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I had an idea that he would be here, it was just, I wasn’t expecting him to be here this soon. Anyways he was here, the man who caused butterflies to grow wings like an eagle and soar the depths of my stomach, the man whose one look could make the entire female population present here to swoon and faint, the man who always had a stick up his ass, yet the man who I crushed upon even after getting my marriage fixed. I had no doubt that even happily married wives would cheat over their husbands just for him, that man was named Viaan Raivardhan.
Everyone stood up as the VIPs of the company walked in until the CEO gestured everyone to sit down. Well, since we didn't have seats, we remained standing.
"Good morning everyone! I assume the news has already reached every one of you here. The news of the new Boss," One of the board members started to talk, "And it's true, I'll tell you that. We are more than happy to welcome one of the most charismatic and ingenious man of this era, Mr. VIAAN RAIVARDHAN!"
The entire conference hall went hysteric with applauds. Viaan stood up signaling to tone down the hysteria.
He walked to the board member who was previously talking and gave him a formal handshake. The board member passed him the mike before taking his place among the other VIPs.
"Thank you, Mr. Bharadwaj. I assume that my introduction isn't required. Let's get to the point directly. As per the company's report, the standards maintained in the company are not at par with the corporate world. But that doesn't mean that it is not unattainable," he paused to take a breath, making us hold our breaths, and then he continued, "To take the company to those standards, to make it par excellence, to make it capable of handling the global competition. I, stand here today, to take you to that level."
Another roar of applause pulsated through the conference hall. He stood there like a king, radiating his power in all the directions and demanding all the attention. His little speech like none other I had ever heard.
Once when the applauds died for the second time, he added, "All the new protocols will be sent to your respective mails. And I expect you all to co-operate with me. Thank you."
He went back to his seat. His speech was short and to the point. Not at all wasting any time with formalities. Yet his speech was powerful and so much like him. Most of the credit went to his voice modulation. He was an amazing orator! Mr. Bharadwaj stood up and announced, "With this, we conclude the meeting, you may all return to your stations."
Everyone stood up to leave as I stared at the podium where the VIPs remained seated. They were busy discussing something as Mrs. D'Souza nodded her head at something that Viaan was saying.
"Come on, let's go," Kavya grasped me by my elbow, grabbing my attention. Without exchanging another word, we walked out of the conference hall.
Everything was going fine, except for Anand, who wasn't soAnand, as Shreya had mentioned. Shahdab was a calm, peaceful man. Very patient but not as talkative as Prem. The only catch was that Anand put a heavy load over me, expecting every single thing to be perfect when he didn't even allow me to take in the environment. Yet, the work was going fine, I suppose.
And soon came the day that none of us expected. The day when the actual hell started! The day when Nishika Raichand walked in through the door.
11. GYRAH
Iwaved at Kavya who was talking to Shreya at the reception. She waved back. Shreya was just looking at me, so I waved at her too. I didn't need to portray myself as a girl filled with arrogance. That caused Shreya to widen her eyes a bit in surprise but she did wave back.
I had only reached the office and needed to punch my slot. I was already feeling tired for the day.
"Hey!" I smiled lazily at the ladies who greeted me back.
"So, what's up with you and Mr. Raivardhan?" Shreya wriggled her eyebrows causing butterflies to flutter in my stomach. Only one Raivardhan came to my mind and that Raivardhan wouldn't even care to bat an eyelid at me. Even though I couldn’t stop thinking about him most of the time.
"What can happen between a boss and an employee?" I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly.
"I wasn't talking about Mr. Viaan, I was referring to Mr. Aaryan.ThatRaivardhan," she titled her head slightly emphasizing on 'that'.
"Wait, that was you? TheRaivardhan connectiongirl?" Kavya posed in shock.
I just rolled my eyes at that nickname. That incident always reminded me of Jaspreet. Not that she didn't try to approach me after that day, she tried several times, bribing me that is. And all that was done to get me to introduce her to the Raivardhans. The heights of desperation.
But then, since I was shifted to the Designing department, our lunch breaks were at different times and hence she couldn't pester me anymore.
"Shush! Let her answer the main question first!" Shreya hushed Kavya.
"Noyaar, Aaryan is like my brother. We just bond that way and share a playful friendship. He was just messing with me the other day," I dismissed the topic with little explanation.
"So... you don't see him that way?" Kavya asked baffled.
"No, I don't."
"You are the first girl to say that she isn't interested in Raivardhansthatway," Shreya was amused I could tell. I wanted to correct her that I wasn't the first girl... I wasn't immune as they thought me to be. I too had an interest in a certain Raivardhan. A crush, in fact. But I couldn't. I didn't want to tell that I had a big crush over the boss Raivardhan even when I was destined to be marrying another man. I didn't want to end up looking like a slut.
We stood there for sometime gossiping around. At least, I thanked God that I remembered to punch in my arrival, I didn't want to lose any more salary than I already had. It was just yesterday that I had forgotten to punch my entry in the arrival spot and was taken as a latecomer... Though I had been there for half an hour!
I and Kavya finally took our leave and headed towards the elevator. We didn't want to piss Anand anymore than he always was.
