Chapter 13

Abhinay pov

"..... and she will get consciousness in few hours." doctor said as he checked the girl currently lying on my bed.

I don't know why, but the way she was crying and screaming in pain was really painful sight for me. May be it was a guilt that was clawing on my heart, telling me continuously that it was my fault.

" She was complaining about body ache. Her head was also aching in pain. Now is she alright? Are you sure doctor there is nothing to worry about?'' I asked him hesitently while continuously ignoring the daggers from my both friends, who were sending in my way through their eyes, present in my room and standing with their arms crossed and accusing me from their eyes, like it was my fault.

May be this time I am on my fault.

" Don't worry, I have already injected her so that her fever and pain would be reduced. Her body temperature is normal now. So there is nothing to worry about. She would feel better once she wakes up." doctor said as he warmly smiled at me and then left the room.

'' It was your fault asshole !" Vinay glowered at me with his arms crossed as he narrowed his eyes at me.

" I know--" Vinay cut me off.

" You better be prepare with your lame excuses if, by any chance, aunty will ask you about the absence of this girl on dinner." He spat with anger with his gritted teeth.

" I am the boss here! You should respect me Vinay. " I whispered yelled at him, feeling anger towards him and on myself.

" Respect !!" he exclaimed and laughed at me mockingly, then continued," After knowing what you put her through, you have lost your respect, atleast in my eyes." He spat.

" Can you both calm down?" Viraj interrupted with a bored look.

Vinay scowled and so did I.

" It was this asshole's fault--" I cut him off.

" Have you find something about this girl?" I calmly asked Viraj, completely ignoring the presence of other asshole here.

" She lives in an orphanage. And from what I discovered is that this girl was not having a good time there. The owner of that orphanage is not what you would like to call a good nature woman. But still I have to find more information about this girl. This much information is not enough for us to execute her fate. Till then she will remain our prisoner." He answered as I looked at him intently, then at Vinay who was wearing a frustrating look on his face all this time.

Viraj is right. It's not enough information about her. And there is no evidences against her too. It would not be fair if I come too harsh on her. Guilt and regret filled my heart and mind when I thought what I had done to this girl just few hours ago. Don't know why I was feeling like this. I never felt any regret when I tortured my victims but this girl is making me feel these kind of emotions.

Whatever! If  we find any kind of evidences against her, it would be only fair to kill her. No one can be stupid enough to just barge into my mansion and in my room. She is acting for sure, must have some plans against me, fooling me and my men. You just have to wait for the evidences Abhinay. My inner voice said to me.

But my thoughts broke when I saw Tara stirring in her sleep. It was already two hours that she has slipped into unconsciousness, again filling me with the guilt that I was the one responsible for landing her into this situation that now she was withering in pain.

I came near her but was. instantly stopped by Vinay. Bastard !!

" DON'T YOU DARE TO GO NEAR HER!! YOU ASSHOLE !!" He whispered yelled at me.

" Shut up Vinay. You really don't want me to loose my calm now. So you better shut up !!" I said with gritted teeth, not wanting to wake the girl with our loud voices.

" Vinay !! It's enough now. See!! what do you want? Huh? We are not harming her in any way. Atleast we are not beating her like others. She is really getting a special treatment here. If anyone would be in her place, he would be dead by now." Viraj stated calmly as he looked at him.

" She is innocent." Vinay retorted.

" Innocent !? How do you know? She could be acting for all we know." Viraj too retorted, making me think, there is someone who thinks just like me.

But I thought he was siding with Vinay..!

" I thought you had started thinking like Vinay. What is this then?" I asked him out of curiosity, wanting to know about his somewhat changed behaviour.

" I had not started thinking anything like this asshole here. And please !don't think I had developed any soft corner for this girl. It's just that she is still a mystery to me. Though her talks looks like childish somewhat, but still I can't get the fact that it is her real personality. Not that I had believed  her anyway " He stated.

Vinay huffed and looked at the girl something with the expression of pity.

Pity and he? What is happenning to him? There was not a single moment he ever showed mercy to the one who double crosses us or messes with us ever..!!

" You both are as stupid as ever." Vinay murmered as he continued to gaze at the girl with a sympathy look.

" Do you started thinking with your heart Vinay?" Viraj inquired but in response, Vinay groaned at this.

" You can't understand !? Huh? For your clarification,  I don't think with heart. Heart is having no place in our world. It's just that I am angry and frustrated at the boss that he punished this girl unnecessory and angry at myself that I too assisted him in this punishment." He said.

" She is innocent. Don't know why, but this girl is having an aura of innocence around her. I mean how could it be possible for a 22 year old girl to be this innocent." Vinay continued as he gazed at the girl and then towards us. I just pursed my lips in a thin line as I looked at her, not a bit impressed where this was going. Did she spell something on my men?

" Don't confuse innocence with stupidity. She is either too gullible or too clever to act like this. I am still surprised I haven't found any evidences against her." I huffed frustratingly but guilt was still filling me up, forcing my gaze to turn from her doll like face.

Vinay's gaze again met mine, glaring me with his clenched jaws.

" Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked him with my one raised eyebrow.

" You are a dumbass ! "

" That's  enough !" I hissed at him. " I want both of you to go to my office and check the presentations which we have to show tomorrow. Tomorrow is a big day for us. Concentrate on the work rather than on a girl." I said with gritted teeth as anger was rising in me. My own man was against me and why? because of this girl.

" What if you hurt her in our absence?" He retorted.

" It's enough Vinay!! I will call the maid to look after her if you think I will harm her by any chance. But let you know, Once I find any evidences against this girl Tara, I will kill her. Because no one can escape from me, ever !!" I warned and without looking at the girl, I walked passed him and got out of the room.

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At dinner time

" Hello maa." I smiled as I greeted my maa and sat on the chair of a dining table in a dining room.

" So what were you doing that took you so much of time." She asked in a curt voice, as usual. Servants began to serve our food.

" Maa!! you know there's lot of work I have to do. Afterall I have to handle the whole empire on my own shoulders so that our company's reputation can be maintained.'' I replied as I innocently looked at my maa. She should not get any suspicion about my dark secrets after all.

" But I hope you realise you should be punctual from next time and don't sulk with your family responsibities too, son."

Family responsibilities !?

I ignored her words and shifted my attention towards the food.

" It's enough." I murmered as I motioned the maid to stop adding more food on my plate.

" Where are Vinay and Viraj? Won't they come for dinner?" She asked suddenly making my eyes snapped to her.

" No maa, they are busy with the office work." I said firmly.

She didn't said anything, and  shifted her attention to the food, much to my relief. My maa is a very strict woman when it comes to mannerism, etiquettes and punctuality. She did not like talking in between the dinner or while eating her food.

It is better for me. Atleast I don't have to tackle the answers if she fired any of her questions at me.

But guess what !?

I was not that lucky as I thought.

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Tara pov

I stirred in my sleep and regained my consciousness slowly. Oh god! why it was so heavy for me to open my eyes.

I slowly opened my eyes and blinked a few times to adjust my vision with light. What happened to me? I don't know, but all I know was there this slight body ache right now.

I frowned as I looked around the room I was in. I sat up on the bed immediately as I started to observed my surrounding. The room was dimly lit and it looked like it was a master bedroom, every thing  was so well furnished, whether it was a paintings of garden hanging on the wall, or the designer paints on the wall, or a beautiful ceiling of the room. I was in awe of everything. I haven't seen such rooms in my entire life. But I had imagined it in my stories when Vimla masi talked about. May be it could be a prince room. I thought as I confusedly looked around the room.

It was a beautiful room.

I wish I could be the princess.

I wish this room could be mine.

But a dreaded thought breakthrough my mind as the events before I slipped into unconsciousness flashed in my mind like a movie, which made a shiver run down my spine. I looked around the room again.

Oh god!! What if it is that DEVIL'S ROOM?

My heart pounded in fear as I heard someone foot pouncing on the floor, towards the room I was currently in.

I looked around the room and found the balcony. Looking through the window and the balcony door, I realised it was a night. For how much time I was asleep?

But my thoughts broke when someone entered into the room, making me shudder in fear.

But sigh in relief as I found it was an elderly woman who entered the room.

" You are awake.!! How are you feeling right now?" she asked tenderly. She was an aged woman who asked me with so much of tenderness, it made me wondered how my mom would be if she was alive.

" There's a slight pain in my body. But nevertheless, I am fine." I smiled at her warmly.

" You should eat mam. Dinner is already served."

Mam !?

"Oh no! you should not call me mam. You are elder than me and I was taught from my di that we should respect elders. So please, call me Tara." I smiled widely at her.

She too smiled and said, " Beta, go downstairs in the dining room. You should have your dinner now. Or if you are feeling weak, should I serve here?"

" No no!! I can go downstairs for my dinner. You don't have to worry." I said

Little did I know the devil was there too in the dining room.

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Abhinay pov

After we finished dinner, I was about to get up from my chair and wanted to go away from my mom as far as possible because she would ask question regarding that idiotic girl and I am in no mood to answer her questions.

" Did I told you to get up son?" She asked in a curt voice.

" Oh no maa. What? Is there something you want to talk about?" I asked rather nervously.

Why the hell am I getting nervous?

" Did you think anything about what I said earlier?"

" About what maa?" I asked with confused face. What is she talking about?

" I want you to settle down son."

Oh no ! Not again.

" Maa I am not ready to settle down." With this I was about to get up, not wanting to engage in any kind of conversation like this, but froze when I heard the words coming out from maa's mouth.

" Yeah! you are not ready to settle down, but always ready to whoring around with other girls." She stated in slight angry voice.

Oh shit!! How did she know that.

" Maa, How did you--"

She raised her hand, indicating me to shut my mouth.

" I know son. And needless to say, I am very disappointed in you."

What!! I thought as I looked at my mom with my eyes wide open, looking at her in shock.

" I saw some of the previous magazines, entitled you with a  rich playboy and a successful billionaire. Each time a different girl in your arms, posing for pictures in front of the media." She clarified as she observed my shocked face.

I gulped.

" It's better for you to start thinking of a wife rather than gold digging whores. I don't want you sulking with these kind of girls." She continued, " Start finding yourself a bride  son."

" Maa, please don't force me for the marriage. I am happy with the way I am leading my life." I stated and was about to stand from the chair, when I heard a squealed from my right side. I looked around, only to feel my blood drained from my face, as I saw my prisoner standing near the staircase, looking at my mom with the grin on her face.

" Tara " My mom too smiled as she looked at her.

But my feeling towards the situation was totally opposite. What is this girl doing here? I thought she would be sleeping in her room after her punishment.

" Come tara, let's have dinner." My mom said to her softly with a soft smile.

" Ok aunty." And just like a ten year old child, she walked towards the dining table with an excited look gracing her face.

I glared at her but as always either she remained oblivious or pretended to ignore me as she occupied the chair of the dining table.

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