Aarav and Manav were sitting facing each other. Shiv entered inside the house and said "Aarav kya khabar hai"

Shiv looked at them and was left shocked "what the hell?"

Aarav got up and said "hell nahi beta hai mera Manav jise tumne Aarav samjha tha"

Shiv moved to Manav and looked at him from head to toe "mujhe toh aisa lag raha hai jaise mein 22 saal peeche aa gaya hun same to same Aarav jaise"

Aarav came and kept his hand on his shoulder "Manav yeh hai mera jigri dost police commissioner Shiv Sharma"

Manav shook hand with him "hello Sir"

As soon as Shiv touched his hand he felt it very strong and hard like a police officer have. He asked "tum kaam kya karte ho?"

Manav spoke up "filhal toh kuch nhi jald hi job mil jayegi mujhe"

Manav thought "toh isliye abtak Aarav Malhotra ke gunah saamne nhi aaye hai itne saalo se yeh banda iski madad kar raha hai aise log hi hum police walo ko badnaam karte hai"

Aarav spoke up "Manav why don't you handle my business"

Manav said "main?"

"Yes you kalse tum office join karna hmm' Aarav ordered.

Manav denies "nahi aapka kaam hai main kaise?"

"Tum sambhal loge" Aarav said.

Manav agreed "okay Dad" and moved into the room.

Shiv looked at Aarav and said "Aarav are you mad? Waha pe hum illegal kaam karte hai isko pata chala toh?"

"Jab iski maa ko itne saalo tak nahi pata chala toh isko kaise pata chalega? Aur tum ho na sambhalne ke liye" Aarav said with a smirk.

"Aarav beta tumhara hai lekin iski maa Manvi hai kahi usne toh nhi bejha usey badla lene ke liye?" he asked.

Aarav got angry and hold his neck pressing it "sunle Manvi kuch nhi bigad sakti mera samjha aur Manav ka uske koi lena dena nhi hai"

"Acha acha sorry" Shiv said scaringly.

Aarav left him, they discussed something.

Manav thought "yeh Shiv mere baare mein pata lagane ki koshish zaroor karega yeh mere plan pe pani fere iska mujhe kuch karna hoga"

He took out his phone and messaged Anoop "Shiv Sharma ke baare mein information chahiye urgent!"

He looked around, he moved to the bathroom. He takes the transparent envelope and puts his phone inside. He opened the top of flash and hide the phone inside then closed it.

He then moved out and Aarav was inside the room. He offered him "lo drink peeyo"

Manav looked on, he had never drank before. Aarav asked "kya hua? Pee nhi pehle kabhi?"

Manav smiled, he holds the wine glass and gulped it down in one go he said "main peeta hun doston ke saath bahut lagaya hai"

He was feeling wired but did not let it came on his face. Aarav smiled and moved out of the room.

As soon as he moved out Manav coughed badly, he picked up the water bottle and drank the water.

Aarav took Manav to office, Manav looked at the board "Malhotra Industries" which was previously "Oberai Industries" and thought "mehnat kisi aurki aur naam kisi aurka bas ek baar tumhare khilaf saboot mil jaye fir tumhe koi nhi bacha paayega"

Sharma who was now BOD of the company welcomed "hello Manav welcome"

Manav eyed him and thought "tumhari wajah se meri maa ko dard jhelna padha tha sabse pehle tujhe hi barbad karunga main dhokebaaz insan"

Manvi passed a fake smile "hello Sharma uncle" 

Manav got busy meeting others, Aarav talked to Sharma "ek baat ka dhyan rakhna Manav godown no. 5 pe kisi bhi keemat pe na jaye samjhe"

Sharma nods "nahi pahuchega sir"

Manav started checking records, Aarav was in conference. Manav checked the room and files but was unable to find anything. He sighed "yeh toh bahut hi hoshiyar hai"

Tara entered inside and hugged him from behind "oh Aarav I miss you so much wo shiv ke pass toh time hi nahi hai mere pass come on baby let's have some fun"

Manav turned back and shouted "fir mere gale pad gayi ho tum"

"Bas Aarav yeh drama band karo tum" Tara shouted in anger.

Aarav came in and said "Tara!"

Tara turned and was shocked to see him. She looked at Manav "tum?"

"He is Manav my son" Aarav said.

Tara was confused "oh my god! Same to same sorry mujhe laga tum Aarav ho isliye I hugged you from behind"

Manav smiled "that is alright" and moved out from there.

"Yes! Shiv aur Aarav ke beech agar ladai karwani hai toh yeh Tara hi kaam aayegi" Manvi thought.

"Tara kitni baar kaha hai tumse office mein mat aaya karo" Aarav said in anger.

Tara smiled "kya karoon itna dashing don se door raha bhi nhi jaata na"

"Shh... raat ko hideout pe milte hai abhi tum jao" Aarav said.

Tara nodded and left.

Shiv received a call from private number around 8 pm, "hello"

"Bahut madad karte ho na Aarav Malhotra ki wahi teri girlfriend ke saath rangraliya mana raha hai" the person said

He shouted "kya bakwas kar rahe ho tum?"

"Yakeen nahi hota toh jaake dekhlo khud" the person said and ended the call. 

Shiv moved towards the hideout, he straight moved towards the room but it was not Tara. Aarav shouted at him "abbey o kyu disturb kar raha hai?"

"Sorry Aarav" Shiv said and moved out. Shiv sighed. Tara came out from the bathroom "wo toh acha hai bahar cctv mein shiv ko dekh liya tumne"

Aarav smirked "darr gayi na?"

"Nahi main kisise nhi darti mujhe pata hai tum usko jaan se maar dete agar wo kuch galat karta tumhare khilaf" Tara said winking at him and they engossed into their own world.

Here Manav was at home, he was thinking something "nahi itna aasan nhi hoga kuch bada sochna hoga mujhe soch Manav"

After some days Shiv was with Tara at the mall. Tanya was there, she said "Arey tum wahi ho na jo uss din Manav ke gale pad rahi thi usko Aarav samajhke"

Shiv was shocked "kya?"

"Haan main Manav ki dost hun waise ab toh aapka confusion door ho gaya hoga na ab apne pati ko hi gale lagana mere dost ko nhi" Tanya said and left from there.

Shiv glared at Tara "what is happening Tara?"

Tara shouted "mujhe nahi pata tum mujhpe shaq mat karo samjhe" and left from there.

Shiv thought "uss din phone call aur aaj yeh kahi yeh mujhe double cross toh nahi kar rahi"

Manav thanked Tanya and they left from there.

Aarav was sitting on the couch and doing some work. Manav came and puts some papers in front of him "Dad yeh kuch project file hai sigh kardo"

Aarav picked up the file and starts reading, Manav asked "aapko mujhpe bharosa nahi hai?"

Aarav denies "nahi lekin padhna zaroori hai"

Manav nods, after reading the papers Aarav sighed and hands to Manav.

In office, Manav shouted at Sharma "tum hamari company se pichle 20 saalo se itna paisa le rahe ho how could you?"

Sharma denies "nahi maine aisa kuch nhi kiya hai"

Aarav fumed in anger, Manav showed him the fake reports "Dad dekho har mahine iske swiss account mein itna paisa aata hai aur hamare accounts mein bhi gadbad hai"

Aarav looked and then slapped Sharma "how could you? Saale iss din ke tujhe BOD nahi banaya tha company ka mujhse hi gaddari karega tu"

Manav smiled broadly, Aarav shouted "you are fired nikalo abhi meri company se"

Sharma tried to explain but Aarav was not ready to listen to him and Sharma left. Aarav looked at Manav and said "mujhe toh pata hi nahi tha tumne mujhe barbad hone se bacha liya son I am so proud of you"

Manav smiled and thought "barbad toh tum ab hoge Aarav Malhotra"

Aarav then moved out and called Shiv "sun wo sharma bahut kuch jaanta hai khatam karde usko"
Shiv nods "ho jayega" Aarav moved out of the office.

Manav had heard this and thinks "nahi sharma nahi mar sakta hai! Usko bachana hoga"

Manav takes the cab and follows Sharma. A truck hits his car and it turns upside down. Manav was shocked "shit!!" he banged his hand.

"No no wo gawah ban sakta tha! Wo marr damm!! Yeh Aarav inta fast hai oh god! Shiv uska sabse bada hatiyar hai usko uske khilaf karna hi hoga mujhe" Manav said. 

He called Manvi, he was silent.

Manvi asked "kya hua Manav?"

"Maa wo Sharma ko maar diya usne wo gawah ban sakta tha" Manav said in disappointment.

Manvi said "Manav tum pareshan mat ho mujhe bharosa hai tumpar sabse bada saboot toh khud Aarav hai Manav tumhe uske khilaf saboot lene hai samjhe"

Manav nods "haan maa acha main rakhta hun wo insan wapas aa raha hoga ghar" and ended the call.
To be continued.