Laila found herself standing before the imposing wooden door of Parth's study, a slight tremor in her hands betraying her anxiety. She took a deep breath, mustering the courage to knock. Her shaking hands knocked on the wooden door. "Come in" Parth's voice pierced through the silence.

Laila pushed open the door, entering the room where Parth was immersed in some paperwork. He looked up, his gaze momentarily piercing before turning annoyed as he recognized his wife. "What is it now?" he asked in an annoyed manner. "I wanted to talk to you about something," Laila began, her voice careful. She knew every word she said with him is like walking on eggshells.

Parth raised an eyebrow, giving her a curt nod to continue. "Prachi has invited me to go shopping with her," Laila said, her eyes meeting Parth's with hope. "I thought it would be a good opportunity to spend time together and you know get to know each other better" concluded Laila. Parth's expression hardened "You want to go shopping? That is what you are bothering me with?"

"No" said Parth and he continues his work, Laila did not know what to do but she decided to speak again. "I kind of told Prachi I will come with her, now if I don't join her then it will be problematic" stated Laila nervously, Parth took his eyes off the stack of papers and calculated his variables. He kept his file down and walked towards her, she wanted to take steps back and she was doing that too. "Stop running away" said Parth and clutched her arms tight, she flinched due to his actions.

"Now I want you to listen properly" said Parth and Laila nodded obediently. "You can go shopping with Prachi but don't you dare say something you shouldn't, What happens in the room stays in the room and no one has their business in what's happening between us, Let me remind you that you won't like the consequences and increasing your account of punishments might not be wise" threatened Parth and Laila felt like her breath was stuck at her throat.

She somehow nodded to his words, breaking away from her frozen state. She felt his fingers tighten more on her arms, "Words Laila" said Parth in a low yet scary tone which send Chills down her spine. "Y-Ye-Yes" she managed to mutter out and the hold on her hand was freed, "Good for you" said Parth and went back to what he was doing. Laila stood there frozen trying to comprehend what had just happened, she snapped out of her daze.

She got ready fast before he has his next mood swing, she found Prachi waiting for her downstairs. Prachi gave her a big smile, "Let's go" she said Excitedly and Laila returned a soft smile. Both of them went to the mall and was browsing through clothes. Laila thought about her situations and chances, she was not foolish to make steps to run away or call out his actions, yet.

"So, Prachi, tell me more about the family remembers so I could be better" said Laila and Prachi turned towards her swiftly, "You are already the best remember that and You'll understand them better with time, but Yeah I'll give you more of an idea" said Prachi and Laila nodded. "So, whom shall I start with?" said Prachi with a thinking look. She started going through the clothes, "I will start with Parth brother itself, I do not know how much applicable it will be for you since I'm his sister and I get a completely different spectrum of personality, but I'll share the bare minimum"

"So He might seem like a stone cold person but he's a softy but It will take time, If I'd have to explain his personality honestly, Um- You're his wife so no filter because you're going to see it soon so Spoiler alert at the same time" said Prachi and Placed an outfit towards Laila, "Excuse me, pack this" said Prachi and handed it over to the saleswomen, She continues browsing. "So, Parth brother isn't the forgive forget type, my puppy eyes do work for the most part but If it's someone else then It's game over for them" said Prachi.

"Not calling your husband a psycho, But he does go problematic and That's a passed down personality from dad, You know Parth brother and Purvi has it full-fledged, Prihan is a sweetheart but he's having the same genes so it might show up at times but comparing to the elder two, He's good to go" said Prachi and she observed Laila's startled expression. "Don't worry, me and Pulkit are completely Mom's babies in this case, also if you're his close loved one then a bit of drama and puppy eyes is all it takes" said Prachi with a smile.

"This is just to not get you in a surprise" clarified and Prachi moved into another section, Laila followed her. "You also find some" said Prachi and Laila nodded. "He's a workaholic and since he's the only one who has taken over the business, He's learning, and lot are on his shoulders" Prachi said. "Ah Yes, He would do anything for us and I'm not boasting or something, When I say no forgive and forget, It's also for people who hurt us and he goes crazy on them, I'd say it's not a good idea to get on his bad side or ours" said Prachi and Laila nodded.

"And that is a big no no In the Manvik Household and I'm pretty sure Parth Brother hates it too because we were brought up in that manner, We believe in the emphasis given by words and Nodding is strictly prohibited, The amount of times dad went-", "Prachi words" Said Prachi imitating Rishi. "It's actually crazy, but now I don't do that which is a good thing because He says Words stay strong while nods don't, Nod only when there should be silent signalling or silence to be maintained, otherwise words which will be clear and strong should be used" explained Prachi.

"Makes sense actually, so you try to do that and He will go 'Words' on you too" said Prachi and Laila understood, "It does and I'll try that" said Laila. "Good" said Prachi with a smile, "Talking about Dad, I'll talk more about him now" said Prachi. "So, dad is like this Boss and all so he's strict and cold, but he Loves us a lot" said Prachi, "Oh My God, the way he loves Mom is everything, He loves her so much and he would do anything for her" squeaked Prachi and Laila smiled at that.

"Dad can be all arrogant but not impossible to melt, But the coldest in the bunch and Is particular about things, Like the words thing" explained Prachi. "Since you're family, with time he'll warm up slowly but don't expect him to be like those Fun Father-In-Law, He'd be the furthest from that but His darling Wife, also known as my mom or Mrs. Vanya Rishi Manvik" said Prachi and turned towards Laila, now away from the clothes.

"Mom is definitely that fun Mother-In-Law everyone loves, you know like the MIL who treats you like their own mother, She wouldn't say that agree but Her favourite is Parth brother and Prihan brother, We all sadly come in second place only, Parth brother gets special treatment so you might get the package too" said Prachi and teasingly pinched Laila's cheeks. "I think I already get it, she's so sweet and nice" said Laila making Prachi smile.

"But you know sometimes I think, There's something wrong between Parth Brother and Mom but this is kind of the dynamics since forever so it's hard to judge, From what I know, First They both were really close but then distance increased and at times I Feel he's rude to her but at the same time He'll obey her, He'll go silent at her shut up call" said Prachi in deep thoughts and Laila took in what all she heard. "I'm just reading in too much, I don't know" said Prachi and brushed it off.

"Again From what I've heard and not verified because I wasn't even a foetus, So It's said Dad was much more strict and cold when Parth Brother and Prihan Brother were kids, Maybe that's why both of them are more like dad and has more of those shades unlike me and Pulkit, Also Purvi has those shades because she's the point from where it supposedly changed, Parth Brother is like a bit more diluted and more emotions version of dad" said Prachi and Laila wonder who is this Purvi

"We only saw the soft version of Dad, Purvi was his first girl child so it was like a turning point from him, The first two got the strict boys treatment while she got spoilt princess treatment which changed him too, Still Purvi is more like Dad and Parth brother while the others have a good part of Mom's" said Prachi and shrugged her shoulders.

"Purvi?" asked Laila timidly not knowing what might come next.

Authors note
Yeah I'm alive. My college wifi has Wattpad blocked and there's not enough data to write. I had written quite a bit but it didn't get saved so there might be a disconnect because idk what I wrote and what I didn't.
I am planning to update a few more before the break ends. I can't predict what's to come but I'll try.
And I'm trying to put the foundation on what's to come
Lots of love🤍