Chapter 14: Chapter 14

~~~Past Wind~~~

"I am not sure Riya. I'm confused by thinking about whether should I go or not? I am not ready to face them." Kayish put his face between his palms.

"Kayish, she is your sister and you love her more than anyone. Right?" I asked rubbing his back in a comforting zone.

He nodded his head like a child and chewed his inner cheeks. He seemed nervous.

"If you don't go to the marriage, what will happen?" I inquired grabbing the handful of popcorn before shoving it into my mouth.

Right now, I am in his apartment watching horror movies even though I'm afraid of these bloodsuckers. But who cares when his hand was hooking around my shoulder keeping my fear on the bay.

"Then she will disown me." He blankly stated without any emotions.

"Are you okay with that?" I asked turning around to look at him.

He gave me a look which says are you serious? "Riya, how it could be okay if I lose the only blood relation I have? How could it make sense?" Frustration is written all over his face.

"It will make insane," I replied genuinely.

"Huh????" He furrowed his brows.

"That means go and attend her marriage. I don't know what problem you have with your parents but don't hate them too much. They always do better for us." I tried to reason out.

"Not again." He warned and stood up from his place. "Come on!" I grabbed his arm and pulled him down but he slipped and landed over me, his both hands were on either side of mine.

I placed my hand over his chest and heard his heavy heartbeat as equal to mine.

Ooooh.

I blushed and looked away as realized our intimate position but he grabbed my chin and forced me to look at his baby blue eyes which I don't know when did I start to fall for them.

I admired the beauty of his eyes while he brushed his finger through my chin and draw a circle through my jawline.

Electricity passed through my whole body when he caressed my bottom lips, pure affection was evident in his face. He then parted my lips apart and asked my permission to go further.

I blushed and pushed aside all my negative thoughts which came to ruin our great moments.

"Riya, you know what, you are so beautiful than anyone I met in my life--" I searched his eyes to find any trace of lies but nothing; I couldn't able to spot any untrue in his voice.

"No one is perfect as you." He mumbled huskily.

For a moment I wanted to grab his collar and kiss him like there is no tomorrow, instead, I pushed him away which resulted in him landing on the floor with a heavy thud.

"Ouch!! What the hell Riya." He rubbed his back and playfully charged towards me.

"Ahhhh!!!" Screaming I started to run for my dear life. "Riya stop! Or else the consequences will be severe," he warned but I stick my tongue out and ran into the kitchen.

Ohh, God! Why did I come here in the first place? It seems I gave him easy access to win over.

"Kayish no..." I screamed between the laughter when he was charging towards me.

I grabbed the nearby tin which I don't have any idea what was inside and I threw it on him and to my admiration, his face drained by the flour.

Oops!!

I laughed richly clutching my stomach the moment he opened his eyes. He looks like a replica of Edward Cullen in the vampire movie.

"Kayi... Kayish-- you...hahaha....you exactly look like a ghost." I said between the laughter meanwhile my eyes searched the way to go outside.

"Oh really!" Then he grabbed the tin from the kitchen counter and threw it on me.

"See, now you look like a zombie in the movies which came out to haunt the innocent people." he pointed a finger at me and started to laugh like a maniac.

"Ohh really!" One by one we began to throw random stuff from one to another.

Finally, a red-colored tin landed over his head and he shrieked like a child jumping up and down.

Then I realized I had thrown a chilly powder on him. Eww! I ran towards him and helped him to walk near the tap.

He splashed the water over his face; his eyes were still shut tightly.

"Are you okay?" I asked feeling guilty for the situation he was into.

"I think so." he then rubbed his eyes. "Shh!! Wait." I said and grabbed the towel from the table and started to wipe his eyes.

"Come sit here." I motioned him to sit on the couch but he held my waist by both his hands and pulled me towards his chest.

"Kayish what are you doing?" My voice came as a whisper.

"Shhh! don’t ruin the moments. Stay with me like this."

"Hugh!!" I gave him a genuine confusing look.

"Stay with me like this forever, Riya. I am happy whenever you are around. You are my family, my friend, and my life. Please be my girlfriend." he asked and I found myself nodding my head to his answer.

He flashed a genuine smile and brushed his lips against mine. I found myself responding to his kiss immediately as wrapping my hand around his neck. At first, the kiss was full of passion and slowness, and then we started to kiss like we are into fires.

His was devoured into mine making me feel like I'm on cloud nine and I want to stay like this but we both pulled away when we heard his phone was ringing.

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It is too much. He crossed his limit bringing his problems into professional life. He can't be serious. Truthfully, he is losing his reputation by showing his silly attitude.

Ohhh! God. Someone please give me a gun and tell me how to kill him in one shoot.

He has assigned a lot of works to my team, even though it is not his place to do. Then why did he hire me for the position of project manager? I have no idea.

He was very well aware that It won't work when he gives me pressure as workwise, so he targeted my team and challenged me indirectly.

How we are going to finish all these papers in one day. We can't complete this work within a day, at least, it will take one week.

"Miss. Kader, we have only finished half of the portion." Mr. Kane I assumed is a team leader informed me and I glanced at my wristwatch.

It's already past 6 in the evening and I don't want to push them all. It's not their mistakes nor mine.

"Okay, submit them on my table, I will take care of this," I said rubbing my jaw thinking to solve the puzzle.

"But Miss. Kader..."

"It's okay Mr. Kane, we did our best. So don't be sorry." I gave him a polite nod to dismiss.

He gave me a small smile and set the file on my table before walking out of my office. I mentally groaned and picked the file from the table.

After checking the entire file, I walked into his office and set the file on his table.

"Already?" He raised his brow surprisingly as not believing his own eyes.

"We have finished half of the work and will complete the remaining papers by tomorrow." I boldly said to him.

"Miss Kader, I am not paying you for free and didn't ask any of your opinion or complaints. If I give some work that means you must have to finish them in time," he said harshly.

"Don't you think you are way too harsh towards my employees? I don't think you can able to finish the two sets of papers by today?" I said meeting his same harsh tone by folding my hands against my chest.

"What if I fire all your team members just pointing the reason for lack of knowledge?" He asked ignoring my statement completely.

My mouth hung open when I heard him say firing about my employees. "You are doing this purposely, I know that" I quarreled in anger.

"Then try to save your employees." He smirked and handed me a file. "I want this file tomorrow morning on my table." He sternly said and took his seat.

Hugh! How badly I wanted to glue him to the chair. Can anyone please give me a superglue?

Giving him one last glare I stormed out of his office. When I reached my office, all my employees were standing in front of the door wearing a pure shock expression on their faces while a few of them are shivering visibly.

I furrowed my brows and approached them. "Why are you still here, you can leave." I maintained my natural composure although I wanted to throw my frustration out.

"What if we get fired?" One of my employees asked.

"Hugh! How did you know?" I asked in disbelief.

"Our boss emailed us. If we don't complete the work by tomorrow morning, he will replace our place with other employees." His eyes were almost glossy while he speaking

"I have a family to run, so this job is so important," He added.

I let out a long breath. "I know how everyone is depending on your job." I tried to comfort them but what can I do in this hardship.

I thought for a bit and an idea came into my mind. "Are you willing to work for the whole night?" I asked expecting their answer as my favor.

"Yes." they all said in unison. "Okay then, come to my apartment. We will work together and will have a nice dinner." I winked at them.

Their face lit up with happiness as hope-filled their mind. That's my people. So supportive and dedicated. It's been one month since I am working in this office and they are very corroborating even though I am younger than them.

They seek my opinion even before they make a decision. They have supported me through my up and downs and it's my time to return my favor.

"Alright, guys! Let go." With that, we all headed to my apartment.

My apartment is not fit for fifteen members; somehow, they managed and did their work peacefully. No complaints, no lamentations.

When we get bored, we cracked some silly jokes to get rid of the sleep and again went back to our work.

Sweety was so understanding, she didn't disturb us. She played with other kids in the apartment and came at night to sleep.

Miss. Jaden helped me to cook and we enjoyed our team dinner in my apartment.

I fed Sweety and she departed to sleep by herself. Everyone admired Sweety and her behavior.

Somehow we finished our work at 6.30 in the morning. "Okay, guys! Let's meet in the office."

They bid their goodbyes and went back to their home. I glanced at the wall clock and a small sigh escaped from my mouth. I have only an hour to sleep. I fell asleep on the couch once my head hit the pillow.

When I reached my office I met all my team members and thanked them personally. They all have a bright smile on their face like they achieved something.

"Okay, guys! Let see, what will happen." Some thumped me up and smiled genuinely.

I entered his office and set the file on his table. "Mr. Miller as you asked we have completed our work. Here are the files." I pointed out the file which I placed on his table.

He took the file and flipped the first page then closed it. "I assure you that you will never find any mistakes," I said proudly.

"Miss. Kader, Take this." He gave me a green color file. "This is your new project. You and your team members are going to work on this." What nonsense he is talking about.

"And forget about this." He returned the file to be the one I placed on his table earlier. "Because I already gave this to another team."

"What?!" I shouted.

I stood from my place. "This is too much. We worked hard to finish this project and now you can't tell us what to do." I roared angrily.

"You may be the project manager here, but I am the boss. You have to learn your place and obey me. Got it." He said annoyingly.

He treats me like trash as I'm some sort of waste paper, not in use. He pokes his nose into my job and plays a project manager role and finally orders me to follow his shitty things.

Urgh! I have started to hate my job, I mentally groaned but I'm not going to accept my defeat that easily.

I masked my face as natural and smiled brightly showing my perfect teeth not wanting to show him how broken I am inside.

"Of course! We will do it. After all, that was a useless project," I said keeping my tears on bay standing there with a broken heart.

"Miss. Kader, if you don't mind can you please throw them on the dustbin, there is no use to keep the file." He said pointing to the old file which has all our hard work and a sleepless night.

"Do by yourself," I said and walked out of his office stabbing him ten times on my mind.

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