IshVeer FF: Of The Soulmates Chapter 53(Page 144) - Page 55

Originally posted by: OnlyIshveer

Very nice ..ishani insecurity towards ranveer..her emotions fab..waiting for your update😳

Originally posted by: Bloomfield

Okay, so firstly a big SORRY for replying it so damn late...😭😭😭

Coming back, this chapter of yours was a bliss to read, seriously. I liked Shreya's character...Pretty straight forward

The convo b/w IshVeer and Ishani-Falguni was the best part of this chapter and you did justice to all the characters in this update by delivering the right emotions...⭐️

Ishani...Poor girl, I feel bad for her even though I had a sadistic pleasure... But then, the reaction which she gave when Ranveer said that it did not work out was😆😆

Overall, a cute update sweetie...And sorry, once again!😭

AV

Chapter 33

Ishani felt unexpectedly relieved after her conversation with Ranveer and next few days passed peacefully. She could not bring herself to talk to him after that, instead she often liked to hear him without uttering a single word herself and found herself admire every way he behaved in. Like all the other days, she realized she had no answer why she felt this way or what this new feeling was, but she felt herself getting used to it, gradually. Every morning talking to him became an important part of her routine and she could not imagine what would be her life had she not seen him 4 months ago.

"4 months," Ishani whispered to herself, as she sat in her room watching the sky changing its colors in the morning. "Time flies too soon. I never thought I would ever see you after that night, Ranveer." And she smiled to herself again. She did not understand what force made her lips curve in such a pleasant manner or if she was going crazy for all the time she felt herself out of her mind. She wanted to tell this to someone but found there was no one she could share this feeling with and often her mind halted at the thoughts of Ranveer but she flushed vehemently at his thoughts as well as his sight everytime as words seemed to have frozen in her throat. However pleasant, Ishani felt like she would embarrass herself by telling him anything and thus chose to keep quiet everytime he showed up before her.

Ranveer's office now despite being busier than before was much more pleasant place than it had been in months. With the near departure of winter and arrival of spring the sun now shone brighter and the sky looked more vibrant with the trees beginning to be laid with green lavish leaves upon them.

She had to get ready as Ranveer had planned a meeting which fell quite early in the morning and her presence was extremely necessary. Ishani could not afford missing that. She glanced at the watch which showed 8 O' clock.

"Oh, no! I'll be late," Ishani cried taking the last sip of her coffee and hurrying out of her house. She looked pleasantly around as she drove across, whistling slowly. She did not realize how she learnt this art or when, but she could whistle and it felt different. At 9 am she was in the conference room and Ishani saw Ranveer already there along with Puneet and Rishi discussing something. To her surprise there was someone else too who she had not seen before.

"Come, Ishani," Ranveer said, with a smile as his eyes fell upon her.

"Good morning, everyone," she said, glancing around at everyone. "What is the matter? Why did you call us in such urgency?"

"There was something I thought about Mr. Zaveri, but right now the plan has to be postponed as I have to go Chicago today. It's urgent and cannot be delayed. One of our clients has a brilliant offer and I cannot miss that," Ranveer said.

"Ranveer," Ishani said, with a mortified look on her face, "Zaveri uncle is struggling for his life and you're thinking about your clients?" The disbelief was explicit in her tone.

"I have to go. I told you I can't miss that," Ranveer answered, calmly.

"But you can help your friends, surely?"

"Of course! And that is why I will be back in 2 days. The rest of the business will be followed afterwards. And trust me, Ishani, this is more than important for me and if it was not so I would have stayed here," Ranveer said.

Ishani kept quiet, for she could not believe he was the same Ranveer she had admired for so long. Everytime time she looked at him, his eyes possessed a different glint which she found frightening: it felt she did not know him or somewhere he was possessed by someone or something else. So careless he seemed. But Ranveer did not care and nor did he try to convince her any further.

"Anyway, Ishani," Ranveer said, bringing Ishani out of her thoughts, "This is Mr. Ralph. He has been of great help to me since last many months, in what way you will understand very soon. Today Puneet and I are leaving. Our flight is in two hours so we should be out already, but we were waiting for you. Anything you need to ask, Ishani?"

Ishani shook her head.

"Cool. We will just be leaving," Ranveer said, smiling.

"I feel something's not right," Ishani said, after a while.

"Ishani, everything is fine. You don't have to worry," Ranveer said confidently. "Rishi and Mr. Ralph will stay here for two days; and if you need anything you can ask them. Though few of our meetings had to be postponed but we'll see that next week."

Despite his confident tone Ishani could not bring herself to believe everything was alright or nothing bad could happen. The cheerfulness she began her day with came to an end with her meeting with Ranveer and the strange look in his eyes did not help either. She wanted to ask him the cause of such a change in him but he was in too hurry to answer anything she said. His answers remained complicated even to her and he finally left without answering any of her confusions.

The fearfulness that stung Ishani at Ranveer's departure did not subside even after hours as she still hoped he would come back or sometimes she thought she had again seen a nightmare and hadn't woken up, but soon she would. However, the time flying away made her feel everything happening was real and she would have to wait for 2 days before he came back. Ishani silently prayed things did not turn bad in his absence and her fears did not come true, though the possibility of this seemed nigh to her. Ishani engaged herself in her work, but suddenly a soft knock at the door flustered her again. She looked at the entrance as Mr. Zaveri stood there, now weakened and broken by the loss. His face looked more tired than before when he would work for hours, and his eyes seemed to have carried long years of misery, and the smile on his face had lost its brightness now.

"Zaveri uncle," Ishani exclaimed, "Please come."

Mr. Zaveri slowly entered the room and sat on the chair in front of Ishani.

"How are you, uncle?" Ishani asked kindly.

"I don't know, dear. Life has taken such a rude turn."

"But don't worry. Ranveer will make everything alright."

"Do you trust him?"

The question startled Ishani.

"Of course I do," she answered with a smile.

"I did not know he worked as a servant at your place," Mr. Zaveri said. "Why did you never tell me?"

Ishani sighed. "That was our past and neither of us wanted to talk about it. I'm sorry but I did not think it important to mention at all."

"I came to know that recently when I went to India; but leave it since it is of no use anymore."

Ishani nodded her head but kept quiet.

"But you don't worry, uncle. I'm sure there is a way. Only we need to find it out."

"I know, Ishani. And I'm hopeful about it. Sometimes life does not offer you everything you wish, so you have to snatch it away."

Ishani felt uneasy at the way Mr. Zaveri uttered those words but hopeful as well that he had not given up yet.

"It'll be great to see you rise again, uncle. Papa would never have liked to see you in this condition if he were with us; and would have done his best to help you. I will help in any way I can. You just have to call my name," Ishani said.

"Thank you, Ishani," Mr. Zaveri said and stood up to leave.

Ishani bid him farewell and again buried herself in the documents placed before her.

Time passed slowly as the sun went down behind the trees and the employees gradually left the office; and one by one the whole place turned into a lonesome, isolated property as not the sound of any living could be heard. Ishani too drew a sigh of relief as she glanced at the watch showing 9 pm and prepared herself to leave. She had come only a few steps ahead when she heard a hoarse voice shouting at someone loudly. Ishani descended the stairs and saw Mr. Zaveri's panic stricken face, looking at Rishi, terrified. There was no one around except these two and their faces were white with fear.

"Is everything alright?" Ishani said, as she came forward.

"It's not," Mr. Zaveri ejaculated. "Someone broke into RV's cabin and has stolen few important documents."

"Stolen?" Ishani repeated in disbelief. "But how and when?" she said looking at Rishi.

"I don't know." Mr. Zaveri gulped. "I returned here to see if everything was fine before I was to leave for home, but when checked the vault inside the papers were missing. Mr. Williamson's papers. He had asked RV to take care of them but God knows who stole them and why!"

Ishani looked at Rishi but he kept quiet.

"And what might become of this whole incident?" Ishani asked, looking at both Mr. Zaveri and Rishi.

"Not good," Rishi answered. "It's just our whole reputation depended on this incident. RV sir had taken care of them ever since Mr. Williamson lauded him with the responsibility but today in his absence it's just..." Rishi shook his head in disappointment. "Zaveri sir just called me when I was out of the office. I don't know what to do."

"Did you tell Ranveer?" Ishani said hurriedly.

Rishi shook his head.

"Does your Mr. Williamson know about this?"

"I informed him," squeaked Mr. Zaveri. "Once I saw the papers were not on their right place, my mind ran to inform their rightful owner. But I realized so late, Ishani, that this was a terrible, terrible mistake I made."

"You did," Ishani said sternly, "but what now? We need to inform Ranveer first."

"I'll do that," Rishi said, and went immediately in a corner to inform Ranveer.

"I'm afraid. Afraid for RV," Mr. Zaveri said ruefully. "He worked so hard for years to reach where he is today but this one mistake of his will cost him everything."

"Don't say that," Ishani said. "Nothing like this will happen. Let him come back I'm sure Ranveer will find the solution very soon."

"It will not do, Ishani. Mr. Williamson is a well known name and he might assume RV cheated on him or anything worse. And the clean career of our RV's might come to an end."

"What should we do?" Ishani said, as now she began to feel frightened.

"Let's hope Mr. Williamson has not hired anyone for further investigation and is waiting for RV to return. But he is the most impatient fellow I have seen in my life. His new project, the papers that are stolen, were meant to be a top secret but he himself let out everything except its main formula which he is to reveal in two days. And now the original documents getting lost, I'm afraid it's no good sign for us and RV."

Ishani had never seen Mr. Williamson or met him. He was a man far too big for her business interests but today the consequences Ranveer might go through were beyond her own comprehension. Who could have broken into his cabin? What was the "vault" that Zaveri uncle told about and why Ranveer never told this to her? She was puzzled and unanswered. Her fears came true. Why Ranveer had to leave today? Why he didn't listen to her? She hoped he came back soon, but worse was the thing that awaited everyone.

Ishani sat in Ranveer's cabin, waiting for any message from Ranveer but none of it came and Rishi informed her that Ranveer might come soon, probably by the morning. But it felt a longer night to pass. A long hour elapsed when Ishani heard again Mr. Zaveri's voice. She came forward and saw him talking to two people dressed as cops of Metropolitan Police. Few moments later they entered the room she was in. They examined few things there while whispering something inaudible to each other while Ishani stood up quietly.

"Could you please help find the real culprit soon, sir?" Ishani said to one of the officers.

"We're doing our best, ma'am," said the man impatiently, annoyed at her interruption. "But right now we wish you leave"

Ishani walked away without saying a word and stood by Mr. Zaveri's side who still looked as guilty as before.

"Uncle, it's alright. We'll see until the morning and when Ranveer comes back and then..."

"No, Ishani, he's still in trouble. I heard these cops talk that RV might get arrested the moment he sets his foot in London again. Williamson is going berserk and I still wonder why he hasn't yet come here. I'm afraid RV will see the next morning in jail if real culprit is not caught; and I highly doubt that is possible yet. And thanks to his impatience the news is in market already and everyone is talking rubbish about RV. How do we make them believe the truth?" Mr. Zaveri sniffed slowly.

A dread fell over Ishani as hope began to fade from her heart. Ranveer's arrival was going to land him in a bigger trouble and there could be no way out.

"Can't we do anything?" she asked Mr. Zaveri.

"I'm afraid, no."

Ishani walked away from Mr. Zaveri as the images of people hurling vile comments on Ranveer for his disloyalty flashed in front of her eyes from the incidents years ago and a stream of tears trailed down her cheeks. A decision was to be made. She knew he was innocent but Mr. Williamson didn't and wouldn't believe unless an evidence said so. How could she have an evidence in just few hours to prove Ranveer was not guilty? Everyone would assume Ranveer did this for his selfish reasons, or this is what Mr. Zaveri had intended in his last conversation with her...his reputation, his name, his family could be in trouble for this one incident.

Her eyes flashed as a thought struck her mind. She knew what was to be done as she headed to the cabin she last those two cops in.

"Excuse me," she said in a hoarse voice.

"Yes?" one of them said.

"I need to confess something." Both the cops looked at her intently and Ishani continued, "I...I am the one who took the papers from this cabin after Mr. RV left in the morning. He had no idea of this. He mistakenly slipped the information to me in the morning and I took advantage of this info and worked it for my own favor." Ishani pretended to make her tone look as evil as possible and hoped it worked well.

"And why you might be telling us this?" one of the men inquired.

"I don't know," Ishani answered in a fake panic tone. "You were going to catch the criminal anyway. And my job is done. I have no problem in admitting what I did." Ishani smiled.

The cops looked at Ishani as if they could not believe any word of her confession and she was some sort of alien having confessed to be an earthling.

After minutes of whispering to each other the cops ordered Ishani to take under arrest. The guilty had herself confessed, they said, and proudly took Ishani out of the office building. Mr. Zaveri was shocked and panicked considerably and so was Rishi who did his best to not let the officers handcuff Ishani; and they agreed at his requests. Ishani did not know whether she had taken the right decision or not or what impact was it going to make on her own life from now on, but she knew Ranveer was safe. No one would question the loyalty of Ranveer's to his work and his partners; and no one would ever raise a question at his dedication towards his work like Baa always did. She could see the look of pride on the faces of the two men who were congratulated by their fellow officers for arresting her within few minutes of their arrival at the spot.

Ishani was taken to the office of Metropolitan Police and from there was advanced to a dark, dreary room, having a feeling of dismal and fear engraved in its fibers. She felt slightly frightened as she was left alone in the room for a while which had only one entrance"most likely so that criminals did not dare escape"and on the left was a transparent window having two other cops who she had not seen before standing, looking at her curiously. Ishani felt uncomfortable as their gazes held the look as if they were staring at a gruesome criminal. After few moments she felt a little sound at the door and a stout, old man entered the room with a bunch of papers pinned in a pad in his left hand.

"So," he said gravely, while Ishani cowered under his gaze uncomfortably. "You are the little thief that has stirred the roots of the market in the town, Miss Parekh?" His tone looked more like a question than a mere statement.

Ishani nodded.

"Why?" he said.

"I...I was...jealous."

"Jealous?" he repeated.

Ishani nodded again. "RV supersedes the title once belonged to my father. I saw him working and he indeed deserves all the accolades but I realized he was getting too much credit. I hated this and wanted to do something...something that could ruin him in seconds. Now having done what I did I attacked the point he is most famous for: his loyalty, and everyone is already talking about that. You see? He is ruined. I'm glad to have done that, sir, I'm very glad," Ishani said, wondering how words could form in her mouth at all.

"Very well," the man remarked quietly. "And now?"

Ishani shook her head. "Nothing. I fear no consequences anymore."

"Do you know, Ms. Parekh, that Mr. RV's companies were under some legal threat few weeks ago?"

"Yes."

"Are you aware the papers of those companies"or rather I should say"the fake papers of those companies which were used to used against him are found in your own office; and what surprises me the most is why would you keep such documents in your own place lest you are caught? No thief does that."

The calmness with which he spoke terrified Ishani; leaving her wondering if he knew something she was unaware of or if he was able to decipher that she was lying to him all along.

"Of course I did," she said, trying to appear more confident than she really felt. "And do you really think, sir, I was going to let it go that easily? No. Unfortunately Zaveri sir saw the missing papers way before I could finish my plan finally; and I had to admit my wrong doings, you know."

"Interesting," the cop said. "And you know what your sentence might be of this crime of yours?"

"I'm ready to take any," Ishani replied; "but before that you guys would have to make sure to find out the rest of the things which are waiting to be discovered right now."

The man looked puzzled but Ishani laughed aloud in a mockery. "You will understand this soon. I'm sure there is more." Her last sentence being said more to herself than the cop standing before her.

Originally posted by: strings123

I love this mystery.