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Part 2
Everything seemed to halt, as his pair of surprised eyes met with her scared ones, was this really happening?' he seemed to ask himself. After all these years filled with immense helplessness, jealously and unsatisfaction, she was here, standing infront of him. He could read fear in those eyes, where once he admired mirth, how he could have given anything to see those eyes again, and now when she was infront of him, he had nothing to say, absolutely nothing!
When breaking her trance she said, "I am sorry sir, really... I am just about to finish..." when he cut her off and asked baffled,
"What are you doing here?" he couldn't believe this, it was a shock for him to see her infront of him, after almost six years, what was happening, he had no idea.
She looked at him in confusion, and then said, "I work here, I have been appointed here, as Mr. Bhalla's secretary..."
"What! " he was shock, would be an understatement, "Your are the secretary." He told, more than her to himself.
She nodded and stood there, her hair little messed up and her dupatta tied at the side, she really was busy cleaning up', he thought. And then he looked around and then at her, for a moment and then turned on his heels went out.
While she was confused by his attitude, who was he?' she thought and then turned and again indulged herself in work.
What was happening, "Ishita, and his secretary!" he looked infront to somewhere beyond while deep in thought, "Wasn't she doing her medical?" he was confused but at the same time surprised by the change of events.
He had thought that he would never meet her again, never would see her, not that he didn't want to but because they had nothing in common and she was quite unaware of his existence. He was after all most shy of the lot, and never once had courage to go to her and say a simple "Hi", let alone talk. But the time has changed, and now she was his employee, his secretary, however he felt disappointment as the fact sank in, that she really didn't recognized him, or was he really that changed that she didn't recognize him. But quite known to him was the hurt, despite of everything, he wanted her to recognize him.
After much later, calculating all the pros and cons of her working with him, he stood up and went to his cabin, only to be surprised by the perfection, after a very long time he felt at peace, was it the mess that was making him feel sick all the time, or was it her presence that changed the atmosphere for him, he smiled and walked up to his chair, looking around and then was brought back to present when he heard a knock and there she was, but this time she was organized, her long hair in confinements of single braids pulled onto one shoulder while one tress lingering on her left cheek and her face bright with smile, only a single sweat bead on her forehead near the brow was enough to tell him of her toil, as he silently scrutinized gentle features of her face, her eyes that had nothing but were full of anticipation, perhaps for the feed-back for the work she had done, all day long.
How could he have disappointed her, he moved towards her, crossing the large table, coming near her, he stood just infront of her, while her eyes widened as his hand made his way up to the tress and tucking it gently, he wiped that single bead making him jealous from the time she had entered his cabin, and then without moving away, he said in a low voice, "It's perfect!"
His proximity, and his attractive personality was affecting her in the manner like no one had ever affected her, not even Subbu, she immediately looked down and backed a little in order to compose herself. She mumbled a small, "Thanks" and then continued in a low voice, "Can I do anything else?"
While he looked at her amused, he had never thought that he would see a day when the great Ishita Iyer would be nervous, and that too infront of him, was he really affecting her that much? He smiled and shook his head in disbelief and said, "Yes a coffee please", and went around and took his seat with a pleasant gait and settled down, opening his Mac he once again looked up as she was about to leave and said with a smile, "Umm.. Miss Iyer... I like black coffee with about one cube of sugar." While she nodded without turning and left.
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She took a deep breath as she came out of the cabin and wiped the sweat of nervousness on her forehead and entered the caf, she first gulped a glass of chilled water, composing herself and then taking a deep breath started to make coffee for her boss. She didn't know why was so nervous, but she couldn't understand anything, "Why he had to come so close?" but his touch stirred in her a different type of vibe, what was it, "...but it felt so magical..." she thought to herself, and then she looked at the coffee that was almost ready and then she added a cube of sugar as per his order, and went towards his cabin and knocked and was immediately called in, while she sighed, just before entering, and looked at him hesitantly, he was typing something, and looked very serious, while she still stood near the door, her eyes fixed on him, like studying him, How can anyone look so gorgeous while typing', she thought and then her eyes travelled from his face and concentrating on his lips that were moving, like he was reading to himself, while typing, and then her heart did a flip flop as his lips curved in a half arc, and then he looked back at his eyes and immediately blushed out of embarrassment as she saw him looking at her with mirth in his eyes, she was caught staring him, and she wished immediately for earth burst open and swallow her.
She came forward, mumbling, "Sorry" and then kept the coffee cup and almost ran, when he called, "Miss Iyer... It's already cold..." she stood their stupidified and then said in a low apologizing voice, "I'll bring another one..." and went out. While Raman shook his head at her odd behavior and went back to work.
"What is happening to me? Why I am looking at him like this, it's the first time I have met this guy and he has turned me into a total weirdo, I am acting like a teenage school girl for her crush.." she stopped mid way and clasped her hand on her mouth in shock, "Crush! Was it crush? How can it be... I am in love with Subbu... No but he broke my heart... but it can't be anything like that, I made a promise to myself that I won't commit this mistake again, then why again... but this time it feels real, this time, I am feeling scared of my attraction." She was still standing in one place when she felt a hand on her shoulder, breaking her trance, and she turned only to find that familiar face smiling at her, "Hey" she mumbled.
"tum toh gayab hi ho gayi... Its just one day and you seem to work here for forever..." said Mihir with a bright smile. "You okay right? Talking to yourself? Sab theek hain na?" he said worried.
"Yeah... I am happy. Thanks Mihir... agar tum nahi hote toh..." she said in gratitude while he cut her,
"Hey, Ishu... we are friends, aur know one thing, agar tum Mihika ki sister nahi hoti tab bhi mai tumhari help karta..." Mihir said.
"I know... But you know what, Mihika is really lucky to have you in her life... par agar phir bhi If you ever need my help about anything...I would be happy to help.." Ishita said in gratitude.
"Bass yehi... tell Mihika that she is lucky to have me..." he said with a grin.
While Ishita looked at this man infront of her, so selfless and then remembering something asked, "Mihir... ek baat poochu?"
"yahan nahi... lets go to my cabin..." and they walked to his cabin and both settled down, "Hmm... now tell me?"
"um... Mihir... I heard you call him Bhai... I mean I am talking about our Boss... I don't understand..."
"Ishu... I can't tell you anything of that matter, all I can say is... he is everything for me... I respect him a lot, If I am standing here, its because of him, though we have not much age difference, but still he's a guardian to me..." Mihir said with a smile, his voice, eyes and everything oozed of respect for a man who was her boss.
She stayed quite for a while and then asked, "... while cleaning his cabin, I found a picture of a girl, of probably four or five, do you know her?" she inquired.
"Oh! You are talking about Ruhi... she is his daughter... hey don't tell it to anyone, he likes to keep his personal life secret..." Mihir said with a smile.
She nodded and thought, So he is married', she sighed in relief, now this weird thing is going to end as he is already married.
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