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He withdrew to walk back and take his seat as if nothing had happened. I remained standing, trembling visibly as a sob threatened to break out before the five other stone statues who kept mum and watched the show.
"Carla, call the-" this time I interjected him, letting my education from my university guide me into answering the question I had been asked, "Requirement implementation, validation, and feasibility study."
Everyone stared at me for a second, the board members had an approval on their faces but Viaan’s face remained blank as ever.
"Correct answer," one of the board members confirmed.
I met Viaan's challenging gaze, "T-That was my knowledge gained from my university and some common sense. And not any kind of exposure from the department."
Everyone just continued to stare at me as I let the blood pumping in my head to erupt the throttled emotions I had bottled up.
"If you would have been humble enough, you would have heard me explain. Though I had been hired as a designer, I worked three weeks in the development department because a certain head of the design department didn't want to trouble himself accommodating a newcomer in his busy schedule. Within three weeks, I could compete with the team leaders of the development department. You can verify the facts. I couldn't answer you immediately because I was still learning about the new department I have been shifted to," I looked at them bitterly.
"Only if you would have cared to listen," I directly accused Viaan with my eyes.
"What do you imply, Ms. Kundra? What do you suppose we do by hearing yoursob story?" Viaan asked haughtily.
I just gave him a rueful smile. I know I would be regreting it later, nevertheless, I did it, "What can I even expect from a jerk like yourself, Mr. Raivardhan?"
I watched eyes widening all around the room except for Viaan's. Instead, they remained the same like he was challenging me to continue. And so I did, "As much as I need this job to stabilize my family, I love and respect myself enough to not let myself feel any more insulted than what I have been enduring for a week.
"As you said, your company can work without me but I won't be able to look into my own eyes whenever I look into a mirror if I continued to work here."
I heard a gasp from the female board member.
"I wish you luck in the future, hope you find employees ofyourexpectations because I quit!" I turned around haughtily and walked towards the door.
Viaan hadn't react to my words at all while the board members whispered under their breaths.
The lady who called names of the employees, who I presumed to be named Carla, stared at me with wide eyes as I walked past her. I didn't wait around to be questioned by others and walked to the elevator to hit the button.
Oh the air of arrogancehecarried with him, one thing was sure, he was the worst of all the jerks in the world. And in the end, I concluded, my crush on him died the moment he showed me that obnoxious attitude.
That jerk!
I wanted to scream my head out but instead ended up regretting my sassiness. Did I had have to open my big mouth there? My eyes were clouding with unshed tears as my lower lip quivered.
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid Rynah! Now, what was I going to do?
"Craziness?" I looked up to find a blurred vision of Aaryan standing by my side. Concern harboured his face.
Beside him stood Neel and Nishika. I couldn't help but notice the oversized white shirt she was wearing under an oversized blazer and an oversized dress pants. It didn't need a freaking Einstein to understand that she was in Viaan's clothes.Viaan, I felt like strangling that jerk! I looked at his brother, Neel who looked just as worried as Aaryan, while Nishika openly displayed her content.
"Viaan, as we know, loves me a lot," she smirked making Neel snap at her, "Please, shut up."
Her smirk evaporated into air as his words registered in her head. The elevator opened with a ding, catching my attention.
"Neel, you go ahead. I'll join you later," Aaryan uttered in a rush as he gently grabbed my elbow and pulled me into the empty elevator.
Neel just nodded while casting another worried look at me before the elevator doors closed. I stood there silently, not in a mood to talk. The elevator opened again on the sixth floor but people restrained themselves from getting in when Aaryan gave them a cold look. The next time it opened on the ground floor. I let Aaryan grab my arm as he gently pulled me through the lobby, where everyone halted to stare at us.
Quickly walking out of the main entrance, Aaryan opened the passenger door of his blackPorsche Boxterfor me and took the keys from the valet before he got into the driver's seat. Slowly driving away from the abhorrent building, he glanced at me.
"You can cry all you want now," the second those words left his mouth, I broke down into tears. I don't know how long I cried for.
"Jerk! Such an arrogant jerk he is! Asshole!" I screamed in between my sobs startling Aaryan in his seat, catching him off-guard.
"Calm down, Craziness. Sure agreed, whomever you were talking about is a jerk but that doesn't mean that you end us both up in a hospital," Aaryan controlled the steering wheel bringing the car back on the lane which had drifted over to cycle track and scaring a lot of pedestrians.
