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Abhiraj's POV

"Sir here is the file" my assistant says, handing me a file.

I take it and tell him to leave. Zar runs toward me from the couch and sits in front of me.

This is the file of MY Miss 500 Rupees. I want to know everything about her. So, the moment I came here, I told Varun to gather all her information.

I open the file and see her picture. My eyes don’t blink for even a millisecond.

She has the power to mess with Abhiraj Singh Rajvansh’s mind. I run my fingers over her picture. My heart is betraying me. It never beats this fast but now it’s running a marathon.

Her name is Mira Rao. She is 23 years old, in her last year of college. Oh, she studies in my college. She is an orphan and lives with her friend Jiya.

She is single. Good for her Or else I would make her lover stay away from her in my style.

That’s all the information in the file. I close the file and look at Zar. He is looking at me like he also wants to know.

"Her name is Mira" I say and his eyes shine with unknown excitement. One thing is clear. I’m obsessed with her.

I don’t know how it happened in just a few hours but from the moment I left that place, I have been thinking only about her.

I don’t know what emotions feel like because no one ever made me understand these things.

But for her I am feeling so much that I can’t describe it in words.

"Mira Rao be ready to become mira abhiraj singh rajvansh" I whisper looking at her file.

I feel like seeing her again. Control yourself Abhiraj. You are behaving like a creep.

My subconscious says that and I shake my head trying my best to focus on work. My phone buzzes. I pick up the call and put it to my ear.

"Where are you? Come fast everyone is waiting for you" Dev says.

Reality hits me. I had to go to my club for a weapons deal. I’m already half an hour late.

Great, Abhiraj.

"I'm coming" I say and cut the call getting up. Zar starts walking before me. We come out of my office building.

I sit inside my car. My guards follow from behind.

After driving for 20 minutes, we reached the club. I enter and walk toward where everyone is sitting. They stand up and greet me. I nod and sit on my chair.

"Why are you so late?" Dev asks irritated. I just nod not saying anything.

"Start" I say to the dealers. They start explaining about the weapons and everything.

I listen while running my fingers over Zar’s head.

"And also we have very beautiful chicks for both of you sir" the dealer says at the end. My eyes darken.

What do they think of women?

Bloody bastards. A number of women enter the room. I don’t spare them a single glance. I gesture for them to leave.

"What? You think women are toys?" I glare at him. He shivers visibly.

"N… no no sir! You are taking me wrong! They themselves want to spend the night with you" he says.

I control my anger. Because of women like these people think all women are the same.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath But then I open them again.

I see my woman’s face in my mind. I look down trying my best to control myself.

"Give me the paper" I say. They quickly hand me the papers. I sign them and get up hurriedly to leave.

I can see Zar and Dev following me from behind. They sit in the back seat.

I start the car.

"What happened to your dad?" Dev asks Zar, who is looking at me.

Zar looks at Dev then places one paw on Dev’s heart.

"Oh my God! Am I dreaming? Don’t tell me you already found your mumma!" Dev says to Zar.

Zar looks down shyly. I shake my head at his behavior. He is acting like he is the one who found his lover.

"Who is she?" Dev asks with a mischievous smile.

"And how did you meet her? And you didn’t tell me about it?" he asks.

I huff before explaining everything. How I met her.

"Oh my God! She really offered you 500 rupees? Hahaha!" he laughs holding his stomach. Zar and I both glare at him.

"Sorry sorry! I was just saying how innocent she is!" he says. An unknown smile comes to my face. She is really innocent.

"She is innocent and you are a devil. You guys will make a good pair" he says. I try my best to control my smile.

"But what if she rejects you?" he asks suddenly serious.

If he wasn’t my best friend, I would have killed him on the spot for saying this.

"Ahhh! Zar!" Dev hisses in pain as Zar tears his coat glaring at him.

"Sorry! I won’t say anything!" he says raising his hands in surrender.

"Devils are becoming pookies for my soon-to-be sister-in-law" Dev murmurs. But I hear it.

"I’ll ask you this when you’re in my condition" I say. Zar nods with me.

"Huh I’m not made for those things" he says confidently.

"We’ll see" I say with a smirk. Zar nods again a mischievous smile on his face.

Mira's POV

"I'm really tired" I say laying on the bed.

We just came back now and after playing and traveling so much, my body is drained.

"Me too" Jiya says laying beside me.

"I'm hungry also" she adds and I look at her. I'm also hungry but I don’t have the energy to make anything.

"What will you eat?" I ask, getting up. She looks at me and pulls me back.

"Let’s order from outside" she says.

I agree with her. I take out my phone and start looking for a good restaurant.

"What will you eat?" I ask. She peeps into my phone.

"I’m okay with anything" she says. My eyes notice something strange.

"Why is there 80% off on everything?" I say. She nods.

"Maybe today is something special" she says. I nod but I’m still not sure.

Why would every restaurant and café give an 80% discount? I order our food. It costs just a hundred rupees.

"We are lucky today" I say. She gets up and sits straight.

"Yes we are! And more than me you are lucky because you hugged ASR and he said sorry to you" she says.

My mind drifts to the event. I’m also confused about why he said sorry to me.

"You know I never wanted to get involved in these things. And he probably said sorry to me by mistake" I say.

The doorbell rings. I look at her, confused. Who might be here right now? Jiya gets up to check.

"Who is there?" I ask getting up to see.

I look at her shocked. Our food is already here. But how? It’s just been three minutes since I ordered.

"We are really lucky today" Jiya says taking everything out onto a plate.

Why do I feel something is strange?We can’t be this lucky. God has chosen us to suffer in life not to enjoy. I think that and sit beside her.

"Food is so tasty" Jiya says. I agree with her while eating.

We finish our dinner and drift into deep slumber because we are really tired. Not knowing my life is changing And this is just a small start of that.

Morning

We come outside our apartment and make our way to the bus stop.

There is not much crowd today. We sit inside the bus. It looks cleaner than other days.

"Our country is developing" Jiya says. I laugh with her.

"We will take one week off from the café owner" I say looking at our schedule. We have our final exams from the day after tomorrow.

"But what if that khadus doesn’t give us a day off?" Jiya asks. She is right.

The owner is really a moody person. He is a pain in the ass sometimes.

"Then we will leave the job and apply in some companies as trainees" I say.

She gives me a sad look.

"Don’t you know that no one will accept us unless we give them a bunch of money? Or unless we have someone at that level who can help us get a job?" she says.

I know she is right. Here, money is more important than talent.

"Trust God" I say. She passes me a weak smile. We get down from the bus and enter our college.

We enter our class But there is so much hustle and bustle today.

"What happened?" Jiya asks one of our classmates.

"Guys, you don’t know? At our prom party ASR and Dev Malhotra will come!" she says. I look at her confused.

"What’s new in this? They come every year" I say. She shakes her head.

"The main thing is that they will also dance and enjoy the night with us and will choose their partners from the students" she says.

And.....

"Ahhhhh!" Jiya shouts jumping around.

"Miruuuuuu!" she says spinning me with her.

"Calm down calm down" I say. But her smile is not leaving her face.

"Mira! What if Dev chooses me as his prom partner? My God! I will die there for sure!" she says.

I chuckle at her. My innocent baby.

"He will choose you for sure. Don’t worry" I say. We sit in our usual place.

"ASR is going to choose me! You all will see that!" Neha says loudly gaining everyone’s attention.

"Attention seeker huh. Sometimes, I feel like washing her face in public so everyone can see her real face" Jiya says. I laugh with her.

"Okay, one day we will do that together" I say, joining her.

Our professor comes and starts telling us about our exams guiding everyone.

Our lectures end and we pack our bags to leave the class. Just then Neha comes toward us.

"You both are also coming for prom?" she asks. We look at her.

"If we don’t come then how will people enjoy? Because seeing your face ruins their night so they need some good people too right?" I say getting up and smiling at her more than needed.

She grits her teeth.

"You guys know what? I’ll make sure to show you your real place! You think too much of yourselves!" she says. I glare at her.

"We don’t think too much of ourselves. It’s just you who thinks like this" Jiya says and flips her hair. We come out of our class.

"Hey" one of our classmates says, walking toward us. He is a nice guy.

"Actually I was asking… will you be my prom partner? Because no one is accepting me" he says looking down.

Actually he is also from the same orphanage as us but a rich family adopted him. He is a nice guy.

"Actually I’m really sorry. I can’t be your prom partner because I’m already booked" Jiya says walking ahead. I look at her.

"Yeah, because I’ll be Dev’s partner" she says. I shake my head at her innocence.

"But you can take my girl because I trust you" she says looking at Mihir. He grins widely, looking at me.

"I’m not forcing you. If you’re comfortable then only say yes" he says. I smile at his gentleness.

"Okay I’ll be your partner for prom" I say. He smiles widely.

"Thank you so much Mira! Okay, I’m going. Bye" he says and leaves.

"Look! I set you up with a nice guy. Now say thank you to me" Jiya says bumping her shoulder with mine.

I shake my head.

"Thank you ma’am for this" I say dramatically. We both laugh.

One thing I don’t know my yes to becoming Mihir’s partner is going to break someone’s heart.

Abhiraj's POV

"How is my plan?" I ask Dev and Zar while having my dinner.

Dev shows a thumbs-up while Zar nods.

I’m talking about the plan I made to get closer to Mira on her prom day. I know she is going to complete her college. Usually, I go to college every year at prom, give a speech and leave but this year, my lady is graduating, so it should be special right?

"But you should have just announced that you’re going to be a partner with some girl. Why did you choose me?" Dev says, sulking.

He has been sulking about this topic since morning.

"You are my best friend so I’m trying to find a girl for you" I say. Zar nods with a smile. I and Zar high-five while Dev pouts.

We have our dinner while talking and teasing Dev. Sometimes they tease me too.

Unaware that my lady has already said yes to someone else to be her prom partner.