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Trisha.

"Shall we?" Arjun asked me, Smiling.

I nodded automatically, Trying to smile and look pleasant.

It feels to me that we are the most important people here today.

The talking have already started around.

Some were staring at me while other's were looking curious.

"It was true then, He really have a fiancée"

"I never saw him giving any special treatment to girls, But this one here is lucky, He never took his eyes off her"

"She's beautiful, Of course he will cherish her"

"I thought it was all rumours! I did not believe it"

"Oh my God! Is it really the same ring? It looks like the real family hairloom"

"Arjun-" I started.

"Ignore them, They are overly curious and likes to imagine things" he said. "But harmless" He said shortly. "Let's wish Shyam and Anjali"

So we walked straight to the stage.

I was still bewildered and just let him guide me through the "over curious" people.

We walked along the countless well prepared round tables and reached the decorated stage where the bride and groom stayed.

Congratulations Shyam & Anjali.

I read the messages on the ribbons.

"Arjun!" Shyam saw him and waved us over and the bride turned around to look at us.

When we reached there, Shyam looked at him. "I thought you were too busy to attend?" He asked and then turned to me. "You must be sanjana" He said while offering me his hand "it's really nice to meet you, Sanjana" He smiled pleasantly.

"Now we know why he had been too busy" Anjali said playfully. "I admire you a lot, Sanjana, I didn't know anyone could make Arjun push back his works" She said while moving closer to us. "You look gorgeous, dear" She complimented me and I smiled back at her.

I know she's genuinely happy to see us, I could feel the warmth.

"So are you, Anjaly" I said. "I..um..couldn't prepare anything as It was all of a sudden, Arjun didn't tell me anything much about the function" I admitted sheepishly.

Both of them laughed.

"He's a man of few words" Shyam winked and Arjun put his hands around me.

"There's no need to prepare anything for them, Sanju, Your husband-to-be have already prepared them a grand gift" He said.

Husband-to-be!

I was stunned at his choice of words while Both Shyam and Anjaly looked frozen.

"Well, Guys, Meet sanjana" Arjun took my hand and brought me close to him, Facing the still frozen shyam and Anjali. "The girl I am going to marry" He said. "And sanju, These are my two best friends" He turned to me.

"Marry?" Shyam repeated.

"You have changed, Arjun" Anjali said slowly. "I never thought you will get distracted from your pla-"

"Ahem...Now that she's here, Arjun, Let her enjoy" Shyam said and there was a sudden silence around.

"Sanjana, Come on, I will introduce you to everyone" Anjali said and I looked at Arjun who nodded.

"Go on.." he said, then turned to Anjali.

"Take care of my girl well" He said and she rolled her eyes.

"I understand" She replied anyway.

So Anjaly pulled me along with her and we stepped down the stage to mingle with the guests.

I gave Arjun a look over my shoulder and saw him discussing something with shyam, his face looked serious.

But I couldn't see him anymore as I was suddenly surrounded by people.

"How do you know Arjun?"

"Are you his girlfriend?"

"How did you know each other?"

I was taken aback by the crowd around me.

"Guys, Go easy on her, She's here for the first time and you can't scare her away" Anjali said pleasantly while dragging me away.

"Wha..what's going on? Why is everyone so concerned about Arjun?" I asked Anjali. "Who are all these people?" I asked.

Anjali looked at me rather puzzled.

"You really don't know about him!" She stated slowly, looking surprised. "But he brought you here, that means.." She dragged off.

I was still waiting for her answer as her eyes widened slightly.

"Um..I am sorry, I don't mean to be rude, Sanjana" She said. "It's just that..I am..surprised that he brought you here, It means he is very serious about you" She said.

"What?"

"These people here are very important to him" She explained. "And he brought you here to meet them" She said.

"He just don't want to come here without a date" I explained to her. "It's nothing like you imagine-"

I stopped when Anjali laughed.

"He never bothered about bringing a date before, Sanjana" She said. "Trust me, Bringing you here is a huge thing, And to address himself as your husband-to-be is shocking" She said. "I know him for a long time, you are the only person he has ever shown any interest" She said. "Everyone knows that he's not very friendly person, He's more reserved and likes to keep to himself"

What Anjali just said kind of coincide with What shweta had told us about him.

He's not easy to approach..

He's not interested in dating..

He's serious and only work minded...

Then why he was friendly to me from our first meeting onwards?..

I looked back at the place he and shyam were still talking. So many other people were also coming to talk to him and shaking hands with him.

Suddenly, It was like, I am watching him from a long distance.

It looks like I don't know Arjun at all!

"He was friendly with me" I said slowly. "I really didn't plan to come here today, But It was him who insisted to take me here" I said slowly.

"You...you didn't want to come!? You actually rejected him!? Whoa! You don't know how strange you sound now, No one will reject him, Even our professors at college respected him, He is a good person with a lot of good traits, He helps people and he's hardworking" She said. "Everyone here respects and loves him" she said and I looked around.

Sure enough, Arjun looked surrounded by people all the time.

"May be it's a good thing that you don't know about him, That's why Arjun lowered his guard against you" She said. "He had never even thought about dating before, He had some goals in his life and he had been going straight forward all this time" She said. "You are the only thing that's happened so unexpectedly in his life and I am really happy" She said. "Do you know, Shaym and I had been worried about him, He just spent all his time working without rest, We worried about him"

"It looks like you three are quite close" I said.

"Of course" she said. "Shyam and him were like soulmates during childhood, Sometimes I even wonder If shyam likes him more than me" Anjali winked and Both of us laughed. "It's true though" She added after a second. "Shyam literally worship him now" She said. "I can't blame him since I know Arjun have helped him a lot" she smiled."Even our marriage, Sanjana, Our parents were against it, But Arjun talked to them for us" she said happily.

It looks like I am hearing about someone else.

The Arjun I know is cruel, Selfish and a heartless monster who won't think twice about destroying anyone who obstructs his path.

The Arjun she explain seems to be someone kind and hardworking, Who give importance to friendship and who helps people.

"Hey bride and groom, Where are you?"

Someone pushed a huge three tier cake to the hall.

"Sanju, Come on" Anjali dragged me along with her again. Shyam was already there and Anjali just gently pushed me to Arjuna's side, who supported me.

Arjun's presence suddenly felt too much for me, I didn't look at him and turned to face the shyam and Anjaly.

Everyone was already covering them.

Both of them cut the cake together and shyam took a small piece of it and offered to Anjali, Who opened her mouth slightly and shyam took it back and away from her.

The crowd laughed as Anjali gave him a look.

Shyam smiled and gave it back to her.

I smiled at their cuteness, They looked so much happy and I really liked both of them.

"Sanju, come on" Arjun guided me to a quiet table and I was grateful to have a seat.

"I am sorry about sending you with her-"

"Sir?" Some one said and Both of us turned around. "I would like to talk about patent issue-"

"I'm sorry, this is my personal time" He said pleasantly and my eyes widened.

He's rejecting someone twice as old as him.

"Go on" I said. "I don't mind" I told him and Arjun gave me a look.

"It's okay" I nodded again.

"That's great, Thank you so much madam" The old man said and I nodded even as I felt uneasy.

"Give me five minutes sanju" Arjun said and I nodded.

So he got up and walked away with the old man.

"Sanjana, right?" I heard the imposing voice and turned around to see a woman in her late forties.

She screamed of wealth and I could find the arrogance from her face.

"Yea" I nodded as she took the seat opposite me without any invitation.

"What's your relationship with Arjun?" She asked me rather blundly.

"Um...I am his girlfriend" I said slowly.

"How did you seduce him?" Her next question stunned me. "Apart from sharing your body, What else did you do?" She asked me.

My bitch mode was on instantly.

"Nothing else" I said. "I could satisfy him with my body alone, We are even going to get married soon" I said smugly.

She looked taken aback now.

"You don't even respect your elders! I Don't know what he sees in you!"she exclaimed.

"If you wants to be respected, Earn it, And think twice before you speak like this, You will get what you give" I said, now getting up from my chair and I turned around, only to get slammed to Arjun's chest.

Oops!

It looks like I can't ever keep my "delicate" and "sophisticated" side in front of him.

"You are here, Arjun" The lady opposite to me got up too. "I was just having a chat with your girlfriend and do you know what she said?" She looked at me a moment. "She actually told me that she seduced you with her body!" She exclaimed, making it sound so cheaper. "She actually dared to say it to my face!" She said.

I turned red from embarrassment and started to correct her, But Arjun clutched my hand, Making me stop.

"She's my fiancée, Professor" He said pleasantly. "And I find it quite attractive that she's so bold" He said and I looked at him in shock. "And she was right, I fell for her beauty" He looked lovingly at me.

"Your..fiancée? You decided to marry her?" she seemed to only hear that.

"Yea, she's my wife-to-be" he said proudly, wrapping his hands around me and warmth filled me.

"We will move then, enjoy the party" he added as he walked me out of there.

"Uh..I didn't know she was..an important person-"

"She's Not" Arjun said and his tone made me look up at him.

"Why do you look so...Amused?"

"I was thinking about it, Sanju"

"What?"

"What you just said, Seducing me with your body" He said and I was at loss of words. "I have to say, it sounds..interesting" He said "I will wait to-"

"Arjun! Stop teasing me!" I said, wishing that I could stop the redness from my face.

Trishana.

I followed him gratefully until I realised that he's leading me to the dance floor.

I tried to stop on my way, But he just effortlessly pulled me along with him.

"Arjun!" I hissed. "I am not a big fan of dancing!"

"I need to prove something to everyone" He said while we stopped in the dance floor.

"What!?" I asked him, now confused.

"That you're mine" He said. "And that nobody can bully you" He said.

"I can take care of-" I stopped in shock when I felt his hands around me.

His hands touched the bare skin on my waist and a shiver went down me.

"Arjun-"

But he had already started moving and I had no way but put my hands on his shoulder slowly.

Arjun was looking down me and I felt like he could see right through me.

"Are you drunk, Arjun?" I asked slowly. "You are staring at me, It's making me...um..uncomfortable" I said.

"Why are you getting nervous everytime I look at you?" he asked me.

And I didn't know what to answer.

I hate you..

But the moment we are together, I can't bring myself to hate you..

Does it make any sense?.

"I am just not in a good mood today, Arjun" I said. "She just got me irritated, That's why I talked back like that" I said. "Don't misunderstand me"

Arjun smiled.

"I promise you, sanjana, that I won't misunderstand you" He said.

That made my situation worse.

Why do I feel guilty to do this?

I have changed my identity for a good thing, But Why do I feel bad for cheating him?

"I..er..didn't want to come today" I said. "I hate parties, I hate wearing saree, I hate people who show off.." I dragged off as I saw his smile. "umm?" I looked at him in question. "I hate your smile too" I added to the list. "And what do you mean that I am your fiancée? Your wife to be? What do you mean, Arjun?"

"Because we are going to get married tomorrow" He said and I was not expecting that from him.

"What are you talking about?" I asked back.

"Did you forget our promise? You said you will marry me if I want you after monday"

My heart trempled.

That's right, Tomorrow I am going to vanish from your life, Sanjana will never exist and you will eventually know my true identity...

You are going to hate me for everything...

"Be serious, Arjun!"

"I am!" He said. "And I think you love me too" He added.

"What made you think so?" I asked him.

"Your words, You said you hate coming to the party, hate saree" He said. "you hate all of that, But still choose to bear with it for me" He said and I watched him in surprise.

"you even hate my smile? I don't think so, Sanjana, I think you are afraid of facing yourself, You are trying to ignore the feelings you have for me" He added again.

"There's nothing like that! You..you misunderstand me!"

"Okay sanju, then look up into my eyes" He demanded. "Look into my eyes for 5 minutes...no, for 3 minutes, Sanjana, Don't take your eyes away" He said.

What!?

I don't know why I have to do that!

"Sanju?" He called me and I decided to be brave.

I slowly looked up into his eyes.

Instantly, I started to feel the powerful attraction between us, He was still holding me to him and we were close, I could feel his hand still touching the skin on my waist, I could feel his breath and the most unbearable thing was his eyes.

I feel exposed and vulnerable in front of it.

I felt my strength and confidence slowly reducing.

"I..I hate your eyes.." I said as I slowly looked down.

"You hate my smile, You hate dancing with me, You hate my eyes.."He said. "Do you know that you are turning red? Do you know that your heart is racing against me whenever we are close? Do you-"

"Let's stop here" I said quickly, Feeling exposed. "I..I am really thirsty, I want some water" I said more firmly.

He looked at me for a moment before nodding his head.

"Sure" He said and we stopped dancing.

The moment he took his hands from me, I felt like I could breath again, The wedding hall and the voices started to register in my head.

"Hey"

Shyam and Anjali waved from their table and Arjun guided me there.

"Why did you stop dancing? We were watching you" Anjali said. "It seems that you didn't even notice the songs changing, You danced to three songs" She said .

What! We danced to three songs!

I tried to hide my surprise while Arjun passed me a glass of water.

"Sanju was feeling thirsty suddenly" He said.

I took the glass from him.

Arjun.

She took the glass from me and Anjali looked at me disapprovingly.

She's still not happy with my plan, But didn't say anything as sanju started to drink.

Shyam was silent too, But I felt that he'd rather tensed.

I am sorry, Sanjana, I don't have another way now, This is the only way for me to get you outside without alerting your friends...

I watched as she finished the drugged drink and put the glass down.

"Tell us more about you two" Anjali said.

"Is your boyfriend too busy all the time, Sanjana?" Shyam asked. "Does he take a file and keep working when you appear?" He asked with a laugh.

Anjali laughed.

"I remember it!" She said. "whenever that Natasha approached him in the past, He always did that!" She laughed.

"Natasha?" she said darkly. "Do you know her too?"

"Of course, we were together in college" Anjali nodded. "But you have to be careful around her, She's really poisonous" She warned sanju.

I chuckled at that.

"Sanju has already taken care of her" I said slowly while sanju gave me a warning look.

I chuckled again. "And her mother too, Sanju already put her back in her place" I added, Admiring her.

"What!" Sanju looked at me. "That was Natasha's mother!?" She looked shocked. "No wonder there!" She exclaimed.

"Arjun, Do you know that you are openly admiring her?" Shyam asked. "I still have to get used to this" He said.

"Then get used to it" I said easily. "Because we are going to get married-"

"Arjun!" Sanjana gave me a look and I stopped.

Sanjana suddenly looked at her watch.

"It's getting late, Arjun, Can we leave?" She asked me.

All the three of us stilled at her question.

"No..no, You can't leave before dinner" shyam had the common sense to say.

"Yea, You can't leave before dinner" Anjali supported.

"Let me greet the other guests, Arjun, You people enjoy" Shyam said and Anjali nodded, Giving us some time.

I turned to sanjana.

"What happened?" I asked. "You hate the party and all, Do you not like my friends as well?" I asked her.

"I didn't mean any of it, Arjun, I like Anjali and shyam too" She told me. "But I am not feeling well, I need to go back now" she told me.

"Let's just wait till dinner then" I said slowly. "It will be rude to leave before that" I said.

She nodded slowly.

"I don't know why I am feeling tired all of a sudden" She told me and I felt guilty suddenly.

I promise you, Sanjana, I will make it up to you for doing this..

"President" Mr.Gangadhar reached me. "I heard you are coming to the party today, But did not believe it" he said. "Isn't it too reckless for you to appear here like this?" He asked me.

"I know" I said. "but I had something going on and had no choice, We will talk later" I told him.

"I will see you then" He nodded. "Are you visiting dream land too?" He asked me again.

"Not soon, I still have works to finish" I said as I turned to sanju, Who looked tired.

"This is...?" Gangadhar said slowly.

"I am sanjana" She smiled. "Don't mind me, You carry on" She nodded.

I know that the drug has started to work now.

"My fiancée" I introduced and his eyebrows rose in surprise.

"She's a bit tired today, we will talk another day" I told him.

"Yes sir"

Mr.gangadhar nodded and moved away.

"Arjun" Sanjana said slowly. "Is it just me or do you think that person looks exactly like the CEO of palace group?" She asked, Surprising me.

She's really observative if she managed to recognise him in this state.

"What do you think?" I asked back. "Is he really the CEO of palace group?"

She shook her head.

"I must be mistaken" She said matter of factly. "Besides, Why do the CEO of Palace group address you as president! I am definitely wrong" She said.

I didn't bother to correct her.

She will find about me soon...

"Are you really tired? should I take you back then?" I asked her.

She shook her head.

"We need to stay for dinner, Arjun, or Anjaly and shayam will be sad" She said and I nodded.

So when it was time for dinner, I walked with her to the prearranged dining table.

To make matters worse, They had arranged me the place with the highly reputed and elite people from the business circle.

To my surprise, Sanjana was coping well, Talking with everyone pleasantly and even impressing them with her political view and points.

The only thing that betrayed her was her eyes that were starting to look tired.

We will have this dinner and then I will take her away from-

I stopped as I heard the clatter of knife and fork against the plate. Sanju had put down her knife and fork.

"I..want to..go, Arjun..I am..tired.."

Before I could turn to her, Sanjana had already leaned to my shoulder.

All of my directors and everyone else in the table tutned to us and I was caught unexpectedly.

"Umm..She..was tired..no problem..dont worry...Carry on.." I told them while I put down my knife and fork and looked at her.

"Can you walk, Sanju?" I asked her while I supported her body.

"Mm..let's go..Arjun.."

But she was still leaning to my shoulder, Her eyes closed.

"Okay.." I said as I supported her to me and raised up.

It was like we were doing some kind of show here As everyone from every table looked up at us.

Sanjana was no longer conscious and I pulled her to me more closely, Ignoring the shocked look on everyone.

"Arjun! What happened to her?" Anjaly ran to me.

"Nothing to worry" I said. "She's just sleeping" I said.

Anjali gave me a look, understanding what it really means.

"Ok, come on" She said, let's move to the private room" She said and tried to take sanju from me.

But sanjana tried to resist, Leaning to me more.

"Let's go..Arjun...time" She was whispering and Anjali looked at me.

"It's okay, just show me the room, I will help her" I said.

So Anjaly walked forward as I lifted her up into my hands in bridal style, Infront of all the guests, Ignoring the stunned looks they were giving me as I walked out with her.

I looked down at her sleeping face while I walked through the corridor.

Do you know, Sanju, You just announced to everyone that You belong to me...you just made everyone see that I am smitten by you..

"Here" Anjaly opened the door at the end and I brought her inside.

"Arjun" shyam appeared beside Anjaly. "I heard-"

"Shh.." I looked at him as I brought her to the bed.

I laid her down and she opened her eyes with a shock.

She stared straight to my eyes.

"Let's...go..back..Ar..jun.." She whispered before closing her eyes again.

"Yea, let's go.." I told her soothingly and turned to Shyam and Anjali who were both watching me, transfixed to the spot.

"I need to get her out now" I said slowly. "Is everything ready?" I asked.

Shyam nodded.

"Yes" he said.

"I feel so guilty!" Anjali said. "She was so sincere to us and we just...drugged her" She said. "I feel like betraying her trust"

"Anjaly, Arjun has his reasons" Shaym said slowly. "Don't Worry, It's for the best" he sounded so confident in me.

I turned back to her sleeping form.

"Don't worry Anjaly" I said. "I want to rescue her..This is the only way I have" I said while moving her hair to the side. "This is the only way I can keep her..safe, I..I need her.." I added.

Anjaly didn't say anything anymore.

Shyam laughed.

"Did you watch everyone's face after you left with her!?" He said. "They nearly had a heart attack to see you taking care of a girl like that" He said.

"Shyam, Deal with the photographs for me, It should not go out" I said and he nodded.

"Don't worry about it, I will take care of everything here, what are you going to do now?" He asked me back.

"It will only hold two hours, I need to take her to a safe place by then" I said and opened my phone.

"Karan is here" I said as I saw his message. "Sanju's friends will be waiting outside too" I added.

"The people who are going to pretend to be you and sanjana is already waiting for your order" Shyam said. "They can mislead them while you take the other car at the opposite entrance" He said.

I nodded.

I hope her friends will follow my personal car and not realise the mistake until sanjana is away from here...

"What's going on...who's going to be pretending to be you?...Her friends?...I don't understand" Anjali said.

"Just trust him, Anjaly" Shyam reassured her. "It's Arjun, His plans never goes wrong.." He stopped.

Karan.

I can't believe that my boss is doing this.

When he joined surya corporation five years back, He had no eyes for anything else, He just started going straight forward in his works, Becoming number one in no time, Earning the respect of Even his enemies.

Even though he often planned with Mahesh and Abiram, He never get involved directly in anything illegal.

He had been so careful to avoid any sort of trouble, and never got involved in any cases we had.

That is, Until he met this reporter Trishana.

From the moment he met her, He had been changing. He started to clean up after her to avoid getting her in trouble, He Even went as far as destroying her files, So that she would stop with her plan to meet the DIB.

I was still waiting at the emergency exit area.

It's been more than five years that I have been working for my boss now, But it's the first time I am coming to a place like this.

And If I am not mistaken, I have noticed a palace group director.

Why is he here? Who is this mysterious friends-

"Boss!" I was shocked to see him appearing with an unconscious girl in his hand, whose identity I don't have to confirm. "What happened to madam?" I asked.

He opened the back door and moved inside with her.

"She's sleeping" He said. "Karan, We need to go to my apartment now" He ordered.

Sleeping?..what's going on!?..

I nodded quickly.

"Wait!" One guy reached us. "Here's her bag and things, take it with you" He placed the bag inside.

"Shyam-" boss started.

"Dont worry, I got it here" Shyam answered him. "I will take care of everything here"He added.

Shyam?..I think I have seen him somewhere..

"Let's go then" He ordered me and I took the car forward.

I looked in the rearview mirror worriedly, But Boss was watching her.

When I joined Trishana's magazine temporarily to spy on her, I never thought she's going to be my lady-boss one day!

Well...I should have seen it coming, Arjun sir even ran infront of a car to save her.

Aditya.

"They left through the front gate" I said to the phone. "turning right now" I added.

"I am following their car, Don't worry" Karthik said. "They will be going to drop trisha now, Her car is parked at the restaurant" he said.

"Wait!" We heard shahid's voice. "I can't get signal from Trisha's phone" He said. "I lost it when she was inside the reception hall" He said.

Everyone was silent for a moment.

"It's indeed Arjun's car, I am following them-" Karthik stopped suddenly.

"Hello?" I touched my bluetooth. "Karthik?" I asked.

"That's not them" He said. "Shahid is right!"

"What do you mean-"

"Aditya! Stay right there and watch the people coming out of the wedding hall, I think we have the wrong people here-"

"But it was definitely Arjun's car!"

"It is Arjun's car, But the people inside are not Arjun or Trisha" He sounded worried now. "I have a bad feeling about this, Aditya, I think Trisha is in trouble"

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Hey guys,

I know that you have tons of questions to ask me, You must've been surprised at the turn of events, But you will get all your answers soon.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter :)

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Ps: A big clap to MadhaviLatha9 who predicted in one of your theories that Arjun will kidnap sanju to keep her safe! 😃😃