On Shade Darker — A Devakshi FF by Nivu — part 8

           
           ” Sometimes the most Shocking Surprises are the most beautiful surprises…..”



   
      —  Surprise and Shock —

Location : Fab India 

               The royal black Volkswagen Amego of Dev entered into the huge gates of Fab India making a swishhhh….; and went into the separate parking lot in the cellar where only important company cars usually used by him and his uncle to attend meetings and business deals were parked…. Taking out the keys he made his way towards the office….

             Dev was on time as usual and he could see his employees already engrossed in their work ; some holding peices of papers moving from one end to other with their designs ; a few in printing colourful fabric patren’s and many in stitching the most delicate peices of pretty dress materials. It was the combined work of all these people which made the apparel look stunning and beautiful……. 

             Dev made his employees love their work and complete it with passion  which made many youngsters willing to work under him. As a boss he was kinda cool and yet managed to complete the projects, deals and orders before  deadlines….

        As he started moving towards his cabin; Tina joined his footsteps chirping a sweet good morning. She remainded Dev of that day’s current sheduld which included the presentation and interview of all the new internees in the morning half ; lunch with the MD of ‘ Malhotra group of fashion Products ‘ followed by a general meeting at 4 in his own company… She even informed him about sending a few important files which required his signature by tommorow… 

      Reaching his cabin ;  Dev instructed her to send all the internees to the 7th floor at sharp 9am and even handover their barcode number so that it would become easy to allot the cubicles to the new comers…….She nodded in an affirmation and collected the file which had name of all the 15 freshers before exciting from the glass door of his cabin….

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              I look at my white Titan Raga watch on the left wrist whose longer hand has already ticked 9. Oh my god…….! Getting late is not an option today……!!

By the time I pushed my bruised moped in one of the 25 parking lines and headed to the main office I was successfully late by 10 mins….. What a bad impression to make on the first day…..!! Great sona…..!!  I said to myself.

            As soon as I entered ; the huge building which was planned and built flawlessly amazed me; everything was perfect….. Just perfect……!! I was looking at the huge golden Chandler which hung in the mid air until I heard a sweet voice……” Excuse Me ,mam…..!!”

I turned back to see a fair girl holding the apple company tablet in left hand ; with her crimson streaked hairs falling below her shoulder and wore a black skirt which just covered her knees…. She was dressed professionally yet looked smart ; and introduced herself as ” Tina…; Dev Dixit’s personal Secretary……” At that time I had no idea who this Dev Dixit was……!!

             I was sent the confirmation letter by Baldev sir ( mamaji ) who was much familiar to my baba . It was 2 months back when the duo had a conversation and the former had agreed to select me as an intern among the 5 members whom he would choose……Still ; i had mailed him my sketches and degree details which had impressed him in one go. Just a week ago; after reciving the letter ; I even had phone conversation with him twice which had left me the positive impression to work for this company…….

           Looking me lost in my thoughts Tina spoke again ” I Think you are new here……. How could I help you??”

” Yaa I’m Sonakshi Bose… I’m here as an intern and I wish to know where is the presentation going on…?” I meekly asked her..

” Nice to meet you mam. Do you have the confirmation letter…??” She asked smilingly.

I handed her a white sheet of paper which she examined thoroughly then opened the computer screen and started typing. After Scanning ; she handed the letter back along with a barcode ; Something like an ID saying ” This would be helpful to you later mam and…… Welcome to Fab India…..”

          I found her approach very friendly. She sent me a link of official app which I installed  and opened  to find it having many details including the Office map for the convenience of all those who visited the company for first time.

 She dialed a random number and keeping the phone down said ” Mam, please go to the 7th floor where Presentation is going on by Dev Sir……”

      I Thanked her and started moving towards the 7th floor. I again look at my watch whose short hand has now traversed 30 long minutes….. Finally I have completely screwed my first day…..!! I slapped myself in my brain for the poor time sense even on an important day like this. I even fumed remembering the guy who had dashed with me forcing in this situation…. I wish I’ll never collide with him again…!!

            
             I walked around the corridors like a delusional female spirit….I even had an official map but still miserably failed at finding the so called ” MR. Dev Dixit’s ” chamber….. 

             Finally trespassing the spiral staircase of 7 floors I see a hallway which was split into right and left. On the left side there was a glass door ; which led to a very well furnished room having expensive couches; Big tables ; Many paintings hung every where. 

         I moved inside and there were other 15 people who were intently listening to a presentation given by a young man. I saw balraj sir who nodded his head to signal me to get in. I quickly took a seat beside a girl whose face was painted with heavy makeup and dark red lipstick…..The presentation was about the introduction of the company and its achievements , Timings , rules and a few basic things. 

           As soon as the bright tubelights came into life after the presentation was over….; I saw a manly figure standing beside baldev sir ; I blinked my eyes twice…., thrice ; still I could not believe what was happening in front of me……!! He wore the same white formals with black texudo and a tie……!! Is he the same guy…..??If he is the same guy then I’m grounded….!!

     Grounded for eternity….!!

          Yaaa…….!! It was ” HIM “. The Dashing Guy……!! His flawless face brightly lit under the white light making me gasp my mouth in shock…..!! 



          “YOU ARE DEAD….. ” My mind constantly chanted it like a holy hymn with every passing second…..!! I believed in coincidence but I was not ready for this one…..!! Really NOT THIS ONE…….!!

” Hope You all have got a brief idea about our company and the designs we do…… ” comes out his manly voice.

” Please introduce yourself…..” Says balraj sir to which I got up from my seat still in a visible Shock etched on my face….. I felt like my senses were kept in a freezer for 2 long days and suddenly taken out…….!!

As I stood up ; the other 14 girls including this  ” Young Guy ” looked me as if I was an specimen drooped in the middle of the room from an alien land ; making me remember of the jaddoo from ‘koi mil gaya ‘ movie…….

” I’m sonakshi……. Sonakshi Bose from Kolkata. I love fashion and everything related to it. Designing is my profession as well as my passion. Busting braids , high heels, Juggling Jeans , Luscious Lipsticks , Matching Colours are a part of my life…..For me ; Fashion is everything  which makes us feels comfartable under our own skin and look confident at the same time…..Lastly….; I dont prefer to design fashion ; I usually design my dreams and make fashion to dream it…….”

I managed to split these words under all their steely gaze……. may be HIS steely gaze….!!

” That was the best intro Ms.Sonakshi…..I appreciate it…..” Says baldev sir.

Before I could take my seat the young guy spoke again ” We have our own set of timings here and you seem an exception to this…. I think you were caught up in a road fight…..!!” 

        Nobody in the room understood the sarcasm in his statement except ME. 

” Yes sir…..; I was indeed caught up a very Bad road fight…..” I say stressing on the word Bad.

” Anyways….; Officially welcome to ‘ Fab India…. Ms.Sonakshi…..!!”He says and I take back my seat. Nobody has said my name with such a manly and commanding tone ever…… !! I could feel my cheeks was up for no reason…..

      He explained the sheduld for the next 3 days and said looking at my face…..”we have a surprise interview for all the 15 of you and I wish this surprise will not be another Shock for a few of you……!!”

       I once again notice the Sarcasm In that line… I just clutched my file in anger before moving to another glass room….. ” This is nothing more than a Perfect Bad Day…..!! ”

       ” First dash a guy; fight with him; snatch money from him; come for your job and He is your boss…..!! Lucky Girl……!! Sona you have a Combo of Surprises ( shocks )…!! ENJOYYY……!!!”
I say to myself getting down the spiral staircase mentally preparing myself for the surprise….!!

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What is the surprise awaiting for Sonakshi…??
Will it again be a shock for her….??
Please tell me what you all think in the comments below.

NIVU saying bye for now…
Loads of love….???
Keep smiling and don’t forget to comment…. ❤❤❤