FF: An Innocent Vixen-Part 5A pg 24 - Page 13

Arrey nahin yaar I love them like that... I always admire traits in others that I don;t have for myself...I so enjoy reading your's...😃...hmm...oye.. I dont know old you think I am...but I am not that older than you...😉

Ok so another part...and this one has Shanak all over the place and so is the next part...working on that right now...

Enjoy it!

Rooj

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Part 4B

Shaan's Office

She was looking back at him innocently and from the looks of it, it seemed even she was feeling what he was feeling because her hands still rested on his shoulder. Khanak didn't know what else to do but stare back at him and she was immediately reminded of Akshay's comment. Without thinking, she leaned closer and he did the same till they heard someone's footsteps in their direction.

Both realized they were standing in the doorway of Shaan's office and anyone could've seen them in that position. Khanak was extremely embarrassed at her own thoughts and so was Shaan.

"Sorry," Khanak spoke the same time as Shaan said, "Woh main…" leading to further awkwardness in the situation.

Shaan ran his hand through his hair and bit the inside of his lower lip, nervously, and looked in the opposite direction. While Khanak tucked the loose hair behind her left ear and nervously straightened the already straightened, crease-free shirt and shifted her wait from right to left foot.

Shaan's thoughts to himself: Dude! Kya kar raha hai tu. Focus! She is only a person and just apologize like she did and it's not a big deal. Hota hai aisa, aksar hota hai.

Khanak's thoughts to herself: Yeh kya tha? Maine phir se aisa kyu socha? Mujhe kya ho gaya hai? Kal tak toh yeh wohi ladka tha jisne mere saath aise behave kiya tha toh phir maine aisa kyu kiya? Lagta hai main pagal ho rahi hoon. Attraction ko kuch ziyada hi ehmiyat de rahi hoon. I need to focus and get out of here soon. Khanak get back to your goal!

Shaan cleared his throat and was about to speak to her when they heard a knock on his office door and a second later his father, Sunil walked in followed by Sonalika.

Both Shaan and Khanak looked in Sunil's direction, who was happy to see Khanak, "Hello Khanak beta, kaisi ho?"

Khanak came and did a namaste to him, "Hello Uncle, I am fine. Aap kaise hain?"

"Main bhi theke hoon beta. Toh maine suna hai ke tum abb hamari company ke saath, mera matlab hai tum ab hamare ek project ki hissa ban gayi ho. Haina?"

"Ji Uncle, mujhe banna pada. Aur apna kaam theke se karungi aur aap ko koi shikayat ka mauka nahi dungi. Lekin agar woh koi aur dega toh phir mujhe nahi pata kya hoga iss project ka." Khanak looked at Shaan, who expressed his anger towards and was about to speak but Sunil interrupted.

"Arre beta," Sunil patted on her head, "mujhe tumpe pura bharosa hai. After all I have seen your dedication." Even Sunil looked at Shaan, who gave him a what-are-you-saying look.

"Aur jahan tak ki kissi aur ki baat hai, woh toh main nahi keh sakta par yeh zaroor kahunga ke chahe jo bhi ho, tum peeche mat hanta aur ussko equally takkar dena. Phir dekhna tum zaroor kamiyaab ho gi." Sunil looked at Shaan again smiling and knowing fully-well how much Shaan was giving him the betrayal looks.

Sunil and Khanak continued little chit chat and Shaan who was observing their little chit chat was irritated to no end and he didn't even hide it from them anymore.

"Excuse me, agar aap dono ka socialization khatam ho gaya ho tha kya hum, as in me and Khanak, kaam kar sakte hain? This is an office and I need to work here," Shaan sweetly and sarcastically asked his dad.

Khanak was really surprised at the way he was talking to his boss and before she can give him a lecture on manners, Sunil interrupted again.

Sunil was smart in this matter because he didn't want them both to know each other's reality. One reason he didn't want them to yet know about the other person because he wanted them to slowly open up and become friends because he knew if Khanak knew who he was, she would become a different person and if Shaan knew who she was, he would become a different person around her and that spark that both were showing would be a miss. The second reason why he didn't want both Shaan and Khanak to know about eachother was because it was a free entertainment for him that he never gets to watch. He immediately left the room, as soon as he was done wishing them.

Sonalika, who felt like invading on private party, stood there and observed everything. She was surprised at the way her boss was free with Khanak and wasn't giving his son an opportunity to speak.

Shaan asked Sonalika for the file and asked her to leave the office room. Shaan took the file and walked to the office sofa, where he had the designs spread over.

Khanak who was waiting all this while for Sonalika to leave so she could give Shaan a lecture on manners and the difference between a boss and a worker, followed Shaan and stood over him, towering him.

"Don't you know how to behave with your elders, especially if he is your boss?" Khanak asked Shaan a bit casually, yet angrily while trying to keep her cool.

"What?" Shaan was confused as to what she was talking about.

"You can't speak to uncle like that. Manna ke hume kaam karna chahiye lekin phir bhi, you shouldn't talk like that with an elder and especially if he is your boss," Khanak tried to be reasonable with him.

Shaan now looked away from the file and faced her, while still sitting down, "And why not should I talk to him like that? So what he is my boss, I can talk to him any way I want because he is…"

Khanak cut him, "Don't you have any manners or dhang on how to talk to elders and especially your boss? Aapke maata pitta ne nahi sikhaya kya? Arre main toh bhool gayi, aapke maata pitta ne toh sikhaya hoga lekin shayad aapne unki kabhi nahi suni hogi. Woh karte bhi kya? Aap toh sunne wallon me se nahi lagte. I feel bad for them, they tried to make a good son out of you but they were given a useless, manner less, arrogant, swarti, egotistical, good-for-noth—"

"BAS!" Shaan angrily stood up and looked at Khanak. His hands were in a choking position and wanted to choke the lady in front of him but he brought them down somehow.

Khanak stepped backwards a bit at his outburst.

He raised his right hand at her and pointed his index finger at her, "Look, I've had enough! My parents have taught me well and I use it well too but it seems like you don't know how to use what you were taught," Khanak was about to speak but Shaan didn't let her, "Aur haan, what I do or what my parents have taught me has nothing to do with my work here. We are here to work not to talk useless and baseless stuff. And one more thing: I don't want to hear your baseless talk while we are here working and especially not the name-callings. Got it? Good!"

Khanak got scarred for a few minutes but she recovered, "Why get all hyped-up about it, just tell it to me nicely to get back to work and I will. Waise bhi I don't want to teach you mannerism. Why should I care if you mess up due to the lack of manner?"

Khanak walked passed him and took the seat next to him to look-over the design. Shaan stood there gaping at her attitude. He couldn't believe this girl, who a minute ago was yelling at him was now telling him to calm down. Someone should learn hypocrisy from her, Shaan thought.

He let go of the situation because he didn't want to spoil his mood further and wanted to finish the work, which was going to be extremely long today it seems, and get on with the rest of his day. He sat down next to her and started going over the project with her.

He told her about the client's new wishes and explained to her on how he wants the new design to be. Khanak paid complete attention to Shaan's explanation and took notes on the drawing and her note-pad from time to time. If she had a question she jotted it down and waited for him to finish talking so she can ask him.

For the next 3 hours they worked in peace, with no distractions or any fights. From time to time they had disagreements but nothing serious, which might lead to baseless fights. They were strictly professional during those 3 hours.

3 Hours later

Khanak leaned back to see her final touch on the design. She wanted to make sure everything was as it should be. As she was about to fix her mistake that she made, her stomach made a growling sound. Out of embarrassment she immediately looked up at Shaan's direction to see if he heard it. It seemed he did because he didn't look up or showed any reaction from his chair but instead he turned the other way again, like has been doing from time to time.

Shaan, who had been so engrossed in his other office files, heard the sound but decided to ignore it for Khanak's sake because he knew she must be embarrassed if he showed any sign of acknowledgment. But he couldn't help suppressing a smile so he had to turn the other way to avoid being seen by Khanak. As soon as he was out of Khanak's eyes, he smiled and shook his head. He found the situation cute.

Khanak was done with her design and wanted to show it to him. She hoped that he would like it and let her leave because now she was hungry and she couldn't keep working on her hungry stomach. She skipped breakfast this morning and was only surviving on the coffee that was brought in earlier in the office. She stood up and took her design and walked over to Shaan's desk to show him.

Shaan who saw her approaching from the reflection of his window, turned back to face her and declared that he was hungry and wanted to eat before he looked at the design.

Khanak was a bit apprehensive because she didn't want to stay here and eat after she is satisfied he is ok with her work so tried to reason with him.

Shaan didn't listen to her, "Look Ms. Kapoor, I don't know about you but I am hungry and I need my fuel before I can think and make decisions. So I say we shall order food first and then work on the rest of it. Beside if I didn't like it now then you will be stuck here till I do like it and I don't want to be stuck here with you on empty stomach."

Khanak was confused at his logic and didn't agree with it but she was really hungry that she didn't care if it made sense or not. She agreed and went back to the sofa and placed the design on the table. She grabed her purse and was about to step out but she was stopped in her tracks by Shaan's hold on her elbow.

Shaan's strong, masculine hold was causing her body to automatically react to his touch. She immediately had goose bumps and she stood like that for a bit to compose herself before facing Shaan.

Shaan felt her silky, smooth skin under his hold. He didn't mind the hold at all and wanted to keep holding too but he knew he had to let go now. He didn't what caused him to stop her in that manner, he could've just used his voice to stop her but he didn't. But seeing her leave like that in a hurry, caused him to act on his spontaneousity and stop her in that manner.

He let go of her arm and looked down in embarrassment, while his hands played with each other, "woh main….mere kehna ka matlab hai…I mean that you don't need to leave the office to get lunch, we can order it in the office and beside I need to eat too and I can't eat by myself. Adat nahi hai issliye." Shaan said the last part quietly because he was a bit embarrassed by the statement.

Khanak smiled at his state and found the whole gesture cute, "Oh ok. Well in that case, I won't eat outside and we can order it in this office, waise bhi mujhe janna ka maan nahi kar raha tha but it's not my office so I didn't know how you would've taken it. Beside I was gonna bring the food back inside if you hadn't stopped me aur maine karna bhi tha agar app mujhe manna bhi karte ke main aapke office main nahi kha sakti."

Shaan smiled at her, "Haan haan, I have seen your attitude. You would've gone against my wishes anyways."

They both laughed at that and the situation was somehow comfortable. Shaan asked her what she wanted and ordered the food with his secretary.

As they waited for the food to arrive for their "lunch-date," they talked about the project further.

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Next is Shanak "lunch-date" 😉

and I love torturing you all!🤣

Rooj

he he i read th update before the epi and reserved the spot to come back after the epi...... but the hangover was too much... so now to the cooments..

very well written.... cute.....he found her hunger growl cute...... hmmm seems like they r already attracted to eachother but hate to accept the fact... now eagerly waiting for the lunch date... don keep us waiting long... we want hot lunch date served........

Continue soon u merciless torturer !! Heheeh !!

Luv,

Vandu

yaaaaaaar!! you write so well!!