— 120 Seconds —
I was all set before him to answer his questions. Then there came his first questions…..
“Why do you design ?? ”
“Well…….; I design for the women I wanted to be ; the women I used to be ; and to some extent the women I’m a piece of…….”
“Beauty…”
” Its what Normal people think as ugly and a designer sees as stunning…… It begins the moment when a designer like me ; draws a line on a blank space…..”
“Runway….”
” A place where girl has to walk like there are three men following her….!! ”
“Elegance….”
“beauty in a sketch that never fades away……”
“Heels…..”
” Which uplift a women physically and emotionally….”
“Trendy….”
“One of the amazing feeling a designer can experience seeing their sketches changing into living moving damsels…….!! ”
“Significance of blue in fashion industry…”
” Well…; Any dress designed in blue represents faith, tranquility , calmness and stability. The most famous shade of blue is neither torquise nor lapis but Cerulean. In 2004 ; There was a collection made on Cerulean jeans which then showed up in the sketches of 8 world famous designers and Now that’s what every person wears as Denim…..!!”
“Perfect…..!! Tell me the 10 most rarest colours used in fashion sketching…….”
” Rose Quartz – 13 – 1520
Peach Echo – 16 – 1548
Snorkel Blue – 19 – 1449
Serenity – 15 – 3919
Buttercup – 12 – 9072
Limpet Shell – 13 – 1480
Lilac Grey – 16 – 3950
Fiesta – 17 – 1564
Iced Coffee – 15 – 1040
Green Flash – 15 – 0146
Its as easy as that Mr. Dixit.. ”
” How long can you work for me.. 8 hours ; 10 hours or a day…..??”
” I can work until the designer in me is alive….. ”
” Expected salary…… ”
” Well….. I can answer this question only if you can tell me how you determine my salary……!! ”
“Witty answer by the way…… 20 seconds to go and here is your last question…….!!
Love……”
It came like an acrid arrow from him….; Straight and clear…..!!
Did he knew beforehand that I would go blank for this question…..?? Or was he expecting Some particular answer from me…??
It doesn’t mean I have nothing to say about love…; I just grouped for words in front of his gaze that made me go void with every passing second…..!! Luckily….; My eyes fell on the stop clock which raced like a avalanche ; lagging by last 5 seconds to tick the final mark…..
It was high time to open my sealed lips… ; else I would be Out of his cabin forever…..!! Why is the thought of moving away from his place so unpleasing to me….?? I have no idea……!!
suddenly the picture of the white porcelain coffee mug which I had received 2 days ago along with the confirmation letter came in front of my eyes……; and there I was ready with the answer…..
” Love is a burning flame Mr.Dixit….”
As soon as I finished my last line ; The clock rivved into life sending loud harmonics in his non loquacious cabin……!! None of us spoke which made me difficult to trace what was going on in Mr. Dixit’s mind…..!!
So ; I shifted my gaze to Baldev sir whose face had a feeling of happiness and proud on it. Placing a White A4 sheet in front me he said……
“It was Amazing beta…..!! I was sure that you would pass this interview with ease…..!!Congratulations once again ; You answered very well”
” Is my job confirmed Sir…..??” I ask in a with complete excitement….!!
” Yeah Ms.Sonakshi….. and your regular training starts from tomorrow morning…..!!” Baldev sir said in a firm tone.
“Thank you sooo much sir…. This means everything to me….!!” I say taking the job offer letter from his hands….
Baldev sir got a call and he exited from the place answering to it. Now…..; It was only me and Mr.Dixit in the big glass cabin….. I felt something very strange being left alone with him….!!
” I hope I was worth your 120 seconds Mr. Dixit….” I say looking at him
” I would make a pity of myself if I say a ‘Yes’ in reply Ms.Sonakshi…”
He said in a very cold tone confusing me…..
” Ohh……. So ; Are you saying that I don’t fit in your company even after answering all your questions Mr.Dixit…?? ”
I really wanted to know what was going in his mind….!! But why….!! I again did not have any answer….!!
” I hope your are aware of the fact that the job offer was given by my uncle a few minutes ago and I never say a NO to him……. Well for now ; You can leave the cabin Ms.Sonakshi……!!”.
His answer really did not please me. I didn’t wanted to work in a place where the boss thinks he has done a charity on me by offering the job…. I again wanted to confront him but before I could ask He leaned back on his executive chair and said….:
” Make sure you won’t be caught up in a random fight tomorrow…..!! Your new boss won’t appreciate that……!! ”
I was really very angry right now. It was just a span of minutes i got into this job and he already was a way tooo authoritive……!!Why has he to be sooo sarcastic all the time….?? His name should be Mr. Sarcastic Dixit instead of Dev Dixit…!! It suits him very well just like the black tuxedo……!!
” I hope you too won’t bump into others Mr.Dixit…..!!” I say in a rather high tone before shutting his huge glass door.
Except for my new boss; I was very happy to get that job. Everything was soo perfect and once i finish my internship from there ; A bright future awaited me with open arms……
Quickly taking out the mobile from my bag I dial to Baba’s number who will be double excited to hear this happy news…..
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After Sonakshi exited from his cabin; Dev once again leaned back in his black turning chair and the following thoughts ran through his mind even without his concent…….!!
DEV’S POV ::
Every thing was going on pretty well until I unfortunately bumped Into a red coloured moped absent mindedly listening to the Share market scores…. Before I could open my seat belt and come out to lift the fallen girl…. ; she had managed to get up and was approaching towards the right side of my car door…..
I got out of the car and came face to face with indeed a very beautiful girl….
She had wavy black hairs , a freckles face and pitch black eyes. Her eyes reminded me of the girl I had met in the gallery and before I could ask her about it ; She was in a mood to pick up fight with me….. !!
During the fight she mocked my pupil , Iris , geometry , angles , and even advised me to join driving classes……!! All the way I was just simply seeing her face which looked soo much bright and lively in the mild rays of the morning sun…..!!
I would be lying to myself ; if I say ; I didn’t feel all those actions of her cute…..!!
I could see her emotions attached with that moped and felt bad for bruising it…..!! I really didn’t wanted to continue fight with her and gave her the money…..!!
She went silent at that action of mine and I felt sooo awkward for giving money to her…….!! That was really not the way to behave…
I was in the middle of the presentation when I saw her entering to our building. I thought she would have come to pick up one more fight with me…..!! But later I came to know that she had come for job hunting. I recall her saying that today was a big day for her…… !!
Who says that Life is not filled with shocks and surprises….!! All sweet ones….!!
She listened to the presentation so intently like a highschool nerd…. !! As the lights came to life..; the shock on her face seeing me standing in front of her was amusing….!!
The young girl was really not ready for this…..!!
She introduced herself as Sonakshi….; a very beautiful name by the way…..!! So captivating when heard for the first time….!!
In the interview when I said clearly that she was rejected I saw her eyes pooling up and that sight really didn’t please me…… My brain yelled a hundred times to ask an apology for saying that to her…..!!
For a moment I thought she would walk away with her profile but something held her back….!! I don’t know What….; but there was something or someone for which she decided to crack this interview…….. That force drived her from inside to have this job at any cost……!!
For the whole 120 seconds ; She appeared as one of the most confident and passionate girl I have ever met in my life…..!! All her answers were sooo correct and up to the point. She acurately remembered the colour combination even with their shade card Number…..!!!! That’s amazing…..!! She was witty enough to leave a few questions like salary and working hours to decide for me……!!
Every line of hers represented the immense passion she has for fashion designing just like Me….!!

But why did she go blank when I asked her about Love…..??!! I even have no idea why asked her a personal question…!!
why did she even say that love is a burning flame…..!!?? Is that her perception or opinion…..??
She is really dark…. May be….; One Shade Darker…..!!
HOLD ON…..!! HOLD ON……..!! Why am I thinking sooo much about this girl instead of completing the pending files……..!! I’m Dev Dixit and I have lot of works to do…..!! Moreover I have No interest in girls….. Nor have any time for Love……!!
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Dev again got back into his laptop to go through the unanswered mails ; when suddenly his mobile beeped making him resume the work. It was his mothers worried voice from the other side…..
Dev was shocked to listen what his mother just said to him . with a worried look on his face Dev quickly grabbed the car keys and ran out of his cabin towards the basement to start his Volkswagen……….
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