CHAPTER SIXTEEN

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"What? That's impossible...." Kairav exclaimed.... He was in the lobby upstairs, he saw Samu came crying from Karan's house, he saw her running directly to her room, he followed her but stopped in the lobby when he received the call from his informer.... He sounded scared... 

"No, I've just seen him in hospital, he had fifteen fractures and three surgeries, he just gained consciousness this morning.... He had been unconscious for past 18 hours...." He paused, his voice was quivering, "I think Swaraaj knows about him.... And maybe you too... just be careful...." The man advised... 

"But how Swaraaj can find him in a day...." Kairav was now talking to himself.... 

 "I don't know, and honestly I don't want to know...." The man broke his trance... "And word of advice, stay out of this... don't get into this.... This people doesn't seem regular thugs or criminals...." A man advised.... 

"I don't care...." Kairav was in denial.... 

"Maybe that's because you don't know them..." A man paused and waited for Kairav to react, he continued when he didn't, "Well, I just called you to tell you this and to tell you that don't try to contact me anymore... I'm going underground for some time...." A man said and hang up on Kairav.... 

Kairav was in awe of the news he just found out..... But then suddenly he saw Panchhi, she was talking to one of the servants, the servant showed her a way up.... Kairav remembered the conversation he had with his informer, he thought that if Swaraaj knows about Shivaji then Panchhi must know something too.... he wanted to talk to her about this, but he again thought that asking her questions directly would get him framed in eyes of Swaraaj.... He has to be indirect.... But he didn't know how... he thought of having this discussion with all the preparations, he won't act on impulse this time.... Panchhi climbed the stairs, she saw Kairav standing out in the lobby, 

"HI...." Called out Panchhi... Kairav composed himself and smiled weakly.... 

"Hey! What a surprise...." Kairav exclaimed.... 

"I'm here for Samu, where can I find her?" Panchhi asked, Kairav noticed that she didn't ask for permission, 

"She's in her room, come on follow me...." Kairav offered, Panchhi walked beside him instead of following him, Kairav smirked.... Panchhi noticed that, she didn't know why he was smirking..... 

"What was that for?" Panchhi asked. 

"You certainly know how to assert your authority...." Kairav explained.... 

"It's in my mannerisms... I can't help it..." Panchhi smiled, 

"You must've been pampered like princess at home, didn't you?" Kairav was blunt, Panchhi didn't mind that, after all he was her brother in law, whether he knows or not.... 

"Yeah? How can you tell?" Panchhi asked, 

"I've seen the way Bhai pampers you.... He never says no to you, does he?" Kairav was curious, 

 "Well, that's because I don't give him chance to say no...." Panchhi joked.... 

"But why? I mean why he never says no to you?" Kairav insisted on knowing.... 

"Because I'm his best friend, and you never say no to a best buddy.... Especially when that buddy is a girl..." Panchhi tried to ignore his curiosity with twisted answers, but Kairav was again acting on impulse.... 

"But how come a princess and Devil's heir became Best friends?" Panchhi's face turned pale while listening that name from Kairav, Kairav knew that he has hit the right mark... Panchhi looked at him without even blinking.... 

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