Chapter 7



Shaurya's pov

I reached my home at 8:45 pm as traffic wasn't there much.

I entered and searched for my father.

"Where is Papa?" I asked our cook,Shoma.

"He is in his room ." She replied. I smiled and nodded.

I went towards his room and entered as it was open.

I looked at the study table to see Papa was sitting and reading a novel there. The walls of his room were filled with the photos of Mom and me. One photo was there of three of us when I was just born on the wall behind the bed. His study table has photos of his & Mom .

I have seen him crying at night for my Mom while looking at the sky and her photos.

I know how much he misses her and his outer hard shell can't hide his broken heart and soul from my eyes.

I wish Mom was here with us....I am so unlucky that I don't have a single memory with me of her.

I wiped my tears and put on a smile to greet my Papa. I don't want my Papa to see me like this. I love him too much to see him broken.

"Hey Papa." I said keeping my hand on his shoulder.

"Hey." He said and looked towards me. I didn't miss the teary eyes of him which he wiped away as soon as he could.

"How's the day?" He asked me.

"Fantastic Papa. Now you get up and get freshed. We are going out. " I said as I wanted to lighten his mood.

"Why? Already Shoma(their cook) has made food. " Papa said.

"I will finish that tomorrow. Now you just get ready. " I said and pushed him towards his closet.

I went to my room and took a shower and got dressed in casuals.

I was combing my hair when my phone rang. I looked at the caller id and smiled.

Shaurya : Hello Baby.

Dhruv : Hi...don't call me that.

I laughed.

Shaurya : What's up?

Dhruv : Fine.....just sitting in my cabin. What are you doing ?

Shaurya : I am taking Papa out for dinner as he looked a bit low today.

Dhruv : Wow..it's great. You guys come ..I am keeping a table booked for you . And before you object remember that I will beat you ,trust me.

Shaurya : You are too stubborn. Okay fine we are coming.

Dhruv : That's like a good boy. See you then.

We hung up the call.

I reached downstairs to see Papa waiting for me sitting on the couch.

We went out and drove towards our destination, Dhruv's hotel.

We reached there at around 10pm.

I parked the car and we went towards the entrance.

There Dhruv was waiting for us at the entrance.

As soon as he saw us ,he hugged us and took us inside .

We sat down.

"You guys sit here and order food." Dhruv said.

"Are you not going to join us ?" Papa asked him.

"Actually ,I had a meeting so I had dinner with my clients at 8 pm. But I have a coffee and Sandwich. " Dhruv said.

We ordered our food and had it together while talking and laughing. I know Dhruv wasn't hungry but as he didn't want to disrespect us ,he had his coffee and Sandwich.

This man can kill anyone with his sweetness.

"Boys, excuse me..I am just coming ." Papa said as his phone rang.

I was waiting for the bill. Dhruv understood that .

"The thing for which you are waiting isn't going to come. " he said.

"Why do you do it every time?" I said rolling my eyes.

"Because you two are my family so it's my right to do like this. So don't argue anymore. " Dhruv said sternly.

That's the reason I don't want to come here. Everytime I come here with my Papa or I come alone ,he does it.

Last time me and Papa went out to eat but didn't come here and in fact I didn't inform about the outing to Dhruv.

But unfortunately he saw us coming out from a restaurant and it was a mishap. He stopped talking with me and didn't talk with me for 10 days . It took everything in me to make him talk with me again.

So I decided not to hide anything from him.

Papa came and said ,"I have a great time today. No we have to leave...it's already 11 pm. You also go home Dhruv." Dhruv nodded.

Dhruv hugged us and we left from there.

"So ,again he didn't let you pay." Papa said as we drove towards our home. I shook my head.

"This boy will never change." Papa said.

Next day

Shaurya's pov

At around 9:10 am I reached my office. I was late as last night I slept at 2 am after finishing some paperwork.

I was walking towards my cabin when my eyes fell on the cabin opposite to me . That was Ms Arnika's cabin. There she was arranging some flowers on her table.

I smiled and entered my cabin. I called Miss Arnika .

"Good morning, Sir." Miss Arnika entered my cabin.

"Good morning, Ms Arnika . Before we get back to work... can you please get me a coffee with sugar?" I asked.

"Sure Sir." She said and went away .

After some minutes she came with my coffee,"Here is your coffee."

"Thank you." I said with a smile and kept it aside.

"So here is your work for today. These are two files which need my signature. You read these thoroughly, note down the important points and give it back to me before lunch. Then come to my cabin ....I need you to type a mail." I said.

"Okay Sir ,I will do these. Can I leave now?" She asked.

"Yes. Sure " I said .

Let's see what she does.

After that I concentrated on my work.

At around 1:30 pm ,I heard a knock at my door.

"Come in, " I said.

I looked up to see Ms Arnika was standing there with files in her hand.

"Sir, here are these files and here is the file which contains the important notes. " She said, giving me the files.

I was shocked but masked my expression.

"Okay ,you keep the file here and go to have your lunch.I will check it after lunch." I said.

She looked at me once and left.

She is fast..very fast. I am impressed.

I kept my things away and went to the canteen to have my lunch.

I mostly come with my lunch otherwise I prefer to go have lunch in the canteen . Just because I am the boss doesn't mean that I can't have lunch with my employees although I sit with Ayaan only.

I reached the canteen to see Ms Arnika sitting alone with her lunch.

I frowned and thought that maybe she is new here so she was sitting alone.

I thought to join her as Ayaan was also not here.

"Can I join you?" I asked.

She looked at me startled and nodded her head.

I joined and had lunch.

Throughout the lunch she didn't look at me.

"Sir, I am done...can I leave?" She asked after finishing her lunch.

I nodded my head .

She went away from there. I kept looking at her retreating figure.

Interesting.

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