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naino pe hum dil hare hai

anjane hi tere naino ne

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Arjun has not slept well in the past three nights. He just couldn't. Knowing that Mayera might be with that man, he just couldn't sleep. As soon as he tried closing his eyes, haunting images of her and him clouded his mind.

So when he reached office on Monday, his head was exploding in pain.

"I need a strong coffee." He snapped as soon as he exited the elevator.

Mayera, who was going through everything before the meeting, startled at Arjun's tone.

Without passing her a glance, he waved off into his office. Mayera hurriedly made his caffeine.

"Do you have a hangover?" Mayera asked him, keeping his mug in front of him.

He gave her a confused look.

"No, umm, I mean you're pretty pissed and asked for strong coffee. So I assumed you must be hungover!" She stuttered.

"You're not good at assuming, Ms Sinha." He said in a hard tone.

Mayera found his behavior weird. He normally doesn't get angry, so what happened today? She wanted to ask him but decided against it. She didn't want to get shouted at, especially when she had spent the past two days with Giraffe and was in a fantastic mood.

"Sir, the meeting has been scheduled at noon. Mr Tejas Singh Oberoi was not able to come himself, instead his son, Mr Kabir Singh Oberoi, is coming."

Five minutes to twelve, Mayera received a phone call from reception that Mr Oberoi had arrived and was being escorted to the conference room. Mayera informed Arjun about the same and they both headed towards the meeting room too.

Mayera was nervous. She didn't know why.

A minute or two after they arrived, the door of the conference room opened and a man in his mid twenties walked in. Adorned in an expensive suit, he was the definition of talk, dark and handsome.

Arjun stood up and they both did a manly handshake.

"It is a pleasure to have you here, Mr Oberoi." Arjun greeted him.

"Please call me Kabir. We don't have much age gap." Kabir politely asked him to.

Then he turned towards Mayera.

She forwarded her hand towards him. "I am Mayera Sinha, Mr Singhania's personal assistant. Nice to meet you."

"Likewise, Ms Sinha." They shook hands.

"So, shall we get this meeting started?" Kabir looked at Arjun who nodded in return and asked Mayera to start the presentation.

The next fifty minutes went in jiffy as Arjun kept presenting facts and figures of the past, trying to convince Kabir for the renewal. Every once in a while, Mayera put her input too.

Throughout the meeting Kabir held an expressionless face, not giving out anything of what's going in his mind. At certain points Arjun had expected him to be impressed by their work, but nothing.

"Arjun, to be honest, I came here only because my father wanted me to. I was interested in partnering with some new company this time." Kabir spoke when Arjun was done with his talk.

Arjun, who had never been talked like before by any person of the business world was ego bruised. But he also knew that Oberoi's had slightly more power than Singhania's. Slightly, but more. And this deal would be more of a profit to him more than it would be to Kabir.

Mayera understood that Kabir's statement had irked Arjun. And given that he was already in a bad mood, she didn't want him to lash out.

So to control the situation, she spoke calmly, "I am sure there are other companies that you can try out, Mr Oberoi. But even you know that our services would be better than any other company out there."

Kabir gave Mayera a look and then turned towards Arjun. "Just for the sake of our fathers' friendship, I'll give this a shot. Email me the soft copy so that I can look into it again. You'll hear from me in about a week."

With this he stood up and closed the button of his suit. Both the men again did a handshake, only this time it was accompanied by a staring war between them. Kabir gave a slight nod of acknowledgement to Mayera and then padded out of the conference room.

Arjun opened the door of his office with a jerk. He hastily took off his suit blazer and threw it in the corner of the room. Mayera, who was trailing behind him, was shocked to see this.

She had never seen him this angry.

"Are you okay?" She worriedly asked.

"No, I am not. Samajhta kya hai voh Kabir Oberoi apne aap ko. Just because he is the son of Tejas Singh Oberoi, he thinks that he can talk to me like that." His harsh tone made Mayera flinch.

"He is our client. I think he has the right to question us in and out before hiring us." Mayera spoke slowly.

Arjun narrowed his eyes on her. "Whose side are you on?"

Mayera sighed, "Listen, I think you're overreacting. He wasn't that rude. He was making sure if he's making the right decision. And he.."

"Really? You think he wasn't rude. You know what? Get out. I don't even want to look at you right now."

Mayera was hurt. Yes, Arjun had scolded her in the past but it was never this bitter. But at that moment, all Arjun was seeing was red. First, the man hugging Mayera, then those sleepless nights, and now Kabir Oberoi(and not to forget that Mayera kind of took Kabir's side). It had all made him lose his calm and all the anger poured over that poor girl standing in front of him like lava bursting out of a volcano.

"Let me know if you need anything." She muttered, hurt evident in her voice. She left the room.

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