I angrily storm out of the room after my conversation with Meher. I can't believe that she thinks I am at MANNAT just for her. I really am not! MANNAT is a huge corporation and working here will be very beneficial for my career plus the pay is amazing.
I know I used to be a childish prankster back in college and even was after our wedding but I am not like that anymore. I truly have moved on an want to approach working at MANNAT professionally.
"Abeer?" A manly voice from behind calls. I turn around wondering who it is and I was speechless.
"Nissar!" I yell and run towards him for a hug. I couldn't believe I bumped into my old best friend. It felt so nostalgic hugging him after so long. He broke the hug after a few seconds and patted my back.
"Kesa ha yaar! Long time?" He says with a huge smile on his face. I give him a fake smile.
" I'm good. And ya long time since you decided to divorce me along with meher." I say with a taunting tone. He rolls his eyes and sighs.
"Esa toh nahi bol. Us waqt you both fought over me..." He says but I interrupt his sentence.
"So you choose her over your best friend?"
"No! I just..."
"Anyways forget it." I say interrupting him again. He fakes a smile.
"Or bata what are you doing here?" He asks me. I wonder what Nisaar was doing here as well.
"Meet MANNAT'S new chief financial offiecer ; well that is if I pass tomorrows exam that your devilish friend gave me... " I say with a laugh.
"...What about you?" I ask.
Nisaar points towards his ID card that was dangling on a card holder. I bent over to read the fine print and was surprised to read that Nisaar is the human resources manager at MANNAT.
"So dayaan na tumhe nokri dedi"
"Abeer! Stop calling her that! Kuch toh respect kero upni biwi..." he says but stops as I give him an angry glare. I could sense fear on his face as a reaction to my anger.
"Biwi thi; Jis din talaq huwa usi din sari respect bhi khatam hogae." I say with an arrogant tone. Nisar is speechless and he nervously scratches his head. I let out a sarcastic giggle and he fakes a smile.
***
The French vanilla coffee's aroma had filled Nisar's office. As i put down my empty cup on the desk i look around Nisar's office and i have to admit it was quite creative. He had bar graphs and pie charts related to the companies turnover all over the walls. His office reflected how well organized and professional he was with his job.
Nisar was silently looking at me from his desk, lost in thoughts. I was sitting on the other side of his desk and to be honest I was proud that he was well set in his career and even if I get this job I won't consider him as my junior.
"So Meher na tumhe Esa challenge kiya? Lekin kyew?" He asks as he flickers his pen.
"I don't know. Maybe because she hates me." I say and throw a paper ball into the trash can from across the room and I scored! I yell in happiness but Nisar ignored my epic goal.
"Don't say that. You guys may not be madly in love anymore but you can't hate each other. You still care about each other" he says and I simply roll my eyes. Bullshit! He raises his eyes.
"Come on Abeer! Mein tha wahan jub tum dono na upni dil ki baat kahi; mein tha wahan jub tum dono ki shaddi Huwi! Or mein hi tha us din hospital mein!" He says loudly. I angrily stand up from my seat and walk towards him and give him a push.
"DON'T! Don't you dare talk about that day at the hospital!" I yell at him with all my voice. I wanted to punch him in the face but before I could do or say anything there was a knock on the door. I loosen my anger and sit back down on my chair. The cute little girl from the conference room walks in with a few files. What was her name? Ya Rati!
"Abeer sir, Meher ma'am sent me to give you the budgets and the required materials for the show" she says hands me the files. She smiles at me and then looks towards Nisaar, who was still shook from my yelling.
"App theek ha na ji?" She asks Nisaar. He comes out of his traumatized state and looks at her confusingly.
"huh? Oh ya I'm fine! Thank you. " he says with a very creepy smile. Rati blushes and leaves. I was just sitting there all surprised. Did I just encounter a flirt session?
"Are you having *** with her?" I ask with a mischievous smile. Nisar looks at me in anger and throws the pen he had in his hand at me. I Dodge the pen and squeal.π
"Oye abhi ankh jati!" I scream and then start chuckling.
"Shut up Abeer! Rati is a very decent girl."
"But you like her right?"
"Ya but..." he says and starts blushing.
"Waah Mera peelaa(yellow) kya tamater( tomato) Jesa laal laal horaha ha" I say in a flirtatious tone. Nisar doesn't say anything and just looks at me with annoyance. He stands up from his chair and
Makes me stand up as well. He pushes me towards the glass door.
"Ja go get started on your project. You don't have much time" he says and pushes me out. I laugh as I walk out and head towards the cafeteria. I was going to work from there since i didn't have an office yet because I haven't been officially hired yet. As I was walking I bump into someone and hit the ground; the pages from my files flying everywhere in the air. Everything happened so fast I didn't even have time to think through. Before I knew it I was on the floor; Meher under me! She was lying on the ground and I was on top; our chests facing each other. I can't believe this happened! Talk about a Bollywood moment! I quickly get up and help Meher get up as well. I was just confused and she was embarrassed. I couldn't help but take advantage of the situation. I wanted to joke around.
"Itna mat shermao! We have done way way much more anyways!" I say with a mischievous smile. She looks at me with wide eyes and gives me a small push.
"Shut up Abeer!" She yells and starts to walk away. I laugh hard.
"kya huwa? Kya abhi tak kissi ko bhi nahi pata about the tattoo on your B**** " I say out loud not caring who hears. Meher angrily rushes towards me and covers my mouth. π€£
"Abeer! This is a office and we both are in the top positions. Behave! And don't you dare bring out personal details because mera pass bhi bahot kuch ha dhamkane ka liya!" She says in anger. I was a bit scared by her threat but I didn't want her to know.
"What do you have?" I ask casually.
"You remember those pictures from that day we went on the cruise? I still have them." I open my eyes wide in shock. Those pictures can not and I repeat can not be seen by anyone! I can't believe she kept those pictures! She starts laughing at my reaction.
"Purani batein nikalo ga toh khud bezat hojao ga. Now pick up the scattered papers and get work done!" She says and leaves with pride. She may have won today but she will loose tomorrow when she has to officially hire me after the fashion show.
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