In an instant , the whole world of sanyukta agarwal had changed . she used to have dreams and ambition .. now everything lay destroyed at her feet . she gulped down her saliva , wiped her tears and got ready to go to the office .
she could not blame anyone for it . it was her decision to leave everything , even her sick father and work for him . the price was big for her , he knew it . yet , she accepted it . for some reason it made him respect her . at least she was doing something for her family .he closed his eyes , after so many days he felt compassionate towards someone . how many years had elapsed since he refused to feel anything ? what was there in this girl , which moved him ? he did not know .but this also ensured that , he was to be more ruthless with her , so that this feelings of his do not overtake his beast tag , he had maintained for so many years now .
but how could she sacrifice everything ?he could not understand that ,this made him to do some research on her . he knew that she was in her final year , and that she loved economics .
yes ! SANYUKTA AGARWAL aspired to become an economist .. but in the process lost everything .
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On her very first day of work itself sanyukta came to know the reason why they called him a *beast* . In her whole life she never met a person so short tempered . he yelled the heads off the people's shoulders . he practically ate them alive .
from what she heard , being RSS'S , P.A was not an easy job . he was really short tempered , flammable and atrociously minute . if he found the least error , he could be shattering insulting . but she took up the challenge , she had to ,she had no other way.
"be careful to give him what he wants on time , otherwise he'll have one of those fury attacks." jignesh said . jignesh or jiggy was the right hand and the only friend of the beast .
sanyukta gave a reassuring smile , "don't worry ! i'll try my best."
during these first 14 hours of her work , she saw innumerable people leaving his office with tears . his replies were always curt , one words . no sorry no thank you . there were Emails he never responded , some he never even opened . RANDHIR SINGH SHEKHAWAT fired people with incomparable ruthlessness . people pleaded him , he did not care . once you offended him , there was no way out , you would have to pay for it .
Sanyukta was tired with this workload and waited eagerly for the lunch break . other people left the office and headed towards the canteen , but randhir kept working . she thought he had not noticed the time and tried to gain his attention by saying if he would like to have the lunch in the cabin itself . he responded with just a *NO*
sanyukta was getting restless and randhir noticed it . to her delight , he allowed her to go to the canteen and eat . she was happy to get some time away from him and his dominating nature .
after the canteen , she was immediately summoned to bring a coffee to his cabin .his face bore no expression as he gulped down the black , and most probably bitter coffee . he had wanted it without sugar .
the immense workload was enough to give anyone a nervous breakdown added to this was his volatility .. her work had to be error free , as Randhir believed that errors were unforgivable.. his temper hurt her self esteem .
But Sanyukta Agwarwal was contact bound , she she breached the contact , she would land in serious problem , no money would mean no more medicine and care given by the hospital to her sick father . was that what she wanted ?
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after finishing the rest of the paper work , she looked at the wall clock . 12:30 am already . she felt her eyes getting heavy with sleep . the other people had already left long ago . the only living beings present in the office were sanyukta and randhir . she thought to go and check on randhir if he wanted anything .
he took baby steps , and finally found herself in front of his cabin . she knocked the door , no response ...
she knocked again .. to her dismay she did not get a response again .
she entered the cabin to find no one . has he already left ? . she went nearer and found randhir lying behind the table ,on the floor.
Involuntarily , she took a step back in horror and her feet hit something , she turned to see the object ...
" bottles ? " not one or two there were many . she connected all the dots and everything became clear .
"alcohol bottles . "
he was drunk ... again ?
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