Naik Villa

Sara's room

Sara dried her hair as she remembered her talk with her ex-boss Mr. Joshi. She smiled when he had told her about his niece and how he was the carbon copy of his mother.

"...Sara?..." the voices made Sara look back to see Abhishek and Rashmi enter her room. Rashmi caressed her hair who tried to smile and heard Abhishek give her the good news about the success of the Macintosh case.

"...why don't you join the office?...I need my sincere assistant...hm?" to his words, Sara negated and told that she was planning to take Zack's offer. Zack informed her about the new offer in Bordeaux which would be much grandeur than the Delhi offer which needed his ace to prove her talent. So, he had to cancel her Delhi tickets with Bordeaux which would give her more global fame, inconsideration to with the BrightPics International Photostudio's international reach.

Rashmi eyed Abhishek to not push her and thought to let her forget Edward. So, it was decided that Sara would leave for her modelling photography work in the first week of January.

She had almost packed her new Camera tripod that she bought from her guide services. Ashley wanted to accompany her but was compelled towards her hotel work.

So, Sara travelling alone didn't go with Rashmi. Abhishek assured her that he too had his conference in the same city, surprising Sara who was happy that she had her Jiju to help her out.

Pune govt. hospital

Kookie opened his eyes to see Hwasa talking to the doctor and nodding her head to the instructions.

As she sat beside the now awake Kookie, Hwasa chuckled at his condition who snorted "...eoseo us-euseyo!!...chong-e maj-eun salam-eun dangsin-i anibnida!!!...aish!!!"

(*"...eoseo us-euseyo!!...chong-e maj-eun salam-eun dangsin-i anibnida!!!...aish!!!" - "...go ahead laugh!!...you are not the one who got shoot!!!...Aish" in Korean language).

"...jinjeong jom hallae?!!...jogeum geulghin geos ppun-iya!!...aegicheoleom jingjingdaeji ma!!..." her mocking command made Kookie twist his face with softly caressing his injured ribs and reply "...geulae...geulae!!...malhal salam-i neoya?!!..."

(*"...jinjeong jom hallae?!!...jogeum geulghin geos ppun-iya!!...aegicheoleom jingjingdaeji ma!!..." – "...would you relax?!!...it's just a minor scratch!!...stop whining like a kid!!..." in Korean language)

(*"...geulae...geulae!!...malhal salam-i neoya?!!..." – "...yeah...yeah!!...you are the one to talk?!!..." in Korean language)

"...uliga bonaen geos-eul bad-assgileul balayo?!!" Hwasa asked him who looked at her with a questionable stance.

(*"...uliga bonaen geos-eul bad-assgileul balayo?!!" - "...I hope you got what we send you for?!!" in Korean language)

"...nahante jilmunhaneun geoya?!!...kuki!...naneun hangsang naega wonhaneun geos-eul eodseubnida!!...al-ass-eo...geulsse, daebubun-ui gyeong-u?!...yaggan-ui boneoseudo iss-eoyo! !...hehehe!!!" Kookie chuckled with showing her his satchel which had all the evidences that he had taken with the snaps of the documents too.

(*"...nahante jilmunhaneun geoya?!!...kuki!...naneun hangsang naega wonhaneun geos-eul eodseubnida!!...al-ass-eo...geulsse, daebubun-ui gyeong-u?!...yaggan-ui boneoseudo iss-eoyo! !...hehehe!!!" - "...you are questioning me?!!...Kookie!...I always get what I want!!...ok...well, most of the time?!...a little bonus too!!...hehehe!!!" in Korean language).

Hwasa chuckled at his boosting confidence but knew that the bunny would never disappoint them and yes, he did get more than they wanted with the evidences of Nithya and her hidden identity.

The New year eve party

Ashley cheered the loudest as the staff members clinked their glasses on the start of their holiday for the weekend.

Ping!

She saw the message from Sara and excused herself from the group.

In the front reception area, Sara smiled at receiving the message from Ashley to help her shop for the trip.

"...hey babe!!...let's go!..." as Ashley hugged her to peck her forehead, Sara smiled with moving to the mall for their short shopping spree.

Taehyung saw the lady again with her friend and messaged the boss who would surely want to meet his new friend.

Hotel Passione Suite room

Harish smiled while rubbing his dried hair and thought to impress the lady with his chivalry. He donned his best clothes with a mild perfume to not let her crinkle much.

At the shopping centre,

Ashley was glancing through the suit for Sara's last photography party which would be arranged by the organiser. Being in the hotel industry for long, made Ashley realise the dos and don'ts of the conferences or seminars which she had seen in her hotel Passione.

Sara was checking on the scarfs to match her dress, when

"...I think pink will go with that..." she was now starting to hate it, slumping the cloth down Sara tried to move out.

Harish immediately ran in front of her to see her annoyed face, making him sad.

"...hey?...what happened?...did I annoy you in any way?!!...I am sorry if I did..." Harish tried to apologise to her who huffed and replied "...Sir...thank you so much...for trying to cheer me up...but I don't need it...ok...so please stop stalking me...ok?!!"

On her words, Harish realised that he was stalking her. kind of. Over her home and now around her, unknown to her of course.

Sara walked away in a brisk manner with mumbling cuss words at her situations which didn't go unheard by Harish. He tsked to being an annoyance to her and thought to drop it.

Outside the mall, Taehyung was going through the images send by Hwasa when Harish patted his back.

"...let's go!!..." Harish sat inside the front car seat to the much surprise of his driver who tsked at the bad luck and thought to follow order.

"...um...btw Sir?!...I got this about Ms. Rita?!" As Taehyung handed him the iPad, Harish felt his heart race with knowing that she was a victim of arson exactly 6 years back; the same time frame when he had lost his Pia in an arson.

Did it mean that...?!!

Taehyung got the report from the hospital where she was treated and looked after with her sister and lawyer brother-in-law. All of them being of Indian descent, presumably Maharashtrians.

A hope. Harish could just give a pleading look to Taehyung who nodded on his next prep to dig deeper into the mysterious family of trio.

The whole week Sara didn't talk much and just got busy with packing her bags for the trip. It was her escape from reality. From the city. Away from him. Perhaps.

Harish received the message from Namjoon on finally getting the info about Nithya and her reality. He made him content that they were going to nab the cunning vixen once and for all.

And give her the apt punishment for her evil deeds. He wanted to leave for his hometown but Taehyung reminded him of the industrial conference in Bordeaux which would mark his strict presence.

Hardik would have gone for the said conference but he was engaged with Namjoon to get the officials help to uncover Nithya and Nived.

Harish couldn't help but go for the conference with a heavy heart, praying that everything would now fall in place. Finally.

The day of departure, Rashmi pecked Sara's forehead who hugged her sister with tears on creating so much trouble to her.

Abhishek then thanked Ashley to accompanying Rashmi when they would be away for the conference.

At the train station.

Sara glared at the one person who would also accompany them along with Ram and Michael. Edward.

She saw the way he was smirking at her with being a gentleman with Ram and his colleagues.

"...I am sorry, honey?...it's the office...I wanted to avoid him...but..." as Abhishek tried to tell her the reality of the major partners to attend the conference, Sara replied back with a forced smile "...its ok, Jiju...I will endure it..."

With a determined mind, Sara thought to totally ignore the bitch Edward for the rest of the trip.

In the hotel

Abhishek was kind enough to let Sara have the room on the next floor above theirs where him, Ram, Michael and Edward would stay.

The night before the photography task, Sara thought to have a good night sleep and drive off unnecessary thoughts from her mind.

Knock! knock!

Just when sleep was going to take over her groggy self. She cursed under her breath but thought it to be Abhishek as usual to pep talk with her. She knew that Abhishek was really worried for her from the time, he saw her angry face for Edward in the airport.

It was Edward at the door. She tried to slam the door on his face, but he invited himself.

"...Get out!!...I said Get out!!!" as Sara tried to make him move out of her room, Edward tried to explain to her.

"...listen...please...one time..." as Edward asked her, Sara folded her hands over her chest replying fine.

"...I had my reasons...I can't tell you that now...but...I never wanted it to be...I still love you...from the depth of my heart...baby!!...please forgive me..." as Edward tried to approach her, Sara raised her palm to stop him.

"...Forgive?!!...I would have...if you had not abandoned just after you...Edward...*gulps*...its over...ok!!...just leave...before I call jiju here...and you know it will not be a good sight!!...so yeah...leave!!" Sara low screamed at him who saw that she was really heartbroken and was on the verge of crying.

So, he left for the sake of his sanity.

Sara slammed the door and rested her forehead on the door with murmuring '...please Hari...give me the strength...' with wiping her tears.

The next day

Sara was looking for the person Teddy, who had booked her for the photography contract. Zack did give her the pic to recognise Teddy who was a simple but strict person with the eye for talent.

So, when Zack sent Sara's casual photography to the company, Teddy got really impressed with the knack in which the photos were taken and the professionalism was a cherry on top for the manager.

"...Sara?...hi, I am Teddy...welcome to BrightPics..." as he came towards the lost Sara, she smiled with her professional hand shake with Teddy.

She understood her assignment for the week and jotted down all the points to not let any room for errors.

At the studio, Sara was awestruck at the place. It was huge. The lightening. The space. The separate makeup area. The costume lounge.

Her eyes sparked at the huge place in comparison to the miniscule Zack studio.

"...Sara?...this is Young...she will be the model for the day..." as Teddy introduced his models and staff members to Sara, she smiled with noting down the instructions for the perfect shot.

The model was waving her shawl as the assistant tried to hover the satin cloth to get the perfect shot. But somehow every time, the fabric would tangle and not flow the way Sara wanted.

She then approached the DOP and suggested her ideas to which he looked over Young who approached the talks.

Young gave a thumbs up on the trick and went to garner herself with the equipment.

The assistant then pulled the extension wire to make Young hover over the white screen light and Sara was moving down her to take her shots.

She was smiling through the camera and encouraged the model for a more sensuous shot to finally get her desired pics. 

(Kindly imagine the above shoots taken by Sara)

As she looked over the shoots, Sara selected the ones which would be liked by Teddy. 

(Kindly imagine the above shoots taken by Sara)

It was late afternoon by the time, the first day shot got over. Teddy thanked Sara who wished that the company would like her photos. 

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