"Rani Saheba.." Shyam breathed the words, filling it with as much love and sugar as possible.

"Shyam ji.. It's been so many days since I heard from you" Anjali complained to her absent husband.

"Rani Saheba.. The workload is too high. And it is for you that I work without rest. So that we could have a happy life.." Shyam added and Anjali, too caught up in the saccharine sweetness of the bast*rd's failed to ask where the fruits of his hard work were.

"I know Shyam ji. But you work too hard. It is unhealthy. I am tired of saying this to both you and chotte.." Anjali said and Shyam got the perfect opening for whatever he wanted to ask.

"When you mentioned chotte, what's this I am hearing about chotte being in love?" Shyam asked softly, trying hard to not let his trophy wife know that he was seething.

Nothing has been going as per his plans.

He had been convinced that Bua ji was in his pocket and when he asked for Khushi's hand in marriage, she would readily accept his proposal.

Much to his disappointment and fury, they had refused.

And to add salt to the injury, his golden egg laying duck Arnav Singh Raizada is in love?

"You won't believe it, Shyam ji. It was such a shock for all of us.." Anjali began to say with a laugh and at that exact time, Shyam's phone died making his curse.

****

THE NEXT WORKING DAY

Khushi had reached office with Payal at her usual time.

The office was buzzing with the morning activity. The boss hadn't arrived yet, because of which the people are still gathered around in groups with their chit chats.

The hot news, obviously their boss being in love.

"Who could it be? Who is foolish enough to reject The ASR's love?" One of the women asked in disbelief.

"She must be playing hard to get" Another one said with a scoff.

"She must be something if ASR actually fell in love."

Khushi walked away from there, not wanting to listen to anymore of this.

I have been here in AR since the company began. I had seen him while he was dating supermodel Lisa. And we all had seen him while he was dating Lavanya. Neither time did I ever see him looking at them with love" A middle aged woman said and everyone looked at her curiously.

""Really? I never realised."

"He always has this rock hard cold face. No emotions on his face at all. Other than anger, ofcourse. The only time I have seen real emotions passing through his eyes and face were when Khushi started working here" The woman said with a knowing smile.

"Chamkeeli?" Sim asked, scrunching her nose in disgust and the older woman rolled her eyes.

"That was ASR's extreme level of rage and fury we witnessed while Chamkili started working here" Pam said with a shrug.

A bustle at the door garnered everyone's attention.

They were surprised to see Liza walking in, as if she owns the place.

Sim and Pam looked at each other and hurried towards Lavanya's cabin to share the news.

"La.." Sim called out.

"Yes?" La asked, looking up from her laptop screen.

"Liza is here." Pam said hurriedly.

"Oh she is here already?" Lavanya asked, looking at her wrist watch as she stood up from her place.

"You knew she was coming?" Sim asked miffed. Earlier, La used to share everything with them. Now La is more inclined towards that chamkili.

"Yes. For the calendar shoot" Lavanya said with a smirk.

Sim and Pam shared a look when Lavanya mentioned the calendar shoot.

They remember the last calendar shoot very clearly. And a smirk made its way to their face as they foresee all the ingredients for a disaster present right in front of them.

Khushi ASR and Lisa!

Last time they succeeded in trapping Khushi and making ASR lash out on her. This time too they have to succeed.

Lavanya noticed the cunning smirk on her once upon a time best friends' face and scoffed lightly.

They are really in store for a burst out, if their evil brains and plotting ways to make Khushi suffer.

"Okay La. We gotta go" Sim said and hurried out followed by an equally excited Pam.

Sim and Pam walked towards the VIP lounge where Lisa must be waiting for ASR.

When they found Lisa's fur coat spread across the couch they smirked at each other.

The same old idea..

And it would simply be easy to put the blame on Khushi because Lisa would readily believe it if they say Khushi did it.

Manju Singh came with a glass of orange juice and Sim and Pam hid from her sight, but unluckily for them, Manju saw them. But Manju didn't show it as if she saw them. She wanted to know what they were upto.

Once Manju left, Sim and Pam did exactly what they did a year ago.

As usual Lisa created a ruckus after seeing her fur coat spoiled a second time at AR.

"Oh god Lisa! Your fur coat is spoiled?" Pam asked with an exaggerated gasp.

"Who the hell did this?" Lisa screamed angrily.

"It must be Khushi. I saw her coming here with your juice." Sim said.

"Who the hell is Khushi?" Lisa demanded as she walked out of the VIP lounge towards the main working bay.

"The same girl who spoiled your coat last time. She must have been holding a grudge against you since last time. ASR had made her life a hell after you left." Pam said, adding oil to the fire.

Lisa was breathing fire when she stood in front of a confused Khushi.

"How dare you?" Lisa asked and raised her hand with all the intention to slap Khushi across the face.

"LISAAA" It was a roar powerful enough to make the entire city quake in fear.

A/n

Hey lovelies..

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Sorry for not updating the last two weeks. I have been abroad for a vacation and I couldn't write..

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