Arjun's POV

Inside the magnificent towers of Mehra business capital, I was discussing things with Mark in my office.

Just then a man of mine stood at the door," Your Majesty, Sarika Sarin is here."

"You couldn't even last long for a month." Mark remarked with a evil glint in his eyes.

"In case you forgot, Sarika Sarin is also the best fashion designer of our country other than being my one night conquest." I replied angrily.

"Oh! How did I miss it?! Maybe because you called your ex to dress up your wife and sister."

"She was not my ex! Will you stop being a old grump?!"

I mean we never dated for her to be my ex. It was just one night, one fucking night!

"Should I send her in?!" The man asked me awaiting my command.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"I hope she won't fall all over you."

I shook my head," She is a professional."

"Can I come in, Arjun?!"

My attention drifted away towards the door as I nodded in answer to the question the woman asked me.
Sarika Sarin was a very beautiful woman who I had encountered in a party when I saw her sitting at the bar, looking depressed and the reason was not an unfaithful boyfriend but she had left her father's house to make a career in fashion who wanted her to get a job suitable for her degree in engineering. I offered to buy her a drink and we ended up sleeping together of course I had made it clear it is going to be no strings attached.

I stumbled upon her designs the following morning and man, they were good so I offered to help her. I asked her why didn't she pursued the career she wanted and she told me that she didn't had the money for the expensive course in fashion. I gave her some money and forgot about it but she did not. After about 2 years when I bumped into her in a party, she reminded me of my kind gesture and at that time she was one of the promising fashion designers. Even Sam is a fan of her style and so I appointed her to design her clothes.

She swooped right in and gave me a hug," You smell exhilarating as always."

I parted away from her," Let's  get this over with.",

She turned to Mark," And who is this handsome man here?!"

"That's my uncle Mark and Mark, this is Sarika Sarin."

I always introduce Mark as my uncle even though we are not related but we don't want people to get suspicious about who we are and what we do for living so Mark is my uncle, Mathew is my cousin and Sam is introduced as a family friend.

He stood up and forwarded his hand for a handshake," I must say you are as beautiful as the clothes you design."

Why can't he be nice or aleast civil to Radhika or Sam for that matter?!

"And I must say you are quiet the stunner, yourself." She smiled.

"I think I will leave you two kids alone to catch up." He winked at me.

I rolled my eyes at his gesture. He thinks something will happen, I am going to prove him wrong.

"So I am sorry for calling you here on such a short notice. Did you bring the outfits with you?!" I asked, switching from my courteous tone to my brisk, businesseslike tone.

"My assistant is waiting outside with the outfits, I thought you would not want your office to look like my boutique."

"The scent in your boutique is nauseating. Good! You asked him to wait outside..."

"And I also wanted to spend some time with you, maybe persuade you to buy me another drink." She husked as she closed up to me and ran her ran manicured  finger on the expanse of my cheek but I gripped her wrist and stopped her ministrations.

"For record you know I don't repeat a woman twice and I am married now." I said as I walked away from her," Tell your assistant to get his stuff inside, Let's get this over with!" I said, pressing each word.

"You won't offer me a coffee at least?!" She asked.

"Should I after you made a pass at me again?!" I asked her in a simpered tone.

"Common don't be such a killjoy?!" She said, wrapping her hands around me.

"Am I?! Maybe we should take this somewhere else." I dragged her to the room adjacent to my cabin.

As soon as I turned towards her, I gripped her neck tight, pushing her towards the wall,"Don't ever touch me until I say so!"

I did not put her in place in my cabin because my cabin had glass walls and I didn't want to draw attention to us or rather I did not trust her to not spout rubbish to the media as it is I try my best to stay out of the public eye. All people know about me is that I am an orphan who took control of his own life and the Mehra name in the business world that was falling apart because of my father and his shenanigans. What people don't know is that I am not just the king of the business world but the king of Mafia world. With a lot of hard work, I have taken the Mehra name to heights and I won't let any desperate bitch ruin it now. And moreover we were in my business capital not in my fortress where we do our shady stuff.

"Why?! You know it Arjun, you can't stick to one woman. I don't know to whom are you trying to prove a point but you can't stick to just one pussy! If it was up to you, I think you will have harem full of women!" She said eliminating the distance between us.

"I have a wife now and I am not going to cheat on her so that's the door there, you may leave." I said, pointing towards the door.

"For how long?! A month?! Two months?! A year?! You will lose your mind anyways you have my contact, come find me when you change your mind. I wouldn't want us to miss out on some really good sex." She said, leaning in to kiss my cheek but I turned my face away but she grabbed me and plastered her lips on my mine!

I pushed her and slapped her hard across her face! That bitch! She crossed her boundaries despite my several warnings. The last time I was in her boutique, she threw herself at me and we did make out a bit but when I realized that I was breaking my rules, I stopped it then and there and told her to stay away from me. I liked her designs and if I could overlook her pushy behavior, she was a talented girl who had carved a niche for herself with her own hardwork but today I had reached the tether of my patience!

"I warned you not to touch me! I told you I won't cheat on my wife and a desperate woman such as yourself doesn't get the hint, does she?!" I paused and continued," I made your career right?! Now watch me ruin it and take your dresses with you! I wouldn't want even a thread of yours to touch my wife's body!" I screeched.

"Arjun, I am...sorry..." She broke down.

"Out! Get the fuck out of my premises unless you want my men to throw you out themselves." I smirked and she stormed out of my cabin.

I fished for my phone in my pocket and pulled it out. I dialed someone who I know, who will help me go through with my threat! I called frank who has lost a lot of business since Sarika took over the fashion world. He was ecstatic when I threw a bone his way and he wagged his tail like a dog! This is what power can do!

Half an hour later I had Frank prancing around my office with his designs. He was a gay and there was no doubt about it with the way he drooled over me and stared at me as if I was the eight wonder of the world.

"Sir, can you walk down the ramp for me?!" He asked me, hesitantly.

"I am not going to model for you, Frank."

"Oh please you have everything a model has! Height, looks, body and..."

"And I am not interested to have thousands of people sucking upto me like you are sucking upto me."

"If you model for me, my career will take a flight. You are the most successful businesses man in this country and if you wear my lapel then...."

"Then I will minimize the damage done to your career by Sarika Sarin."

"Not just minimize, Sir. You will give me a new life in the fashion world and..."

"I will do it not just that you will also have some other famous celebrities model for you."

I have been with a lot of females from the glamor world sexually of course and I just have to put forth a word for them to jump when I say so. I can even ask the commercial stars to walk down the ramp for him. There is nothing in this world that money and power can't buy except for loyalty of course. Sarika Sarin, you are going to be so sorry!

He showed me his designs and they were top-notch though a bit more revealing than I preferred for my wife and sister.

"Sir, do you have a picture of your wife?! I can give you a fair idea of what will suit her if you...."

"I don't need your opinion as I have already made up my mind to go with the white gown."

"Sir, I think Madam should be here just in case she doesn't like what you select...."

"She will wear whatever I select for her! Not that it matters but tell me what you think about this white one?!" I said running my fingers down the dress.

I could just imagine her in this in my head. She would look so beautiful in this snow white dress with this dress hugging her body like a second skin.

"This is one of my favourite as it is inspired by my grandmother's wedding gown. It's pretty close to my heart!" He said, his eyes moist and tone hoarse.

"No one will wear this other than my wife! No second copies!" I warned him.

"If I may say so, it's a very beautiful dress, Sir but it's covers too much...."

Just the way I like it. I don't think so I am comfortable with Radhika showing off her peerless beauty. I can't take it! I will go mad with rage if I see men drooling over my property! I will probably take it out on her and I do not wish to hurt her so why even tempt the fate.

"I have to select one more dress for someone else. That's all you have got?! Show me your best stuff!"

"I am sorry, Sir. You called me on such a short notice that I...."

"Show me the pictures, I will choose the one I like."

After another half an hour I selected two dresses from the designs that he showed me and asked him to get those from his boutique as fast as he can. He made a few calls and in an hour, the dresses were right in front of me.

"Leave all your dresses here in case she likes something else." I said.

"Yeah madam should get a chance to choose...."

I wasn't talking about Radhika, I had Sam in my mind when I asked him to leave his dresses here. My sister is as unpredictable as me and I don't want any drama of how you don't let me take my own decisions. I did select two dresses for her but she can wear something else only the condition is that it should not be too revealing.

I know Radhika will love the white gown because if she doesn't then she is stupid because anyone with a good taste in clothes would understand that the white dress outshined every dress that he showed me. I could have asked them both that who amongst them wants the white one but white doesn't suit my sister as a matter of fact. So she will not want it even if she saw it.

After Frank left, I asked one of my man to get rid of the nauseating smell in my office. Did this people empty bottles of perfumes on their stuff?!

"Deliver all these dresses home. Tell Mary, white one in my room and others in my sister's room." I commanded one of my man.

I sat through the presentations with Mark and an hour passed by. I am sure the dresses must have reached home by now so I dialed Sam.

"Hello, big brother! What can I do for you?!"

"Did you get the dresses?!" I asked coming straight to the point.

"Yeah. They are amazing! But I thought Sarika designed our clothes..."

"She is setting sun, Frank is the rising one."

"What are you saying Bhai?! Sarika is synonymous to fashion in the fashion world."

"Then let's say your brother changed it from today."

"What do you mean?!"

"That's not important. I like the pink one and golden one...."

"Bhai! You don't get to select clothes for me! I will wear what I want to wear!"

"Sure. Wear what you want to wear but if it's too revealing then enjoy staying at home tonight." I smirked.

"Bhai...." I hanged up on her not in mood to hear more nonsense.

I went through a two more meetings and was finally ready to head home now as even I need to get ready for the party. I hope the Mrs is up by now, it's already 1 in the afternoon and frankly who sleeps for the half of the day?!

I reached home and as I strode across the hall, I stopped when I saw Mary literally hopping down stairs in heels, carrying a pile of clothes in her hands. What the hell! Why does she have to do all this?!

"Mary!" I raised my voice and she froze in her place on the fourth step, looking as pale as she can.

"What the hell are you doing, jumping around in this heels?! What if you fell off the stairs?!"

"Master, I was just carrying the  clothes to the laundry downstairs."

"You are not supposed to do this. There are others who can do this. I don't want to see you running errands up and down the stairs in those heels. Am I clear?!" I asked her in a warning tone.

"Yes Master." She said with a smile that she tried to hold in but couldn't.

She knows it that I care about her and I don't show it because of the lines I have drawn between us but it doesn't change the fact that I worry about her declining health with her old age. She is my mother's age and she took care of me along with my mother when I was a child.

"Is Radhika up?!" I asked.

"Yes I think she is in Sam's room."

"Take off your heels and wear flats. These are not good for you at this age. " I cautioned.

She nodded with a smile and if I wasn't wrong those were tears in her eyes which she blinked a few times to hold those tears in. I and she both knew why she had tears in her eyes and there was nothing we needed to speak to each other. She had witnessed the change I underwent from the boy who punched her landlord to the man who treated her like any other employee serving in this house but deep down we both knew our relationship was special.

"Tell Radhika to hurry up, I am waiting downstairs and tell Sam we are leaving her here only if she dares to wear something skimpy."

" Yes Master." She affirmed and continued," Master, can I just say you look very handsome and...."

"And how you will like it if I wear something other than black?! Is this what you want to say?!"

"No I was going to say you look happy!" She added genuinely.

I was happy no I was ecstatic and for the first time in my life, I was looking forward to a stupid party! I think I am a person who prefers solitude, I like my own space and I don't like to be disturbed. I hate going to parties earlier it use to be attend, show your face, exchange pleasantries with your allies and subjects and leave the party with a hot chick to fuck her in my apartment.

Never had I had a woman on my arm and introduced her as mine and now I have a woman that I am so proud of. She is my best acquisitions till date as I never thought girls like her even existed even if they did then they would run for hills as I am the kind of man, their parents warned them about!

I gathered my bodyguards to explain them the protocol for today as it was very important for me to ensure the safety of my family.

"Radhika and Sam are your top priority so if there is a choice between me and them you choose them at any cost! I want two men behind Radhika and two men behind Sam in the party also. No fuck ups will be tolerated! If anyone of you goofs up, you know I don't give second chances and you will pay with your life if there is even a slight scratch on their body! Is that understood?!"

They nodded dutifully and I asked them to disperse. I hope that nothing goes wrong today and we enjoy our time there as this is the first time I am taking Radhika out and showing her a glimpse of outside world precisely my world. If she behaves herself then I will even permit her to go out with Sam of course there will be an army of bodyguards to keep them safe. I hope she doesn't drive me mad because I, myself don't know what my anger is capable of!

To be continued.....