Chapter 17
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"Hai re Nk, who is that? Payalia? Kusi? You guys just left a few minutes back, what happened? Did u forget something in the house?" Madhumathi was surprised seeing the girls at the doorstep just after sending them to the office.
"Yes, Khushi's commonsense" Payal retorted and moved into the room to change her clothes, due to the fall from the bike, the dress had few mud stains.
"Aei? What happened? What did Sanka Devi do now?"
"It's all because of you Buaji if you haven't blackmailed us to visit the temple before going to the office stating that it is an auspicious day, all this would have not happened." Khushi too joined Payal to change.
"Now I'm the one who has to be blamed? Hai re NK"
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"Ok, I accept I too was at fault."
Payal messaged Akash stating that she would be delayed in reaching office and sent a message from Khushi's phone to HR asking for granting her a leave the reason being her ill-health. Once the information is passed on, she stood waiting for Khushi to speak on her stunt on the road.
"Is it?" Payal said raising an eyebrow with a serious look on her face.
"Ok fine, it was solely my mistake, as it was getting late for the office I had to take a wrong route and this happened only because of Buaji."
"Ok, I shouldn't have looked back while driving, fine?" When Payal still was not satisfied with her answer, she had to finally take the blame on her.
"Good, What about the fight with ASR?" Payal was not the one to give up so easily looking at Khushi's pouting face or silly expressions.
"Jiji didn't you hear what he spoke or are you not aware of my work pressure in the office?"
"Is that a place, way to discuss your work woes with your boss Khushi?"
"There was this headache since morning and when I saw him ..." she left unfinished, now when she looks back they are not any valid reasons to engage in a fight with him at least not at that place.
"Have you mentioned about your work pressure to him?"
"No, but you have seen him right? he is always busy in one or the other meetings, when should I speak to him over this?"
"Khushi, he owns the company, he ought to be busy if he wants to run it successfully in the coming years, If I'm not wrong, ASR would be working in the office even before we start our day at the office and he is the last person to leave too, so when he is spending most of the time in AR didn't you find a single moment to speak to him over this? He can't allot a particular time to you when you can go and speak you need to adjust, you could have managed to go early or should have spoken after your working hours are done"
"I agree all this is true, but doesn't he know that he is overburdening me with the work? with Aman gone way before then the mentioned time, it has become a hell lot exhausting"
"Who is the one who is suffering here?"
"Me"
"Then you are the one who needs to look for a solution, it is not our father's business here Khushi where everyone will look for your comfort zone and moods and work according to it, here you are not the daughter of the owner but an employee if you are not changing your behavior according to the place and situation it is hard for you to sustain here, tell me if you want to go back to Lucknow" with that Payal walked away leaving her sister to ponder on her words.
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"Bhai? All okay? What is this video on airing on TV? You and Gupta's fighting on the road?"
"What the..." he was just back completing the conference call when Akash barged into his cabin with a chain of questions.
He switched on the TV and saw that it was indeed the fight which happened that day morning airing on all channels, that is where being a celebrity would cost you, you can't even roam freely in your own city. This is the last topic through which he wants himself to be associated with and be on the news headlines.
"Akash, details later, handle this issue before it affects AR"
"Our team is already working on it Bhai, but Bhai there is one more thing I need to speak to you, don't you think Khushi is overloaded with the work? She is new to all this and top of that you are busy too right now to help"
"Akash, I know she is new to this, but no one is born with the experience before, she never came to me saying she needs help, I would see until the probation is completed, if she is not coping up then maybe she needs to leave."
Arnav knew he was not completely right to select Khushi for the post as she lacks the experience which is required to handle this type of work and pressure. When she gate crashed into his show, she didn't cry asking to let go of but dared him to prove her wrong by providing him her details, a solution was needed when you are in crisis, no one cares for your tears, you need to fight for yourself. She has the attitude to prove herself worth for any challenge thrown her way, didn't she prove it to him when he gave her silly tasks, in this world there would be many situations where you feel that it is a complete downfall for you but you need to be patient to pass through it to face the success.
Why is giving her a chance in the first place when she is no one to him, he is not sure if he wants to know if she is what she is portraying in all levels or he wants to crush the bubble she is living in and say that this world is not that happy place she assumes it to be? he is not sure. Why does he want to do this? he is not sure.
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The next day Arnav saw that Khushi was waiting for him in the cabin, he checked his watch it was close to 10 pm, he had overseas calls, so he is delayed but he was sure everyone has left. He turned his attention towards Akash's cabin, the door was open and he can see Payal and Akash working. So she is waiting for her sister, but why wait in his cabin? she could wait in the lobby or in her cabin as well.
"Ms. Gupta, MS. GUPTA?" he had to call multiple times raising his voice as she dozed off on the desk, her right hand supporting her head to rest. He moved a bit forward and touched her shoulder as she is not responding to his calls.
"AAH.."
Khushi thought back on Payal's words and understood where the actual problem lies, she is not the one to leave without a proper fight, she understood her relation with Arnav is not smooth as it is with her sister and Akash because of communication Gap between her and Arnav.
The first step in resolving her problem would be to speak to Arnav himself so she sat waiting for him in his cabin, as she sat waiting she thought about the reason why she is not same with Arnav as she is with everyone else? Instead, it has to be a bit brighter and lively as compared to others because he was her crush after all so why is it that their relation even as an employee-employer a downfall and not a normal or progressive one? She always had an image of Arnav as a sweet loving caring person which is a complete opposite of his real self and she is disappointed with this fact so she is showing her disappointment in this way? Oh God! what was she even thinking while behaving like that?
She didn't know when she fell asleep thinking all this, so when suddenly she heard her name being shouted near to her ears and something warm touching she jerked from her seat. With Khushi's swift move the rotating chair on which she sat moved back making her lose balance and hitting Arnav's leg who is standing just beside her. Khushi tried to balance herself from hitting the ground by holding Arnav's extended hand by which he wanted to wake her up and in the process, his watch got struck to her dupatta she was wearing. With the abrupt movement from Khushi and Arnav who was trying to get hold of what has actually happened in a split of second by moving away from the table Khushi's dupatta tore half way.
"WAIT" he shouted before there can be some more mess created in his cabin.
Precap- Arshi have a talk, Payash have an argument
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