Chapter 6

Next day around 12.00pm ... Tuesday

"Here I am ... sweet Delhi", exclaimed Khushi standing at the Delhi train station. Well the goodbye with the family was a teary one. But she was happy that her wish is coming true, that of living independently. She moves toward the exit.

NK gave her the address of his friend's apartment and told her that she will get the keys from her neighbor. So she hurriedly hires a taxi to go to the apartment, as she got a meeting with ASR after lunch.
She reached the apartment; her neighbor was a sweet lady who gave her the keys. Khushi enters the apartment, it was small but good, with two bedrooms and a small living room joined with open kitchen and a small balcony on the other end. She put her luggage in one of the room. The apartment needs cleaning, she thought, she will do it when she comes back from AR. Right now she just rushed to bathroom, took a warm shower and get ready for the meeting.

She was conscious of what to wear, as she will be meeting with the great Arnav Singh Raizada. She wore a teal blue long skirt with white collar half sleeve shirt. She dried her hair and leave them open and did a little curls at the end. She just put on an eye liner and lip gloss (strawberry ... her favorite flavor), she hardly needs to do the makeup with the flawless beauty of hers. She was feeling hungry, she will have something on her way to AR, also there was no inventory so she made a mental note to buy necessary things on her way back. She checked herself last time in the mirror and then grabs her bag and portfolio folder and went out.

Taxi stopped in front of a huge and wide building. She comes out and stares at the building in awe, it's a 12^th story building, pure white with black tinted big windows, and it had a huge red AR sign at the exact center of the building. There was a brown brick medium wall boundary around it. It had two black steel gates at the either end of the boundary with 6-8 guards on both gate; she went inside through one gate which held open by the guard. There was a small garden on the left side of the building and on the other side of the garden she can clearly see a huge parking lot. On the right side of the building there was a gate for underground parking and another security room beside that. There was a stone pathway going towards the stairs of the building.

She goes towards the main door, two armed guards were also standing there on either side of the door. She opens the double glass door and goes inside. There was security check in, she went to the female one, she hands her bag to the lady to check it and went through the security check in, no beep so the security lady giver her bag back to Khushi and she went ahead.

There was a 24/7 bakery on the left side and straight ahead there was a reception desk. Straight ahead, further behind reception area she could see a bridal shop and some other clothes shop on left side, "what a bridal shop doing in the office building?" she thought, she could see some people doing shopping also. She goes to the reception and asked her about meeting. The receptionist was male; he pointed her towards the elevators on the right side and tells her to go to the 12^th floor. She went in the elevator and press 12.

On the 12^th floor, there was stairs on the left side and huge window on the right, she could see double glass doors in front of her with two arm guards standing on each side. "too much security ... ah well must be required given the big fashion house AR is", she thought and went inside and what she sees left her awestruck.

The office in side was "magnificent". Straight ahead was a reception desk made out of wood logs of dark brown color, behind the receptionist there was a black wall on which AR DESIGNZ was written in silver and under it written "Design and Management Department" in small letters.

Just Imagine AR like this :)

On the right side behind the receptionist there were two long white tables where People were working. On her right side she could see another corridor and a big double glass door at the end of it. On the left side behind the receptionist there was a small library type, she thought, as she can see some book cases and 5, 6 white tables with black chairs and there was a corridor going on left side of her she can see two cabins afar.

Khushi goes towards the receptionist and asked of her meeting. The receptionist dialed a number and asked of her appointment. She then gestures her towards right and asked her to go through the huge double glass door. Khushi goes towards her right, when she was going towards the corridor she could sense men turning towards her and giving her looks. Through the corridor there were huge pictures of models in different attire on the both side of the wall. There was a huge white sofa with black coffee table on the right side and she could see a cabin on her left, "Mr. Roy Bhattia, Law attorney" she read the black plate and could see two man working inside. On the further left side she could see 4, 5 people working on their desk. She walks straight ahead and goes in through the double glass door.

It was a huge hall type, there was cabin on both sides, on the right, "Mr. Aman Mathur, General Manager", she read the black plate. As its door was right in front of her but the cabin on left had a door on other side so she couldn't see the name plate.

Khushi moves towards Aman's cabin as the receptionist told her to meet him, she knocks and after hearing 'come in' she goes in, "Hello Sir, I am Khushi Gupta, from Mumbai branch", she said smilingly.

Aman looked up and saw a very beautiful lady standing in front of him, Aman was awestruck, "this is the designer?", he thought .

"You are the designer from Mumbai branch who designed that lehnga?", asked confused Aman.

"yes sir", replied Khushi.

"Oh oo , you are in trouble Aman, ASR doesn't know that the designer was a lady and that also a very young beautiful one", thought Aman worriedly.

He nods his head and dialed ASR, "ASR, the designer is here" and hearing the reply he put the phone down. "Miss Gupta, please come with me", said Aman and move outside of the cabin.

Khushi follow him. Further ahead there are many cubicles on both left and right side and she could see man and women working, chit chatting a little. She turns around and looks at the cabin which was on the left, "Ms. Lavanya Kashap, HOD Design" Khushi read the plate, she moves ahead. At the end there were stairs going up in round towards right. On the down right side of the stairs there was another cabin. "Mr. Akash Singh Raizada, Managing Director". On the left there was another cabin, slightly bigger one, which read "Meeting Room". Straight ahead, behind the stairs there was a cafeteria, as she could see few people there eating and drinking.

She follows Aman up the stairs. There was another cabin, straight ahead, but it was open from two sides, there was a young lady sitting behind the desk. Khushi looks on her left and see a corridor with doors on both side and further ahead a small lounch and other 2 glass doors. On her right, further ahead was a double black wood door, she could not read the plate as it was not near.

Aman goes towards the lady, "Annie, this is Miss Khushi Gupta, from Mumbai branch, she had a meeting with ASR".

"Hello", Khushi said smilingly and shakes hand with Annie.

"Hello, welcome to AR DESIGNZ", Annie replied too smilingly. With that Aman left. Annie said, "You can go in Miss Gupta, but knock twice before entering".

Khushi nods her head and moves towards right, ten steps and she reached the door.

"Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada, CEO AR DESIGNZ"

she read the plate and gulped, her hand shaking, "This is it Khushi, this is it ... tu dar mut (dont be scared) ... haan .. this is the moment you have been waiting for", she said to herself and knocked twice, her heart beat rising, she opens the door and went inside.

TO BE CONTINUED ...

Note: i know no Arshi and too much of office description in this chapter, but thats how i imagine AR to be and i wanted to share as well ... but from next chapter there will be more of Arshi, i promise 😊

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