Hi All,

I have posted a OS in my profile. Please do not forget to vote and comment.
Here is the link to the OS: Mine Forever in case you have not read it yet.
https://my.w.tt/QYz5MbgCi7

Thank you JoyousMiser for the beautiful cover for the story.❤❣💕

Happy Reading,

With Love,

Jo

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Days rolled into weeks, and the day has arrived for her to say goodbye to her current company. In these days of their journey together, Ram and Priya get to know each other better. Priya also likes his company and Ram is still not aware that she has given her resignation. He is not even pestering her to join her in Kapoor Industries leaving that option to herself as he decided earlier.

Ram is getting ready for his office adjusting his tie in front of the mirror.

"Mr Kapoor" Priya called him from behind.

"Haa Priya" Ram turned towards her.

"I have some work in the office and will be late tonight." Priya said looking at him.

"Oh okay. Make sure you come home safely and inform the driver that he needs to stay back late." He said nodding his head.

"I don't want to trouble him to wait for me by doing overtime. Don't worry I will come by cab." Priya said casually.

"Either driver will accompany you or I will come and pick you once you are done with your work." Ram said firmly.

"Nooo" She shrieked and quickly composed her tone saying. "I will inform the driver."

Ram finds her reply weird but ignores the thought.

"Miss me more." He said with lopsided grin.

"I don't have time to Miss you." She said rolling her eyes. He laugh at her irritation and leaves to his office as he is getting late.

Priya feels nostalgic thinking about the days she spent in that office and with the colleagues cum friends. She is definitely going to miss her friend Keerti and Keerti also feel emotional that Priya is leaving the office. Priya has invited her colleagues for a leaving party after office hours to spend some quality time with them before saying goodbye to them.

Everyone reaches the venue after office; it is a sophisticated restaurant & bar. They raised a toast as soon as everyone settled comfortably.

After a couple of hours, everyone had dinner, few of her friends and colleagues leave the place after wishing Priya good luck with her future opportunities. They all clicked group pictures and had fun.

Ram checks the time and rings her mobile only to get an automated message saying it is switched off.

"I don't know why she carries her mobile? Most of the time, either it is unreachable or switched off." Ram is pissed off with her careless behavior.

Without having any other option, he calls his driver and gets to know where she is right now.

"What the hell Priya is doing at that place? She told me that she has work in the office and seems like madam is partying with her friends." He clenched his jaw exhaling deeply. He decided to give her a shock by appearing in front of her.

Only Keerti, Palash and Priya are present in the party after others left one by one.

Priya checks the time on her wristwatch and decide to drop a message to Ram saying she might come little late. She pull out the phone from her bag only then she realized her phone is switch off and she cannot afford to dial his number from her friends' mobile phone.

"I am going to miss you a lot Priya." Keerti hugged Priya bringing her back from her thoughts.

"I am also going to miss you a lot." Saying this Palash also joined the hug. Priya felt a bit weird but remained silent, as they are a closed group in office.

"Let's take a selfie." Palash said cheerfully, keeping his glass on the table.

He clicks a few pictures of three of them hugging Priya. She can understand that Palash is just being friendly but before she could react, anything her eyes meet her husband's narrowed gaze. Priya has no clue from how long Ram is observing her from the corner of the restaurant. He is sipping his drink and not looking away from her. She is completely shocked seeing Ram there.

"I am gone today. I lied to him for coming over here. What he might be thinking about me? How can I forget the fact that Ram can easily find out where I am?" Priya scolded herself in mind for her stupidity.

"Priya look here." Palash gives her a nudge on her shoulder and brings her back from her thoughts.

She averted her gaze, faking a forced smile on her face for the pictures.

"See how beautiful these pictures are." Palash is showing his mobile to both the women. Keerti is looking at the pictures while Priya is stealing glances from Ram. She is unable to read his mind by looking at his neutral expressions. Her colleagues presented her a gift.

"Okay guys, I think we should leave now. It is already late." Priya said finally.

"Priya stay for some time. What is the hurry?" Keerti said, making a pout.

"Yes Priya! Stay." Palash also insisted on her. Both of her friends are not aware that her husband is watching her intently from a distance.

"Only 15 minutes more, don't force me after that. I need to go back to home." She said hinting Ram without noticed by her friends.

Time passed quickly and they reached out of the place.

"How are you going home? Shall I drop you?" Palash asked Priya.

"No, I have my car." Priya replied with a smile. She turned towards Keerti and said, "How are you going back to home?"

"Palash will drop me home." Keerti said.

"Okay take care. I will miss you." Priya hugged Keerti. "I will miss you too. We will meet regularly." Keerti said, hugging her back.

"All the best and hope you stay in touch with us." Palash said, giving a side hug to Priya.

Her eyes are searching for Ram who just comes out of the place pacing slowly towards them keeping his hands in his pant pockets.

"Till now you didn't let us meet your husband Priya. Very bad, when are you going to introduce your husband to us?" Palash mocked at her jokingly.

Her breathing gets uneven when she finds him walking close to her. Keerti nudged her with her elbow when Priya froze in her place.

"Priya say something." Keerti asked her.

"Yes Priya, why don't you introduce your husband to them?" Ram asked Priya standing beside her.

Priya rooted to her spot seeing Ram beside her. "What is he trying to do?" she thought.

"Priya, they are asking something to you. Answer them sweetheart." Ram said side hugging her.

She gaped at him with his sudden actions. Palash and Keerti look at each other in confusion.

"Keerti and Palash, meet my husband Mr Ram Kapoor." She stammered while disclosing her friends about her husband.

"Mr Kapoor, these two are my colleagues cum friends Keerti and Palash." She turned to Ram and introduced the other two.

"Are you Mr Ram Kapoor?" Palash asked excitedly, finding the well-known personality in front of him.

Ram nods in positive with a smile.

"You mean owner of Kapoor Industries?" Keerti said, closing her mouth with her hand.

Ram laughed at her reaction and nodded in confirmation.

"It is really nice meeting you sir. I read a lot about you every day. You are an inspiration to many people." Palash said, shaking his hand with Ram.

"Oh my god, nice meeting you sir." Keerti shook her hand with him.

"Priya, I am so happy for you." Keerti hugged her jumping in excitement.

Priya smiled at her forcefully.

"I will wait for you in the car." Ram said looking at Priya.

"Okay guys, nice meeting you both and good night. See you later!" Ram said before walking towards his car.

"I am not able to believe what I have just witnessed. You are Mrs Priya Ram Kapoor, wow!" Keerti said, jumping in excitement.

"Yes, I am also equally shocked to know that "The Ram Kapoor" is your husband." Palash added.

"Just tell me one thing, is it love marriage or arranged marriage?" Keerti asked excitedly.

She is in a fix what to answer to this question and thinks in her mind "For him it is love marriage and for me it is an arranged one."

"It is love cum arranged marriage." She finally respond to Keerti after struggling for a moment.

"Oh my god! I still cannot believe my eyes and ears. When did you people fall in love?" Keerti could not hold back her excitement. Palash is also surprised after hearing from Priya.

"Listen guys, I will tell you the details later on. Since we didn't announce our marriage to the media yet, please keep this news with you only." Priya said, biting her lips.

"Yeah sure." Palash said.

"Don't worry about that. This is the reason you were hiding whenever we asked about your husband. Must tell you he is very cool and handsome. Now I got the reason why you are leaving the company all of a sudden." Keerti said teasingly.

"Yes!" She nodded her head in affirmation.

"Your husband must be waiting for you. Go and have fun." Keerti teased her more.

"I am just a call away whenever you need me. Don't hesitate to call me if you need any help." Priya assured Keerti keeping a hand on her shoulder.

"Okay bye, take care and good night." Priya bid them goodbye with moist filled eyes and walk towards the car.

"Do you want me to drop them?" Ram asked Priya.

"No, they have the vehicle so they will manage." Priya said, buckling her seat belt.

Ram waved his hand to both Keerti and Palash before zooming the car out of the vicinity.

"Why did you come here and announce to them about our marriage all of sudden?" Priya shoots her question as soon as they are on the road.

"I was just helping you out when they are complaining you to disclose about your husband. You should thank me, don't you think so?" Ram chuckled at her.

"This is not at all funny." She mocked at him.

"How long are you planning to hide our marriage to the world? We have to announce some or other day so why not today?" Ram fires back the question to her.

"I am not prepared for this right now. Don't give me a heart attack by doing all these." Priya said, shaking her head in disbelief.

"I don't mind disclosing about our marriage, I am ready to announce." Ram said, earning a shocking gasp from her.

"We decided to keep it a secret for some time, so why are you in a hurry now?" Priya asked, turning her head towards him.

"Are you planning to run away from me?" Ram smirked at her. She glared at him from the corner of her eyes.

"Okay okay don't try to kill me with your looks. How long do you think we should keep it as secret?" Ram asked, glancing at her for a brief moment.

She thinks for a moment before saying "At least for a few more months. I am not yet ready to handle the media attention."

Ram is noticing a vehicle in the rear mirror, which is following them from quite some time. He ignored that thought for a moment.

"Okay, by the way you said that you will be late in the office. I don't think you work at that Restaurant & Bar." Ram smirked at her and sarcasms in his voice is clear to her.

Priya rolled her eyes. "We decided to come over here after work. Just a last minute plan." She lied looking out of the window.

She finds a frowning expression appeared on Ram's face when she did not hear anything from him.

"What happened? Are you angry with me?" Priya asked, raising her brows.

His complete focus is on his driving and the rear window. She could not understand where he is lost when she finds him turning deaf ear to her.

"Mr Kapoor?" Priya shakes his arm slightly.

"Let's go home and discuss." Ram said sternly, not looking at her. She finds his behavior a bit odd.

"Please drive slow." She asked him when he pressed his foot down on the accelerator.

He did not listen to her instead; he increased the speed focusing on the rear mirror. By now, he is sure that someone is following them.

"Look, someone is following us." Ram told her, showing the vehicle behind them. They could not identify who the person was.

"What? Why would anyone follow us?" Priya gave him a perplexed look.

"That is the reason I don't allow you to go anywhere alone but you never understand my words and the reason behind." Ram scolded her. Priya downcast her eyes for a moment.

"What could be their motive behind following us?" Priya asked with a worried expression spread on her face.

"It could be anything." He said lifting his shoulders and continued "but I make sure nothing happens to you" He smiled at her.

"Why do you think they are following us? They must be coming in the same way." Priya said to him.

Somehow smartly he has side tracked the vehicle and reached the Kapoor Mansion.

Ram is clearly very upset with what has happened. He tries to find out who is purposefully stalking them. He is aware that this matter needs his attention. He did not want to scare Priya by stuffing her with too much information.

After two days, she gets ready in a beautiful blue color saree and take blessings from Dadi before joining in KI. Dadi is happy and blessed her wholeheartedly.

Priya is standing in front of Kapoor Industries headquarters. Ram has no idea about Priya joining the Kapoor Industries. Vikram has arranged for Priya with the joining formalities without giving any clue to Ram.

She looks up at the huge twenty-five storey-building surface covered with glass and steel. She stopped at the entry gate for the regular security check. She cleared the security process providing them with the information and purpose of visit by showing the appointment letter.

She walks towards the entrance, which is a few meters away from the main gate. She heaved a deep sigh, wishing her good luck before entering the building.

She is welcome by a warm smile from the receptionist. After greeting each other and verifying her documents, the receptionist guided Priya to the desired floor.

Priya thanked her and moved towards the lift passing another security person who was holding a big rifle.

Priya is horrified and widens her eyes by seeing this level of security. She presses the lift button and the lift door slides open within a second. She is a little nervous and wipes the sweat beads forming on her forehead.

Lift slid open on the desired floor and Priya came out of the lift.

A woman cladded in business formals asks Priya to wait for some time before informing her boss about Priya.

Ram rises up from his chair as soon as he hears Priya's name. He looks at Vikram who is grinning wickedly standing in front of him. Priya entered his cabin after knocking on the cabin door.

Ram could not believe his eyes seeing Priya out of nowhere in his cabin. Priya tried hard to control her laugh seeing his confused expression.

"Really surprised to the core seeing you in KI Mrs Kapoor." Ram said happily. She smiled at him in response.

"Hi Priya, so good to see you here." Vikram hugged Priya.

"Hello Vikram. Same here." Priya said.

"You guys pre-planned everything so perfectly that I did not get a slight hint about what you guys are up to." Ram said, shaking his head sideways.

Priya and Vikram smile looking at each other and then at Ram.

Priya is flabbergasted to see the cabin. Cabin is covered by tinted glass from where a part of Mumbai city is visible. The view is breathtaking. Priya now realizes that she is married to a billionaire who has no match with her middle class life.

Ram settled himself in his big revolving chair.

"You guys carry on and I will be back in a few minutes." Vikram said, leaving the couple in the cabin. Silence filled the room for a few minutes before Ram breaks the silence. "Take a seat darling." Priya takes her seat opposite to him. So finally, you joined here. I know you can't resist me."

Priya gets up annoyed "If you try to irritate me then I will leave right now." Saying this she walks towards the door and opens it slightly.

"Once you enter my cabin, you can only exit when I want you to." Ram stops her and presses the button.

The door of the cabin closed automatically and the glass curtains came down.

Priya realized everything in the room is electronically controlled. He takes her hands in his squeezing them lightly.

"No one can leave from here without my consent. Why does my wife always get so angry with me?" He said in a husky tone. "I love you even more when you are angry." He whispers in her ears, making her heart skip a bit.

"Move" Priya said in a low voice when Ram leaned more towards her.

"I said move," Priya said in a bit louder voice.

"Seriously, I did not expect that you will join KI so soon." Ram said smiling at her.

"Shall I go back to home then?" Priya replied raising her brows.

"Not that I am complaining about it. I am so happy that you are here." Ram flashed a huge smile on his face.

"But I have few conditions to work here." Priya said earning a puzzled look from Ram. Before he could ask her further they hear a knock on his cabin door.

Ram closes his eyes in disappointment when he hears someone knocking on the door. He composes his posture and settles himself in his seat.

Ram allows the person to enter his cabin by unlocking the door.

Zoya entered and started "Ram I really need your help. My house owner is giving me a tough time and she has many restrictions. Ram you need to help me to find a good house".

Ram looks at Priya who is sitting silently giving no reactions. Zoya then notices somebody is sitting in the cabin.

"Zoya, she is Priya. She will be working here from now on wards." Ram introduced Zoya to Priya.

He turns to Priya and introduces Zoya to her. "Priya, she is Zoya. She is a family friend and our families have been working together for a long time." Zoya is surprised with Ram's explanation to a mere employee. She finds Ram's behavior bit odd.

Both of them greeted each other with a formal smile.

Ram then asks his personal secretary to send Ms. Romila to his cabin. After a minute Romila entered with a huge smile on her face.

"Priya, she is Romila. From now, she will be assisting you with your work." Priya greeted her with a warm smile but she found her weird when she caught her staring at Ram without paying much attention to Priya.

"Romila shows Priya her cabin and helps her if she needs anything." Ram said but her expression did not change.

"Romilaaa!" He called her again.

"Sure jaanu...I mean Sir" She quickly corrected her words. Priya's mouth wide-open hearing Romila. She is definitely crazy, she thought.

Priya's shocking expression did not go unnoticed by Ram.

"Please go with Priya and meet the other team members and I will let you know about your work later on." Ram said to Priya.

Romila leaves the cabin not before flashing a cheeky smile to Ram. Priya followed her. He is used to Romila's weird behavior by now.