As the masked lady asked if he was followed, Edward smirked with shaking his head and with handing over the pendrive to her.

She passed it on to her minion who displayed the photos which showed her truth. Edward was eyeing the woman, trying to catch a glimpse of her hidden face.

But he failed every time.

"...this should do it...now...go back...to where you came from...and don't forget...never contact us...again..." at her command, Edward nodded with getting his promised payment and tried to move out when he halted.

"...but what if...?" his eyes glimmered with a hint of mischief as he turned to face the lady who got puzzled at his foolishness.

"...l happen to slip out...this little detail...to my boss...hm?" his confident words to gauge the ten men protecting the tiny lady didn't go unnoticed by the hidden Hobi.

"...*laughs*...fool!!...you think you can leave alive by threatening me like that...huh?...do you have any idea what I can do?...hm?" as the lady widened her blue eyes on the snickering man, Edward only hummed with a sigh replying "...who said anything about leaving?...I wanna join you...you know...the main man to help take revenge...on Harish...isn't that what this is about?...hm, Nithya?"

The lady gulped as he was able to recognise her even with the mask and hoodie covering her identity.

"...I know that you have recognised who is Pia...and I even know that you are waiting for the right moment to strike...let me help you...I am a very good manipulator...trust me?!!..." Edward was trying to engross the now confused Nithya with his honey words to lure her in his trap.

He was right Nithya was close enough to know who Pia was. But unfortunately, the file which contained the face reveal of the person was missing from the lot that she was stole from Arjun's office.

The said pendrive had the face reveal of the girl who had taken Pia's place in Harish's life. The girl who came under the knife just like her but with some much needed help from Rashmi. Her saviour.

She backed a little with Edward closing in her. Her men waited for her order to take down the foreigner but.

"...Eddy Hyung?... ...yeogiseo mwo haneun geoya?...igeo gajigo...keulaeg agassi?...dangsin-eun?...o bil-eomeog-eul mabsosa?...geudeul pyeon-e seo issneun geobnikka?!!" Kookie came out of the other side of the pillar shocking both Edward and Hobi.

(*"...Eddy Hyung?... yeogiseo mwo haneun geoya?...igeo gajigo...keulaeg agassi?...dangsin-eun?...o bil-eomeog-eul mabsosa?...geudeul pyeon-e seo issneun geobnikka?!!" - "...Eddy Hyung?... What are you doing here?...with this...crack lady?...are you?...oh freaking god?...you siding with them?!!" in Korean)

Before Edward could explain to his beloved comrade; Nithya's men started their firing on her command, to make her time to escape.

Hobi came out of his hiding to protect and mostly to catch the traitor Edward who was looking for his exit.

"....Kookie?!!...nitialeul mag-ala?!!...domang-gamyeon an doenda...gaseo jab-ala!!..." Hobi yelled at the firing Kookie who nodded and ran behind Nithya to not let her escape this time.

(*"....Kookie?!!...nitialeul mag-ala?!!...domang-gamyeon an doenda...gaseo jab-ala!!..." - "....Kookie?!!...stop Nithya?!!...she should not escape...go catch her!!..." in Korean)

Bang! Bang!

Edward gave a known look at Hobi after slyly escaping the continuous firing with mouthing '...them first...then us...deal?!' to which Hobi nodded.

The comrades decided to deal with the minions and then themselves.

As they were fighting, Hobi was surprised to find his officers rounding the minions one by one and keeping them escaping or killing them.

As they skilfully dodged every bullet with killing each of Nithya's minions, Hobi had two minds to take down the betraying Edward.

But as his Joonie Hyung had trained him to find the truth before killing anyone.

Finally, after a much tiring fight, Hobi was able to chokehold on the escaping Edward who became quite helpless under the strong Comrade.

"...you bastard!!...just wait...till Joonie hears about this...!!!" as Hobi breathed at his face, Edward laughed with a comeback "...I pity your squad!!!...bunch of liars!!...at least I am in the right track!!...unlike you losers!!!"

Smack!!

"...don't you dare call us that...you two-faced hyena!!..." as Hobi yelled at the calm looking Edward who raised his brows with replying "...you are the one to say...traitor!!...*groans*..."

Smack!

One last blow on his jaw made Edward spit out the blood and gave a smirk at Hobi who pulled his cuffed hands towards the waiting police car.

"...hobihyeong?!!...michin-ajumma?...domangchyeobeolyeoss-eo...chaan-eseo...*gappeunhoheub*...jjiggo sip-eossneunde...ulineun... sallyeodallago...jun-ihyeong-i malhaess-eo...sallyeodallago!!...geuleom....mianhae??!!" a rather breathless Kookie rushed towards Hobi while telling about his to no-end chase for Nithya.

(*"...hobihyeong?!!...michin-ajumma?...domangchyeobeolyeoss-eo...chaan-eseo...*gappeunhoheub*...jjiggo sip-eossneunde...ulineun... sallyeodallago...jun-ihyeong-i malhaess-eo...sallyeodallago!!...geuleom....mianhae??!!" - "...Hobi Hyung?!!...the crazy lady?...she got away...in the car...*heavy breathing*...I wanted to shoot...but...we needed her alive...Joonie Hyung told us...to catch her alive!!...so....I am sorry?!!" in Korean).

"...gwaenchanh-a, Kookie...uliga jab-eul geoya!!..." Hobi assured the disappointed Kookie on losing Nithya when they were so close to end the fiesta.

(*"...gwaenchanh-a, Kookie...uliga jab-eul geoya!!..." - "...Its fine, Kookie...we will catch her!!..." in Korean)

"...No, you won't!!..." as Edward voiced his words, the angered Hobi tried to give it back when he interrupted replying "...she and Nived are going to flee the country!!...and we will never be able to catch her!!...so, Hobi?...get me to Joonie...I can help...?!!"

"...doum-eun chungbunhi bad-ass-eoyo!!...edihyeong!!...jiminhyeong-i sonjab-eul ttaekkajiman gidalilagoyo?!!... neo jug-eun gogiya?!!..." a disgruntled Kookie raised his voice to his elder whom he had praised all the while, thanks to Hwasa.

(*"...doum-eun chungbunhi bad-ass-eoyo!!...edihyeong!!...jiminhyeong-i sonjab-eul ttaekkajiman gidalilagoyo?!!... neo jug-eun gogiya?!!..." - "...we had enough of your help!!...Eddy Hyung!!...just wait till Jimin Hyung gets his hands on you?!!...you are dead meat?!!..." in Korean).

But what Edward did just few minutes back, made the boy regret to respect the wrong person.

"...Kookie, I know you hate me now...but trust me...I am on your side...and all I did...back there?!!...was to win over their confidence...that's all...I wanted to get closer to them...pretend to be on their side...knowing the real reason behind their...revenge...please Kookie...don't you trust your Eddy Hyung?!!..." as Edward held Kookie's shoulder on assuring his good intention, Kookie looked over an equally upset Hobi who pulled his cheek inside.

"...one chance...!!...that's all...ok...but remember...if Joonie find out by himself...that you have gone behind our back?!!...you better be ready to go pop smoke*...ex-comrade!!..." Hobi warned the comrade who gulped with nodding on giving him the one last chance to prove his loyalty towards the scout.

(*pop smoke – military slang to describe the action of disappearing or hiding)

"...gaja, Kookie!!..." a still glaring Hobi called Kookie who rubbed Edward's shoulders and went off to the HQs with the new development in the case.

(*"...gaja, Kookie!!..." - "...lets go, Kookie!!..." in Korean)

Naik new mansion

"...What?!!....Edward?!!.... my assistant Edward?!!... your comrade?!!...you assigned him on me...and my wife...since when...?!!....huh?!!....Joonie...I am asking you?!!..." as Abhishek asked the quiet Namjoon who looked over Suga signalling him to finally tell the truth.

"...Abhishek...we have been working together...since day one...me and Suga...we pretended to not know anything about what each of us were gathering...and nor did we plan to expose ourselves...so early...coz...your mistrusting past...had us...think whether we could...you know...trust you again...so yeah!!"

Namjoon's words made Abhishek chuckle with a reply "...trust me, huh?...right...you are the one to tell...and what about Hardik...huh?!!...does he know that...you all are going behind his back...huh...?"

"...actually...no...we wan..." as Suga tried to tell about their team effort to help both Naik and Joshi family in finding the truth behind the Deshpandes', Abhishek clapped his hands mocking them.

"...wow!!!...great!!...so you guys are officers...who...rather mislead their clients...than help them...right...?" Abhishek was about to leave when Namjoon voiced.

"...and what you did?...hide Pia...from all of us...hm?...wasn't that a betrayal?...we asked you...a thousand times...about Pia...or any improvements about her...but what you did?...you conveyed the message to Suga that Pia died during the operation...and that you had kept a quiet and private funeral for her...to not raise suspicion...huh?"

"..." Abhishek was lost for words when he knew that what Namjoon said was correct.

He did hide Pia from the officers too with not letting a single soul know about her being Sara.

"...I have nothing to say...just this...I did what I thought was best to save both of them...ok...so if I did keep Pia away from Harish...it was for his and her safety from Nithya..." Abhishek pointed out his good intention towards hiding Pia.

"...and putting Edward in her life...would be her safety...hm?...from what?...I know...me...right?...liar!!" the voice made Abhishek twisted his face and looked over the giant form of Harish standing on the doorway of his office.

"...why did you do it, huh?...make Pia forcefully like Edward...to the extent of making them go on dates...hm?...did you perhaps forget for a fact...that she was still my wife!!!...huh?" his yelling only made Abhishek to not raise his hands on Harish with the officers around.

He was the good guy.

"...look!!...I am not going to explain anything...to you!!...so little bunny!!...scram!!" as he tried to move out, Hwasa halted him by replying "...or you did this...thinking that boss here has an incurable disease...hm?"

Harish and Suga looked over Hwasa who smiled with slamming the file down on the table that read 'Harish file' and continuing.

"...Mr. Naik here thought that boss had a tumour in his head...which was the cause of the previous aliment that he suffered...which is not true...as per the new reports...that we took..."

"...Hwasa...where did you get this from?!" as Namjoon asked her she glanced over Rashmi who sighed with nodding.

"...what?!!...seriously!!" Harish was at loss of words when Hwasa explained the reason for Abhishek to do such a thing when it came to giving a good life to his Pia.

"...that's right...we initially thought it to be that...but..." as Rashmi tried to explain with glancing over a glaring Abhishek trying to quieten her down.

"...but...when we ran over the test...it was normal...boss doesn't have tumour in his head...its just migraine..." as Hwasa passed the file to Suga and the other members, Harish chuckled with murmuring '...boy!!...you would do everything in the world to separate me from her...won't you?!!' with closing on Abhishek who stood tall in front of the fired up.

"...boys!!...please!!...can you keep the fighting for later...Nithya has escaped again...thanks to Eddy here!!..." as a tired Hobi entered the chat with Edward glancing over Harish who creased his brow at the ex.

Kookie explained the fight that had pursued over the abandoned factory and how Nithya again gave them the slip.

"...so now what do we do?..." as Suga asked the silent Edward with Abhishek glancing over Rashmi, he heard a crashing sound from outside.

The corridor

"...baby?!...what are you doing here?" as a worried Rashmi held a lost looking Pia's hands who had come in search of Harish and accidently ran over the vase at the entry of the corridor from the living room.

"...Harish?...I came in search of him...we have to go...for the appointment...its time..." as Pia voiced her thoughts, Harish came running towards her murmuring 'honey' with his widest smile.

He held her hands taking her outside who glanced over a worried Edward and stopped with mouthing '...Eddy...?!!' moving over to him.

"...Sara?...how are you?..." as a happy looking Edward went to take her in a hug after so long, Harish came between them replying "...happy and pregnant...so yeah...thanks for asking..."

A shocked Edward looked over a sadden Pia who didn't stray her hateful eyes from him but saw him mouth 'congratulations'.

She just glanced over to her smiling Harish who pecked her forehead with leading her to the exit for their doctor's appointment.

"...I should have bought my popcorn...this looks more interesting than the case!!..." as a mildly chuckling Suga voiced over in Namjoon's ear who gave him the 'really?!' look, he raised his hands in defence backing with a snicker.

At the hospital

Gynaecology floor

'...why did he come here?...'

'...does he want to reconcile?...'

'...no!!...I won't let him!!...'

'...I love my Harish...not him!!'

'...he will not take me from you...no he won't...' – with these random thoughts twirling her head, a scared Pia snuggled more into his arms as they waited for their turn to meet the gynaecologist.

After they visit to the doctor and her assuring that everything was fine with the mother and the baby, Harish thought to take his wife for a light lunch.

Pia was able to have some time off from her nausea when she desired to have some fresh pizza. So, the billionaire husband took her to her favourite pizza joint that she had loved in the past.

"...this is so lovely...I like it here..." saying so Pia pecked his bearded cheeks to earn a hearty chuckle from him.

As they conversed over the light pizza, Pia loved that she was genuinely enjoying the snorty billionaire as compared to Edward.

Her brows creased which didn't go unnoticed by Harish who had a hunch that she might have kind of reminisced her time with Edward back in Paris.

"...hey...should we go to the park...you know fresh air will do you good...hm?...what do you say?!! Sweet love..." as he caressed her cheeks, smiling Pia nodded with accepting his sly peck on her lips to which she made him realise about the public.

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