Falak's POV
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"Did that devil shout on you again?" Ashley asked in a worried tone, looking at my swollen eyes.
"Yeah! But this time mistake was mine.", I responded.
"What? How?", She asked.
I couldn't tell the truth, could I? Because if I did, she would lose her confidence again and never ever go to work on reports.
"I spilled the coffee accidentally on some of his papers.", I lied.
"Oops!", She reacted. "But still, that reason isn't big enough to yell at you.", She added.
"It's fine. Let's get back to the work before the devil comes out of his shell.", I said and got back to my work. I took all the updates from her about the work which she had done on Friday in my absence. And after listening to her, I really felt bad for her because, indeed, she was overloaded with work in my absence.
She had made the notes of the reports of the meeting which had been held that day, so I began my work of typing, formatting, and editing it so that I could submit the final presentation of the new report on time.
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I saw the door of Jacob's cabin getting opening after an hour and saw Klaus walking out of it. Whatever noise which could be heard a moment before, call it whispering or gossip, immediately stopped. There was literally a pin drop of silence now.
I promised myself not to look in his direction because I knew how my mind was. It would start filling stupid and horny things in me. I could feel a pair of eyes on mine, so even though I promised not to look at him, I couldn't stop myself from doing so.
Wow! I just broke my promise, which I made a few seconds before.
HE had told me right that I shouldn't make those promises which I didn't mean to keep it.
I shouted myself and found Klaus looking at me without any expression, just like Jacob. His eyes were boring into mine, and immediately my heart started beating fast. I could almost hear it.
'Why does he look at me in this way?' I thought
But then, he averted his eyes to look at Ashley. 'I think I'm overthinking. He is looking at Ashley in the same way, or maybe he looks at everyone in the same way.'
Before lunch, I hid my phone behind the files, to know who always left a parcel for me?
I wanted to share this with Ash about my small and silly plan!
But then, I didn't want to share anything with her until my doubt gets confirmed.
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When I returned after lunch, there was a small parcel on my desk. I was sure that he didn't buy me a meal for me by observing the size of the parcel.
"Someone received something from her lover.", Ashley teased.
"Stop it." I tried to hold my smile but couldn't. I walked toward my desk and opened the parcel.
"I won't be eating anything until you read your note.", Ash commented, recalling the last incident in which I giggled.
There was a box and a note attached to it. I gave the box to Ashley so that she could open it while I read the note.
'A small boy and a girl were crying.
Someone asked- Why are you both crying?
The girl said: My doll has broken
The boy said: My doll is crying!
-Attam' with smiling emojis at the end.
"Ohoo! Someone is blushing!" I heard a familiar voice. I knew even she had read that note. "So, today, I can eat these Lamingtons without receiving a glare from you.", She added and started eating the Lamingtons.
We quickly finished those Lamingtons, and once she was back in her seat. I took out my phone to check the video. I ended the recording, which was still going on! And after that, I played the video from the beginning; it looked completely normal in the beginning, so I forward a few minutes.
I stopped the video when I saw a hand keeping that parcel on my desk. I slowed down the video when I focused all my attention on the video.
That hand kept the parcel on my desk, but in a way, my phone was kept so that it couldn't capture the face of that person. But then I saw that person walking in the same direction where my phone was capturing. It couldn't capture the face of the person because he was leaving from there, but obviously, his clothes got captured.
And in no moment did I recognize that suit because I had seen only one wearing that suit today. It was no other than…
"Ms. Srivastava, do you want me to fire you?"
'Think of the devil, and the devil is here.'
'Jacob'
Shit!
"Huh?", He asked, raising his brow and was trying to see what was I watching?
"Sir, I…"
Wow! I was definitely not making a good image in his eyes as an employee.
"Into my office, NOW."
"Yes, sir!" I nodded my head and kept my phone in my drawer. Now the two things were confirmed that Jacob could be my mysterious lover, but the biggest problem was still the VOICE. I compared the two. Both voices were quite different.
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Jacob dictated to me the email which I had to send to the clients. God! He was too fast, but I somehow copped up with his speed. While I was listening to him but a part of me was also looking at him- the way his eyes crinkled, the way his expression changed, his body language, soft but firm, and then back to his voice…
Shut the fuck up, Falak! Pay attention to your job!
"Send me the mail after editing it, and once I will find it good to go, then you can send them to the clients."
"Okay, sir!" I stood up from my seat to leave the cabin.
"And Ms. Srivastava…", He started speaking again.
"Yes, sir!"
He moved a little closer to me and looked straight into my eye. "I will appreciate it if you focus on your work more than the rest of the things.", He added and moved back.
Please don't tell me that he observed what I was doing before!
God! This was so embarrassing!
I should maintain the relationship between boss and employee even if I figure out that HE is the one! I avoided eye contact with him and wanted to dig a pit to bury myself to save myself from this situation.
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#TBC