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jo kitaabo me padhte rahe aaj tak

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"Good morning!"

Mayera walked inside Arjun's office with his coffee in her one hand, and her iPad in the other.

She put his caffeine in front of him and read out his schedule for the day.

After she was finished reading, she looked up at him, only to find him looking outside, through the glass window. He took the coffee mug from the table. Mayera's eyes flicked towards his pink lips as he joined the rim of the cup with his lips, sipped the warm liquid and then licked off his lips with that wet tongue of his.

Mayera had never been jealous of a damned coffee mug.

Control your hormones, Mayera. She muttered to herself.

"Did you go through the changes I did in the Mishra's contract?" His voice broke her chain of dirty thoughts.

She cleared her throat,"Yes, sir. I'll make the corrections and send them ahead to their office for approval."

"Hmm," He straightened his back and started working on his laptop.

Suddenly, the door of the office opened and Mr Dev Singhania walked in.

Dev Singhania was the former CEO of the Singhania Corporations and Arjun's father. After giving his position to his son, Dev Singhania seldom came to office. He spent most of his time with his lovely wife, Mrs Shalini Singhania, holidaying or doing charity work.

"Dad, how are you?" Arjun got up from his chair and hugged his father.

"As fit as ever!" He exclaimed and patted his son's back.

Then he looked at Mayera and smiled warmly,"How are you, Mayera? Is my son giving you a hard time?"

She chuckled,"I am good, Mr Singhania. And no, Arjun Sir is not that bad."

Mayera glanced at Arjun and found him already looking at her. His eyes made her feel vulnerable, like he's looking into her soul. Not being able to hold his gaze, she shifted attention back to the Senior Singhania.

"Aaj office kaise aana hua, papa?" Arjun asked.

"Well, I had to discuss some business."

Both the Singhanias took a seat.

"Umm, should I leave?" Mayera asked in confusion.

"Nahi, Mayera. Ruko." Senior Singhania ordered.

"I hope you both are familiar with the name Tejas Singh Oberoi."

Senior Singhania looked at Mayera's direction and she gave him a small nod.

Arjun started speaking, "Of course, who doesn't know him! He's the founder/chairman of The KaMa Group."

The KaMa Group was India's most famous multinational company that had it's headquarters in Mumbai. It owned businesses across the country engaged in fashion lines, film production, restaurants, hotels and hospitals.

Senior Singhania nodded and continued, "Myself and Tejas Oberoi have always been good friends for over a decade now. All the hospitals, malls, and other buildings they've opened have been constructed by our company. But our contract is coming to an end in two months."

"So we must convince them to renew the contract. The Oberois are a very important client of ours." Arjun added.

"I've talked to Tejas. He said he'll be coming himself to Delhi or sending his son to our office next month. So I'm just here to inform you to start preparing for that meeting." Senior Singhania finished his talk.

"Yes, dad. I'll get to it immediately."

"Well, then I'll take you a leave. I promised your mother a romantic lunch."

Senior Singhania got to his feet and turned to Mayera.

"Khayal rakho, beta." He patted her head in a loving manner and left the room.

Mayera turned towards Arjun, and found him looking at her, again. He immediately shifted his gaze towards the laptop and cleared his throat.

"Start working on the presentation we'll be showing to The Oberois. You'll get all the records in the records room."

"Yes, sir."

Mayera left his office and directly went into the records room to get the files.

Mayera was on her fifth file when her phone rang. A smile appeared on her face looking at the person's name.

"Hello," Mayera received the call.

"MAYERUUUU!" An over-excited female voice almost busted Mayera's eardrums.

"Kiara, can you stay calm ever?"

Kiara was Mayera's maternal cousin but their same age helped them bond and become best friends too. Both their families were settled in Mumbai, that's why they spent their entire childhood together.

For masters, she went to London, where she fell in love with Namit. He had a Punjabi background, but had lived his entire life in the UK. They both told their families about each other and they accepted their relationship wholeheartedly.

"NO, I CAN'T STAY CALM. NAMIT PROPOSED." Mayera could hear her jumping up and down in happiness.

"Finally! I am so happy for you." Mayera exclaimed.

After their college was over, they both got nice jobs. Kiara decided that she'd not come back to India, as she had a high-paying job and Namit there. Mayera had never met Namit, but she had talked to him on video call and she approved of him as he was a nice guy and loved her cousin a lot.

They hung up, only after Kiara had told her how he proposed in detail. Mayera decided to get something to eat from the canteen before resuming the work.

While walking towards the elevator, her eyes fell on Arjun's office.

He must have not eaten either.

She knocked on his door.

"Come in!"

Mayera slowly opened the door and asked, "Sir, I'm going to the canteen. Do you need anything?"

He looked at her, "Why would I need anything from the canteen?"

She furrowed her eyebrows, "It's 3:00pm. I assumed that you must be hungry."

"You're not good at assuming, Ms Sinha." With this, he got back to his work.

Rude much?

Mayera turned her heels and walked straight to the elevator.

Fine, don't eat. Starve yourself to death. I don't care! She said in her mind.

Ohh, but you do care! Whispered her heart as she entered his cabin again, thirty minutes later and kept a chicken sandwich on his table while he was in the washroom.

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