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Part-23

Well it was supposed to be the extension of Part 22C but it took me so long to update that I made it another part. Thank you for your patience guys, I really appreciate.

I will try to be regular now but I can't promise... I will update The Sun Is Rising soon. May be tomorrow. Till then read this and let me know your views.

About Pms, well I will try to send tomorrow but if I don't... Pls don't be disappointed I am just little lazy now days😳

She closed her eyes. Her mind drifting back to the events that happened in last two days which helped her to connect the dots and finally come to the conclusion.

A sardonic smile played on her lips as she thought how easy it sounded when it was anything but easy.

She knew Arnav needed time to take it all in and calm down to hear the next plan of action.

She gulped down the whole content of her bottle to soothe her aching inside as she thought about past two days...

"Do not make any mistake. He shouldn't know by any chance that you are following", she barked order in her Bluetooth as she descended from her jeep...

It was the conversation she had before entering RM 2 days back. And just minutes later when she was about to take her step towards Arnav to greet him to answer his smile with one of her own she was halted in her track when the dreaded call came.

When they didn't get any satisfying answer from the kidnappers they had arrested from the hotel where they had attacked Arnav, she and Abhay had chalked out a perfect plan to frame the guy to reach the mastermind.

Any clue that could help them to shed some light in the case. So they had staged a drama where they had let one of them slip from prison intentionally and since then had planted a tail behind him to know whom he contacts after he was free to go underground.

Well it wasn't easy to track as the guy met too many people and none were giving any lead for them to follow, they were no way related to the case or Arnav.

But that day he met somebody who in turn had met Khaled's man later.

It could have been just a mere coincidence but Khushi couldn't believe. After all she was a crime brunch officer and was told and trained to not believe until you are not 100 percent sure yourself.

And while talking to Arnav something had clicked in her mind. It was too much of coincidence. Their raid and Arnav' accident before them. Well, it was fine that far but then next his attempt of kidnapping when they were already in the hotel and even a newcomer in crime world knew that it wouldn't be easy to escape them.

Then there was no actual motive as why someone would want to harm Arnav, he had no enemy as such and even there was no demand of money.

She had called her father that instance to know that who had informed him about the activities in that warehouse, which they had raided that day and had returned empty handed?

The answer had made her astonished.

It was one of their corrupted officer whom they knew had a habit to earn from under the table yet they didn't take him in account giving him another chance to rectify himself.

Well it was time then.

She had made some more calls and got that sub inspector where she wanted him to be and left RM to interrogate him.

The interrogation was brief and the face of the man told her that he was speaking the truth when he said with conviction,

"Madam I wanted to make amends so I had my informers on their toes for any kind of info that could help me to get on the good books of Sir again, and one of them got me this piece of information." and as a finishing touch he added "Mother promise Madam"

NK had chuckled openly at his childish behaviors, the way he had pinched his throat. Khushi too had to hide her smile. It was only Abhay who was assessing him through his x-ray eyes and had asked coldly... "Tell us where we can find the informer of yours?"

He had given them an address of a bar where he worked as a waiter. One of those ghastly roadside bars.

They had waited till the nightfall and had gone in the bar. They had cornered the man, well not really a man, and a lanky young boy in his teen, working there for obvious reasons. The informer job helped him to earn some extra money.

He had stuttered when Abhay had towered him. Seeing the predicament of the little boy Khushi had pulled Abhay out of the way and stood before him, asking in a calm voice,

"Did they pay you to pass the information?"

The boy had shaken his head desperately as he stuttered his answer again, "N...NN...No... I was se... serving them... when they were ta ... talking about some warehouse... wher their pe...people are... hiding... and ... and planning something bi.. big."

Obviously they knew he would pass the information to Sub inspector Shukla.

Khushi sighed it was a lengthy plan. They hadn't involved anybody directly or paid to buy their loyalty. They had only leaded them on.

All this couldn't be for something small.

Then they had sat to discuss all the possibilities that Khaled could gain through this.

They knew about his activities for which he had help from enemies. So they had started looking upon possibilities if there was a terrorist activity was involved and that was when NK had recalled a conversation from Arnav's office when he was in vigilance there.

A fashion event in AR. where clients, models, designers, guests from around the world would be participating.

NK s eyes had widened and so Abhya and Khushi's as they all came into the same conclusion in their mind.

Big shots and big gathering, what more you need to arouse terror?

A golden chance to get the government in trouble if something happened in that gala, where so many foreigners would be present from every corner of the world.

With the hotel Government too was responsible for their security and if something happened to them say a blast, or shootout or anything as such then people from all over world would have a bite of them. An open potshot match where they would take shots after shots until they wiped the table clean.

It was then they had sat together and connected the dot from where Khushi had narrated to Arnav.

**

"So what do we do?" It was Arnav.

Khushi looked at him and looked good. He was scared but trying to hold himself for the sake of it. She sighed.

"I don't think he would be waiting till the end of the fest so it has to be the opening where the crowd will be in full swing."

Arnav only nodded.

"Which is couple of days later, so we have 2 days to dust the whole hotel to find out trace of any kind explosive and about him." Khushi stated.

"But... Arnav looked aghast... how would that be possible without alarming guests and stuffs?

"That we have to take care. NK and Abhay would be coming soon and then we start out search. Get dressed." Last part was nothing but an order as she busied herself in the same job.

"Wh.. What? here?" Arnav sputtered. "Nobody was allowed to enter this penthouse other than my guest and cleaning stuff." By the end he was on his feet looking clearly annoyed.

Khushi understood and first time didn't answer harshly as him. "This is the only place safe. You didn't let hotel use this room when they were booking and readying the whole hotel for the fashion fest. I also checked when I came, for any kind of bug and found none. So this place can be our meeting room for the whole operation. "

Arnav nodded and landed heavily on his bottom on the sofa feeling spent and helpless.

A hand not so soft yet comforting came to rest on his shoulder and his left hand in an involuntary movement grasped it like a lifeline. A press of assurance all it took for him to release a deep breath of and relax.

Kissing the hand he pulled her in front of him and said in a hoarse whisper "we will find a way" it was more a plea of reassurance and Khushi just blinked with a subtle nod which said it all.

Arnav closed his eyes and let his head fall back. He felt her taking her hand back and he held it tight again before opening his eyes.

They stared at each other for a long moment assessing what's going on in the mind of other and then came the out of place question/confession out of blue "why do I feel that it's not just me but you too feel the same way as me about us but you don't want to acknowledge the feeling like I already did?

And the next moment all Arnav knew that the hand that he was holding tight slipped away as if electrocuted and the expression he saw on that hard face in that moment only strengthen his believe that he was bang on.

Khushi Caroline Gupta was hiding her feeling behind the strong stern faade which slipped tonight momentarily enough for him to see beyond the mask.

She was as affected as him.

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