"What the hell!" Pinky screamed at the top of her voice, spitting out her coffee. "Is this what you call a coffee?" She shouted at the trembling maid.

Shakti poked his head out of the file, he was reading while sitting on the living room couch, and got back to his work shaking his head.

"I have hired all these servants for nothing, they can't even make proper coffee." Pinky chided, "Hey, you..." She said looking at another maid, who was dusting the window panes, "Go and make me a proper coffee." She ordered.

"And you..." She said pointing her finger at the trembling maid, "Pack your bags and get lost, you are fired." She said and walked towards the couch."

"Darling... Why are you stressing out in these early hours of the day." Shakti asked as he took Pinky's hand into his.

"What to do, Shakti. These maids are so useless." Pinky huffed.

"Don't worry... I have asked  to get a new maid, someone who can do the work, without stressing out, my sweet heart." Shakti said kissing Pinky's hand, making her blush like a teenager.

"Oh Shakti... I am so blessed to have a loving husband like you. How can you love me so much."

"All these things are very meagre, when compared to what you have done, I am what I am today, just because of you." Shakti said looking at Pinky.

"Oh stop it, Shakti." Pinky said holding his hand, "It's nothing."

"Where is Abhay and Ajay?" Shakti asked looking around to find his sons.

"Abhay is in New York partying with his friends, and Ajay went cruising." Pinky informed.

"These guys... Why can't they join the business." Shakti shook his head.

"Shakti, whatever we are earning, it's for them, let them enjoy their life." Pinky said.

"Pinky..."

"Shakti Sir." Shakti was interrupted by Khanna, their security officer. "Dandi is here to meet you."

"Send him in, Khanna." Shakti said.

Soon Dandi, a pious looking man, walked inside with a woman following him closely behind.

"Greetings, Shakti sir." Dandi bowed infront of Shakti. "I brought a maid to work at Oberoi Mansion." He said gesturing at the woman behind him.

The lady looked short and petite, dressed in a faded dress, that seemed to have seen better days, her face was covered with a veil that except for the outline of her head, one couldn't see her face.

"This is Anamika, she lives in my neighbour in Bareilly. She was married off to a man at a very young age, and her husband soon after marriage, left her and went to Gulf for labour and haven't returned till then. Her mother is sick and their financial condition isn't good, so she wanted some work to support her family." Dandi gave a brief introduction.

"Hmm... What about this veil on her head?" Pinky questioned looking at the lady in disgust.

"In my Village, the married woman aren't allowed to show their faces to anyone but their husband." Dandi explained.

"Whatever." Pinky rolled her eyes, "I hope atleast this one does the work correctly without pissing me off."

"She will, Pinky Madam." Dandi chuckled. "I had seen her working her ass off doing household chores since she was a child, she is a good worker, I can guarantee you on it."

"I trust you, Dandi. You are the one, who helps us with hiring the maids in Oberoi Mansion." Shakti said, "Did you speak with her regarding the pay and all?"

"Thank you, Shakti Sir." Dandi smiled, "Yes, I have explained her everything."

"Good, please ask her give her identity card Xerox to Khanna, and she can start working from tomorrow." Shakti said.

"Sure sir." Dandi said and gestured Anamika to follow him.

"Identify card." Dandi asked her as they stood in front of Khanna.

Anamika handed over her identity card, and Khanna took down her details.

"Mukesh will show you, your room in servant quarters and she will give you the uniform." Khanna said to Anamika.

As on cue, Mukesh, one of the servants, in the mansion walked into Khanna's office.

"Mukesh, this is the new maid." Khanna said.

"Follow me." Mukesh said looking at Anamika.

"I wi take a leave now." Dandi said to Khanna, "Stay safe, I will update you regarding your mother." He said to Anamika and walked away.

"This is kitchen, that's Shakti sir's study room, don't enter there unless he gives permission to enter." Mukesh said giving the tour around the Oberoi Mansion to Anamika, the next day.

"The first floor, we have Shakti sir and Pinky Ma'am's room, their son's Ajay and Abhay's room, they hardly be seen, since they are mostly out of the country." Mukesh explained. "But their rooms have to cleaned and mopped regularly."

Anamika nodded.

"On the second floor we have guest rooms, a library, and a store room. Kalyani, the other maid, will clean the second floor, so you need not worry about cleaning there. Wherever you go make sure you don't get into Pinky Madam's way, she gets easily irked and that might cost you, your job." Mukesh whispered the last part.

"Now started mopping the rooms, and if Pinky Madam wants coffee, she will ring the bell. And when she does leave everything and run, if not she will get angry." Mukesh explained her. "There is the mop and bucket." He said gesturing towards the corner.

As soon as she reached for the moo, teh bell rang making her jump.

"Work starts, Pinky Madam is calling you." Mukesh said as he picked up the cloth to dust the furniture.

"Here's your coffee, Ma'am." Anamika said forwarding the coffee tray towards Pinky after fifteen minutes.

Pinky sipped the coffee and made a appreciative sound.

"Dandi was right about you, you are good at making coffee." Pinky said looking at her.

Unlike yesterday, today she was dressed up in the uniform, which is a knee length grey skirt, and blouse, her face was still hidden behind a similar colored veil.

"Can you even see properly through that veil?" Pinky questioned with a frown.

"Yes, Ma'am."

"Hmm... Get back to work." Pinky said taking the magazine from the table, "I am not paying you to stand and watch me drink coffee."

"Sorry, Ma'am." She mumbled and ran inside the kitchen.

The entire day, she worked around the house mopping the floors, dusting the furniture, helping Mukesh in the kitchen.

By the end of the day, she was tired and exhausted running all around the mansion, to attend the needs of Pinky with her every Beck and call.

By the time, she reached her room in the servant quarters she felt like she couldn't feel her limbs.

"Anamika, did you mop, Abhay sir's room?" Mukesh asked hurrying inside the kitchen one day.

"No, I will mop it after I finish cooking this soup."

"Leave the soup, Pinky Madam just called and informed that Abhay sir will be home soon, she wants his room to be clean and tidy. Hurry up, mop the floor and change the sheets." Mukesh said in a hurry.

"But the soup..."

"Kalyani will take care of it." Mukesh said looking at the old woman, who was washing the dishes.

Anamika nodded her head and hurried to clean Abhay's room.

"I hope you are all done here." Mukesh said walking inside Abhay's room carrying the luggage bags.

"Yes, just collecting the dirty linen." She answered as she cleared the linen.

"Abhay sir is here." Mukesh informed and soon Abhay walked inside the room.

"Who is this?" Abhay asked looking at Anamika.

"Anamika, the new maid." Mukesh informed.

"Nice." Abhay said as he checked out her, making her feel uncomfortable.

"Do you need anything else sir?" Mukesh asked distracting Abhay.

"I am going to take a shower, send me a coffee." Abhay said as he walked inside the shower.

"Anamika." Mukesh called as he walked inside the kitchen, "Abhay sir's coffee."

"Here, it is." Anamika gestured at the tray with coffee in her hands.

"Give it to Kalyani, she will take it to Abhay sir's room." Mukesh said making her breathe out in relief.

"Thank you."

"Don't worry, just stay cautious around him."

Anamika nodded as she handed over the tray to Kalyani.

"I will go and mop the second floor, since Kalyani is doing my work." She said and dashed out taking the mop and bucket.

"Why is he calling me now after all these days?" Anamika mumbled as she saw the caller id Husband flash on her mobile, as she was mopping the corridors of the second floor.

Leaving the mop on the floor, she entered inside an empty guest room to receive the call.

"Why are you calling me now?" She asked irritated.

"Now I have to get an appointment to speak with my wife?" Came the arrogant reply.

"What do you want, Rohan?" She snapped.

"Got to know, you are being the best servant." Rohan laughed.

"Shut up!" She growled. "It's all because of you, haven't you had ranway like coward, I wouldn't be working my ass off today."

Rohan laughed.

"Enough, let me speak with her." She heard the familiar voice. "Hello..."

"Uncle Harsh." She greeted.

"How's everything going over there?" Harsh inquired.

"You told me there will be many servants, and I wouldn't have much work here, but here I am the one who has to work my ass off, on top of it, that Abhay is eye raping me." She complained.

"Whatever it is, you have to work and survive there, did you forget due to which conditions you were working there?" Harsh asked in a calm tone.

"I didn't forget." She replied in an irritated tone. "But I want to get out of this place as soon as possible, I can't work here between these people." She ranted.

"Leaving that place is totally dependent on you. The earlier you find the file, and the evidence we are looking for, the earlier we will get you out of there. You can go to US and persue your Masters. If not your passport and certificates will be burnt down and will be parcelled to you. And you will remain as Anamika for your entire life, Got it dear Gauri?"

"You can't do that."

"I can do that, no one will stop me. And you know it very well." Harsh said in a calm yet serious tone. "So, do your work and get what we want, remember we sent you there on a mission and we want that to be accomplished at any cost."

"Fine." Gauri said as she disconnected the call.

"I regret the day, I agreed to work for this stupid uncle of mine." Gauri huffed.  "Now I can't even breath properly with this veil on my face." She said as she irritatedly took off her veil to take a deep breath.

One thing she was grateful to the Oberoi's that they are stupid enough to leave out some blind spots and not fix the security camera's in the rooms.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and as she opened her eyes, she froze in her place seeing a handsome, and well-built young man with a shoulder length black hair, who now stood directly in front of her, looking at her.

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