Okay, so it took me 2 weeks to complete this update...😆
That too I had to take a leave from my college to finish this up today...😉😆
But late than never... So here it is...
Brand new chapter of this SS...
Hope you all like it...
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Chapter-11
"Aah! Kabir... Ananya... You two are back... I hope you both had a great honeymoon... The sting you both sent was a great success... Mujhe aaj tak uske liye phone calls aate hain..." Khalid welcomed Kabir and Ananya the moment they entered... In return the couple just smiled back... Ananya looked around the office and said- "Kaafi naye log aa gaye hain yahan Khalid sir..." "Oh! Yeah! The new interns Ananya... As it happens every year... You too have some interns to train, ask Ronnie, he'll let you know..."Khalid said to Ananya, as he turned towards Kabir and continued- "Kabir please mere cabin mein aao, I want to talk something very important..." Khalid ushered Kabir to his cabin, while Ananya moved to her desk... Khalid very calmly made Kabir seated as he began- "Unh! Kabir... as I told downstairs, KKN mein har saal ek journalism institute ke interns 3 months internship ke liye aate hain... Basically that institute is one of our biggest sponsors... And in return the biggest news channel KKN provides their students internship..." Kabir nodded understanding... But the impatience in his eyes told he wanted Khalid to come to the point... Khalid continued cautiously this time- "Kabir... We have an intern for the Editing Department too... And has to be interned for the post of Editor... So... It is you who has to intern her..." Khalid just waited for the ticking bomb in the name of Kabir to blast anytime, but to his surprise he didn't... may be Khalid hadn't still given too much fire to the tail... Kabir looked confused as he said- "Toh? Problem kya hai Khalid...? Kar dunga train... Ismein badi baat kya hai..." Khalid's heartbeats rose up, knowing the time has come... He scratched his bald head as he slowly said- "Actually, KKN ab number one position par pohcha hai, and unke institute ke rules ke according they go for the best news channel, and so the interns got to know they have to join KKN at the last moment..."... Kabir still did not get, and he was getting irritated now, Khalid was just beating around the bush- "Khalid, mujhe aur bhi bohot kaam hai... Will you please come to the point?" "Kabir, uss intern ko jab pata chala that she has to join KKN and has to be interned under you, she has refused to join here..." Khalid told... Kabir huffed a sarcastic laugh- "Toh Khalid, what do you expect of me? Main jaake uss ladki ko manaau ke please KKN aa jaaiye, please mere under internship kar leejiye..." Kabir joined his palms inacting his words... Khalid dejectedly sat on his chair, his forehead resting on his hand- "Sadly yes... I mean you don't have to go and persuade her, but just assure her that she won't have any inconvenience regarding interning under you..."... Kabir rose his hands up in the air in I-DONT-BELIEVE-IT reaction- "Khalid have you lost it? Why on the Earth am I gonna assure her? Uski marzi, usko internship nahi karni toh na kare... Mera kya jaa raha hai..." Kabir shrugged his shoulders facing his back to Khalid... Khalid stood up from his chair to stand infront of Kabir and spoke- "Tumhara na jaaye, lekin KKN ka toh jaayega na... The institute have threatened to take the sponsorship away, if the lady doesn't get her internship done from here... And you know Kabir; I can't tolerate anything happening to KKN... Think about it, and let me know..."
Kabir stormed out of Khalid's office, and climbed down in a grumpy irritated mood... Ananya could see he's angry... She finished her work at hand first and then slowly tip-toed in his cabin... He still was sulking... Ananya put her hand on his shoulder, and her eyes asked the reason for his bad mood... Kabir stood from his chair, and walked a few steps from there, and then said- "Ek intern hai koi, jo editing department ke liye yahan aani thi.. Lekin jab usko pata chala that she has to do it under ME in KKN, toh usne yahan se internship karne se saaf inkaar kar diya... Ab Khalid chaahta hai ke main jaake usko assure karoon ke she'll have no problem around me... Kyu assure karoon main? Usko drama karna hai toh kara kare, mujhe kyu involve kar rahi hai...? Ab wo institute threaten kar raha hai Khalid ko ke they will take the sponsorship away if she doesn't interns from here... Ab Khalid ko tum jaanti ho, he doesn't want any loss to KKN..."... Ananya sighed and went near him, and kept a hand on his ar- "It is ok Kabir... Don't get it personally... If that is your job, just do it, and finish with it... Pehle ye dekh toh leejiye ke who that lady is... See what her problem is... You are in the senior management, and it's your responsibility as a boss to see why your juniors have issues... Agar koi unreasonable issue raha toh you can definitely discuss with the rest of the management..." Ananya tried explaining him... Kabir too found it right, and so he nodded his head, ready to talk off to whoever she is...
Kabir walked back o Khalid's cabin, and then spoke- "Khalid whosoever that intern is, call her... I'll talk what he issue is... Where is she?"... Khalid walked to Kabir and smiled- "I told her that you were out of town... She'd come this afternoon to have a talk... I hope Kabir you are able to convince her to stay here for the internship..."... Kabir gave a forceful smile, and walked off ... Just preparing himself to unveil another drama this afternoon...
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Kabir was immersed in his work, when his cellphone started buzzing... Looking at the screen, he shifted his mind from his work... It was a reminder for Ananya to take her medicines on time... He looked from his table out to the glasses where she sits... But she wasn't there... Neither were her friends... She must have gone to the cafeteria... He walked out of his cabin, towards her desk; the medicines lay there on one corner of the table untouched... Kabir shook his head, and took all the medicines and walked to the cafeteria to give her the medicines on time...
"Oye Ananya! Tuney apne bhai aur maa ko toh bohot bada gift de diya apne papa ke roop mein, but humare liye kya laayi hai?" Ronnie asked... Richa continued- "Haan! Tuney toh honeymoon par enjoy kar liya, ab humein bhi gifts chahiye... Aise rookha-sookha nahi jaane denge..."... Ananya retorted- "Arre! Ye kya baat hui? Main sahi-salaamat waapas aa gayi, ye kya kam hai? You all should be thankful for that..." Kabir heard the friends banter, as he walked to the group- "Kya chal raha hai?"... Ronnie who had been sitting on the table climbed down seeing Kabir with them... "Kuch nahi sir... bas aise hi hum log Ananya se mazaak kar rahe they..." Ronnie tried being sincere infront of the boss... Kabir smiled at all her friends... He kept a hand on ronnie's shoulder and said almost secretively- "Tumhari dost bhi mazaak kar rahi hai... Bags bhar-bhar ke shopping ki hai usne tum sab ke liye... Mujhse poocho, uthaane toh mujhe hi pade na..." both the man laughed and low-fived and Richa began giggling, as Ananya pouted visibly- "Kya aap bhi na Kabir, saara suspense spoil kar diya... kabhi-kabhi toh mauka milta hai inn logo ko pareshaan karne ka..." Kabir smiled wide at her expense, while he dug his hands in his denim pocket and pulled out strips of Ananya's medicines, peeled them open asking her softly- "Khaana khaaya?"... Ananya nodded, as he handed her all the medicines, picking up a glass of water from the table, bringing the glass near her lips... Not just Ananya's friends but whoever had not yet seen this soft side of Kabir, would have awed seeing them care so much... Ananya swallowed the medicine down with water, and then looked at him- "Aapne khaaya khaana...?" "Khaata hu kuch deir mein..." just then the peon walked towards Kabir- "Sir, Khalid sir aapko aapke cabin mein bula rahe hain... Wo nayi intern aa gayi hain..." Kabir nodded at him, as the peon walked off, and Ananya kept her hand on his arm- "Aaraam se baat keejiyega... Ghusse mein kuch aise-waise mat bol deejiyega... All the best..." Kabir smiled at Ananya and walked off to his cabin...
Reaching his cabin, he saw a lady sitting on one of the visiting chairs, her back was visible, and so was Khalid standing next to her talking about something... Most probably convincing her to do the internship here... Kabir pushed the glass door of his cabin, to enter in... Khalid turned towards Kabir, and said delighted- "Aah! There you are Kabir... Here's the new intern we were talking about... Miss. Shreya Bhagat..." Khalid knew exactly how Kabir's expressions are going to change; he was mentally prepared for that... And before Kabir snarls on him, he found it best to excuse himself from the scene- "I hope you will manage things Kabir... Thande dimaag se baat karne ki koshish karna..." and he scurried away from the cabin leaving the EXs and now the senior and Intern in Kabir's cabin...
Kabir took a deep breath, and heaved that out; to somehow control his agitated sense of mind... Fury was filling in every pore of him, but remembered not to be too expressive to give any reasons for others to question him... He smiled instead... Not the smile he gives to Ananya; the one that he gives to all the persons he mocks to the core... "I should have guessed Shreya, who the new intern may be... After all, insaan apni aadatein badal sakta hai, fitrat toh marte dum tak nahi jaati..." Kabir spoke as he sat on his boss chair across the table, leaning on the back rest... Shreya narrowed her eyes in anger, the bitterness in her coming to the fore- "What do you mean Kabir? Kaun si fitrat ki baat kar rahe ho tum...? Hunh?"
"Tantrums! Drama! Attention seeking... Aaj bhi bilkul waisi hi ho, jaisi 8 saal pehle thi aap... Demands of getting what you wanted... By hook or crook... Subah se aapki hi taareefein sunn raha hoon... How you have been melodramatic enough to not being ready to work under me..." Kabir passed a sarcastic smile...
"Dekho Kabir, I'm a highly professional lady... Mujhe apne past ke saath khelne mein bilkul mazaa nahi aata... Tumhara saaya bhi na pade mujhpe, I make sure of that... Warna tum phir pehle ki tarah shuru ho jaaoge... And I don't want to have any sort of relation with you..." Shreya tried being straight forward, letting him know her pov...
Kabir this time laughed a sarcastic laugh, and shook his head side to side- "Kitni khush fehmiyaan paal ke rakhti hain aap Miss. Bhagat... First of all, let me clear somethings before you... Here my juniors call me "Kabir SIR" better stay in the decorum of the hierarchy... Secondly, if you are that professional, there shouldn't be any hesitation to work with whomever you are supposed to work, no matter what your relation with that person was in the past; so prove that you are a true professional... Thirdly, you no longer are my wife, and certainly not a part of my life, so it doesn't matter to me who you are... I am going to mentor you just like I do to the rest of my juniors... Do not expect even a penny more than that of me... I hope my point was clear... Now since I have cleared all my part, it's up to you to decide what you want to do with your 3 month internship period...", Kabir leaned back to his chair's back rest, and turned its seat to be facing the other way, completely avoiding looking at that intern-to-be anymore...
Shreya's mouth was a bit agape... But she recovered soon, and looked around the cabin, and said uncomfortably- "I'm not going to sit with you in this cabin... I don't like sharing a room with you..."
Kabir gave a wicked smile, a smile that the ones who knew him was one of those devilish ones, and he spoke leaning over the table in an almost whisper- " I don't share my cabin with anyone anyway... Again, don't hope too much... Go to the main hall; check your seating arrangement... You will have to share a cubicle with some senior there..." Kabir spoke, and then sat back straight, opened the files that were pending for the day, and was immersed in his work... Shreya who looked stupefied for a moment, walked off quietly...
Checking her name in the list, and searching for the cubicle she was assigned, she walked towards Ananya, who sat in the middle chair among the three of them in the cubicle... Left to her sat another intern she was mentoring... Shreya kept her purse on the right one, and then slowly asked- "Miss. Ananya Kashyap?" Ananya looked up at her, and Shreya continued- "You are that famous reporter of KKN- Ananya Kashyap?" Shreya asked again... Ananya smiled this time... Shreya sat next to her and brought her hand forward- Hi! I'm Shreya... Shreya Bhagat...", Ananya's smile wiped off instantly hearing the name, but shook her hand anyway... And there Kabir stood near his cabin seeing Shreya talking to Ananya, and his smile too wiped off... How is he going to erase his past with her sitting right next to his present... Kabir wondered...
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Edited by Aazeen02 - 9 years ago
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