Villain (An Arylie FF) (update Epilogue on Pg 16 & A/N on Pg 17) - Page 5

Very interesting plz update soon

Ayeeee🥳 that was a clean Kill from Imlie ... loving it. Strong, bold, calculative and yes Tit for Tat...

She is the best

Chapter 5

Imlie and the other interns were in the conference room. AKTs old boss, Mr. Ashish Roy had assigned each intern with a reporter, he read out the names of intern & their mentor. AKT was also going to mentor an intern named Satinder Bilayti. Finally, he read Imlie's name, her mentor was going to be Aryan Singh Rathore.

Mr. Roy asked Imlie to stay back while others went to their respective mentor. He handed Imlie, one of her stories which she had entered in the competition. There were remarks written all over the printed copy. He asked Imlie to fact check the story, update it & rewrite the changes and submit the updated story by today so that it could be published tomorrow. He also asked her to approach him if she required help. Atleast , for few days Imlie will report to Mr. Roy. The interns had received laptops to work on. All the interns were allotted a small conference room to work in.

Imlie occupied a seat next to Satinder, and asked him & other interns what assignments they had received.

A girl named Pooja said she was asked to go through Bhaskar Times' archives to search for all articles published on a particular politician.

Imlie's class fellow Rahul, who was also selected said he had to search about a international celebrity's defamation case against his ex-wife.

Another girl named Anushree said she also had the same assignment as Rahul.

Satinder said his mentor is on leave for few days so he had to help Pooja.

Everyone looked at Imlie, she simply said she had to fact check & rewrite an article. She didn't mention it was her article.

All went to their assigned tasks.

Imlie read all the remarks written in the printed copy. She had to rewrite few lines, remove a paragraph and written three fresh paragraphs. She was fact checking her work. When felt satisfied with her work, she went to Mr.Roy to submit her article for review.

She heard Mr. Roy talking to Aryan Singh Rathore. As she arrived at Mr. Roy's desk,

Imlie said "Jai Mata Di..Jai Sita Maiyya Ki" Aryan just looked at her and went back to his cabin.

"Sir, humne ee article likh diya hai, aap ek baar dekh lijiye" she submitted her article & went back to the small conference room which had been occupied by interns.

Mr. Roy had setup a zoom call to discuss with Imlie her written article & her next assignment. What Imlie didn't know was this Zoom Call will be attended by Aryan as well. Mr. Roy was in Aryan's cabin after he had reviewed Imlie's article, he started the Zoom call.

Mr. Roy explained to Imlie, that she had done satisfactory work and article required minor tweaking before it could be sent for publishing. He informed Imlie about her next assignment.

Imlie updated her article and again submitted to Mr. Roy.

Imlie reached her apartment. The empty dark apartment made her felt sad. She was never alone. In Pagdandia, she had her Mom, Nakli Nani & friends. When she had stayed at Tripathi Nivas, there were people around her, she was lonely but never alone.

She called Pagdandia Post Office to talk to her mother, who wasn't available to receive her call. She then received a call from a number she didn't recognise.

"Hello Imlie, hum Arpita. Uss din mandir me mile the" the caller said.

"Ji, Jai Sita Maiyya Ki, Arpita Didi" Imlie said.

She talked to Arpita Didi about everything and nothing and finally when Arpita had to go, they disconnected the call.

Imlie made dinner for herself, worked on her assignment before going to bed.

Next morning, she bought several copies of Bhaskar Times newspaper which had her article published. She went to Sita Maiyyas mandir and ran into Arpita Didi again.

Imlie showed Arpita Didi the newspaper and said her article has been published. Arpita Didi had already read the article, she praised Imlie.

They talked for few minutes before Imlie was running late for office.

Note: updated Chapter 4 Part B

Interesting update👏

Loved the changes you made in the original plot👏

Aryan and Imlie still didn't have face to face interaction

Imlie is unaware of Arpita being Aryan's sister

Waiting for next

Interesting update.. Good u added some scenes with original plot... Waiting for arylie meeting☺... Unknowingly she aryan's sis imlie share good bond with arpita...

My eyes went to the celebrity defamation case by ex wife given to Rahul and Anushree...

Is this the reference of Johny Depp's case😳 not that I have any complaint rather Jack Sparrow deserves love and support. Amber had been the most vicious lady I ever saw.

And Imlie did a beautiful job, I appreciate her and yes at the end of the day you come to this world alone and leave alone.

The life is a stage and you act according your assigned roles, I just remembered the Shakespeare poem when you mentioned about lmlie's loneliness in the new apartment I don't know why🤗

You wrote beautifully dear😳

Yes, indeed it was reference to Johnny Depp- Amber Heard case.

Violence knows no gender.

This is getting interesting. Your writing just holds the interest. Looking forward to read more

Chapter 6

Imlie reached Bhaskar Times office and noticed everyone one was staring at her discussing her article. Whatever feedback she had received from Arpita Didi she thought her article wasn't that bad.

Her fellow interns although showed their support for her achievement but she knew it was half hearted. They were probably wondering how her article on the front page.

She saw AKT in office today but he didn't notice her. Imlie got to know the reason for all the stares this morning when AKT was loudly questioning Mr. Roy who was the editor of the newspaper why his article wasn't published in the newspaper which was scheduled beforehand.

Mr. Roy replied it was Aryan Singh Rathore's decision and he should discuss the matter with him. Mr Roy couldn't object to management's decision and certainly not Aryan Singh Rathore's. Aryan Singh Rathore was CEO and owner of Bhaskar Times.

Hearing the commotion, Aryan Singh Rathore stepped outside his cabin. Seeing Aryan, AKT questioned him why his, a respected award winning journalist's article wasn't published and instead some intern's article was given priority. AKT didn't know it was Imlie's article as he hadn't read today's newspaper, his colleagues just informed him some interns article is published instead of his.

"Mr. Tripathi, ye Bhaskar Times ka office hai aapke ghar ka hall nahi, jo aap tv serial ki vamp ki tarah tamasha kare. Aur phir ye expect kare saamne wala aapko jawab de. Raha sawal dusra article publish karna ka toh jo article publish kiya hai wo relevant hai agar usse 1 hafte baad publish karenge then that's just bad reporting. Aur aap khud ek mentor, you should encourage your interns. Aaj ka article Bhaskar times ki nayi intern Imlie ne submit kiya tha competition mein. A big round of applause for her."

Imlie smiled as Aryan Singh Rathore was looking at her while he said last few lines for her. Everyone in the office was clapping for her except AKT who couldn't believe Imlie had joined his office.

"Everyone back to work" Aryan Singh Rathore said. All the staff went back to their desk.

"Tum yaha bhi aa gayi" AKT said to her. "Ye office hai aapka ghar nahi jo mujhe aapki invitation ya permission ki zaroorat hai" Imlie replied and went back to the small conference room.

This was noticed by Aryan Singh Rathore.

Imlie had finished her assignment and went to submit it to Mr. Roy who told her to submit it to her mentor.

Imlie went to Aryan Singh Rathore's cabin and knocked. She entered after she had heard him say "Come in"

Aryan asked Imlie to have a seat while he was busy replying to his mails.

Just then AKT entered Aryan's cabin without knocking. "Mr. Tripathi, if I remember correctly I had assigned you to cover sports section. Phir apne kaise wo article submit kiya upar se apne jo bahar drama kiya uss article ke naa publish hone par"

"Hume jo aata hai hum wahi kaam karenge. Ye sports humse cover nahi hota" AKT replied.

"Mr. Tripathi ye Bhaskar Times hai Tripathi Times nahi jo aap apni marzi se likhenge koi bhi article. Aap sirf wahi likhenge jo aapko assigned & approved ho. Aap Imlie aur Satinder ke sath kal jo haryana ke ex CM jail se release ho rahe hai usse cover karenge. Uss k liye aap aur aapke dono interns ko kal subah nikalna padega haryana k liye. Aap ja sakte hai." Aryan said.

Imlie didn't want to work with AKT but she couldn't refuse as she was just an intern.

"Kal shaadi hai humari. Isliye hum ja nahi sakte"AKT replied looking at her.

He was taunting her, she kept her face blank seeming non- interested.

"Phir aap ghar se obituary column handle kijiye agar aap ko interest hi nahi hai. Yaha aur bhi kabil log hai, aapke post ke liye" Aryan said.

AKT went in a huff out of the cabin hearing he's demoted.

Imlie didn't know how to react hearing he's getting married tomorrow. It shouldn't be a shock to her. She knew this would happen but so suddenly she didn't realise.

She bought her attention back to Aryan who was saying something to her. He wanted her to leave for Haryana with another senior reporter. Imlie nodded her head and left his cabin.

She went back to her apartment to pack her bag as she was leaving for Haryana tomorrow morning.

She called her mother and informed her about the divorce. Meethi knew her daughter was hiding her feelings from her but she encouraged her to follow her dreams. They both cried a little as Imlie was missing her mother. Her mother told her that sarpanch read her article in-front of everyone & she herself asked postman to read it several times.

Later Imlie informed her mother she's leaving for Haryana tomorrow for a story. After disconnecting the call, Imlie was feeling what she didn't want to feel. A feeling of emptiness as if she doesn't have anyone in this world whom she could call hers, as if she was all alone.

" Kehne ko saath apne ekk duniya chalti hai par chupke iss dil main tanhayi palti hai...."

That last line belongs to one of my most favourite song, thanks for using it. And yes AKT oh my AKT what is inside your brain? The moo disrespectful human being of this story....

Imlie is trying her best to stand on her own feet...

You wrote beautifully thank you for the chapter🤗