It's Rajiv Dutt

" Say" Raunak demanded. Mayank flinched with the stern voice and stared," Drishti Mitra, 24 years old, works as an architect for Innere. "

" That German farm?" Raunak asked amusingly. Mayank nodded. Irenne was the toppest architectural farm from Germany. The architects of it was indeed amazing.

"Next" Raunak ordered.

" Studied architecture from Berlin University and got a lot of scholarships. She is also the 30% shareholder of Roy groupof companies. " Mayank completed.

" What??!" Raunak exclaimed. Raunak was very eager to work with Roy group of companies but never thought his wife would be the second biggesr shareholder of that company.

" How did she manage to get in there? That CEO is too much cunning to give anyone space on his shares. Here she got 30%" Raunak was amused.

" Err.... I couldn't find how but as I know she has a very good relationship with Deep Roy. She is even allowed in his house anytime." Mayank needed a lot of efforts to get all those information.

" So that day , Deep Roy helped her to enter this office." That information was indeed surprising. Deep Roy was a well known playboy. He just had one night stands but never had any serious relationship with anyone. He even forgets those girls after nights. That man helped her that much to enter this office! Raunak was impressed.

" What about Dutt publications?" Raunak asked.

" Sir, Dutt publications didn't allow me to get any information, they blocked it long ago." Mayank lowered his head and having cold sweat. Raunak knew it was impossible for him to get any piece of information about it. Rajiv Dutt was very ruthless and cunning. He won't let anyone touch his little empire.

" Did you contact with Author Aarohi?" Dutt publication is relying on that person now a days." Raunak wanted Rajiv Dutt to know his plan because only then he would get chance to know about Drishti more.

" Sir, I contacted." Mayank bit his own lips.

" Then?" Raunak raised an eyebrow.

" She said....." Mayank found his words dead.

" What??" Raunak demanded answer.

" She said a dumbhead like you is not qualified to bribe her." Mayank wanted to dig a hole and bury himself inside it.

" What??! Dumbhead? This author has guts......" Raunak was fuming with anger but suddenly stopped.

" Get out!!!" He commanded. Mayank left him hurriedly.

Raunak grabbed a glass of water and drank it in one breath. He opened two buttons of his shirt and started to run his hand in his hairs. Some teardrops fell down from his cheeks. He didn't want Mayank to see him fragile. He took deep breaths to calm himself. A smile formed in his lips but erased in a second.

He muttered, " Dumbhead. " He heard this word after a long time. Maybe after six years.........

Mayank again knocked the door. Raunak asked coldly, " What??"

" Sir I forgot to tell you, today is mam's birthday. "

Raunak parted his lips and closed it again. Did he just slap her on her own birthday?!

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Drishti looked her phone irritatingly and gritted her teeth.

" Arghh!!! This man is so annoying!! He is trying to bribe me."

" That's why I used to call him dumbhead. " Rajiv sighed. Drishti looked at his faint smiled, " Are you two very close?" Her voice was soft.

Rajiv nodded. He pressed his lips tightly, " He was not like this Dri. The Raunak Sen people know is cold, ruthless, cunning, arrogant and scary. But the Raunak I knew what cheerful, carefree, warm, funny and cute." He smiled a little.

" He used to get hurt all the time. He was somewhat clumsy like girls. He never cared about the next day, he used to live in present and enjoy the life fully. He used to make mistakes and get scolded by me." Rajiv's voice was so deep and his eyes were blank.

" Everything was good but......" He didn't finish and threw the glass in front of him on the floor. He tightened his fists and enhaled deep breaths.

Drishti looked at the broken glasses and said softly, " The broken pieces are impossible to fix but worth of recycling. "

Rajiv looked at her eyes, " You have grown into a big girl now." He sighed, " Sorry I got emotional. But I couldn't understand one thing, what information is Raunak trying to find in my publications?"

Drishti smiled awkwardly. Rajiv looked at her and said, " Again I am saying, if you need something from Universal, ask me. No need to break into the empire. You know I can manage."

Drishti sighed," I also said you, the long I can fight alone, I won't take any help from you."

" He is my brother, Dri. I can say he is finding you. He knows you took the map. He also knows you know me very well. He is not after me, but after you. Warning you, try to stay away from him." Rajiv was right. Raunak was after Drishti. He wanted to know more about her but the thing he didn't know was, Raunak was her husband. Here his calculation went wrong.

Drishti hummed. Rajiv again said," And give me the address of your husband. I will kill him. How dare he slap you on you birthday?"

Drishti looked at Rajiv amusingly, " Correction, it was three minutes before the birthday."

" That's not the point here. " Rajiv snorted.

" Okay, I have no problem if you want to kill him. But make sure police doesn't put me behind the bars." Drishti smirked. _______________________________________

Raunak went to a nearby lake to calm himself. This day was too much for him. Still someone called him as dumbhead, maybe not infront of him but still.... He sighed deeply and looked at the water.

Last night he behaved like a beast. Why not? He indeed turned into a beast. It's not that he liked her or never disgraced her or hurt her dignity. But it was for the first time he touched her dignity physically. And a independent girl like her would love her dignity and self respect most. Moreover it was her birthday. His slap print was still visible on her cheeks in the morning. She didn't cry or scream, but she smiled, a blank smile.

Raunak started walking unmindfully. Suddenly he felt something on his knee. He looked down and found a sweet little girl was looking at him with frown. Raunak noticed her cotton candy ruined his pants. He looked at her annoyingly and said coldly, " You ruined my suit."

The frown of that girl became deeper. She locked her hands on her chest and looked at him angrily. Raunak melted at her angry look. it was so cute that he wanted to pinch her cheeks.

" Wat, uncle? You ale so mannenlet." She said annoyingly. " You luined candy of a little gul and you ale tinking bout youl suit?" She looked at him questioningly with furrowed eyebrows.

Raunak bent down and said, " You ruined my suit, I didn't ruin your candy. You are the one who hit me."

That girl pouted cutely and kept her small cute hands on her small waist, " Mennenlet uncle, you ale so big still jelut of a lil gil's candy?? Pull youl eals and say solly. Mennenlet blat, even didn't alk me por another candy." She tried to shout with her adorable voice.

Raunak was about to say something but the word blat (brat) stopped him. This little girl even knows the word brat. He blinked few times and didn't understand whether to laugh at her cuteness or to scold her.

Suddenly a deep and familiar voice came from behind, " Rag!! What happened?" Raunak looked behind and found Rajiv was looking at both of them He was very surprised to see Rajiv and felt a little happiness too. The girl went to Rajiv running. Rajiv took her in his embrace. She girl pouted and said, " Dad, that mennenlet uncle luined my candy even didn't say solly let alone buy anothel candy. Blat uncle."

Rajiv looked at her with big eyes with a amusing smile, " Brat and mannerless uncle ruined your candy? Don't worry I will buy you a new one." Rajiv looked at Raunak for the last time and started to move.

Raunak controlled his emotions and said" Rajiv Sen, it's been long six years. I think we should meet somewhere. "

Rajiv took a deep breath and said, " It's Rajiv Dutt. We indeed need a nice talk."