she devil

Chapter-4

It has been over a week since Zoya declared herself as the queen of phoenix high. No one bothered her after the incident and mostly stayed out of her sight. Zoya crossed paths with Siya a few times over the week but it seems Siya's taking her time to strike. Siya doesn't like to be threatened and by what Zoya said the other day, she most definitely challenged Siya. No one has declared themselves as queen until now. Though the richest male titan calls himself the king, a female titan has never been a queen. It is an unspoken rule since no heiress has ever taken over the business, unless she gets married.

Even though Siya might cause trouble anytime, Zoya has no time to dwell on it. Zoya is trying her hardest to push the proposal for new wine flavors forward. The marketing team is now working on how to introduce these new flavors into public. She has yet to trace back to her father's death. He was killed in an accident but Zoya knows he was long dead before the accident even happened. There were signs of struggle that has been ruled out as struggling to get out of the car after being met with an accident. Even though this is not true, they declared it as an accident.

If she didn't cover it up, the people who killed her father would become alert and try to take out any evidence against them. Even her mother was unaware of this. She could not forget what happened a year ago. After fighting against death for two days, Zoya returned to her home where the first thing she saw was a lot of people crowding her vision. The second thing was her father in a casket. Her uncle had already made sure everyone thought it was an accident and after asking for Zoya's opinion, Akhtar industries has finally confirmed the statement about the chairman's death caused by an accident.

Over this period of time the boys and Zoya had gone back to being comfortable with each other. Though the tension still exists, it's better than being awkward. As the weekend finally came, they decided to hang out at Zoya's. She isn't exactly comfortable with being in either of the guy's home. Moreover, Zoya's home is the safest among them. Zoya rarely interacted with Veer. After all, it was the most awkward between them since they dated.

After an hour of Ayan explaining how things changed in the past year with Veer adding a few points here and there, Ayan said "Also, did you know that the Arora family has an heir now?"

"But Mr. And Mrs. Arora passed away long ago. How can they have a child?" Zoya said.

"Seems they had a baby out of wedlock and the baby was given up for adoption as senior Mr. Arora wanted to save face. They thought they'd eventually have a kid but they passed away soon after getting married. So, he has been trying to find the kid since then. They tried to keep it extremely confidential when putting him up for adoption. So, it was harder to find him. Now, they finally found him."

"The complicated mind of that old man Arora is interesting. He didn't want people to know about the baby and now everyone does. He put so much effort into confidential adoption but it bit him in the ass when he needed the child. He gave the child up for adoption to save face and now he will lose face when the kid fails fit in the society." Veer says.

"The old man is going to die anyway. He's lucky his business will not be a mess now that he found an heir." Aryan says. This is the second statement he made until now. The first one being, "it doesn't matter if you resort to violence as long as they agree with you." when talking about the upcoming meeting for international export of goods.

"It still doesn't say if the kid could handle the company affairs. He's most likely to mess up." Zoya says. Veer smirks while Ayan nods. Aryan stays stone faced. They move onto talk about other things.

What Zoya didn't know that day is that she is one day away from meeting the disaster of her life.

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The next Monday, like any other day, Zoya got ready for school. She looks like a perfectly polished doll as always. The boys were waiting outside like they do every day. She greeted them with a nod. In 30 minutes, they were at the school's parking lot, which was unusually calm. They entered the spear building in their usual pace like any other day. As they turned the first corridor, they realized why the parking lot was empty. A large crowd has formed in the corridor. Although Zoya was curious as to what made the students to gather like that, she stayed silent, moving forward without breaking her pace. As people noticed her coming, they made way for them to pass.

In no time, Zoya was in the middle of the crowd and stopped when she saw someone crouching in the middle. It was a guy. In his hands, she noticed a white fluffy thing. The boy lifts his head as he notices her standing there, giving her a clear view on the fluffy thing. It was a rabbit. But before she could look more closely, she was struck by the guy's eyes. They were beautiful and almond shaped. The caramel color in them is enticing. Even at this distance she can tell his eyes are caramel colored. But it's not just his eyes that are beautiful. His high cheek bones, long dark colored hair and those rose-colored lips are a great contrast to his olive skin tone. His body is fit but not too muscular like Ayan and Veer but the muscles that he does have don't look like they were made in gym. They look like they were made from working a lot as they are not shaped, makes Zoya all the more curious about him.

The boy stands up. They were at the same height or maybe he's a little tall considering Zoya's wearing heels. She keeps a neutral face even though she has a lot going on in her mind, not all of those necessarily good things. Without realizing Zoya tilts her head in curiosity. Before she could examine him more, Veer steps forward, placing his hand on the guy's chest and pushing him out of the way. Zoya's eyes latch onto the ring on Veer's finger and she forgets about the other guy completely. The ring was a gift from her. The ring has an emerald in the middle with platinum border surrounding it. It's as if the platinum is holding onto the emerald. Flashes of her gifting the ring to Veer rush into Zoya's mind. He's still wearing it. Zoya blocks the thought that follows. With a stone face, she moves forward, trying to suppress her emotions. By the time she comes out of her daze, she was already out of the crowd. She hears people talking about the caramel eyed guy. She turns her slightly and hears only one word. Madhav Arora.

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Dear Readers,

This is a small part. So, make do with it. Like I say all the time, I wish to hear from you guys. I don't have much to say. I, once again, kept my promise and updated it on time. hope you like it.

Yours,

Janvi Siya.

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