Most people have no idea how beautiful darkness is

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She parted her lips to answer when his phone started ringing. He answered the call still looking at her when a frown came on his forehead.

"When?", he asked letting go of his grip around her. She took a sigh of relief as he paced around massaging his forehead.

"But the meeting was scheduled online", he spoke in a harsher tone. She took her seat on the sofa having a glass of water still looking at him curious about what was happening right now.

He hung up after a minute. She sat silently waiting for him to speak anything.

"We are leaving", he stated. She felt sudden happiness enveloping her as she tried to stop the smile on her face.

"What happened?", she asked him still wanted to know what was going on.

"Nothing that you should be aware of. Pack your clothes we are leaving in an hour", he said making her breathe deeply before walking upstairs. If she need to follow his demand to get out of this place, she would do that without hesitation.

They got inside the car. Throughout the drive, Randhir was busy answering the back-to-back phone calls. She chose to sleep peacefully feeling bored of all the business calls.

"I am going to drop you back home. I may reach home late", he told her as she nodded getting her purse from the back seat.

"You didn't even have your breakfast", she spoke suddenly without thinking making him look at her.

"I will have it in the office", he told her trying to know why was she being so caring though he somewhere know her heart was purer than she wanted to show others.

"It will take merely five minutes. I will make something quickly. You can leave after eating", she told him as he stopped the car in front of their mansion.

She walked out following him as he got inside.

"I will just change. You make whatever is easier for you right now", he told her walking upstairs as she nodded covering her head with the veil.

She walked to the kitchen where her mother-in-law was already present.

"What happened? You guys came this early", Rajshri asked surprised.

"He is having some work in the office. So", She answered walking to the refrigerator getting the dough from it to make some chapatis for him.

"You making food", his mother asked her as she nodded.

"He didn't have anything in the breakfast. I can't let him leave hungry", she answered preparing the food. After five minutes, Randhir reached down had his food, and left soon.

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He entered inside his building with people bowing in front of him.

He found his assistant standing there waiting for him with his meeting list in one hand. He bowed down in front of his boss and followed him as he entered the elevator.

"I am so sorry sir for calling you like this but it was urgent. They wanted to meet you in person before signing the contract", Kanishk spoke as Randhir continued to listen to him without speaking a word.

"There is something else sir", Kanishk spoke as Randhir stared at him waiting for him to speak.

"Dipika Rawat wanted to meet you", He spoke as Randhir nodded.

"For modeling? But I have already finalized the girl I want in the advertisement", Randhir started making Kanishk nod.

"She is waiting for you in her office", Kanishk said in fear looking down when he felt his boss's cold gaze on him.

"Why is she inside? I don't remember telling you that I agree to meet her or any other person in the first place", Randhir asked as Kanishk started sweating in fear.

"Sir, she didn't listen to me. She said you won't like it if I won't let her in", Kanishk spoke timidly.

Randhir still looked at him before shaking his head putting one hand in his pants pocket before walking out of the elevator to his cabin. He opened it to find the woman looking around his cabin curiously.

"Out", he stated as she jumped on her place. Dressed in a white cut sleeve top and black skin-fitted jeans she turned to him. Her hair pulled up in a bun giving a good view of her swan-like neck. Her face looking perfect with the little makeup she did.

"Randhir", she tried to speak as he raised his eyebrow motioning his hand out.

"You are going to behave like that with me, Baby?", she asked putting out her lower lip staring at him with puppy eyes.

"Are you going out like this or do I need to call the security. And don't call me baby", he told her and stressed on the last part staring directly in her eyes making her gulp. He didn't even want to get inside the room when she was inside.

"Is this about what happened five years back?", she asked as he continued giving her a boring look.

"If you think I was serious about what we had then you are living in your imagination. Why do you think you cheated on me?", he asked as she frowned.

"You didn't cheat on me. I made you cheat on me. I knew what kind of personality you had and gave money to one of my men to sleep with you so I could have a good reason to get rid of you", he told her as she stared at him in shock.

"You didn't do that", she asked in shock as he continued looking at her with a blank face not finding her deserving enough to answer her question. He didn't know what he saw in her five years ago.  May be it was her outside beauty. Not it was only his wife who attracted him. He couldn't even look at any other woman.

"Mr. Sharma", he called his secretary who came running immediately.

"Show the way out to Ms. Rawat", he told his secretary who nodded walking to Dipika.

"Randhir, my modeling career is not working properly.  Can you by any chance help me?", Dipika asked him choosing plan B.

"Kanishk, you were loaded with work these days. Take her interview to see if she is qualified enough to be your secretary", Randhir said closing the door behind him not wanting to see her face anymore. He had enough on his plate. He was not ready to hear her irritating pleads.

Dipika stared at the closed door with gritted teeth.

"Miss", Kanishk said in a hard tone this time.

"You are not going to talk to me like that. You don't even know who am I", she told him as he shrugged.

"If I got it right you are the woman who my boss just threw out of his room. For the second part, I don't know who you are so it is not going to work on me", he spoke as she gritted before following him. She needed to work on the plan otherwise she won't get paid.

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After few days,

These days he had been very much burdened by work. He would leave early and return late at night. They didn't have much time to talk but still he never forgot to kiss her forehead when he would leave for work while she was asleep.

She was chopping in the kitchen for the lunch. She was bored to a limit she wanted to do work in the kitchen.

"You are preparing lunch?", Reema asked with a small smile entering inside the kitchen.(Randhir's choti Chachi)

Kimaya looked up nodding immediately.

"Why don't you go to the office to give the lunch to Randhir?", She proposed as Kimaya's chopping stopped.

"Trust me, Kimaya. He is not that bad. He is just too intimidating but caring at the same time", Reema said to which Kimaya nodded knowing how caring he could be. He had only been rude to her in the name of being caring.

"You could get out and enjoy your life a little. You can visit the new mall nearby. I am sure you will love it", Reema said which made Kimaya think for a while before nodding.

"I will go", she stated making Reema smile.

"Please don't make it much spicy. Aarush will soon come back from school. He is not a chilly lover and the same goes with Randhir", Reema said as Kimaya nodded before packing the food for Randhir.

"I don't see Aarush around a lot", Kimaya asked. The little boy was very silent always  staying in his room.

"He is a shy kid. If he would open up to you then he would start spending his whole day with you. I will send him to your room today", Reema said as Kimaya nodded.

She was not taking his lunch because she cared but because she wanted to get some me-time with herself which was not possible here.

She rolled her eyes when she found the cars following hers and the ones driving ahead of her car. This stupid security was getting super uncomfortable for her. She reached the head office of Ahlawats. The driver opened the door for her as she walked out handling her saree gracefully walking with her head up.

She found the employee bowing their head lightly in front of her making her frown. She walked straight to the elevator knowing her husband's office. She asked Reema about the details earlier as the guards dressed in black followed her. 

Her personality had a charm and beauty in herself and something which no one could deny, the power. She had a powerful aura around her not because she was Randhir Ahlawat's wife but because of her own personality.

She walked out of the elevator only to be stopped by a lady who was coming out of a room.

"You can't just enter like this", Dipika said as Kimaya raised her eyebrows at her.

"And who is going to stop me", Kimaya asked as the last straight away walked to her.

"You can't just walk into Randhir's office like this. You need an appointment", Dipika said with arrogance.

"You are an employee here, right?", Kimaya asked as Dipika nodded having the same irritated face.

"You are pretty mannerless calling your boss with his name", Kimaya scoffed.

"Listen here you bitch...", Dipika was interrupted by Kimaya. Kimaya snapped her fingers in front of her eyes before pointing her finger at her. Her 5'8 height towering over Dipika as she took few steps closer to her to show her who was in power at this moment. Her eyes daring Dipika to utter another world. Her eyes looked more like that of a lioness who was not getting the required respect she commanded.

"Listen here you slut, don't you dare talk to me like that. I don't need an appointment to meet my own husband and it's better to remove your dirty eyes from him before I make you do that", Kimaya stated calmly but her eyes were spitting fire.

"Ma'am", Kanishk came outside when he heard some sounds from outside.

"Who is she?", Kimaya asked him pointing at Dipika who felt really small at this moment.

"She is my secretary, ma'am", Kanishk said as Kimaya nodded.

"She needs to learn manners. Make sure she get them. I don't want to hear my husband's name from her again", Kimaya stated looking at Kanishk daringly who nodded then moved her eyes to Dipika before walking inside the cabin of her husband.

"Use your tongue when it is needed. You don't even know who she is. If sir came to know how you behaved with his wife, he would fire you in no moment", Kanishk said in a higher tone as Dipika continued staring at the closed doors of Randhir's cabin.

"He would do that for a mere woman", she asked with gritted teeth. He never treated her like that.

"She is not any woman. She is his wife", Kanishk said gritting his teeth.

Randhir looked up from his file which he was signing to find his wife on the door. He did know the moment she stepped foot in the building that she was here. 

He saw the little interaction she had with Dipika and he felt proud of the way she spoke in his tab. She was not a person to bow in front of anyone and he came up to love this quality of her.

"No Good Afternoon nothing?", he asked her as she kept his lunch box on the table.

"I am not here to spend some lovey-dovey time with you. I just came here to drop by your lunch. It's still warm you can have it", she spoke as he stood up from his majestic throne leather chair.

"You cooked for me", he asked but she ignored his words walking to the glass covering the whole wall. She could see the whole city from here and it looked weirdly comforting. She traced her finger on the glass still in a daze.

"The girl outside was your girlfriend, right?", she asked him making a small smirk cover his lips as he turned to her.

"How do you know this?", he asked her which made her turn to him.

"The way she was trying to claim you as hers. It wasn't difficult to guess this looking into her eyes", she spoke looking directly into his eyes.

"You are mad that she is working for me", he asked observing her reaction. She scoffed at his question.

"If you wanted to have a physical relation or for that matters any relation with her then you would've kept her as your secretary not your secretary's secretary", she told him tracing her finger on the paperweight making his smirk widen.

"So you are trusting me", he completed her sentence which made her look at him.

"You can be the craziest man in the world but you are not a cheater. I don't know about the future but my heart says this only right now", she spoke making him lean his head on the right side staring at her trying to understand what kind of puzzle she was.

She looked the other side not able to continue looking into his deep eyes.

"And on top of that, I know how to claim something which only belongs to me. I didn't even share my parents and you are my husband here. What do you think?", she asked walking to him slowly and wrapping her arms around his neck making him raise his eyebrows.

"Aren't you being too courageous today", he asked making her smile.

"When have I not been courageous, Husband?", she asked back as he continued staring at her.

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Happy Dushera everybody!!

So? There is no chance of old love to come back. 

I want to make the story as realistic as I can. 

What do you think about Kimaya's first meeting with Dipika?