"When was the last time you realized that people can be real sassy sometimes?" He asked with a blank expression on his face.
"Shree quit it already okay? Just because of that one incident the world isn't going to end! Trust me buddy," I reassured him for the millionth time.
Yup that were the after affects of "his" entry today morning. I mean to be honest I had already had this gut feeling on my stomach since previous night that today was going to be chaos and that is how it exactly turned out. Maybe even worse.
9:45 AM ETF Headquarters.
I was in hurry with a coffee mug in one hand and an important case file in the other. I was walking briskly towards Rathore Sir's cabin when my feet slipped on the wet floor and I lost my balance.
I closed my eyes and waited for the pain to come. Just then I felt a pairs of hand catch me by my waist to prevent the fall. I still didn't dare open my eyes.
"You...haven't changed a bit specs!" A husky voice said dripping with a flirtatious tone.
I knew that tone! Alarm bells went of in my head. He was here! Now I was even more scared to open my eyes. But I had to. Can't exactly avoid the devil for long can you?
I slowly opened eyes. And his face was right in front of my eyes with his usual sarcastic smirk. Those blue eyes were still as penetrating and still as deep as the ocean. Surely someone who saw through them (ahem like me?/!) would fall for them instantly...
He still had messy hairstyle, which added to his attractive looks. I mean every girl would swoon over him as he walked by. No doubt. I would have too...but...I know what he really is...
"Do you plan to stay liked this the whole day? I mean I wouldn't mind but you might get in a lot of trouble," he said with the usual flirting tone. But that snapped me out the trance I was in.
"Um...Sorry," I replied in a nervous tone and he let go of me. I avoided eye contact with him and bent down to pick up the file and broken shards of the mugs. The coffee had spilt all over clean floor.
He bent down as well and said with a mocking tone, " Looks like you still need your specs specky! Can't you read the Caution! Wet Floor sign before you came rushing into this corridor?"
He was right. I had missed the Caution sign. But instead I replied, "I was in a hurry. I probably missed it."
"Oh yeah you definitely missed it. Poor janitor now he has to clean the floor once again!" He said referring to the spilt coffee. Stressing particularly on the last two words. I felt guilty but before I could reply to him Rathore sir came into the room and noticing him we both got up.
"Daemon Salvatore Encounter Specialist reporting to duty Sir!" He said in a firm voice.
"Welcome to ETF Daemon. I am Sameer Rathore, ETF Chief" Both men shook hands. By then everyone else had piled in the room as well.
"Team this is Daemon Salvatore our new Encounter specialist. And Daemon this the ETF team, Arjun Suryakant Rawte the second in command, Ayesha Kapoor Ammunition Expert, Sakshi Anand Crime Journalist,..." As soon as Rathore sir said those names Daemon went on to his usual self and did the thing he was good at.
"Hello Ladies...!" He said in a flirtatious tone while looking at Ayesha, and Sakshi. He even winked at them. I face palmed myself in my mind right then. In my peripheral vision I saw Rathore sir flinch at his gesture. OOO! Looks like someone is jealous!
With that Rathore Sir continued with his introduction, "And this is Chandrakant Patil ETF cammondo, Sh..."
"Shreekant Sen the Technical Expert, " he said interrupting Rathore Sir and then he turned towards me, "and Riya Mukherjee Research specialist." He said my name with a wide grin. I just looked at him for a brief second. And then I noticed Shree doing the hangman pose and giggled a little. But I quickly stopped myself before anyone noticed.
"That's...right. But how do you know Shree and Riya and What.the.Heck.Happened.Here?" Rathore sir asked observing the spilt coffee and broken mug.
Before I could justify the situation Daemon butted in, " Oh nothing really..." looking at me with his freaking smirk he said, "We had a little accident."
"And coming back to the first question you asked...I know Shree and Riya from school days. So...wasn't hard to recognize them after so long." He added with a familiar spark in his eyes. Shree looked towards me when he said that and I just gestured him to stay quite for the moment.
"Well then since we all know each other now let's get back to work." Rathore Sir ordered and everyone got back to their respective jobs. Well not exactly everyone...
Daemon and I were still present in the room and I picked up the file from the floor and started to walk away when Daemon called out, " Hey Specky 1! Wait up."
He rushed to my side, "So Research Spcialist huh? Not bad...Not bad at all! And by the way where are your specs and I have seen that Specky 2 still has his on."
I rolled my eyes at his sentence and replied, " Bravo Daemon! You observation skills are very sharp. Now if we are done here may I be excused?" I said with heavy sarcasm.
He let out his usual laugh and moved aside. I grabbed the chance and walked towards the door but I halted in my tracks as I noticed Arjun Sir Standing in the door way.
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To be continued...Hehe. Well how'd you like the new entry? 😉
oh and the colored part is the PRESENT and the black part is the PAST. Just so we are clear hehe.
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Ye Hai Mohabbatein
Mangal Lakshmi
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