As Ana watched in fear, the big burly guy opened the passenger door and Rahul's sister stepped out.

"Oh dear, I am so sorry. By the time I came back, you left. I didn't know you were leaving." She moved towards Ana.

"Thanks" Ana murmured. She was still in shock and shaking with fear.

"OMG Ana! We are sorry for scaring you. He is Miso, my personal driver and security specialist. This is not a safe area to travel by foot, so we were speeding to find you. By the way I am Neha, Rahul's sister." She hugged Ana seeing her shaking with fear.

Ana felt better after the hug and warmed up to Neha.

"Come let's go, I want you to meet someone." Neha led Ana towards the SUV.

"I can't, Mr Rahul fired me from job and kicked me out of the mansion. I don't think he will be happy to see me."

"Don't worry, this is not my brother's house. I already got the story from Ahmed and it's not your fault. I will make sure you get dropped at your home safely. Please ... come with me."

After getting assurance from Neha, Ana got into the SUV and they sped back towards the mansion.

As Ana followed Neha inside the mansion, she nervously watched her surroundings, afraid of running into Rahul or Ria. Neha took Ana to her bedroom and asked her to wait there.

Ana looked around in awe at the luxurious furnishings in the bedroom. Though she was used to working in star hotels, she was surprised by the delicate furnishings and wondered at the amount of money that went into the elaborate design of the bedroom. It was probably more than her lifetime earnings.

As she was looking around, the door opened and Neha stepped in with the lady whom Ana saved.

"Ana meet my mom, Mandira Shah"

"OMG! You are ... are ... Mr Rahul's mom." Ana covered her mouth in shock. "Mrs Shah, I am so sorry, I called your son a monster. I didn't know ..."

"Don't worry about it dear .." Mrs Shah hugged Ana, "call me Mandy. I am sorry for all the drama that happened and for getting you into trouble."

"No problem, I am fine. I didn't mean to be rude with Mr Rahul, but I am sorry, it didn't work out and he is now mad at me."

"Don't worry about him, I will talk to him later, but I want you to stay for the party. How is your son doing? What is his name?"

"His name is Charlie, but I call him prince. My roommate is taking care of him and I need to get back to him. I am glad I met you, but I cannot stay for the party. Also I think it is better for me to stay away from Mr Rahul, I don't want to create more trouble for him."

"Its okay, don't worry about him. You don't work for him anymore. I want to talk to you about a position here. Can you talk to your roommate and see if she can take care of prince else I can arrange something from here?"

Ana spoke with Cynthia to let her know she was coming late and to take care of prince.

"Ok, I can stay for some time, my roommate can take care of prince." She said hesitantly.

"Excellent, I need to go and take care of guests, but Neha is going to take care of you." Mandy left leaving Ana with Neha.

"Ana, go ahead and take a quick shower. I am going to find a dress for you. You are not going like this to the party." She pushed Ana into the bathroom.

Ana had no choice but to go along with Neha. When she returned from the shower, there was a beautiful, full length blue Versace dress laid out for her. There were also two ladies there, who helped her with the dress and then did her hair and makeup. Neha returned with matching heels and jewellery set for the dress.

"Neha please, I don't think it is appropriate for me to go with your jewellery. I could get into trouble with Mr Rahul, he wouldn't approve."

"Hey ... this is my mother's home and this jewelry is mine and you are like a sister to me, so don't worry about him. You are so innocent and honest and you saved my mother's life, I and my family are indebted to you. My mom likes you so much and was talking about you and your son all the time. Now you are like family to us, so don't worry about anything. If my brother gets near you, I will be there to handle the situation."

Ana looked at herself in the mirror and was amazed at the transformation. Then she got scared thinking about the last time she dressed up for a party.

"What happened?" Neha asked.

"Nothing, just some scary flashback." Ana replied.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you." Neha said, leading them into the party.

As both the ladies made their enterance, there was a hush, people turned to look at them.

Rahul couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at Neha introducing Ana to her friends. For a second, he thought she was his sweetheart, with her hair dyed black, walking down the stairs. He was still in a trance, when Sam nudged him.

"Hey, you said you fired her and sent her home .... are you trying to hide her inside? What's going on?"

"I don't know Sam, but something is going on. Everytime I try to put some distance between us, she bounces back much closer."

Just then Ria came and pulled him aside. "What's going on Rahul? Why is your sister undermining your authority? Just look at Ana, first she lied about covering for Ruby and now is back, dressed up like a model. She is desperate about this party. I think she has an agenda, which may not be good for you. We need to fix this asap." Ria was watching Ana with hatred, move around with New York's rich and famous.

"Don't do anything Ria, let me deal with it." Rahul started moving towards Ana.

From a corner of her eye, Ana saw Rahul coming towards her, so she moved in the opposite direction to avoid him. The party was moving at brisk pace and Ana and Rahul were playing cat and mouse game. Time was running out for Rahul as Ana remained successful in avoiding him.

Ana kept moving around with an eye on Rahul, until he got pulled away by his business partners. Heaving a sigh of relief, she stepped into the balcony, overlooking the garden to get some fresh air.

Suddenly she felt a movement close to her, raising the hairs on her neck. Ria stood close to her and whispered in her ear.

"Ana! You are playing a very dangerous game. This is way out of your league. Just wearing someone's else dress and jewellery does not make you one of us. I can smell a gold digger from a mile away. Stay away from Rahul and this family else ...." Ria couldn't finish her sentence.

"Ana ... there you are. I was looking for you. Did you meet Ria?" Neha quickly separated both of them.

"Yes, Rahul introduced both of us." Ria replied as Ana was still trying to digest Ria's warning.

Ria glared at Ana, hoping to impress on her warning, before leaving them.

"Did she say anything stupid? " Neha asked Ana.

"She is not happy to see me here."

"Hmm .. that's what I guessed. Not sure why though. Don't worry about her, she thinks she is already the daughter-in-law of this house." Both of them rejoined the party.

The party was slowly winding down and as people were leaving, Ana found it difficult to avoid Rahul. She was talking to Ahmed and complimenting him on the dishes, when his eyes widened with surprise.

Ana could also feel it, as she realized Rahul was standing right behind her. Before she got a chance to move either way, Rahul put his hands on her shoulder and leaned close to her face.

"Ahmed, would you mind if I borrow Miss Ana for few minutes ?"

"No sir, please go ahead, we were just talking about the food." Ahmed winked at Ana, happy that she was getting close to the family.

Ana froze and found herself fighting the warm feeling spreading from Rahul's touch. With both hands on her shoulders, Rahul was leading her to one of the secluded balconies. Ana knew what was coming, but she had no control as Rahul took over her body and senses.