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He was irritated enough to go pick up Jaidrith after school bring him back to work play him with many things he could snack on and blasted Savrakar’s connection at the Commissioner’s office, and called his boss and blasted him and told him he needed authority to decline such appointments.
Had a 1:1 with his executive admin and explained how he did not want to waste his time like this again. He wanted to go down to the root of the reason he asked his chief of staff to start digging to find out how the Commissioner chose him to meet with the con artists Savarkar couple
He was very well aware the line between corruption and duty thinned at the highest levels of management in any bank or company
But Sagarika’s refusal to acknowledge Mrunalini sent him over the edge.
The couple had really no company, they had gone bust in every business venture in the last 9 years according to records he could find
They were using their political clout now to get his bank to undersign some ridiculous seed investment for yet another pie in the sky idea.
“Italian tonight?” he leaned back and rocked on his chair as he texted Mrunalini with a smile
“Dhru cant eat” she said immediately
“To what do I owe this good fortune?” he voice called
“Of?”
“Swift text response?”
“Umm. I don’t know”
“Let me figure out a place that has great food for all”
“U don’t have work?” she questioned
He laughed out loud
“Nah… not really” he lied
He has wasted 3ish hours, between meeting and spying on Savarkars, he usually worked 12 hour days tonight it would have to be 3 more
“Where is Dhru?”
He took a picture of his son in through the glass wall to the SVP private conference room listening to spotify on the giant screen and reading some fat book head bent and finger circling his thumbnail
“Your office?”
“I couldn’t go home yet”
“U have a nice office”
“How about you come one over here and I will buy you dinner?”
“Not that work cafeteria place”
“Hahahah… no… not that one I promise” “I will buy you some really good Italian at the Oberoi”
“I don’t want five star”
“How about wherever you want to eat”
“U are very sweet… but I think I…”
“No u wont think Mrunalini…”
“I don’t usually” she laughed
He didn’t laugh
“Did u buy him more books?” she shouted as he turned the call into a FT
“Swear to God I did not…”
“I can see…”
“The conference room is a good 20 feet away how do u see what he is reading?”
“Well he didn’t pack novels or anime books to school
“Umm.. well… I had to bring him to work right”
YOU LIED TO ME” she shouted, fuming when he turned the phone toward him his eyes twinkling
“He doesn’t even do his homework” she screeched
“I promise you when you get here he will be done”
“Are you going to do it for him?”
“NO” he was shocked… “But can we?”
“Not funny”
“They have a page long code of conduct at school 14 principles”
“I know…”
“He will have to drop out of school and read all day”
“No he wont”
“I am not coming over for dinner”
“Well hes not going to do his homework” he said silkily
Just staring at her livid face, letting out a yawn, stetching his legs out as far as he could swinging in his chair
“Well ur son gets thrown out of school, he already has a long list of troubles dude”
“Thanks” he laughed
“A please, can u make him do homework?”
“Are you seriously that naïve?
“Why?”
“I am not going to let him fail” he said no longer joking
“OK”
“Will you come now?”
“Umm…”
“Say yes” he begged
Both their minds immediately went to his wedding proposal
“In like an hour” she said quietly
“That’s a yes then?” he asked scanning the text that popped up on top if the screen
“Hmm” she said looking into his text scanning eyes shocked the reaction wasn’t more dramatic
She arrived around 7 his exec admin was still around, Mrunalini received a very very curious look
“Hi! My name is Mrunalini Ghatge I am supposed to meet Aatreya Rao”
“Hi! I am Rasika… why don’t you sit, he is just finishing up on a call” “I know… u were going to be here”
“Oh thank you”
“I can bring you tea”
“Oh no”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes please..” Mrunalini sat down but felt Rasika just staring so she didn’t look up
In 20 minutes she received the nod
“I think I might have met someone just like you today”
“Oh?” Mrunalini was confused
“I cant believe I get to meet two people that look the same all in the same day”
Mrunalini smiled and shrugged “They say there is 7 in the world”
“But all in the same day?” Raskia insisted
Mrunalini stepped inside
“Hi!” he approached the wide heavy twin glass doors
His office was bigger than his flat
“She said she met someone like me” Mrunal exclaimed
“Hmm? Really? I wonder who” Aatreya changed the topic silkily “U want to come see what Jaidrith figured out about the LED screen on the wall in the conference room?”
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