"Somebody's knocking at the door!!" Riddhima mumbled as she snuggled into his warm chest. He groaned. Surely he wasn't appreciating the individual knocking on his bedroom's door early in the morning and that too when he is cuddled up with his pretty wife. Why can't people let him have some good sleep with his wife??? Unfortunately, the particular individual knocked again. Riddhima was annoyed.
"Jii please go and check who is it." she requested him. He opened his eyes unwillingly.
"I have enemies in my own house." he muttered irritated, kissing her cheek. She giggled in her sleep.
"I will be back in no time. Love you." he whispered in her ear before kissing her earlobe. She smiled cutely as she hugged the blanket close to her body.

Annoyed as he was, he still managed to jump out of the bed, only in his underwear and lumbered towards the door in his half asleep state. They had slept late last night, I mean it was all his fault since he wanted to lick and bite every inch of his wife's body. She was currently wearing his shirt over her undies as they didn't go all the way last night, her choice. He was certainly unhappy but he wasn't a rapist and raping the woman you love, BAD IDEA. Although he tried that in the past, sometimes he just can't put a lid on his feral urges. Anyway, he opened the door and found Vandana standing outside. He frowned.
"Since when did you became an enemy of my sleep!!" he yawned. Vandana chuckled. Secretly she peeked inside and found Riddhima sleeping soundly on the bed, wearing an oversized shirt that surely belonged to her husband.
"I am sorry Thakurji but you yourself asked me last night to wake you early in the morning as you have an important meeting today." she reminded him. But he was too sleepy to recall anything.
"Thank you Vandana. But I am cancelling everything today, because I want to sleep." he told her. He yawned as his eyelids began drooping. Vandana nodded nervously and left. He closed the door shut and hopped into the bed, hugging her tightly.
"What happened!!!" she asked, turning around and snuggling into him once again. He grinned as her little body was in his strong arms.
"Nothing. Vandana just came to remind me of a meeting I have today." he told her casually, trying to fall asleep again. Riddhima shot her eyes open and gasped loudly. She sat up on the bed with a start.
"WHAT!!!! You have a meeting. Oh God!!! Wake up!!" she yelled, shaking him by his broad shoulders. He held her hand and pressed it against his chest.
"That can be skipped baby. Come in my arms." he whispered, grinning like a baby. Riddhima narrowed her lids at him and slapped his hand. He groaned.
"Oh please, get up already. Meeting is important. Come on." she shouted at him. He opened his eyes, frowning.
"I promise it's not.....I mean kind of." he told her sheepishly. She glared at him.
"Get up and be ready in 15 minutes. I will keep the breakfast ready." she said flatly and climbed out of bed. His big shirt falling loosely above her knees. He smiled watching how cute she looked in his shirt. Though he would've liked more had he seen her in her undies when he first opened his eyes.
"Is it important for me to attend a stupid meeting with some idiots???" he asked, lying on his tummy. She looked at him and sighed. Why are men so lazy!!!
"Yes it is. Now get up." she ordered. He rolled his eyes and climbed out of the bed.
"Anything else your highness." he asked drily. She chuckled. She went to him and cupped his face.
"No. Just get ready quickly." she whispered, pinching his nose playfully. He smirked as he pulled her closer to him.
"How can I when you're the one who's wearing my shirt!!!" he said mischievously. She chuckled as she pushed him away. He was a little taken aback.
"Hey that's not a fair game. You were to kiss me." he bellowed in displeasure. Sorry folks, he just has a habit of creating games and it's rules in his head. She laughed.
"Mr. Raghuvanshi you're going inside the bathroom real quick. And I will keep the clothes you are going to wear today on the bed. Ok." she told him strictly, trying hard not to laugh. He rolled his eyes but went inside the bathroom.

Riddhima was cooking in the kitchen. The breakfast was almost ready. Vikramaditya had a habit of drinking milk in the morning, she was warning it on the stove. Rest everything else was prepared. Suddenly she heard noises coming from the hall. Turning off the stove she ran for the hall. Inside the hall, she saw, were Vikramaditya and Anurag and both seemed to be squabbling over something.
"You're a complete idiot. That's what you are." yelled her husband at Anurag. Anurag glared at him angrily.
"Stop yelling at me, I didn't do it purposely." he defended himself. Riddhima ran towards Vikramaditya.
"What's happening here!!!" she asked her husband who was hot with anger. Vikramaditya glared at his younger brother hatefully.
"This moron misplaced the file that was damn important. He is simply useless. I can't even trust him with a stupid file." roared her husband. Anurag silently heard him, although he too was livid.
"Relax, I believe the file must be somewhere here." she tried to pacify her angry husband.
"No it's not. This maharaja has lost it." he barked. Anurag looked up at him angrily.
"I remember positively that I had kept it in the study room. I don't know who took it from there afterwards." Anurag told him curtly. Vikramaditya wanted to strangle him but he couldn't for some reason.
"Of course the bird came and flew away with the file. Idiot!!!! You're disgusting do you know that. Dad was always so right about you." he said loudly. Anurag looked hurt for a second before he clenched his fists.
"Of course, it was always the daddy-son duo that gave points to other people according to their own convictions after all. I mean, I was never the star of anybody's eyes no matter what I did. You were the perfect one, so why should you blame me for something that I did wrong. I was always a piece of trash for you and for your greater than great father. Huh!!! Gimme a break." he said bluntly and marched out of the mansion. Riddhima gasped loudly.
"You shouldn't be so harsh on him..." Riddhima whispered meekly. Vikramaditya watched as his brother stormed out.
"I know I failed whenever I see him doing anything stupid." he muttered and left for the dining room. Riddhima knew one thing very well. The rift between the brothers was wider than she initially thought and somewhere it wasn't just Anurag who needed to be blamed.

Riddhima casually walked into the study room and saw Natasha going through some files. Natasha was alive of course but she was now just a sweeper here. And sweepers are usually not allowed to check office files. Riddhima smelled a rat.
"Natasha what are you doing here!!!" Natasha jumped at the voice. Her face showed panic when she saw Riddhima standing at the door.
"Um.....Um...."
"That's not the answer to my question. Tell me Natasha, what's your business here amongst this heap of files????" Riddhima asked sternly. Natasha's face turned pale.
"I was just checking out if everything's fine or not here..." she lied. Riddhima glared at him.
"You're lying and.... What's that you're hiding behind you!!!!" Riddhima said as at saw her hiding something behind her. Natasha was aghast.
"It's-It's nothing..... nothing..." she stuttered in fear. Riddhima walked up to her and snatched the file she was hiding from her. She looked down at the file and gasped loudly.
"Oh!!! So you were the one who stole this file. How dare you Natasha!!!! Mr. Raghuvanshi literally was so anxious for this file this morning. And.....why did you even steal it in the first place???? Are you working for Mr. Raghuvanshi's enemy???" Riddhima asked firmly. Natasha gulped.
"No-No.....it was Anurag who told me to steal this file so the company suffers a loss." she told her. Riddhima looked at her suspiciously.
"Natasha are you kidding me!!! This is just a sales report. Neither Anurag is dumb enough to think hiding a sales report will incur a loss nor you. I am not buying that." she told her. Natasha refrained from making eye contact with her.
"I don't know, I am doing what was told to me by Anurag." she said nervously. Riddhima knew she wasn't telling full truth. But she knew she was a hard nut to crack. She won't spill everything just like that.
"Ok. Leave then. And you're not allowed in this room Natasha." Riddhima told her. Natasha felt humiliated but she was powerless. She simply walked out of the room.
"This woman is up to something." whispered Riddhima.

Vikramaditya came late in the night. He had his dinner, kissed Riddhima a couple of times and slept with his head on her lap. When Riddhima was assured that he was asleep, she quietly walked out of the room. Anurag was drinking in his room when Riddhima knocked at the door. Anurag fumbled upon seeing her. He checked around if his brother was there. Besides what is this woman doing in his room so late in the night. If his brother finds out then he's dead for sure.
"Do you have a minute??" she asked. Anurag looked baffled.
"What do you want me for!!! Listen, if your husband sees you with me then I am dead. Please leave." he requested. She drew in a breath.
"I just need some answers, I will leave after then." she promised. Anurag frowned.
"Go ahead." he said.
"How did you kill your father??" she asked bluntly. Anurag gaped at her for a second before returning back to normal.
"I poisoned him with Strychine, some variant of it I believe." he told her. She looked at him seriously.
"Where did you get it from??" she asked. He gulped down some more whiskey.
"Um a drug peddler helped me in procuring it from Mexico." he told her. Riddhima raised her brow.
"Ok and how did you give this poison to him??" she asked. He looked at her and spoke.
"I added it in his wine that evening. When I came back he was dead. Don't ask me much about that night as I was wasted that night." he completed. Riddhima smiled weakly.
"Thank you." and she left. Anurag frowned.
"Is she a detective!!! Huh!!! Both husband and wife are a pain in my ass." he muttered, falling on his bed.

When Riddhima returned to her room he was still asleep, snoring like an old man. She chuckled as she went inside the bathroom to change in her nightgown. When she came out she found him looking around the room.
"I am here." she assured him. He smiled and went back to sleep. She climbed onto the bed.
"Where did you go??" he asked, turning around. He held her hand close to his chest, making sure she doesn't leave him again. She smiled weakly.
"Just to get some answers." she told him. He chuckled in his sleep.
"I hope the question was do you love me already or not." he mumbled. She blushed.
"Maybe I do." she whispered, snuggling into his comfy arms. He smirked.
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