As I walked around the corner of the street rubbing my palms hugging my sweater closer to my body frantically trying to get some warmth in the chilling months of Canada... The best time about winters is the time when it gets over... Yeah you heard me... I just hate winters...
As I kept walking from the streets I could see my life in a panaroma... After completing my high school from Mumbai I moved to Canada and completed by graduation and MBA... I had a life which any average girl would die for... Good academic results , rich family who provided me with all the luxuries before I could even ask for... But I completely believed that using your parents money for the necessities is acceptable but using them for luxury is not... So I work in the caf across my apartment as a receptionist as a part time job before I get a full time in a good company...
I was brought out of my reverie as I found myself standing in front of the gate of my home... I clicked the door open and switched on the yellow lights of the lounge... it's a small apartment with just a room , a kitchenette and a lounge ...
" God ... Why can't you bless our planet with summer season throughout the year..." I whined looking up at the ceiling disturbing GOD for the thirty sixth time in the same day...
Instead of opening the buttons of my sweater I wrapped myself up in another over coat and moved to the corner of the lounge to switch on the heater... I tried with the switch I think about hundred times but the red light didn't flash on the machine... Screw me , the heater is not working...
" god... How can you be so cruel...?" I literally screamed at the ceiling for the thirty seventh time...
I grabbed my phone book and dialed the electrician's number...
" yeah... its ms. Raiprakash from 32A Linkin road ... The heater in my apartment is not working ... so please can you send anyone right up to mend it..." As I got positive response I looked at the ceiling again and thanked god...
After an hour as I was sitting on my couch and listening to taylor swift I heard the door bell ring...
"must be the electrician...yepeee..." I jumped up to open the door...
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I can't believe mr. richard had to get ill today only... I was planning to hit the disc and instead I am here standing outside my client's apartment to hand him our project file because he is too ill to attend office... Being the CEO of a multinational automobile company is not only luxury I suppose...
"what was his address???? 32 A linkin road..." I muttered before ringing the bell... " or was it 36 A linkin road..." I scratched my head... " I think it was 32 A only..." I rang the bell...
As the door opened I saw the most beautiful pair of eyes I have ever seen... I couldn't move my gaze from her face unless and until I remembered why I was here... wait a second... where is mr. Richard??? As far as I knew he was a bachelor and lived alone... Don't tell me god she is his girl friend or something... My reverie was broken as I realized she was speaking to me for a long time now...
" you look like an Indian ..." she smiled at me...
"yeah...that I am..." I smiled back at her as she gestured me to come in...
"well I suppose you get to your work...there..." she pointed me at the corner of the lounge and I blankly looked back at her... " work????"
"you have a good sense of humor too... remember you are here to repair my heater..." she smirked lightly...
Wait... She really thought I am an electrician... A frigging electrician... good lord I am the CEO the world's leading company and I can't believe the most beautiful girl on the planet thinks that I am an electrician... THIS . IS . GREAT...but I couldn't say anything to her...
"ermm... I just forgot my tools... can I get a screw driver..." I studied her face... she is probably thinking what kind of electrician forgets his tools home... yeah only when he is not an electrician...
"yeah hold on..." After a couple of minutes she brought me a screw driver...
I took it from her and started applying my engineering knowledge... I can't believe I am sitting in the house of a beautiful girl fixing her heater when she thinks that I am an electrician...
"here... have some coffee..." She kept the mug on the table... I just muttered a thanks and concentrated on the heater... After I was done I finished the coffee and she followed me till the gate...
"thanks a lot for coming this late... how much do I have to pay???" she asked ruffling through her purse...
" no need to thank me...its my job I guess..." I said sarcastically... Although I wanted to say that I had fallen for her in the first sight...
"you didn't say how much I have to pay..." she raised her brows...
"umm... nothing..." I said blankly... I frigging don't know how much salary an electrician gets...
"excuse me???" she looked confused...
"I mean.. whatever you think..." I tried to cover the blunder... she handed me 150 dollar and smiled at me for one last time I suppose before she closed the door as I saved her smile in my eyes for an eternity...
"Sharon rai prakash..." The name plate read...
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Finally sharon was there for her first interview in one of the biggest company's of the world... Shekhawat pvt.ltd ...
She was called inside the cabin of the CEO of the HR interview ... she looked at the ceiling for the first time that day... " hope I crack this.."
"may I come in sir..." She knocked the door...
"yes pls..." swayam said... he was hoping that she gets his assistant today... He had interview hundred girls till today and none of them appropriate for the post... he looked up to see a already frozen Sharon...
"good lord... what the hell is he doing here..." she thought to herself as the possibilities made her blood drain out...
"so miss Sharon rai prakash... come have a seat..." He smirked at her... sharon didn't dare to meet his eyes as she realized that she had made the CEO of her would be working company repair her heater thinking him to be an electrician... scratch the would be company part... she was sure she would be thrown out now...
"CV...???" her reverie was broken as she realized swayam was asking for her CV...
"yeah..." She fidgeted with her file... swayam studied her CV ...
" okay so your educational qualification is perfect for this post..." he said aloud but he said in his heart... " you are more than perfect for me... I hope you will think the same about me some day..."
Sharon couldn't believe her ears... did he say perfect for the post... " I hope he will not kill me for what I had done..." She thought...
"so the appointment letter will reach your apartment..." he said looking at her... " 32 A linkin road..." she heard him mutter the last part as she bit her lips in embarrassment...
"you can join from next week... from 2nd January..." he handed the file back to her...
She muttered a small thanks and stood up to walk to the door...
"umm... don't you think working as an electrician's assistant after MBA is a bit too weird..." He smirked as she looked back at him still not meeting his eyes...
"I am sorry sir..." She managed to stammer out... He nodded with a smile and she walked out...
As the door closed behind her swayam took out the dollars given by her to him and caressed them... " but I am not at all sorry..." he hugged them tightly with a dreamy look...
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