Chapter 32

"What is it??" Shreya asked looking up at him.

"I got the information you asked for. The evidence on S corp.'s dirty laundry. Threatening people was nothing new for them. So it was pretty easy. There were so many cases that I am actually surprised why they did not approach Mr. Srinivas and Mr. Sen this time. That apart, there are so many financial frauds that we don't even have to lift a finger… What do I do with these??" Pritham asked getting straight to the point.

"Obviously make it public and forward a copy to the authorities anonymously. I want their shares prices crashing down. Do it overnight… you know through the usual channels… And if my guess is right, someone is helping them from behind. The person is probably straight as a bat. That is why everything illegal stopped. The person should be powerful to be able to influence so many of our clients without using physical violence. That is why it is critical we finish this as soon as possible." Shreya said.

"Yes, boss. I will get on with it." Pritham said.

"Hey, I'm going to go home. Can you come and wake me when you are done. I need to be here when the prices crash." Shreya said and went out. In her state, she did not dare drive. She called Hank one of her bodyguards to drive her home.

"Hank, take me home," Shreya said and laid down on the seat. She is one of those people who did not know how to survive without sleep. She did not need excessive sleep but she really cannot survive much without a minimum couple of hours each day.

Hank parked the car outside her apartment and sat there awkwardly. Shreya was in deep sleep and since he was there beside her for a long time, he knew what kinda hell will await him if he ever woke her up.

Resigned, he got down from the car and hoisted her on his back giving her a piggyback ride. Thankfully she did not wake. Shreya was the most erratic person he had ever seen… Sometimes she will sleep like pig… She will not wake up even if a bomb blasted right beside her and then there were times when she will wake up to someone actually breathing a little too loudly.

Anyways, all the long-time bodyguards knew everything about her and also her tendency to escape from their grasps. Following her is a tough job.

Since he was being careful not to wake her up, he did not hear the camera shuttering from behind him. He carefully laid her on the couch and exited the house.

On the other side of the city, Charan reached his office and sat there dazed.

Ajay came in after attending the meeting and found him like that. He quickly called Kabir with him so as to tease him a bit.

"Look at him all dazed after a lunch date," he exclaimed to Kabir and let out a giggle. The giggle, at last, brought Charan back to earth.

"What are you guys doing here??" Charan asked frowning.

"He called saying, at last, you have lost your nuts" Kabir straightway pushed Ajay under the bus while Ajay snickered.

If it was a normal day, this bantering between the three would have gone on forever. Teasing each other was their favorite pass time. But Charan had things to discuss with these idiots. So he did not bother with what Kabir said but instead reached into his bags and directly stuffed the draft contract into Ajay while giving away the other details of the project to Kabir.

"What is it??" Both of them asked in sync frowning.

"Read," Charan said simply and let them read.

Few minutes of silence passed by and then both of them looked at Charan with their eyes wide open. And then they looked at the papers once again. Then, once again looked at Charan with a shocked expression. The same cycle continued for a couple of times. Then they both looked at each other and then asked in chorus…

"What the hell is this???"

"Duh, it is obviously a job offer for the firm." He said in a matter of fact tone.

"Well, I can see that… but how did you get it??" Kabir asked at last calming down slightly. Ajay now knew why Charan looked so out of it when he came in. The contract had a little too many zeroes in it… no that's not right… the contact had way too many zeroes in it.

"Uh… Ah… I told you right I have a new girlfriend…" Charan voice trailed. He was not particularly hiding her identity… he just did not want to scare them so he did not say her full name to them.

"Yes… Shreya something…" Ajay said giving him a suspicious look. After all, he went to see his girlfriend and came back with such an explosive deal, something felt fishy.

"Ah… em…. Her full name is Shreya… Shreya Srivastav…" Charan said after biting on his tongue several times.

Once it hit them what he was talking about, both reacted instantly.

"What???" Both asked shocked all over again.

"You mean… the Shreya Srivastav???" Ajay asked with his eyes wide open.

"Yup…" Charan said with a slight smile.

It took them a while to come out of the shock. After all who did not know Shreya Srivastav. She was the Princess of the country. She was, after all, the richest person in the country. But because of personal issues, she disappeared from public eyes for years now right after her divorce. But even before that, she was always very low key for a couple of years before her parents died.

She was brought into the spotlight all over again when her parents died and the same repeated itself when she got divorced from her husband Mr. Prasanna. So they could have never thought such a figure will cross paths into their lives in the form of their best friend's girlfriend. That did not even seem within the realm of possibilities.

"Wait… that can't be right… I once saw your girlfriend when she dropped you off. She looked normal. She had a dirty jean and sweats on." Kabir suddenly said.

"Oh… that's her office attire. She goes to the office like that." Charan said rolling his eyes. Well compared to attending a big shot's wedding reception in shredded jeans, going to the office like that seemed less shocking for him but then it was not so for both of his friends. After all, they knew the stigma of dressing up professionally in a corporate environment. They end up treating you like an animal if you are not dressed properly even if you are very smart and talented. SO they just stared at Charan while their jaws dropped touching the floors.