Writer's view
The boys were shocked when they received the message again. They thought it to be a prank, but never thought they would get the message again. On reaching home, they greeted dadu, dadi, and Preeti. After taking a bath and having dinner, they headed towards the study room of Viren's. They were about to enter when they heard dadu's voice.
"What is this? You boys reached just hours before and no again going back to work. Get some rest and do your work in the morning."
"No Dadu, it's very important. And it's regarding the new deal which needs immediate attention. So we have to work. You go and rest", saying this the guys entered the study room and locked the door. On the other side, dadu found it weird but shrugging his shoulders he left to catch some sleep.
"So what are we gonna do now?", Daksh asked after making himself comfortable on the long black couch. Viren sitting on the desk while Sharav on the single-seater was deeply on their own thoughts.
"I don't know", saying this Viren sighed. " It was like a closed chapter of my life. And now it's again being opened, I don't know what's in store for me this time."
"I think this has something to do with Vinesh uncle's and Pranita aunt's death", Sharav said, his eyes focused on the floor.
"But your parents told, that Raghu Nanu and his wife, killed my parents along with Sara for money right?", Viren questioned Sharav.
"And you believe that? Please don't tell me you do!! Because Raghu Nanu and his wife were the grandparents we never had. They treated us like their own grandchildren. They took care of Sara whenever my parents failed to do. So I don't think that they could murder Uncle and Aunt", saying this Sharav rubbed his forehead to ease the pain.
"Then who could it be??", Daksh asked sighing.
"Well only the person who is sending us the messages could tell us", Sharav told, whilst others nodded their head in agreement. After bidding each other goodnight the boys went to their respective rooms.
But Sharav couldn't sleep that night. 'Who could do this?? And most importantly why now?', was the only thing running in his mind. Same was the condition of Viren. 'Why would anyone murder my parents? What's happening? Who is doing?'.
Thinking about the possibilities of who could have done it, the drifted into their sleep.
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Viren Khanna
It's been two months since we received that message. Whenever our mobile pinged with message notification we anticipated it to be from the unknown number. But nothing transpired.
Thinking about the message we'd received months ago, I got ready myself in a black three-piece suit. I was about to reach the dining room when my mobile pinged with a message.
"Always have a smile on your face whatever the situation might be.....-Akruti"
Reading the message a smile instantly made way to my lips. This girl surely knows how to lift one's mood. Smiling to myself, I sat on the dining chair. I heard someone deliberately clearing the throat. It was dadu. I asked him, 'what' gesturing to him, by raising my eyebrows.
He asked me to have a glance at Daksh and Sharav. Daksh was just playing with the food whilst Sharav was smiling like me.
'Looks like someone is lost in someone's thought', I thought.
'Says the one who did the same before few minutes', my subconscious retorted. I just huffed in response.
"Okay boys....spill the beans", saying this Dadi sat on the chair which was left to Dadu's head chair, whilst Preeti sat next to her. I was sitting on Dadu's right, and next to me sat Sharav and then Daksh.
Daksh, Sharav, and I spared a look. "We know that something happened in Paris to you two. So spill the secrets now", Preeti said to us with a smirk.
" Wait let me guess....you two must have told the girls how you feel and they must have accepted it right??", saying this Dadu was grinning like a fool. I knew who would have done this. Daksh and I glared at Sharav, whilst he was just looking at the plate before him.
"Yeah, it was Sharav bhai who told us!! We thought you guys will tell us, but no it's been months now. We pestered him to tell us. And we also came to know He too had to give a push to you guys!! And you see he's our partner - in - crime" said Preeti and lifted her imaginary collar.
This time Daksh and I looked at each other with a known smirk on our face. I signalled Daksh to go head. Understanding my gesture, he turned towards the other three.
" Well, I guess your Partner-in-crime didn't say the whole thing that happened in Paris", saying this Daksh smirked at Sharav. Then Daksh narrated the whole 'Sharav's First Kiss Accident'. Dadu, Dadi, and Preeti's reactions were worth watching. I was literally laughing out loud with tears making their way.
Their jaws which were touching the ground had still not made it's way to the original niche. Then I chipped in. "Not only this Dadu, but that girl is also his crush too. He just admitted his feeling to me a day before we left Paris".
This time Daksh's jaw was hitting the floor. "So only you were pairing Sharav and Navya that day in flight?? ", Daksh questioned me with a shock.
"Yep", I responded back. I saw Sharav was glaring at me. But I cared less. I just gave him a cheeky smile in return.
"Ah!!! Now I'll get three daughters-in-law. Wow, I'm so happy now. Finally, my grandsons have proved themselves as men". On hearing this from Dadu, we three were shocked. "What don't look at me like that!! One has to push you to confess your feelings towards the girl you like. Never in my life, I saw that coming. Anyways I'm happy about you guys".
"Dadu I don't even know whether I'll cross path with her again. So don't count me in.", Sharav told him.
"Let us see my boy. There's a thing called destiny. If you're bound to be together. You'll meet her again. Trust me", dadu said grinning at Sharav, whilst he just shook his head.
"It's just a mere crush, it will be gone by days", he replied.
"Ahh!!! Let's see young man. Let's see", dadu replied chuckling. " I'm happy for you two. Don't leave the girls. They're precious gems in your life".
Saying this Dadu blessed us. Dadi had tears in her eyes, whilst Preeti was grinning like anything. "My grandsons are grown now", saying this Dadi started to cry. "If your parents were here, they would have been so happy."
We three got up from our seats and hugged Dadi. I even saw Dadu wiping his tears without anyone's notice. Preeti, Daksh, and Sharav hugged Dadi. I went and hugged my old man.
"You guys are my parents.", saying this I hugged dadu and he hugged me back. "Okay, now enough of all this. Now boys go and do your works and Preeti get ready for the college."
After having our breakfast, we reached our company. After wishing my staffs we headed towards our cabin. I was about to enter my cabin when I thought of looking into my girl's cabin. The thought of her made me happy.
'Is she here yet?'
Reckoning about this I made way to her cabin. I opened the door of the cabin without making any sound. There she was dressed in her Salmon color loose shirt and black pants. Her hair opens with curls at the edges. Stunning in her natural beauty she was skimming the file.
"Stop gazing at me, it's crawling me out. Now tell me why are you here?", she asked me without ripping her gaze from the file.
"Well Good morning to you too girlfriend". The moment I said girlfriend her cheeks started turning red. "Ah!! I feel somebody is blushing"
I teased her. Sitting in front of her desk, I kept looking at her. " Will you please stop gazing, it's crawling me out.", she again muttered to me.
'Like I care'
"I'm sorry but I'm looking at my girlfriend miss, do you have any problem?", I replied to er with innocence dripping from my voice.
"Yes, I do have a problem. You see my boss wants his work done on that day itself. So can you please go and do you work, before my boss shows up here" she replied smiling at me.
"Screw your boss then. He can't be that heartless to stop a boyfriend from meeting his girlfriend", I said. Her eyes went wide on hearing this. But I also noticed she was trying to stifle her erupting laughter.
"I see, how you'll screw me", I heard Dadu's voice behind me. I widened my eyes and immediately got from the seat. And Akruti burst out laughing.
"D-Dadu w-what a-are you doing here?", I questioned him stammering. He just smirked in response.
"It's my firm too. I can come here whenever I want!", Dadu replied shrugging. Defying me he went towards Akruti and patted her head. "May God bless you with all the endurance to handle this boy".
On hearing, this Akruti giggled like a child whilst I was lost in her giggles. Someone shook my shoulders and I was brought out of my thoughts. "Vee I heard you say something like 'Screw your boss', something like that I guess".
"Umm...yeah I'm her boss, so I was--", I couldn't even form a sentence properly. Dadu chuckled on my effort.
"You see I'm everyone's overall boss. So if you say 'Screw your boss', it'll mean me. You can have your boyfriend-girlfriend time at lunch hours. Now go and do your work", dadu tried saying in a stern voice. I instantly nodded and left the cabin.
On reaching my cabin I saw Sharav just smiling looking at nothing in particular. So I thought of teasing him.
"So Romeo has done thinking about your Juliet?", I asked him.
"I see you've already greeted your Juliet, am I right?", he countered me back. I was about to retort when Daksh entered my cabin.
"Okay we'll tease each other afterward, but let's get to the work now. It's been months since we received messages from an unknown number. Is there any chance we could get the number? Damn man those messages have butchered our spirits ", Daksh said everything in one go.
We were trying to figure out our plans when a knock interrupted us. We shortly hid the details and scattered our work files over them. After listening to our 'come in' we saw the door of my cabin being opened. I saw Akruti coming inside with a tray with three cups and two envelops.
Daksh and Sharav helped her with it. "Sharav and Viren you both got some posts. and it's the sender is unknown. I even asked the receptionist but even she was clueless. She just told me that she received everything as a bunch.", saying this she passed our post.
"What have you done to your table? I'll clean this", she was about to touch the file, when we three shouted 'No', in unison.
"Geez. I was just trying to clear this mess. Now you guys itself clear this, And Viren dadu told to inform you that he'll be in Nila's cabin now."
"Why?", I asked her.
"I don't know. I guess it's about you guys", saying this she went to her cabin.
The moment she left we soon opened the envelope. It had some old newspaper articles.
'Mr& Mrs. Khanna helped the police in identifying the drug dealers', read the articles. It was all about my parents helping in nabbing the drug dealers.
I saw a small paper attached to it. I spared a look with the two. Unwrapping it, I read out loud.
"You have just unlocked the first door to your past boys. Good luck!!"
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