"Yes me",her face turned white and her breathing became erratic as soon as she heard him speaking. He scanned her body from top to bottom like a predator does before attacking and ravishing its prey with his eagle like hooded eyes...

"Why are you standing there like a ghost? Have a seat Miss Aranya",his tone was laced with mockery. His deep husky voice and smirking face made the situation even more worse. The way she had mocked him in the cafe way too confidently in public, that confidence was no where in sight. She was internally shaking with fear and uncertainty of what was coming next.

"Do you want me to carry you all the way here?",he asked raising his right eyebrow at her while focussing his gaze completely on her face; keenly observing her changing facial expressions. He found it rather amusing that the fierce tigress whom he met yesterday and even argued with was nowhere in sight. Instead there was standing a scared kitten in front of him who was nervously fidgeting her fingers.

She scrunched her face in disgust on listening to his flirtuous comment and immediately shook her head in negative and started taking babysteps towards his direction. Dragging a chair from nearby his desk, she got herself seated while maintaining a good distance from him...

"Why are you seating that far from me? It's not like I'll eat you though I'll love to",he took his bottom lip between his teeth and replied with a wink.

She felt like giving a good blow on his face but she anyhow restrained her desire of beating the shit out of him. All the nervousness and guilt she was feeling for so long a while ago for misbehaving with him has now transpired in thin air on hearing his lust dripping tone.

"Ahm...",she cleared her throat and shot him a glare while placing the documents harshly on his desk with a loud thud sound...

"Mr. CEO! I'm not your employee that you can flirt with. You don't pay me...right! So better focus on your meeting and let me do my work for which I'm here",she replied rather calmly like a boss bitch but it has somewhat again hurt his damn ego. He clenched his fists in anger till his knuckles turned white.

"Show me the reports!!",he ordered almost yelling at her but it had no effect on her calm face whose attention was everywhere except his face (purposely ignoring the bastard...salute you girl).

Her fiesty actions and fearless attitude was irritating him to no extent. Not even a single girl he ever met in his entire life has ever dared to disrespect him in such a way.

On the contrary, they were dying to be in his bulky arms. Her audacity to insult him again and again each time she opened her mouth; was now getting on his nerves. Gritting his teeth anxiously,he gripped the reports harshly and started turning the pages...

The report was impressive but he didn't said anything and walked out of his cabin, telling her to wait till the meeting us over.

***After the meeting

"Alright! As per the agreement papers, we'll have a fair share distribution with 60% of the profit from the bellice project to be transferred directly to my company",Mr. Gupta replied pushing forward the agreement papers towards Mr. Malhotra.

"That's not how it works Mr. Gupta!! I would like to make certain amendments in it. I don't agree with you holding 60% of the share's profit",Mr. Malhotra replied.

"Then how much?",he asked furrowing his eyebrows, getting quite tensed.

"I would prefer a 50-50 otherwise the deal is cancelled",he replied straightly sliding the file back towards Mr. Gupta.

"That's not possible!!"

"It is if you agree. It's still a profitable deal",Mr. Malhotra replied passing him a mischievous grin.

"If not than I'll not purchase any stake in your upcoming non residential projects that I considered buying."

"Alright",he replied after thinking for a while, sighing in defeat...

"Congratulations Mr. Gupta. We're partners now. I'll prepare a new contract and will send it to your company very soon",he replied happily rising from his chair and held out his hand for a firm handshake.

"Ofcourse! By the way I invite you for a celebration dinner tonight at my newly opened restaurant. Do come and also bring your beautiful Assistant along with you. She's really talented and graceful",he replied remembering kavya's face from the day he saw her when his boss was not present in his cabin and he came to visit him.

Akshat frowned remembering the time when he introduced his new PA to Gupta. He can't recall any moment.

"Ofcourse she would come",he replied thinking something playful.

"Why haven't you asked my permission? I don't want to attend any dinner",she huffed; tapping her heels loudly against floor while following him to the elevator.

"It's a kind of let's say payment for the mistake your friend has made while preparing the report because I found a few mistakes in it",he causally replied while she was watching him all baffled.

"But I haven't made any mistake. Why should I pay for it. And you earlier saw and approved the report, you're lying Mr. Malhotra for the dinner invitation, Aren't you?!",she crossed her arms across her chest like she's the boss here.

He couldn't help but genuinely smile for the first time seeing someone being too bossy.

"I don't need to lie. It's true, the matter of fact is that Ms Aranya, you came to handover the file, you're response for the reports. I don't remember my PA handing it over to me. And let's say if I'll fire her if you won't compensate than? It wouldn't take time. I have many people awaiting to replace her.

Afterall my all the former Assistants used to accompany me for the dinner. Nothing's new here! And while she's not here, you can accompany me atleast for a dinner",he replied entering inside the elevator with a playful smirk dancing on his lips.

"But I'm not your Assistant!!",she spat while drilling holes in his skulls by her angry and intense glares..

"Oh really? Then what are you doing in my company! Get lost and also surprise your friend with the news that I'll fire her!!",he yelled getting anxious.

"I'm also not interested in this sh*tty Company! I'm just here...",she couldn't even complete her sentence when he fiercely grabbed her wrists and pushed her against the walls of the elevator.

Her eyes widened like saucers by the sudden jerk with which she was pushed against the wall and she immediately tried to shout out of reflex but he instantly clamped her mouth shut and caged her between his arms.

She was pressed firmly against the walls...

"Shhh...",he said huskily while inhaling her sweet rose and cinnamon mixed cologne.

She stiffened immediately when she felt his hands snaking around her waist and going lower and lower while his nose was almost in the crook of her neck...

(Ding...)

The elevator door opened and she immediately pushed him aside making him stumble back a bit and hurriedly walked out...

Aranya POV:

"Hey dear! Where is Akshat?",a beautiful women with raven black hair, wearing a plain saree and pearl necklace in her late 50s approached me.

"Um...Akshat?",I gave her a questionable look which clearly says I don't know about whom you're asking because I literally wasn't knowing the person with the name Akshat.

Her smile immediately faded from her face and she looked at me rather strangely as if I've grown another horn on my head then all of a sudden bursted out laughing...

I too forcefully stretched my lips and passed her a toothy grin.

"Oh dear...You're really funny. I liked sense of humour. Now tell where is your boss Akshat?",she asked me again about that anonymous guy who is my boss...wait my boss!!!

"Oh! You mean Mr. Malhotra!!",I asked her and she nodded, smiling warmly at me which literally made my heart flutter...

"He's might be in his cabin",I replied passing her a big smile.

"Okay! Thank you dear",she thanked me and turned towards his cabin when all of a sudden she stopped in her tracks and looked back at me and again started approaching towards my direction...

"Why is she coming back? Have I made any mistake?",dozens of questions started playing in my mind when she finally stopped right in front of me and asked warmly "What's your name by the way?"

"What would she do with my name? Does she keeps on asking employee's names all the time",my subconscious questioned.

"A-Aranya...",I hesitantly replied.

"Nice name! We'll meet again very soon dear...",she replied turning back and left the area in the blink of an eye; leaving me behind in all baffled state...

"Surely I've done something wrong this time! Ah!!! Kavya will surely kill me if she got to face any sort of trouble because of my stupidity...O_O! God! I'm dead"