Page 106 of Wicked Trap

Pretending not to hear him, she continued walking purposefully. She knew it was a matter of time that the man at the reception would follow her to ask where she was going.

Before that happened, thankfully, she came across a hallway that had directions written to a board room.

This is it.

“Excuse me, madam. You are not allowed in there.”

She heard the man’s voice and began to run.

“Hey, stop!” the man said in a panic.

She stopped in front of the board room and pushed the door open before slipping inside. There was a presentation going on and men dressed in suits sat around a large oval table. The room was semi-dark, and the men in the room were focusing on the presentation.

“This is an excellent proposition, Mr. Varma. I agree that despite the tight timelines, we should proceed with the mall construction.”

Her heart thudded, knowing she was in the right room. Without further delay, she turned on the lights.

“You can’t be here, madam!” the receptionist burst into the room, joining her.

But as soon as the lights turned on and the panicked voice of the receptionist could be heard, everyone turned to her.

Tanvi’s eyes fell on the man seated at the head of the table giving the presentation. Their eyes met, and her heart jerked to a stop as shock ripped through her.

“Arjun...” she whispered.

For a moment, she thought her mind was playing tricks on her because she missed the man she loved. But when she saw the expression on the man’s face followed by the soft ‘fuck’ he uttered, she knew it was Arjun.

“Excuse me, gentlemen,” he said before further confirming his identity. “I need to speak with my assistant.”

Tanvi didn’t wait to let him explain. She turned and ran out of the board room.

***

Fuck! Bloody fuck!

Aryan didn’t expect things to blow up at the most inconvenient of the times. He was in an urgent meeting with the board members to settle the issue of the construction of the mall when Tanvi burst in.

How the hell did she get in?

He let out a frustrated breath before calling the head of his security.

“Seal all the stairway doors immediately,” he instructed before striding towards the stairs.

Things were going to change drastically now that he could no longer pretend to be her neighbor turned lover. It wasn’t the reunion he had been envisioning when he thought he would surprise Tanvi that night.

Regret pierced him at the thought.

***

Tanvi’s heart thudded as she ran down the stairs. Her vision turned blurry due to tears, but she blinked them away.

He is one of them.

Her mind was numb with shock. She couldn’t think of a single reason why someone would go to the extent of such an elaborate plan to trap her.

Pushing away the shock and hurt that threatened to overpower her, she focused on escaping the place. She stopped at the floor below and scanned her card before trying to pull the door open. But it didn’t work. With trembling hands, she scanned Arjun’s card. It didn’t unlock with that either.

His name is not Arjun.

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