In this FF Khushi and Arnav are business partners of AK (Arnav Khushi) fashion Designing Company. They have a good partnership and don't hate each other ... Arnav is dating Lavanya and Khushi is single... She's just like Arnav from show but isn't rude or anything...she is helping her dad in business . her mom died when she was 10 and since then her dad is her everything... Arnav lives with his Di and Jiju (Shyam is a nice guy in this as i like his character and therefore he's nice in my update) Shyam loves his wife from the bottom of his heart. the first chapter is located in office discussing about the Fashion Show Launch in New York
Khushi was furiously typing on her laptop when there was a knock on her door. She said; "Come in" and a tall handsome man aged 25 came in with the right attitude and energy for work. Khushi asked him to sit without looking up from the laptop screen.
"So Mr Raizada, what's the news about Karan Fashion Designing?" she asked finally looking up from the screen.
"Miss Gupta the news is that he refused for the partnership with us for the bridal wears". He said with disappointment in his voice.
"What? How is that possible?" she was furious as hell because she desperately wanted Karan's designs for the bridal designs for their Fashion Show launching next to next week. And hell she would do anything and anything to get their partnership for this project.
"Well Aman told that he had spoken with the manager of the boutique and he refused straight away for the proposal saying that they are not interested in any sorts of partnership. Aman tried his best and even proposed good offers and 35% share in the profit. But he refused nonetheless" he explained.
"Mr Arnav I am hell scared now as our show is launching next to next week and we have to get their tomorrow morning and if we don't even have the dresses than we are totally screwed" Khushi said and started rubbing her forehead with her hand worriedly.
"Well can't we postpone this further?" Arnav asked
"I wish we could but I have to attend a conference in Goa in 3 weeks and I definitely need time to prepare myself as that meeting is really important to raise popularity and respect for our AK designs"
"True! How can I forget that? Well lemme think [pause] okay what u do is organize a meeting with the owner of the boutique tomorrow and I'll research more about their boutique and try my best to come up with a way to make them agree with our proposal." Arnav tried consoling Khushi.
Khushi nodded her head in approval. "Well I guess if your handling this then I'm sure that we'll get the deal" Khushi said confidently. Saying that she called Aman and Lavanya in her office. After a minute they both reached and knocked on her door.
"Come in" She said
"Yes Miss how could we help?" asked the new assistant manager Lavanya
"Well I need both of you to research every possible thing about Karan boutique and mainly their down points. And I need this info in 2 hours max. Any questions?" she asked both of them and they just shook their heads saying a no. Meanwhile Khushi called at the Boutique to fix a meeting with the owner.
After a few minutes Arnav spoke;
"No more need for the research, I know how to trap the chicken in net" He said with a grin. Khushi got a hope that they now might get the deal and was curious to know what was going in Arnav's mind.
"What do u mean Mr Raizada?" She asked
"Offer Rohit, Karan's right hand a job in AK designs and we'll get what we want!"
"How is that going to help"
"Well he's a designer who works for money and can do anything and anything for the sake of money. Karan's boutique is only a success due to him and if Rohit doesn't work that'll mean Karan's business will deteriorate and he'll accept any proposal in order to balance his business. As simple as that!"
"It's a brilliant idea Mr Raizada but we already have a designer in our company Mr Akash Singhania, he's loyal and brilliant at his work and I don't have a heart to sack him and as you know he's a man who works on his own with his ideas and will not want to work with any body else. Which means he will not work with Rohit if insisted"
"When did I say that u have to give him a job?"
"What? U just recommended him" Khushi was confused and Arnav was smiling.
"Okay fix a meeting with him and offer him a job saying you want to test his work for a month first before giving him the permanent job and also tell him that he'll have to quit his previous job as well as u want him to give his 100% for our AK company. And u know that our work will be done in 3 weeks max and after that fire him saying he's not good enough"
"Hmm.. The plan is evil though"
"Cummon Miss Gupta, It's business and it's all fair"
"I guess so, but I have a doubt if he'll be ready to do volunteer work for us without any payment and also quit his previous job"
"Cummon Miss Gupta it's AK company, everybody dreams to work in here as its counted in the top 5 companies in India for Fashion Designing, So I don't think that'll be a problem"
"I must have done some good things in my life that I got such a best business partner like you" She complimented Arnav for this brilliant idea.
"I can say the same thing is no other company shares a partnership of 50-50. specially in my case as I was just a manager of yours at the beginning and now a partner. Thanks for everything Miss Gupta" he said with a smile on his face. Khushi liked the fact that he respected her so much;
"That's because you are just the best at everything, lets take today's e.g. u did an amazing job today"
"Thanks again… By the way I was thinking maybe you can give Rohit the proposal today and by tomorrow he'll quit his job… then fix a meeting with Karan if possible tomorrow and our work will be done"
"Just a minute" Saying that she called Aman in the office. He came after a minute or so and Khushi explained him everything and he left her cabin after wards.
"And one more thing Miss Gupta can u postpone our tickets from tomorrow to maybe day after tomorrow otherwise it'll be all a rush"
"I'll do that just now"
"Okay then I must take a leave"
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Arnav was typing on his laptop when he received a message from Lavanya asking him to meet in lunch at canteen. Reading a message from her bought a huge smile on his face and he replied saying he'll be there.
After that his cabin phone started ringing and he picked it up.
"Hello Mr Raizada, I just wanted to say that our plan has worked and Rohit has agreed for volunteering work"
"That's a good news"
"Thanks a lot Mr Raizada if u weren't here I would have still been puling my hair in stress" saying that she smiled and heard a chuckle from Arnav on the other side.
"No need for thanks Miss Gupta"
"I also fixed a meeting with Karan in 4 hours, I wanted you to come with me as ur my business partner and ur presence is important"
Arnav felt really nice that she gave him so much importance; without thinking any further he said;
"Sure Miss Gupta I'll come"
"Cool then we'll leave at 2 as the office is 30 minutes away"
"Okay I'll see you then"
Saying that he disconnected the call.
Then he realised he had promised a lunch with Lavanya. He quickly took his iPhone from his pocket and dialled Lavanya's no.
"HeY Arnav"
"Hi Lavanya… err..ummm" He din knew what to say as he knew she'll be clearly disappointed from him.
"Whats wrong Arnav? Is everything okay?"
"Actually I wanted to say that I'm sorry"
"Sorry for what?" she asked
"I won't be able to have lunch with you as I have a meeting to attend with the Owner of Karan Boutique. I'm sorry"
"What else can I expect as every single time u ditch me for ur work. Anyways I gotta go have some work to finish bye"
Before Arnav could say anything else she disconnected the call. Arnav felt bad but he couldn't help the situation as he had to attend the meeting. He thought of calling her again but then went against the idea as he knew she wouldn't pacify that easily.
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Arnav and Khushi were now sitting in the office of Karan waiting in the conference area. In 5 minutes they were called by his secretory to go inside Karan's office.
"Good morning Miss Gupta" Karan said shaking hands with Khushi and then with Arnav saying; "Good Morning Mr Raizada"
"Good Morning Mr Singhania"
After greeting each other they took their seats.
"So how can I help you?" Karan asked
"Well we our launching our fashion show in New York next to next week on Indian Bridal wear and we want you to be partners with us for this project as in giving your bridal dresses for the show."
"Well, I'm sorry but it's not possible as I'm not interested" Karan said in a matter-of-fact-tone.
"We'll give you 30 lacks and if the show is a hit then 15% in profit." which I guess is a very good deal as your designs will be known in world then and you'll be famous. I don't think there should be any problems with this proposal" Arnav explained confidently as he already knew that the deal is confirmed with Karan because he needed money to come out of the debt.
"Well not bad but I think I need at least 50 lacks for this proposal" Karan proposed for more money thinking that they were desperate for this deal.
"Then in that case Mr Karan I think we'll find somebody else" Khushi started leaving along with Arnav.
"Wait!" Karan said;
They both gave each other a look saying "they have caught the fish" and turned around.
"Yes Mr Karan?" Khushi asked
"Well I guess I'm ready for this proposal" Karan said
"Okay then, the papers will be sent to you in another half or so, just sign on them and send them back to us before tomorrow" saying that they shook hands with Karan and bid good bye.
They were sitting in their car and Khushi was all the time smiling. Arnav looked at her and asked; "Kya baat hai Miss Gupta, you look really happy"
"Waise abhi hum office main nahi hai so u can call me Khushi. Thanks a lot Mr Raizada as this wouldn't have been possible without you"
"It's okay khushi and I also prefer Arnav outside the office"
"Okay Arnav, waise I din knew that even in this situation we are already earning the profit of 50 lacks"
"Well Karan needed money to pay the money to bank before closing his boutique and in that situation we had to pretend that we aren't that desperate as my dad used to say never look desperate in business that others take advantage out of it!"
"That's so true" Khushi said
After a ride of 30 minutes they reached Office and got back to their work.
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Arnav was typing on his laptop when there was a knock on his door.
"Come in"
Lavanya entered with a file.
"Mr Raizada, Miss Gupta gave this file to be checked by you"
Arnav knew that she was angry at him as she only addresses him with his last name when she is angry at him. He took the file from her and kept it on the table. Lavanya started to leave but he held her hands and stopped her from going. He hugged her from back.
"I'm sorry La"
She turned around and looked at his puppy face. There was no way she was falling for it today. Hell noo
"Miss Gupta also said that we are boarding our flight at 10:30 in morning tomorrow" she said handling him his tickets.
"Okay" before he could say anything else, his head started aching and everything was getting blur in front of him. He held his head with his hands and screamed AAGGGH
"Listen you, all your cheap tricks are not gonna work on me so better stop doing all this shit! You get that! And one more thing I'm not going to this trip as my dad is coming back today and wants to discuss something important. I have already chatted with Miss Gupta about it and she said it's fine… Anyways I'm off" saying that she left the office.
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"Aman do u have the file of Karan's documentation?" Khushi asked him on phone
"Actually Mr Raizada has got the file as he needed to check something"
"Okay then I'll collect it from him"
She knocked at his door but when din get any reply she opened the door and entered the office. What she saw shocked the hell out of her. She saw Arnav lying on the floor unconscious. She quickly went and sat next to him; she shaked him but all went in vein. She bought a glass of water and started splashing water on him. After few seconds Arnav opened his eyes. He saw Khushi crying hard out. With the lot of effort he managed to say
"Im fine Khushi, it's okay"
"How did this happened Arnav?"
Before he could say anything, the doctor came into his cabin and checked his problem.
"What's wrong doctor?"
"Actually I'm his regular GP and he is Diabetic type 1, he must have skipped his meals again and his medicine that's why his sugar level got really low resulting in unconsciousness. He needs rest and healthy food and give him some sweats to raise his sugar level. If there's any problem I'm just a call away."
"Thanks a lot doctor" Khushi said
The doctor took his leave and khushi turned back to Arnav who was now sitting on his chair and had started typing again. Khushi was furious at him. She went next to him and shut his laptop down. She din wanna create a scene in the office therefore started dragging him out of the office and got into her car and drove to her house.
"May I know why did you bring me to your house?" he was very scared but asked pretending as if nothing mattered to him.
"Shut up! And come with me!"
"What ? Where?"
"Upstairs in the guest room"
"But why?"
"Not a single word from your mouth" saying that she started dragging him towards the guest room. When they reached she made him lay on the bed.
"Now take some sleep until I prepare some food for you"
"Khushi thanks for everything but I don't wanna trouble you and I'll just take a takeaway and my medicines and I'll be fine"
"Shut up! How could u skip your meals u fool? Why din you temme ur diabetic before? What if I din came to grab the file from you hun? What would have happened? How could you be so careless with your health? May I know the reason for skipping your meals? Do u know if anything happened to you what would have happened to the ones that love you? Seriously I din knew that ur soo stupid!" she burst out her anger on him. Arnav was listening very calmly.
"Ho gaya ab main bolu? This morning I woke up late and u know me I hate turning up late to iffice therefore decided to skip breakfast and I'm strictly not allowed to have medicine without eating anything. Then during lunch we had the meeting so I skipped it again"
"Tum mujhe bata nahi sakte the ki tumne kuch khaya nahi hai so that wee could have gone to a restaurant to eat something. Anyways that girlfriend of yours is totally pathetic! I told her that your not feeling well and u even fainted today and do u know what that freak said? She was like she's not falling for any of ur stupid acts and I seriously wanted to beat the crap out of her and just sack her!"
"She's angry at me that's why!"
"Whatever! Anyways ur staying here tonight as I don't wanna risk ur life and Anjali ji is also out of town so yerr ur staying here tonight and I have sent my driver to grab ur clothes from ur house as we are leaving tomorrow for New york"
"It's alright u don have to do this for me, I'm totally fine"
"Did I ask you? Shut up and sleep until I prepare some food"
"But.." Khushi cut him off
"Do you wan me to call Anjali ji"
"Fine… But why are you cooking, lets order pizza or something"
"Did I ask you? Nahi na… Chup chap so jao okay and ur not eating anything from outside, u are only allowed to eat home made and that's it"
Saying that she left him and went to the kitchen. Arnav was thinking that he must have done something great in his previous life to have an angle in his life who cared so much for him just like his Di and on the other hand the person he loved thought he was acting and she din give a damn about him.
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sorry for the mistakes and all as i don't know much about business ... Feedback and comments are needed :) thanks for reading!!
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