𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 | 18+

Chapter-34: Wrong Move

Yashraj

Does place change a person so much? It's been just five days that we've come to Mumbai and it seems like I've lost the Meera I once had. She's reserved, calculated and just strange.

Though it's her own house, the way she's living makes it look like she's in a hiding place and we're under some attack. The very next day after we came to Mumbai, we'd changed our numbers.

She works till late nights and like a bloody robot during the day. I got to know of Khushi's disappearance since she stepped into that bastard's dungeons, that's what's keeping her on toes since the past five days.

One thing that I'm turning to hate the most is her closing up. She's trying hard to conceal her thoughts and emotions from me and miserably failing at it for most of the times.

I'm new at experiencing this side of hers. It's almost a year of us knowing each other but, I've never seen her this lost or nervous about anything. She's underestimating herself at this point.

I'm aware of the effect that bastard had left on her teenage mind but, she's not that teenager anymore. She's a strong and capable woman who has the ability to bring anyone on their knees for herself.

I know it's all of her trauma resurfacing, her fear of loding someone dear to her coming to life all over again but, there's no way I'm going to let her fall into that pit of darkness once again.

It's midnight and she's fast asleep, thanks to the Haldi wala Doodh. I have a chance to sneak out, It's important. I've always been aware of the darkness that surrounded our world. People when once make their prominence in business, they'd do anything to sustain it.

Even if that meant bringing hell down to the earth, people are selfish, greedy and power hungry. I've been in the same world too, faced numerous challenges of people trying to pull me down through unethical means but, neither have I succumbed to their darkness and nor have I let it corrupt me.

All thanks to my low social profile, I've never been involved in any such scandals ever. It's been eight years of me working relentlessly to achieve everything that I have and never faced anything quite like that, not till now.

Doesn't mean I will let anyone harm what's mine to protect. She's been worried sick about Khushi's life. The lady walked into one of Arjun's dungeons and has lost contact since then. I've been trying my best to reach her since the past three days.

Our cyber cadets reached out to the police in search of any evidence that could possibly be found. We did find it in the end, it was a number, a landline number. I'm on my way to my office, the Rathore Industries' Mumbai branch.

As much as I try to convince myself that everything's under control, it's not. There's this rather unsettling and uncanny feeling that I can't shake off. It's making me restless to death, I can't focus on anything. I pulled the car into the basement and took the elevator to the conference room, where Akash awaits me.

"Sir, we found the location. It was a private IP address of number we found and we cracked the location from that." He notified making me nod curtly at him. As expected, it was a slum area, clogged and crowded so that would cover up his crimes, not anymore.

Akash left soon after, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I contemplated every inch of it, first thing in the morning, Meera needs to know this. She's gonna burst out knowing I went alone in the middle of the night, that too without security.

Shrugging off all the negative thoughts with a shaky deep breath, I made my way towards the basement. Pulling my car out of the parking lot, I drove back towards home. The roads weren't exactly empty but less bustling at night. True to its essence, Mumbai never sleeps.