I entered my cabin after nodding to everyone's Good Morning wishes with an expressionless face.
I saw Anirudh sitting on the sofa, he was scrolling his phone with joy... I sat in my place while he stood up and sat in front of me.
I asked while checking some files, "Why are you smiling?"
"You didn't check the business news?", he asked. I disapproved.
"Ayansh's company went bankrupt out of nowhere...", he replied while smiling.
Out of nowhere? Something's fishy... "How?", I asked while shifting my gaze towards him.
"I... I don't know. I guess someone hacked his systems and did something good. It's a moment of joy...", he replied.
"I don't celebrate others'loss", I replied coldly because my instincts knew who did this.
"He was involved in human trafficking and all, we proved all this and you're still acting cold. I did everything for you asshole...", he replied and here his oversharing helped me.
I banged the file on the table and replied, "I knew it... You did this...By the way Good Job!!"
"Glad you liked it!! I'm leaving now", Anirudh replied and walked towards the exit.
"No need to act sober when you too are a beast, asshole", I replied coldly.
His hacking skills are insanely good, but Akshita's reach the top level. He winked while stepping back to me.
"Ohh!! I forgot, your date's company is in trouble...", he said while picking up his phone from the table.
I immediately asked without wasting a microsecond, "What trouble?"
"Check it yourself. I'm running late", he replied.
"I've no interest. I know she'll handle it", I replied while searching about the matter.
I was not concerned, I was just curious. Last week, he told me that she's Akshita's sister and I guess he's going to help them so no need to worry. I found an article in the meantime.
The article states, "A woman staff stated that the current CEO of RV Hotels forced her to impress one of the VIP Clients by fulfilling his sexual desires. She submitted some call recordings to the Police. Miss VIDYA RUDRAVANSHI is under police custody for interrogation."
WTF!! It's baseless, she couldn't do such things... I stood up and took my coat from the hanger. I couldn't let her deal with this alone, and stepped towards the door.
"We're not that close", her words echoed in my mind and I stopped.
Yes we were not that close... Even though it's been a week, still I remember each fucking thing about her from our last date. I didn't want to think about her, it's fucking bothering my work too but still, I was worried.
I took my phone out from the pocket of my pants and dialed Akshita's number. Why? I'm worrying about her, she had her whole family and I was no one to her... I was about to hang up but she picked and now hanging up seems to be rude.
"Hello...", she greeted me while I cleared my throat and replied,
"Hello Akshita. How are you?"
"Not Good, what happened? Do you need anything?", she asked in a tense tone.
"Um... I heard about your sister so I thought to ask if she's fine or not", I replied calmly.
"She's fine. Don't worry!! I'm working on the matter with Anirudh.", she replied...
That asshole was with her and that's the important work he was talking about.
"You found someone who could do this to harm her...", I asked.
"No... Not yet, I'm good at hacking not finding. I'm waiting for her to come. The whole male staff especially the seniors were unhappy after she was appointed as the CEO. Bade Papa got an anonymous letter a few days back with a threatening note and that's why he tried to handle everything on his own. She wasn't going to the office for a week as per his order but still, she did some research which only she knew...", she replied.
"Can I talk to Ani?", I asked gently.
She hummed in response and passed him the phone.
"You didn't care I guess...", he teased.
"I don't care it's just... just... I fucking don't know. I think they will arrest her after interrogation and I fucking want her safe", I replied more like screaming while stating the last five words.
"Calm Down!! She's sharp enough to handle. Focus on your work... We're here for her", he replied.
I want to be there for her too but no, Control yourself, Mrityunjay.
Why I was so worried for her? I don't even know her.
I hung up the call and the other minute, dialed the Governor's number...
"Hello, Rathore Sahab... Koi madat cahiye apko?", he asked gently.
(Do you need any help?)
"Miss Vidya is under interrogation right now and I don't want her to be arrested so tell your officers to work accordingly", I replied coldly.
"But... It's almost impossible sir", he replied.
"I don't care about your impossibilities. I ordered you and you must follow it if you don't want me to circulate your black money's details in the whole country....", I retorted.
"I...I will handle this don't worry", his voice trembled.
"Also, keep in mind to not tell her about this or her father. I know they too have links in government but...", I said and hung up.
I know she's smart, but this system works differently. The media started to paint her as a villain already without knowing the whole story.
The whole society sucks, her male staff couldn't bear her as their boss just because of their male ego. I know she would never cross her limits, but I could cross any freaking limit to save her.
WTF!! No Mrityunjay... You're leading somewhere else, she means nothing to you...
Remember you did a lot for someone, but she left you for her betterment. Don't let Vidya erase the line you drew; my mind reminded me which was acceptable. I engaged my mind with work...
AUTHOR'S POV
Vidya was sitting in front of two officers, one male and the other female. They kept asking her questions back-to-back and she kept answering them while keeping the answers short and clear.
They used to trap her in her own words, but she handled the situation smartly. "So according to you, she used A. I cloned your voice?", the women officer asked while frowning.
"Yes, she's a tech expert and has been working for us for the past five years.", vidya replied while making eye contact with that officer.
"But she's working in your hotel...", the officer asked.
"The hotel needed a tech expert, and she was the perfect fit, so we shifted her from our tech industry to the hotel.", she replied with a straight face...
"And then you forced her to have sex with your VIP member", the female officer shouted while banging the table.
"Go ask her that member's name...", Vidya replied rudely.
"We'll ask her first you...", she was about to complete but a sergeant interrupted her,
"Sorry to disturb you ma'am but we must stop this interrogation now."
"Why?", the male officer asked coldly.
"Magistrate Sir ordered us to", the sergeant completed...
"These rich assholes...", she yelled while giving Vidya a death stare.
"Thanks for your wise words but first properly interrogate that girl... bye", Vidya replied while brushing her hand over her black coat...
She left the dark room with dim light in full confidence without knowing the Media had been waiting for her for 10 hours and were ready to tear her confidence apart with every spike of their questions...
"How could you do such things to your female staff?"
"You're a woman yourself and still you asked her to do such things"
"If you wanted to fulfill your members desire, why didn't you satisfy him?"
"Vidya Rudravanshi a whore..."
"Did you force other female staff too, to do such things"
"She must've been into women trafficking too".
For her, she wasn't surrounded by reporters or people, she was surrounded by allegations and curses. She had to face these horrible things without exceeding her limits. It was the first time she hung her head low and walked slowly without glaring at those people.
A few bodyguards helped her to reach her car. Those reporters followed her to the parking slot, she stood straight in front of her car and motivated herself to face them if she didn't do anything wrong.
She recited a Mantra to regain her strength and confidence and finally spoke, "I'll clean my image in front of you all with valid evidence, stop acting immature without knowing my side of the story... Stop judging people based on the single half of the story, you all earned your prestige so did I and I'll not let anyone ruin it."
Her confidence made everyone shut their freaking mouths. She entered the car and moved directly to the location sent by Anirudh.
A house on the outskirts of the city, I analyzed the surroundings which seemed silent like a dead valley and there was no existence of human life. Why does he need to work in such a type of area? He's a doctor by profession but his links didn't seem pleasant at all.
I ignored, hurried up, and entered the house, after crossing the main hall, I entered a room full of computer screens and my eyes fell on the girl sitting in front of those screens and typing something without noticing me.
She was none other than Akshita...
I walked towards her and stood behind her and asked, "What are you doing here?"
She jumped, making the chair fall while I took a few steps back.
She replied while enlarging her eyes with shock and huffing, "Wh... when you came here?"
"A few minutes back...", I replied while noticing the computer screen, displaying some chats...
I asked without wasting a minute, "You hacked her phone? How?"
"Yup!! Anirudh helped me as she went for a physical checkup in his hospital so someone from his staff helped us?", she replied with a wink.
"You guys stole her phone?", I asked with concern.
"If we had done that, we didn't need to hack her phone Vidya", a deep voice answered from behind while I turned to see him.
"oh yes", I replied.
"She visited the hospital this morning with some officers and stealing her phone could be risky, so I told my staff to get her phone IMEI number.", Anirudh elaborated while handing me a mug of coffee.
Curiosity flew through my veins because getting IMEI without knowing her password wasn't easy so how his staff managed to get that...
I asked after gulping a sip from the mug, "How did your staff manage that without knowing her password?"
"Cracking a password isn't tough for us, usually people use their birth date and year as passwords... I told him to enter the same from the form she filled out prior and luckily, we cracked it on the first go... Then he entered a code sent by me and we got her IMEI number.", he replied calmly.
"Are you okay?", finally Akshi asked me with her concerned eyes.
I brushed her head softly while assuring her through my expressions.
"You guys found something?", I asked while they both kept their eyes on the computer screen.
"She deleted her call logs and chats, but Ani recovered them and here we found an anonymous number saved as Groovi.", Akshita replied while digging deep in her chat box.
Groovi!! This name... I heard this name somewhere. But where?
I closed my eyes while sitting on one of the chairs. I recalled some names which I fired a few months back along with some suspicious staff members.
Suddenly, a moment struck my head... I was invited to a birthday party by him, one of our careless employees holding the position of M.D. in our hotel. That card flashed back in front of my eyes and after so much effort I recalled the venue, Groovi Party Halls.
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