Shreya's eyes remained stagnant for just a few extended minutes before her eyes regained her vigor as she came to a decision. She got up from the couch and strode to the file cabinet on the wall beside her desk.
After looking around for a while, she pulled a file out. She flipped open and took a few pages out and handed the rest over to Pritham and instructed in her every so bossy tone.
"Post this in gossip sights. Remember to pin it to the top searches. And also make copies of the termination order and post them in every department's bulletin board. You will receive them in a while. I want each and every employee to see this… I want them to know the exact consequences of messing up with me," Shreya said and went out without waiting for his reply.
Shreya briskly walked to Anand's office and entered the room without really bothering to knock as always.
"Uncle, ask someone to draw up the order for dismissal of Mithun… I don't want him anywhere near this building after today… And this should help with the other directors." Shreya came straight to point without really batting around the bush. She handed over the pages she had taken out of the file. She did not even have the time or patience to explain anything.
Only after saying that she noticed Akash was actually there too.
Both of them looked at Shreya shocked for a second. Akash more than Anand. After all, Akash was one person who knew how much Shreya had bent her back to accommodate both the ungrateful cousins. Even Susmitha would be still in the company if it had not been for the fact that Susmitha got into trouble when Shreya was not there to cover her back.
But both of them really couldn't do much except to watch it from the sidelines helplessly all this while. So, after seeing all that, this sentence would obviously send a shock wave in their senses. But Shreya did not really give them the time to slowly understand the situation.
Seeing Akash, she just instructed all over again.
"Good, you are here too. Put out a word. Nobody ever hires Mithun or Susmitha in their companies if they want to work with us…" She then turned and walked back out.
"We are blacklisting them?" Akash asked doubtfully looking at her retreating figure. After all, this change was too sudden to comprehend.
Shreya did not really even bother turning around. She just said a straight forward, "Yes… we are… now get to work. If he makes noise about it, I want to sue him for this. So, send a copy of it to Harshad," And left behind dumbfounded men.
Both the men looked through the pages curiously.
"Damn! You are telling me Shreya had this with her all this time!?" Akash exclaimed surprised.
It was evidence against the embezzlement of company funds and other financial frauds committed by Mithun. Knowing, Shreya, she had probably compensated the company for it a long time back but still kept the evidence to use them at times of need like now.
Anand took a minute before asking, "What the hell did they do this time?"
"Whatever it is, too bad for them, Shreya did not like it…" Akash answered his dad and got up from his place.
"You draft the order, I will go find out what hell they had provoked this time…" Akash said as he walked out of his dad's office. He noticed that Shreya had actually walked towards the elevators.
First, when he passed Anne's office, he peeked in to see both Madhu and Anne working furiously.
He entered after a knock and asked, "What happened?"
Both the ladies did not even bother pulling up their heads to look at him.
"No idea, actually. All I know was, Shreya suddenly popped up when we were having our lunch and asked to call an emergency meeting of all the heads of the departments in half an hour with mandatory attendance. Now, go away Akash, I still have a lot to do and from the looks of it, Shreya is already on her way to the meeting room." Madhu said swinging her hands dismissively at Akash.
Akash looked at her for a minute before walking out without adding another word seeing as Madhu was extremely busy.
Just as he closed the doors, he noticed the voices in Shreya's office in spite of Shreya walking in the straight opposite direction.
When he walked into Shreya's office, he found Pritham and Srinivas reading something sitting on the couch.
"What the hell happened?" He asked the same question all over again. After all, he had been discussing somethings with Anand when it was posted and the photo itself stayed only for a matter of minutes. So, there was no way he could know what was happening.
Pritham looked up.
"Why is Shreya suddenly screwing over Mithun?" Akash asked before Pritham could even open the mouth.
Pritham did not bother explaining. He once again pulled out his tablet and handed him over the screenshots of the original post he had taken.
"No wonder Shreya seem so pissed." Akash acknowledged after seeing the photo. He could clearly see the miseries in Mithun's future.
"What is she planning?" Akash asked looking at Pritham.
Srinivas extended the files in his possession. Akash flipped through it skimming over the pages.
You have to understand, Mithun is as snobbish a person as one can get. He regards his own status and image above all. He has a clean image as the eldest male member of the family. He would even let people speculate that one day he would become the heir to the company and that Shreya is just a figurehead and that without him, she would be nothing.
And in order to maintain that image and the status he claims outside, he actually spends a lot. Between entertaining clients to showing off his cars… his spending is as high as it can get. But after losing the shares in Sri corp., between the capital to start a new company for his dad and his salary… his expenses could hardly be met.
Shreya had proof of his debt outside… from how many months they had been outstanding to how much mortgage he had taken, she had doc.u.ments for everything. He is practically drowning in debt.
But the highlight of it all is that he actually had a family outside. A second wife and a son. He had hidden it well, but it was a piece of cake to find out for Shreya. And she had. She had pictures of both the families taken with him on the same days at different places.
Since both of his wives were just as snobbish as him and since taking a loan was not exactly a crime, she had just kept it a secret for then. But now that it was out…
Shreya really knew where to hit and how to hit. If this comes out, Mithun will be done. The so-called image and the status he had maintained so far will hit a rock bottom when she is done with him. On top of it, since she was firing him- even his claims of how Shreya looks up to him will also become redundant. He won't be able to show his face to the public.
And since he and Susmitha like partying so much and also likes to show off, they are very famous with the media outlets, unlike Shreya or Akash. Shreya and Akash barely come in front of the media, so only very few people recognize them outside of the business circle. Even though 'Srivastav' itself is a name that every household recognizes, nobody knows anything more to add to it.
At least, that was the case until Susmitha exposed Shreya with her photo, name, and identity.
"I can already see his colorful future! He is going to be trashed like a ragged doll between his wives. And the media is going to have a field day." Akash commented.
"Between his impending divorce and his debt, I think he would have to apply for bankruptcy very soon…" Pritham pitched in.
"Forget about bankruptcy, between his two wives, I am afraid he would end up in a mental institution in no time!" Akash replied sarcastically looking at his wives' information.
"Not just his image, don't you think even the company image will get a hit if this gets out…?" Srinivas pitched in for the first time drawing the attention of the others.
"He is getting fired today. More like now… Shreya is probably there screwing him over at his office. Once the company makes the official announcements, the company as such shouldn't have much blowbacks." Akash explained.
"Where is Shreya?" Srinivas asked at last. After all, given the situation, he was not sure Shreya would have the patience to actually call him if she wanted to go out.
"Ask Anne. Shreya had ordered an emergency meeting. She is probably there now…" Akash answered going back to do his work while Srinivas went to Anne's office.