It was a sunny morning when she woke up expecting a romantic warm weather. She grumbled. Walking her tousled self to the washroom, she opened the tap and stuffed the toothbrush in her mouth and meanwhile scrubbing her face.
"I have to get ready faster!" She muttered as she glanced at the clock and rushed her feet from the toilet back to her room.
While at the same time Arnav sat in his car beside Ayan looking at the trees passing by as their car sped to their farmhouse. Today he would see her and he could not decipher what made him so excited at the aspect of meeting her just after a few days.
He sighed as he rested his head back. He thought he was an enigma for people but this girl was something he could relate to but could never peek inside her brain and guess the whirl of thoughts.
"We are here!" Ayan said turning the ignition off and climbing out in his plain pastel colored T shirt.
He could not pursuad Arnav o wear the same but he was successful much in steering his choice of color from black to light blue making his features much more prominent.
"Leave her today man, she was asleep when I got out of home and even I dont expect her to be punctual today. But she must be awake by now. Let me check on her."
"Sure!" he said not interested trying to shrug off the eagerness from his shoulders.
A slow smirk appeared on his lips as he saw him talking on phone. "I will never leave her Ayan, I will never!"
A sheepish smile adorned her face as she was held in Arnav's embrace for a few seconds. As soon as she felt his arms loosening around her, her facial muscles composed on their own but she was left baffled as she was pressed more in the warmth.
With eyes went wide, she stared down at his back while threading a hand in his soft hair as the crown of her ears grew hotter with each second.
"Is this a new way of greeting your employees?" she wiggled her eyebrows earnestly and she thought she saw pink getting on his cheeks but it could be her mere imagination.
"Yes, it is very courteous to show the workers how much you actually care for them so they can work to their full potential. Our company has this upper hand in dealing with everything very uniquely be it anything!" He felt her gulp tightly as his throat pressed with hers and his hands freely feathered on the small of her back above her sundress.
But in a jiffy, his words brought the current issue in hand to her notice again making her push him back with all her might.
"You sure have some bunch of idiots as your employees then."
"Woah woah lady, is THIS a new way to compliment yourself?" He asked smirking.
Taking a few baby steps, she raised up her hand bringing it near his face as his eyes zeroed on her fingers settling near his lips. She rubbed his cheek nearing him and tilted her neck. "Wipe this smirk off your face! You dont even know what is happening behind your back. Prepare yourself before teasing me." She eyes him keenly as he reciprocated the look.
"Last month, 2 unofficial transactions took place from your company's account. 1 crore and 85 lacks are the figures to be exact. What do you have to say about this now?"
"What? Why staring at me like that?" She rounded her eyes at him only to be pulled roughly against his torso in a tight grip which made her hiss from the intensity she felt in his hold.
"Dont joke about it Khushi!"
"I dont have any reason to joke with you."
He left her with a jerk facing the other side of the room. "Now that you know this much of information, why dont you tell me the rest?"
"I know.."
"Wait wait, this was something you wanted to tell me?"
"Yes! This was it. My senior, Shyam Jha, will try to be sweet to you in today's party." she said dusting off the invisible particles on her dress. He knitted his eyebrows together while his lips involuntarily gaped at her a little. "I cant get it!"
"Of course you cant Mr Raizada."
"Tell me clearly Khushi." He gritted his teeth.
"Why are you hovering over her head now? Ayan entered the room asking cheekily but the grim faces of both the occupants wiped off the smile he had. "Is anything bothering you both?"
"You can join us too Bhai. I need you to be here too when I tell you both something." She said quietly glaring at Arnav as she tried to hide her arms behind her back.
"Khushi what is it?"
"Apparently, There is quite a noticeable amount transacted out of our official accounts as per what Ms Gupta says." Arnav quoted it for her. Ayan raised his eyebrows looking at Khushi for confirmation and she nodded her head in assent.
"But how? why?" I wont leave whoever is doing this!" Ayan clenched his teeth.
"Will you both let me speak?" She asked annoyed. Getting the queue, she folded her arms and looked straight in their eyes.
"Shyam.."
"I will demote him today itself, oh no, I will make sure he is fired..!" Arnav grumbled furiously which ticked off her mood.
"..And I will make sure to chop off these shiny hair on your head and stuff them inside your mouth so you can keep shut for a little while and let me say what I have in hand!" She glared at Arnav quietening him down and Ayan's head bounced from his face to her face, he chose to remain silent and listen to his sister.
"What I am saying is that Shyam knows this little piece of information very well. And he is NOT the culprit but he will be when he will try to be sweet to you from now onward and reveal this information to you." She paused to catch her breath. "You both must be knowing Mr Malik right?"
Both of them nodded their heads remembering a certain old man who happened to be the Finance incharge of their company.
Arnav slowly felt the respect melting off his heart as the reality seeped in that Mr Malik had tried to steal the money. He felt betrayed and furious, what he called a father figure had tried to double cross him. Ayan felt the same to some extent too but he chose to listen to the whole story carefully.
"I investigated the matter till here, from whatever clues I have, they all point towards Mr Malik BUT..!" She pointed fingers at them both. "From the time I have known him, he seems to be the most genuine person among all the employees. We need to dig in deeper to know the reality. I request you both, I need your help going to the depth. Think rationally, I dont think Mr Malik will steal the money for any stupid reason. While Shyam knows this too, I heard him talking to someone while he was making a plan to demean Mr Malik in front of you both and get a promotion."
It took a while for both of the men to absorb this information. "We trust you Khushi, we really do. I am with you!" Ayan patted her head and smiled as Arnav came forward too.
"So am I. I think you are pretty much right, Mr Malik is not the person who does anything unethically. And..thanks for warning us about Shyam. He doesnt have a very impressing history, he wouldnt be promoted even if we found Mr Malik guilty so he is playing empty."
"Thankyou Arnav, Bhai. We need to act very smart."
"No one will be punished without a reason, be assured now that this matter has reached us." Ayan said and hugged her lightly kissing her forehead. "Let's go out now, we need to look into the preparations." He said going out of the room whistling asking Arnav to come out soon too.
Her mind got relaxed when she was pulled into a hug again, she gasped loudly not expecting it now.
Pecking her cheek imitating Ayan, he pushed his hands in his pockets and walked outside coolly making her smile shyly as she touched her cheek lightly.
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