AsYa FF : Life As We Know It (Chap5 -Updated) - Page 10

Zoya sat in her room and started to plan out her 'TO DO LIST' in her diary when there was a knock on the door. Zoya turned around to see a A well groomed man, wearing an overcoat and trousers. Zoya was quite impressed by his dressing style and said, "hi!" "Yaha hum assalam walaykum kehte hai!" Ayaan said teasing. "Walaykum assalam!" she replied with humility. "So, I just spoke to Nikhat, she told me you wanted to see this city?" he asked. "Yes, My mother used to live here…" "Good, so I will take you around, and help you out!" "And may I know the name of this very helpful man?" Zoya laughed. "Khan, Ayaan Ahmed Khan!" he said in James bond style. Zoya laughed a little more and said, "I'm Zoya."

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Asad had to take him employee interview today all day. Then he had to meet Ayaan at the site. He had a busy day ahead of him. He sat and stared at the no. of views of his website. 9. He waited longer. He had been in office since last night when he had published the website. He had finally started his business officially. He had a long way to go. 9 views. He hoped people would like what he had to offer. He looked at his clock, 9:00am. Asad was sleepy but there was no time to sleep. He had to work, work and work. He had a goal and he had to persevere to achieve it. People would start coming in in an hour so he had to get ready for the interview. He went and splashed some water on his face and sat down jotting down a few questions he would like to ask.

The interview started and ended. There were 20 people who Asad interviewed and now it was finally time to relax a little before his next meeting. Asad had only shortlisted 5 people who he liked and who he thought could work according to him. He wanted to go home, but because there was only 45 minutes before his meeting at the site, he decided to get some coffee.

"One Black coffee and a croissant please!" he ordered at the caf. "141" we will call you when its ready, the lady at the counter said. Asad took a seat and waited. He was thinking about his ambitions as usual when he heard the numbers, "141, 142." Asad went up to counter. Two cups of coffee and Croissants lay on the counter. A lady ahead of him picked one up and he picked the other. He had the first sip and instantly spat it out, "What the hell!" he cursed under his voice. He saw the lady up front do the same, instead she spat it out on the floor. 'What an idiot' he thought. "Allah Miya!" he heard the lady roar, "Its so bitter!" "Because its not yours!" Asad said from behind. She turned around and Asad got a better look at her face. "What?" she said. "This is my coffee!" Asad said taking the cup from her hand. "How do you drink this thing? Its even worse then medicines!" Zoya asked. "Like you drink this one. Its like your just eating plain sugar!" Asad replied. "Youu--!" Zoya lifted her finger. The counter was getting busy and someone pushed Zoya to get through. Zoya crashed into Asad and both the cups fell on Asad's shirt. "Ouch!" Asad shrieked as the coffee burned him. "Allah Miya, I am so sorry!" Zoya said rushing to get tissues. She tried to help Asad but he was furious, "Thanks to you I will be late for my first meeting!" he said pushing her hands away. "Listen, I said sorry, I really am. I am new here and I was just getting coffee!" she said. "It shows. You look like you are new to this world also!" Asad said snatching the tissues from her hand and stomping off! 'Allah Miya, what's wrong with this man? I was being nice to him and he was being so rude…" Zoya shook her head and ordered another coffee.

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Ayaan stood in the sun at the site for a very long time. He wondered where Asad was. 'Abu was right, this man is going to make me do everything on his terms. I am not going to let that happen!' he decided. He thought of waiting for another 5 minutes before he left.

Asad rushed to the site. He had to go home and change and he was in a very bad mood. As he entered the site, he couldn't see anyone. He looked around and then finally spotted Ayaan standing and speaking to an employee. He approached him trying to calm himself down so that he could think clearly. "Mr. Ayaan." Asad said from behind. "Its Mr. Khan, not Ayaan and you are very late!" Ayaan informed trying to pull off his angry face like his father could do. "I am sorry, and Its Mr. Asad Ahmed Khan!" he said. Ayaan was suddenly startled. "Ahmed Khan?" he muttered. Asad looked confused too. Ayaan stared at him in awe. 'Could he be m step brother abu was talking about?! He did seem a little shocked when I mentioned Asad…' Ayaan wondered and then quickly putting it out he thought, 'nah! Abu said he just returned, he couldn't have done all of this so fast.'

"Shall we start?" Asad asked. "So, this project should take a month maximum? We have around 150 workers on this project and I hope you will explain the entire idea to me in detail." Ayaan said. "Again? If you would have paid attention in the meeting, you wouldn't have to ask." "Mr. Asad Ahmed Khan, let's forget what has happened and lets concentrate and what is to happen. There is a lot of work to be done and it will be better if we could argue less and work more!" Ayaan said taking his stance. He would not give in easily.

The entire afternoon was spent doing sight work. Asad was tired and just wanted to sleep. Ayaan and Asad both were tired. They sat in a room having water when Asad finally said, "I'll leave now. We will talk about the next meeting over the phone." "Yes, Khuda hafis" Ayaan said. "Khuda hafis." As Asad walked down the stairs he banged into someone. "I am so sorry!" he said pulling back. It was the same girl he had crashed into, it was Zoya. "Allah Miya, Look where your going!" she roared. "YOUU!" Asad growled. "Oh shit!" Zoya said under her breathe. "You know I was so late because of you! It was my first meeting and I was late!" Asad said. "I said sorry. And I will speak to Ayaan and put in a good word for you. He won't fire you!" Zoya said trying to make up for her mistake. Asad was shocked at the girl. "I don't work here lady." He said with attitude. "Oh, he already fired you?" "I have my own company." He clarified, "Is it so tough to get that past your thick skull?" "Oh please, I have a degree in engineering. I can do everything!" Asad looked up at her. That's exactly what he needed - an engineer, who could manage the company's projects. Her ideas could actually help, but he had to find out more about this! "From where?" "From MIT !" she said with great pride. "So what is an engineer doing here? An engineer without work is sad!" he said. "If I want, I can work anywhere, and everywhere." She said with pride. "In my company?" "Yes Ofcourse!" Zoya shot. "Cool, so we have a deal. Tomorrow, 10:00 am, here's my card!" Asad said walking away…

"What?" Zoya said. But Asad had already gone. 'Did I just get myself a job? But I don't want a job, hell, I don't need one!' she thought. She was surely impressed though. He had just forced her to say yes to his job offer. That man had some talent. 'Maybe getting a job isn't so bad after all.'

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