Chapter 1

Chapter 1:

Geet and the Beast

 

Geet was mad. Her best friend cum sister was crying again and she had had enough. How dare this boss of hers yell at her for HIS incompetence? She will show him. No one messes with Geet's friend.

Saying this she grabbed her purse, put on her glasses and left for Khurana Constructions. She had heard many tales about the MD of KC most of which agreed on him being mean, arrogant, rude and unbearably hot tempered. He was also supposed to be the living image of a Greek god but this did not interest Geet in any way.

She entered the building, presses the button for the 9^th floor and waited for the door to open. The sight that welcomed her was shocking. The hallway was a mess. Paper and files lay around on the floor, people were scared, some were crying and one seemed to have fainted. She spotted Meera who was talking to on of her male colleague, sobbing.

"What on earth is going on here?" Geet asked Meera who was terrified seeing her friend here.

"Geet, OMG. Go home, my boss is in a terrible mood, if he sees you here he is going to freak even more."

"Why?"

Meera rolled her eyes and said:

"He doesn't need a reason. He is in a bad mood and that means even a fly can make him burst." The man next to her laughed. 🤓 It was in all means a nerdish laughter.

"Adi sir, stop laughing and start thinking. If we can't find the file in an hour we are so dead."

Geet had enough. This was pathetic. "CHUUUP" she screamed. The hallway fell silent. Everyone looked horrified at her. No one, absolutely no one had dared to raise his or her voice in KC, forget about screaming. And this girl just… they all silently prayed for Geet as they knew what was coming next. A door burst open and out he came. Tall, well built and well dressed he advanced the crowd. Then he stood right in front of her, his face radiating anger, his finger pointed towards her and his teeth gritting. "How dare you. Who gave you permission to yell in my office?" he said in a low and very threatening way that would have caused heart failure in even the fittest person. But he was talking to Geet who seemed to be born with an antibody to anger and hence was not at all affected. "I am Geet and I don't need permission. I can't think straight in noisy places and this situation here is just pathetic. If you wouldn't frighten these people but show them some respect they wouldn't make so many mistakes and" she continued as she remembered her primary reason for coming here. "How dare YOU yell at my friend? If you can't find a file, then stop putting the blame on others." Geet had started calmly and ended with one hand on her hip and poking one finger on the chest of the MD. He was taken aback. No one in his lifetime had been ever so unaffected by his anger. True all reacted differently, some only very little (thinking about his Dadima). But this girl, she is not only unaffected but also has the audacity to poke me into my chest. His anger started to return. Meera, who was amongst the audience watching this showdown closed her eyes after seeing the anger back on her bosses face. 'Red roses, yes. They are Geet's favourite. I will get some for her grave which she just dug herself' she thought.

The MD took another step forward and was just an inch away from Geet. He was about to say something when Geet held him by his broad shoulders and took two steps back. "You will get glasses if you come any closer. Haven't you been told? Getting too close to something can seriously damage eye sight and can further cause you getting specs. Not that I mind but I don't think it will go with you image. You know, you being angry young man and then the glasses. Though you could get contact lenses but they are a pain to put on and an even bigger pain if you forget to take them out. My friend had some ones and can you believe it the got stuck…" Geet rambled on.

 

"MK, what is going on here?" Geet was interrupted by a young lady who was wearing a mini dress revealing more than she should. Her face was plastered with tonnes of make-up and fake concern.

MK, who again was taken aback by Geet's actions, had come back to his senses ready to blow a fuse when Adi sir quickly said: "Sasha, we cannot find the Chopra project file." He hoped his boss would spare Geet. This was the first time someone had stood up to his boss and showed no fear. She indeed was special.

"Yes, I have it here" Sasha replied waving the file in the air.

"And why can't you call and inform the office about it? We turned the office upside down to find it and now you are telling me you had it all along? Give it to me, clean up the mess and inform me immediately when the clients arrive." With this he turned around and returned to his office. Meera was quick to pull Geet away so her boss' attention would stay away from her. This might just be a possibility for her to stay alive.

After a moment of silence there was a sigh of relief from everyone and out of habit Adi sir started his trade mark laughter. He quickly stopped though seeing the look on Sasha's face. Everyone disperse and Meera convinced Geet to go home. She was reluctant as she still wasn't done with her boss but she gave in to Meera's plea.

 

Adi was excited. After the meeting he quickly called Dadima.

"Hello, Nakul?" Adi said.

"Nahin hum Savitry Devi bat kar rahe hain" a proud but calm voice replied.

"Hello Dadima, hum Adi bol rahe hai. Aap kaisi hain?"

"Hum theek hain. Bolo kya hua?"

Adi narrated the entire story to Dadima and she was overjoyed.

"Sach Adi, ab to hume is ladki se mila hoga. Aap pata kije wo kaun hain aur kya karti hain lekin kisi ko yeh mat batana ke humne poocha."

"Theek hai, main phone rakta hu Maan sir ajaenge."