04-03-2026, 04:14 PM
Chapter 165 – The Trap & The Chase
Aadharsh sat in the dim back room of an old godown on the city outskirts cigarette smoke curling around his face like a noose. His closest ally stood before him — head bowed — delivering the report.
“They took the wrong woman,” the man said quietly.
“It’s not Mirnaa. It’s her friend — Shiney.”
Aadharsh exhaled a long plume of smoke — eyes narrowing.
Silence stretched — heavy, dangerous.
Then — unexpectedly — he laughed. Low. Cold.
“Okay,” he said. “It’s okay.”
The ally looked up — confused.
Aadharsh crushed the cigarette under his boot.
“Mirnaa and Bharath will come for her.
They have to. She’s too close to them. Do one thing — I don’t wish to see their faces.”
He leaned forward — voice dropping to a whisper.
“Take her to the abandoned mill. Tie her in the yard part — the old loading bay. When the two reach there to take her away… make sure you pull the string. Let the whole structure collapse on them.
The ally nodded — already moving.
Aadharsh leaned back — eyes glinting.
“Let them come.”
Meanwhile — Vikram was tearing through his network like a man possessed.
He sat in his car — parked in a dark alley near Shiney’s apartment — phone pressed to his ear, calling every contact he had left.
Old drivers. Warehouse guards. Even street-level informants who owed him favors.
Nothing.
No trace of the van. No license plate. No witnesses willing to talk.
His hands shook — rage and fear twisting inside him.
Then — his phone buzzed.
Shobi.
Vikram answered — voice tight.
“Tell me you have something.”
Shobi’s voice was calm — too calm.
“I do. Your some one named James had tipped us about Aadharsh’s plan.
Vikram’s breath caught.
“James… what?”
His mind quickly connected “She wanted Shobi and Aadharsh to have a face-off,”
Shobi continued. “i will bring him down. In that way — you stay safe forever.”
Vikram stared at the dashboard — world tilting.
Mirnaa…
He whispered — almost to himself.
“I know it. You love me so much…”
He ended the call — hands trembling — tears burning behind his eyes.
He dialed Swathi.
She answered on the first ring — voice worried.
“Vikram? Where are you?”
He spoke — voice breaking.
“I found out. All of it. Mirnaa… she’s been protecting me. Blocking every move against Aadharsh. Using James to feed false leads.
Tipping Shobi so he’d hit Aadharsh. She wanted him gone — without me getting my hands dirty.
She wanted me out of the business. Clean. Normal.”
Swathi was silent for a long moment.
“Then why… Bharath?”
Vikram’s voice cracked.
“I don’t know. Maybe she needed him — ex-cop, connections. Maybe he’s helping her like a hero. Or maybe… maybe he’s trying to take her forever.”
Swathi’s voice hardened — protective.
“Then fight for it.”
Vikram wiped his eyes — jaw setting.
“I’m going to.”
His phone buzzed again — text from one of his men.
Mirnaa and Bharath on the way to a location to get Shiney. Coordinates attached. The yard is a trap — if you stay there more than 10 mins, it could collapse.
Vikram stared at the screen — heart slamming.
He looked at Swathi’s name on the call log — whispered:
“This time… I’ll recover Shiney.”
He threw the car into gear — tires screeching — engine roaring as he tore through the city streets.
I will be the hero she needs. i will prove my love.. Its my Game, i wont let bharath win this time..
Aadharsh sat in the dim back room of an old godown on the city outskirts cigarette smoke curling around his face like a noose. His closest ally stood before him — head bowed — delivering the report.
“They took the wrong woman,” the man said quietly.
“It’s not Mirnaa. It’s her friend — Shiney.”
Aadharsh exhaled a long plume of smoke — eyes narrowing.
Silence stretched — heavy, dangerous.
Then — unexpectedly — he laughed. Low. Cold.
“Okay,” he said. “It’s okay.”
The ally looked up — confused.
Aadharsh crushed the cigarette under his boot.
“Mirnaa and Bharath will come for her.
They have to. She’s too close to them. Do one thing — I don’t wish to see their faces.”
He leaned forward — voice dropping to a whisper.
“Take her to the abandoned mill. Tie her in the yard part — the old loading bay. When the two reach there to take her away… make sure you pull the string. Let the whole structure collapse on them.
The ally nodded — already moving.
Aadharsh leaned back — eyes glinting.
“Let them come.”
Meanwhile — Vikram was tearing through his network like a man possessed.
He sat in his car — parked in a dark alley near Shiney’s apartment — phone pressed to his ear, calling every contact he had left.
Old drivers. Warehouse guards. Even street-level informants who owed him favors.
Nothing.
No trace of the van. No license plate. No witnesses willing to talk.
His hands shook — rage and fear twisting inside him.
Then — his phone buzzed.
Shobi.
Vikram answered — voice tight.
“Tell me you have something.”
Shobi’s voice was calm — too calm.
“I do. Your some one named James had tipped us about Aadharsh’s plan.
Vikram’s breath caught.
“James… what?”
His mind quickly connected “She wanted Shobi and Aadharsh to have a face-off,”
Shobi continued. “i will bring him down. In that way — you stay safe forever.”
Vikram stared at the dashboard — world tilting.
Mirnaa…
He whispered — almost to himself.
“I know it. You love me so much…”
He ended the call — hands trembling — tears burning behind his eyes.
He dialed Swathi.
She answered on the first ring — voice worried.
“Vikram? Where are you?”
He spoke — voice breaking.
“I found out. All of it. Mirnaa… she’s been protecting me. Blocking every move against Aadharsh. Using James to feed false leads.
Tipping Shobi so he’d hit Aadharsh. She wanted him gone — without me getting my hands dirty.
She wanted me out of the business. Clean. Normal.”
Swathi was silent for a long moment.
“Then why… Bharath?”
Vikram’s voice cracked.
“I don’t know. Maybe she needed him — ex-cop, connections. Maybe he’s helping her like a hero. Or maybe… maybe he’s trying to take her forever.”
Swathi’s voice hardened — protective.
“Then fight for it.”
Vikram wiped his eyes — jaw setting.
“I’m going to.”
His phone buzzed again — text from one of his men.
Mirnaa and Bharath on the way to a location to get Shiney. Coordinates attached. The yard is a trap — if you stay there more than 10 mins, it could collapse.
Vikram stared at the screen — heart slamming.
He looked at Swathi’s name on the call log — whispered:
“This time… I’ll recover Shiney.”
He threw the car into gear — tires screeching — engine roaring as he tore through the city streets.
I will be the hero she needs. i will prove my love.. Its my Game, i wont let bharath win this time..
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