Part 9
Some compassion
It had taken quite some time and at first Sujal dismissed it thinking she must have had an emergency call and nothing was serious so he just continued with his work once more. Obviously it wasn't easy because he couldn't stop thinking about her. He just had a gut feeling that perhaps she wasn't alright. He always was able to read her face in order to realize how she felt yet much had changed over the year. He believed she had deceived him all along.
Several minutes later she returned. Her head felt slightly woozy and her throat sore due to the vomiting that had taken place. She had felt uneasy since morning and with the whole running around it just had become worse. Not to mention she hardly ate breakfast or lunch.
Sujal's eyes remained on her as she passed by his seat to sit behind. The colour of her face had become pale and she looked very weak. Something was not right and she hid it from him. "Are you alright?" He asked without turning back to make sure it sounded only formal.
She opened her eyes and at first was surprised he even noticed and then that he had she wasn't sure whether she was glad or more furious. "Nothing for you to worry about Sir." Her sarcasm truly irked him to the core and she loved it.
Another half an hour passed or so and she had tried to get some sleep but her head hurt as if there was a mountain on it and dizziness had become worse. She had been offered a snack by the hostess ten minutes ago yet that hadn't helped. She still felt nauseous. Her stomach crumbled here and there which she clearly ignored as she wanted to avoid vomiting again.
Further fifteen minutes later dinner had been served yet just the sight of the food knocked her patience and just like earlier she rushed out towards the washroom as if something was going to blast.
Of course it worried Sujal very much. She was unwell and she denied it from him. He hated it. He had always hated her stubbornness and that was just the limit. It was about time he took charge whether she liked it or not.
Just as his thought ended she arrived back and that time she looked worse than before. He lost his cool and stood up nearly giving her a fright. "I don't know what you're trying to prove here but clearly it's not working. You're not well and you're trying to hide it from me."
Already the hammer in the head was a pain and his scolds just made it worse. "I don't know what you're talking about, just leave me alone." She barked back. Of course they managed to keep their voices low not to create much attention towards them.
"Just shut up Sheena and sit down." He ordered. Obviously he wasn't in the mood to take any crap from her. He then called one hostess and explained the situation and asked for help. She left to get something.
In all the drama she certainly had become speechless. From the beginning Sujal had had that affect on her that she had to obey no matter what. That notion had been her biggest mistake due to which she was in that position that day. If she had been able to resist him in their first meeting than nothing would have happened. Right then she believed that yes he had tried to show some compassion but she was much capable of taking care of herself. "I don't need your help, I'm perfectly alright." She rested her head against the pillow yet it hurt as if a pin just got inserted.
It was just the matter of time before he lost his cool entirely, but it was a public place. "I can very well see how perfectly alright you are." He stood erect. "Let me remind you that I'm the boss here and you only follow my commands." She tried to interrupt but he raised his hand to shun her. "Not another word about this. Now tell me did you eat anything since morning?"
Like hell she was going to answer any of his questions so she remained mute and closed her eyes hoping that he would have gone. However it was hardly the case. If, it was that easy, to get rid of Sujal Garewal, then she would have succeeded a year ago.
Perhaps she hadn't heard him properly so with a slightly bitter tone he asked again. "I said did you have anything to eat since morning? I want an answer." In retort she just shook her head to say no. "No wonder you look so pale and ill." He shook his head with annoyance. "How could you be so irresponsible Sheena? I need a good healthy assistant to help me, not a weak one."
She couldn't believe him at all. Even in that situation he blamed her only. Who did he think he was? Whatever he had tried to pull definitely wasn't going to work with her anymore. She knew he cared less for her personally and only cared because he needed her professionally.
Half of it was true but somewhere deep down he did care for her. Somewhere in his buried thoughts he found that lost compassion he had had for her which made him care for her right then.
The hostess came with a ginger drink and assured that it would settle her stomach. She enquired some more on her health and then once the situation appeared under control she returned back to her station.
However Sujal wasn't convinced so he settled back down on the seat beside her and made sure she took proper rest. There were many hours still left before they landed so it was important she felt better by then. Even if he told himself it was only because he needed her to do his job, he knew that somewhere he felt he needed her more than that.
Similar thoughts ran through her head as she tried to sleep. His presence was felt beside her, which made her more restless. Why couldn't he just leave her alone? At one place he was the obnoxious boss and then all of a sudden he was the caring companion. She didn't know if she could continue like that as it just complicated her life further. Not like it wasn't complicated enough already.
Time passed away and both of them never realized when they fell in deep sleep until the captain's announcement came for landing. It took a few seconds to come out of his dillusion and then he looked beside and found her sound asleep. She had always looked pretty when she slept like a small child wrapped around a fuzzy blanket. He didn't want to wake her up but it was near time so he gently touched her shoulder. There was no response so he increased the impact.
The touch sent a current down her spine as she opened her eyes. Those mesmerizing eyes had deceived her before yet it was just hard to look away. Those eyes had depth to levels she couldn't understand. Much was hidden which she tried to decipher. Why had he had to care for her like that? It just complicated everything all over again. If he thought he could have just barged into her life and pretended nothing had changed then he definitely needed to get his facts correct. It was another ignorant call and she just closed her eyes.
"We will be landing soon so it would be appropriate for you to sit up straight and fasten your seat belt." With that he went and sat back on his seat.
There was the concern once more which just left Sheena mute. There was nothing she could say to that which wouldn't just make her look dumb. After all it was for her safety so she followed suite and fastened her seat belt.
It had felt quite gloomy in there so a little light wouldn't have hurt so she lifted the window shade and the white fluffy misty clouds outside made her feel better than before. The bright blue sky gave her solace in a weird way since being hung in the sky like that would have freeked anyone out. Yet not her, because it made her feel free and it felt like she could imagine anything at her own will into the cotton soft clouds. It reflected how her state of mind was all fogged up and nothing could be seen clearer at all.
Gradually the colours changed more like they emerged as the whiteness of the clouds dissolved and patches of brown and green became visible. The land was near which meant their journey was about to end. The ride had been tiring yet she still wished to remain there as she knew until they landed he wasn't going to be able to do anything harsh to her like he usually did.
Nevertheless she had less choice and the captain's announcement confirmed that they surely were about to land. It was fun while it lasted. She waited like everyone else for touch down.
However she also was aware that their journey hadn't ended but just prolonged through transit. They had landed at London Heathrow only for an eight hour halt until their flight for New York took off.
As the first class passengers off boarded first, both Sujal and Sheena left the flight very quick and were directed towards the VIP lounge. She felt uneasy since she still hadn't eaten anything solid. Her stomach rumbled and she had the urge to go to the bathroom.
"Before you rush off, hand over your purse." Sujal instructed as he lay on the lounger.
It definitely perplexed her. "Excuse me?"
"Yes you heard me right. You really think I would trust you alone in this big airport. Hardly so without your purse and money you have no way out but to return back to me."
Sheena couldn't believe the incorrigible man at all. Yet she wasn't in the condition to argue with him as it was an emergency call so she just threw her purse on him and rushed out of the lounge.
Two to three hours later she returned have had looked even more worned out. He looked up from his laptop and then shut it. "I guess your sight seeing is over."
Clearly it was ignored and she just slouched on the nearby lounger. She was hungry and weak and in no mood to argue with anybody. She faced away from him.
After had continued with his work further ten to fifteen minutes he looked up at her and saw she remained in the same position. He sighed. "There are still five hours left so I suggest you eat well before it. "He passed on a plate of sandwiches he had ordered yet she paid less heed. "Do I have to remind you that I'm ordering you and not requesting?" It was firm that time.
She also knew that there was no way out and she really did need to eat so she turned around, took the plate and then turned away again and ate. Some where he felt grateful to him for have had taken care of her like that but then a part of her also knew that he had his ulterior motives.
5 hours later
The passengers had once again embarked their vessel and the journey towards their final destination had begun. As before Sujal and Sheena sat one behind the other and since it was a night flight, she had fallen asleep even before he could have ordered anything from her.
Of course it pleased him that she rested because he needed her to be entirely fit. His work was at one place but he was human after all and he couldn't expect her to be unfit for it. "I won't make it easy for you Sheena. You'll pay for all the pain you gave me." He spoke in his mind and soon himself was forced to shut his eyelids as it defitnitely had been a long tiring day.
Middle of the night
His hands rubbed against her bare back as the two lips locked together and didn't part for any breath. There was the desperate hunger for each other and nothing could have stopped it. The tastes intermingled as the tongues rolled and twisted in each others mouths.
Eventually the lips parted for breath yet immediately his lips rested on her shoulders and collar bone as he showered them with his wet tongue and soft bites. Her fingers ran through his bushy curls and her eyes were closed in order to bear the overwhelmed passion being released.
With haste she pushed him back only to rest him on the couch and she soon climbed on top of him and once again their lips sealed theirselves against each other with him digging into each part of her body inside her dress.
"I have a surprise for you." She spoke in between the kisses and tried to wriggle out of his grip yet he was too strong and adamant to let her go.
"I love surprises." He munched on her lips as if they were his favourite chocolate. "However I can't bear to lose you even for a second." His hands rubbed against her bare back, gradually reaching the knot behind her neck.
She sure knew where it headed and she wanted to make it extra special so she pulled out and smiled. "I'm sure you're going to love this." Before he could have prevented her she slipped away into the adjacent room.
As she left his face lit up as he couldn't have asked anything more than he already had. The woman whom he loved was right there with him. The world meant nothing against it. He rested his head back against the couch and waited patiently for his enchantress to return. He couldn't possibly think of what surprise she had for him yet he knew he was going to love it.
Five minutes later she emerged and stood in front of him. Her voluptual eyes captured him into a seductive game from which even if he tried he couldn't escape. She took her own time in revealing slowly what she had planned for him.
Just with her standing there in front had totally aroused him and he sure knew he could take her there and then yet he wanted to play the game her way for a change. She looked very titiliting in his shirt and her curves stuck out which gave him a very pretty view. Whatever she had under that shirt was definitely worth the wait.
It seemed that she was finally going to display when there was a sudden thrust which threw her upon him and the surroundings around seemed to shatter as if there was an earthquake. She held onto him tight and closed her eyes.
In a flash her eyes opened and she was stunned to realize she was still in the plane and the scene that had taken place was nothing but a figure of her imagination. She felt very ashamed that she still had erotic dreams about Sujal. It definitely meant he played with her mind once again and she just couldn't let him get closer to her. The rest of the hours left she spent awake as she was afraid of herself drowning into the weakness of her imaginative mind.
Early morning
Breakfast was served yet she still wasn't up to eating anything. However she took a small bite of the bread with some butter and left the rest. She looked out of the window and saw the blue horizon with the sun shining which gave her a sense of hope that perhaps things were going to get better that day. Then her gaze fell upon the seat in front of her and all she could see was his elbow leaned against the hand rest.
Even when he wasn't up against her and always in her face, she still couldn't seem, to not think about him. His magnetic personality kept pulling her towards him no matter how much she had tried repelling. Then again she was headstrong to not fall in his trap once more so she just turned back towards looking outside yet it didn't help much because somewhere in her mind he remained which kept her disturbed. She just couldn't wait until the journey was over so then she could have a good rest on her own terms in her private room.
Few hours later the captain's announcement relieved both Sujal and Sheena. Finally the long journey was going to end and Sujal was going to be able to apply his long lasting plan. He had worked upon it the whole journey and he knew that with Sheena all alone against him in an unknown place, he was going to have all the advantage and she was going to be left with no choice but to beg him for forgiveness.
Half an hour later the landing took place and both Sujal and Sheena walked out of the plane first since it was one of the advantages of being in first class. Sheena felt better than before yet her stomach rumbled indicating how much she craved for proper food.
The immigration process appeared as if it was never going to end and in Sheena's case she couldn't tolerate anything anymore. She wanted to just find a very comfortable bed and sleep away all the hours but then there was her incorrigible boss in front of her who had left her in charge of baggage collection.
Not only had he just walked away outside empty handed but also had ordered her to collect everything and reach outside to the car quickly. She was very tired and hungry but it made no difference to him.
With less choice she carried on towards the baggage claim. It hardly mattered how much she bad mouthed him behind his back because only she felt miserable whilst he enjoyed his rein. Even though there were fewer passengers in first class she still had to wait at least ten minutes until she found their bags. In her mind she wondered that he could have atleast accompanied her to see if she required any help taking the bags off the converyor belt. But he wasn't concerned at all and she managed everything by herself. If he thought he could break her then she was much stronger for him to handle.
Outside the JFK airport she walked around with the trolley in search for her boss. It irked her for obvious reasons because he never thought of atleast leaving someone to escort her towards the car. It was totally unknown for her and she appeared a fool looking here and there.
A good ten minutes passed until a black Mercedes Benz stopped right in front of her and the back window dropped down. "Where have you been, I've been waiting from the past twenty minutes." Sujal was very much disappointed.
She definitely wanted to strangle him with her bare hands. She had been working and standing for a long time whilst he rested comfortably in the air conditioned car. Then he had the audacity to complain and scold. Yet she decided to remain mute and took the trolley of bags towards the rear of the car to put them in the boot. The driver helped her and then she went and sat beside Sujal.
The drive towards their hotel was silent but both of their minds boggled with emotions far from being silent. She wanted to scream out to him for have had treated her like a slave and he wanted to be as much as atrocious as he possibly could to show her the definition of suffer.
In the midst of their turmoil they never realized the duration towards their hotel and only snapped out once the car stopped and the driver announced their arrival.
"Make sure you don't take that much time to bring the bags inside as you did at the airport." With that he stepped out of the car and was escorted inside by one of the ushers by the door.
She was left aghast by his attitude and a storm was built up inside her. However she knew better that even if she confronted him he wasn't going to change anything and she had to do the work so with utter frustration she followed his orders. Yet she did take out her anger on the poor door of the car which onlookers swore it would have had come off its hinges if had been shut harder.
It wasn't like Sujal was heartless. He was just enraged with Sheena so much that without trying his heart automatically became stone in front of her. On purpose at the airport he had waited in the car and had looked upon Sheena waiting with the bags. It had become some sort of an entertainment for him then and also he loved to see those frown lines on her face. The more she became troubled the more fun he had in the game.
Right then also when he noticed her enter through the doors with the bags, she had that same expression of displeasure. He wanted her to feel more pain as that was the best part of his plan. Clearly he ignored her and got all the formalities done.
Not like Sheena expected any attention from him. She simply stood beside him, ready to go to her room and finally get some peace away from him.
"My assistant will take care of all the other requirements. Thank you." With that he turned away from the receptionist and towards Sheena and saw how eager she was to retire to her room. It wasn't going to be that easy. He was going to make sure it wasn't. "I have a meeting to attend so you're going to take care of the rest of the formalities." Then he fished in his pocket. "And yes this is the list of all the things that should be to done to perfection."
As she took the list in her hands she threw her purse aggressively because she hadn't expected him to be that mean. He very well knew she was not well and tired but it didn't matter to him at all.
Of course Sujal was well aware of it but he knew she wasn't fatal so it was no excuse for her not to do any work. "I'll be at the room in half an hour and by then I expect everything to be done to perfection." There was a warning in his tone as he always had.
After he left she went towards the reception and finished off everything. The list was of all the specifications he required and it was her job to look over it. No matter how much she wanted to spoil everything she knew she was bound down by the stupid contract. If he expected her to finish in half an hour then she was hell bent on proving how strong she was and he couldn't bend her.
Soon she was escorted to the rooms and it wasn't the end of her disappointment. The cruddy man had booked a suite which meant that she was not going to be left alone even in her sleep. "I wish I could just kill him." She spoke under her breath as she entered the room because right then she just wanted to flop down onto the bed. Her head felt slightly woozy and her stomach still occasionally rumbled.
The suite was a beauty and she had to agree to that. Sujal never agreed for second best so whatever he did was always the best. In the case of the room she was impressed. It had been a long time since she had experienced that luxury and almost felt nostalgic.
It was the thud of the bag which brought her back to reality and she remembered how Sujal had given her several tasks. She tipped the bell boy and then made sure everything was exactly the way he wanted in his room. Many things were exaggerated but she was no one to complain so she finished off the job.
After it all she retired to the other bedroom and just quickly stripped down and took a quick shower. She had wanted to take a long one but she felt too tired to stand. Her stomach cried out for food and she was just about to call for room service when she heard a knock on her door. At first she ignored it because she knew it was the devil yet it was constant so she was forced to open it.
To her surprise it was the room service holding a trolley of cooked food in front of her. She hadn't ordered anything yet but then again she was glad something had come her way.
As she decided to indulge into the delicious chicken she found a note beside the plate and her frown returned. It was a note from her so called generous boss in which he had once more ordered her to do something he wanted. It read, "As I said I need a healthy assistant, not a weak one". It was true she was hungry but after that note she didn't even touch the food as she had had enough of being his slave. "Who the hell does he think he is?" she shoved the trolley away in rage nearly dropping the food on the floor.
Sujal was well aware what must have happened so he picked up the intercom in his room and dialed her room number. He didn't even wait for her to speak. "If I find out you haven't eaten a morsel out of that tray, then I'll force it down your throat." He cut the call.
The lava had reached to the peak and was just ready to burst any moment. Then she looked once again at the trolley and her stomach rumbled. Without any thought further she dug into whatever came in her hand first. It had been hours since she had eaten anything and right then she forgot everything else.
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