's birthday."

"Yes, we should celebrate my granddaughter's big day." Jai said and Everyone looked at him like he said something wrong because he never liked to celebrate Lavanya's birthday.

After having tea, Daksh and Lavanya went to their rooms, and Sakshi went to the kitchen to prepare for dinner, leaving Jai and Aakash.

"Dad, I want to ask you something." Aakash said and Jai looked at him furrowing his eyebrows.

"Okay, You can ask me anything." Jai said, calmly.

"Why are you suddenly caring so much about Lavanya? I hope you're not planning to do something wrong to her." Aakash said with his eyes full of worry.

"You've gone crazy. What are you thinking about? She is my granddaughter. I can never think of hurting her." Jai said, making an innocent face. Aakash left the room nodding at him and he sighed.

***

The day of Lavanya's birthday arrived. She went downstairs after getting ready and everyone wished her.

"Happy Birthday, Lavanya." Jai wished her and she smiled but Aakash and Daksh were surprised with the changed behaviour of Jai as he never wished Lavanya before on her birthday. They both looked at each other and chose to ignore it for Lavanya's happiness.

Daksh planned the entire party to be held at home. He invited all the relatives, his and Lavanya's friends. Lavanya was sitting in front of the mirror wearing a lavender colored princess gown, with her hair left open. Daksh entered her room and smiled.

"You're looking very pretty." He said, placing a kiss on her forehead. She looked at him with a smile and said, "Thank you so much."

"Look, What have I got for you?" He said, opening a velvet box and took out a beautiful tiara studded with silver and light purple diamonds from the velvet box. Lavanya held the tiara in her hands and said, "It's so beautiful, Bhaiya (Brother). Thank you so much."

"You deserve this all, my princess." He said, taking the tiara in his hands and placing it in her hair carefully so that her hairstyle doesn't get spoiled. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was really feeling like a princess.

"Let's go." Daksh said, forwarding his hand in her direction. She placed her hand on his and they both went downstairs.

Everyone's eyes got set on the beautiful brother sister duo as they both descended the stairs. They went near their parents and Aakash kissed the back of Lavanya's hand.

"My princess looks like the most gorgeous girl in the world." Aakash said. Lavanya smiled at his compliment and hugged him. She hugged Sakshi. Shreya and her friends came to meet her and she went with them to enjoy the party.

"You're looking so gorgeous girl." Shreya complimented her.

Jai was also busy with his business friends. Sakshi walked near Lavanya and said, "Lavanya, I think you should cut the cake now."

"Okay mom." She said and followed Sakshi to a round shaped table, where a three tier cake was placed. Everyone gathered around the table. She cut the cake after blowing the candles and everyone clapped. Sakshi and Aakash fed her the cake and gave her a beautiful pendant. Aakash tied it around her neck and kissed her forehead. She thanked him.

Daksh gave her a bracelet. He tied it around her wrist and kissed the back of her hand. Jai came forward and fed her a piece of cake. He forwarded a fancy red envelope in her direction and said, "Your birthday gift."

Lavanya took it from him and opened it quickly in excitement. There were some papers inside the envelope. She took out the paper from the envelope and her eyes widened in surprise when she read the papers. She looked at Jai with her eyes widened in surprise and said, "A solo trip to London. Thank you, grandpa."