CHARLOTTE'S POV:-

As the last notes of music faded away, In spite of all we picked off the dance floor

“It is the best day of my life," Ethan whispered near my ear. "And it is the worst day of my life” I snarl glaring at him

"Ok guys, so done with your ‘couple talks’?” I ask, glancing at Athena and Aarav, they just blush at my words and nod slightly

"Ok then, Athena, I think we should hit the bar for some ‘girls talks’. What do you say?” I ask, glancing at Aarav for approval

"Yes of course, let them do their ‘sports talk' and we girlies will have our personal talks" Athena winks at me, smirking at the boys

“Personal talks?" Aarav and Ethan astounded at the same time

"Yes, now leave us alone, shall we go Sweetheart?” I smirk at Athena

"Yes, love” she smirks back, moving towards the bar. As we move along, I could sense the intense gaze of Ethan and Aarav at us

“Two glass of champagne please” I bid to the bartender, while taking a seat near the counter

While Athena, plumped on the seat beside me. “So, what's your love tale with Aarav? How did you both meet?" I glance at Aarav before taking a sip from my glass

"Well, Aarav is my boss and we met at the office and eventually fell in love” she sighs

“What about you, how did you meet Ethan?" She asks blinking twice, I pause for a second before uttering anything

"It's a long story, we were friends during our University days” I huff, not disclosing much, and sigh deeply remembering the golden days and sweet memories which flashed in my mind

“Leave it, But you are really lucky to get someone so loving and caring" I ensure her, Indeed having someone so charming like Aarav is a blessing

“That's nothing, you are luckier to get someone so cute and handsome like Ethan” she assures, glancing at Ethan, Who was already staring at me

how shameless

"Huh, this jerk, he is lucky that he got a resilient and goddess like me, or else with that face of his, not only girls, even boys would ask God that what was the purpose to create him”

Athena chuckles at my words “Same goes with me, just for the sake of my strawberries I agreed to be his girlfriend"

I glance at Athena, as soon as I hear her words “What?!" I ask, my voice is equal to a yell

“Shit, please don't tell Aarav I said this to you, I mistakenly spilled the truth" she cursed herself under her breath

I smirk “it means you are not his real girlfriend?" She nods in denying, her eyes down due to embarrassment, I start laughing like a maniac

She gives me a confused look, I control my laugh “Wanna know the truth? I'm also not his real girlfriend” i say, and burst into laughter

She stares at me, still astonished at what her ears heard just now “you mean?? …” I nod in agreement, laughing cause I can't digest the fact that they two lied at the same point

“Omgg, both of them are such a scumbag, no doubt they are friends" I exclaim, glancing at them, sipping the last drops of champagne from my glass

“Indeed, Looks like today two people are going to be admitted in the hospital after this party" she winks, I nod as we cheers with the empty glasses of us

“cheers to make stupidity" she blurts

"I still can't believe that you agreed to become his girlfriend for one night just for the sake of strawberries?” I remark, still bowled over about her condition

“What about you? What did you demand to become his girlfriend?" She asks drinking another glass of champagne

“Well, in return I challenged him to do a car race with me" I sigh, steadily swirling my champagne glass in a motion

"A car race?“ she grilled, looking blankly at me

"Yes, a car race. I'm a racer and in these 5 years I have not lost a single race, so I wanna show him what i am and what I can do" it will actually be fun, seeing him lose

In these 5 years, I have kept it a secret to everyone except Lia, only she knows that I'm a racer. Even the track where I go for racing, there too people don't know that I'm Charlotte Carter, the famous singer

Cause I always cover my face with a helmet or mask, and I'm very popular in the racing world too, maybe cause it's in my genes—

“Woah, that's great girl. You are indeed a powerful lady” she exclaims, I chuckle at her words

My eyes fall on the buffet and suddenly I feel hungry "If you don't mind, what about we hit the buffet, cause right now I feel like I can eat a horse” I offer, pointing towards the delicious food placed at the buffet

"Yes of course, even I'm having the munchies,” she cried the blues, and we both moved towards the buffet—



ETHAN'S POV:-

As the last notes of the music died, we scarpered the dance floor, it is indeed a beautiful night

Charlotte as my girlfriend and doing a couple dance with her is something I always dreamed of...



My whole College life was written in her thoughts only, wish I could say that to her that day but God had different plans—

“It is the best day of my life" I whisper in Charlotte's ear, making her halt on her steps

She passes me a death stare “And it is the worst day of my life" I chuckle at her words

Ahh, I just love her warnings, and sarcastic words or maybe I'm just delusional?? But, delulu is the solulu, so I can't help with it—

“Ok then, Athena, I think we should hit the bar for some ‘girls talks’. What do you say?” Charlotte asks, glancing at Athena and then Aarav

"Yes of course, let them do their ‘sports talk' and we girlies will have our personal talks" Athena exclaims, smirking at Charlotte

“Personal talks?" I and Aarav burst out, and then glance at each other with curiosity

They both give each other a knowing smirk, seems like something is going on between them

And with that they move towards the bar, I stare at Charlotte's back, seeing her steadily fading away

Just then Aarav snaps me out of my mindless meanderings “Bro, if you're done staring at her like a maniac, should we head off to congratulate Louis first ?”

With a last glance at Charlotte, we stroke towards Louis, who was looking ‘’happy ever after' kinda type

He grins, seeing Aarav and me approaching in his direction, I was moving ahead to congratulate but then something devilish struck in my mind and instead of congratulating—

“Hey mate, if all this ‘forever’ lark turns sour, my number's on the speed dial for divorce” I smirk, He must be cursing me badly by now

“Ethan, mate, you just handed out divorce advice in front of the actual bride, where exactly in the nine bloody circles of hell does that even make a lick of sense?"

Aarav, who is swirling his wine glass as if trying to impress ‘invisible’ beautiful ladies, grumbles, indeed questioning his entire life ‘why do we even know each other!?’

“Don't you know his nature, mate? He gets bored faster than a mayfly in a hurricane. This marriage hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell” I proclaim, defending myself from his taunts

Seriously, I feel sorry for Athena to have such a obscure rat fink, drooling over her like if she is herself a ‘Jodie Comer’

But she is indeed cute— “Ethan you and your ‘logic’ are a menace to society. You know, you should be thanking your lucky stars I'm still your friend despite your idiocy” he needles, as we plopped ourselves on the dining chairs

While, the waiter placed some starters in front of us, on the table. Suddenly, I glanced at Charlotte as if she is eating or not

Her face radiated joy, a warm sunshine that brightened the world around her. Her laughter bubbled up, a fizzy champagne overflowing with merriment

I stared at her, as if the world around me has paused for some seconds and it's only me and her presence filling the air

“Stop gawking at Charlotte like a mad caveman, mate, and give your old pal, Ethan, a bit of attention, won't you? Throw a glance at me as well, Am I invisible or what?” he jerks

And bang! I'm ‘again’ detached by this Muppet, like seriously? How did I even become friends with this goofball ?? He is such a wazzock !—

His hasty gabbing, makes me guzzle my wine in the wrong way, and I bluntly pile out from the chair, coughing like a hoarse who unwittingly drank water in the wrong way—

“Did hitting your head make you even more mental? You're more manic than a gossip lady at a tea party” I scoof, making him glare at me but I don't give a fuck

“Nah, it just makes me look devilishly more handsome, Ethan, can't you see it?" He grins with a dimpled face as if he is the ‘prettiest’ woman ever born

“Anyway, I'm a huge fan of Charlotte's voice, you know? Never thought she'd blush at a compliment from me, haha it proves that no one in the world can resist Aarav Matthew's charm” he adds, grinning sheepishly, like seriously? How does Athena even tolerate such a egocentric

“Look who's talking, didn't you see your own girlfriend was blushing at my so-so words and what she was saying? Yeah, ‘you are handsome and cute' remember? but in your words, She's just rolling her eyes” I taunt, managing to rag him for his mockery

he must be questioning his existence by now, it's a good sign

“It's just her nature to be soft and kind towards others, Ethan and that rolling of eyes, she is doing it as her love language which is only reserved for me” he clarifies, smirking as if he is the wors- sorry ‘Best’

“Anyway, never thought you'd end up in a relationship and not die virgin” I blurt, remembering the days, he used to stay at a 10-feet distance from women

“Yeah, my plans were the same until Athena walked in my life, mate she came like a wind and I couldn't help but move in her direction, in short you never know universe plans” he says with a slight smile tugged on the corners of his face and glance at Athena

I glance at Charlotte, who was laughing, radiating a different kind of energy, her features were highlighting, as a small beam of light hit her face…

“Argh, seems cupid hit your soul instead of heart but anyways mate I'm happy for you” I smile slightly, even though we had a lot of quarrels in this meantime but we are friends after all and he isn't that bad—

“And what about you? How did an elegant lady like Charlotte end up with a clumsy buffoon like you” he smirks, knowing too well he digged his own grave

Today, either he is going to the cemetery and I'm gonna visit the jail or we both are going to the mortuary together—

It's been more than an hour but it feels like a decade since I last met Charlotte. They are so engulfed with each other, it seems like she forgot our ‘sham relation- ship’ contract She needs a nudge—

“Don't you think, now we should look over girls. They are out of the loop for a long time” i allege in a low voice, glancing at Charlotte and Athena who were too busy to stuff there mouth with some fare

“You are right, aren't they missing us?" Aarav exclaims, as we walk towards them. Seems like Athena already saw us coming this way

Her face says it all, she looks kinda frustrated seeing Aarav, haha

Aarav wraps an arm around Athena, tugging her to him charmingly. Whereas as me, being a 'thrill-seeker' took a chance on my life AND kissed Charlotte on her left cheek

Only to halt on my steps, OUCH ! “Are you serious?" I growl, only to hear Charlotte chuckle seeing me in pain

After our marriage, I will stash away all her heels, they are deadly weapons for someone like me

“If you keep on aggravating situation between us, you will soon be at the death's door” she scouts, simpering at me

Her hands crossed as if she had just won a jackpot or something. I huff, looking away, trying to decrease the tension

“It's been more than an hour since you and Charlotte ditched us, were you not missing me Déesse?” Aarav blurts, being all a ‘duffer in love' as his eyes turn like a puppy complaining for a treat

I roll my eyes, like seriously, why is he so tiresome, such a wazzock—

“Charlotte and food was here to fill up the space, you know baby” she claims, making him blush. Urgh, these ‘bill-and-cooers’

“But I know my Chérie was missing me, the way she was staring at me” I smirk, I know I know, I have digged my own grave

I squeeze my eyes shut as soon as I utter the last words cause I know, Charlotte will never stay aback, at least not after hearing this—

“As Athena said, the food and her company was enough to fill your space” she shoots back at me a death glare, cause, huh, being her ‘fake’ boyfriend we should also play it well, you know?

So, I pecked on her cheek again, As she opened her mouth to speak, “Nice, picture deleted" Aarav snaps, out of nowhere

Making us glance at their direction, “Shall we go to attend the wedding for which we came for?“ he adds, glancing at us. I nod

It's a good way to get rid of this situation. “Yeah, why not, because of you, I missed their moment” she says glaring at me

What do I do now?

“We can recreate the moment in our wedding” I tease her AGAIN only to get smackdown in my arm from Charlotte

“Ms.Violet, behave, how will we raise our children if you keep on behaving like kids?" I snarl back, still not leaving the battle of flirting, cause I know I'm the winner always



CHARLOTTE'S POV:-

I have made many mistakes in my life but you know what's the biggest one? Agreeing this facade contract with this goofball

He is good at only one thing- flirting That too in front of strangers, not strangers but still I have not known Athena and Aarav for a long time even though I know they are good persons

So after a few moments, it was finally the ‘bouquet throwing' ceremony and the bride was all ready with her bouquet

Meanwhile the bridesmaid, and all other singles ‘girls’ were making their way to catch the bouquet and the real kicker?

Our ‘fake’ boyfriends were on the floor, ready to catch the bouquet, like seriously? First of all, usually girls do it and secondly who are they even taking it for?

“They are the 5 years old kid's soul struck in an adult's body” I state, literally done with them

"Should we pretend like we don't know them, what do you say?“ Athena asks, glancing at me, I nod without thinking twice

“I'm so in Athena” I say, hooking my arm with her and dragging her towards a corner, so people won't think that we are related to them

Then Aarav, being Ethan's friend too is a jerk, “Ethan why are you behaving like a kid that doesn't suit hotshot lawyer” he rag

But Ethan being Ethan, shoots him with the same energy “As if it suits a millionaire CEO” he rolls his eyes but grins sheepishly from inside

Ethan is used to insults, and the award goes to me, but looks like Aarav can't bear him and his sarcastic jokes

“Don't be rude, I'm a billionaire and from the richest clan in Europe!” He huffs, and they both continue to prove each other ‘they are the best’ meanwhile me and Athena, burst out in laughter seeing them quarrel like kids

But now, the moment has finally come ‘Bouquet throwing ceremony' and the boys, of course being a churl, take their positions to catch the damn bouquet

And holy crap! Both of the boys jumped to take the bouquet only to fall down with their both's hand on the bouquet, half held by Aarav and half held by Ethan

“We shouldn't miss this moment to rile them up” I mock, leaving no room for arguments, and drag Athena towards that two clowns, surrounded by questioning eyes on them

They were looking extremely embarrassed, that kinda gave me a blow of relaxation, I mean I was feeling so good seeing them in such state

This is the perfect time to settle their hash

“Congratulations, you two! Are we going to attend our friends' wedding? Oh my god … you both look great! Poor Aarav stuck with a grumpy bear” I laughed to scorn, not trying to burst out

But my inner one's know I'm madly laughing from inside. I glance at Athena who was ready to mock Aarav too

“Charlotte, Ethan is also stuck with a goofball who is insane!” She laughs along with me joining her in the ‘cackle’

“We didn't catch the bouquet for ourselves, we caught it for you ladies. It's your turn to be married next to us” they exclaimed in unison, trying to suppress the humiliation they just faced

——————————————————

Author's Note:-

Hello readers, hope you all liked the chapter, I loved it as well. This chapter is a bit long almost 3k words so hope you all liked it. It was nice to meet Aarav and Athena and hope we will meet them soon (we will🌝) and it was a good feeling writing story with my pyaari Aru💋 red_dawnwrites we had a great time together with our chaotic squad (characters) and I hope to meet soon. Please do vote and comment how was the chapter anyways love you all

Traget:- 70+ reads 20+ votes

Have a nice day ahead!