𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲

I was in my office, mid conversation on the phone when a knock interrupted me. With a quick "come in" I ended the call and looked up only to see Nishchay stepped inside holding a file in his hand, he approached me, standing before me and swallowed his saliva before passing the file to me

"Advit this is the file you asked for.. There is every s-single detail about t-that girl", nishchay said but there was a hint of nervousness in his tone I hummed in response and I took the file from him but before I could open it, he stammered, his voice unsteady.

"Advit, before you open that file, I... I need to tell you something.", he said in hesitation making me rising my eyebrow.

"I don't have all night, Nishchay. Spit it out," I said, my tone sharp but he still not unwrapping the thing and making my patience wearing thin.

"Promise me you won’t get angry after hearing me out."

"I’ll decide after I’ve listened," I replied, trying hard to stay calm, leaning my back on chair finding some calm.

He swallowed hard, visibly sweating. “The girl i-i told you earlier... h-her name isn't Aditi Kashyap. Actually i-I don’t even know her real name. In fact, I don’t know who that girl was, I just spit a random girl name and lied to you so you wouldn’t... you know... kill her.”

His words made my blood boil. I locked my gaze on him, my eyes darkening.

"So, you lied to me? You know what I do to people who lie to me, don't you?" I said in the sharp deep tone and I can see sweat drops were clearly visible on his forehead.

Nishchay immediately dropped to his knees, clutching my leg. "Advit, please, I'm sorry! I-I swear I won’t pull a stunt like that ever again. Please, forgive me! I’m not even married yet! I want to be a dad... I want to see my kids playing in my lap.”

“Will you shut up with your melodrama of marriage? And don’t even think I will let you off the hook easily!” I said and I can see his nervousness.

“Advit, please, for the sake of our childhood friendship!” he pleaded, his desperation palpable. I rolled my eyes, clearly annoyed.

"This is the last time I'm forgiving you and remember don't you even dare to do this kind of shit ever again then you won't see the sunrise!! Now, get out!"

I warned him and he quickly nodded before scrambled to his feet, thanking me repeatedly before scrambling out of the office room.

I sighed, twirling the pen in my fingers before throwing my head back against the chair to ease my anger. Then my gaze drifted towards that and something was urging me to read it. Slowly, I opened the file. The first thing my eyes landed on was her name, which slipped from my lips almost unconsciously.

"Hanya Singh Sekhawat."

As I read through her details , her education, her family, her hobbies—everything. I couldn't shake the feeling that this girl was going to be more significant that I had originally thought.

Time skipped...

Later at evening around 8'o clock nishchay and I left the company and settled in the car. I was in the mood to drive today, so Nishchay took the passenger seat. As I started the engine,

“Did Alex tell you where that guy is?” I asked looking at the street.

“Yeah, as usual at our place.” Nishchay response.

I hummed, pressing down harder on the gas. The car sped up, cutting through the traffic. After few minutes later Nishchay’s phone rang, and he glanced at the screen. I looked over and noticed it was my mom's name flashing on the screen. I chuckled softly and signaled for him to put it on speaker.

“Hello?” my mother’s voice came through.

“Yes, my darling,” I replied with a chuckle, already sensing frustration in her tone.

“Nishchay I called your phone don't hand it over to someone else", She said feigning anger , which only made me laugh softly

“Still upset with me, Mom? I'm sorry,i have been busy that I didn't get time to call you. Forgive your son, will you?” I said trying to soothe her.

“Busy? You never have time for me anymore,” she huffed, making me feel a twinge of guilt.

“I’m really sorry, Mom. I promise, after this week, I’ll spend time with you.” My voice softened. But she wasn’t convinced.

"You don't have to come here, I'll come to you" She said making me smile

“Perfect! I’ll book my private jet for you, okay? Just let me know when you’re coming, sweetheart.” I said but she just hummed and I could still sense her lingering frustration. So I tried again

"Jaan, you're still angry huh??", I said in a bit upset tone.

“Because you never listen to me!” Her voice sharpened making me frown in confusion

“When have I ever not listened to you?” I said waiting for her reply.

" Shadi ke liye kehti hu to sunta hai meri baat Tu??", She said in firm tone making me closed my eyes in frustration.

“Mom, I’ve told you, I’m not ready for marriage.” I said trying to convince her but she wasn't ready to listen

“31 ka hogya h tu advit kam se kam ab to shadi ke liye haa keh de..agar abhi shadi nhi krega to kab krega? Or baccho ka kya vo ek raat me nhi ban jate h", I was listening her word with a done look.

And before I could response nishchay chimed in from a side "Aur nhi to kya bacche banne me bhi 9 mahine lagte h",

Listening his words I shoot him a death glare before replying my mom.

" Yeah mom.. I'll marry soon okay now?", I said trying to convince her but she wasn't not ready for it.

"No, not so soon, Abki baar mai wha aarhi hu or tera rishta pakka kara kar hi jaungi ," she said, her voice leaving no room for argument making me sighed, resigned

"Okay, Mom, whatever you say." I said and her tone was sounding so confident.

"Hmm..", she hummed in response.

" And yeah next time you better call on my phone don't call on anyone else phone okay darling??" I said in a mocking tone making her chuckle.

"Yeah yeah.. I'll okay bye" She said with a cute laugh.

"Okay.. Love you darling",

" Love you too", After hearing her response I hang up the call and nishchay spoke.

"Bro next week me teri shadi pakki ho jayegi", He said in joyful tone making me look at him with annoyed expression

" Tujhe kuch jayda hi khusi nhi ho rhi h" I said rising my eyebrow. He laughed awkwardly.

"Khusi to hogi hi jitni jaldi shadi utni jaldi chote chote advit ayenge", He said shamelessly making me look at him in disbelief.

" Just shut the fuck up or else mai tumhare chote chote nishchay nhi hone dunga" I said and speed up the car.

I was sitting in the car with Nitya, heading to her apartment for the night to stay at her place. She had insisted I stay with her, thinking that my absence might make my family realize my worth but i was feeling guilty for troubling her.

"Nitya, you're getting worked up for nothing," I said in a guit tone but she shot me a glare.

"Just shut up, Hanya. You're staying with me tonight, and that's final." She said leaving no room for argument.

Soon we reached her apartment complex, and she turned to me.

"Wait here while I park the car in the basement." She said and I nodded and got out of the car, waiting by the entrance.

As I stood there, I noticed a man stumbling towards me from the right. He looked disheveled, panick , and I blinked many times to make sure I'm seeing something right Or not. But before I could react, someone shot his leg making him collapsed to the ground, clutching his leg, screaming in agony.

My heart pounded in my chest as I rushed to him.

"A-Are you okay? Who did this to you? Let me help you get to a hospital!" I knelt down, my hands hovering over his shoulder, unsure of what to do and i can see his leg was bleeding badly.

But before I could act something, nitya calling me made me look back and saw she was searching for me.

"Nitya!!!!" I yelled her name making her turned and she came running towards me and looked over the guy in confusion.

"Hanya who is he??"

"I dont know but someone shoot him..he is injured let's take him to hospital". But before we could do something we heard heavy footsteps approaching. I looked up to see eight men, all towering and muscular, dressed in black, guns in hand coming towards us and one of them grabbed that injured man by the collar and barked at us, "What the hell are you doing here? Leave. Now."

I stood my ground as nitya also stand up with me

"I'm not going anywhere! This man needs help! Why did you shoot him?" I was not even a bit scared but nitya was keep pulling my shirt from behind telling me not to mess with them.

Then One of the men stepped closer, his voice menacing.

"It's none of your business. Stay out of it."

"Hanya please let's go from here they can handle" She whisper trying to convince me but I wasn't ready to go.

"Stay out of it? You think I'm going to walk away after you nearly killed someone? What if he dies? Do you even think about his family? His children?Just wait I'm calling the cops!"

I pulled out my phone, but before I could dial, a familiar voice stopped me in my tracks.

"What's going on here?"

I turned around, and saw a two familiar guy (advit and nishchay) and one of them was dressed in all black and his aura was screaming dominant and luxurious then I realized that it was the same guy I met in morning who tried to hit me with his car. Our eyes locked with each other but I broke the eye contact with a frown look.

"You???Aren't you the same guy who almost ran your car over me this morning?"

His eyes darkened after hearing my words he took steps closer to me like there was just few inches gap left between us and i had to look up as he was so tall and he was boring his dark cold eyes on me and asked on of his men without breaking eye contact with me

"What the hell this girl is doing here?", He asked in firm tone still maintaining the same eye contact with me so i also didn't break.

" A-advit boss..w-we don't know" , one of their men spoke in shivering tone. Then he looked over my head behind me because I was short.

"How the hell did he manage to run?" He said in a stern voice clearly sensing his anger. The men visibly trembled under his glare.

"B-Boss, we tried-"

"Is this what I pay you for?" In one swift move, he pulled out his gun and shot five of them dead on the spot making me and nitya flinched hard , covering our ears in terror. And after couple of seconds when I finally opened my eyes and lowered my hands, I slowly turned around only to see five lifeless bodies on the ground.

My mind was still reeling from what I'd just witnessed. But then I turned to him saw him already looking at me and my fear turned into rage.

"Y-you killed them!!! YOU LITERALLY TOOK FIVE LIFES IN ONE SECOND!!! ARE YOU INSANE!!! ARE YOU A FUCKING PSYCHOPATH!!!" I was roaring in anger and he was just listening my words not showing any reaction and he signaled his left 3 mens to take that injured guy from there. Which made me even more angry and here nitya was trying to pull me from the matter

I was getting even more frustrated because he was totally ignoring my words and so I started pushing / shoving my palm on his chest in anger but he wasn't moving a bit but his gaze darkened even more and before I could push him more, out of nowhere, he seized my hand with a swift, fluid motion, twisting it behind my back making me gasped as his grip was so hard and my balance faltered as my body leaned dangerously forward, my back arched, hanging precariously in the air. It felt like if he loosened his grip even slightly, I would plummet straight to the ground.

"Try to push me one more time and I'll fill this last fucking bullet inside your tiny brain", he said in the most dangerous tone making shivers ran down my spin, then nitya said in pleading tone.

" S-sir I'm sorry from her side please leave her..", she said joining her hands together in a pleading tone he didn't look up as he was maintaining dangerous eye contact with me but after hearing her he yanked me closer making me stumbled back before releasing his grip from my hand and i glared at him.

He also shooted death glare at me before turning around and here nitya was keep pulling me to go but i was keep glaring at him and as he took few steps I spoke..

"You don't have guts for killing those innocents soul, do you?", I said in firm voice making him turned around and he slide his both hand in his pocket before rising his eyebrow and i continued.

"Now see what I'm capable of I'm gonna call police then you will be rotting behind the bars, regretting every choice you made", I said in a confident tone not even a bit scared.

" Okay.. Go ahead ", He said with a slight smirk and I pulled out my phone and call police and after few rings someone picked up the call.

" Hello?? Inspector, I wanna file a complain", I said keep looking at him as he was already looking at me with a smirk on his face.

"Yes say I'm listening", the inspector said.

" There is a guy who literally killed 5 innocent soul in one go. And also threatened me", I said in firm tone.

"Ohh..tell us the location and his name too", the inspector asked.

" We are near xxx place and his name is... ", I paused because I don't know his name so I rised my eyebrow to him signalling him to tell his name..he took step closer to me and locking eyes with me he said..

" 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙩 𝙍𝙤𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙮"

As soon as the inspector heared the name he said in shaky voice.

"W-what?? A-advit roy-- sorry miss w-we can't file your compalin", the inspector said in shivering tone making me confused and I looked up at him saw him smirking.

" What?? What do you mean you can't file the complain??? He did a crime---",

"Mam we are sorry.. B-but we can't..", the inspector denied again making me angry and this time I rised my voice more.

" WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE SORRY THAT'S YOUR WORK AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT YOU CAN'T---"

I was roaring in anger but in a swift motion he pushed my hand making my phone fall on the ground making it broke into pieces.

I gasped and my eyes widened I looked at my broken phone. I looked up at him burning in anger and saw him all frustrated.

"HOW DARE TO BROKE MY PHONE", I shouted and was about to push him but he quickly pulled his gun and pointed it on my forehead making me stop.

" One more action and I'll pull this trigger ", He said in sharp tone making me glared at him and nitya quickly grabbed my broken phone from ground and started pulling me apart.

" Hanya.. Please go.. Please hanya.. Let's go from here.. Or else he will kill you.. Hanya please come.. !! "

Nitya said and forcefully pulled me from there but I was keep looking back glaring at him and he was also looking at me with the same look.

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𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜!!! ✨🥂