Tainted Love by Maniah (i love reading TXT) 📖

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"Last bite, Gunnu." 

"Mumma no! I am full," Granth whined when Vani tried to feed him. 

"Gunnu, this is the last bite. Cmon, don't whine and eat!" She ordered him strictly. Granth ate it without a single word but he ran out towards Mrityunjay when he saw him coming towards him.

"Daddy…" 

Mrityunjay smiled. "So, is my champ ready for his school?" He asked Granth.

"Yup! See I dressed in my new school uniform. How am I looking, daddy?" 

"Perfect, Now ready for the first day of your new school?" He asked Granth.

"Yup!" 

Vani walked to the father and son duo. "Let's go now, I don't want to get late on my first day."

Mrityunjay frowned. "What do you mean your first day? We are going to drop Granth at his School, where are you going?"

Vani didn't bother with a reply. "Granth, go and pick your school bag," Granth did as he was told. 

"I am asking you something, Vanya!"

Vani crossed her hands to her chest. "It's my Job's first day. I am going there…"

Mrityunjay gritted his jaw in anger. Red was the only colour he was seeing.

 She accepted Shannon's offer! Mrityunjay was in rage thinking that.

"You…" he took a step in her direction, he was furious but before he could say anything his sin came there with a high smile on his face and Mrityunjay halted in his steps. 

Vani smiled. She sat to Granth's level and straightened his crooked collar. "Remember, Granth, in school, I am your teacher, not your mother and you will greet me as one."

"Yes Mumma, I remember. It's like my old school in Shimla, where you were my teacher in school and Mumma at home, right?" 

Vani gave him a high five. "Absolutely right."

Mrityunjay's brows pulled together. "You will teach in Granth's school? That's what your job is?" He asked Vani. 

Vani sighed. "Yes, that's what I have been doing for the past two years, Mr Sehgal. You saw me In that school in Shimla. Now if your questions are over can we please leave, as I said earlier, it's my first day at school and I don't want to be late…" 

Mrityunjay gave her a sharp nod. Again he felt a tug in his chest. He threw the feeling away and nodded at her to walk ahead with Granth.

Mrityunjay was about to leave behind them but his cell phone buzzed. He glanced at the Caller ID and accepted the call immediately. 

"Yes!" 

"I have made the offer but Shannon is being evasive sir."

"Keep persuading her. Make the offer she can't refuse. I don't give a damn how high the offer is, Dhigraj!" 

"I will, Sir."

Mrityunjay ended the call and followed his wife and son. They all sat in the backseat with Granth in between them.

Vani was reading the book on her phone which she bookmarked last night while Mrityunjay was trying to figure her out. 

"Daddy, I want to go to the Waterpark."

Before Vani could raise her eyes, Mrityunjay changed his gaze from her to Granth. "Alright, we can go there at the weekend."

Vani looked at Granth. "If you behave in school well and I get a good report about you from your class teacher. Only then!" 

Granth looked down, his brows pulled together in anger, his little nose scrunched and his lips pinched in a thin line.  

Mrityunjay smiled seeing him in anger. He looked like an angry teddy bear. "Come here champ," Mrityunjay pulled him in his lap.

"Angry?" 

Granth nodded. "Don't be, because you will do best in school. And we will go to the Waterpark, I promise.

Granth's eyes brightened. " promise?" 

Vani was about to speak but Mrityunjay raised his hand to stop her. "Promise. But you have to promise me too that you will do as your Mumma asked you to do." 

"I promise." 

Mrityunjay smiled and high-fived Granth. Vani shook her head and continued reading her book while both father and son kept talking. 

The driver stopped the car a little away from the school as it was ordered by Vani. She didn't want anyone to know her identity as Mrityunjay's wife. She would hide it till she could as she didn't want anyone to behave with her differently. Also, she achieved the job as Vani Kashyap and she wants to keep her identity here without being linked with Mrityunjay.

Mrityunjay helped Granth. Vani stepped out and they both walked to the school which was just at the corner. Mrityunjay saw his son and wife going inside the school. A small smile came to his face, shaking his head as he sat inside the car and left for the office.

On the other hand, Dhigraj called Shannon again to ask about Vanya. He changed his identity as a businessman from New Delhi. 

"Mr Rao, please try to understand that the girl you are asking is unavailable. I can show you the portfolio of many other girls…"

"No, I only want Vanya. Look, miss, money is not an issue. I am ready to pay double or triple the amount you charge for her. But she is the only one I want." 

Shannon's breath was almost hitched. Triple amount! Her eyes bulged hearing the money. 

"Sir,  do you know she is an expensive escort. A really expensive one!"

"How much, name your price?" 

"Thirty million for the agency and thirty million for the girl." Shannon bargained. 

"Done. Now tell me Cash or cheque."

Shannon was amazed. The girl was a money magnet. She could have a successful career in this business.

 There was nothing wrong in trying, she thought but gulped in fear when she recalled last night how Mrityunjay warned her. But the amount was huge and she was ready to take the risk. It's not like she was forcing her, she would just make an offer and how Vani would deal with Mrityunjay was her issue. She would make it certain that her name would not get involved between them.

"I will tell you in the evening," saying that Shannon ended the call.  She needed to contact Vani Asap now! The last time she got the deal done with the help of her friend but this time she didn't want to involve her.