Today was a Henna ceremony and all the ladies and girls were dressed in green. Today's decoration was also made in dark and light shades of green which was very attractive.

All the ladies and girls in the green dress looked beautiful but still all eyes were fixed on the same person. She was also wearing a green lehenga, but she looked very different as if God had made her with his own hands.

Avery standing with her brother. She felt someone's burning gaze on her and she looked in that direction. Bridal Natasha was sitting there and she had both her hands outstretched on which Henna artist was drawing designs. Natasha was looking at Avery with narrowed eyes and her sister Rina was saying something in her ear. Avery felt the behaviour of the two of them a little weird and she looked in the other direction. She was about to leave from there when Rina approached her and forcibly took her to Natasha. Avery had Liam's companion with her.

Rina took Avery there and seated her on a couch and asked an artist to apply Henna on Avery's hands as her hand was still empty. Avery found Rina's behaviour cheerful and she lost her weird feeling about Rina but what about Natasha. Natasha was still staring at her. And it was very annoying.

"Hi!" Avery greets Natasha. After coming to Natasha's wedding, Avery didn't think it was right not to talk to Natasha.

"Hmm...." But in return, she got so short response from Natasha and that too arrogantly. So she flushed out her previous thoughts and thought it would be better not to talk to Natasha anymore.

Soon her hands were filled with green Henna beautiful design which made her look satisfied.

"Wow... It's so beautiful." Her brother, who was sitting next to her, said to her. His eyes sparkled when he saw the beautiful Henna design. He lifted his big eyes and looked at her, "Ave, Why didn't you apply it before? I saw it before on your hands."

"Because I never got a chance." Avery got off the couch and Liam also jumped on the floor behind her. They both went to their mother and Avery showed both her hands, "Mom look."

Unaware that someone was glaring at her, Avery got busy herself talking to her mother and to the ladies who were with her mother.

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After some time in Natasha's room....

She was fuming in anger. Her eyes were bloody. The expression on her face was like she was ready to attack someone in an instant.

"Mom, Why did you call her." Natasha nearly yelled.

"What do you mean?" Her mother Mahima asked.

"Can't you see? Her daughter is gaining everyone's attention in such a way like it is her marriage.... Not mine. And Rina. She also never tired of praising that bloody Avery. I don't understand what everyone sees in her. And men were looking at her like she's the only girl on earth and all the others are dirty creatures."

"Stop your nonsense. And I'm not the one who invited her. It was your father who asked me to invite her."

"Then I'm going to dad to talk about this." She turned on her place and before she could take a step, her mother grabbed her arm.

"Stop this childish behaviour of yours. Your dad has a reason to invite them to this wedding. And do you think I like her very much? And the answer is no. If it was in my hands, I would have thrown them both out instead of giving them a room in this mansion. Not in this mansion they not even worth to standing at the door of this mansion." Natasha's mother's words contained as much venom fir, Sarah and Avery as if she had a very old enmity with them.

Mahima turned to her daughter and put her hand under her chin. "Let's not think of useless things and don't take tension. Unnecessary stress can reduce the glow on your face. So leave it to me. I'm going to talk to your father about this."

"Ok, Mom. You are the best mother in the world." Natasha happily jumped on her mother and hugged her.

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On the other side.....

Ever since Raina saw the man in the mall, she has been in tension. She also tried to get herself out of that thought by engaging in other work but still, the result was the same.

She was in Max's penthouse and was currently sitting on the edge of a temperature control swimming pool. Her body was there but her mind was still in the mall.

Max was watching her from the penthouse. He was in his formal clothes because he had gone to the hospital due to an emergency. And he was back a while ago but he had been standing there ever since he came back. Even though Raina's back was facing him, he could tell from her stiff posture that some bad thought was eating her brain cells.

Leaving the file in his hand on a nearby table, he went into the kitchen and soon returned with two coffee mugs. He walked over to Raina and held a coffee mug in front of her eyes. As soon as she saw the coffee mug, a smile came on her lips and her dull eyes shined again. She quickly grabbed the coffee mug and looked at him.

"When did you come?"

"When you were involved in your thoughts."

"Oh.." She shaped her lips in 'O' shape. And took the first sip of that bitter plus sweet coffee. Max sat next to her and he hung his legs in the pool just like her. His trousers were well-fitted, so he couldn't pull his trouser legs up, and he didn't really care.

She rested her head on Max's shoulder. There was a beautiful sunset in front of their eyes which they enjoyed with coffee. "Princess, What were you thinking?"

"Nothing."