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It had been a few days since I started working in the development department. The workload was peaceful and the only thing I had to do was code. Except for Jaspreet, everyone in the team was polite and friendly. Especially Prem, he regularly kept checking on my progress. It wasn't wrong to say that they were impressed by my work. I was a decent developer already, finishing my assigned tasks twice as fast as others. So, I was regularly given new tasks.
Even now, I was so concentrated over my screen that I didn't notice a figure looming behind me.
"Maybe you should try giving the command line arguments," a smooth velvety voice floated through the air to reach my ears.
"Yeah," I was frowning at the screen, my brain still a little slow at processing. But it just took two more seconds for it realize what just happened. Reflexively, I jumped in my place, my eyes wide as I turned to see the person who nearly gave me a heart attack. My hand automatically reaching over to the place where my heart was thumping furiously.
"You always manage to amuse me, Craziness. You will leave me behind if you entered the entertainment world," a smirking Aaryan leaned over the side of my table. He was in the formal gray dress pants with a navy blue blazer over a black plain t-shirt. A black chunky cable knit scarf stylishly rolled around his neck. He looked hot as usual. I glanced around the office to find giggling girls who frequently stared in his way but still stayed at their seats, miraculously. And the guys were busy watching the free show with great interest.
"Oh my gosh! Don't you ever do that again!" I stood up looking around at the curious eyes before turning back to ask him softly, "What are you doing here? How did you find me?"
"I guess, it's your lunch hour in about..." Aaryan ignored my questions as he looked at my schedule before looking at his watch, "now."
The short siren went off indicating the department lunch hour.
"Come on, craziness. We have a lot to catch up and I need to have something for lunch before being served as a meal for some sharks," his voice went low as he cast a wary glance at Jaspreet who was giving him a suggestive look while she twirled her hair.
Without waiting for my response, Aaryan grabbed my hand as he walked towards the elevator. His guards following short.
Once in the elevator, I asked him again, "What are youdoing here?"
He gave a playful pout as he placed his hand over his chest, "I am hurt, Craziness. Is this how you treat your friends?"
I rolled my eyes, "That is exactly how I treat my close friends. No walls or barrier, everything out in open. No sugar coating or lies."
"In that sense, I'm honored." He bowed a bit, impressed.
"Now, care to answer my questions?"
"Since you disappeared without a goodbye, I'd sent search parties to hunt you down. And when they finally told me about your location, I didn't see any reason to hold back. So, here I am!" The elevator pinged open as we walked out while I was gaping at his words.
"No... You wouldn't," I finally managed to get my disbelief out of my lips.
"Why wouldn't I?" He challenged as he smirked but I could see the sparkles of mischievousness in his eyes. The devil was definitely playing at something.
"Aaryan, I'm leaving," a familiar silky yet powerful voice spoke making both Aaryan and me look towards its owner.
There, cladded in a three-piece black suit with a crisp white shirt and a white silk tie, stood Viaan, looking like a runway model.
Seriousness engraved on his face as his cold brown eyes regarded me… coldly?
"Go ahead bro, I'll catch you up later," Aaryan waved at him.
"Good day, Mr. Raivardhan," I nodded politely at Viaan. My stomach all of a sudden became a butterfly park at his sight.
"I would have preferred you to follow the instructions for once. Hope you remember about our talk," Viaan ignored my greeting and continued to talk to Aaryan. How rude! Why did he have to be so handsome and be such a dickhead?
"Yeah... I do," Aaryan replied a bit uncomfortably shooting a glance quickly in my way but didn't say anything to his elder brother.
"Then, I shall see you at home," with that Viaan put on his dark aviator and headed out without another glance in our direction.
"Does your brother always has a stick up his ass?" I wondered out loud.
"Sorry about that, it's just that he has trust issues. But once you are in his inner circle, you will know there is no man better than him," there you go, one Raivardhan covering for the other. Classic. But it also impressed me to see the respect and trust they had for each other.
"At least I know that your brother wouldn't have agreed to accompany you to hunt me down. Care to explain his presence?" I turned to give Aaryan a smug smile as he shook his head in amusement.
