chapter-7

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Her Amber eyes fell on his dark eyes which made her frozen at her place . His gaze bored deep into her , turning her entire entity to get numbed and blanked and feeling like everything and one surrounding her got halted .

"Mr Rai singhania?"

Mr.mathur's voice broke that gloomy trance of their gaze . She immediately darted her eyes away from him and focused on Mr mathur as he further spoke

"Sorry not be disrespectful for you ,"

"I know I came here unannounced and I apologize for that mr mathur ."

Ridhima heard his deep hoarse voice replying but her eyes didn't trail towards him.

"It's ok Mr Rai singhania but Mr sareen is currently not available here and won't be here for a while ."

Mr mathur replied respectfully

"I know mr mathur and I am not here to meet Mr . Sareen because ."

Ridhima heard him to halt and and she could feel his gloomy gaze averted towards her as he completed his words

"I am here to meet Ms. Sareen , the future CEO of sareen corporation , after all I am going to work with her soon, so I thought it would be better if we get to know each other closely."

Her breathing slightly twitced, hearing each and every word untill .

I hope you don't mind us getting a little closer Ms, sareen ?"

Her eyes snapped towards his direction hearing his words and her breathing hitched by watching the evilness playing in his darkened eyes which were already gazing at her .

"Ms.sareen."

Ridhima darted her eyes at mr mathur hearing his voice and she nodded at him in approval , making him nod back too and then looked at vansh .

"Ok, so Mr vansh ."

"Well mr mathur, I want to talked with Ms Sareen alone and personally.

Vansh uttered ,cutting mr mathur's words making Ridhima inhale a sharp breath and finally spoke while looking at him

"Mr mathur , please excuse us for a while , I"LL call you if I need your help ."

Mr mathur nodded at her and bowed .

"Sure Ms sareen "

She inclined him by her head and then Mr mathur greeted vansh and left ,leaving Ridhima and vansh alone in that office room.

She heard mr.mathur leaving and then the door open closed behind him but her eyes never trailed towards that specific person again who was present inside that room with her but she could feel his gaze piercing deep inside her soul.

Vansh gazed at Ridhima from her head to her toe and a smile crept on his face by watching her looking away from him, the room got completely filled with a deadly silence he gazed at her who continued to look everywhere other than him untill he shoved his hand in his pockets and she heard his footsteps walking closer to her direction, breaking that gloomy silence.

Ridhina clutched her skirt tightly with his each growing step closer to her and feeling his gaze baring immensely into her stature and then she found him to stop in his feet and stood in front of her to maintain a gap of an inch between their bodies ।

She still didn't look at him and tightened her grip on her skirt feeling his presence towering her and gaze to never leaving form her untill

"It's such a pleasure to see you again Ms.sareen"

A shiver run clown her spine hearing his hoarse voice which made her to trailed her eyes above from the ground but still not on him.

His smile widened by watching her still not looking at him in his eyes . He gazed at her entire face and scanned every detail of it which one used to be his everything .

"I hope you at least remember me ."

"Why are you here "

Her voice halted his words where as her eyes darted straight at his . Ridhima gazed direct into his darkened eyes , turning his grin more cunning . She waited for his reply but got nothing except his gloomy stare on her .

"Why are you here ?"

She asked him but didn't get her answer which made her clench her fist .

"Why are you here vansh ."

"Mr Rai singhania .'

This time his words halted her from completing her sentence where. As she found him to take a couple of step closer to match her face level and peered deep into her eyes .

"It's Mr Rai singhania for you Ms Ridhima sareen ..

She spoke and her body shrugged hearing his slow and dangerously calm voice which made her unclenched her palms and she tenderly suspired .

"Why are you here mr Rai singhania."

She corrected her sentence after his words which made this smirk to amused .

He took out his hands from pocket and crossed them against his chest

"Ain't it obvious ? As I said earlier to get to know each other more closely Ms sareen ."

He replied , gazing into her eyes

"Pardon mr Rai singhania but I don't this so there's any need for it , so you can leave now ."

She stated and turned on her heels to walk away form his presence but her body got stiff at it's place when he in seconds , closed the remaining distance between them and caged her body between the table and him by placing his both hands on both sides of the desk.

"You were not even able to make me leave then when I have nothing to stay for ."

His words pieced deep inside her soul where as her body quivered feeling his warm breathing fanning over the side of her face

"Now how would you make me leave then when I have nothing thing to hold, to study and most importantly to ruin., Ridhima sareen?"

Her eyes snapped at his direction after his words and her heart rate halted watching the gloominess of darkness playing in his eyes and over his lips .

"You had nothing to hold then when you thought you had nothing to stay for and not even now when you are thinking you have everything to ruin, Mr Vansh Rai singhania ."

She uttered to him which made his gaze darken More and his jaw to clenched .

"You may take your leave Mr Vansh Rai singhania ."

She stated and tried to free herself from his cage but before she could get away from it. He grabbed her wrist and twisted it behind her back , making her hissed

They both peered into each other's eyes untill she made his face to get more close to her

"I have everything to ruin now

Ridhima sareen , every single thing and trust me I"ll so painfully and cruelly that you will regret that day when you just got the mere thought of playing with me

He groaned, gawking immensely into her eyes with his clenched jaw .

"That was a past , get over from it Mr Rai so like i did ."

A smirk crept on his face hearing her words . He slightly titled his head and gazed at her eyes for a while and a ridhima could see his gaze turned more cunning and ruthless .

Vansh gazed at her eyes now then got a little closed , so closer she could feel his breathing fanning over her lips .

"I never got over it and I have promised myself that I won't ever let you get over with it too, Ridhima sareen ." He whispered against her lips , making fists on her palms again.

They both peered deep into each other's eyes without even blinking for once but she immediately darted her eyes away from him and started strauggling

"Leave Mr Rai singhania .". She uttered , trying to snatch her wrist from his grip but instead of losing it tightened around her eyes pricked with tears when he digges his fingers in the wound on her wrist ..

He gazed at her eyes which turned slightly glossy making his smirk broadened . He clutch her wrist more firmly making her yelp badly .

"Oh still so tender and delicate Ms. Sareen .". He taunted while tightening his grip over her wrist making her eye watery

He just gazed at her watery eyes and whispered against her lips

"Who would believe have thought that this tenderness desired so much roughness in bed , Right Ms sareen?"

A lone tear rolled down her cheeks hearing his each and every word which made his grin to wide

He placed his index finger on her tear and wiped it away from her cheeks and smirked looking at his wet fingers.

"My love for you had no boundaries ."

He uttered gazing at his finger and they trailed his darken gaze at her watery eyes .

"So my hate for you is going to have no limit Ridhima sareen ."

Her heart beat dropped whereas she felt like her blood got drenched from her body hearing his words and watching the burning rage of hatred in his eyes for her .

He gazed at her eyes and then shoved her wrist away and took his some steps backwards without taking his eyes away from her .

"So grateful to talk to you Ms. Sareen and I promise you, you'll meet me soon and that time will be your own ;."

He spoke smirking at her and then turned around and walked away towards the door but stopped there and again turned around and scanned her from her head to toe and halted at her Amber eyes .

"Till then , sweetheart ."

Her whole body got frozen at her face hearing that word from his mouth , that word which used to make her feel the most loved every time she heard that from him but today that word her to feel like hating on her town existence by watching the gloominess of hatred in his eyes for her .

She continued to gaze at him who was already gazing at her and the. She found him to grin smugly and turned around and walked out from that room

She saw the door behind him to get shut where as a sharp tear fell down from her eyes .

"My love for. You had no boundaries , so my hate for you is going to have no limits Ridhima sareen ."

Her blurry eyes escaped more tears when her mind recalled his words again and how venomous he said them to her .

Ridhima looked at her covered wrist which was still stinging badly, she tugged upwards her sleeve and her heart clutched by watching her bounds to get again open which she had given to herself and now his red fingerprints were present there too which she got because of her.

More tears roller down from her eyes by staring at her own wrist untill those words excsped from her mouth .

"I deserve this ."

She uttered herself and then pulled her sleeves down inorder to cover her wrist and then heard her phone ringing .

She took her phone out from her pocket and saw her father's number on the screen.

She immediately wiped her eyes and exhaled a deep breath picked up the call.

"Hello"

"How are you ,angel ? How's your first day at work .?"

She heard her father's cheering voice which made her calm a little .

"I am completely fine, dad and the first day is going better than I expected it to be."

She replied and heard her father chuckling on the other side .

"So good to hear that . By the way i called to inform you that I reached here safely and yes one more thing don't overwork yourself . It just you first day and I am so sorry I am not there to help you ."

"It's ok dad , I ... I am perfectly alright and i know you may not be here physically but you're always with me , so chill and focus on your meeting and enjoy more and you too definitely don't work over on yourself ."

She stated heard her father humming .

"Ok my angel ,I need to check in now, I"LL. Talk to you later , bye take care and love you ."

"You too, take care and love you .more dad ,bye ". She spoke and then hung up the call.

And sighed heavily and then her eyes trailed towards the large glass window she took her steps towards it and gaped at her bright blue sky which was shining with the sun's illuminating Ray's but there were full and grey clouds present there too which were waiting to consume the brightness of the sky and then engulfed it into it's darkness .

She gazed at the sky and then clutched the pendant which she was wearing in her neck but was hidden behind her full neck shirt . Her eyes continued to remain on the sky whereas her grip tightened on her pendant untill she heard a knock on her door.

She darted her gaze towards the door and removed her palm from her neck and spoke

"Come in."

then saw mr mathur walk in with a file in his hands

"Sorry to disturb you Ms . Sareen but I urgently need your signature in these paper on behalf of ms. Sareen so please will you check them and sign."

"Sure Mr mathur .". She replied with a weak smile, making him beamed too .

And then the rest of the day precessed

NEXT DAY

Ridhima was checking and working on some papers while completely focusing on it then heard a knock on her office door ..

"Come in ."

She saw the door open and then me mathur walked in but that time not with a smile but a visible panic on his face.

"Ms sareen, there's a problem ." He said to her while tensing up more

She immediately got up from her chair confused and asked .

"What happened Mr mathur ?"

She in reply saw mr mathur sighing and then uttering

"The board of directors calls and urgent and immediately meeting with in an hour ." .

Her eyes widened hearing him .

"What ? But why and so sudden ?"

"I don't know Ms . Sareen. I asked them but they didn't tell me the reason but just told me to inform you to be present there as Mr sareen isn't here so you need to attend it on behalf on him."

She got shattered listening to him and gulped

"Did you inform dad about this ?"

"No I didn't yet because before calling him, I wanted your approval on this ."

He replied making her sighed .

"Ok so don't inform him yet . I will attend the meeting on behalf on him and find out what this is about and if I get any urgency to tell him about this then I'll notify him.".

She spoke making him to nod .

"So when is the meeting ?"

"In an hour ."

"Okay then. I'll be there ." She stated caming a nod from Mr mathur again and then he left which made her exhale heavily and closed her eyes for calming herself down

"Till then , sweetheart."

She opened her eyes when even her closed eyes reflected his image and echoed his words. She took a deep breath and exhale it in order to let her bad intaition get away from her mind but every inch of her existence knew it very well that that was just the begining of something wrose ."

At The Meeting Room

"We are sorry to say this Ms. Sareen but out each and every investors and shareholders decided to back away from sareen corporation's new project ."

Ridhima's whole body get stuff at it's place hearing those words

"But why Mr Kapoor ? Everyone was agrrreing and gave their approval on this project day before yesterday then what happen all of a sudden ?"

She asked confused and befuddled untill she heard those words from the head of the board in reply .

"Because Mr Rai singhania stepped away from this project . He rejected to be sareen corporation's chairmen and denied to be a part of this project ."

Her whole entity got bewildered hearing his each and every word which made her completely frozen

"We don't know why Mr Rai singhnia decided to withdraw himself form this company and its project ? We tried to contact him but didn't able to reach him and we can't even hold any obligation against him for this as he didn't sign the agreement papers yet .". The head of the directors announced .

"And each and every shareholders and investors agreed to invest in this project just because they got to know that Mr Rai singhania was leading it and was a part of the project so if the project get failed in future . They will be able to claim for a profit against him and his company too because everybody knows that Rai singhania corporation would easily be able to repay the liable about to it's all liability holder but sareen corporation won't be able to do it alone , because this project involved a very huge amount of investment with an even bigger risk involving in it."

Her throat turned dry where as she felt like every fiber in her skin turned numb in fear and panic .

"Ms sareen ! This situation is really very serious because Mr sareen might owns 51% shares in this company but the other 49% is held by our company shareholders and investors and if they step back from it then sareen corporation would get 49% ruin in just a mere matter of seconds which would be very harmful for this company to stand in the business world ."

Her face drenched very color from it by processing those words which made her while body quivered .

We didn't tell about this to mr sareen because he's just not only our business partner but also a very close friend of ours as this board this working with him from the past 20 years and we all know and we all know that he's heart patient and this news would be very harmful for his health there why we wants you to handle his business after him do we too are leaving this decision , making gulped hardly on her saliva .

We knew that this is new for you too so the board will suggest you one and the most easy option for getting out of this situation ."

Ridhima wiged her brows at how wrose and asked him with a little amout of hope in her heart

"What ?"

But her hope got shattered where as she felt like she soul shivered inside her body terrible hearing his next words .

"You need to contact me Rai singhania and presacude him to continue to be this company's and it's project part .

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