Rudra finally agreed and sat to eat lunch with me after arguing for awhile. Even then he sat stiff as a board and ate quietly without lifting his head for once.

I could understand his hestitation, I was his temporary employer and had been rude to him for more than once but it wasn't wise to go hungry for a long time.

The way he came running from the college, there was no way that he got time to eat his lunch in between.

I didn't trust men and he was no exception hence the reason for the pepper spray bottle in my pocket but that didn't mean that I would let him starve. Plus he was Ganga Tai's son. That woman had done so much for me, this was the least thing I could do for her.

He was done with his lunch even before I finished my half. I thought he would leave but he started cleaning the mess he created while cooking and washing the dirty utensils.

"You don't have to that. Raghav only said about cooking, you don't have to clean the mess", I informed him.

He raised his eyebrows hearing me and asked smirking, "If not me then who will clean this mess?"

"Who else?" I responded in a questioning manner while pointing towards me.

Immediately a small laugh erupted out of him and he asked, "Do you even know how to wash a dish?"

"I know Raghav has given me the job of cooking but let me clean or else there will a whole mountain of utensils waiting for my Mom when she comes back. Surely you haven't even picked a glass of water for yourself", he continued his blabbering without letting me answer his stupid question.

Seriously! A glass of water. What does he think of me? Am I a Queen of a country who would have millions of servants lined up for her order.

I had always helped with household chores from my childhood. Yeah I didn't know how to cook but that was only because I was scared of the flames and not because I was too lazy to work.

'But he thinks you are a rich brat whose brother has pampered her a lot', my inner consciousness threw back the lie the whole town believed, at me.

"You don't need to worry about it. Ganga Tai won't have any trouble when she comes back. You do the work you have been assigned to, nothing else", I told him coming back from my thoughts.

He rolled his eyes but nodded nonetheless and said, "Alright. I will come around 7:30 in the evening to cook dinner".

"Alright", I replied and resumed eating.

He came back in the evening but left as soon as his work was done without uttering a single word apart from 'I am going'.

Finally! Day 1 of hell got completed, 6 more to go.