Yes I know! Shocking but true. Here's the next part (:
Yes Boss: Part 10 "ZOYA!! You told me you'd pass the file to the IT guy after you were done! Miss Narges will be here in no time, and I just found this file under the pile of mess you keep on your desk! Mr Khan will fire me for sure! Heck, he'll just kill me!" Anu screamed at Zoya after the lunch the next day as she flung the file in Zoya's face. Zoya's face fell a little. She hadn't intended on upsetting Anu.
"Calm down Anu, I knew you wouldn't approve of it that's why I didn't tell you that I've already converted the drawings. There was no need to go to the IT guy," Zoya explained calmly, reaching for Anu's hand to console her. But Anu resisted her.
"Zoya, I never say anything to you, but it doesn't mean you just take advantage of it. You could've just told me that's what you were planning to do, so that I could oversee it, in the very least. Please tell me you used a CD. Miss Narges specifically asked for a CD," Anu beseeched, her voice laced with desperation now.
"Yes Anu I did, see! Okay don't worry about it, I'll pass it to Mr Khan now," Zoya informed her, pulling the CD out of her laptop CD drive and waving it around. She placed it in a CD cover and walked out, Anu following behind her, shaking her head unhappily.
"Mr Khan, I'm very, very sorry. I had asked Zoya to pass the CD on, but she chose to do the conversion herself. But I'm positive she's done a good job," Anu explained to a fuming Asad standing across his desk as he glared at Zoya, clutching the CD cover for her dear life.
"Mr... Mr Khan... Aap ek baar dekh toh lijiye," Zoya implored, her voice sounding a pitch higher due to her nervousness. Asad walked out from behind his desk, and approached Zoya slowly. Zoya stood still, holding her ground, despite the fact that she was frightened out of her mind. He walked right up to her, stopping only when they were standing toe-to-toe, their noses almost touching.
"Looks like I don't have a choice anyway," Asad bit out sourly, as he closed one hand over her wrist, tugging her hand to his chest, the CD cover coming right under his chin. He used the other hand to pull the CD cover out of Zoya's hand, before turning suddenly, dragging Zoya behind him by her wrist as he walked back to his seat.
Asad inserted the CD into his laptop, as Zoya stood behind him, staring at the screen intently. Anu watched the both of them from across the desk, biting her lower lip in anticipation. Asad inhaled sharply as he watched the program open on the screen. It was no PDF file; it was one of those complicated programs that Zoya seemed to love. He stood up from his chair suddenly, making the chair wheel all the way back to the wall behind. He turned to Zoya and grabbed her by her shoulders.
"Miss Farooqui, do you have any idea how important this project is to me, and the whole company? Everyone has been low on morale ever since our last proposal didn't follow through, so I had high hopes pinned on this one. Miss Narges is going to reach here in NO TIME. If you wanted to do the conversion yourself, I wouldn't have stopped you. All you needed to do was ASK ME. Or even Miss Mishra! And we would've allowed it, and told you how it's done around here as well. We do it in PDF. This is a company, we all work together here, and so we need to have an understanding of each other's work. There's no point in doing a fancy program if no one can understand it EXCEPT FOR YOU!" Asad roared towards the end of his rant, as he pushed Zoya backwards and pinned her on the wall, lifting her up to her toes without even realizing it.
Zoya blinked back her tears, as she tried to find her voice to explain herself. But she couldn't. He was right, in a sense; she could've at least informed them beforehand. And it was also true that without her explanation, no one was going to be able to navigate themselves through the program, much less explain it to the client. She opened her mouth and let out a gasp as Asad face neared hers in a low growl. She was about to tell him she'd guide him through the program at that very moment, but a knock at the door interrupted her.
"Uh, Mr Khan? Woh, Miss Narges has reached. I've seated her at the reception area. If there's a problem, I can uh... delay her a little, by serving her tea or something?" Prasad stammered, as he peeped into the cabin nervously from the door. His eyes darted from his furious boss pinning Zoya to the wall, to Anu's frightened face, unsure about what more he could say at that point.
"Mr Khan, I'm sorry for doing this without your permission, I really am. But we can do this. Just call Miss Narges in, and we can present it to her together. I'll navigate us through the program as you explain," Zoya implored, trying to keep the quiver out of her voice. Zoya felt Asad's grip on her shoulders loosen a little, as he breathed heavily, looking away as he contemplated her offer.
"Prasad, please bring Miss Narges in. Miss Farooqui, set the program up on my laptop. Miss Mishra, please bring the paper file from your cabin, just in case we need it in the end," Asad instructed, as he finally let go of Zoya and turned towards his desk, pressing his palms against the edge of it as he leaned into it, controlling his anger. Prasad and Anu nodded quickly, leaving the cabin immediately to do as they were told.
"Miss Farooqui, if the presentation messes up in any way, I swear, main aapki jaan le loonga," Asad growled out at Zoya, his voice steady and determined. Zoya gulped nervously but nodded anyway, concentrating on the laptop screen as she opened up her program, her shaky fingers slowing her down. She crossed her fingers as the screen lit up with her program, and then turned it to Asad cautiously. She looked up above briefly for strength, and looked back down just as Prasad swung the cabin door open.
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Important note:Actually, I wasn't going to post any update today. I was just gonna post a note to tell you guys that I'm leaving the forum. Because I'm very upset with all of you so goodbye.
Okay just kidding hahaha. I am leaving for a while because my exams are in less than 10 days and IF has done nothing but distract me :p So I'm gonna have to ban myself from this place for a while, hope you guys understand.
But I know this was gonna upset you guys, so I decided to write just one more short part before saying goodbye for this two weeks.
And now I'm gonna log off after posting this, so I wanna thank all of you guys in advance for the good luck messages I assume I'm gonna get :p I'll come on IF a day before my exams start to read them just for a morale boost, I definitely gonna need all the luck I can get hahaha. But I'll reply them only after all my exams end.
Thank you again! And I'll be back soon, miss me! :p
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