Author's Note ⚠️: Hi everyone I have wrote a New Book interconnected with this book Collusion...It's about Trauma's the Characters have faced in their early life that has in a way affect their lives and behaviour in this book...I hope you guys would love to support that book too

Episode 1- 3 covers the tragedies in Rehansh, Vansh, Arav and Shivin's life

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Dark Room:
11:40PM

A man was breaking everything around and kicking the chair down...as the woman near him just huffed and pulled him back
"Tumhaare yaha Tod phod karnese vaha uss Aishwarya ka kuch hone nahi wala hai!" The woman said with an angry expression

"Aise kaise ho sakta hai?? Voh imposter ne toh Uss Rajvanshi k maharani ko bhi apne jhaal mei phasa liya thaa...phir kaise humaare saare plans par paani ferr Diya uss Aishwarya ne? Kaise Bach gayi voh iss imposter se? Kaise Bach gayi humaare vaar se?? KAISE???" The man Screamed

"Khair jo bhi hua hai! Ab chodo aur agli planning ki shuruaat Karo! Aur tab Tak give up nahi karna jab tak voh Aishwarya barbaad naa ho jaaye!" The Woman malicious told the man

April 14,2021:
Punjab, India:
Swarna Mahal:
11:30AM

Rishaan, Anaya and Zeeshaan along with their guards came to the Swarna Mahal

"Maharani Shakuntala Rajvanshi ! Maharani Shakuntala Dhruvansh Rajvanshi!" Rishaan loudly yelled entering the hall as the Rajvanshi guards surrounded them and soon The Rajvanshi Queen, her son and his wife and son along with Aishwarya came

"Rish Bhai!!" Aishwarya shrieked in happiness hugging her brother as tears flowed from her eyes, Rishaan lovingly brushed her hairs

"Di!" Zeeshaan called her as she hugged him too tightly.... Rishaan gazed hardened as he began glaring at Shakuntala Rajvanshi and her son's family who in turn cowered away seeing his glare

"What the hell did you think you were doing? How dare you make such a mistake in identifying someone? How can you be so careless with my sister's life!?huh? Answer me Mrs.Rajvanshi! I want your answers!" Rishaan yelled as Anaya gestured him to be slightly more respectful

"Aishu ki life k decisions leneke sirf aapko haq hai...yeh baath aapne hi Kari thi Naa? Toh aap apne haq ka aisa istemaal karenge? Apni hi poti ko barbaadi ki taraf dakkha de denge? Kal raat kya kuch nahi ho sakta thaa? Kitna kuch galat ho sakta thaa? Kyaa aapne ek bhi baar uss insaan ka background and fact check nahi karwaya thaa? Badi hai aap? Aap hi apni responsibilities nibhaa nahi paayi!" Anaya questioned

"Ayy ladki tujhe jawab dena mera-"

"Khabardaar agar meri biwi ko kuch kaha toh! Mei najaane aapke saath kyaa kar baitungaa! " Rishaan growled in warning

"Accha mujhe mat jawab dijiye! Aap bass yeh sochiye ki aap apne Beti aur damad ko kya jawab denge!? Dono ki dehant ho chuki hai aur unki betiyon ka responsibilities aapke upar hai....ek toh bechaari naa jaane kitne mahinon se gaayab hai aur doosri ki zindagi ko aap barbaad kar rahi hai! Zara sochiye aapki beti aur damad yaani ki Aishu aur Ayra k maa-baap pe kyaa guzarti hogi yeh sab dekh ke huh??" Anaya asked her

"Mera kartavya sirf meri Laaddo Aishu ki taraf hai....mujhe uss manhoos Shayra se koi farak nahi padta...meri beti aur damad ko khaa gayi voh batth kismat waali ladki ne....ussi ki kismat ne aaj unhe maut diyaa hai! Isiliye voh chahe marr jaaye mujhe usse koi farak nahi padta!mene kitni baar kaha tha unn dono ko uss manhoos ladki se duri banaye rakho...lekin kya meri baath maani unn dono ne?? Aur Aaj mei voh baath tum dono se bol rahi hoon uss ladki se dur rehnaa" Shakuntala yelled back as Rishaan and Zeeshaan lost their cool

"Mrs.Rajvanshi...aapse toh sirf yehi ummeed kar sakte hai...bacchi hai voh...aur aap usse Kos rahe hai? Voh toh yaha hai bhi nahi phir bhi uspe ilzaam pe ilzaam lagaya jaa raha hai?! Yeh kaisa nyaay hua?" Anaya argued

"Usse paida hona hi nahi chahiye thaa! Uske janam se uske maa baap ki jaan ko khatra hai yeh toh hum sabko bata diya gaya thaa...mene toh tabhi hi bol diyaa tha...iss manhoos bacche ko giraa dho! Magar nahi...meri beti ne kaha meri baath maani...!? Mei toh kehti hoon voh marr hi jaaye kaise toh bhi!" Shakuntala cursed shayra again

"Mrs.Shakuntala Rajvanshi! Enough of your nonsense and meri Ayra baby ka dhyaan kaise rakhna hai mujhe maalum hai...aur mei zaroor rakhunga! And Jaha tak aishu ki baath hai...aap usse iske aage shaadi k liye force nahi karengi! Uski shaadi ki decision sirf uski hogi! Aur mei uska poora poora support karungaa!" Rishaan answered with his head held high as even Aishwarya found somewhat relief as her brother stood by her side in this tough time

"Tum aisaa-"

"Mei Aisa hi karunga...aapko Jo karna hai kar lijiye...abse mei kabhi bhi apni behen ki responsibility aapke haath toh nahi saunp ne wala...pehle hi voh galati kar chukaa hoon ab wapis nahi!" Rishaan declared and took his sister and rest of them with himself to his room

April 15,2021:
Vansh's Room:
4:50PM

"Yeh sahi rahega kyaa? Seriously?" Vansh asked unsurely

"Haa bhai sacchi! Aap try toh Karo! Baath toh Karo! Aap coffee and cakes lekar jaao aur baitkar baath karo...sort ho paayega...Yaad rahe aap sach hi kehna...she would understand....she understood before too..!" Arhaan encouraged and even Rehansh nodded in agreement...so vansh did as told and now he stood in front of the room as he took a deep breath and knocked

She opened the door but instantly wanted to shut it as soon as she saw him but he held the door open
"Rufina I know what I did was way out of line...I should not have placed that recorder and all...But please give me one chance to explain my side of the thing-"

"You want me to give you a chance to justify your mistake!?" She quirked her eyebrow sarcastically

"No absolutely not...I am not trying to justify whatever I did...It is wrong on so many levels and I just wanted you to know my intentions behind doing it and what led me to do it... please Rufina I beg of you to give me a chance....we have a good bond and I don't want to end it in a bad note!" Vansh pleaded

"Oh please!? You think we have a bond now? Huh? Only because we kissed one day? That's preposterous!" Rufina scoffed

"Not the bond but Friendship...we did have friendship that started since the cruise trip...and from my side I consider it as friendship! I value it too!" Vansh said

"Oh yeah? Friends who you can kiss?" Rufina rolled her eyes

"Well I can't help it if the friend's as gorgeous as you are sweetheart!" Vansh said winking

"Tum explain karne aaye theyy ki flirt karne?" Rufina asked glaring at him

"Sorry mangne!?" He trailed off like he's even questioning himself as Rufina decided to let him explain his story

"Okay just one chance and you got 5 minutes!" She affirmed

He came in and she just glared at him without a word
"Sweetheart! I wouldn't lie...I was attracted to you since the day I met you... though I didn't admit to it but the attraction was real...I admired your boldness to talk back to me...your understanding nature plus how you carried yourself and how you cared for everyone around you even if it's that stupid Agasthya...but I am flawed Sweetheart, I have struggled with trust issues for many years now and the most recent one that triggered me the most was my Brother's love interest...She had saved my brother from an accident when he fell for her hard...and he pursued a friendship with her and loved her but what happened in the end she disappeared on him and turns out she was never a resident of Mumbai or does she have real name...she gave my brother a forged I'd ...it was most heartbreaking to see him hurt like that...and that's exactly the time you showed up in my life and even when I wanted to pursue true friendship with you like I promised at the cruise but I couldn't due to the nagging doubts and mysteries surrounding you and your sister....But I am sorry now that I know your sister merely wanted to protect your identity which is why your real identity was a secret to all of us and the world, which is really understandable...I know my trust issues just tend to ruin many relationships I have and I have had hard time controlling it... Would you please forgive me and give me another chance to correct my ways...I know you said there's no bond between us just over a kiss but I Know we have a friendship that I wanna truly pursue please forgive me Rufina!" Vansh pleaded as silence prevailed in the room

"I understand where you're coming from even your brother told me about this before and I know Trusting someone is difficult.... Coming to what you did by invading my privacy via this small Recorder, it is a serious problem... To put it more simply I didn't like it ...So even though I forgive you This time but I would like some more time considering you as a friend!" Rufina Said

"Thank you.... thanks a lot Sweetheart...I hope I will not disappoint you as a friend!work hard enough to build our friendship" He said ," and hopefully I would never disappoint you as your boyfriend or husband !" He thought to himself and smiled as they drank coffee together

At the same time Arhaan brought his Donut Box and walked towards the lawn area and caught the sight of Serafina sitting in one of the benches.

"Hi Miss.Serafina...How are you doing??" Arhaan greeted sitting beside but was met with silence

"Given all of the circumstances...How are you doing?" He again asked

"Tiring to say the least!" She replied sighing and leaning back on the bench

"So what are feeling now? All okay? You two don't seem like you're-"

"I don't think I am up for any more personal questions!" She deadpanned

"Oh!", He paused taken aback by her words,"I can understand...I should respect your privacy! Here take one!" He offered one of the donuts as she just stared at him

"Bahana nahi khaalo! Akele khaane mei maza nahi hai!" He repeated her words as it took her a few seconds to register...Once it did she gave him a mischievous smile and took one Donut.... knowing he just repeated what she had told him in that cruise party..she leisurely took a bite and relished the sweetness then looked back at him

"You have a good memory! Thanks for the donut...it's really sweet of you to share!" She said and gave him a small smile as he was completely mesmerized by her beautiful face and grinned back in delight....They got up together and began walking around the garden admiring the flowers around

"Well how's your wounds now?" She asked him

"Less painful and many of the bruises have disappeared...I feel great now!" He replied happily

"Okay that's good to know! Next time be weary of the such abandoned beautiful forest areas....Many times it's inhabited by Animals like Bears or sometimes gangsters...It's risky to not carry weapons unlike India-"

"Ahhh!!" Arhaan shrieked in horror seeing the honeybee right in front of his face...he turned to sprint Out of there when he collided with unsuspecting Serafina and the sudden force made her stumble, but arhaan was quick to react and caught her by her waist and steadied her gently.... Serafina was stunned by the sudden push while Arhaan's Adrenaline rush made him pant hard as he lost himself in those piercing eyes again.

"Do you always get a random spurt of energy all the time!?" Serafina asked snapping him out of his trance

"No I am so sorry....I got scared of a honeybee that just appeared out of nowhere!" He answered anxiously looking around as Serafina had a hard time holding her smile in

"You don't think I'm saying the truth? Believe me there's a honeybee here I swear!It was going to sting my face" He told her as she burst into fits of laughter seeing him getting spooked by a honeybee

"Honeybee? A honey...bee...hahahah!sting your face? What are you? A Flower?? "She asked giggling and saw his horrified face and replied,"that's not even half your size!" She continued to laugh

"Oh you would only understand my fear if they sting you! It's so painful I swear!" He grumbled but inwardly he was at peace knowing he could bring a smile in her face

Then they sat by eachother as they enjoyed watching the sunset while munching on the delicious donuts...But words can't explain how much Arhaan rejoiced in his heart by having this little sweet moment with his Babydoll... Absolutely unaware of the glaring eyes looking at their little moments and burning in jealousy....He called someone and

"I know it's you Dimitri...I know you wanna kill those freaks who you had kidnapped a few days ago and I have tip for you...one of them is here In Four Seasons Hotel! Kill him whenever you want!" He said and hung up

"Arhaan I may have underestimated you at first! But now that I know what you can do ..I would not let you win our bet! Sorry dude you gotta get out of my way... one way or the other...And you chose this fate for yourself and Now You're gonna get killed just like the bitch you are! I hope you rot in hell for laying eyes on my Sera" He said to himself walking off giving them a last nasty look... annoyed by how they are enjoying eachother's company...When he knows it's not easy to interact with Serafina... she's not a talkative one and has walls built around herself and gets antisocial real fast... Seeing how easily Arhaan could break that barrier and go ahead and have a good little moment with her shows how easily Arhaan can snatch her right out of his hold and that is something that burned Agasthya's heart...He went to the bar to calm his nerves...While it was time for Arhaan, Rehansh and Vansh to go for a meeting preceded by Rufina

He kept on drinking despite the Bartender's warnings and kept on randomly singing Serafina's name...as the bartender complained alerted the manager who called up Serafina and told her to get him out of there...She came in hurriedly...and spotted him

"Agasthya! Agasthya we need to go buddy... you've have had enough!!" Serafina told him

"Okie!!"he replied smiling at her and got up with her Help as she began walking him to his room and in the almost empty lobby he suddenly stopped her

"Serafina I need to tell you something important!" He urgently told her as she was all ears for him

"Hmm tell me!" She said

"I love you my darling! I love you so much...To the moon and back! I cannot imagine my life without you!! you're mine!" Agasthya confessed

"What!? Hahah! You've been single for too long and You're seriously drunk right now Agasthya...you need sleep not love!" She said not taking his words seriously and pulled him to his room and opened the door.... carefully sat him down on his bed and when she tried to leave the room...he pulled her harshly towards himself

"No Don't leave me...I love you so much ..and you love me too I know...you don't go to any other guy... you're mine Darling!" He slurred hugging her which made her incredibly uncomfortable

"Do not ever try to touch me like this Agasthya... I'm not yours...nobody owns me....you're only a friend to me...we don't have anything more than that and never will have anything more than friendship between us!!" She said and pushed him off of her onto the bed and walked out of the room angrily

Mystique Club:
8:00PM

"You sure the meeting is here?" Rehansh asked in confusion seeing themselves infront of the club after coming to the address Rufina had given for their meeting today

"This is the address she had sent in that notice!" Vansh answered that's when Ethan spotted them

"Hello Mr.Raisinghania ! Glad to meet you again! I'm here to escort you into the meeting place... please follow me in!" Ethan said leading them in as Rehansh, Vansh , Arhaan , Arav and Shivin followed him in through the hallway

"It looks so elite! And the designs are so catchy Arav!" Shivin compliment walking together into the VIP section

And finally entered the room

"Please have a seat Sir! Ma'am will arrive shortly! Would you like to drink anything!?" Ethan asked

"No thanks!" Vansh politely declined as Ethan went out of there as the club manager came in with a smile

"Good evening gentlemen! Welcome to Mystic Club!" The manager said in his thick Russian accent as The Raisinghanias and Mehras nodded in acknowledgement

"I hope you're having a good time...Ma'am has already told me about your arrival and that I have to host you for the evening until she takes over...So how can I make your experience even better? Would you like Lap dance, Strip tease-"

"What? Nooo!" Rehansh was horrified and All others were sitting there with mortified looks on their faces and altogether

"Oh! I see? How about Exotic dancer-"

"No absolutely not thank you for your services please we don't need any of that... please just tell your ma'am to come to the meeting soon!" Vansh clearly instructed as the manager went out of there as he faced his twin Rehansh who had an angry expression on his face

"What the hell is this? Is this a place to organise meetings? Is she seriously doing-"

"Doing what Mr.Raisinghania?" A sweet voice came through as vansh face immediately glowed with a smile as he showed puppy eyes to his brother to calm down

"Hosting a meeting in a night club?" Shivin blurted out as Vansh gave him a murderous look while Rehansh just shook his head at his brother's shenanigans

"Yeah! Any problem guys??" She said walking in as Vansh's eyes widened seeing her dress.. Rehansh gave vansh his disapproving look...First he didn't like where the meeting was taking place and second her attire wasn't for a proper for a formal meeting but nonetheless he Gritted his teeth and went through with it for his brother's sake

"Have a seat everyone!" She said and sat herself in the head chair with legs crossed over like a Royal Queen

"So without any further delay let's get started! Mr.Raisinghania you said you had your own vision about this Hotel ! You can share it!" Rufina Said as Arhaan got up to explain his vision and as he explained Rufina didn't seem to pay much attention to any of it...with annoyed Rehansh even more now....So he stopped Arhaan midway

"Well what have you observed so far Miss.Janov!" Rehansh loudly asked Rufina just looked up with a puzzled expression

"Given that you haven't looked at the screen much anyway! Don't you like the idea!!?" Rehansh accused in a sweet tone as Vansh continued glaring at him...Rufina Smirked getting up from her place and walked closer to the screen

"Oh definitely I liked the idea! But not love it entirely!" Rufina said

"Then what exactly did you not like? Could you please pinpoint to what made you not like the idea!" Rehansh interrogated and by this time even Rufina knew Rehansh was just annoyed with her behaviour and this was his way to get back at her.... Rehansh has always been very serious about etiquettes in his business and this is not what he expects in a business meeting so now his annoyance was radiating and everyone felt it... Arhaan was panicking while Vansh wanted to yell at his brother to shut up but he couldn't make the situation worse.... Rufina's smile just kept widening every second hearing harsh words in a sugarcoated tone

"Well though I don't know about Indian Preferences as much as you do...You Mr.Arhaan have talked about Our Hotel catering to a Family in all sorts of ways possible...your ways being a small park inside the hotel premises, Beautiful scenery and outdoor serving while the indoors having beautiful lake views and large windows and having private dinning cabins/ rooms for private family dining while the terrace is reserved for big family events like birthdays etc!..." Rufina repeated Arhaan's idea word for word without any difficulty As vansh gave Rehansh a smug look obviously proud his girl shut his brother up so well

"Though this would be a big hit in India I don't think this would work here !" Rufina said

"And what do you think would work here?!" Arav asked

"All this is good but let's just change up this concept for a bit...a light twist and cater the needs of couple in the second floor with private cabins and the terrace Being reserved for Party...The ground floor is for bar and restaurant...and let's also inculcate your idea of having a aesthetic exterior like some garden and lake view rather than having a children's park so that some can have dinner under the stars...! This is what I envisioned!" Rufina finished as Vansh , Shivin and Arhaan took an instant liking to the idea while Arav and Rehansh were still skeptical

"We need a little time to discuss and approve of this! " Rehansh said as Vansh groaned

"That's okay take all the time you wan-"

"What the hell is this Brat!?" An Angry voice echoed as Serafina Barged in she paused

"Where are your Manners Bebe? You should really learn to knock!" As Abhimanyu Snickered behind her so Serafina elbowed him

"What are you giggling for? its all because of you! Why the hell did you not inform me she scheduled a meeting here?" Serafina yelled

"And what seems to be problem here now?" Rufina asked

"What part of having an important meeting at a nightclub didn't seem problematic to you!? Huh?" Serafina retorted

"None of it!" Rufina replied nonchalance

"Why didn't you ask me anything?" Serafina asked

"Oh lemme pause you right here! You said this company is in my hand for this whole month...and you're not gonna interfere with any of its administration!so I don't have to ask you anything about this!" Rufina replied smirking while Serafina was bubbling with anger

"Listen up brat this is not how a business meeting works...it's supposed-"

"I don't care how it worked for you Bebe! But you sure should care about it! Because I'm your fucking boss and you respect me and my decision even if it bites you in the ass! Meeting's over for now Ethan will tell you when the next meeting is" Rufina replied and walked off flipping her hair while Serafina was enraged but turned to The Raisinghanias and Mehras

"I'm so sorry for the Inconveniences Caused Mr.Raisinghania...My sister's quite disturbed by what happened and I don't think knows how to react to it which is why everything is going haywire...I'll Talk her out of this behaviour soon!" Serafina politely said biting back her harsh words and anger

"You can't talk me out of anything Bebe... don't waste your time!" Rufina replied entering with a bottle of whiskey in hand and a smug look on her face

"Argghh!" Serafina's anger multiplied even more... Seeing her getting angry Abhimanyu pulled her out of there before anything happens

"RJ I think you shouldn't be doing this right now! Look at her... she's exploding in anger....SJ Always had a systematic way of doing things, and was known for the strict working culture and decorum she maintains in the office for years all along...You are completely overthrowing all of that and This can cause Chaos at the company....You can't just overturn her decisions-"

"Oh really can't I? Listen up Ethan...If she can choose for me and take decision regarding my life then Even I have all the rights to take decisions on her behalf! If you think this is chaos Ethan! You wait Until everything's going haywire...She needs a good lesson for forcing her decisions on people...it's not cool! I'm not gonna be quiet about it like all you are!" Rufina challenged

"Here take it! You need this more than anything...cause you're stuck Now!" She said handing the whiskey bottle to him

"Why am I-"

"Because you and Abhimanyu you caused this disaster by siding with her in all her decisions for the past 4 days! You need your lesson too! Take care"Rufina winked and walked away as Ethan's face was pale in fear mumbling incoherent words

"Ethan! It's alright...she might just be angry...you don't have to -"

"No no! You're really underestimating her! If SJ boss has a level of anger then RJ boss's rebellion is a different level ..you don't understand!" Ethan replied shakily

"I do understand her anger and her behaviour now! She's young...she wants to enjoy but her sister is being restrictive of that and which is why she's acting up! It's not too bad just a youthful rebellion it will die down sooner when she understands what her sister wants for her is for her own good!" Arav calmly explained but the fear never left Ethan as he just nodded half heartedly...all of them absolutely unaware of how far Rebellious Little Miss.Janov can actually be

Rufina was angry after the arguments between Her and her sister which was due to the fact that Serafina wanted Her to take over the management...That wasn't what Rufina wanted and she felt forced because of her Sister's sudden decision and now was planning on overturning everything her sister has just as a petty revenge

"Hmm Rebellious Little sweetheart! I love her attitude and sassiness! The fiestiness! Aww that looks so good on her! Muahh! Keep going baby!" Vansh thought to himself smirking absolutely in love with her sassiness

"Oh no Babydoll looked so enraged by everything....I hope she doesn't break everything in her room again! Even though I don't understand Why Babydoll would force Rufi to do something she doesn't wanna do but Rufi retaliating this way is a little too far!" Arhaan thought wordlessly while looking at his brothers who were busy glaring at eachother