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After giving a warning, he began drinking a cup of tea. Mr.vardhan's face was blanched. But he still looked at his daughter lovingly and said, "It's good that you have been found, Nikhita. I am relieved".

As he was looking at his daughter lovingly, his sight fell on the petite lady who was standing beside her. He looked at his daughter and asked curiously "Who is she?" Mr.Vardhan asked.

Hearing that Niriksh stood up and walked, in front of her. Then he turned defiantly to his father and said," Dad, Mom she is your daughter in law, Meena. I have decided to marry her. For me, even the whole of your property is not as important as her. She is from a middle-class family, and I don't care about that. The only thing I know is that she loves me. And, I love her. So I seek your blessings." he addressed this to his mother trying to ignore his father.

Mr.Vardhan was amused. He then looked at Meena and said kindly," I am not against your marriage, Niriksh. And I am not against your dreams, Nikhita. I have tried to support you as much as I can. But as of now, I can't support you that much because the company is at loss."

Nikhita began to cry. Then she said to Mr.Vardhan full of tears, "Have you ever checked what our major is father? We have been studying this to help you with your business. Many strategies can be employed to uplift our company. I wanted to be a teacher because I wanted to research and come up with solutions. It is only possible if I am the complete master of the subject. But you thought of me as an exchange commodity and wanted to marry me off" saying that she held her mother's hand and began to cry again.

Mr.Vardhan was speechless. He never thought his children would be thoughtful enough to plan about the future.

He looked at his family who were standing together and said," I am sorry. But I was worried about the future. I thought I was just ensuring your future but did not think that I would be sacrificing your dreams. I am sorry"

When the family members saw their father who had never bowed down to anybody saying sorry they were overwhelmed. They surrounded Mr.Vardhan and began consoling him.

Praveen was also grateful because of this grateful scene. But his mood was instantly dampened thinking about the bet with Viraj.Shastri was not interested in the emotional get together of the family. He began to ask Praveen about his consultancy charges.

This was additional salt on the injury for Praveen. But he could not only bite his tongue as he asked for some extension. Shastri mumbled something about being shameless which made Praveen's face turn red.

After thinking for some time Shastri asked Praveen, "Ok then. Please give me the ticket charges and snack allowance for my hometown."

"What? What the heck is snack allowance?" Praveen asked dubiously.

"Well, snack allowance is for my expense when I am hungry or if I need some drink like tea or soft drinks while traveling.", Shastri answered shaking his head.

This made Praveen speechless. But he wanted to get rid of Shastri as soon as possible. As he was about to take out the purse, Mr.Vardhan came walking towards them.

"Well, sorry for the inconvenience caused to you because of my family problems", Mr.Vardhan apologized. Then he turned to Shastri, "Sir, I have become a huge fan of your methods. Can you help me with checking my company issues also?"

"Ok, I will help you once if you tell me the issue that is bothering you. If you require any financial assistance I can't provide you any. But if it is the case is regarding fraud investigation and assistance I can provide some assistance. But you have to pay nominal fees to the Shastri's consultancy." Shastri proudly advertised his firm. This made Nikhita snigger. Praveen was moving away from Shastri so that no one would associate with him.

"Well, I think I made myself clear. It is really regarding one of my business problems. And if you help me solve it I will be the first client to make an agreement with your firm for consultancy services for thirty lakhs per year." Mr. Vardhan said, waiting to see Shastri's reaction.

Shastri blinked. Then he ran outside.

This made Mr. Vardhan confused. Was thirty lakh per year a low rate? But all his thoughts were gone to wind as he heard Shastri's loud voice.

"Can you hear me, mother? Yes, I am fine. Please tell my father to prepare a pamphlet saying "Shastri's consultancy services". I have already got my first client. What? Why are you asking which Idiot? Can't you believe in your son that much? He is the Chairman of the company. Don't caution me about fraud. He is giving me the money not the way around….."

As Mr.Vardhan looked at Praveen dubiously he said in a hesitating manner, "I think I have some urgent work to attend. I will be doing that. I will be so busy that I may not pick the call" then he ran away.