The roads were deserted for most parts and the sky was pitch dark. It was a stark contrast to the atmosphere within the club.

Ear deafening music jarred making the walls vibrate while people moved around clumsily to the beats completely intoxicated in the name of dancing. The dance floor was filled to the brim.

Amongst all this chaos there was one person that stood out. She was probably the only sober person around. Her eyes were on high alert. She stood there in her tight shorts and off-shoulder glittering blouse somehow making her impossible to ignore. Everyone took a glance at her at least a few times. Her jet black hair and blood-red lipstick made her so much more alluring than she already was. But somehow the aura around her made people scared to actually approach her. So most people were left to just look at her longingly while staying away at a safe.

This aura was what attracted Naren the most. The challenge was what made her perfect for his arrogant self. And he knew conquering something like this will be greatly rewarding too.

So he approached her with all his ego stuffed into a very smug smile. He was confident about his face. He was handsome after all and wealthy too. So he was very sure nobody will be able to ignore him once he had an eye on them.

"Hey, there gorgeous. You look like you might use some company…" He said in a very mocking sultry voice as if he is taking pity on her and bestowing her with his company.

The girl gave him a cold look and gestured all around her. Men were glancing at her every now and then and also looked eager to know the result of Naren approaching her.

"Do I really look like I lack company??" The girl asked back coldly ignoring Naren completely.

His first rejection felt like a shot of drugs… addictive.

So he continued talking to her and each time he has met the same cold blow to his arrogant ego and with each hit, his determination grew. He became almost obsessed in a very short amount of time.

The girl walked out of the club just short of dawn giving Naren one last ambiguous look.

Naren sprung into action. But all his background checks came up blank. Nobody knew who the girl was. The mystery just added a layer to Naren's attraction towards the girl. That was actually thanks to Shreya. She was not comfortable Zeenath approaching Naren until she was absolutely sure she had an airtight hold on all forms of background check on Zee. Shreya worked on it one whole week perfecting each and every loophole she could think of. She even contacted all of their former classmates as a precaution.

Even though the club actually belonged to Naren, the security for Zee was still ironclad for her.

Once Zee walked out of the club, at least two dozen people walked out after her ambiguously.

Zee huffed and puffed in her car. She knew Shreya was overprotective but she did not realize how paranoid she actually was until right that moment. She actually had two cars in front and two cars behind to make sure she was safe and she was not tailed.

But she also knew where Shreya's paranoia comes from. She was not there when Shreya lost her parents but she had been there with her right after… and it was really not a pretty sight. When she saw Shreya again, she couldn't recognize her as the same girl who would do the craziest and wildest shits with her. She rarely saw Shreya smile the bright smile that was a permanent factor on her face when she was in school with her.

Shreya meticulously planned each and every step she took. She personally executed each step. The kinda power she had built for herself in the past few years after her parents' death was worlds apart from the power Adithya ever held. And she did all this by remaining anonymous.

Nobody knew who she was or how she looked but everyone knew of her by reputation. She got down and dirty. What every one sees is just the surface of what she had meticulously worked on for a year and a half. Nobody really knows what she had actually done to get the power she had now.

She was that nameless, faceless nobody that was everyone's worst nightmare.

Adithya was a straightforward law-abiding businessman. So he never really had any power underground. And that had been the very first step Shreya took. She built an empire for herself both under and above ground. She barely slept and always had this haunted look on her face that made people stay a step away from her.

And Zeenath had been there when Shreya went through this. And she also knew that Shreya did not do all that just for revenge but also to prevent anything like that from ever happening under her watch. But she still was frustrated.

Zeenath had always been a one-woman army. SO all this security suffocated her. That is why she went to Shreya's office bright and early the very next day.

Both of them just sat on either side of the table. They were just looking at each other without really uttering a single word with their legs crossed almost identically.

Both were headstrong and equally egotistical. So both were not ready to give up just yet.

At last, Shreya lost her patience and she had heaps of paperwork to go through. SO just said, "The security is going to stay. Maybe I can make them less obvious. But nothing else is changing. And that guy is staying with you all the time. We are not having any more discussion on this." Her voice was authoritative and dismissal. She then started flipping through the files while Zee turned and glared at the guy Shreya just mentioned.

Sreenivas was standing just at the doors shifted in his place facing Zeenath's accusing glares. He did not even know why he was feeling guilty and scared when he was just doing his job.

"Stop boring holes into Sreenivas. He is just doing his job. He is your personal bodyguard. Get over it." Shreya reprimanded Zee once again looking up from her paperwork.

"But Shreya he is sticking to me like a freaking glue…" Zee fired away. Sreenivas could clearly visualize Zee's eyes burning him alive with just her eyes. An involuntary shiver racked over him as he gulped.

"If you don't want a personal bodyguard just make him your boyfriend. The result will be the same except you will have an easy time accepting his presence. Now both of you get out. I have heaps of work…" Shreya said gesturing them to shoo away with her hands.

For a second there Zee actually thought by a work of miracle Shreya was actually going to retreat but that though poofed when Shreya actually completed her sentence.

A very grumpy Zeenath stomped out of Shreya's office with a fl.u.s.tered blushing Sreenivas hot on her trail. Sreenivas's ears were red from embarrassment while Zeenath was like a pressure cooker emitting steam from both her ears.

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