Leaving a sigh Shehnaaz nodded her head quite a few times making sure her boss understood that she was agreeing with his words , she looked up at him for the last time before telling .....

" I'll make sure to submit the file to you before you leave for the court ...... " Shehnaaz remarked ......

" You better because you are accompanying me to the court today " her boss retorted .....

" Sure thing sir " she nodded her head once more and got out of the cabin in record time ......

Shehnaaz moved to her desk and unlocked the cabinet where she had put the files and took it out ..... Slamming them on her desk she turned on her laptop while glaring at the folders .......

" Just because of you ....... aarrgh " she whimpered........

Picking up the first folder infront of her she scanned through the documents before picking up her notepad and pen to jot down the things she wanted to remember from the case for future use ........

Going through the pages one after the another Shehnaaz felt as if her neck was about to have a massive cramp ........ She kept the finished folders aside and relaxed her body on the chair before looking at the clock mounted on the wall opposite to her seat ......

" 11: 46 am ...... " She read ......

" Wow .... I don't have much time before I need to submit the files ....... " She muttered while leaving a sigh .......

Closing her eyes once again she massaged her neck with her hands to release some of the pressure before picking up the bottle of water from her desk and gulping down a mouthful  .....

" Let's do this Shehnaaz ...... we are going to achieve this task with flying colours  " she assured herself ......

She picks up the last folder placed infront of her before turning to a fresh page on her note pad and opening the file ........

Going through the first page she understood that it was contract but didn't understand it untill she turned to the next page .......

A contract for a surrogate .......

" Woah ..... People must be really heartless " she commented ........

Reading through the bulletin point she understood the cruel reality .......

Conditions for the surrogate mother :

● The surrogate mother would not have any relation with the child after he /she is born . She should not try to claim the baby as hers and also doesn't have the right to move to the court for the same .

●The surrogate mother should be above 24 years of age .

● The woman agreeing to be the surrogate would be awarded a sum of Rs 18,00,000 for the harkwork of carrying the child , keeping the baby safe and also to maintain secrecy of the same .

● The child would not meet the surrogate mother after their birth .

● There would be no relation of the surrogate mother and the family after the child is born .

● All the medical expenditures during this whole period from conceiving till birth will be taken care by the biological father of the child .

● If during the time of  pregnancy the petitioners family feels that they want to put forward some rules for the safety of the child then they are allowed to do so while the surrogate will obey them .

● The surrogate mother would be in direct contact of the biological father during the whole time.

● If  by any chance the contract is broken by the any of the party then the other person is entitled to receive a sum of  Rs 35,00,000 .

She gulped down Reading the sentences before taking out her phone and proceeding to click a picture of the contract.......

She was astounded to see that there are people in the world would want to have their child being born from the womb of other woman while denying the rights of the same person ......

Although she was in no place to understand why the people want to do such a thing she wanted to sympathize the woman who does this stuff ...... Although she felt disgusted thinking that they sell their child for money but still somewhere she though they might feel bad too ......

Closing the file after checking it for the second time and proofreading the pages , she got up from her seat and walked towards her boss's cabin .......

Knocking on the door for few times she waited for the person inside to allow her .......

" Come in ! " The man shouted from inside .....

She pushed the translucent door open and entered the medium sized cabin which actually looked like a dumpster with all the mountains of files in there ......

" Here sir ..... I'm done with the work " she said while handing over the files to Mr Patel ......

" Finally....... ! " he rejoiced ......

" Sir is there anything else you want me to do before leaving for the court ......? " she asked .....

" Yeah .... actually I was thinking something  ..... Well let it be for now ...... " he halted for a bit before continuing.....

" Did you check the files thoroughly?  " he inquired .......

" Yes sir .... I did......" She assured him .....

" We'll then ...... The thing I wanted to tell you ..... " he babble.......

" I want you to attend a meeting with one of my older clients along with me today evening "  he said ....

" Will it be in the office itself sir ......?" Shehnaaz pried ......

" No...... Well meet in the restaurant......" he returned......

" I'll text you about the place...... make sure you are there by 7pm tonight " he requested......

" Yes sir " she replied ......

" Go and have your lunch before we leave " he said .....

" Sure sir " she nodded her head twice and walked out of the room before moving towards the cafeteria where she could actually find her best friend.........

Walking inside the large hall room she scanned her eyes through the crowd of people before she located her friend talking over the phone with a smile on her face ......

Shaking her head knowing who might be on the other side , she moved towards the food counter and got herself a plate of rajma-chawal .........

Sitting down beside her friend she started to eat her food wishlist waiting for her to end the call ........ It was around fifteen minutes later that Ms Pakhi Sharma realised that her friend was sitting beside her and has already finished her food while waiting for her .......

" I'm so sorry " Pakhi grinned while looking at Shehnaaz ......

" We'll let's keep that aside ..... " She said while leaving a sigh ........

" Is there something that's bugging you  .....? " Pakhi asked ......

" Umm..... you can say so ..... " Shehnaaz replied.....

" What is it ......? " Pakhi enquired .......

" I found a contract paper in one of the files " Shehnaaz said .....

" So ...? " Pakhi challenged.....

" It was a surrogacy contract " Shehnaaz fussed ......

" Uh. .... thats the reason ...... " Pakhi released a sigh of relief  ......

" But how can a woman do such a thing Pakhi ...... Are they heartless enough to leave their child with an unknown couple ......? " she cried out of frustration......

" It's always not like that girl ...... " Pakhi tried to make her understand.......

" I get it .... that some infertile couple wants to have a baby and they are using that woman......"  Shehnaaz muttered .....

" I know what you are about to say .... yeah they could have adopted a child but you see there are people who wants to call the child their's..... you get it right " she tried to reason .....

" Yeah ..... but what about the woman ...... how can she sell the child ....? " Shehnaaz groaned ......

" You have to understand that may be ....... she didn't have any other way to get the money " Pakhi replied .....

" I think you must have saw the amount right?  " she asked .....

" I did ...... It's huge .......! " Shehnaaz exclaimed......

" See ...... " Pakhi  returned.......

" But ..... " Shehnaaz was about to continue when she was cut in the middle....

" No the woman isn't heartless , they feel the pain but don't have an option and they are working to get the money ...... on the other hand you have that option inordered to save your job ...... " ..... " Go run "...... Pakhi  shouted ......

" Uh ..... yeah ..... I must go ... " Shehnaaz replied  ......

She stood up from her place picked up her plate , disposed it and ran towards her desk ... .  Picking up her bag she stormed towards the parking area where her boss must have been waiting for her .......

They reached in the court and walked out of the car before entering the courtroom and starting to assist her boss regarding the property case he was going to work on today ......

Few long hours of torchur where the lawyers from both the sides first had a small verbal fight followed with the submission of the documents and some friendly talk among themselves before the session ended for the day .......

Leaving a sigh of relief to see that her hardwork of getting up so early in the morning and going to office may be at the crack of dawn atleast payed off .......

She reached her hostel and jumped on the bed to relax for a bit when she unknowingly drifted off to a light slumber .......

On one side Shehnaaz had drifted off to a quite evening nap when Sidharth sat there in one of the foldable chairs inside the venue they needed to decorate for a award function that's going to take place the day after in his hotel......

He was sitting there going through the files talking about expected outcome after the decorations were done while talking with his employees........

" I want the white flowers to cover that area ..... Do you understand.....?   " he declared .......

" I don't think that will look good sir ...... " one of his employee said ......

" Hassan .......   I think I am more experienced in this field than you ....... " Sidharth retorted .....

" But sir ...... " Hassan bugged.....

" Just believe me ...... " he said ..... 

" Yes sir " Hassan nodded his head before getting up from his chair and moving on to finish his work .....

Sidharth stood up from his place and started to look around the whole area while his PA kept up with him on his tow ..........

Well it's sure that most of the people might think that what was a billionaire CEO doing by checking the decorations of a mare event ....... Then truth to be told that this award ceremony was important for him and above all he was actually bored sitting inside of his  cabin and looking all the piles of folders one after the another ........

He roamed around the whole place looking here and there when his mind was struck with the idea that what if he could visit one of his randomly without a prior notice ....... 

With a smirk on his face he looked at his wrist watch and noted the time......

" 6:28 pm ..... " he mumbled.......

" Let's visit one of my restaurants tonight Raj ...... " He suggested.....

" Are you sure sir ....... You have a meeting in few hours ......? " Raj said with a terrified look .......

" Yup ..... I'm ..... Let's go to the Royalisto " Sidharth said with a naughty smile on his face ....  

He didn't know why but his heart wanted to do this random thing , it was as if it knew something was about to happen out of ordinary  ........

He settled down in the back seat of his Rolls-Royce ....... Leaning his head on the back he tilted his head slightly to look outside.........

He saw the people passing by his car just like the other days , those office workers , couples , ladies with their scooters , auto-rickshaws or even buses.......

He was counting the number of eye catching motor bikes he had seen in this whole ride when the car haulted at a particular junction ...... His eyes moved though the crowd of people waiting beside him when his eye caught a particular smiling face.......

He didn't know what was so special in it , although he could actually see the girl from the side but the serene smile along with the pearly white teethes caught his attention ........

" beautiful....... " he whishpered........

Sidharth was spellbound looking at the particular figure sitting inside the auto-rickshaw when the car started to move again ...... Although he was a little disappointed  thinking that he couldn't continue watching that smile but he had to accept that he didn't have the power to stop the time.......

With a disappointed look spreading on his face he let out a huff  , he sat there looking at the streets once again untill the car entered the restaurant premises ........

He entered inside the building with wide steps while looking at the shocked expression of the workers , he nodded with a smile looking at the door man when he bowed down to great him before moving inside .......

He saw the shocked expression of the other employees when he walked inside the dining area before the manager arrived at greeted him ......

Mr Dhiraj Gopalani , one of his oldest employee looked at him with respect.......

" It's an honour to have you here tonight sir...... " Mr Gopalani said with a smile ......

" Well I think other than you , nobody thinks that ...... " Sidharth commented.....

" I'm sorry sir ..... I think they are shocked " Mr Gopalani tried to save the employees from the warth of their boss ......

" We'll I actually intended to do that but does that actually mean they'll stop their work ....? " he inquired while shaking his head disappointed......

" Sir ..... " Mr Gopalani wanted to control the situation  ......

" I think you need a new set of workers who are professionals ....... " saying so , Sidharth turned around to look at the rush of customers waiting during the early hours of the dinner service when his eyes found the girl once gain ......

He didn't know  or might even not want to explain why was there a huge smile acquiring his face ...... He looked at the figure wearing a pink coloured salwar-suit , with her hair now tied in a high ponytail and dangling big earrings touching her shoulder ........ Her professional smile while she stood there beside a middle aged man while greeting an old couple opposite to them ........

On one hand a mesmerized Sidharth stood there trying to take in the physical appearance of the girl , Shehnaaz stood there with her boss  and gave a small smile towards the old couple who stood there making a face as if judging her .......

She was already feeling uncomfortable standing in such a fancy fine dining restaurant like Royalisto and now she was being judged .......

" Do you think this outfit of yours is appropriate for this place ....? " the woman said with a visible disdain on her face ......

" Umm ..... sorry ma'am ..... but I'm only comfortable in wearing Indian outfits ...... " She said shyly .......

" Let's come to the main point right ....? " Mr Patel tried to change the topic while the four of them settled down .......

Shehnaaz who was trued to fit in with the ambience of the restaurant was about to take her seat after her boss when her phone started to right ........

" Ugh .... disgusting  " the woman said being irritated by her .......

" I'm  so sorry " she apologized before moving out of the dining area and receiving the call ......

Phone Call 📲

Gurneet Ji : Shehnaaz...... puttar ( her mother cried )

Shehnaaz : What happened mummy..... ?

Gurneet Ji : Puttar your papa ......

Shehnaaz : What happened to papa...... ? Ma ....what happened to him ....?

Gurneet Ji : puttar ...     your papa..... is not good .......

Shehnaaz : Ma ......

Gurneet Ji  : We have admitted him in the hospital.......

Shehnaaz : Ma ..... please say clearly ....... what happened to papa .. ......?

Gurneet Ji : He was having problems while breathing and going pale with every passing moment .......... The doctor said that they need to perform an operation  .......

Shehnaaz : What did the doctor actually say had happened to him ........?

Gurneet Ji : The valves have nearly stopped working , they are needed to be transplanted .........

Shehnaaz : I'm coming...... I have to be there now . ......

Gurneet Ji : But puttar they said that the operation requires a lot of money ..........

Shehnaaz : How much ma .....?

Gurneet Ji  : Nearly 12 lakhs.....

Shehnaaz : What .....! 12 lakhs ......!

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