Chapter 3 - His Thoughts & Her Thoughts
"Look Mr.Raizada, I know I'm late and I'm really sorry for that. You know, what happened was...,Wait a minute, I'm sure your not interested in listening to the reason why I was late. Because I know that time is very important for you, so listening to the reason why I was late, would be a waste of time for you. Because personally, even I hate people who are not punctual. So all I want to say is I'm sorry for being late and I won't mind if you don't want to offer the job to me", Khushi said in one breath. After she stopped talking only she realized, that she has started blabbering without any permission from the angry young man who was sitting in front of her.
Arnav was looking at the girl who was standing in front of him now. He was surprised when she suddenly started to blabber, even without him giving any permission to speak. She didn't at least bother to greet him first. Arnav's hundred percent concentration was on Khushi now. Being ASR, not only was he observing Khushi carefully, all the things she was telling was registered in his mind at the same time. After all he was good at multitasking and that was the secret behind his success. He observed Khushi from head to toe. He didn't miss what was going on Khushi's mind at the moment. He knew she feared him, but he saw that she was fully trying to show her brave face. Seeing this, he smiled from his mind. "Weird girl", he said to himself. Then his mind suddenly started to concentrate on the appearance of this intriguing figure. She was simple, professional-looking, but at the same time she looked charming. She wasn't extremely beautiful like the other girls, but she had her own unique natural beauty. And the way she had dressed showed that she knew how to present herself according to the occasion. She seemed to be confident of herself. His train of thoughts were stopped, when suddenly silence surrounded the space. He was shocked at his thoughts on this girl and was surprised that the anger that he first had has vanished.
Arnav composed himself and asked Khushi to sit. She said thank you softly, and seated herself properly.
"Miss Gupta, I hope you had a perfectly good reason for being late today. But this can't happen from next time onwards. Because in this company, everybody knows what being punctual means. And I'm glad you have figured out that I don't waste time in knowing unnecessary stuff. And as you said, without further wasting my time, I'm going to offer you the job", Arnav said calmly, but in a stern tone.
Khushi was surprised at this man's behaviour. Here she was thinking that he would yell at her and say "get out". But instead he was calm and even offering her the job.
"Well Mr.Raizada, if your saying that you are letting me plan the event, I'm ready to do it. And I assure you that what happened today, won't happen again", she said accepting the offer.
"Okay then Miss Gupta, I need to know how your going to plan the event by tomorrow, before 5pm. This file contains all the details, you can read it and get an idea of the event".
"Tomorrow 5pm?", Khushi asked with utter surprise. "Are you out of your mind???? See.. this is why I don't like to work under any boss. You know, to plan the event I have to get creative ideas. Any person can give ideas on how to plan an event. But to make the event perfect, the planner should get the best ideas. When you restrict the time frame, you can't get a better output. So I don't think I'll be able to do it by tomorrow", Khushi said disagreeing to what he was asking.
"Well Miss Gupta, you are forgetting something here. We don't have time. The party is next week. You only have 7 days. You either give me the plan by tomorrow or you forget about this whole thing", Arnav said in a rough voice.
"See here Mr.Raizada. You know I'm a freelance fashion designer, not a professional event planner. I only agreed to do this as a help for my friend. I want perfection in what I do. If you limit the time like this, I won't be able to do this perfectly. So either you believe in me and give me enough time or you find someone else", Khushi said without any hesitation.
Arnav couldn't believe what she was saying. She was deciding conditions and he was not ready to agree. "I know how you work. I have agreed to give this job to you because, some of my friends in this field recommended you, saying that you had very creative and unique ideas when it comes to designing clothes. Normally, if a person has excellent creative ideas, he or she can plan anything creative, may it be clothes designing or event planning. That's why I agreed to give you this task, despite knowing that you are not a professional at this. Just because I am in need of someone to plan the event, does not mean I'm desperate for your help. So I'm going to give you time till 5pm tomorrow. You go home and think. If you will be able to turn the event plan on time, and if the plan impresses me, the task will be yours", he said making her clearly understand that he wouldn't bend his decisions just because of her.
"I clearly understood what you were trying to say. I'm glad that you straightforwardly said what was going on in your mind. I'm not going to say I will do it, but if your lucky, the event plan will be on your desk before 5pm tomorrow and I'm confident that you will surely give me the job . If the plan won't be on the desk on time, I won't be offended if you give the job to someone else", she said making him figure out that she was not desperate for this job.
"Well then Miss Gupta, you may leave now. Hope you will take the right decision", he said giving permission for Khushi to leave.
"Okay Mr.Raizada. It was nice meeting you. Have a good day", Khushi said politely, as she remembered that she forgot to greet him when she entered the cabin.
After the meeting with "Great ASR", Khushi headed home. It was around 7pm. She saw that the other members of her family wasn't at home. Suddenly her phone started to ring & it was her Chachi.
"Hello Chachi", Khushi said answering the phone.
"Khushi, I called to tell you that we are going to a party, and since you weren't at home we left. Don't wait until we come", Chachi said.
"Okay Chachi, enjoy the party", Khushi said joyfully. The call ended. Khushi had her dinner and went to her room to rest, wishing good night to Rama.
In her room Khushi was lying on the bed. She was feeling really lonely now. She knew Chachi lied, saying that they left because she was not at home. Khushi always knew they didn't like to take her along to these kinds of social events, because in these events when the guests see that Mr.Gupta has brought along his adopted daughter, they will start to shoot questions which was their favourite thing to do. The questions would be, "Why is she not doing a permanent job?", "Why did she decide to do a job like fashion designing?", and so on. It was perfectly fine by her, if Chachu felt uncomfortable in answering these questions because these were personal stuff. But here the case was different. Chachu felt ashamed that he couldn't make her do what he expected her to do. When all the children of his colleagues in the same field were doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc., she was the only person who was doing something different. She has tried to make him understand that it doesn't matter what job you do, as long as your happy and you give the best output you could give. But her efforts were useless in making her Chachu understand. So they have stopped talking on this topic from that point onwards.
The sudden sound of the clock ringing 10pm, brought her out of the thoughts that hurt her a lot. She looked around trying to figure out what to do, as she was feeling bored. Suddenly her gaze fell on the file lying on the table. She remembered the angry eyes that stared at her when she entered the cabin. There was something special about those eyes, which she still couldn't figure out. He looked really handsome and no wonder girls were dying to meet him. She truly felt that he was not as bad as she thought. Unlike other people, he didn't pretend to be all nice to create a good impression about him. And at the same time she felt that he was a reasonable person. It was true that he wanted things to be done in his own way, and that he would not change anything once something is decided. But that's what makes him one of the top businessman in the country and in the world. She was surprised when she realized that she had started to think about the "Great ASR" in a positive manner. She kept the thoughts about him aside and went near the table. She sat down and took the file to her hands. She opened the file slowly and her eyes started to follow the printed words that was put down on the paper.
Will Khushi be able to handover the event plan on time? If so, will ASR and Khushi's relationship be just professional or something more than that? What kind of a relationship does Akash and Arnav share? You will get the answers for these questions on my next chapter.
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Edited by varu3od - 12 years ago
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