Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Rajeev was infuriated hearing about the attack on his precious daughter. He was driving the car like a madman. His assistant David offered to let him drive but one death glare from Rajeev shut his mouth.

For his daughter, he could burn down the whole world if someone ever tries to harm her in any way. Here she's almost about to burn in ashes. He was at the sight of the construction to survey the construction work when he got a call from Reema bi and the news bolted the anger inside him. As soon as the car halted on the porch of the entrance he strolled inside the mansion and straightly went to her room.

As he walked inside he found Shanaya sleeping while Reema bi was stroking her hair sitting beside her. "How is she?" He asked calmly, not wanting to wake her up. He was anything but calm. Reema bi carefully put the pillow underneath her head and stood up.

"When she came home, her whole body was trembling. Luckily that boy happened to be at the accident spot. What if… " Reema bi trailed off and sighed in relaxation and thanked God silently. "I don't want to imagine what could have happened to her if he didn't save her in time"

Rajeev glanced at Reema bi with a frown. "He? Who is He?" He asked. "I don't know him, he didn't tell his name. I forgot to ask. But he looked like a gentleman. He saved her and brought her home also after visiting the doctor" Reema bi explained. Rajeev was distressed about his daughter, at that time he didn't want to think about anything and sat beside her head.

"Is she alright now? Did she have a panic episode?" Rajeev asked, caressing her crown. "She seemed to be fine when she came but she was frightened. I believe she didn't have her panic attack or her condition wouldn't be better" Reema bi answered him. "Please look after her Reema bi, I have some business to deal with" saying this Rajeev stepped out of the room.

"Find out who is behind this, who wants to harm her, this is the second time in a month. Where were the guards when the car blew? just find out immediately" Rajeev growled at his assistant on the phone call. He was huffing like a caged bull while his nose flared in anger. "I will find out sir, don't worry" David asserted.

"It's about my daughter David, someone wants to hurt her. I won't be at peace unless I clasp his neck and crush him to death" he roared on the phone banging his hand on the glass door of a balcony. "You will get the reports by night" David affirmed and hung up the call.

Here in the Malhotra mansion;

The night was as dark as the inside of the mansion. Only the limited lights were illuminating to make out a way through hallways. All the housekeepers were off duty by now and left for the servant's quarter. He lives alone in his big mansion as alone as he is in his life.

The cold breeze was rustling through the curtains of his room and fanning his face. His lonely figure stood in the middle of a room, holding a lit cigarette between his long fingers while he stared at the wall covered with pictures.

A ten year old Avyaansh sitting between his parents laughing in the picture. In another picture, there was an older boy with him. Just by looking at the photos, anyone could say they were a happy family.

A smile adorned his face with a remembrance of his childhood. It's so rare of him to smile. His blue orbs glint with the moisture in his eyes while his smile turns bitter. How cheerful he was in those photos but now there was no smile, no happiness, only the bitter reality that his parents are no longer with him. The revelation of his parents' death drowned him in hatred.

"I will destroy them, whomever he is trying to save. I will make sure they repent their every sins" Avyaansh vowed with his clenched jaw. The anger of three years seething inside him which could explode anytime if provoked. He was one step away from strangling the person behind his parents death. If he didn't restrain himself and his calm and calculative intellect, he would have whipped his existence from this world.

He was fuming in anger unless his phone buzzed furiously for his attention, crushing the cigarette in an ashtray he answered the phone. "Sir, city hospital" his men spoke from another side. "Alright," he replied and hung up the call.

Seizing his car keys he strolled out of the mansion. He occupied the driving seat and pulled his car in motion. "She is Reva Mathur. Her brother was in the same college as Shanaya ma'am. Once he spiked her drinks and attempted to take advantage of her. Her brother was beaten up in Rajeev's order and now paralysed" these were the exact words his men told him on the phone call. His men dug out the information for him in a few hours.

"She wants to kill her to avenge her brother" Avyaansh mumbled while driving to the hospital where she's right now. As his car halted at the hospital entrance he walked inside and asked the receptionist "Rishi Mathur, hospitalized a month ago"

The receptionist searched on the computer and told him "309, go straight and take a left" she said. He stood at the threshold and was about to open the door when he heard someone talking. "She was fortunate enough to get safe today. But don't worry she won't be lucky every time. I will…" she abruptly halted midway when the door burst open revealing the angry Avyaansh flickering his nose in anger.

"Who…are you? How could you barge in…someone's private ward?" She attempted to sound furious but the shuttering in her voice didn't go unnoticed by him. "Who am l?" Avyaansh chuckled at her and glared at her before saying "I believe you know me well, Reva Mathur" her eyes went wide and she took back steps in fear.

"Get out of here, or…" he interrupted her while a smirk stretched on his lips "or what? Will you call the guards to throw me out?" He gave her an evil laugh before taking a seat on the couch. "Messing up with the car, bribing the driver and bodyguard, do you think you are in a stance to compel me?" When he narrowed his question to her she was shaken with extreme fear. "How…how did you know?"

"Not only this, I even know about your bastard brother's doing. Spiking her drinks and trying to molest a girl. What charges can I file against you both" he sounded calm yet the threats in his voice sent a chill running down her spine.

His cold stance drained her anger and it was replaced by fear. "Because of her, my brother is lying in a hospital bed. Do you think I will let that go easily" she said gritting her teeth, though she was terrified of him because of his dominant aura still she didn't back off siding with her brother.

"Your brother got what he deserves. And for you…" he trailed off going towards the bed and glanced at the boy lying unconscious. He turned to her before saying "Stay away from her if you don't want to go behind the bars. I will let that pass but I don't want you near her. And don't take me for granted. You should know about me this much at least that my threats are not empty" saying this he walked out of the ward shutting the door behind him.

She slumped on the chair beside the bed while angry tears soaked her cheeks. She wanted to kill Shanaya but she was well conscious of the man who just gave her a warning and taking him for granted would be the last thing she would do.

Rishi was her classmate and was head over heels for her. But Shanaya never gave him any hope. She was always clear about her stance that she doesn't want to get into any relationship. She wants to focus on her studies.

A month back at a fresher's party he spiked her drink. The party was going on in the ground floor so he took her to the upper floor in some guest room. She was in the effects of drugs and he had tried to misbehave with her but her guards came in time and on Rajeev's order he was beaten up mercilessly.

On the other hand Shanaya was unaware of the fact that she was drugged. She didn't remember anything, what could have happened to her if those guards didn't come in time. Rajeev took care of the matter and didn't let his daughter bother about this.

Avyaansh drove to his mansion when he received a call from Natasha. Plucking the Bluetooth in his ears he answered the phone call. "Yes Natasha"

"Are you driving right now?" She asked to which he just hummed in reply. "Is everything alright there, why did uncle call you at this short notice?" Avyaansh asked, shifting the gear. "His usual demand, he was again trying to pair me with anyone" Avyaansh could hear her huffing in anger and snickered.

"Do you find it funny Avyaansh, he just literally arranged so many blind dates for me and demanded that I go on those stupid blind dates" Natasha complained while she was wandering through the corridor of the shopping mall, carrying some shopping bags in her hand because it is daytime in the US.

"No, not funny at all," Avyaansh said while his upper lip twitched in a laugh. "I am taking a flight tomorrow" when Natasha declared Avyaansh pressed his lips in a thin line before he spoke. "I think you should agree with uncle" and heard her taking sharp breaths.

"You know everything, still you are advising me this, out of all people I didn't expect this from you" and with that, the beeping sound could be heard as she hung up the call. Avyaansh shook his head at her stubbornness "women are impossible"

But he can feel her pain after all they are childhood best friends. "How are you going to live like this?" He sighed, glancing out of the window while the cold breeze caressed his face. His car halted on the porch of his mansion while the guards opened the doors for him.