Ragini was cooking in the kitchen when her phone rang.

"Maa, please could you bring my phone from the sofa? I'm busy in the kitchen."

"Wait a minute."

Ragini rolled her eyes and switched off the gas to see who was calling. She got shocked seeing the caller ID.

Agar maa ne dekh liya to phir se unhe pareshaan karegi.

She rushed to wash her hands.

"Maa, there's no need for you to come. I'll receive the call."

Just then her mom arrived and saw her phone. Before Ragini could reach, she accepted the call.

"Hi, Siddhant. How are you?"

"I'm fine. Is Ragini there?"

Janki raised her eyebrows.

"Oh... To aag dono taraf lagi hai." She mumbled.

"Did you say something, aunty?"

"Here I'm talking to you and you are asking about Ragini. And Ragini was also rushing to receive your call."

"Maa, don't start again. He must have called to discuss about the case."

"Actually aunty, I called to discuss about the case."

Ragini now snatched the phone. Janki mumbled in her ear.

"Vaise tum to abhi se uske man ki baat samajne lagi ho...."

"Ragini, I need to discuss with you about tomorrow's hearing at the court. So where should we meet?"

"There is a nice coffee shop near my house. Will it be convenient for you?"

"Sure, I'll be there in an hour."

"Okay."

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Coffee shop.....

"A latte for mam and a plain coffee for me."

"How do you know that I love latte?"

"I'm working on your case so I need to know everything about you and your background."

"Oh. Yeah."

Siddhant was explaining Ragini about what to speak and how to answer the questions being asked to her. But Ragini was busy staring at him.

Kaun manega ki ye koi Supermodel nahi balki ek Lawyer hai.

Siddhant was busy seeing his files.

"Thanks for the compliment. I know that most of the people think that I should have been a model."

Ise kaise pata ki main... Kahi main bol...

"Maine kuch nahi suna, Ragini. I know that you are staring at me from past few minutes and I can very well predict what you must be thinking."

Ragini gets flustered.

"Don't worry. I have this effect on girls. Mahadev... kisi ko itna handsome na banaye...."

Siddhant turns towards Ragini and both start laughing.

Just then Siddhant gets a call and he excuses himself.

"Who he must be talking to, that he can't talk in front of me? Must be his girlfriend."

Siddhant comes.

"Okay. So are you prepared for tommorow? You don't need to worry much. Just speak to the point and I'll take care of the rest."

"So when are you going to introduce me to her?"

"Who? The opposition lawyer?"

"The one you were talking to now. Your girlfriend. We are friends, remember."

"Which one do you want to meet?"

Ragini was astonished. Siddhant let out a chuckle.

"Actually I refer all the lawyers as my girlfriends and the judges as my sasurji."

RagSid started laughing. Everyone in the coffee shop was staring at them but they were lost in their own world.

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Court....

The hearing finished and the result was in favour of Ragini. It was decided that MM films would give credit to Ragini for the song with a compensation of 20 lakh rupees. Everyone was dispersing from the court.

Maya was standing with her lawyer and Rajat.

"Rajat, get the firing letter of Mr. Basu ready and we need a new legal head for our company."

Ye to gaya... Siddhant thought to himself

Maya's eyes fell on Siddhant.

"I need to talk to you."

Siddhant first looked beside himself to make sure that she is referring to him.

"Mr. Siddhant Sinha. I am talking to you."

Maya went inside a room and Siddhant followed her.

"You must be very brave to actually fight a case against MM films and then win it. I'm impressed."

"Thank you ma'am. I know only winning. I don't like losing."

"Good to see that you don't like losing just like me. And therefore I want to appoint you as the legal head of MM films."

Siddhant gave a proud smile.

"If you have any second thoughts then you..."

"I accept this offer and would love to be associated with MM films."

"Good choice. Okay then I'll leave. Office starts at 9 am tomorrow."

SidYa have a handshake and Maya leaves. Sweety, Siddhant's assistant, approached him.

"Siddhant, accha hua ki Ragini pehle hi nikal gayi. A bunch of media has gathered outside waiting to cover the case story and the situation is not at all looking good. We know how this media is...."

"Maya......."

Siddhant runs outside the room towards Maya. He shouts her name but Maya was too close to exiting the premises. Siddhant rushes in a hurry and grabs Maya towards the other side. They both stumble and fall on the floor.

"Are you fine?"

Sweety reached near Siddhant.

"Siddhant, Kya hua aap...... Ohhh... Sorry... Looks like you are busy..."

SidYa part away from each other.

"Maya, there's this back door. You can use it. The media interaction is not good for you. It will worsen the situation."

Maya nods and Siddhant leads her towards the exit from the back side avoiding the media. He makes her sit in her car and then left. Maya kept on staring at the departing figure of Siddhant. She was feeling something. An emotion which she never felt before.

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Maya's house.....

Maya was smiling to herself thinking how Siddhant protected her from facing the media. No one ever cared for her like this. She was feeling secure at that moment being with Siddhant. She mentally slapped herself when she remembered that she didn't thank him. She called him. But after a ring she cut the call realising that it was late night and not the right time to call someone.

Maya's phone started ringing and it was Siddhant who was calling.

Maya bit her lip.

"Pata nahi wo kya soch raha hoga mere bare mein?"

She received the call.

"Sorry, for calling you at this hour of time. Did I disturb you?"

"Not at all. What do want to talk about?"

"Thank you for today. What you did for me at the court. "

"Please don't mention it. We have to work together. Let's keep these sorries and thank yous aside."

Maya smiled a bit.

"So Maya can smile."

"How do you know that I..."

"Sixth sense."

"Okay bye. See you tomorrow."

Maya was happy. She went towards her backyard. She walked near the cactus and saw a bud.

"Looks like a flower is about to bloom on this cactus."

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