Flashback Many footsteps were echoing in the silent and abandoned alleyway. Heavy footsteps were running towards a certain direction but soon divided into different ways like trying to find someone. Soon some men came into the vision because of the street light after emerging from the dark alleyway. An heavily injured man came running from the shadows and hide behind the huge garbage box in the alley. His breathing was shallow and short, his arms and chest had deep cuts and were bleeding so hard. He hissed and took the phone out of his pants pocket which was broken by now. But he decided to try his luck. He turned his broken phone on and dialed one of his men number and after a single ring it got received. Some shuffling voices came from the other side and then a clear manly voice came. "Dia duit Boss? Boss an bhfuil tú ann?" his man's panicked voice came earning a groan from him. (Translation: Hello boss? Boss are you there?) "Tá mé sa alleyway." he whispered in his pa
Rajasthan, India. Finally the day came when Arjun and Ryker were about to come India. Each and every servant in the haveli was busy doing the preparations of their welcome. Arjun had informed Sudha about Ryker arrival which made the Thakur family double excited of meeting a foreigner who was a friend of Arjun and meeting Arjun too after whole five years. Many traditional Indian dishes were being prepared for Arjun and his friend whom they don't know anything about yet. Sudha was yelling and scolding everyone every now and then not giving any chance to do mistakes. Dadi and Urvashi were already being ready to look presentable in front of Arjun's new friend. While Bade Thakur was waiting for his son's arrival soon. Coming to Inaayat the poor girl was assigned to clean the guest room for the new guest of the Thakur family and the friend of Arjun. Guess room was also locked from a long time because they recently didn't have any guest who stayed back so she had to start everything fr
Finally, after a long and tiring flight Arjun and Ryker landed at the Jaipur international airport. Ryker didn't want to come here at all but Arjun being Arjun convinced him somehow and now they both were in India together. Arjun's smile was not, faltering at all and Ryker was in dilemma that how come his cheeks were not hurting by now. Arjun was not the type to be mischievous person but with Ryker his that side automatically comes out because he considers Ryker as his elder brother and he doesn't leaves any chance to get pampered by Ryker which he doesn't do willingly at all but have to after seeing Arjun's clingy and baby side. "Stop smiling like a fool now or I am leaving." Ryker said pinching the bridge of his nose not believing himself he finally came India just for Arjun's happiness. "I can't believe you came with me." Arjun said with a happy glint in his brown eyes. "Correction you did a lot of emotional drama shit witg lot of convincing me and literally forced me t
It was bright afternoon by now. Scorching sun shine peeking through the windows of the room which made the sleeping man wide awake. Feeling heat entering inside his room the man stood up and closed the curtains harshly before walking inside the bathroom. After freshening up and taking a shower he came out of the bathroom. He took his suitcase which was lying in the corner of the room and placed it on the bed. He wore one of his three piece suit from it not trying to be cozy in his friend's home at all. He perfectly styled his hair back looking handsome as ever. His sharp carribean blue eyes took a look over the room which looked homely but not to him. Then he took out his laptop and sat on the couch in front of the bed. He started doing his work and meetings with his men working in Ireland in his absence. He took every single detail of the things happening there behind his back. Suddenly there was a knock at the door which gained his attention. He stood up from the couch and went to
It was evening and everyone was in the living room sitting and chatting except Ryker who was working in his room. Urvashi's gaze were wandering to the stairs again and again trying to get Ryker's glimpse but didn't get one. She was biting her lips anxiously because she wanted to catch his attention as soon as possible. She didn't want a handsome man like him to get out of her hold. As Arjun was laughing with with Dadi and Thakurain his gaze went to Urvashi and he noticed her looking at the stairs. He grinned and scooted a little closer and whispered in her ear. "Kisi ko dhoond rahi ho?" He asked playfully immediately catching her off guard. (Translation: Are you looking for someone?) "Kya? N-nahi to." Urvashi stammered out feeling nervous and immediately denied with his words. (Translation: What? N-no.)"Jo tum soch rahi ho use bhool jao kyu ki wo tumhare liye nahi bana hai." Arjun said with little seriousness because he was concerned for his sister knowing how Ryker was. (Trans
As soon as Arjun registered her words he immediately burst out in the fits of laughter. He didn't expect those words from her but Inaayat has never met the people from the outside of the haveli. She had always seen familiar faces and when she saw Ryker's eyes she was stunned to see his blue eyes because she has always seen a person with different shades of brown eyes. "Haan Inu sahi kaha tumne." Arjun said agreeing with her and smiled at her innocence. Ryker raised his brow at him. (Translation: Yes Inu, you are right.) "Ryker she is Inu I mean Inaayat. I used to play with her in my childhood. She is my best friend, right Inu?" Arjun said introducing Inaayat to Ryker earning a nod from him. Inaayat's brows crashed automatically when she heard Arjun talking in some different language which she didn't understand even a bit so she silently sat there with her fingers fidgeting with each other. "Inu tum ho na meri dost?" Arjun asked her again understanding she didn't get his w
By that time the elders of the haveli started waking up but were still in their rooms doing their morning routine. Inaayat started to clean the rooms of family members starting with Dadi's room. Dadi was bathing with a maid helping her due to her being old and weak. Then she went clean Thakur and Thakurain's master bedroom. She knocked and the door got opened by the Thakurain herself. The shower was running that meant Ranvijay was in the shower. Thakurain opened the door wide for Inaayat and she entered inside with her scared and small steps. Without raising her head for even a second she started dusting and cleaning the room. She could feel Thakurain's heated gaze at the back of her head but didn't have courage to look at her. With her trembling hands she cleaned the room as soon as possible. She picked the bucket and broom to leave the room but Thakurain's voice stopped her dead in her tracks. "Sun ladki!" Thakurain called her and she stood frozen at her place. (Translation:
He stopped right behind her trembling form who was looking at the gun which was underlying the pillow. She started to scoot more back but stopped when she felt his feet touching her. She froze right at her place while he thought she was being scared of the gun. He bent down and held her shoulders feeling her trembling form beneath his palm. She flinched but stood rooted at her place. He made her stand at a side and picked the glass from the bed side table and handed it to her but she slowly shook her head in denial because the servants were not allowed to have anything from the expensive utensils. Without caring for her negative response he thrust the glass in her small hands and charged towards the gun. He didn't look at her while picking the gun up and tucking it in the back of his pants. He turned towards her shaking form who was still standing with her head lowered and the glass of water in her hands. "Do you work." he said simply and walled out of the room in the balcony.
"Kisi ne kuch kaha aap se?" He asked her softly forgetting all of his anger and again a tear rolled down her eye twisting something inside him. (Translation: Did someone say anything to you?) "Bataiye bacche, kisi ne kuch kaha aap se?" He questioned her again and waited patiently for her reply. She slowly shook her head negative. (Translation: Tell me kid, did someone say anything to you?) "To phir kya hua? Kyun ro rahi hain aap?" He asked her to be genuinely concerned and confused. (Translation: Then what happened? Why are you crying?) "A-A-Aap kahan chale gaye the? Aur aap ne subah se hamse baat nahi ki par unse ki." She complained referring to Urvashi. (Translation: W-W-Where did you go? And you haven't talked to me since morning but you did to her.) She didn't know why she felt bad when he was sitting with Urvashi. She didn't know but her poor felt jealous due to his lack of attention on her. She saw Urvashi scooting closer to him and after that she didn't see furth
A few days passed in a blur and Ryker was the same, he was adamant to avoid interacting with Inaayat after that confrontation with Arjun. He couldn't drag her into the hell where he's surviving day by day. He couldn't make her meet with other monsters when she just got saved from one so it's better to stay from her according to him. He stays is room working on his laptop so she also doesn't care to disturb him. She keeps looking at him working on his laptop like he is some fascinating mannequin and she never gets bored of that. The more she looks at him, the more she have noticed all of his small features like when he types something on his laptop hai fingers work fast even if his gaze is not at the keys or screen, when he gets something new information he sighs and close his eyes for a millisecond before continuing again. When his deal or something gets correct or successful he touches his left ear where his earring was earlier. When he drinks water he takes a look at her but she
Ryker was walking back to his room lost in his own thoughts. Didn't he slide his earring in Inaayat's finger to save her from that bastard and the humiliating situation? Didn't he swear to never let himself attach to anyone? Didn't he just save that girl only? Then why when Arjun asked him to set her free he felt something twisting inside himself.Wasn't he intending to do that? Isn't it the only right thing for her and himself? She can't enter the hell he lives in and meets the beast he is, she can't live under threats and danger and for that he had to let her go someday and return back to his world from where he came then why the idea of never meeting her again didn't seem well with him.He has to keep himself away from her, maintaining a proper distance. He has to be her protector and provider but can't be her lover. She doesn't deserve him, she doesn't deserve the beast inside him, she doesn't deserve the broken man inside him, she doesn't deserve the mafia boss inside him, more l
After leaving Inaayat in their room Ryker came out of the room and started walking towards his room. He could see the maids working in the hallways this time and it was the first time he has seen anyone working other than Inaayat this early in the morning. Sensing his dominating and dark aura the maids tensed up and scooted in the corner of the hallways clearing the way for him.His piercing Caribbean blue gaze was sensing everything and everyone. He knew today Thakurain didn't come to scold Inaayat for not working because of him and no other maid came to his room for cleaning as per his orders. He doesn't want anyone entering inside his room except Arjun and now Inaayat too but she can't do the cleaning of his room anymore so he decided to discuss this thing too with Arjun.As he was walking towards Arjun's room suddenly Urvashi came and stood in his way blocking his path. He pushed his hands inside his pants pocket not wanting to do something irrational to an only sister of his brot
Finally it was morning but Inaayat was still struggling to sleep because she never slept for so long. She was turning her sides again and again trying to get some sleep for hours but failing terribly. She decided to get up and go to Ryker many times but was hesitant so she changed her decisions and chose to keep laying there like that. Ryker was noticing her too while sitting in the balcony for a long time but didn't question anything wanting her to say things aloud what she wanted so that she could stop working on other people's orders. He knew very well she wanted to leave the bed and do something but he won't ask her to do that until she herself chooses that for herself. He was observing her calmly while her patience was running thin. After collecting all the courage in her body she sat up on the bed with a hint of annoyance at her face but as soon as she did she came face to face with him who was now standing near the edge of the bed. She turned startled and shifted a little bac
It was dawn, as usual the time of Inaayat's work. The birds already started chirping while the sun was still set and the atmosphere out of the haveli was dark. Ryker was standing on the balcony who left the room a few minutes ago to smoke a cigarette. He was awake the whole night and staring at her peaceful sleeping face like she got this much peaceful after a long time.He wondered how sleeping peacefully without any tension in the world and nightmares would be felt because he never experienced such peaceful sleep ever. Wide awake in all the dark nights while the whole world sleeps, leaves him grumpy and frustrated but he is habitual to it now too. He took a puff while his piercing blue gaze was stuck at a dark tree in front of him in the garden where once he found Inaayat sleeping under it. There was still time left for the sun to rise and he was already done with all of his work. His mind was replaying all the tapes from yesterday's night grasping the intensity of that unforgettab
She nervously smiled at him while he made her sit at the bed. He bent down with his one knee at floor just like the other day when he clasped the dagger around her ankle. He started to fold the sweatpants upwards and after folding for few times her small feet came into the view. Then she repeated the same actions with the sleeves until her hands came into the view. Then he took the first aid kid and took some antiseptic at a cotton ball. He gently pressed the cotton ball at the cut on her lips earning painful hiss from her while her eyes shut closed. He saw it was paining her so he gently blew some air at her lips making her shiver due to his warm breath. He cleaned the cut gently with antiseptic and waited for he to open her eyes which she did after some time. "Aur kahan lagi hai, bacche?" He asked earning a frown from her but nonetheless she opened the front part of the hoodie revealing her cleavage which made him to avert his gaze away and he cleared his throat slightly. (Transl
After that disastrous incident, Ryker was trawling Inaayat towards his room while she silently kept walking behind him like an oblivious kid. She couldn't erase the chaos that happened a while ago and her gaze was blankly stuck at the earring in her ring finger. Her mind was processing everything gradually. Abhinendra's groaning and injured face was all playing in her mind again and again on a loop. He unlocked the door of his room and entered inside with her. When they both were inside the room he locked the door of the room he went outside in the balcony straightly to calm himself down and realise whatever he has done there while Inaayat senselessly walked towards the bed and stood in a corner still looking at the ring in her finger. While he pinched the bridge of his nose to calm the beast in himself down because he couldn't scare her with that violent behavior of his. He regretted, he regretted not killing that Abhinendra then and there. His fists clenched tightly in anger rem
"I don't repeat myself." Ryker hissed at him with his clenched jaw. "Why do you want to know?" Abhinendra asked him back not knowing his intentions. "Abhinendra tell him whatever he is asking." Arjun warned Abhinendra because he knew what Ryker was capable of doing and if he will get out of control no one will be able to stop him. He will become destructive like a monster. "Show us the proof of your engagement or ring? Or Anything?" Ryker asked this time staring into Abhinendra's soul directly. "We are not engaged yet." Abhinendra said looking back at him wanting to beat him just like he did to him. "Then how come you became his fiancé when you are not even engaged?" Ryker questioned him in his full authority. His demeanor turning more cold by each passing time. "She is my to be fiancé. We will get engaged soon." Abhinendra said through his gritted teeth which made Ryker to understand that he will be trapped in his own answers. "Still you are still not her fiance