Part 8 Shocking Arnav

Arnav came out of the office with a winning smirk. He sat in his car and took his mobile out. He opened Instagram and searched for a video in his gallery. When he found it, he uploaded it to a page called, TRADING WORLD. It was a page that posted only about Businesses, Traders, and Shares. As the sight was so authentic that it posted only ORIGINAL news, it was very popular among businessmen. Every business personality followed the page. Arnav and Aman used to tag their dealers and shareholders on the page accordingly. An interesting matter about the page was, that its ADMIN was our Arnav and no one knew that, including Aman. Arnav used the page for their business growth silently as he understood the power of social media.

Arnav posted a video in which Nikhil Mehta was shouting at a dealer in a drunken state. The same Nikhil Mehta about whom Aman talked to Arnav. Nikhil was the first-class rival of A2. He always wanted to pull it down. Arnav didn't like him. Now also, he was trying to snatch A2's Award function deal.

Arnav destroyed the file created by Khushi to evict her from A2. At the same time, he could not lose the deal as well. Every deal of A2 was important to him. He could not compromise on that. Just to evict a crazy girl, he was not ready to lose the deal. It was about the reputation of his company. So, he posted Nikhil Mehta's video on the Trading World page. Now, Mayur Channel would not dare to give the deal to Nikhil. They won't even ask Aman to submit the report tomorrow. So, Aman would get enough time to prepare another report after Khushi Gupta was thrown out of A2. Arnav planned well.

Of course, his plan was so great. It would definitely save the deal but he didn't know what BLUNDER he did.

GH

Khushi came home. She didn't find anyone in the living room. She came to her parent's room and found Garima arranging her bureau. She rushed to Garima and hugged her from behind.

"Amma..."

"Did you come?"

"Yeah... what are you doing?"

"Just arranging the bureau. Your Babuji casually pulls his clothes down and messes them. See, what it looks like"

"He wants you to give him his clothes every day because he always needs you. That's why he playing this trick"

"You always take your Babuji's side"

"Babuji also says the same, you always take your Amma's side..." She mimicked Shashi.

Garima laughed. Taking the folded clothes, Khushi went to the bureau and kept them in it. She found a small box in the bureau. Keeping the clothes, she took the box in her hand.

"What's this Amma?" Khushi tried to open it.

Garima was horrified, seeing the box in Khushi's hand. She reached her taking two long steps and snatched the box. Khushi was shocked.

"Amma, what's that?" she asked frowning.

"You go to your room," Garima said strictly.

"Amma..."

"I said, go to your room" She yelled.

Khushi was taken aback. Garima never yelled at her like that. She left the place not wanting to make Garima angrier. She was restless. She didn't know what made Garima yell at her. What was there in the box? Why did Garima become angry when she was supposed to open it? Garima and Shashi treated her like she was their treasure. That was the first time, one of them shouted at her. Khushi sat on the bed not even getting fresh.

Within a few minutes, Garima came to her room. Khushi looked at her and looked down. Garima rushed to her and lifted her chin.

"Are you angry with me?"

Khushi nodded no rigidly.

"I'm sorry"

Khushi looked at her making a face.

"I'm sorry... please don't be silent"

Khushi was silent.

"Ok, I will tell you what's in the box"

"No need," Khushi said looking somewhere.

"I found it somewhere... I don't want you to think of me wrongly. That's why I stopped you from seeing that"

"What did you find and why would I think of you wrong?"

"It's a jewel... that's why,"

Khushi rolled her eyes.

"I know you would shout at me," Garima said.

"Oh... as you knew I would shout at you, you shouted at me?"

"I'm sorry"

"Why didn't you surrender the jewel to the police?"

"Yeah, I should do that"

"Do that later. Now, can I get a cup of coffee? My head is blasting"

"I will get it" Garima rushed to the kitchen.

Khushi went to the washroom to get fresh.

The next day

Arnav called Akash while getting ready for the office. Akash attended it.

"Good morning, ASR"

"Good morning. Are you coming to the office today?"

"Already started, ASR... will be there in half an hour"

"There is a file on my table. It's a hard copy of our program schedule. I have written Mr. Sivamani's Email ID in the file. Make it a database file and send it to him. Do that before I reach the office"

"Ok, ASR"

"Don't be late. We could have sent it yesterday itself if you had come to the office yesterday" Arnav said.

"I will send it soon"

"Ok," Arnav disconnected the call.

..........

Akash came to the office and went to Arnav's cabin straight and checked the file. He frowned as it was a Mayur project file. He searched for the Chennai concert file on his table but it was not there.

In the meanwhile,

Aman smirked, seeing the video of Nikhil Mehta.

"Good morning, sir," said Khushi standing at the doorstep.

"Very happy morning, Khushi," he said cheerfully.

"what's the matter, sir? You sound happy..."

"Yeah... the one who wants to snatch our deal was washed out"

"What do you mean sir?"

"I asked you to follow a page on Instagram, remember?"

"Yeah, Trading World"

"Exactly... give it a look"

Khushi opened the Instagram and looked. The video was at the top.

"Who is he, sir?"

"Nikhil Mehta"

"Oh..."

"He wanted to snatch our deal but now, his own deals are at stake. No company would like to give him a chance"

"Is he a drunkard?"

"Yes, but this is an old video"

"Oh, then why did they post it now?"

"That's what I can't understand. However, it's in our favor"

Khushi nodded yes thoughtfully.

"You know Khushi, ASR hates this guy from the core of his heart not because he is our rival, he is a cheap guy. Gets deals in shortcuts. ASR started playing tricks only because of this guy. And moreover, Nikhil hates ASR more than ASR hates him. He always waits for a chance to knock ASR down... that's what he is doing in the Award function deal"

"Shortcuts, means? What does he do?"

"He spreads rumors about the opponents and supplies girls to the authorities to bag the deals"

Khushi frowned.

"No one would like such a guy, sir"

"You are right. Now, we can work freely. We don't have to submit the report to the Mayur channel because they would have changed their mind about giving the deal to Nikhil by now"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, let me check"

He called the authorities of the channel. The call was attended.

"Good morning, sir"

"Good morning Mr. Mathur"

"I will send the current progress of the program report sir," Aman said.

"No need, Mr. Mathur. Don't waste your time. Just carry on"

"Are you sure, sir?" Aman smiled at Khushi.

"Yeah, I saw the invitation design. It was amazing. Our chairman liked it so much. It's a sample of your effort. It's enough"

"Thank you so much, sir"

Aman disconnected the call and smiled at Khushi.

"Didn't I say?"

"Didn't they ask you the report?"

"No... when I saw the video last night, I sent the sample of our invitation to the authority to strengthen our side. They liked it so much. So, obviously, they won't ask the report"

"But, we could submit it right?"

"Yeah, we can...but no need"

They saw Akash coming.

"Good morning, Sir"

"Good morning, Akash"

"Hi, Khushi"

"How is Payal?"

"She is fine" Akash blushed.

"How was your Birthday Date? Did she enjoy it?"

"I hope so..."

"When is the marriage, man?" Aman asked.

"Next month, sir"

"Congratulations"

"Thank you, sir"

"Did ASR call you?"

"Yeah, he asked me to send an Email to the Chennai agent but the file is not on his table but this" Akash showed it to him.

Aman took it from him and looked.

"This is our project..."

"Yes, sir. I kept our file on his table as you said he wanted to give it a look. His file is on your table. Here it is" Khushi pointed at the file.

Taking it, Aman gave it to Akash. He opened it and saw nothing in it. He looked at Aman confusingly.

"There is nothing"

"Where are the papers?" Aman looked here and there.

"Is not here?" Akash asked nervously.

"Don't worry, ASR would have its copy"

"No sir, as I was on leave yesterday, he developed the program structure into hard copies. He asked me to convert them into a database file and send it to the Chennai agent. He would not have the copy..." Akash said fearfully. What if Arnav shouted at him for taking off the previous day?

At the same time, Arnav entered Aman's cabin and saw their faces. He understood what made them restless.

"What happened?" he asked casually.

"Chennai project papers are missing, ASR" Aman said hesitatingly.

"Chennai Papers or Mayur Papers?" Arnav asked frowning.

"Chennai papers... I kept the file on Aman sir's table last evening but today it's empty" Khushi said.

Arnav was shocked to the core. Was not it a Mayur project? He rooted in the same place all thunderstruck.

To be continued...