"Ah!!! Okay! Now I'm feeling jealous that why I hadn't proposed Ahaan earlier. Otherwise I would have been his girlfriend instead of that pink lipstick Dhriti" kriti complained pouting her lips while eyeing the couple standing in the corridor hand in hand.

"Stop daydreaming babe! They're officially a couple now. You got a bit late in the race of getting a handsome boyfriend",Aranya said munching on her fries while listening to her non-stop bickering about the couple.

"Yeah-yeah! As if you won the race Miss Aranya Agrawal",Kriti said smirking at her.

"I'm not interested in running behind boys. It's a total waste of time and surely not my cup of tea",she replied yawning while wiping her mouth with the tissue.

"That I'll ask the day when you'll get married whether you're interested in your man or not", kriti replied grinning widely at Aranya who scrunched her face in response.

"Stop pulling her leg kriti! Can't you see her face. She's become a blushing mess",Chris said laughing while joining them in the cafeteria.

"I'm not blushing! Stop this nonsense! And Chris you're the one who becomes a blushing mess in front of Aditya",Aranya deadpanned at Chris whose laugh immediately disappeared in thin air.

"Woah! Really Chris? Do you have a thing for Aditya?",kriti asked quite surprised.

"No...I don't feel anything for Aditya. He's just my another batchmate", he tried to defend himself but his confidence went in vain the moment kriti passed him a teasing smile and his ears turned a deep shade of red.

"Enough kriti! Stop teasing the poor soul",she said opening up her laptop to do the remaining assignments before attending her next lecture.

"Here! Hold this $10,000 check and shove your f+cking a$$ outside my office! I have an important meeting to attend in less than fifteen minutes. What are you looking at? Isn't it enough? I said leave!!!"he shouted at the girl with whom he has spent an amazing time a few moments ago.

"Babe! You can treat me nicely too. No need to act like a jerk!",she whined slowly walking upto his desk. Grabbing the check from his hand, she hurriedly shoved it inside her black sling bag.

"What did you said?! Mind your f*cking tone while talking with me. Don't forget who's the boss here. I feel like why I chose you in the first place for this job. I could have chosen anyone",he growled throwing a glare at her direction and again engrossed his whole attention at his desktop.

His icy voice echoed inside the vast space, quivering her eardrums and immediately she disappeared from his gaze.

"Looks like the boss had really an amazing time with the sl*t here",a woman in her late twenties commented while walking towards a bunch of employees sitting near the cafeteria, eyeing Nina hurriedly leaving the hall with ruffled hair and wrinkled Skirt.

Kavya who was recently alloted as the PA of Malhotra Enterprises wasn't much aware about Nina. So she was listening to their whole conversation with great interest. She was so engrossed in listening to their useless discussion that she completely forgot about the file she was asked to bring to the president's office in less than fifteen minutes before the onset of the meeting.

"Miss Shukla!! Do I pay you for sitting leisurely here in the cafeteria and having a meaningless conversation with my employees here?",Mr. Malhotra shouted grabbing the attention of the whole staff who very swiftly scurried themselves away from the scene and silently got back to their work without uttering a single word from their mouth. They feared him since they were completely aware about the number of employees that has been fired under his mercy.

"S-sorry Sir!",she instantly paled upon hearing his gruff voice booming in the whole cafeteria.

"I'm not here to listen to your Sorry. Meet me in my cabin right after the meeting and do keep the file in the conference room immediately. Understood?",she nodded her head vigorously at his harsh comment and instantly flew towards her Cabin. Grabbing the troublesome file from beneath her drawer, she immediately reached the conference hall panting like a dog and safely placed it in front of her boss who didn't even threw a glance at the file or her sweating face and signalled the authorities to start the meeting...

"What were you expecting? Him to praise you for just keeping a file on his table?",her conscious mocked her. She silently left the hall and slumped against her chair letting out a long sigh.

"Hey kauwa(crow)! I'm going to the Supermarket. If you need something then message me back"

Her sour mood totally transformed after seeing the message and a smile crept across her face seeing the message popped up on her screen from Aranya with whom, in a very short span of time she has developed a sister like bond...

"Just bring two mugs of hazelnut Chocolate icecream on your way back",she typed back and instantly her phone beeped.

"Okay lady boss!"

"A cup of caffe latte with 2 cubes of sugar. Make it a bit fast", the waitress nodded scribbling his order on her notepad.

After about five minutes of writing down his order, she finally appeared with the tray in her hands. Moving carefully upto his table, she placed the cup in front of him and as she was about to turn around, she heard him speak or rather shout "What the heck is this? I asked for two cubes of sugar not sugarless coffee."

"I'm s-sorry Sir but it's not sugarless. I have actually added exactly 2 cubes of sugar. There might be some sort of confusion",she replied meekly not daring to look into his eyes.

"Confusion? So now I'm lying to you,huh!",he replied coldly which made her blood run cold.

"N-No Sir!",she replied stuttering badly under his intense gaze.

"What happened Sir?",a man in navy blue suit interrupted.

"Your staff is accusing me of lying! First she didn't paid heed to my orders and now is debating here with me",he replied to the manager with no ounce of pity in his eyes for the waitress who was internally shaking from the fear of losing her job.

"I'm really sorry sir on behalf of my staff. She sometimes acts reckless. Apologize to Mr. Malhotra now!!",he glared at the waitress and she immediately obliged to his command without any further questioning.

"Excuse me!",a soft voice interrupted the trio.

"You could simply add sugar if you were not getting the "TASTE" rather than creating a scene here. She's a human too and can make mistakes but people like you don't simply understand the fact that your one accusition can have a great negative impact on her job",the girl replied pointing her index finger at Mr. Malhotra who was sulking in anger seeing her guts to scold a famous and dignified personality like him...

"Oh I see a wonder woman here. So now a mere low scum like you would teach me what I have to do and what not!!",he replied gritting his teeth while eyeing the girl who was busy in staring at her phone's screen completely unaffected by his words...