Next day morning 6:00 AM, Ana came downstairs with Sally, to see her walk to the public transport bus stop, to get to work.

"I am sorry Sal, I wrecked your car and now you have to waste time on public transport." Ana apologized again for the hundreth time.

"The guy promised to provide another car from his insurance, not sure when . ...." Ana stopped talking, as both of them looked in surprise, a brand new Honda Accord, came and stopped in front of them.

The driver stepped out and came towards them.

"I am looking for Ana Rogers?" He asked both of them.

"I am Ana." Ana stepped forward.

He gave her the keys and a file with documents. "Hello maam, I was asked to handover these to you. This is the replacement car for your use."

"How is it ..."

"Sorry Maam, I cannot answer any questions. You would have to talk to Mr Shah. Thank you so much." He said and left, to get into another car, which came to pick him up.

"Oh my God Ana! This is like my dream car." Sally started jumping, holding Ana. Ana gave her the keys for the car.

"You better go now, else you will be late to work. Also remember, this is just a temporary replacement, so don't get too excited." She warned Sally, feeling bad for popping her excitement.

Sally, got into her new car and drove away to work. Ana went back inside, wondering about Rahul and his intentions.

Rahul watched the whole drama from a car, parked on the opposite side. After Ana left, Miso came and relieved him from the security watch. Rahul told Miso to make arrangements, to pick up Ana and prince at eight and drive them to the mansion.

He then drove to the mansion, to set the stage for Ana's arrival. He shaved his beard off and took a long bath. After putting on a fresh suit, he checked himself in the mirror, to make sure he looked cool. He didn't want Ana to know, how much he missed her or how he had been on road for the last two weeks, searching for her.

Miso arranged a car for Ana and prince, to take them to the mansion. When the driver arrived and let Ana know, that he was waiting for her downstairs, she realized, it was really happening. She had small hope, that maybe Rahul would forget about the deal and let her go.

A part of her, was really excited, to meet Rahul, but she was dreading the moment, she would have to meet his wife Ria. As she sat in the car with prince, she thought about the hours, she spent searching newspapers, websites and tabloids for details about Rahul's marriage, but she couldn't find any news.

She wondered, "what happened after I left the mansion? Did all the arrangements, I made for the marriage, work out well? Is Rahul happy? Where did they go for their honeymoon? Mandy must be very mad with me for leaving things and running away. I hope she will understand what happened and pardon my absence. I hope Rahul is staying with Ria, at his Central Park pad else if Ria is in the mansion, she will kill me and prince. I will have to tell Rahul, all bets are off, if Ria or anyone touches prince."

Ana couldn't digest the feeling of facing a married Rahul. She closed her eyes and tried to build up her inner strength to face him, there was no escape for her now.

She opened her eyes hearing the sound of car door opening and realized they were at the mansion. Prince was sleeping in her lap. The driver informed her that Rahul was waiting for her in his study and he would take care of moving her luggage to her room.

She picked up sleeping prince and moved towards his study, scared of running into Ria. She knocked on his door slightly.

"Come in .." Rahul shouted from inside.

She stepped in and placed sleeping prince carefully on the sofa. Then she walked slowly towards his office desk. Rahul pushed the chair with his back and raised and crossed his legs on the table, watching Ana come towards him.

Ana could feel the heat of his eyes, as he scanned her from head to toe. Her body temperature rose and she could feel goose bumps all over her as electricity flowed towards her sensitive core from all parts of her body.

"I should stop these feelings. He is married now and belongs to someone else." She kept on repeating in her mind.

"Please sit." Rahul directed her to the chair in front of him.

She sat down, looking at him closely and thinking "Gosh! He looks so fresh. He is enjoying life, marriage and honeymoon, while I am struggling to make ends meet."

He pushed a twenty page contract in front of her, "your contract. ."

"I need one more favor."

"What is it?"

"Is it possible to make the replacement car permanent? You can add the additional money to my account and I will work for it." Ana requested Rahul.

"Its okay. It's already included. You just need to review and sign it." Rahul replied looking into her eyes.

She turned the pages and signed everywhere she saw a yellow tab indicating her to sign. Rahul got up and came around the table and stood close to her.

"I think you should read it before signing. There are some additional conditions in the contract." He told her tapping the contract papers.

"What do you mean by additional conditions? My understanding is that, I am supposed to work for you for six months, just like before."

"No, not like before. You will be my very personal assistant and do whatever I ask you to do, even sleep on the same bed, if I order you to do." He whispered the last part in her ear.

"That is illegal and against the law. You cannot demand such things from your employees." Ana replied, trying to stay calm. Her heartbeat went up and her legs were shaking, hearing Rahul's conditions. She thought he was blackmailing her, not helping her.

"Yes, you are right. But these conditions apply only to you, not to any other employee. Talking about legality, driving without a license and damaging cars is also illegal. You are even on hook for the medical bills for two years, for the person you hit." He replied calmly.

"What if I refuse to cooperate? "

"Well, you will be in legal trouble for leaving the scene of accident, for driving without license, for all the damage you caused. Also, since you already signed the contract, you have to pay me million dollars for breach of contract." He replied, hiding his emotions.

"Oh God! I can't believe you are doing this to me." At that moment, she hated him, for playing with her life, for his amusement. Rahul avoided looking into her eyes and after thinking for a long time, she realized there was no way out for her. "Do you promise to leave me alone after six months?" Ana asked, trying her best to stop crying in front of him.

"Yes, the contract is only for six months. You are free to go after that. If you finish the contract period successfully, you will be paid million dollars as salary and another million dollars as base bonus and probably another million as performance bonus. You can potentially walk away with three to four million dollars. You wouldn't have to work in coffee shops anymore and will have enough for prince's education."

"But I would have to survive your torture for six months .. does it include even physical abuse?" She asked, looking into his eyes, trying to visualize, the bad things, he was planning to do to her.

"I will never touch you without your permission. No, there is no torture or abuse. All you have to do is 'do as I say'" He reiterated. Rahul didn't like where the conversation was going, but he wanted to make sure, she never runs away again from him.

After waiting for long time, she looked at him and asked, "Mr Shah ... why are you doing this? Is this your wife's idea of taking revenge?"

"What! ..who .. my ... wife?" Rahul realized, Ana thinks he married Ria.

"Yes, your wife .. Ria! I am telling you now, I don't care about any contracts, but if she even touches my son prince, I will kill her." Ana exploded.

"Our son", Rahul thought and understood her anger. He decided not to tell her about Ria and let her find it on her own. "I promise you Ana, Ria won't bother prince or you. This contract is between us and no one is aware of it and you cannot tell it to anyone ... even Mandy."

Ana looked at him in surprise. She couldn't understand Rahul's plan or motive. She closed her eyes and thought about it again.

"Why is he doing it? Does he hate me so much, that he is binding me with a contract? If it was anyone else, I would have walked out by now, no matter what. Do I need to stake my self respect to get out of this situation? The consequences can be grave .. I could go to jail. But if I go through with this, I will be settled for life. Sally got her dream car and prince can get any education he needs. I just have to suck it up for six months and then will be free. But why is he doing it?" The question was nagging her, but she had no answer.

She got up from her chair and moved away from him. "Ok then, looks like I have no choice here. What do you want me to do?"

"Good! Take rest for today. You are tired. We will talk tomorrow about your duties and responsibilities .." Rahul stopped and rushed towards the sofa as he noticed prince rolling in his sleep. He managed to catch him before he fell, although the office had plush carpeting.

"Idata ..." prince screamed and climbed into Rahul's lap.

Ana also rushed to sofa and had her hands on prince. As their hands touched, she looked into Rahul's eyes and was surprised to see the genuine feeling and concern for prince. His touch stirred up her body heat as she let his hands linger on her, before her brain kicked in and she pulled them back. "Shameless!" She chided herself inwardly.

"Its okay, I got him. You can go and relax." Rahul told Ana.

"He is not part of any contract .... " Ana stopped as Rahul put his finger on her lips.

"He is my golf buddy. The contract is just between you and me. Don't over think ... just go and relax. I need to catch up with prince. I will bring him over to your room." He walked away with prince.

"Oh! So I am only the bad person here, that needs to be chained by contracts and threats." Ana thought aloud. She knew Rahul was fond of prince, so wasn't worried that he took prince away.

She walked over to her room. She found it exactly the way she left it last time. She went into the closet and checked her most important possessions, her only link to prince's dad. She wanted to keep them till prince was mature enough to understand. She then looked into the mirror at her reflection and thought again ..

"Why is he doing this? How come Ria does not know about this? Why is he hiding it from Mandy? Does he want me to be his mistress? But he promised, that he won't force himself on me .. so why? I cannot believe him now. He threw me out of the same mansion twice ... but now, wants to cage me in it. I will fight him and not give in to any of his demands so easily. Not sure if he wants my body .... I will have to fight him ... though my heart wants him ... also he is married ... and I don't want to do this to Ria .. though I hate her and know she is cheating Rahul. I need to get to the bottom of this. I need to go and talk to Mandy and Ahmed."

Ana checked Mandy's room. It was clear, she wasn't there. She went to the kitchen to find Ahmed.

"Ana! OMG Ana! We missed you so much. I am so glad you came back." Ahmed came running and hugged her.

"Me too Ahmed. Where is Mandy? How is your new boss treating you?" Ana asked, looking around, making sure Ria wasn't around.

"Mandy is in Florida. New boss? ... who are you talking about?" Ahmed asked stepping back.

"Ria" She made the sound, so that he could only hear.

"Ria! Why would she be here anymore? "

"Oh! Rahul and Ria are not staying at the mansion." Ana asked hoping it to turn true.

"OMG Ana! You don't know the story ... wow ... you need to catch up a lot. Take a seat .."

A/N: Dear readers, I know many of you may not like Rahul, for what he is doing to Ana. Please try to understand this from Rahul's POV. He does not know what is going on in Ana's mind ... of course you do ... but he doesn't. I am trying to bring these two trains on the same track gradually, without compromising their thinking process and their own life experiences. As usual, please let me know, what you are thinking. It helps me in writing. Thank you!