Chapter 18
Geet
I wondered wht exactly dis man was..!!
An enigma wid so many facets..
A greek god wid looks to die for..
An attitude tht kills!!
Till now I was under the illusion.. n though I hate to confess it tht.. only I used to drool over him..
Bt nw I realised tht I wasn't d only one.. der was pari, then pinky n babaji knows hw many others.. if I thot tht shud make me feel better abt my drooling spree..
..trust me it dint..!!
Instead I felt worse tht all dese gals were all gaga ovr him..
The "why" part of it was what I failed to comprehend!!
B4 I cud think ny more.. he was der.. ryt in front of my eyes..
I wanted to catch his eye coz I knew der was no way I was gonna get a smile.. if I dint get one at home.. der was
Definitely no chance here..
Bt sm sign of recognition wudnt do ny harm.. hai na babaji.. or so I thot coz he walked away as I dint exist..!!
Dusht danav!!
He just spoke to sasha n I nw tht I knew she was d head architect.. it wasn't surprising.. bt the way her body language had changed.. arrrggghhh , I wondered just hw cudnt maan c ryt thru her faade!!
If tht wasn't enuf.. he next spoke to pinky giving her sm instructions.. obviously she was d receptionist.. bt look at her.. d way she looked smitten by his charm, I wonder if she evn heard wht he said..
N to make it worse, der was pari.. his secretary.. yes.. bt wht kind of secretary looks at her boss like tht.. as if..!!
N
He just ignored me.. walking into his cabin!!
Hey babaji wht all was I thinking and more importantly why was all dis affecting me..???
I had no right to think like tht bt wen hv thots ever been in control..
I got out of my thots whn my phone rang..
N I was glad to c it was dev..
I needed a distraction!!
DD.. my savior.. as alwaz!!
"hey.. all set at KC?"
"yeah.."
"I wanted to call u earlier bt got late!!"
"no probs.."
"so tell me.. hwz bro.. I mean as ur boss?"
"don't know.."
"meaning.."
"we haven't even spoken yet.."
"well tht sounds like bro.. he aint gonna interact unless its work.. so don't mind it.. n frankly speaking whn at work, not having to face him is the best way to survive.."
"dev.. stop scaring me..!!"
"sorry.. dint mean to.. nywaz jokes apart.. whr r u seated?'
"I ve been given d cabin ryt nxt to maan.. I mean sir!!"
"seriously.. ? I mean tht cabin s been out of use.. I mean nvr been used since v shifted base der.. smhw bro was nvr satisfied wid whtever was done wid it.. umm.. probably he expects u to improve upon it while u r der..!!"
I looked arnd n knew it was way too perfect for ny improvisation.. infact it almost suited my taste to perfection..
"naa.. don't think it needs ny.. so whn r u comin back?"
"missing me already haan?"
"dev.."
"chill dear.. will be back once I get done wid stuff here..!! till den I hope u get along wid bro.. it really means a lot to me.."
"sorry!!"
"I.. wo.. i.. I mean it will b great if u guys get along na.. easier to work 2gthr!!"
B4 I cud contemplate ny further d phone rang.. I d been summoned to maan's office..
"come in.."
I walked in to c sasha der..
Standing as close to maan while dey bent ovr the table discussing ovr d blue prints of sm project..
While I had my eyes on sasha, for sm reason, wanting to burn her alive der n den..
I cud feel maan's eyes on me..
As our eyes met, I fet myself relaxing automatically..
Ders d magician at work again..
A pace maker for my heart.. racing it n slowing it down at his will..!!
"hmm.. sasha dis is miss geet handa, our new interior decorator n miss handa dis sasha, our head architect.."
It felt so weird hearing him call me miss handa.. way to formal for comfort!!
Though we hardly spoke much, we had been been on first name basis since forever..
Wht made it worse was he called sasha by her name.. n me so formally!!
"we've met MK"
Even as I shook hands wid sasha, I hated her touch.. 'twas one of the rare times whn I was prejudiced against sm1 so strongly..
"MK.. whn did u appoint her? I mean I just put up d add for a new interior decorator today.."
I hated her guts more to question my appointment..
I wanted to reply bt maan got back to her before..
"saasha.. it shud b none of ur concern.. u cudnt find a replacement fast enuf especially whn I told u to hire two of them. I wanted no delays in dis project.. !!"
"sorry MK.. it was just.."
"no excuses.. u can leave.."
I felt gud tht maan answered her back..
N
Almost smiled as sasha left..
He settled down in his chair n started working on his laptop..
"geet.. I hope u've started planning out thngs.. we have less than a month to get thngs settled.."
Again straight to the point whn it cms to work.. I wondered if he cud ever talk as much abt nythng else bt dis wasn't really the time to know tht.. he dint even look upto me..
Bt on the positive side atleast he wasn't callin me miss handa anymore..
"geet.. r u listening..? we hv to get thngs done fast.. so u gotta start asap.. if der is nythng to doubt regarding the structure u can ask me.. bt I think I hv already provided u wid all the information.. so get going.. u can leave now.."
Hey babaji.. b4 I cud utter a word, he'd dismissed me..
No asking whthr I was comfortable, or ny guidelines to go about things..
Just get work started n deadlines!!
Bt den why was I even expecting nythng out of him..
Afterall ..
Once a dusht danav.. alwaz a dusht danav!!
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