She Was Not As UGLY As You Thought

Rishi was feeling to bang his head on some wall. At least he won't have the chance to bear this lady. He felt crying in a corner. To beg someone to take her away from him for sometime. This was the first time he thought like this; to be away from her. He was feeling like to stuff the whole bedsheet in her mouth. She was babbling continuously, until he got some information from her which was of great use.

"So when I returned from the bonfire, I had ordered some juice and hot soup from my room. But instead of that the servant gave me something else. I had asked him if he had mistaken but he told that YOU that means Rishi sir had ordered this for me. He said that these were the local delicacies and YOU wanted me to taste. I was okay with it. So I ate almost half of it and soon felt asleep."

"But....

"AGAIN!! SHUT UP!! Let me continue. Oh! But from there I don't remember annnyything."

'So I was right! She was drugged by someone. Because I was not the one who sent those dishes. Someone has done this under my name. But who is it? Is the palace's staff also involved in this? No, that is impossible. There is no one who can bribe them against me. They too know that I can pay a hefty amount to this hotel. This doesn't seems as any industrial dispute. Aliya is right. There is someone who wants to mentally torture her; who is envious of her. Maybe she is a lady who can't see me spending time with her. Or there someone who likes her but can't see her getting close to me? The question still remains the same. Who is it?"

"Hey! What are you thinking about?"

Aliya distracted Rishi from his train of thoughts. He was fuming with anger. He resolved that he won't leave the person behind all this mess he or she has done. He got up and pacedto open the door. But Aliya blocked his way.

"Move aside!"

"Nope! Where are you going leaving me alone here?"

"To teach those bastards a lesson, whoever did this to you."

Even if if her eyes were still swollen and she was not in a proper state of mind, she could clearly see the anger and a hunger to avenge. Before she calmed him down, she gulped and said

"See Rishi, I know you are angry. But listen to me first."

"What to listen? You will again speak some non-sense."

Hearing this, she scrunched her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes.

"Okay! Say."

"My dad always tells me to be calm in such situations. When we used to watch detective series on t.v, the host always gave tips to let the criminal be in an illusion that he safe from the clutches of police. By the time he is assured that he is out of danger, you should do something so disastrous for him that he won't have the chance to escape."

Rishi found her advise to be worth of paying attention to. He realized that maybe that person wants him to panic or react in anger. By doing so, he will only give him a chance to give a strong counter attack. Moreover, he was deprived of sleep. This will only make him frustrate and make him shoot his own foot.

He saw Aliya swaying again. At first he thought, it is because she was drugged. But that wasn't the case.

"I am sleeepieee....

Saying this much, she fell on Rishi's chest. She was actually sleepy and so was Rishi. This time he had no energy to carry her. His back was also not in a state to lift something heavy. So he somehow dragged her and placed her on the bed he tucked her inside the bed sheet.

He sat on the sofa near the bed. He started to think. He didn't know now what steps he has to take. Neither he knew who was it nor he knew how to catch him or her. But if someone has to plan against Aliya that means it is also against Rishi, though indirectly. So this won't be a task of a single person. And if it is a whole gang, then it will be definitely difficult to identify them. Of course, it is against Aliya and himself. They will surely need a foolproof plan. In that case, he too needs help of a few people

'I know their motive. Now I have to know who are they.'