Hi guys
Sorry for the late update. As you know my exams are over and my holidays has started. I am back to my home after months. So was busy with my family. Hope you understand. Not wasting your time further. Here is next chapter.
Chapter 10It has been 3 weeks of Arohi working as Arjun's manager. These 3 weeks were the most hectic week of her life. And the reason is not unknown to us. Working with Arjun is not easy and when numerous projects are in line then it is anything other than close to easy. But again these 3 weeks were not just hectic but also important to her. She got to learn a lot with him. About projects, about on field working, about quotations and most importantly about him. Yes finally she come to know him. Being his manager is just being with him as his shadow. In this 3 weeks her all misunderstanding about him was clear. She started to respect him more. His hard work, his down to earth nature, his witty nature everything attracted her. She unknowingly was developing a soft corner for him in her heart. Though his anger was something which irritate her and so she has not stop calling him with names as she used earlier such as sadu, akdu, junglee and what not. But again her heart always gives the excuse that it was normal to get angry when people don't complete their work. And moreover so much work pressure makes him cranky. She herself don't understand why always she feels to justify his anger to herself. May be because she respects him alot. That's THE excuse which she gave to herself for her not so Arohi nature.
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She tried to avoid the constant ringing of her phone by grabbing the pillow and covering her ear but it didn't help. She irritatingly answer the phone in sleepy voice.
" Hello "" Miss Arohi you are not up yet. Do you know what time it is?"" Sir you have called me on SUNDAY MORNING just to ask time??" She asked irritatingly emphasizing Sunday morning.
" Are you crazy??? I mean you are still sleeping ? "" Sir any normal person who has a boss like you would do the same on SUNDAY MORNING but leave it you will not understand because that's normal person do...and you are not normal from any angle. " She said last sentence under her breath.
" Cut the sarcasm Miss Arohi and I have heard that angle part"Arohi bit her lip.
" I have called you to inform that, we have a meeting in an hour. Mr. Sahani has to return back to UK urgently. So he want to see the progress report..."Hearing this Arohi started panicking.
" But sir aachanak se. I mean aaj. Aaj kaise. We are not ready for this."" Calm down " he ordered sternly.
" I know we are not ready but panicking is not the option. At least we have 1 hour to prepare. In future we may have such situations where we have to deal with more critical things. Then how you are going to deal them. I want you in the office in 20 minutes. Not a second late. Understood." She tried to cut him but he cut the phone
" What does he think of himself. How can he cut the call without listening to me. How dare he behave liked this" murmured Arohi getting up annoyingly.
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" Are itni harbadi Mein kahan ja rahi hai naasta to kar lein"asked Amrit seeing Arohi.
" Maa ek important meeting hai aur nashta Main office Mein kar lungi" replied Arohi rushing towards the door.
" Par aaj to Sunday hai " asked Rajveer.
" Bhai it's urgent. Bye all of you" *************************************
" Is she that much insane or she is just pretending that she don't understand anything. The way I look at her. The way I irritate her. The way I am possessive about her. The way I help her going out of the box. Not a single day of mine go without seeing her. Her single smile make my day. And this girl... Does she even notice these things." thought he looking at her.
" Hey what are you thinking? "asked Shefali
" Nothing "replied Jai stirring his coffee.
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"Good morning Miss. Arohi I am impressed. You are on time."he said smirking.
"What so good about this morning."She smiled fakely and murmured under her breath.
"Now let's work. We have 45 minutes to complete and leave to meet Mr. Sahani. We will work together so that it we can finish it soon. Come to my cabin now."he ordered sternly and left from there.
"Come to my cabin now" she dramatically mimicked him making weird faces.
She entered his cabin and settled her things on his table. She opened her laptop and started updating the report.
They were working on report from last half an hour.
" Sir it's complete. Pls have a look."She said getting up and picking the laptop.
" Miss. Arohi while I read this type this mail."ordered Arjun.
She bend down to type the mail. Her long open hair was hanging close to his face. Her slightly wet hair was sticking to his face due to the breeze. He irritatingly turn towards her to shout at her. But after seeing her, not a single word came out of his mouth.She was looking just ethereal. So pure so delicate so unreal. She was standing at a decent distance from him but still that much close that he can read every feature of her face. The way she bit her upper from sides while typing , unaware of one pair of eyes which was fixed only on her .The way her hair was swaying making her look more beautiful. And her fragrance was so soothing. Something of lemons or limes or something very refreshing. Suddenly his whole cabin was covered with her smell.
" Sir... Sir..."called Arohi.
Her calling broke his thoughts. He at once cleared his throat and turned his face towards the laptop screen.
" Sir is everything okay"asked Arohi.
" Yes , Why???replied Arjun clearing his throats.
" And why are you leaning. Just pull the chair and do your work."ordered Arjun ending her further questions along with gifting himself a piece of mind.
" Sir it's done "" We will leave in 10 minutes. You may go now."She picked her things and exited.
" Chal Arohi kuch kha le warna iss sadu ke chakkar Mein pata nahi kab tujhe khana nasib Ho"said Arohi to herself.
" Oh... Shit... Aaj to Sunday hai , canteen to band hogi."" Lagta hai aaj kewal coffee se hi kaam chalana padega"said Arohi and move toward the coffee maker.
He looked at the figure sipping coffee alone. Generally she would be seen with Simmi and a charming smile which is so infectious that even his lips twitch seeing her smiling. It has been 3 weeks that she has been working as his manager. And about her one thing is very clear that she is hardworking , talented and good person. It is not the first time that he is seeing her. Nowadays it has been his daily routine to watch her. But today looking at her give him an internal satisfaction. What happened sometime ago was still fresh in his mind. It's not that , she is the most beautiful girl he has seen ever. But along with beauty she has something which pull him towards her. His thoughts were broken when she walked from there.
He looked at his watch and picked up his things and car keys.
" Let's go Miss Arohi. "he said moving towards the exit.
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" I am so sorry Arjun. I called you in so short notice. But I can't help. There is some problem in U.K and I am required there. Hope you understand." apologized Mr. Sahani.
" It's ok Mr. Sahani. "After 2 hours finally the meeting was everyone.
" Thank you Arjun and you also Miss. Arohi "said Mr. Sahani shaking hands with both of them and moving out with them.
They reached Arjun's car. Arohi felt a slight dizziness. She stumbled a bit. Arjun saw her.
"Are you fine Miss. Arohi"asked Arjun in concern.
"Yes I am fine sir"replied Arohi holding the handle of car door.
"Dekh ke to lagta nahi hai. replied Arjun holding her.
" I think you should drink some water... One second have you eaten something since morning." asked Arjun
Arohi nodded negatively in reply.
" Are you crazy Miss. Arohi. It's afternoon and you haven't eaten a single morsel. It's..." Sir can you complete your quota of scolding afterwards. I need to eat something."said Arohi cutting him.
He immediately took her to the nearby restaurant and ordered some juice for her. After drinking juice she felt better. Then the lunch came. She was eating silently whereas he was just staring at her.
" Care to explain why were you hungry till now."Arohi stared him as if he had asked something alien.
" Don't give me that look "said Arjun.
" Sir I think you have forgot that my boss called this morning suddenly and asked me reach office in 20 minutes. Not a second late. So how am I supposed to have breakfast." replied Arohi raising her one eyebrow.
" But I think that much time is sufficient...".
Hearing this Arohi gave him ' are you out of your mind look '.
" Ok I am sorry. Now eat. " " Waise you know sir I can't stay hungry , not even for a minute forget about hours. But I also don't understand how am I hungry till now... You know agar meri family ko pata chala na Ki main itni der tak bhuki thi. They will never believe. Especially Sanchit bhai... You know he used to call me bhukkad. You know Sanchit bhai..."Arohi blabbered while eating.
Arjun held his head hearing her blabbering. One more thing he had learn about her that when she starts, no one can stop her. At first he got irritated but good thing is that while working she is very sincere. But now he got habituated to her blabbering.
He looked at her adorningly. She was blabbering , eating and telling him about something or someone whom he don't know obviously. He ate silently half listening to her and half adorning her cute antics and faces that she make unaware of one pair of eyes who was watching them with an evil smile on face.
P.S- Please avoid the mistakes. And pls comment guys. It will help me to improve.
Edited by secretwriter19 - 9 years ago
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