Armaan's Cabin, RGC Office

At 7 am, a sleepy Rihan enters the cabin with files in hand and whines, "My official working hours starts at 9 am and yesterday, you have ruined my Sunday as well. If you keep overloading me with work, then I will resign."

Armaan glares at him, while sitting on his director's chair and demands, "Who was sleeping the entire time on the flight from LA to India and snoring at the loudest, which didn't allow the other person to get an ounce of sleep?"

Rihan smiles sheepishly and justifies, "I was exhausted during the trip and had merely got 5 hours of sleep each night."

Armaan keeps glaring and demands, "So, you slept enough during the flight for relaxing. Plus, I am sure, your mother would have given you a good head massage last evening after you reached home from work. Then she might have even allowed you to sleep early as her poor son was tired?"

Rihan smiles in embarrassment as Armaan knew how his mother pampered him as a kid after every business trip.

His reaction makes Armaan roll his eyes and he forwards his hand to take the file. But Rihan doesn't give as he notices Armaan's disturbed eyes. He keeps the file on the execute chair, before taking other chair besides to sit.

Rihan asks with concern, "Are you alright? You seem tired and even disturbed."

Armaan shakes his hand, pinching the bridge of his nose and states, "I am just tired, didn't sleep well from last 2 nights."

Rihan voices his doubt with a frown, "Day before yesterday, I ruined your sleep with my snores. But why didn't you rest well last night?"

Armaan sighs in frustration and opens his mouth to speak, only to stop, hearing Rihan's teasing words, "Oh! Someone was catching up with his lovely wife last night. Was it romantic?"

Armaan rolls his eyes and barks, "Shut up and don't even take her name, she..."

He trails off, standing to his feet and walking towards the floor length window to glance outside.

Rihan asks with a frown, "What happened, Armaan?"

Armaan sighs again in frustration and informs, "I slept nearly by 2 and from 5 am, there were sounds, coming from outside my room. But I couldn't know the source because whenever I went to check, it died. I doubt if any of the servants will dare to do so."

Rihan chuckles silently and thinks, 'Who is a fool to risk their life by playing around a sleeping wolf?'

While Armaan continues, "There was just me and Kavya on the floor. So, I am sure, she was-"

Rihan interrupts, while standing to approach him, "Hang on Armaan. You cannot accuse Kavya for something so childish. She is a mature woman and not some teen, who will make sounds at 5 am. Plus, why will she wake up at 5 am!"

Armaan remembers his encounter with Kavya about an hour back and informs, "Because she had to go somewhere at 6 am."

Rihan frowns and asks, "What?"

Armaan clarifies with a nod, "She was dressed up well and left the Mansion at 6 am. I asked, but she said, it's none of my business."

Rihan exhales and shakes his head, before asking, "So, there is still no communication between the two of you?"

Armaan shakes his head and inform, "Even yesterday night she came back, before I returned to the Mansion, had dinner and slept."

Armaan runs his hand in his hair with frustration and continues, "And Mary, she is not ready to utter a word. I don't understand, she is my employee or Kavya's."

Rihan chuckles and informs, "Well, at present she seems to be Kavya's loyal employee, but don't worry, soon you will get a chance to talk."

Armaan shakes his head and states, "I doubt, she doesn't even look at me, forget communicating."

Rihan smiles, catching the hint of sadness in Armaan's voice and reaches to place his hand on his shoulder.

Armaan faces him and Rihan explains, "Calm down, she is just angry with your confession and needs time to overcome it. So, don't give up this early and keep trying, I am sure, you will get a chance tonight."

Armaan doesn't reply and shifts his gaze to the floor, making Rihan roll his eyes and pulls him towards the exit of the cabin.

Armaan demands, "Where are you taking me?"

Rihan answers, "To the lift, so you can go up to your penthouse and take a nap. I will manage 9:30 am meeting alone. You need rest, before you do something wild in anger."

Armaan rolls his eyes, although obeys and walks to the lift.

Conference Room

At around 1 pm, Rihan stares at a fuming Armaan, who is scolding an employee for committing a minor error.

Rihan sighs as he recollects Armaan has been snappy entire day. He has threatened to fire 11 employees, who made minor errors or failed to provide desired results and no amount of hard work pleased him.

Armaan didn't even sleep, when Rihan sent him to the penthouse. He returned to his cabin after an hour of tossing on the bed as Kavya's words "It's none of your business" haunted his mind.

He even called Kavya, but she didn't answer his call, which increased his restlessness and he started shouting on everyone in the office.

Armaan yells, "One more mistake and you will be unemployed for the rest of your life, that's my promise. Do you get that?"

Rihan faces the scared employee and gestures him to relax. He asks him to leave and turns to face an annoyed Armaan, who is rotating the pencil around his finger rapidly.

Rihan places his hand over Armaan's to stop his actions and asks, "Can you please calm down? Or you want me to give you a sleeping pill, so you can sleep and calm your burning anger."

Armaan takes a deep breath, releasing his hand from Rihan's grip and tosses the pencil on the table. He rubs his hands over his face to compose himself.

But another thought alerts him and he demands, "Where is that lawyer? What is the position of the land, which I wanted for my hotel project?"

Rihan informs, "He was supposed to reach at 1."

Armaan checks his watch to read the time as 1:15 pm and asks with irritation, "Then where the hell is he?"

Before Rihan can answer, the door of the conference room opens, revealing Advocate Gaurav. He greets them, while walking closer and Rihan nods in response.

But Armaan glares at him and snaps, "You were supposed to reach here, 15 minutes back."

Gaurav gulps in nervousness and apologises, "Sorry Sir. Actually, I-"

Armaan interrupts, "I don't care about your damn excuses. If next time you are making me wait, then you will never get a chance to enter RGC."

Armaan keeps glaring and yells, "Am I clear?"

Gaurav stammers, "Ye...yes Sir."

Rihan sighs and thinks, 'Target number 13. Is Armaan trying to set a world record?'

Meanwhile Armaan demands, "Any progress?"

Gaurav shakes his head, making Armaan more angry and even Rihan seems furious now.

Rihan asks with irritation, "Gaurav, you had assured it won't take over a week. It has been three weeks now, when will you give us a positive response?"

Gaurav explains, "I am trying Rihan, but those people are stubborn."

Armaan threatens, while glaring, "If you can't do this, then-"

Gaurav pleads, "Please give me a chance, today I am sending more people, then I am sure-"

Armaan interrupts with a frown, "People?"

Gaurav nods and Rihan demands with a frown, "What are you exactly doing to convince the Helping Hand NGO Manager Mr. Vikas to leave the land?"

Gaurav feels nervous under their piercing glare and didn't speak a word, making Armaan's anger cross new heights.

Armaan yells, "Answer him."

Gaurav informs, while stammering, "First, I offered money, but...but they didn't agree. So...so...so..."

Armaan demands, "So WHAT?"

Gaurav gulps nervously and informs, "I had sent two goons to stop the construction work and threaten them."

Armaan stands to his feet, making Gaurav scared and he starts ranting, "Sir...Sir...it was my own loss. My goons are injured and admitted in the hospital."

Rihan and Armaan frowns, while he continues, "The NGO Manager had sent two girls for supervision and they have terribly injured my men."

Rihan raises to his feet as well and demands in anger, "Girls? Your goons fought with girls?"

Gaurav nods to confirm and within a second, a strong fist comes in contact with his jaw with force, causing him to fall back on the floor. He cups his jaw and turns to find, Armaan had punched him.

Armaan yells in anger, "How dare you use the goons for my work? And they fought with girls? Were you out of your mind?"

Armaan takes a hold of Gaurav's collar and yells, "Didn't I made myself clear, don't use your nasty ways for my work."

Armaan pulls him closer and goes on, "Armaan Raichand is known for his hard work and systematic approach in dealing."

He continues with gritted teeth, "I compete with my abilities and not by using my powers on weaker or incompetents."

Gaurav nods and states, "I know Sir."

Armaan demands, "Then how dare you take these extreme steps, when I had warned you? Didn't I say, offer them another land or money for the same?"

Gaurav stays silent and lowers his gaze, making a furious Armaan push him back with force.

Armaan face Rihan and orders, "I want his license to be cancelled and his law firm shut."

Gaurav shifts his eyes to Armaan in horror and begs, "Please, please Sir, don't do this, it will end my career. I am sorry."

Armaan faces him and informs in a dangerously low tone, "You should have thought about the consequences before going against my words."

Armaan faces Rihan again and orders, "Rihan, throw him out and call the NGO, I will personally go to meet them. Even make sure those girls are present during the meeting and prepare an apology letter for them."

Armaan turns to leave the conference room and Rihan gears up to fulfil every order Armaan gave.

Store Room, Helping Hand, NGO

Ruhi starts laughing, when she and Kavya were checking the food and medicine stock in the store room.

Kavya shakes her head, while chuckling as she knew Ruhi is laughing over Armaan for the prank she played on this morning. She had even shared the small encounter when she was leaving the Mansion.

Kavya asks with a grin, while writing the stock, "How many times will you keep laugh over him? This is your 5th time, since morning."

Ruhi replies, while giggling, "I can't help, your pranks are always good and this time the target is that pig."

Kavya informs with a mischievous smirk, "There is one more sleepless night awaiting for him with BONUS."

Ruhi walks closer and enquires with excitement, "What will you do?"

Kavya opens her mouth to share, but stops as Vikas enters the room, drawing the girls' attention.

They exchange greetings and Vikas informs, "Kavya, Ruhi, I want you to attend a meeting with me in my office at 2:30 pm."

The girls frown in confusion and he clarifies, "The businessman, who was after that land is arriving to meet and apologies to the two of you. His assistant said, it wasn't their intention to send the goons or snatch the land."

Kavya asks, "But is he still after the land?"

Vikas answers with a nod, "Yes, the land is located in a prime location, who will leave it?"

Ruhi chuckles and he continues, "But the assistant said, his boss has an offer and he would like to discuss the same in person."

The girls nod and Vikas asks them to arrive at his office within 30 minutes. He leaves and the girls quickly finish the task in hand.

Vikas's Office

Vikas hears a knock on his door and allows the person to enter. He glances up, when the door opens and finds Armaan entering followed by Rihan.

Vikas raises to his feet and forwards his hand to greet Armaan, "Welcome Mr. Raichand."

Armaan shake his hand with him and nods in response. Vikas asks him to take a seat and greets Rihan in a similar manner. Armaan and Vikas take their seats, while Rihan chooses to stand, besides Armaan.

Armaan initiates, "First of all, apologies for the goon stunt. I wasn't aware, it was entirely my ex-advocate's act."

Armaan moves his hand behind and Rihan hands him an envelope, which has RGC logo printed at the left corner.

He forwards the envelope to Vikas and continues, "I hope, your NGO girls are fine."

Vikas accepts the envelope and informs, "Yes, Ruhi and Kavya are fine."

Kavya's names grab both the men's attention and they frown in confusion.

Armaan demands, "Can you repeat the names?"

Vikas repeats, "Ruhi and Kavya."

Armaan recollects Kavya had introduced her friend, Ruhi to him in Delhi. He turns to face Rihan, who is already staring back in confusion.

Armaan turns back to face Vikas and asks, "From when are they working here?"

Vikas answers, "From last week. They were previously working in the Helping Hand's Delhi branch and took transfer here."

Armaan removes his phone from his blazer pocket and opens Kavya's WhatsApp. He clicks on her display picture and shows his phone to Vikas.

Armaan asks, "Is she Kavya?"

Vikas asks with a smile, "Yes, you know her?"

Armaan nods, while taking his phone back and keeps in his pocket, after locking the screen.

Armaan murmurs to himself, "So she has joined the NGO last week, after I left. This is where she spends her day."

Rihan frowns as he heard his words as he is standing close to him and turns to face him.

His frown deepens as he watches Armaan's eyes, glistening with an unknown expression and his lips curling up in an amused smile.

The knock on the door, grabs their attention and Kavya enters with Ruhi. The girls stand, facing Armaan and Rihan's back.

Vikas informs with a smile, "Here are the girls, Kavya and Ruhi."

Kavya apologises, facing their back, "Sorry for making you wait, Mr-"

Armaan smirks, while standing to his feet and turns to face Kavya.

Armaan states, "That's alright, Mrs. Kavya Armaan Raichand."

Kavya and Ruhi's eyes widen in shock, seeing Armaan in front of them.

Kavya thinks, 'Oh my God! He is the businessman, who is after that land.'

Armaan walks closer, locking her gaze with him and stand in front of Kavya and comments in a low voice, "What a pleasant surprise!"

Armaan stares at Kavya with a smirk, who stares back in shock.

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