Since the time Sidharth had woken up in the morning he felt as if something was about to be changed today ......... Although there was rarely a time when he had followed his gut feeling but this time there was something inside him that was making him want to do as his heart wanted .........

Getting out of the bed he moved towards the washroom , he finished his morning chorses before picking up his gym attire ....... Picking up his sipper bottle from the dining table he walked towards the kitchen .........

" Good morning Chandni ...... " he wished ......

" Good morning Sidahrth Dada..... " She replied with a smile .......

Shaking his head he walked out of his gigantic apartment for one and walked towards the elevator ........

Pressing the button he stood there for a while before the door opened infront of him , he entered inside the metal box and stood there leaning on the side wall after pressing the button to his designated floor while two other women stood opposite to him ......

Sidharth knew that all these women of his society are none but people who loves backbítching a lot just like now  when he was standing inside the elevator with them while having his airpod in his ears and they accepted that he was listening to something ..........

Well truth to be told that he was about to play some music untill they started to talk about him and how good he looks but see his fate he doesn't have a wife .......... Wow so much concern , Sidharth knew that his mother would have been proud finding these people in here ........

With a smirk engulfing his face he stayed there silently for a few minutes untill he reached the fifth floor ....... Walking towards the gym he felt a sence of calmness engulfing him ........

He wasn't those typical CEOs who loves to make their office as their brooding ground while being a lazy ass ........ Even though he wasn't so rude , well that's what he thought about himself that his attitude was pretty acceptable ........

Putting aside his sipper and phone he started with his workout .......... 

As he worked out in the benchpress the female population inside the arena stood there staring at his popping biceps ......   Well although everyone would think that being hurt by his previous girlfriend he wouldn't like this kind of attention then they are wrong .......

Though he wasn't really comfortable with their straight on ogling him but what was this body actually for just like his brother used to often say while he was dating his now wife ........ Thinking what his brother would have said looking at his body Sidharth shook his head even after his heart wanted to really showoff may be to his imaginary girlfriend .........

Sweating off in the gym Sidharth sat down on a chair with his sipper in his hand when his phone started to vibrate with an  incoming call ....... Knowing that it was his PA he received the call .......

Phone Call 📲

Sidharth : What happened Raj .....?

Raj : Well you see sir you have a meeting in the office just under an hour and after that we have to leave to meet Ms Yadav ........

Sidharth  : Hmmm.....

Raj : Sir you need to be present in this meeting .......

Sidharth  : Don't worry I'll be there in record time .......

Ending the call he got up from his place and moved out of the gym and went back to his apartment.........

Taking a shower he stood infront of the mirror while buttoning up his plain  white shirt while looking at the mirror when suddenly his eyes landed on that same pink suit girl .......

She was standing there  infront of the door leading to the bedroom and smiling at him ......

Sidharth didn't know what was going on inside him when he turned towards her and raised his eyebrows as if asking her if he looked good......

With a slight smiling lingering on him he waited for her reaction untill she scrunched up her nose and shook her head telling no with a thumbs down  ....... Seeing her negative answer his eyes grew wider before starting to take the shirt off his body .......

He ran towards the rack containing his shirts and took out a black one before trying to wear it , slowly he walked towards her and once again asked about her opinion but this time there was a positive response from her side ......

She held her thumbs up before gifting him with a flying kiss ....... Sidharth who was mesmerizing seeing the beautiful girl infront of him didn't realise when he had started to walk towards her before his leg crashed with the corner of the vanity ........

Feeling the stinging pain on his knee he looked down and rubbed that area before looking up again but this time there was no one  , he was all alone inside the walk in closet ......He looked around the whole place turning his head frantically from one side to another .......

Was that just his imagination .....? If so then that girl might actually be the death of him he thought while tucking in his shirt and spraying some of his favourite cologne ........

He picked up hus essentials and walked out of the room with the laptop bag in his hand and entered the dining area ....... Shying in relief he picked up a sandwich in his hand while gulping down the glass of his everyday concoction.........

The moment he stepped inside his office building which was rather one of his hotel where certain two floors were converted to be used as his office space , he was bombarded with a series of Good mornings from his employees ........

Nodding his head acknowledging their warm welcome and often muttering soft greetings he reached his cabin ....... Seeing the Mahogany door leading to his office he stood there for a minute before pushing the door open and striding towards his desk ........

Placing the laptop in it's designated place he called his secretary and asked for the files that he needed for the meeting while Raj continued to tell him about his schedule ........

" When's the meeting with Ms Yadav ...? " Sidharth enquired......

" During the lunch hours ....." Raj replied ......

Nodding his head Sidharth turned the pages of the files kept infront of him and started to read them before placing his valuable signature on those papers .......

The meeting with most of the important employees in his empire lasted longer than they had anticipated when Sidahrth had fired and appointed a few members and tried to implement a series of new things in his hotel business .........

It was just half an hour left for lunch hours to start when the meeting ended with the boss leaving the conference room in a haste ........ Raj who was almost too happy to be let out of that congested place followed his boss towards the front of the building where the car was waiting for them ........

About thirty-five minutes into the journey Sidharth reached the place where he was suppose to meet the old business woman Ms Yadav ...... As soon as he opened the door with his assistant in his toe , he was greeted with a warm smile of the woman's secretary........

" It's nice to meet you Ms Yadav " Sidharth stated while looking at the woman sitting on the couch wishlist entering inside the room ......

" Same to you young man" replied the woman ......

Taking a sip of the coffee both of them were about to dive into the important topic when his assistant received a call .......

Excusing himself Raj walked out of the room for about a minute or two before coming back with a gentle smile adorning his face.......

" You seemed to be happy " Ms Yadav commented ....  

" I am ma'am ....." Raj replied ......

" Well I know it's not really good to whishper infront of the other's but I need to say something to Mr Marwah real quick " Raj inserted ......

" Go ahead lad " Ms Yadav consented......

He moved towards Sidharth and whishpered softly .....

" We might have got a surrogate for your baby sir " .......

" Really ? " Sidharth asked excitedly while raising his eyebrows in shock .....

" Yes " Raj muttered with a happy smile ......

" That's good " Sidharth replied while turning his attention back to the meeting as of now ......

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As the call ended  shehnaaz didn't know what to feel anymore ........ Blankly staring at her room mate for the last few minutes while she stood there numb , all her emotional turmoil were long gone ....... She didn't know what was that she was feeling at that moment  , there was a certain uneasiness she felt in her stomach but at soon as she was about to back out from the decision she had taken a few minutes prior her phone chimed in , making her informed about an incoming text ..........

Ignoring her feelings she lifted her phone and unlocked it before taking a look at the message ......

@person : 2 pm in ITC Narmada Hotel ....
ROOM NUMBER : 308

Taking a deep breath after reading the crucial information send to her , Shehnaaz looked at the time displayed at the top of the screen ......

" It's going to be 1pm soon " shehnaaz said.....

" When did they ask you to come ? " Pakhi inquired .......

" 2pm ....... I need atleast half an hour to reach the place they asked me to come ...... " Shehnaaz replied.......

" That's fine.....Let's get your stomach filled before you leave " Pakhi said.....

She held Shehnaaz by her arm and pulled her towards a popular food joint she was aware of .......

Grabbing a seat for two Pakhi got up and went to order their foods .......

Sitting there while waiting for Pakhi to return Shehnaaz was looking around the whole place while vibing with her kind of ambiance when her eyes landed on a group of five teenagers who settled down on the group table just beside them ........

Although she shouldn't have thought like that , specially about some school going kids who might have bunked their classes to have some fun on a Saturday afternoon but the condition of their uniform made her heart mutter that they were upto no good........

She turned her head and picked up her phone and starting to play a round of offline billiard game when her ear caught the discussion they were having amongst themselves ........

" She looks like as if she came out of an old Hindi movie ....... " one of the girls in the group commented .....

" If we leave her dressing sense aside she's a fine looking woman ......" The short and chubby boy said......

" It would have been great if we could share her bro....." the boy sitting opposite to the previous one remarked with a dirty smirk lingering on his face .......

" Yeah ..... yeah ..... you would love to share a behenji ....... " The same girl retorted while scrunching her face in disgust .......

" Uh ...... don't say like that you won't understand about our attraction towards curvy body ....... " The last boy tried to save themselves .........

Just as they continued to talk among themselves about her white salwar suit , bag , hairstyle she shook her head knowing that it's needed to be stopped........

She was about to turn around and give them a peice of her mind when Pakhi returned with their food ...... Shehnaaz picked up the plate of thepla and tore a peice of it before putting it inside her mouth ......

Seeing the food and feeling the hunger games being played inside her stomach she thought to ignore those kids untill one of them said ......

" Sweetheart.. ...... Maybe you can give us the same kind of attention you are providing to your thepla ....... " the boy said before laughing ......

Finding that their discussion have now resorted to cat calling she raised her head and looked towards Pakhi who was trying not to dash towards them and land a few punches on their faces .......

Giving her a casual smile she turned her head and looked towards the group of teens sitting there when she recognised one of the boys .......

Well safe to say that she knew his father but that's not the point here ........

" What ? " shehnaaz asked ......

" Well you see darling we are quite fond of you ........ how about we have  some fun later today ........ ?" One of them proposed ........

" No ..... not interested in you tiny people ...." She answered ......

" Don't be offensive baby ..... you can have the taste of our deliciousness " another boy smirked........

" Yeah the delicious of being stupid and dumb at the same time ...... " Shehnaaz remarked
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" Now you are getting offensive lady ..... " one of the girl said .......

" Nope ...... just trying to make sure that you teen-agers know your place while talking to someone who is definitely elder than you
....... "  She replied

" Hey there you bìtch....... " The short chubby one started to raise his voice .....

" Well Firstly this is a public place and secondly don't you dare try to use insulting words towards a lawyer........ mind it children ...... " Pakhi said ......

" Law ....lawyer.....? " The girl who was quite during the whole incident muttered.......

" Yes darling ...... we both are lawyers" Shehnaaz replied with a slight grin on her face before turning her attention towards her food .......

Finishing her food shehnaaz stood up from her seat before waving at Pakhi and leaving for her destination ......... Sitting inside the cab she has hired for her transport she felt a certain kind of uncanny feeling inside her stomach .......

Her mind was contemplating whether she was about to do the right thing or not but with the limited options infront of her  she shook her head and took out her vibrating phone from her bag ......

It was her mother,  she must have been to terrified to even talk to her it seems after yesterday......Receiving the call she held the phone to her ear before looking out of the window  ........

Phone Call 📲

Gurneet Ji: Shehnaaz beta ....

Shehnaaz : Yes ..... Ma .....

Gurneet Ji : Beta your father's condition is getting worse .......

Shehnaaz : Ma .....I need some time ........  I can't arrange so much money with this short time ......

Gurneet Ji : Beta ......

Shehnaaz : I get it but try to understand ....... I need to arrange the money ....... it's definitely not a small amount that anybody can give me ......

Gurneet Ji : Shehnaaz your father ......

Shehnaaz  : I know ma ...... but please think about me for once......

Gurneet Ji : You are our daughter beta ....... we need the money ......

Shehnaaz : Hmm.....

With that she ended the call,  Shehnaaz knew that it wasn't right the way she had talked to her mother but at this point she was really frustrated with all the things happening around her ........... She didn't even have time to breathe since yesterday and all the people around her just want her to understand their situations .........

Closing her eyes she inhaled forcefully before she was brought to the reality by the driver .....

" We are here Mēḍama " the man spoke in his Gujarati accent ......

" Uh .... huh ...here .... " shehnaaz handed over the money before getting out of the car .........

Shehnaaz stood infront of the big gates leading to the drive way of the ITC Narmada Hotel....... The ginormous building she has seen may be twice in the last seven years she has been living here in Ahmedabad  .........

Making sure she doesn't stop breathing Shehnaaz padded down her steps towards the front loby .......

Making sure with the Receptionist that there was certainly a person expecting her in room number 308 , shehnaaz got inside the lift......

As soon as the door of the lift opened she was welcomed by the empty hallway of the bulding , the long corridor with the beautiful interior was so magnificent that Shehnaaz felt as if she was in heaven .......

Giggling a bit at her own thoughts she speed walked towards the room and pressed on the door bell ......

May be a minute had just passed while Shehnaaz was chanting her all time savior the Hanuman Chalisa when the door opened......

She looked up at the young guy standing infront of her holding the door open ......

" Well you must be Ms Sandhu I had spoken just a few hours ago ....? " the man inquired with a professional smile engraved on his face ......

" Yes .... Mr Shrivastava....... I am ..... " shehnaaz replied ..........

Mr Shrivastava moved aside a bit to let her inside the room .....

" Well then let's go inside Ms Sandhu..... sir has been waiting for you to come " Mr Shrivastava  muttered .......

Nodding her head towards the gentleman she followed him towards the living area .........

" Please take a seat while I call him ...... " saying so Mr Shrivastava left the room .......

She looked at the spot on interior of the place with such soft couches that Shehnaaz could even take a small nap on them .........

She was looking here and there around the whole room when once again she was reminded why she had come there ....... She wanted to be a surrogate may be of an infertile couple who have been trying to have a baby since ages and finally resorted to this method........

Shehnaaz was just waiting for the old or may be middle aged couple to enter inside the room to meet her while playing with a certain thread sticking out of its place from her suit when suddenly she heard the clicking on expensive shoes ........

She raised her head and stood up from her place to greet the willing to be parents when her eyes landed on another man who didn't look a day older than twenty seven standing infront of her while Mr Shrivastava was opening the folder ........

His smooth jet black hair was so shiny as if they were created with the finest silk available on the planet , his well proportional chiseled face , deep -set of dark brown eyes which felt like melted chocolate while his sharp nose and succulent lips looked as if sculpted by those famous artists during the period of renaissance...........

She didn't know what had got inside her but all she knew that her heart wanted her to pick up her phone and click some picture of the majestic looking man infront of her eyes ....... It wasn't just his facial features or his tall , muscular figure but his over all personality while standing there infront of her wearing a full black shirt and trouser creating a dominating aura around him was a huge turn on ........

Although the others simply might tell her that she was stupid to think that just by looking at a guy standing infront of her was a turning her on when he could potentially be the biological father of the child .........

Was this the would be father .....? That was the only thought that struck in her mind .......

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Sidharth who had technically finished his earlier meeting with Ms Yadav in a record time and was waiting for the girl to come and meet him while he sat in the bedroom and scrolled through his phone .......

Thinking that he might actually get someone who was not really scamming him by telling that she was ready to carry his child for the next several months was a huge thing for a person like him ........ He knew that it was a human behavior to go back on their words but somewhere the lonely person inside his heart wanted to grab onto someone so bad to live untill the day he gets old and dies just like the other's.......

Sitting there on the bed he though whether the lady would be good or not after all his child was going to acquire quite a lot of things genetically from his biological mother but at the end of the day he knew that all a child needs was a good environment and upbringing  to become a man who the other's might admire in the future .......

Smiling at his own thoughts , Sidharth was already planning about his future child's life when the door opened........

" Sir ...... The lady is here " Raj his assistant said ........

Being too excieted to meet the person he literally jumped out of his place and moved towards the door just to see his assistant smiling at him looking his actions .......

" Let's go ! " he muttered before leaving the room .......

Just a few big strides and he was already in the livingroom,  standing infront of the couch where he could see a girl wearing a white chikankari suit sitting there  ........

He moved forward and went towards the couch when suddenly she raised her head ......

The pink suit girl that's all he could actually process ....... His heart couldn't take it that the one girl he actually started to have a crush on just after seeing her once was none but his surrogate .......

Seeing her infront of him where he was supposed to have a meeting with the surrogate made him feel as if he was literally hit a meteorite .......... His throat started to become  parched while his hands felt clamy when he realised that this might actually be her job ........

Settling down himself on the couch just opposite to her with great difficulty , Sidharth closed his eyes for a second and took a deep breath so that he could control his thought from running high and low ..........

" Ms Sandhu this is Mr Sidharth Marwah ...... " Raj Shrivastava  tried to introduce both of them .......

" Let me Raj ..... " Sidharth interrupted in between .......

" Well Ms Sandhu .... I am  Sidharth Marwah and I'm the would be biological father of the child ...... " Sidharth said in his monotone voice.......

" It's nice to meet you Mr Marwah and it's Shehnaaz ..... you both can actually call me by my name ....... " She replied .......

" Okay " Sidharth stated......

" So Ms Shehnaaz  are you actually ready to be the surrogate or you are here to scam us by any mean ...? " Sidharth enquired.......

" No ...... I'm not scamming you sir ....... I'm definitely ready for the job but before that I wanted to ask something....... " Shehnaaz requested ......

" Hmm ..... Go ahead " he hummed ......

" So sir I was just asking if I could get a sum of money from the contract today itself then it would have been a great help " Shehnaaz cried ......

" How much ? " Raj retorted ......

" Umm..... 12 lakhs " Shehnaaz replied.......

" That's more than half of what sir is willing to pay you for the job "  Raj scoffed.......

" I know .....I know and please believe me that I'm not scamming.....it's just that my father is in the hospital and I need the money urgently......" She begged .......

" But ....... " Raj tried to continue with the conversation when he was stopped in the middle .......

" What's the proof ...? " Sidharth asked .......

" Sir ........ my father is in the hospital and I don't know what kind of proof you need but I can definitely make you talk to his doctor for sure ....... " Shehnaaz declared..........

" Hmm ...... give me his number " Sidharth stated.......

" Sure sir ......... just a minute " Shehnaaz picked up her phone and started to find the phone number of her father's doctor .......

The moment she found it she handed over the phone to him ......

" Here it it sir " she said .......

" If that's the case then you might actually get the money after finishing the checkup tomorrow....... " Sidharth commented.......

" Umm sir when will it be ....? " Shehnaaz asked ......

" The sooner you reach the clinic the better your chances are " He retorted.......

" I'll be there sir without a fail ..... " She replied honestly.......

Sidharth looked at the face which he was actually adoring since the moment his eyes landed on it but now there was something in his mind that was restricting him from doing it further...... May be its because she is a surrogate  , well although he wasn't against the woman who helps other's to give birth to their child because he was definitely one of them who needed a baby like that but the unsettling feeling inside his stomach was what making him tensed ........

He sat there looking at the beautiful accented wall of the room blankly while his mind raced thousands of miles per second  ....... The more his mind would try to make him grasp the concept that Shehnaaz was the girl he was having a potential crush on and who would actually be his surrogate just after she signs the papers his heart denied to accept it ........

Thinking of papers , the contract that they neded to sign for this matter was what actually brought him back to the earth ....... He turned his head towards his assistant and said ......

" Hand over the contract to Ms Shehnaaz "......

" Yes sir " Raj nodded his head ......

Shehnaaz held the file that was forwarded towards her before looking up once again at her potential client who was actually her baby's father .......

Lowering her head she opened the folder and looked at the papers .......... She could see his name as the party A or the willing father but where was his wife , the mother ....?

Feeling confused with the revelation she looked towards the men sitting infront of her and asked .......

" Well I'm sorry but I wanted to ask where is the mother .....? " Shehnaaz pried......

" What do you mean by the word mother ? " Sidharth asked ......

" I meant to say your wife,  who is wiling to be the mother of the baby....." Shehnaaz replied  .......

" There's no mother here ....... I'm your only client and this is confidential ...... " Sidharth grumbled.......

" Oh ..... " shehnaaz whishpered.......

" Sir is not married....... He's willing to be a single father and as you know that a single man can't adopt so ..... " Raj reasoned......

" That's okay ...... I understand ........ Afterall it's his decision to have a baby all together ....... " Shehnaaz smiled ........

She continued to read and fill the documents untill and unless she came across the clauses once more .........

It was the same contract she had seen just a day or two ago ....... It was terrifying for her but see what has life actually brought her to , that she was willing to do the same work she actually thought was heartless ........

Giving up on the child you practically grew inside your body just like your own for the sake of money was something sheer terrifying for her but at the same time she didn't have a better option ........

She could go to some loan shark who could actually give her that much amount but she didn't have anything valuable to give them ....... Thinking that she might actually go overboard with her thoughts , Shehnaaz shook her head and concentrated on the bulletin points written on the paper ........

Reading the file throughly for the second time as expected by her from the person sitting opposite to her she turned the page and came to the end of the contract .......

" I think you have read it " Raj inserted......

" Yeah ...... " Shehnaaz replied ......

" Here ..... sign it " Sidharth asked......

He forwarded a pen towards her to sign the documents ......

She held the pen and looked at the place she needed to put her sign when once again her mind tried to make her back out from the deal .....  

She was too young to actually destroy her life like this  , her father wasn't just her own responsibility....... Maybe she would ask her relatives for the money  , they could have actually help her right but at the very next moment she was reminded with her last time experience when her father had his cardiac arrest........

She remembered how she had to ask her friend for the money even after begging her relatives for the same ...... With a pained smile lingering on her face she signed on the papers when her mind said ......

" We have nine months and we are definitely going to learn how to be stoic and make ourselves ready for the worst ......."

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