Riya's POV :
Throughout the party he kept teasing me, his fingers brushing me intimately making me blush. I didn't want to leave his side, one reason being he is here for me and the other is I felt safe around him. I looked at him through the corner of my eyes dancing with my Dad, he was looking at me with a smile and playfully raised his hand in surrender when my Dad narrowed his eyes at him. I felt eyes on me, but when I looked around I saw everyone busy with their own things. Wanting to get away from the party, I pulled Arya with me to the back side of our home. I had kept a ladder there years back which I used to use whenever I had to sneak out or into our home at midnight during my teenage years. I hoped it was still there. Much to my surprise the ladder was still there where I kept
