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51. TROUBLE IN HUMAN FORM
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2020-11-23 20:02:02Aisha walked into Ben's office.
That was how she always barged in claiming she was there to see Roshan. As usual, she didn't greet Ben, she just walked towards Roshan's office.
She turned back when she was almost at the doorpost.
"Hey Ben." She feigned a smile, Ben could read it wasn't genuine. She shook her head and continued with the work on her table."I know you won't give me a reply." Aisha said. "Just passing by and decided to ignore you but I changed my mind and here I am greeting you as politely as I can but you're ignoring me, damn!" She slammed her hand on the table angrily.
"I didn't beg for your greetings, you decided to greet me and I've not decided if I should answer you or not." Ben told her.
"So, you have to decide that too?" She looked at Ben scornfully.
"Very well." She raised her head up to look at Aisha. "Any other thing?" She raised her eyebrows i
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