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Zain's Pov

"This is the location." Rayaan says as we stop some ten feet away from an old abandoned warehouse.

"This place looks Shit," Abeer comments from beside me.

"Now can we go inside?" Ranbir asks desperately, both me and Rayaan shook our heads.

"We can't Ranbir." I mutter and point at the door which had two guards surrounding it.

"You boys wait here," he points at me and my group and motions his mates to follow him. We saw them sneakily going towards the side of a warehouse. Rayaan and one more man split direction and came back after five minutes.

"After their huge kidnapping fiasco, I thought Ronit would've huge number of men." Rayaan comments as he removed his gun and started preparing it.

"What do you mean?" I ask and look behind them to see the men smoking.

"Only two men outside." He answers and nods at us. "Follow me." He orders as his mates go first and hide behind a huge wall. And before I could blink an eye, they both were over those two men as they twisted their neck as their body goes limp without a sound.

"Wow!" Aarav muttered and we ran inside the warehouse. "Wait, is that Ahana's purse?" He stops us and we turn around to see a bag laying on a dirty table.

"Yes, it is." Ranbir says, his voice hopeful as he clutches her bag tightly. "But, where is she?"

"I think we-"

"Bring me some water you Asshole!" We hear a familiar voice as our eyes widen and we rush towards the door at the very end of the warehouse.

"No!" We heard one more unfamiliar voice as Rayaan took out the gun and pointed at the door and with one leg broke it down. "What the-" before the man could say something Rayaan had him in his clutches.

We entered the room and saw Ahana sitting down with an angry face. As soon as she saw us a relief went over her. I saw Ranbir rushing towards her to help.

But my attention was all over the place. Where is Aria?!

I gritted my teeth and walked towards the man who was in Rayaan's clutches. "Where is Aria?" I asked holding him by his collar so he was at my level.

"I- I'm not telling you." He says and tries to get away but Rayaan had him in his hold.

"Not so soon, tell us where she is or else, you're under arrest." Rayaan gave him an option which made the man startled.

"So, if I tell you where she is you won't arrest me?" He asks hopefully and I see a smirk forming on Rayaan's lips.

"We won't, now tell me." Rayaan lies smoothly as he pushes the man away to prove his point.

"She is with Tzu." He says.

"Zoo?" Aarav asks with a confused frown.

"Tzu," the man repeats but Aarav still looked confused and was about to ask him again when I gave him a hard glare.

"Where is she?" I ask coming towards him and pulling him towards me with his dirty collar. "And where has this guy taken her to?"

"To...to the mayor's mansion." He says with hesitation and looks between me and Rayaan afraid.

"Why?" I wanted to know why has he taken her there out of all the places.

"To rob him." The guy answers and my eyes widened.

"Shit." Rayaan curses from behind me and starts dialling some number on his phone. "We've to inform the mayor before he goes and instructs his guards to shoot her down." Rayaan informs when Abeer asks him.

My hands loosen on the man's collar as I push him away forcefully.

Shoot her? No...no...no, I can't let that happen. She can't leave me again. I won't let her leave me again. She is stuck with me forever.

I ignore the calls my friends gave me as I ran out of the warehouse and towards my bike. I need to rush towards mayor's house before anything bad happens.

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Aria's Pov

"Go!" The Asshole whisper shouted at me as he hid behind a gate and pushed me towards the backside of the mansion.

I walk towards the guards and gave them a smile. They narrowed their eyes at me. "Um, hi." I say and looked behind him to see more guards guarding the mansion.

"Um...I want to meet the mayor." I tell them and they look at me up and down, analysing me.

"What work do you have with him?" Guard one asks me.

"Uh...accounts?" I say unsurely when one guard with a gun from other side of the gate walked towards us and looked at me.

"Yes, the mayor is expecting her, let her in." The man says as he looks behind me and I see his gaze going towards where that asshole kidnapper of mine was hiding.

So, this guard is with the kidnapper?

"Okay." The guards looked unsure but they let me in anyway.

"Follow me." The guard says and ushers me in and walks beside me. When we were out of any hearing range he spoke, "Don't be smart, I'll tell you the directions. Do whatever the heck you want, I want all the money out of the mayor's locker and inside that bag you're carrying, do you understand?" He asks and I nod my head. Huh, as if I will listen to him.

"Okay, tell me where to go now." I say and he looks at me suspiciously.

"I'll tell that, just don't forget your friend is in our hands and we will kill her if you don't do what we say." He threatens and I gulp.

Ahana, come on Aria, you've to do it for Ahana.

I nod my head and he give me one last glare before pointing at some direction and letting me in.

Once inside I see a beautiful living room with lights and modern interior. A man was sitting on a plush sofa with a woman beside him. They were in their forties and were chatting happily when I cleared my throat to gain their attention.

Their eyes came towards me as they stared at me confused. "Yes? Who are you?" The man asks when the guard who dropped me here came from behind me and walked towards the mayor.

"Sir, she is from the bank and is here to-"

"Ah yes, yes." The mayor's eyes light up in realization and he stands up. "Come on." He says and gestures me to follow him. "Not you Alok." He says and I realize it's the guard's name. I look behind as he stops following us and glares at me as a warning.

I nod my head at him just for the effect, as if I'm gonna do what he's going to say.

I follow the mayor towards what I suppose was his office, it was big and was stuffed with books and files.

"Please have a seat." The mayor asks and sits down on his chair on the other side of the desk. "Show me the papers please." He says and forward his hands towards me. I keep looking at his hands and when I don't do anything, he looks at me waiting.

"Sir, I need to tell you something important." I mutter.

★★★

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