Chapter 37: Chapter 37

"Boss, are we going to the nightclub or..." Aiden could not finish his words when Nick instructed him, "To the mansion."

As if he heard wrong, Aiden glanced at Nick. Was he hearing things now? He silently saw Nick get in the car when he was still in a predicament. "Ain't you be getting in?" His voice yanked Aiden out of his fantasy. Shaking his head he quickly trotted to the car.

Even in the car, Aiden was observing Nick. He could feel Nick was somehow odd today. Nick was skeptical for a while, he kept looking at his hand. After staying silent for a while he finally implored Aiden, "Did you... Did you see her today?"

Aiden was sitting still, maybe he heard wrong? Again? Kneading his neck Nick cleared his throat. Aiden glared at Nick with a vague look. "Did you say something? Boss."

But seeing Nick's frigid expression Aiden grinned hesitantly, "Sorry boss. I was..."

"Did you see her today or not?" Nick asked him without letting him finish what Aiden was saying. As if he fell from the sky Aiden was surprised. Nick usually did not care for her and today, he seemed to be worried about her. Aiden answered, "No."

"Fine, do what you were doing." With that Nick closed his eyes, giving him a cold shoulder. Nor Kyle nor Aiden, nobody saw her today? Strange!!! When he wanted to know where she was they did not even know.

Getting off the car Nick sauntered to the grand foyer first. Tonight he was somewhat distinct. He felt a gush of unexplained emotions surge within him, all he wanted was to see her now. In the afternoon he thought Sanaya might go to see him with a lunch box in her hand but...

Flashback

Nick was working on the computer in the afternoon. When someone knocked at the door the corner of his lips curled into a smile, he thought it might be Sanaya. He looked at the door smiling then back at his computer.

He heard the door opening sound, just when he was about to say, "Sanaya..." He was surprised to see an unexpected guest.

As soon he saw her a clear expression of annoyance flashed on his face. "What are you doing here?" With a heavy and serious tone, he asked the woman who closed the door behind her and walked towards him.

"I could not stop missing you. So I am here." Without his permission, she hugged him. Grabbing her hands he tried pushing her away but she sat on his lap quickly before he could be successful.

Nick rubbed his forehead and sighed. "Are you short of money? How much do you need?"

"Money? I need you not money. I could not help missing you in my bed so I had to come here." The woman was still sitting on his lap. Nick had a still gaze at her, was not he going to do something to get rid of her? The woman wrapped her hand around his neck seductively while looking into his eyes. Nick remained silent, observing what she was doing.

Seeing him silent she bit her lower lip and touched his hand. Without moving the eye contact she put his hand on her right breast. "Don't you feel like doing something?" She told him in an alluring tone.

Nick smiled devilishly and brushed his thumb against her cheeks. He kissed her cheeks gently. As if following the dialogues of some stories, he was exactly doing what she wanted.

She smirked while biting her lower lip then touching his hand she moved it under her skirt.

Just like the girl wanted, he moved his hand under her skirt further while keeping his eyes fixed with hers. But the next minute she felt a sharp pain in her neck. To think she was going to get pleasure what she got was exactly the opposite.

As she opened her eyes immediately the view made her shiver. Nick was squeezing her neck when she was lifting in the air. She needed support to live. "Mr. Dav...." Nick squeezed her neck harder and said in an icy like cold voice, "Did not you want me to give you pleasure? I am in then."

She tried to hold his arms, beg him to let her go. Nick pushed her away on the floor ruthlessly and hitting the table angrily he announced, "I have warned you before not to meet me ever again but you don't love your life I guess."

Suddenly seeing him getting a gun out of the drawer she begged him, "It was my fault. I thought we could please each other... Please... I will never do this again. Please don't kill me, Mr. Davis..."

"Only my wife can touch me. If I see you come here ever again, remember that will be the last day you will be seeing this world. Now get lost!" Her expression changed, scared she got up somehow. She left his cabin as soon as she could. Nick called Kyle to come into his cabin immediately.

When Kyle appeared in his cabin he was shocked. Nick was furious. "Boss...."

"What were you doing awhile ago?" He asked Kyle in a cold tone. Keeping his eyes lowered Kyle answered like a little lamb, "I was checking on..."

"On Miss Zinnia." Kyle immediately said nervously, "I am so sorry. I will never do that ever again..."

"I don't care whether you do or not but if I see, just anybody is coming in my cabin in the near future then... You know more than anybody what the result will be." As soon as Nick finished Kyle bowed his head, "I am sorry. I will never let it happen again."

"You can leave now." Kyle walked towards the door to leave but suddenly Nick's question stopped him. "By the way, what is Mrs. Davis doing now?"

Kyle turned to him to answer. But before he would answer Nick coughed, "What will I do with her... Anyway, go and... Go and copy these papers." He handed him some papers. "Ahh I don't know but maybe she went to..." Nick pushed him out of his cabin before he could finish answering him. ".... To make lunch for you..."

Strange! He wanted to know about her but again, he did not. Kyle let out a sigh.

In the mansion, his eyes caught on the dining table where Sanaya usually used to sit and wait for him but today she was not waiting for him anymore. "Little Nick, you are back." Nick nodded his head while still looking at the chair.

"Did Sanaya eat?" He asked Mrs. Elisa.

"No...."

Without hearing her Nick asserted, "I will get freshen up fast and then come down. We will have dinner together tonight." With that, he quickly went upstairs. "But she is... Not yet back..."

Getting freshen up Nick quickly went downstairs. "Hasn't she come down yet?" Seeing Sanaya, not at the dining table, his footsteps stopped. "No, I was going to tell you but you left in a hurry so... Sanaya is not back yet."

"What?" He was surprised. Looking at the wall clock he took his cell phone out of his pocket, "Why did not you tell me earlier?"

He called Sanaya but strange, it was off. "Why her cell phone is off now?" He called again and again hoping that it would be ringing but nothing changed. "What's wrong?" Mrs. Elisa was worried now. Sanaya never came back so late before.

"Find out where did Sanaya go," Nick called Aiden immediately. The more minutes passed the more worried he was for her. Her cell phone was off and she was missing, he started feeling uneasiness in his chest.

From 1 to 2 am, there was no news of her. Nick kept looking at his cell phone constantly, waiting to get a call from them or Sanaya that she had been found safe.

Nick felt cold kissed him in the early morning. As he opened his eyes he saw the sun was peeking through the curtain of the window already. "It's the morning..." He murmured.

But when he saw he got no call he was sad. "Where are you?"

He called Aiden immediately, "Haven't got any news of her?"

"Ahh, she is at Miss Clara's home," Aiden responded. Nick let out a sigh of relief.

"Why did she go there?"

"I don't know about that boss..."

"Could not you tell me this before? What were you waiting for?"

"Sorry boss. Yesterday night my phone was out of battery that's why..."

"Ok ok." Hanging up Nick got up from his armchair. Yesterday he was waiting for her to call him back but she did not and he did not know when did he fell asleep.

Nick got ready slowly as if he was short of energy. Getting ready as he went downstairs Mrs. Elisa asked him concerned, "Did you get to know where is she?"

"She is at her best friend's home." He answered faintly. "Ohh, that's a relief. I was thinking that where did she go all of a sudden! Usually, she comes back home from work but yesterday she did not. I was worried...."

Mrs. Elisa has noticed Nick was somehow not so energetic as other days, he ate and left. This was not usually how he was, what happened to him?

"Is she sad that Sanaya is not here?" Mrs. Elisa wondered.

**

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Sanaya was lying on the bed, her room was messy, she was hugging her teddy and her eyes were closed.

"Sanaya, I am leaving." She could hear Clara's voice but she did not wake up from the bed. It was 11 am when she woke up.

Getting up to the bed she went to brush her teeth. Just then she saw how messy and funny she looked at that time that she even laughed at herself. Kajal under her eyes, lipstick on her face rather than staying on its specific place, her hair was messy and her bindi was at the middle of her forehead but her face. Sanaya chuckled at the reflection of herself in the mirror and let out, "Don't be sad today. At the least not because of him, you will love yourself more from now on. Let's see what can you do... Ok? Fighting! Sanaya! Love you." Saying so she grinned.

After breakfast, Sanaya was playing the guitar, her favorite guitar that she always loved. She was no longer wearing a saree, bindi, bangles, in her Bengali wifey look but she had a baggy t-shirt on and loose jeans, a wedding ring in her hand, and vermilion on her forehead.

"Is she yet not here?" Nick asked Kyle who was standing behind him. As Kyle nodded his head Nick took in a sigh of frustration. Why she was not back to work yet? More like he was not frustrated because she was not back to work but she did not show up since the last time he saw her. Seeing him get up Kyle announced, "That's all for today." And then he followed Nick.

"Boss, you have another meeting with... " Cutting him off Nick asserted, "You go for it."

"Ok. Should I go even if ma'am is here?" Kyle could see the indifferent look in his eyes. With a poker face, Nick responded to him, "If she comes to work tell her to go and see me in my cabin."

Kyle nodded his head. Having his hands in his pocket Nick sighed. Strange! It was already a day and she was not yet here. "Is she so happy to meet her best friend that she forgot she has a husband here?" Nick muttered but it was not unheard by Kyle. He could not help but smile seeing Nick talking to himself when he had a poker face.

It was not yet evening, getting out of his cabin he walked towards the elevator. Kyle was about to ask him where he going or if he should have followed him but seeing Nick in a hurry he did not say anything and just followed him into the elevator.

As he got out of the car Kyle asked him, "Boss, where are we going?"

"To her best friend's house."

"But, it's not yet a day since she went to meet her best friend. Will it be ok if we go to..." Nick's cold gaze made him stop talking. Putting his hand in his pocket he told him in a clear voice, "Why it won't be? Did she forget me? She did not call me back when she knows that I am..."

"You are?" Kyle was waiting for him to say that he was worried about her but damn, Nick just got in the car without finishing his words. Kyle could not wait to see what was going to happen and how would Nick react once he would see Sanaya.