The next morning Akira got up all excited, just like she was for her first day of joining at Delphie. Even though she was just going back, she was way more excited about it than her first day and that probably had something to do with Raymond.

She got dressed and was just about to have her breakfast when she heard the doorbell ring.

Mike went ahead of her and opened the door before she could even come out of the kitchen.

"Hi"

"Hi, you are here again?"

"Ermm... I am here to pick your sister to the office".

Before Mike could say anything more, Akira had reached the main door and she beamed up seeing him outside.

"Hey, why are you here? I could have driven myself to the office", Akira said trying to hide her happiness.

"I thought my gesture would be impressive", he said and chuckled.

"You don't need to impress me with all these gimmicks Raymond, and you know that very well", Akira said and rolled her eyes.

"I am not here to impress you", he whispered into her ears.

"I am here to impress Mike !!!", he said smiling slightly, pointing his fingers towards the couch, where Mike had gone back to sit.

"What on earth have you two talked about in the kitchen yesterday?", Akira asked all annoyed.

"Well, that's a secret between us. Why do you need to know?", Raymond said and then came inside.

"By the way, you came empty-handed? I was expecting you to get me Breakfast In Bed, all packed up?" Mike said and gave a disappointed look to Raymond.

"You are seriously not going to cut him any slack. Aren't you?", Akira asked with a bit of irritation in her tone.

Mike just shrugged his shoulder.

"Jeez Mike, he risked his life to save me, have you forgotten? Don't give him a tuff time. Be nice".

"I am just being practical. He needs to meet some criteria right. How can I just let him be your guy? He needs to meet some prerequisites. It's as simple as that".

"Well, I thought these copies of Architectural digest might interest you. But looks like you are more interested in food, so I will be taking them back".

"Hey wait wait wait", Mike came and took the magazines from Raymond's hand and then said,

"I can work with these for today".

Then he went back to the couch all excited to read them as it was dream to make it big as an architect.

"You are spoiling him by raising his expectations.", Akira said while wearing her shoes.

"Well then what's the use of having resources if I can't spoil him a bit?", he said and winked at her.

He went closer to give her a kiss but then in the background, he heard Mike clearing his throat and immediately retracted his steps.

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As they reached the parking lot, Raymond immediately removed his seat belt and leaned on to her side. She was startled with his sudden movement but her eyes closed automatically when his lips touched hers. He was so impatient that his hands were literally tugging her t-shirt down. But as he heard the sound of a vehicle approaching, he immediately leaned back.

"What's up with you?", Akira asked, wiping her lips.

He looked at her with hunger in his eyes and said,

"Let's continue this in my room" and came out of the car.

Akira still sat inside holding onto her breath for she never expected him to kiss her all of a sudden like this. She gulped on her own spit and struggled to unbuckle her seat belt. He swiftly opened the car door at her side and looked at her and leaned in extremely close and unbuckled her seat belt.

She gasped for air !!!

In a split second, he distanced himself from her and said,

"Someone said they will give their 100% at work. I somehow don't see that happening !!!", saying that he grinned as Akira came out of the car all pouting.

David had already informed everyone that Akira was joining back so her badge and system was all ready before she came onboard. As they reached the first floor, a grumpy Akira stormed out without even wishing Raymond. But before she could go any further she saw Roger coming from the opposite side.

"Hi, You joined back?"

"Yes, sorry for all the formalities that the finance team had to undergo because of me".

"Oh, that's completely fine. Oh, then I have process back the 2500 USD to your account that we had collected. I totally forgot about it".

"What 2500 USD?", Akira asked in surprise.

Roger looked at her and saw David standing behind her back shaking his head in displeasure.

"Oh sorry again my mistake. You were not a regular employee. My bad. Nice to see you", he said and walked ahead.

Akira also walked towards her cubicle but then she felt a bit uneasy and returned back to confirm with Roger again regarding the money that he was talking about. But then she found David and Roger talking in a corner.

"Hope that's clear to you now".

"Yes, sir. I will not repeat the mistake".

"Good"

"Then where shall I transfer the money?"

"Please send it to Mr. Raymond's personal account".

"Ok, sir. I will do that in a jiffy", Roger said and left.

David walked towards the cubicle area but he was startled to see Akira mid-way.

"Is it true?"

"What Akira?", David asked all nervous.

"What I heard just now, David?"

David looked down with his head hung low, for he didn't know what to answer. Then after a moment he lifted his head and said,

"He did it for you. If you want to be mad then you can be mad at me. But you have no idea what he went through at that time. So please don't give him a hard time about it", David said and left.

Akira stood there all perplexed, unable to decide whether to be happy or sad about it.

"Oh, Raymond !!! Why would you love me so much?", she mumbled.