Battle of the Heart between Love and Family

Chapter 27

He already knows how much he means to Karthik and feeling is mutual but hearing from Neha he felt proud . He also understood how much Neha loves Karthik ( glad it is sibling love )

" Thank you Neha . Don't worry we will find solution " Arjun said 

They reached the office . Neha introduced him to everyone . Arjun started to read all the files regarding the deal and rivals not noticing the time . Neha knocked his door 3 times but no response . She slowly opened the door and peeked to find Arjun completely immersed in the files . She smiled seeing his focus . She went and sat in front of him but he didn't even notice her . She grabbed the file from his hand to gain attention .

He looked up to her and said " you startled me . When did you come ? "

" I knocked your door but you didn't respond , I came in 5 minutes back . You didn't even notice me " she said smiling 

" I'm sorry " he said

" Its ok , its 2 :00 pm . Lets go and have lunch . I too didn't notice the time " she said

" You go and have , I found interesting thing and need to look into it to confirm my doubts " he said 

Neha left the room and returned after sometime with 2 trays of food and juice . 

" Lets have lunch here itself . I'm sure you are not going to get out of the room till evening " she said smiling

" Thank you"  he started digging into his food still looking into the file 

Neha took the file from his hands " Eat food , then you can eat the files  "

" How do you know Karthik and when did you start working here . Why are you working here when your company is much bigger than this " he asked 

" His dad and my mom are friends from business . We met in some business party . Initially I thought he is some rich spoilt brat . After knowing him , I learnt he is anything but that . I had to do project work . Mom asked me to work with her or Rohan . I convinced mom that I cant learn there as no one corrects me in her company and Rohan never let me work . Karthik started his company without his dad's help and was rocking . She admires Karthik's talent and accepted when I said I want to work with him" Neha explained 

' Who is Rohan ? Why wont he let her work and she seems to be uncomfortable with him from the way she mention his name ' Arjun thought

" Who is Rohan " he asked 

" His dad is senator and mom's business partner . He looks after his dad's business " She said

" Is it the same family you went for dinner last night " ? he asked . Neha nodded yes thinking how did he guess .

Arjun smiled knowing what she is thinking . ' You are so predictable and your feelings are clearly visible on your face ' Arjun thought

" Why are you so uncomfortable with them " he asked but thought what if she says who am I to ask personal things and mind my own business 

" He is one person I cant stand even a single second . He is a playboy and womanizer . I'm forced to be his friend since my childhood . He..... he.... flirts with me all the time " she said almost crying remembering how he tries to get intimate with her all the time

Arjun clenched his fists hearing her and also understanding her unspoken words . 

" Why didn't you tell your mom about his behavior " he asked controlling his anger

" My mom expects everyone to see from her prospective . According to her he is the best . No point in arguing with her " she said sadly 

Arjun thought he would kill both her mom and Rohan if they were in front of him right now 

" Arjun , please lets not talk about that " she pleaded sensing his anger 

" We can easily solve this problem but before that I want to destroy the company responsible for this . Let me talk to Karthik first " he said changing the topic and called Karthik and put it on speaker 

" How is dad's health " Arjun asked  

" His condition is stable now " Karthik replied 

" From what Neha said , I understood the rival company wants our downfall, not this software . After some research I found something interesting . This small company which stole our software is set up by our rival company few months back under someone else name . Their goal is just to damage our reputation so that all our clients withdraw their investments . 

 What they don't know is , this is my idea and I was the one who actually developed it and I have the actual prototype with me . They thought  they got all the data and erased totally from our system and we cant proceed legally . They are so confident to release it and invested so much money in that . When I developed I wrote a small application which gives me access to all the files as soon as it is opened anywhere . Even though they stole it , I can access all the files from here .

" Guess what we can do ? " Arjun asked mischievously

" Oh my god ! Arjun you are genius . We can sue them and make them bankrupt . They wanted our downfall but it is their end " Karthik said excitedly 

" Actually we should thank Neha . She is the one who gave me idea that there is something fishy and small company couldn't have done that " Arjun said looking at Neha admiringly making her blush .

" You both make great team . You solved it in few hours " Karthik said 

They both looked at each other and lost in each others eyes 

" By the way who is the person behind this " Karthik asked and that's when they both looked away

" I'm 90 % sure it is Mehta company but I need 1 more day to confirm " Arjun said

" What ? Mehta company ? " Karthik and Neha shouted

" Why are you both shocked ?" Arjun asked

" It belongs to Rohan , I just mentioned " Neha replied angrily