James entered the gate of the shroff mansion with his jet black motorcycle with glowing blue wheels. He stopped by the door took his helmet off slicked his shiny hair back and threw the helmet to the valet.
Tigers parents were sitting on the living room couch
James: Hello my dearest family!
Jackie: James! What a nice surprise
Jackie got up very excited to see his troublemaker nephew. He stood up and hugged him
James: aunty Ayesha? Are you getting younger day by day?
Ayesha: oh stop it, you always have a way with women I can tell you get a lot of them hu, why don't we meet one and arrange a marriage
James: and that's my cue to leave
They all chuckled and Tiger then came downstairs with his sister
Tiger: hey james, welcome
Tiger and james hugged but Tiger was more calm than his father but loves james like his little brother
Krishna: what brings you here at this hour, usually your always out with someone new every week
Tiger was smiling, they all sat down
James: missed my family, decided to take a break from partying for a while
Krishna: well that's a breaking news for sure
James: very funny, as always
James said sarcastically
Zoya came into the living room with a flower vase in her hand to put on one of the counter tables and arrange the flowers well, she was far from where the family was sitting nobody noticed her except James. He looked at Zoya and was silent as he tried to remember her
James: her?
James whispered under his breath, he was still staring at her. The breeze from the open windows were flying zoya's hair back, exposed her beautiful neckline and face even more and brighter
James: *I never noticed how pretty she was*
James thought inside his head
Tiger then turned his head and noticed Zoya as she was leaving to the kitchen
Tiger: stop right there
Zoya and the rest of the family turned to each other
Tiger: is dinner ready
Zoya: uh, no sir
Tiger: I told you to have dinner ready didn't I
Zoya: I'm sorry I—
Tiger: I don't wanna hear it, you have an hour to get everything ready or you'll see yourself in front of the door
Zoya rolled her toung inside her mouth looking away from his direction as she was getting a bit annoyed
Tiger: now leave
Zoya then left to the kitchen
Ayesha: don't you think you're being a bit harsh on her sweetheart?
Tiger: please don't worry about what I do all of you stay out of it
James then without trying to make them get suspicious he excused himself to get water but really went to see Zoya
Zoya: that jerk ohh how much I really want to smash his head with this pot!
Said Zoya while holding one of the large pots and huffed her right side bangs away from her face with her breath
James: you'd probably go to jail for that
James heard her and made that remark with a little chuckle, Zoya didn't notice that James came so she jumped and turned around
Zoya: oh, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to-
James: no no no, it's fine really I won't tell don't worry
James zipped his mouth
James: Tiger may seem as a very rough harsh person but he's actually a very good guy, you'll know that once you get to know him
Zoya: I'm sure that's the case
James smiled at zoya's sarcastic expression
James: so, what will chef Zoya be cooking for us today
Zoya: oh..uh.
Zoya didn't know what to say she looked away from James thinking of what to say
Zoya: I don't really know what kinds of food you guys eat
James: why don't you cook to your taste then, I'm sure we will all love your dishes
Zoya: thank you. You know you're nothing like your cousin at all you're nice and he's a jerk
James let out a soft laughter
James: don't let him hear you calling him a jerk then you'd be a prisoner here forever
Zoya started cooking all the dishes while james was leaning on the wall with his arms crossed smiling and watching her
Finally Zoya finished all the dishes and put a portion on a plate and offered it to james for a taste
Zoya: you've been waiting here all day you deserve an early treat
when james reached for the spoon Zoya took the spoon and wanted to feed him herself
James took a bite while smiling at Zoya but then his smile faded, and that wasn't because the food tasted bad but on the contrary it tasted very good and brought some memories to james
*mom your cooking is really good I love it*
Young james said to his deceased mother
*that's because that's an Indian food that I poured all of my love to it, once all your love is poured into the food that you make for the person you love more than anything in the world, then the food tastes very good*
James started to get teary as he remembered the flashback, Zoya noticed it
Zoya: is that really that bad?
James: no...it's really good, it just reminded me of someone
Zoya: who?
James: my mother
Zoya felt bad but tried to cheer him up
Zoya: now I am really happy, comparing a girls food to your mother is a big achievement and that means a lot to me that means I did a very good job
Zoya smiled and so did James
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