11 Chapter 10

"How do you know they really were terrorists? They could be burglars"

Rupert said as he was helping Mitch with the stitches at the back of his head where the second attacker had hit him with a fire extinguisher cylinder.

"Because it was as if they were waiting for us to come at the apartment so they could have the opportunity to attack us. I'm sure these were Sayyed's men" Mitch explained

"So it means Shaikh told him we were here" Rupert said

"You know I don't think Shaikh is involved in any of this. I think he is just being framed" Mitch said

"Do you seriously believe that?" Rupert exclaimed

"Well I'm not sure about it, which is why we need to talk to him again" Mitch said as he grabbed a beer after he finished cleaning his wounds

"How are we going to talk to him? He clearly said to ask Aayat for whatever info we need on him" Rupert said as he also grabbed a beer and sat next to Mitch on the couch

"So we are going to get Aayat to get him to talk to us", Mitch said

"Ahh great again Aayat" Rupert rolled his eyes and continued "You know she's going to figure out that we are just using her for info on Shaikh. Soon, she'll be suspicious."

"Who said we are using her?" Mitch said in disbelief "I don't know about you but I'm definitely not using her for Shaikh"

Rupert snorted, "of course you're not"

"And just to make sure that she doesn't assume that, we're going to the mall tomorrow" Mitch

"Why the mall?" Rupert asked, surprised now

"You'll see" Mitch said as he finished his beer and went to bed

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"So why are we here again?" Rupert asked

They were at Istanbul Cehavir Mall, inside Zara, looking through ladies dresses. It was more like Mitch looking through ladies dresses and Rupert complaining and groaning behind him.

Mitch finally picked out a red tight dress and showed it to Rupert "What do you think?", he asked

Rupert looked at him as if he grew three heads "What are you going to do with this dress?"

Mitch gave him his "are you for real" look and said "Its not for me dumbass, it's a gift for Aayat."

"And may I ask why are you giving this gift to her?" Rupert asked, giving his best bitchy face

"It's a way of saying thank you for everything she did to help us regarding Shaikh" Mitch replied

"I don't think you have ever used the three golden words sorry, please and thank you in your life. Since when have you started thanking people Rapp" Rupert asked

"Grant this mission is different, it requires me to say thank you. You said it yourself last night, we don't want her to think we are just using her to get info on Shaikh and raise any suspicion." Mitch explained patiently

Rupert just frowned at him.

"Now tell me what do you think of this dress", Mitch asked again

Rupert studied the dress carefully before saying "Don't you think it's too personal"

Mitch narrowed his eyes in confusion, "Personal?"

"Yeah, I mean do you really know her well enough to gift her this dress", Rupert stated

Mitch tried to make sense of what Rupert was saying "Come on, I'm giving her a dress, not taking it off of her"

"I still think the dress is not a good idea Rapp"

Mitch sighed, kept the dress back on the rack and walked out of the store.

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They were now at a flower shop. Mitch was inhaling the scent of different kinds of flowers while Rupert was just standing there with a bored expression. Mitch took a bouquet of roses and inhaled its scent, before shoving it up to Rupert's face and silently asking him to smell it. Rupert pushed the roses away and started sneezing while Mitch just stood there with an amused look on his face.

After Rupert stopped sneezing, he turned around and gave Mitch an annoyed look. Mitch gave back the bouquet of roses to the florist and exited from the shop with the same amused look on his face. Two hours later, they finally found the perfect gift (according to Mitch) and were now leaving the mall.

"Rapp, have you ever bought a gift for a girl before?"

"I have"

"Let me rephrase my question, have you ever spent two hours in a mall looking for a perfect gift for a girl before?" Rupert asked

Mitch simply said "Nope"

"Then what are you up to man?" Rupert asked

Mitch looked at Rupert "What? Look for this mission, it is really important to woo Aayat"

Rupert chuckled which caused Mitch to frown

"What?" Mitch asked

"It's just you say that you want to woo Aayat but I feel like you're the one getting wooed here Rapp"

Mitch didn't say anything. He thought about what Rupert had just said as they silently left the mall.