My Nepenthe

Chapter 59

Few days later,....

"Uncle I had no idea that Ajay would be this careless," Svetlana protested.

"Where did you bring that scumbag from? Did you know that he was planning this?" the voice continued to scold her.

"Not exactly uncle. I know that he planned to trap Arjun and Gauri together but I did not know about the way he would do it."

"If Omkara knows that Gauri was molested and that Ajay is the one responsible for it, he will kill him. I am afraid that the guy will open his mouth when faced with a death threat."

"He assured me that Gauri has not confessed to Omkara of what happened to her uncle."

"How can he be so sure?"

"He said he had an accomplice who heard Gauri and her friends' private chat. It seems they were insisting that she confides in him. So, we can be assured that Omkara doesn't know."

"For now," the voice pointed out.

"It might be very soon that she might tell him and we all might be doomed."

"I understand..."

"No you don't sweety," Girish Goenka insisted.

"We are one step away from destroying the Oberois. We have Shukla with us, we will get the tapes in time and if Gauri is in our favor, there is no stopping our success. We waited so long for this Svetlana, we cannot afford a mistake at this stage."

"Gauri will be in our favor uncle. No matter how much she loves Omkara, if she knows that her husband doubts her, she will leave him. At least I hope that she has some self-respect left in her," Svetlana replied.

"We just got lucky that she didn't yet tell Omkara of the incident. Act fast so that they will be taken by surprise. When is Ajay planning his next step?"

"In a day or two. He is waiting for the right time."

"We don't have time to wait sweety. I cannot keep Siddharth with me for long. Shivaay and Karan are both behind us. We need to hurry up," he said.

"Sure uncle. I will ask Ajay to speed up things," Svetlana assured.

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Anika was ecstatic.

It wasn't everyday that she gets such khidkitood news about her brother in law. A slip of tongue from Jhanvi was all it took for her to land up with the sensational news that Omkara will profess his love for his wife in the most romantic way possible.

"Aren't I a genius Jhanvi maa ji," she said with excitement.

"I named the studio Rikara even before Omkara decided to set it up for his grand day. I have an unmatchable vision. Don't I? The name now suits it beyond point."

Jhanvi shushed her and looked around to see if anybody was in the vicinity.

"Please Anika, this was supposed to be a secret."

"I am sorry. I just can't hold in my happiness. Gauri will finally get to hear the three magical words," she spoke in a hushed whisper.

Jhanvi smiled at Shivaay's wife. She herself couldn't hold her happiness when her son told her of his decision a day ago. That was the very reason that Anika, being the most observative one in the household could tell the visible spring in her steps.

A mere chat of five minutes and she managed to let out Omkara's plan. Her son would be disappointed with her but only if he knows of the slip. So, she pleaded with the wicked daughter in law, to keep the information to herself and not let it out at any cost.