After keeping the call, she wiped away the smile from her face with which she was speaking with him.

The whole notion of being friendly and cordial with someone who had attempted to kill the love of her life wasn't something that came naturally to her. She had to drink a pail of poison, every single time that she attempted to even talk with him.

She took a deep breath and grabbed onto that glass of water lying on the table.

Seeing her palpitating like this David, who was sitting in the room and watched her as she spoke, said,

"He repulses you that much huh !!!"

"More than what you can imagine in your head. Sometimes I feel like taking a dagger and running it through his heart."

Saying that she looked at David, who was looking at her all surprised with a tinge of smile on his face which could any moment turn into a laugh.

"I am just saying. Not that I want to do it. I am well aware of the predicaments",

David laughed and said,

"I knew you were joking, but you killed it by explaining yourself in detail."

Saying that he picked up the agreement file and placed it on Akira's desk and said,

"Make it happen. I know it must be hard on you but if this is what you want then you have to stand strong for it."

Akira gave him a nod and he exited the room as it was time for Vikram to arrive.

After David left, she removed her jacket and placed it on the chair and started pacing inside the room. She knew that she was doing it the wrong way, deceiving him, conning him into signing the deal but her zeal to avenge for what he had done to Raymond, was so strong that she ignored everything and calmed herself down, to be ready for the assault.

Five minutes later there was a knock on her door and she, instead of just asking him to come in, she went to the door to open it for him, in person.

"Hey there !!!"

She greeted Vikram with a brilliant beaming smile on her face without a trace of hesitation that was building up inside of her a moment before.

He was surprised but was equally pleased to see that bright smile on her face as she greeted him.

"Hi... You seem to be in an awfully good mood today."

"Well, my good is good because you have arrived", saying that she closed the door behind her and started strutting in front of him in her pencil skirt and high heels.

He admired her hourglass figure and why not? After all, she was one of the finest specimen on earth with everything made just perfect. Perfect legs, perfect figure, perfect face, and perfect demeanor. For him, she was born to make his life all perfect.

But little did he know what he was in for. Her perfect self was hell-bent on making his life imperfect and all that she needed for that perfect recipe was his signature.

She sat on her chair and opened the file.

"I have already seen the changes and they look all fine to me. But since its a business deal, I would prefer that you go through it well", and saying that she handed over the file to him.

Vikram took the file and started going through it in great detail, page by page. The new clauses had been added in page number fourteen and seventeen respectively. So the moment he flipped page number five, she got a bit impatient and said,

"God Vikram, can you read any faster? The arts are racing inside my stomach already."

Saying that she came next to him and leaned herself on the table by grabbing the corner of the table.

"Can you give me the original document so that I can compare the difference in the deal terms?"

"Argghh... Can I just iterate them to you? We have discussed it so many times in the meetings that it's all by heart for me right now."

"Is it?"

"Yeah. Page number one and three have details about the name change."

"Yep. Checked that."

"Instead of an investment of 79%, we need 81% investment from you, which leads to an increase of around 2.34 million USD. Page 7 clause 9."

"Got it", he said and skimmed through the page.

Then taking a deep breath Akira said,

"And a new clause added in page number fourteen and seventeen. It states that in case our product goes into loss then we will return the investment after only a year. Just a cautionary clause, but given our reputation, you know it well that our product never tank."

Then without even giving him any time to think, she handed over the pen to him and said,

"Now sign this goddamn paper and let's go for lunch."