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SUKHI watched the little boy that had ran up to him and halted, what does he want? And who is he?Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.
“Yeah, what can I do for you?”, he asked, a little frown on his face.
“There is someone there waiting to see you”, the little boy said and turned, pointing at a car in the distance.
Sukhi scoffed.
“Who is she?”, he asked.
The boy shrugged his shoulders innocently.
“I don’t know uncle, she just asked me to call you”, he said.
Sukhi was all the more confused. He wasn’t expecting anyone. Well, he shrugged and went over.
The car was on the other side of the road, so he crossed and walked up to the car.
There was a lady in the car and she directed him to get in, then she opened the door and he lowered himself in.
Sukhi entered and took a proper look at the lady, from all indications, she was a total stranger. Though she looked beautiful, he snorted.
“Hi”, the lady greeted, smiling.
“Yeah, hi”, he replied.
“Um, I’m Vidya”, she said stretching out her right hand for a handshake.
“Sukhi…”, he took her hand in his and they shook.
“Well um, I will just rush it. I… I was actually referred to you by someone”, she said and brought out a piece of paper from the pigeon hole then handed it to him.
He looked befuddled as he took the paper. Okay, what the hell is going on? He glanced at the paper.
“Meet me up at the address on that paper, by 2pm, tomorrow”, she said.
He looked up from the paper.
“Wait ma’am, did you just say you were referred to me by someone? Excuse me, I don’t understand”, he said.
She smiled.
“Just make sure you meet up, and I will explain better”, she said and revved up the car engine.
He shrugged.
“Alright, till then”, and he opened the car door and came out.
Vidya smirked then zoomed off, heading back to the palace.
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Raghav came out of the bathroom and walked up to the dressing table, a blue towel was tied on his waist. He picked up the body cream and began applying it on his body. Then the colognes and deodorant followed suit.
Well, he never left these things out after every bath, he made sure to carry out this normal routine.
After all, he walked up to the wardrobe and changed into something casual, a t-shirt and shorts.
For some days now, he had been so busy, even for himself. It’s been work… work… work.
He walked back to the dressing table and picked up the small jewelry box and stared at it, examining. Good Lord, he instantly felt someone tampered with it, but how?
This was a gift he had earlier bought for Rina but was going to present it to her the next day, so who must have entered his room and tampered with it?
He glanced towards his CCTV system and true to his thoughts, it was blinking a red light.
A slight frown appeared on his face as he walked up to it.
Earlier on, he had installed a CCTV camera in his room, he didn’t know why, he just felt like installing it, even when he knew nobody could probably come in, except for Alina.
He sat on the seat facing the system and turned it on, then played the record.
What! His eyes widened in shock as he saw the rude lady, what’s her name again? Vidya, yes Vidya. She was searching through his stuffs, without fear.
He watched her picked up the jewelry box and opened it, then took out the necklace inside it.
Then all of a sudden, her once happy face changed and became gloomy as she had now opened the locket and stared at the pictures in it.
Jeez! She had seen Rina’s picture in the locket, what could be going on in her mind now?
With all anger, he got up and walked to the dining, then punched on the little button by the side of the dining table. Next, he groaned and collapsed into one of the dining seat and waited for whichever maid that was gonna show up.
In a jiffy, a knock came on the door and it opened, revealing Alina, perfect, that was who he wanted even. She smiled and walked up to him as he sat facing her.
“Your grace”, she bowed, “you sent for me”, she added.
“How dare you let Vidya into my chamber without my permission? Have you lost it Alina?”, he asked.
Jeez! She froze, what a straight question? Initially, she had already suspected he was going to find out.
“Um… m… my prince, I…”, she stuttered.
“You what? Did I commit a crime by letting you know my password in case of any emergency? Did I?”, he thundered and she shivered.
“No my prince, I… she threatened me”, she replied.
He winced and shook his head.
“Get out and send for her”, he dismissed.
With haste, she slightly bowed then ran out the room.
Few minutes later, Vidya came in.
“Your grace”, she said bowing.
He stared at her, saying nothing. He just continued staring daggers at her, his eyes emitting fire. If looks could kill, Vudya would have been long dead.
Vidya on her own part shook and shivered in fear. What is going on? Had he found out she came into his room? Or wait… that stupid Alina, she must have told him, gosh! She was so gonna deal with her once she leaves this place.
“Do anything to her and incur my wrath”, he suddenly said.
Huh? What is he talking about? Could it be possible he knew what she actually goes on in her mind? Her thoughts?
“Huh?”, she spoke up.
“That you were allowed into this palace by my mother doesn’t give you the audacity to trespass into my domain, what were you doing in my room?”, he demanded, his angry eyes staring daggers at her.
Vidya shivered and shook like leaves would do under the fierce wind. She was so scared to the teeth, so afraid to utter a word.
“I hope you do remember vividly the room you landed yourself in after our last encounter?”, he rhetorically asked.
“This time around, you gonna land in the mortuary if you don’t stay away from me. Vidya, stay away from me, from my stuffs, stay the hell away”, he was shouting this time and she shook the more.
“Damn it!”, he banged his right fist on the table and she flinched.
“I can’t believe you came in here and began touching my stuffs, my things, shit!”, he cussed.
“Aren’t you afraid of the prince? Aren’t you?”, he thundered.
Hot tears began streaming down her face before she realized it, she was so sad. Was the prince actually shouting at her? Telling her to stay off his things? She, his betrothed? Oh my God!
“Maharana, I… I am s…”, she stuttered.
“Keep that sorry for yourself”, he interrupted her immediately.
“The next time you come searching through my stuffs, you are dead”, his voice was now cold as he spoke in a whisper.
Her eyes widened in shock. What! Did she just hear right? Dead?
“Now, get out”, he ordered and the next thing, she ran out instantly.
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Zaina was sitting on one of the dining seats going through her book. She’s been studying so hard for college, she was still reading when her phone rang out.
She picked up the phone and peeked into it, holy moly! It was the contact that had sent her a text recently, she knew it so well, she had crammed it.
A frown came on her face as she answered the call.
A lady’s voice came on, it was cold.
“Warning you the second time to stay off Prince Zashil Zaina, if you so love your life”, the voice warned.
“And who the hell do you think you are to warn me to stay off him?”, Zaina asked in a still cold voice.
She heard the lady scoff.
“I don’t think you know who you are dealing with”, she blurted.
“Oh of course I do, the cheating bitch right?”.
“Huh?”.
She licked her lips.
“You know what? I think I’m the one who literally supposed to tell you to stay off him, I am his betrothed”, she said.
“You scandal! I have given you a last warning”, she said.
“You can’t do more than a dead rat, idiot”, and she hung up.
“My gee, what’s all this?”, she rhetorically asked and then rang Zashil. He picked up immediately.
“Zashil, tell your ex to stop threatening me, tell her to stay the hell away from me. What did I ever do to her?”, she spoke with a rush.
Zashil on his part was dumbfounded and lost for words, he was totally speechless.
“If you don’t have anything to say I’m gonna hang up”, she said, jolting him back to reality.
“Ugh babe, don’t take it too serious, she is just whining”, he said.
“Oh the hell she is. Sending me a text threatening to kill me, and now calling and threatening same thing. Look Zashil if you don’t do anything about this, we end the relationship”, she said with a note of finality.
“What! Don’t take it that far babe, you said she sent you a text?”, he asked.
“Yes she did, and I just got off the phone with her, she actually called too”, she stressed.
“Crap! Don’t ever worry yourself baby, I will put this to an abrupt end”, he said.
“You better do”, she hung up.
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? Sizzlers ?
Vidya sat watching the gentleman sitted before her, he had arrived some minutes ago, and they have sat talking for like thirty minutes now.
A bottle of wine and two glasses half filled with wine were before them.
“Will you just keep quiet? Say something, are you in or out?”, she asked, placing her hands on the table.
Sukhi sighed, splaying his right hand on his face. Jeez! What this lady has just demanded from him was tempting, so tempting. How was he gonna do this?
He removed his hand from his face and looked at her.
“What exactly did you say you wanted done?”, he asked.
She sighed.
“I want her kidnapped and raped, make a video of the sex scene, I’m gonna need it”, she said.
Sukhi smirked.
“Jeez! Why did you choose me for this? Have I ever told you I meddle in such messy jobs?”, he asked.
She smiled.
“You see, I had seen what transpired between you and her that morning we met, and I knew you would be perfect for it”.
“And why the hell did you think so?”.
“Simple, you want her, she is refusing. She is with my man and I need him. You need money, she can’t give you”, she rushed her words and relaxed her back into her seat.
“You can do this, can’t you?”, she asked.
He tilted his head and snorted. Can he actually? But damn! He so needs the cash as well. Crap! This was temptation.
“How much is it?”, he asked.
She smirked and opened her bag, then took out a piece of paper and she placed it on the table before him.
His brows furrowed as he bent forward to look into the paper, good God! It was a cheque.
He checked out the amount and froze instantly, what? Such an amount for just kidnap and rape? Crap!
He sat up, never wanting to do this. He decided to discourage her as he got up, and her eyes followed, looking at him inquiringly.
“What is it? Aren’t you okay with it?”, she asked.
He shook his head.
“I’m sorry I can’t do this”, he said and made to walk out.
What! Her mouth fell wide open in shock.
“Alright fine, I will add a two hundred, to make it half a million, how do you see that?”, she asked.
What! Half a million? What he can’t even get within years? He simpered and shoved back the seat and sat.
“When is the D-day?”, he asked.