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Aaryan held out the coffee cup for me to take and when I did, he and Neel burst out laughing leaving me in confusion.
"What?" I asked the duo, not able to understand why they were laughing, "What's so funny?"
I just frowned as Aaryan answered between his laugh, "That… Was… epic! Damn, I wish I would have recorded it."
That just annoyed me. I threw my hands up in the air, not realizing that I was holding the coffee cup in my hand. Ice cold coffee. Thank goodness that it didn't fall on me.
But what I didn't expect was a sharp scream. I turned around so quickly that my head spun for a few seconds. There, standing half a meter away from me was Nishika, drops of cold coffee dripped from her hair. Her eyes narrowed as she gritted her teeth.
My eyes widened for the umptieth time that day as I stared at her flabbergasted. What the hell was wrong with me today?
"You... you... you imbecile girl! What did you do? Did you want to kill me by freezing me to death? You also ruined my fifty thousand rupees Gucci wrap dress!" She was full on shouting already.
"I-I-I'm... I'm extremely sorry! I d-didn't mean to do this! It was an ac-accident, I swear!" I blurted out in panic.
Viaan was out of his room, watching the show along with the other two Raivardhan brothers.
"What's happened here?" He asked looking from me to Nishika and back to me. His eyes accusing me of the accident already.
"Vee baby! She threw cold coffee all over me and my new Gucci dress! I'm freezingly cold here," she cried as she headed to hug Viaan but he slightly pushed her back.
"You are covered with coffee Nishika, and this is my office, not my home," was Viaan’s argument. She stifled another sob making Neel speak, "It was an accident Nishika. Rynah had her back towards you, how could she probably know that you were standing behind her?"
"Yeah, and she didn't even realize she was holding a coffee cup! And she apologized too!" Aaryan added. I felt my heart warm up to hear the two Raivardhan brothers come to my rescue. Viaan just gave me a freezing stare before he handed Nishika a key, "go ahead and change into something comfortable. Sadly, it's only men's wear that I have in my closet at the moment. Use my private washroom to clean up."
"And you, help her out," he turned to give me a stern order before he walked past me and his brothers. Both Neel and Aaryan shot me a worried look before following after Viaan.
I turned around to find Nishika glare at me. She crossed the distance between us and said after making sure that the Raivardhans were out of the hearing range, "Listen here girl, I don't know what game you are playing but let me make it clear to you. Viaan. Is. Mine," she emphasized every single word trying to make an impact on me, "And I will do everything to keep it that way. So, I hope you are getting the point. Stay. Away. From. Him."
With a sass, she turned on her heels and re-entered Viaan's office leaving me standing there speechless.
I turned to look at the receptionist who my gaze with sympathy that lasted for a second before resuming her work. I was never told something like that ever before. I didn't know what to think or feel about it at the moment. Was I supposed to tell her that she had nothing to worry about because completely he ignored my presence? But if he did ignore my existence then why did he save me from falling in his office today and not scold me when his girlfriend ended up bathing in coffee just because of me?
My head buzzed with questions as I turned around and headed towards the elevator. It was better for my health if I didn't overthink.
12. BARAH
Sittingat my cubicle and trying to concentrate on the work I had been assigned, proved useless, because all I could do was think about Nishika’s words.
Viaan. Is. Mine.
Her words kept echoing in my head. It should never have mattered to me. For some reason, it bothered me very much.
Stupid! Stupid Rynah! Focus on your work.
I scolded myself and tried to work again. The keyword being ‘tried’.I had only turned to face the screen when Anand announced, "Listen here everyone! This is an announcement from the boss."
Everyone sat back in their chairs and paid attention to what Anand had to say, "Everyone in the office shall undergo a test in the form of personal assessment by a few board members and the boss himself. And if you failed to pass that, kindly collect the pink slip from your desks and never show your face here again.
"We hired you when you were capable of benefiting our company but in case you are no longer in your benefiting state, you can pursue your passions and desires elsewhere. Everyone, irrespective of the years of contribution, the designation or even their powerful contacts, shall be undergoing this test indiscriminately. The tests shall start from today sharp at noon and continue till everyone has been assessed in Design department. Once your names are called, please enter meeting room 2. You all have my good wishes." After dropping that bomb Anand left us alone to let the information sink in.
Only silence prevailed for an entire minute before shocked whisperings filled the room.
"What was that about?" My punjabi neighbor Hemant was out of his wits as he looked around not asking anyone in particular.
"They could at least have notified us prior today! We would have prepared something!" Ananya who was sitting before Hemant was about to cry.
I remained silent in shock, unable to process anything about it...
