“I am glad you decided to take my case,” Nikhil said to Mishka as she signed the papers. They needed to submit to the court so that she could appear as their company lawyer. They were currently sitting in Nikhil’s office and Riya appeared with a pile of files in her hand.“I hope you’ll tackle the media. I am not comfortable with them,” Mishka said, looking at him through her rectangular eyeglasses.“Don’t worry about them. You won’t face any trouble. However, you’ve already planned out everything smartly and I don’t need to do anything, but I’ll make sure everything falls into place.” He said while Riya took the seat opposite him beside Mishka.Mishka nodded, “Okay, I’ll take my leave.” She picked up her bag as she stood up when Nikhil spoke again.“I’ll transfer the money right away,”“Oh no! We haven’t won the case yet,” Mishka said.“I trust you and I am sure you’ll make me win,” Nikhil countered.Mishka smiled, showing off her dimples, “This is blind trust, Mr Khanna, and it only
The manager of the local eatery introduced Aryan to fellow staff. “Okay, Aryan, Stella will show you around and help you understand how we work. I hope you’ll have a great time here,” The manager said and left Aryan with a girl in her late twenties. “Wear this,” She forwarded a blue apron in his direction and Aryan quickly wore it. Stella looked at Aryan from top to bottom, and he looked from a decent background. “Pocket money?” She asked and Aryan looked at her, confused. “Huh!” Aryan knitted his eyebrow. “You’re doing this for pocket money?” She asked. “Oh, no! I need some money to enrol myself for a course so I thought to do some part-time job to support it,” He replied and Stella nodded. “Okay, let’s start!” *** Knight Mansion, It was past lunchtime, but no one had an appetite. They were just sitting in the living area, silently trying to sink in Mishka’s death news, when Christian walked in. He walked to them and the atmosphere of the room felt like they were mourning ov
Mishka was now a little restless, thinking about the increasing threats she was getting every day. The latest threat included Kiara’s picture leaving Rylie’s house with Jake and Eric playing football on the court.She was not confident as before as they were involving her family to force her to leave the rape case. Kiara and Eric were all she had now, and she couldn’t risk their lives.Mishka rang the doorbell of the deceased victim, and her mother opened the door, welcoming her into their small one-bedroom apartment. She offered her a glass of water and Mishka saw a ray of hope in her eyes, hope for her daughter to get justice, and she was even more conflicted now.Initially, she came to announce that she was backing out from the case, but before she could say anything, the victim’s mother forwarded some dollar notes in her direction.Mishka knitted her perfectly arched eyebrows. “What is this?” She asked her mother.“This is some money I saved last month after cutting some expenses.
“Are you crazy? Get down now!!” Ivaan was trying to push her away, but she started wiggling.“Please, Ivaan, you have two daddies. Why can’t you give me one? I have researched on the internet, we will be step-siblings, this will be so fun!! My mom will love you, she will not treat you like Cinderella. We will have one big, happy family. I promise!” Kiara continuously tried to convince him, but he shook his head in disagreement.His expression pained as Kiara started jumping into his stomach. “Not happening! Now get off me,” He said and tried to push her without hurting her, but it seemed she was in no mood to step down.“I will be the best step-sister ever!!! You will be lucky, dude,” She said, slapping his arm.“Enough, now!” Ivaan finally removed her from his stomach and sat on the couch to take some breath, but she jumped on his back, wrapping her small hands around his neck and he rolled his blue orbs.“You are so annoying, Kiara,” He said, trying to unwrap her hands, but she only
“Dad is right, Vera. We can’t bring back Mishka, but we can save Christian. We have to bury the pain of losing Mishka deep down inside us and move on,” Luke said, and Leo smiled.“I know you’d be the first one to agree with me on this because you are the most eager one to kick Mishka out!!” Leo said sarcastically.“And like always, I know you’d be the first one to misunderstand me,” Luke countered, walking further in his direction. “But there has to be someone in the family to think rationally in the hour of distress.”“I have raised a perfect businessman,” Leo smirked.“Luke, I understand your feelings for your son, but this time I’m not stopping,” Vera said as she stood up face to face with Luke.“What do you mean?” Luke draws his eyebrows together.“I’m telling Christian everything right away. Last time I stopped because there was hope that we would find Mishka, but now,” Vera paused to compose herself. “Now that she is no more with us, Christian at least deserves to know she is de
While Luke was trailing behind Vera, trying to stop her from breaking Mishka’s death news to Christian, when he got a call from William. Luke disconnected it but the former was calling him impatiently and finally, he stopped on his track to take his call.“What is it, William? Can we talk later, please?” Luke said.“Sorry for disturbing you so late, but as you know must already know that Christian proposed to Andrea, so I was thinking to take things ahead….” He said.“Why are you in so much of a hurry, William? Look, Mishka died in a bus accident and it’s a mourning period for us. It’s already a very hard reality for my family to accept and I believe we have to postpone this wedding for now,” Luke said and ended the call before William could answer.William rubbed his stubble, watching the city from his window when he heard Leena’s voice. “What happened, honey?” She asked.“Mishka died in a bus crash!” He turned to her and slowly a smirk appeared on their faces.“Wow… at least we do n
Kiara was in Nikhil’s arms. Her eyes were tightly shut when Mishka forcefully took her from him and inspected her body, and she was relieved when she didn’t find a single scratch on her. “Wake up,” She cupped her face and tried to wake her up, but she didn’t open her eyes. “Where was she?” She looked at Nikhil for an explanation.“She was playing hide and seek with some kids. I found her sleeping under the bed in one of the guest rooms.” Ivaan spoke and Mishka gazed at him before looking back at Kiara.“But why she isn’t waking up?” She tried to wake up Kiara again, but she was in a deep sleep.“Must be tired. She was playing around since we stepped in here,” Ivaan said as he watched Mishka hugging Kiara dearly as if her life depended on her. Mishka rises to her feet, holding Kiara in her arms, and tripped, but Nikhil supported her.“Give her to me,” He said, taking Kiara from her and the latter wrapped her small hands around his shoulder. “Come, I’ll drop you all home.” He said and M
“Mrs Berry Mathews is not here,” The doctor said, closing the file and Jake’s face dropped. All the excitement of meeting his mother died in an instant.“Where is she? I mean, when she got discharged?” He asked, and the Doctor looked on the laptop screen to search her records.“Mr Leo Knight signed her discharge papers. The case is closed seven years back. Apparently, there was no improvement in her health after months of treatment. Maybe Mr Knight admitted her in some other asylum!” The doctor replied, and Jake nodded, rising to his feet.“Thank you so much, doctor,” He said politely and turned to leave.“Your bouquet,” the doctor gestured to the big bouquet of white flowers that Jake brought for Berry.“Please, give it to some other patient and wish her a speedy recovery,” Jake said and walked out of his cabin. He sat on the bench in the garden opposite the mental asylum and held his face in his hand. He didn’t want to meet the Knight family just yet, as he knew he wouldn’t be able