Things had almost settled down by then with everyone. Things were getting back to normal.

In two days, the court will deliver the final verdict. The whole process has been pretty transparent so far. Shreya and her people had been keeping a pretty tight watch on the process from behind the back to make sure there were no mishaps happening.

But none of them came to the front row to claim the credit. The whole thing had passed on as the Intelligence sting operation taken by the Central Bureau under the direct orders from the current Prime Minister in order to catch his real killer and to complete his final mission.

Yash- the Prime Minister had gained a lot of recognition. But the actual proceedings of the whole case will be revealed in the final trial with the verdict. All the trials that had happened before were closed trials that had happened in secret to be able to reduce the risks. After all, the people involved in the trial are not small people. It cannot be predicted what they would end up doing in order to get out.

So, only the lawyers had been allowed access to the people.. no visitations and of course, no bails.

There were about 89 people who had been found to have committed serious crimes through the syndicate and most of them were rich corporate heads from different parts of the country. There were a lot more people who were on the list but the things they had commissioned for were less severe.

And as far as the ground people were concerned, they never got the comprehensive list just yet. Naren had not been very cooperative. But after filtering through the company records, Malini had shortlisted about 1000 names who were getting paid without actually working for the company in any of the legitimate departments.

Most were taken for questioning and half of them claimed they were threatened in one way or another. Those of whom could provide evidence were let go.. for the rest, they had been trying to get enough evidence against them to charge them.

Because of all this, the whole judicial system of the country had been hectic and the whole financial environment had been refurbished.

There were many businessmen who had been caught because they wanted to cover up their kid's crimes. So, that kind left them with no heir to succeed them. There were many company's who had to file for bankruptcy because they couldn't hold up to the negative news of the storm.

Shreya took over many such companies and left the management to their own employees instead of going to find any outsiders. She does not have the manpower to manage so much anyways. Her people were set to delegate and observe only.

Because of her move and her financial inputs, the economy did not fall. The number of people who had lost their jobs was relatively less.. amongst them, most of them were top-level management people who had some or other problems with their conduct over the years. Shreya couldn't be bothered about them.

After a long day, Shreya couldn't be bothered to even lift a finger now.

Just then, someone knocked on her doors. It was pretty late, so Shreya unconsciously said come in and looked up curiously who it was.

After all, Charan was not going to be here today.. he was out on a business trip. He was out of the city for the weekend to Shreya's utter annoyance.

Zeenath walked inside. Usually, she wouldn't bother knocking on Shreya's doors.. but one time she had walked in on Charan and Shreya making out. From then on, she decided to take the extra mile to avoid future embarrassments.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be going out and having fun with Srinivas by now?" Shreya asked confused seeing Zeenath walking into her office.

Since there was no more imminent threat, Srinivas had stopped following her around. He had split some work with Zack and had been busy with other things.

She also heard there was some progress between him and Zeenath through Prithum. So, she couldn't help but tease her a bit.

After all, it was well past midnight.

"He is busy today!" Zeenath said pouting. She did not shy away from answering but then there was no reason for either, yet. They barely shared a couple of dinners together. Nothing more.

"I was instructed to get this to you!!" Zeenath said sarcastically handing over the food. Of course, Srinivas was the one who instructed her.

Until he was around, he made it a point to keep Shreya fed. But without him, if Charan was not around, Shreya still ends up skipping her meals more often than not.

"Why do I smell something burning suddenly??" Shreya asked taking the food and smiled brightly at Zeenath.

"Oh, please. There is nothing going on between me and Srinivas!!" Zeenath said defending herself.

"I did not say anything. I just thought the food might be slightly burnt!! Where did I say there was something between you and him?" Nobody can beat Shreya in playing dumb.

"Just shut up and eat, will you? I have to text him after seeing you finish everything!!" Zeenath said annoyed and sat on the couch with her legs hoisted on the tea table in front of her.

Shreya sat beside her and started munching on the food.

"You might as well tell what is on your mind!! Anyways, that is why you are here in the first place!" Shreya said in between bites seeing Zeenath biting her lips vigorously. Shreya could tell Zeenath has something to talk to her with just a glance.

"Why do you know me so much?" Zeenath grumbled frustrated. Even though she was trying to let people in, she still gets annoyed when people saw right through her.