Abhay opened te door of the office room to see Rudransh furiously typing in the laptop. Closing the door with his leg, he sat down on the chair with is opposite to Rudransh.

Placing the bowl of noodles on the table in front of him he tried to open the cap of the cold drink he bought along. Opening a cap while having a broken wrist and bruised fingers are making it hard.

He groaned and looked at his brother who is not even taking a glance at the poor soul.

"Bhai" he called making Rudransh hum. "Look" he said again only to get a hum in return. Sighing he said "I'm unable to open this"

"Then don't open" Abhay groaned just then he heard "Yes try again. Why do you have to involve in fights if you can't tolerate the pain? ." Pratik said sitting beside Abhay just opposite to Rudransh.

"You called us bhai?" Pratik asked ignoring the glare he is getting. Rudransh closed his laptop and faced his brothers. He then Looked at the phone which is beside his laptop on the table anf he muttered

"Parinidhi Gupta"

Rudransh raised his eyebrow, a silent gesture to answer to him without any questions. Abhay and Pratik looked at each other wide eyed.

"Parinidhi?" Pratik asked to confirm if his brother is asking the same name as he is thinking who turned out to be a devil.

Rudransh tilted his head waiting for the information he is dying to get. It's been about more than 12 hours he asked his investigator for the information and to his misfortune he is taking a lot of time. Not being able to resist he decided to ask his brothers.

"She is the lawyer, we mentioned a lot of times to you. She is one of the few members, we have to have a good relation with. Going to her bad side will make the things worst." Pratik said and Abhay continued

"Not just that, She have a lot of political power. Her Attitude is like a cherry on top. She is a Mean, Arrogant, Self centered who has a sharp tongue and think of herself as she is the queen of the entire universe." Abhay shook his head after completing his rant.

"And She has a Sister, Sanjana who is Swetha's childhood friend. Through that we got to know that her sister is not her biological sister. Her father took her in when she was in need. That's it." Pratik added.

Rudransh who heard it all is having a familiar ache in his chest. Impressive. Is what he thought. Gaining a place in the business world along with the political one needs a lot of knowledge plots and sketches. She has the both which clearly states that how smart she is which oddly satisfying him.

As much as he is eager to have her, going straight to the point will only complicate the things. He is not stupid to think that she will accept him if he say that he wants her as his girlfriend. No, she is not a normal person.

So he had to go on the cross path to reach her rather than choosing the straight one.

Nodding at them who are looking at him with curious eyes trying to read his mind or actions but got nothing, he drowned himself in his work.

Taking it as the hint they both left his office room. As soon as they are gone he heard the knocking

"Rudra bhai" Swetha called him knocking on the door making him raise his head. Swetha gave him a sweet smile and entered.

"Bhai actually Parinidhi's guard is here, asking to return the phone which she forgot here. Where is it?" She asked. Rudransh who as soon as heard Parinidhi's name became alert

Handing the phone to swetha a thought crossed his mind "Why so effort for this? It is just an outdated phone"

Hearing him Swetha chuckled saying "You don't know about her bhai, She is not someone to chase after something, doesn't matter if it is a broken phone or a person, if it is important to her then she doesn't stop until she gets it"

"And this must be important for her" Rudransh completed the sentence which gave tingles in his chest. Just the thought of being important to her to that point she won't let go made his heart skip a beat.

It's like he is falling hard for each second. And he is not complaining.

Swetha smiled at him and went put of him office. He closed the laptop again and went to his room. He could've got all the information from her phone but he doesn't want to invade her privacy. Not at all.

Laying on his bed, he pressed the button beside the bed and a picture came into his view right on his ceiling. He got no picture of her smiling. Either she is smirking, glaring or had a blank face.

The picture where her dimple popped when she smirked is displayed. He admired her with his eyes taking every inch of her face. The quickening of his heart beat and sudden ache in his chest reminded him the effect she has on him. He groaned feeling like a creep and turned off the button, inviting the darkness.

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The next morning -

"Dadi" Rudransh and Abhay entered the room where their Dadi is resting. Veena looked at them with a small smile as they entered.

"Eat this dadi, you have to take the medicines as well." Abhay said and the maid placed the trey of food in front of her.

Rudransh made sure she ate everything and gave her rhe medicines before going out of the room.

In the afternoon Pratik and Abhay succeeded in convincing him for going out to the place where they three used to go in their old days.

Rudransh groaned seeing the crowd. He glared at his brothers for not even giving him time to reserve the whole place. Shaking his head, he sat in the chair. Rudransh glared at the couple looking at them who immediately awaited their eyes.

Who would expect that the Rathore brothers showing up all of a sudden in a normal restaurant.

They gave their orders while the glaring work is done by the guards now.

"The food they serve here is the best." Abhay mumbled while licking his lips. "Bhai? Your watch is not working" Rudransh looked at his Rolex watch and hummed.

"Ansh, It's not good to wear the watch when it is not working" He can hear his mother's voice ringing in his ears. Sighing he removed the watch and kept it aside.

"You still do that?" Abhay asked with a shocking expression making Rudransh roll his eyes.

But they got distracted by the sound of the heels and sudden silence in the restaurant. And oh god! Rudransh was never been this happy for coming out with his brothers.

Parinidhi Gupta entered with all her glory looking drop dead gorgeous in her simple dress. As always his heart skipped a beat when his eyes met hers. The mesmerizing brown orbs.

She started walking towards them with slow steps increasing his heart rate with each step. That's when he saw his brother standing up to greet her, making him realize what he has to do. Which he did

"Who is She?"

He can see the anger flicking for a second in her emotionless eyes. Which clearly states that she is not used to people forgetting her.

In other words her ego is badly bruised.

Parinidhi who froze in her spot tilted her head. Last time she checked, she is not someone whom people are going to forget, not atleast in one night. Her aura, her personality and her power is what makes them remember her.

Out of all, she didn't expect that this certain grey eyed man is going to forget her when that eyes has been haunting her even in her sleep from previous day.

She can feel her feet burning along with her palm in frustration that how can he forget her after having the intense eye contact with her yesterday.

"She is Parinidhi Gupta" Pratik replied while gesturing with his eyes to not provoke her.

"Yeah ?" the soothing voice of Rudransh filled her ears, he mumbled as if trying to remember her making her clench her jaw, mentally scolding herself for liking his voice.

"'Is she the Mean, Arrogant, self-centered who has a sharp tongue and think of herself as the queen of the entire universe.' The same Parinidhi Gupta you mentioned about Abhay?"

Abhay paled so is Pratik. Parinidhi who heard it scoffed. Pratik shook his head silently begging not to do it.

"Mean?" They heard Parinidhi, her voice filled with venom. She took a few steps towards Rudransh who is sitting on his chair like a king.

"How come being brutally honest comes under being mean? It's not my fault that the truth hurts" She mumbled placing the hand on the table and bending towards Rudransh.

Their faces were so close, he can see the fire her eyes are splitting which has the power to burn him down. "Apart from it, I'm all the things your brother has mentioned" she mumbled with a smirk making Rudransh grip the arm of the chair tightly till his knuckles turned white.

She moved her hand which 'accidentally' made the plate along with his watch on the table drop with a 'thud'. Everyone flinched at the sound. She moved back with an innocent face and said

"Oops!! My bad!." She said with a pout and blinked her eyes to have an extra affect. Rudransh's eyes darken seeing it. He looked at his watch laying near her feet then to her.

"Don't expect me to give you the watch laying at my feet" She said moving closer to him while maintaining the intense eye contact.

"I don't bend Sweetheart. As you said, I'm the queen of the entire fucking universe, I can't let my crown slip!"

Saying it she winked at him and turned around, giving a last look at the paled faces of the Rathore brothers, she walked away with her head high, like a queen she is.