Chapter-31

Shraddha Kumar Malhotra

I was sorting the files by alphabetical order. I received a call on the intercom, it was from Riya.

"Aaron sir is calling you Ms. Kumar." She informed me.

"Ok, ma'am," I said and went to his cabin. I knocked on the door. After a second he permitted me to enter.

"Come in," he said arrogantly. I went inside.

"Good Morning Sir." I wished him.

I looked at him. He was looking so handsome. His coat was hung on his chair. The under waistcoat on his white fitted shirt was looking so amazing. His biceps from white fitted shirt were flexing as he was working on his laptop and files simultaneously. I was staring at him.

"Very Good Morning to you too..... Mrs Aaron Malhotra." He said with a smirk.

Mrs Aaron Malhotra sounds so good from his mouth. I like the way he took my name.

"Sir, here I'm Ms.Kumar," I said.

I don't want yesterday's repeat today in the office. So I've decided that I'll behave professionally in the office.

'Does this mean you are ok with yesterday's repeat action today but just not in the office?' My subconscious asked me.

He stood up from his seat and started coming towards me. I unintentionally started taking steps backwards until I hit the wall. He caged me in-between the wall and him.

Being in his proximity my breath became uneven. I started sweating even in the presence of an air conditioner.

'Shraddha, think of something fast, otherwise what will happen only God knows' I thought.

"Sir, do you talk to everyone like this?" I asked, pointing my fingers to the distance between us.

"No Mrs Aaron... I only talked to my wife like this." He said and came more close to me.

My breath hitched. I froze feeling his hot breaths on my face.

"By the way, you still didn't answer yesterday's question." He asked.

"Sorry to say this Sir but I won't discuss my personal life to my boss," I replied.

"Ohhh..... But then don't you deserve the punishment for not answering the question? He asked me.

"Pun...ish....ment...." I stammered.

As soon as I heard the word punishment, yesterday's scene played in front of my eyes.

He tucked the hair strands behind my ear. He kept his left hand on my waist and with his right hand made me look at him in the eyes.

His eyes were so captivating. We both were staring at each other.

"Do you regret it? Whatever happened between us, do you regret that?" He asked me.

I didn't reply. But thinking about it I felt blood rushed to my cheeks. I was embarrassed to look at him in the eyes so I looked down. I didn't regret it. I will never regret anything that happened between us.

He was intently staring at me. I was feeling his gaze on me. He brought his face near me but before he could kiss me someone knocked.

I pushed him away from me in reflex and stood near the chairs placed in front of his table. He also went and sat on his chair.

"Come in." He said.

Then Riya came into the cabin and informed him about the meeting.

"Sir, you have a meeting scheduled tomorrow in Delhi." She said.

"Ok. Tell John to make the Jet ready. We will leave after Lunchtime." He said to Riya.

"Sir, Jet went for servicing," Riya said.

"Ok, book a flight ticket for the evening flight. I leave after lunchtime." He said.

"Ok, sir." She replied to him.

"Riya Ma'am, I have some doubt in the contract. Please help me to clear it." I Said.

"Ok sure," Riya said.

"Sir, can I?" I asked him. Waiting for the chance I escaped from his cabin.

"Yeah. Go ahead." He said but I can feel his frustration.

We both came out of his cabin. Riya looked at me with an eyebrow raised. I ignored her and went into my cabin. I took a breath of relief.

At lunchtime, I didn't go home with Aaron. Riya came to my cabin. I explained to her the whole plan.

"Are you sure that this plan will work?" Riya asked me.

"Yes, don't worry. I'm sure that this plan will work. Let's start with our plan." I said with a smirk.

"Ok, let's go," she said.

Wait for the surprise which will be the best one you received till now in your life Ms Tanya Singh. I'm going to show you the effects of eyeing and trying to enter someone else's territory.

We both went to our destination to execute the plan.

We reached our destination. We looked here and there to see if anybody was lurking. There was no one here. I looked at the door plate which stated the purpose of this room.

The Storage room - 1

We have the whole floor as the storage space. There are many big spacious rooms to store things. We went inside and made a few changes and kept everything ready. Riya messaged her,

'Ms. Singh, Sir, wants the files of last year's contracts done with the K.K. Company. It is urgent. ASAP bring it here. Sir is waiting for it.'

Within 5 minutes, Tanya came into the room. She tried to switch on the lights but it didn't work. Because we have switched off the supply of electricity to this room.

She started searching for the files. She was very much busy searching that she didn't hear the sound of footsteps.

I stood behind her and touched her shoulder. She shrugged my hand. I again kept my hand on her shoulder. She irritatedly turned her face towards me. She shouted looking at me.

"Help, somebody, help me. There is a ghost here," she shouted.

Riya played some laughing sound on her cellphone. I did the action of laughing. She started sweating and murmuring.

"Help me... save me. Ghost... Ghost..." she shouted and tried to search for the door.

But Riya closed the door from outside. She was shouting for help. After a minute or two Riya opened the door and came inside. Tanya looked at the door and at that time I hide behind the shelves.

"Riya ma'am, thank you. You know there is a ghost. See." said she pointed to the place where I was standing a minute back.

"There is no one over there Tanya," Riya said. Tanya turned and looked at the place. She was terrified.

"No... there was someone. She started laughing looking at me. I'm telling the truth." she said to Riya.

"There is no one here Tanya. How come I don't see anyone here? It might be your delusion." Riya said.

"Did you get the files?" Riya asked her. Tanya nodded her head absently.

"Let's go then," Riya said and took her out.

I already told her to take directly to her cubicle and give her water to drink. So Riya took her to her office.

I removed this mask of ghost and white bed sheet. Packed all these things in a paper bag properly. I returned to my cabin and kept that bag in the empty drawer in the cabinets.

I was going to Riya's cabin when someone pulled me into a room. I closed my eyes in fear and tightly hugged the one who pulled me in the room. I know what this room is. It's a conference room. I can identify this touch anywhere in the world. It is my husband who pulled me into this room.

"Hello, Mrs. Malhotra where were you? Why didn't you come home for lunch?" he said to me in my ear. I opened my eyes and looked in his eyes.

"I'm a new employee here, Sir, I can't take breaks frequently," I said professionally.

"Ok, today I'm going to Delhi for a deal. Will come back in two days. Take care of yourself. Don't do anything crazy." he said to me. He touched my cheeks.

He kissed my forehead and I closed my eyes feeling his lips on my forehead. He suddenly pecked my lips. I opened my eyes in shock and froze.

He opened the door and waved me bye. I was looking at his back till he went inside the elevator.

Suddenly Riya came and shook me. We both went to her cabin.

"What happened?" she asked me.

"Nothing, What about Tanya?" I asked her.

"She is kind of frightened but nothing major." She said.

Well, my plan worked very well with the help of Riya. I know how to deal with a person like this. I know you all must be thinking she is a devil in disguise of an angel. But that girl deserves this for making so many girls cry. She deserves it for mentally torturing employees. We both were controlling ourselves from laughing looking at her behaviour in the storage room. So now we both were laughing looking at each other and remembering that scene from the storage room.

"You are such a prankster Sister in law" Riya complimented me with a chuckle.

"I know," I said with a smile.

"Well, my brother will be in so much trouble in the future if he offended you," Riya said.

"I don't think so. I don't know why my tricks won't work on him." I said, frowning.

"Oh really? Then what about yesterday? Yesterday's plan worked out very well." she said.

"Yeah. It might be my luck," I said with a laugh.

"Well, Riya do you like someone?" I asked her directly.

"Huh, no.... Why this question suddenly?" She asked with stammering.

"I know you love someone and I also know who he is. He is my brother Rajeev." I said.

"No." she stammered and looked away from me.

"Oh, I thought that you love him but if you don't love him then it will not be a problem for you if he goes on blind dates. He might fall in love with someone on one of such dates. I'll even help him to find the blind dates." I said.

"No. he is the only mine. How can he go on the date with someone else," she said possessively.

I looked at her in a smirk as she looked down, blushing.

"So why do you try to avoid him? Go and tell him about your feelings. I'm sure he will also reciprocate your feelings." I said.

"No.," she said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I'm an orphan and he is a very good person. He doesn't deserve a girl like me. His family is one of the influential families of the city." She said.

"First of all, you are not an orphan. You have a family. Malhotra family. You have mom-dad, brother, sister. Who said to you that you are an orphan? You know if Aaron gets to know that you think like this then he will be so broken. He never treated you differently than Shreya." I said. She didn't say anything.

"Does it matter?" I asked her.

"He is a rich and influential person sister in law, and here I'm a small assistant and an orphan," she said trying to control her tears but failed miserably.

"Even though he is rich, he is a down to earth person. He loves you Riya. You love him. " I said tried to make her understand.

"I know he is a good person but I'm not a fit for him." She said looking out of the glass wall.

"Riya Please don't waste time on these useless things. Think before doing anything otherwise you may have regrets in future." I said.

She took a deep breath and stood before me.

"Thank you so much, sister in law. It feels nice to share my feelings with you. I'll think about what you said." She said.

"Silly girl," I said and left from there.

In the evening we both went home together. After dinner, I was in my bedroom. I am missing my husband.

What will he be doing now? Did he sleep? Thinking about him I drifted in sleep.

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