"Madam our men found her." As soon as Radhika heard, she froze. No doubt she was tempted to know about her whereabouts but then she abruptly turned cold feet.

"Where?" She asked coldly.

"She has been living in backwoods of Shimla." The man replied.

"Are you there with your men?" She asked in an emotional void voice.

"Yes, I am here too. We saw her buying grocery this morning. We figured out she has been teaching neighbourhood students for earnings."

"What we have to do now? Abduct her or just slay." Though all the time she was too numb and emotionless to respond. But this query amplified her BP as well as anger.

"No, don't do dare to do anything. Just stay in disguise and keep an eye on her actions. Report if you find something dubious. Moreover, she is not my concern until she is confidential." She roared.

Sneha had her sins for which she will pay for one day however punishing her, taking the law into her own hands, didn't make Radhika a saint.

Moreover, she wanted her to witness her delightful marital life that she once declined. She wanted Sneha to feel all the jealously of the world witnessing Vivaan showering his love on her which could be hers solely.

She wanted her to feel the same loneliness and mental trauma which she has been going through for the last five and a half years whose sole reason was she and she wanted her to see her happiness with her open eyes. So finally murdering her could bring no profit to her.

"Okay, ma'am as you say." The man replied clearly understanding the woman held a special position in her client's life.

"Have you seen her?" She hesitantly asked with a self turmoil at why still after everything she was concerned about her.

"Yes, I have." She sighed in relief. The only excuse she could give was she wanted to know, in which condition she has been leading her life.

She remembered the pregnancy kit she found in her room and quickly mentally calculated the months. If she was pregnant at the time of eloping, she should have entered the third trimester and her baby bump must be showing.

"How does she look? I mean to say explain her appearance."

She had been teaching local students. How much she would be earning with it? Radhika doubted. Moreover, she was heavily pregnant all alone, that too in some side area where people often lack basic facilities.

How was the princess of the Chandra family leading her life? Radhika grimaced thinking about it. She was angry at herself for still having feelings for her even after she backstabbed her. She was really crazy.

"She looks hot as well as sexy in her hourglass figure which looks no less than butter with busty boobs and those rosy lips ..." He said dreamingly.

"Shut up. Just stop your vile talks. Do you know who she is? Dare you say utter a single word, I will rip your tongue." Radhika couldn't control her wrath and lashed at him. Though she was in a dilemma about her feelings toward her sister, she knew she never wanted her or any other woman to be looked at and mentioned with such derogatory words.

"Sorry... But weren't you only..." He reasoned.

"Shut your filthy mouth up about my sister." But Radhika was not in the mood to hear his excuse because it was useless.

"Okay.. don't get angry. I am sorry." He tried to calm her down.

"Better don't repeat this instance again."

"I will make sure about it."

There was no point in making circles. So, she directly came to the point.

"Is she pregnant?" She cautiously asked.

"Should we enquire about this detail?" He replied confusingly. Radhika frowned in response.

"What do you mean? Didn't you see her with a baby bump?"

He answered, "No, as I said she had a perfect..." Radhika cut him off in between.

"Okay, okay don't again begin with your details. Where she is living? I mean if she lives there alone or with someone." She inquired.

"I knew you will ask this question. So I was better prepared with the details." He said laughingly which irked her.

"Then better say." She answered in a final tone.

"She lives with some old lady. However, our men are trying to retrieve more details."

"Send me the location and their pictures as well the locality they live in. And also soon find what relationship she has with that elderly woman."

"Your work will be done."

"Keep an eye on her. If any mistake happens, you are done."

"Trust us." He replied assuringly. Radhika cut the call and sighed in anguish, leaning her head to the starting wheel tiredly.

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"Taking the last few incidents in mind, I have selected a bunch of our faithful employees who will work on the project as a team for the joint meeting with Aggrawals and Rathods company," Radhika said in an authoritative voice which echoed in the meeting hall of Chandra enterprises.

"I don't want any lacking in the preparation of the meeting. This deal shouldn't slide from our hands anyhow." Everybody nodded in agreement.

"Norah, call out their names," Radhika said passing her a paper.

"Mr Nishant Sharma, Aman Shree, Shlok Mishra, Dev Bhattachrya.....

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and Arjun Gupta." Norah returned the paper after reciting the names.

"And the most important thing- It will be only me who will temporarily head the security cell until the case is solved and in my absence, Tuval will monitor the department. The police have started their investigation so we all have to cooperate with them whenever it is needed or asked. Is it understood?" Everyone agreed.

"Good the meeting is dismissed. Get back to your work." Every member one after another stood up and went out of the meeting room. Radhika was busy resizing the file in front of her. Meanwhile, she heard a voice.

"I never thought you will give me this mammoth opportunity," Arjun said calmly. Radhika turned towards him but it was really hard to depict her face. But inside she didn't know what to feel about it anymore. They had a past that could be handled maturely. But things got complicated.

If he didn't want to continue their relationship he should have confronted her but not whoring around still being in the relationship. But now bringing things up was mostly useless as he never was going to realise his mistake like always.

All men are the same. Radhika thought and mentally shrieked.

Now Radhika felt that she had become an expert with the backstabs and truly expected it from anyone and from anywhere.

"See, mister. I know the potential of every employee and also the art of extracting it. Just because I know you or we had a past doesn't have any rapport with my decision. I have been knowing you for around 2 years and have witnessed your dedication and your hard work. So even being an intern don't let me doubt your capabilities. Hope you don't let this belief down."

Yes it was true she had a bitter past but there was no doubt that he could be a gem to this company in the long run with his dedication and hard work. And in between, she was just proving him a ladder.

"Of course not." He replied assuringly.

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Radhika was in her office discussing the latest designs projects with Norah.

"Norah do one thing. Stay here and mark the places needed to be modified before finalizing. And remember it should better be sent to our manager before this evening." Radhika ordered passing her the file.

"Someone is in a bad mood today," Tuval announced as she entered Radhika's office. Radhika sighed frustratingly.

"Tuval please don't. We are really very busy." She pleaded. As she knew if Tuval was here no work was supposed to be completed on time with her endless gossips.

"Oh come on, it is already lunch break. How are we supposed to work without any fuel for our system? Now both of you come here and like good girls have the meal. See I have cook malai kofta with parathas and not to forget the Gulab jamun as a delight." She continued.

"My mouth already got watered mentioning them. Come hurry up before I finish your both shares too. Don't blame me later then. Huh, look at the audacity of yours, I cooked with so much love and you don't even value." Now when she saw no one was valuing her presence, she did emotional blackmail, her MasterCard.

"Fine Tuval. At least let us wash our hands. Sometimes you really behave grumpy and stubborn like my mother."

"Heyy....you young lady. Don't dare to compare me with Aruna. I am not that much ancient and grumpy. Anyway thanks, I didn't know I was so much turning into mommy."

"More like a granny," Norah commented with a poker face as she was ignoring her presence.

"Now, now I let it past but not next time. I agree I am just 2-3 years elder than you both but if you look into my soul it is still a kid. Hence proved I am the youngest employee of this company." Norah grimaced while Radhika passed her a weak smile. She was too emotionally exhausted to respond.

"Says who, liar," Norah said.

"Look at your words. I am your senior. And yes. I hate your PMS avatar." Norah grasped but ultimately replied in the same tone.

"Feelings are mutual."

"Can we have our lunch in peace?" When Radhika assumed the lunch break was going to end with their verbal clashes, she intertwined.

"Sure." They replied in unison while giving other death stares. Radhika assumed they had some disagreement but didn't comment on their personal matter. Moreover, hers was too much to handle alone.

"How things are going?" Tuval asked no one in particular when everyone took a seat around the side table kept in the corner near the couch.

"Same," Radhika replied incoherently.

"Boring," Norah answered.

"Let's do some girly night out tonight." Tuval excitedly suggested.

"I am not sure," Radhika replied and Norah too supported her.

"Yeah, there are so many works pending. Maybe this weekend."

"Such a party pooper you both are!!"

"Aren't you a bit too free and energetic of your job as well as age respectively?" Norah said with mischief sparkling in her eyes. Everyone knew how much Tuval hated when someone commented on her age directly or indirectly.

"Someone is burning with jealousy." Tuval, however, answered back flipping her long hair.

"Guys, keeping the things aside, I wanted to ask that have you started preparing for the party." Tuval brought forward the matter for which she was here.

"Which party?" Radhika frowned.

"This company's 25th silver year. The date is precisely around 20days from now. Oh God what you both have been doing." Tuval was shocked knowing the boss herself forgot such an important date.

"It just slipped out of my mind." Radhika tried to reason.

"Then hurry now and start its preparation too. And don't worry about dresses. I have already started working for your dress too."

"Tuval this is unfair. You are assigned here to design clothes for the company for anyone's personal use. Please don't do it." Radhika tried to make her understand.

"Shut up. It's my choice. Moreover, you are this company's face. So, it should always be in glowing in limelight." She advised.

"Sure." Radhika half-heartedly agreed.

"What about me? I am this company's boss's PA. My face too should have some dazzling effect." Norah worriedly commented, giving Tuval a puppy look.

"Arghh, doesn't give me that idiotic look. It will also be done but on a condition."

"Anything." She replied without bothering about the condition. What was there to think about when the best fashion designer of India was to design her clothes. Her eyes twinkled imagining herself wearing and flaunting the in front of her friends.

"Then seal your not so pleasant mouth in front of me if you are about to comment something unpleasant for me to hear."

"Done." She agreed with joy.

"Hey, don't you think you are extremely quiet today?" Tuval asked as she noticed Radhika lost in her thoughts.

"It's just I was thinking about something."

"You can always share," Norah said while Tuval agreed.

"What you both know about Sneha?" She asked.

"She is a good businesswoman but somehow in those years, our company faced a lot of financial crisis. If it was continued for one more year or two, the company was supposedly completely ruined to the limit, maybe we couldn't even get good buyers. Well, I must add the current situation is average but thankfully improving. And hopefully with Rathods our side, we will rise again." Tuval answered.

"I always saw her ignorant towards the growing mishandling of data and suspension of growing corruption in this arena. Remembering that time, the data displacement, unexplained expenditures and well as larceny were not something new." Norah shared her views.

"And what about her personal life?"

"She never discussed it." They replied.

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The D-day for which everyone was waiting for, was finally here. The team members of Rathods Aggrawals and Chandras with their respective CEOs were seated around the conference table.

Aggrawals received the privilege to start the meeting with their presentation. One member stood up and marched towards the screen at the centre with grace, for discussing their presentation on the behalf of their company. Meanwhile, other member connected their device with the projector.

Everything was fine until they started speaking about their ideas. The face of members of Chandra Enterprises grew pale as the time and other team's presentation forwarded. It couldn't happen again. Chandras were bewildered by the happening around them.

Even today, despite every precaution their hard work was again stolen. Radhika's distressed face matched with Norah's and other members of her team. In between, the silent commotion forwarding in a group didn't go overlooked by everyone especially Vikram.

They let Agrawal's complete their presentation as it wasn't ethical to halt them in between. The defeating team was distressed as they again lost their hard work and eagerly wanted to discuss the matter with their boss for further instructions. The fact was they couldn't let such a big deal slide nevertheless, for their company's sake. Everyone was well aware last time that things were managed but now it couldn't be said.

Vikram looked at worried Radhika with concern. It was no doubt they appeared to speak and know other's thoughts with mere eye contact.

She gave him a slight nod and motioned Norah who was sitting beside her. However very few noticed that exchange.

Norah stood from her seat and reached the door of the conference hall. As the door was pushed open, a bunch of police officers entered the hall, gaining everyone's attention.

One of the officer's voice who was in the front echoed in the utterly silent hall.

"You are under arrest Mr Brejesh Aggrawal and Arjun Gupta."