Chapter 14: Clues and Seduction

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Naina gets startled when her phone rings, it was Mukund calling. She was stunned, but pretended to be ignorant of finding her missing pocket knife in Mukund's drawer.

Naina trying to break out of her nervousness "H...Hello!"

Mukund in a bitter tone "Where are you? You told me an hour ago that you will be coming to the hospital? I need that bill so I can let Mohnish go back to the office for some important work.... Can you rush?"

"I.... I will be... there shortly ...." Naina hangs up the phone

Naina wanted to keep the information about the pocket knife to herself, while she tried to find out a little more about Sabian from Ravi. First she rushes to the hospital, where Mukund was waiting for her eagerly. Mukund snobbishly snatches the hospital bill from her and walks away with Mohnish.

An hour passes by, but Naina does not see Mukund or Mohnish, she calls Ravi and requests him to meet her at Dorsi Cafe instead of the police station to keep their meeting a secret.

At the cafe, keeping her volume very low, Naina asked if there was any news about Sabian Berri? Ravi explains to her how he called his contact at the News Channel and confirmed that there is no such person working on any active duty. There was something fishy about Sabian, was he working for someone? Was he on his own? No one was sure.

Syed added "I have a feeling he disguised himself... he probably was wearing a wig and maybe his beard was not real either. And if it's true at all..... it will be very hard to track him....."

Naina had a concerned look "Both times I met him, I learnt that he was wearing a hat and dark sunglasses... First time I was not able to see him... and the second time he grabbed me from behind so I could not pick up on any visual clues.... Either way whatever the desk attendant told me, it now seems clear that he tried to hide his identity by wearing accessories like a hat and sunglasses ...."

Ravi & Syed were hoping Sabian will reach out to Naina one more time, which will give them an opportunity to track him down.

Next Day

Laila was ready to execute her plan. Both Tauqeef and Usmaan get nervous hearing that, but Laila seemed like she had made up her mind and was in no way going to pull out of it. She walks into her room and a few minutes later, walks out in an arousing outfit.

 She walks into her room and a few minutes later, walks out in an arousing outfit

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Usmaan dropped the cup of tea he was holding as soon as he saw Laila.

Tauqeef was stunned too "What is going on? That son of a bitch, Mohnish, will swallow you whole if he sees you like this.... I mean... No way I am letting that dog have his way with my sister.... Noooo... Nooo... Laila ... we need a different plan.... "

Laila laughs mildly at their reactions. She assures them, it is necessary to lure Mohnish this way. If they have him in their grips, things will get easier and she tells them to think about the bigger picture. Whatever Laila was trying to pull would get them closer to Mukund Sachdeva's property.

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