Chapter 13 - His Sufferings

Rudra didn't turn around, just stood frozen on the second step of the staircase with fisted hands looking towards nowhere.

"Rudra, you should meet the girl! I am sure you won't be disappointed. She will keep you very happy!" The sugar-coated voice elaborated, smiling wickedly.

"I can't remember if I told you to look for a suitable girl for me! Did I?" Rudra asked, not turning towards that person.

"You didn't but it's my responsibility to look for a good wife for you! You should settle down in your life and start a family!" The feminine voice tried to make him understand but deep down, she knew he wouldn't listen to her and he never did before too!

"Who are you to think about my life? Who are you to think what I should do or not?" Rudra asked coldly.

"I am your mother-" But she was cut off immediately.

"Stepmother!" Rudra's voice boomed, making her startle and he turned towards her.

"No, you don't deserve 'mother' even with 'step'! You are just an outsider to me. You will always be!" He roared at her, his anger radiating out of him but still, that woman won't stop trying.

"Why can't you accept me? I am being so loving and kind towards you but you are always disrespecting me!" She started shedding fake tears, making him roll his eyes.

"Kind and loving? Really? You want me to believe that shit?" Rudra asked, chuckling then turned his face cold again.

"You weren't so kind and loving when you came to this house marrying my so-called father just after a week my mom died! You weren't so kind and loving when you used to make me do all the work of the house like a slave at just ten years old! You weren't so kind and loving when I got into an accident and didn't let my father pay for my surgery! You weren't so kind and loving when you made me sign my rightful property papers to your son's name thinking him more worthy of the wealth of my grandparents." In every word he shouted, he could feel those painful moments again that he buried deep in his heart.

Rudra's everything was snatched from him when he was a naive child but no one could snatch his mother's hidden wealth as no one was aware of it, not even Rudra. He found out about it on his eighteenth birthday then he started his company at a young age and made it a big empire now, much bigger than his father can ever accomplish in his whole life.

If it was any other person in his place then they would have started crying remembering the bitter past but Rudra made himself strong enough not to cry in front of pathetic people. Rudra's every word made her shut her sugar-coated voice.

Though she wanted to say more, she couldn't get any idea in her evil mind which would make him agree with her.

"Just because you married my father doesn't give you any right to me." Rudra shouted, making her furious.

"When I was a kid, I was naive to dance to your tune thinking you will love me like my mother one day but I am not stupid anymore to listen to your shits!" Rudra yelled at her and that disgusting woman was controlling her anger so that she can make her evil plan work next time.

At that moment, her only focus was impressing him as a good mother and making her evil plan of destroying him successful so she can't let her anger destroy her plan. That's why it needed to be controlled until her plan was successful.

"I can see right through your mind what you want from me!" Rudra smirked at her as it wasn't a tough task for him to understand a person's real intentions.

"You want me to get married to the girl of your choice so that she can inherit the wealth my mother left for my future wife!" He smirked more widely, making her gasp as she couldn't understand how he knew about her plan!

"You will definitely get success in your plan, I can assure you that!" Rudra chuckled, making her frown, not getting what he meant!

"But in your dreams!" He smiled as he knew he destroyed her imaginary happiness of destroying him.

He went upstairs completely ignoring her presence after he was done making his point, leaving her fuming.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Rudra! You are underestimating me too much. Just because I haven't been able to do anything till now, doesn't mean I won't do anything in future. No matter how much you try to show others that you are very strong but I know how weak you are! You are just surrounding yourself with a strong wall so that no one can see your weakness. Everyone has some type of weakness, I am sure you have too. I just have to find out what it is. Then let me see who will save you from your destruction?" His stepmother AKA Kamya smirked and laughed evilly.

"You are right, mom! Let him fly more, his wings are meant to be cut by us only! This time, we will give him so much pain that he will beg us to kill him!" Atharv chirped evilly coming from somewhere and the mother-son duo started laughing in advance of Rudra's doom.

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Neha opened her eyes slowly, peeking at her unknown surroundings and her gaze fell on an older woman who was Asha. She was busy placing her clothing in the cupboard but turned around when she heard someone's soft gasp.

Asha's eyes fell on Neha who was looking around at her surroundings with confusion while her hand was rubbing her throbbing head.

"Where am I?" She whispered, asking herself getting scared and Asha panicked knowing what will happen if she gets afraid!

"Dear, don't worry! Relax! You are in Rudra's penthouse." Asha chirped happily and Neha stared at the unknown woman in front of her.

"Rudra? In his penthouse? Why?" Neha asked, pretending like she didn't know what she was doing there.

Finally, I am where I should be! Let's find out who you really are, Mr Rudra Singh Rathore, Neha thought smirking in her mind.