Rivals

Chapter 5

" You know, you've still got some time left to rethink your decisions. " He said, appearing behind her all of a sudden as she entered the court room, " Or you might regret it later. "

" Just shut up and stop showing me your unpleasant face from time to time. " She brushed his hand off her shoulder, " Seeing your face gives me headache. "

" I suggest that you should get used to this ' unpleasant face ' or you might have to suffer from daily headaches. " He smiled, taking the seat.

I would love to blind myself than to see your face. Ignoring him, she went and took the seat on the other side. And moreover my eyes would loose sight by themselves seeing you every day.

Soon the judge arrived and the hearing began. And as she already knew, she lost the case. A fine of 2 lakhs was imposed along with the order to stop the production of the product. The case might've ended with her arrest but it didn't, all thanks to Ishaan.

Outside the court room, she stood against the wall while her lawyer talked about taking the case to the high court.

Shrey approached them, smiling as usual, " My, my someone was about to be jailed. "

" Better than seeing you. " She rolled her eyes, " How many days until you create a new problem? "

" Hm... Let's see, probably a couple of days. "

" Atleast give me a month to recover from this one. " She took out her phone while muttering.

He laughed, " Well then, see you soon. "

Ignoring him, she looked at the message sent by an unknown number which read thank you for ruining things for me.

Who is this person now? She thought while sending the number to Ahanya and asking her to find the owner of it.

After wrapping things up with her lawyer she went back to work, determined to find the mole sent by Shrey.

Hours went by and by the time she was done with reviewing the files, the sun had already set. As she was about to leave, Ahanya came to see her.

" Forgive my tardiness. " She apologized, " I just got the information on the matter you asked for. "

Oh... I totally forgot about it. She handed her the documents, " So who does it belong to? "

" Shivansh Sahni. "

Shivansh... When did he change his number?

Thanking Ahanya for the information, she left the office. On her way back to her apartment, she rented recently, she decided to give him a call and ask him what he meant by the message.

She dialed his number and when he didn't pick up, she called him again. She was about to hang up and try another time when he answered the call.

" Hello... Shivansh, how are you? " She asked, " I've been trying to contact you for days. Is everything alright? "

Hearing no reply from his side, she asked again, " Shivansh? Is everything alright? "

" No... " He said in a low voice, " ...Nothing's fine... Everything is falling apart... All because of you. "

" What do you mean? "

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Again? She put down her phone. How many times has it been now? Why isn't that asshole picking up his phone?

The conversation with Shivansh, a couple of days ago, left her with answered questions and the guilt of not being able to help her friend. So she decided to do something about the situation.