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

Saying that Akira looked at him for a moment and then putting all of her weight on the table, she lifted herself up and sat on the table. Then continuing looking deep into his eyes, she crossed her legs and took a deep breath and said,

"If I die today because of hunger then my death will be on you."

And saying that she pouted her lips and then crossed her arms.

Looking at her, acting all up like the good old days, a smile spread on his face. He just put a cursory glance at the pages and then took a pen from her and signed it, without asking a single new question.

Then shutting the file down, Vikram looked at her and said,

"Now that the paperwork is done we can head outside", saying that Vikram got up and buttoned up his suit.

Akira smiled looking at him. It was a jubilant smile hidden underneath the facade of the smile of an innocent girl, who wanted nothing else right now except a happy meal.

She uncrossed her legs and hopped down from the table and went towards the chair to grab her jacket and was just about to wear it when Vikram came and held her hands and said,

"Don't"

She raised her eyebrows and looked up at him with questions filled in her eyes.

"You look nice without the jacket."

She knew exactly what he meant, but she tried to act up all innocent.

"Ok. Can we go now?"

"After you", Vikram said and kept his left arm softly on her back.

The moment his hand touched her back, she felt an instant urge to kick him in his nuts, break every single bone of his body and to tear him apart, limb by limb, but somehow she controlled her urge to do so and gave a faint smile back.

She felt violated, she felt like she needed to purge herself for she loathed this man more than anything else in the world. Plastering that forced smile on her face as she walked out of the room, she saw David coming from the other side of the corridor and in a second he understood her plight.

Without even wasting a second as he reached close to both of them, he said,

"Hello, Mr. Vikram. I am going to borrow my boss for a second here."

And saying that he moved a bit to the side and opened the file in his hand. Akra immediately understood that he was giving her a golden window of opportunity to shrug off that hand that was resting on her back.

She turned back and said,

"Just a second."

She said and moved aside.

He had to put his hand back in his trouser pocket and wait for her to finish the conversation.

As Akira moved towards David, the first thing that she did was to mouth a "Thank You."

They had a fake discussion for two to three minutes and then Akira said,

"We can go now."

Saying that she paced outside, without giving that man any chance to touch her even once.

All clueless of the trap that had been set for him, Vikram drove her to a nearby Chinese restaurant for lunch.

While sitting inside the car, she badly wanted to text Raymond, wanted to know if Dr. Nelson had called him up. But her hands were tied up in every possible way. She didn't want the man next to her, have a single doubt about the whole process. So she refrained from even texting Raymond or Dr. Nelson, as she didn't want him to have any sort of suspicion.

After the two left the office premises, David walked into Akira's cabin and picked up the deal file which had been signed.

He opened the file and saw his signatures on the paper and his heart was elated instantly, like a Christmas tree.

The fire inside him to avenge this man was no less than what Akira had in her heart. He wasn't related to Raymond by blood, but he was more than a younger brother to him whom he wanted to nurture and protect at any cost.

He wanted to call up Raymond an tell him about the fantastic plan of Akira. He wanted to tell how well they had trapped the guy who was trying to be his nemesis. But he refrained. He knew that everything had to be done when the time was right.

So, taking a deep breath, he held both the files in his hands and started walking towards the design team wing.

As he reached there he cleared his throat and announced,

"I have a piece of big news for you guys !!!"

"We got the funding?", Kirk asked.

"Oh yeah, we did !!!", saying that David flashed the file to everyone.

"Hail project MEDUSA !!!", Kirk screamed all boisterously.

David smiled looking at him and said,

"Yeah, Hail project MEDUSA !!!"