Chapter 1

ShiriHoonMain

@ExoticDisaster

Prerna entered her new cabin just next to Rishabh Bajaj's. She was nervous. It was her first day at  office. She looked around, trying to let the feeling sink in, she tried to calm her nerves, but her calming session was cut short by the sharp ring of the phone on her desk. It rang once, twice thrice, before she picked it up, not sure of what to say.

"What took you so long to pick a damn phone, come into my office, right now!" ,barked a husky voice from the other end.

Prerna was a little taken aback and anxious but couldn't help herself from noticing how husky his sexy voice felt.

She took a notepad and started towards his office, her heart started beating furiously against her chest, making her curse, so much for self control. She only wished she doesn't end up making a fool of herself in front of him. She inhaled deeply and knocked at the door once, and entered.

She saw him and then, it felt as if the world had stood still, time stopped, her breath hitched at the sight of him, he was engrossed in a file.

She had been hating all the boys in her life but her new boss cum ex-senior had a different charm on her. Although she tried her best to stay away from him, he kept her attracting just like a magnet. She didn't want to work under him because she wasn't sure if she could control and not make a fool of herself.

Rishab who was all the while busy, instantly snapped shut the file, which brought Prerna out of her trance; he looked up at her straight in the eye. She not being able to take the intensity of his looks gulped down and averted her gaze and started looking down.

Rishab knew there was always something special about this girl, as he felt himself being attracted to her, but he could not let this happen. He had been seeing her as a kid from her childhood. She was his best friend's sister and he still saw her as a kid but he could do nothing of the attraction he felt. So he didn't want her to work under him. Therefore, he decided to act rude with her.

"Miss Sharma, you are well versed with your duties here, we at The Bajaj's are give utmost importance to work, so I would not tolerate any leniency when it comes to work". He said as he gestured her yo take a seat.

Prerna nodded in affirmation being fully aware of how much of a hard taskmaster he was, because half of her life she had spent observing and picking up information about his small likes and dislikes.

She switched on her phone's recording button, so that she doesn't miss out on any of his instructions, given her state right now, she could melt into a puddle any moment, as she kept nodding her head not paying attention to what was being said, her mind constantly drifting and noticing his calm, husky but powerful voice, her gaze shifting towards his sensual lips as he kept on instructing her.

"That's all for the time. You may leave now." He said and opened the file he was prior working on.

Prerna switched off the recording and quickly got up from the chair, marching towards the door.

"Prerna..!"She stopped hearing his voice. "Can you get me a cup of coffee please?"

"Yes,sir." She nodded and went to her cabin.

It took her sometime to calm her heartbeat down. Soon, she noticed the coffee machine in the room. May be all his secretaries made it themselves for him, she thought.

"Rishab, your coffee." She said as soon as she entered his cabin.

He looked up and she closed her eyes in resignation.

"I mean.. Sir." She covered up herself.

Rishab tried to take the coffee from her hand, his hand slightly brushing her hand,both felt current pass through bodies with the brief contact, Prerna snapped open her eyes meeting his eyes, as she left her hands and dropped the mug to the floor making a crashing sound.

"What the hell!" He swore rather loudly.

Rishab gritted his teeth, fisting his hands trying to control his now blazing temper,his eyes flared at her. He was glaring at her with such intensity, she was surprised that she hadn't turned into a toast. She quickly came up with her apologies.

"I-I'ms-sorry Sir, you are too hot to handle. I mean.. the coffee not you...N-not you S-sir", she repeated herself.

"Not that you are not h-hot, but the coffee was hotter..." she tried to correct herself, at which he raised an eyebrow, and narrowed his eyes at her.

"I mean the c-coffee, coffee was too hot to handle", as she went on fumbling with the words, she wanted the earth to open and swallow her whole.

"What?",he uttered, his expressions suddenly changed from angry to bemused to amused.

"Nothing."She spoke and literally ran out of the room.

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"Prerna, we got to make few changes for the presentation this evening." Rishab said on phone. "I have mailed you some things, check it once."

Prerna opened her mail and went through the presentation in terms of amendments required. To her surprise it wasn't few; it was hell lot of changes.

"This will take ages to do, but we got meeting today." Prerna replied back on phone.

Rishab became a bit annoyed as he was blaming his feelings for her as the real cause for not doing this work. He indulges in finding a way to stay away from her and held this project lightly. He was paying for it now.

"Well,why do you think Miss Sharma, we are paying you? Not to sit around but to do some work." Prerna got frustrated at his sarcastic tone and getting blamed for something that she never did.

"If you remember, I joined the office today, itself."

"Could you please finish this without arguing with me further and wasting more time?" He cut the call and Prerna gritted her teeth.

"Why the hell did you appoint her, Vrushy?" Thought Rishab.

"I will never let you live in peace for making me work for him, Arush." Prerna cursed her brother.