Warrior - Chapter Twenty One

The night had finally come to an end, and the guests slowly began to leave. Once they did, our families gathered together in the large foyer. While the elders conversed, us younglings stuck amongst ourselves, and there was a lot of exchanging of numbers and social medias. Payal, Akash, and NK quickly added and followed each other on almost all platforms and then my future cousin in-laws turned to me.

"Uh, I'm not really a social media person like that," I said.

"That's fine," NK said. "And who knows, maybe you might get more into it. We'll definitely be tagging you in pictures, that's for sure."

"Is that so?"

"We don't hold back on out social media game," Akash says with mocking pride, making me laugh.

"And then of course there's Nanav, but then again his game is, well... dead as well," NK frowned. "That'll have to change after marriage."

I look up at Arnav Singh Raizada to see him frowning at NK.

You know, I've heard NK repeatedly refer to Arnav as Nanav - I'll definitely be inquiring about that.

"Anyways, your handles please?"

There was clearly no rejecting these boys, so I end up giving them my socials and receive theirs in return. As soon as I followed the boys, I realized that they weren't kidding.

"247 posts," I frowned at NK.

He only flashes his teeth in return.

I go over to Akash's. "394 posts?!"

"In my defense, I enjoy taking pictures of scenery now and then," he shrugged lightly.

"No way, me too," Payal beamed.

The two start talking about that stuff but I can't keep up with it.

"Nanav, aren't you gonna give her yours," NK asked.

But before Arnav can respond, I speak.

"I'm sure I can easily google his profile up."

"Ah, my sweet, soon-to-be bhabi, such an innocent mindset."

I arched my brow at him. "Pardon?"

"My Nanav may be a public figure due to his CEO status, and has to have a public profile that's totally handled by his team, but my Nanav also has a secret account."

Oh? Is that so?

I look at Arnav with my brow arched and he gives a nervous laugh, scratching the back of his head.

Okay, now I'm curious.

"Come on Nanav, go on," NK ushers.

Because I'm curious, I hold my phone out to Arnav. He takes it and pinches his lips together as he works away on my phone, taking out and working on his phone as well, before handing mine back to me. I receive a notification that he's requesting to follow me, so I accept it, and then I request to follow him back, which is quickly approved. Then I head on over to his profile and ho.

Lee.

Fuck!

The majority of his photos are either tattoo related or gym stuff. There's pictures of him working out, as well as a few videos. There's pictures of his tattoos, as well as videos of him getting them. By the looks of some, it was clear that they were old, his captions having the dates of when he got them. Occasionally there were family photos, like with his parents, his aunts and uncles, and even the cousins. Now and then there were also some professional photos that related to work, and I have to admit, the man knew how to rock a suit.

"Not bad," I teased, holding up my phone to display a picture of him shirtless with all of his tattoos.

NK notices it. "I took that one," he proudly smiled.

And I see the credit in the caption. "Job well done," I nod, and he gives a bow.

"Not so bad yourself," Arnav said, and he turns his phone to me to show a mirror selfie I took, chilling out in a matching set of sweatpants and sweatshirt with a sexy pout.

"I try," I shrugged.

The elders soon joined us, taking away our attention from social media. We all finally bid our farewells. Shalini Singh Raizada gave me a squeeze, telling me that she can't wait until I'm officially a member of the family. Even Aryan Singh Raizada says that he's happy that I will soon be a member of this family. The other elders express their happiness as well, and I can see Amma ready to submerge herself with tears of happiness.

They walk us to our car, Harry waiting out in front. Once we get inside, I glanced back at Arnav and catch him holding his left hand up, Akash and NK smirking as they teased him. However the two were quickly shut upped, Arnav whacking them across their heads with a laugh.

Boys will be boys.

Harry pulls away and we head on home, and when we finally arrive, I'm more than ready to go to bed. I start making my way to my room, but Payal comes rushing in front of me.

"What is it now squirt? I'm tired," I sighed.

"I'm letting you go for the night, but there are details you owe me," she scowled.

I roll my eyes. "Yeah, yeah, talk to you in the morning," and I go inside my room, locking the door behind me.

Heading straight into my closet, I take off all of my clothes and put on a pair of fuzzy shorts and a matching fuzzy tank top. Grabbing the micellar water and cotton pads, I remove the masterpiece that is on my face, then go to wash up, when I remember the ring on my finger. I hold my hand up and stare at the massive diamond, as if expecting it to talk back at me and tell me that it's rude to stare. But it only gleams back, as does its tiny buddies. I quickly take it off and wash up just as quickly before replacing the ring on my finger. Then I head on over to my bed and snuggle under the covers, then grab my phone. 

When I unlock it, I'm still on Arnav's profile, and I can't help but to scroll through it. I tap on a few pictures and check them out. But then I'm curious, so I search up his public profile. I follow it then scroll through it, and mostly its all business related. Now and then there's some casual pictures to keep up appearances, which I guess is typical celebrity stuff.

Oh come on, how much do you wanna bet that your favorite celebrity doesn't have a secret account?

Let's not play dumb-

Wait a minute! ...hold up!

I quickly send Arnav a text.

K: Won't people be able to find your  private account if they go through my following list?

Moments later, Arnav responds.

A: No, I have my settings on where people can't find me

A: People can only follow me if I request them first and follow them

He can do that?

I go to my settings and see that it is a possibility, but it takes 24 hours for it to be processed.

K: Oh wow, I didn't know that until now

A: It's a pretty cool feature LOL

A: But uh, if you don't mind me asking... why are you asking me this now 😅

K: I was just scrolling through socials and started following your public account, when it all suddenly came to mind

A: I see.... But no worries here, it's fortunate that this setting is possible. People will never be able to find it. Even if you were to tag me, people wouldn't even seen it then

Huh... interesting.

K: Technology sure is something else

A: LOL you can say that again

A: So, not feeling sleepy huh?

K: No, I do... but I just felt like browsing before I did

A: Well then I'll leave you to it 🙂 sweet dreams

K: Good night 🙂

I put my phone down on my nightstand after putting it on silent. I stare up at the ceiling for a moment and then pick my left hand up to look at my ring. Even in the dark it was still shiny.

Holy fuck, I'm getting married.