As days passed Swara had healed completely. Her leg was perfectly alright to walk,run and jump too. She was really very very happy after 15 long days she was going to her office. Her home. One more thing which made her happy was her mansion. It was renovated completely and she could stay there peacefully. Not that she didn’t like her apartment but her mansion was just like a palace she created.
As soon as she entered the complex she greeted Zoya.
“Good morning Zoya. I hope you are doing well.”
Zoya’s eyes widened. It was a shock to her. Swara never greeted any one. Is she seeing Swara or anyone else? She pinched herself.
“Ma’am? Are you doing fine?” She asked.
“Yeah, is Sanskar here yet?”
Zoya smiled “no ma’am not yet”
“Let’s wait for that moron. You call everyone here” she ordered her, to which she nodded and called everyone.
Within seconds everyone was there and wondering why their boss had called them. Muttering was going on every where and the noise was rising.
“So you all must be wondering why I called you all out? Just wait for sometime I will tell you all”
Sanskar comes by then, Swara looks at him and smiles brighlty.
She claps to get the attention of the company members “guys, please clap for the guest of honor, come on give a big round of applause”
Swara claps followed by the members present. Sanskar oblivious to what’s happening like a fool thanks everyone.
“What’s happening? Why is everyone giving me so much attention? But thanks everyone”
“So guys, I wanted to give you some entertainment, so because of that Sanskar will become a murga(chicken) for all of you, please appreciate him, give him a round of applause”
“Whaaat? But why?”
“You see, I need to give my employees some entertainment. So let’s start, go in the corner and be a murga”
Everyone started laughing at him. But Swara was serious, she actually waited till her became a murga and then turned to everyone.
“Enough of fun! On a serious note, all those who came late for past few days I hope you are clear on this, you will be next there. It’s good to remember your school days. So now get back to work without a word” she ordered and all left in fraction of seconds without uttering a word.
Swara was also going but Sanskar wrapped his fingers around her wrist.
“This is not done”
“You’re right, it’s not done. Go and be in that position till I tell you to move.” She jerked her hand and her seriousness brought Sanskar to reality.
He went back to the same position. Swara got back to her work. She saw everything from her cabin of course through CCTV. She called Zoya and told her to send Sanskar in her cabin.
He came angrily. She had made his insult in front of everyone. He barged in without even knocking. The door slammed loudly.
Swara glared at him.
“Why are you doing this? Why the hell did you make my insult?” He yelled at her.
“Why did you come late? I have been telling you since so many days to come on time but you’re not bother so this is the only way!” She snapped back.
“Just shut up! It’s not because I m late okay. I know there’s something more to this” he yelled again.
“Ohh really? Since you know I’ll tell you what it is, you have no right to go in my apartment and take away all my cigarettes packets” with angry tone.
“So what do I do? How many times in these days did I not tell you to stop smoking. I m telling for your good only. I had to take a step” he explained
“Why are you so bothered about me? My own parents don’t care, why you? Who are you to tell me?” She shouted at him.
“Your parents won’t be bothered but I’m so stop it. I care about you. I can’t see a person dying or getting a good life spoiled just for addiction of these cigarettes. Get that” he was concerned about her.
Swara stopped. He just said “he cared about her”
“Let’s make a deal” she said to him.
“What deal?” He asked taking a deep breath.
“You come on time from tomorrow and I promise that I’ll stop smoking”
“Deal, you have to keep your promise”
Swara knew it, he was not going to come on time “you too, then only I’ll stop”
“I will keep my promise, and you better throw them away”
“Deal! Once I say I’ll do it, I’ll burn the packets in front of you, only if you come on time hence forth”
“Done”
***
It was mid night and Swara headed towards her Mansion. After months she was going there. She honked making the watchman open the gate as her car entered.
The flawless white mansion was looking like a palace in the moon light. As she entered the door, the living area consisted of a large tv and a decent sofa set. Opposite of that was a swimming pool, lit around with fairy lights. Left side with kitchen and a garden. Towards right with some bedrooms. A staricase leading two sides one towards her master bedroom with a office inside. Opposite her bedroom lay another big room of course her study. Above this another flight of stairs leading to the conference room with theater room next to it. The next flight of stairs leading to the terrace.
This was all she wanted in the mansion. Everything was set in the house as per her wish. “So Ragini has done a good job” she said as she took a stroll in the mansion.
“Yes indeed, it’s not less than a palace”
Swara turned to the familiar voice.
“Why are you here? At this hour? Can’t I get some time alone without you Sanskar?”
“Ohh come on, I don’t sleep with you. So you get that time including the time you go in washroom”
“Why are you here?” She started walking towards the study.
“Wow, this is awesome!(his jaw dropped) Your study is not less than a central library but I hate libraries(he nodded in a no)”
“Will you come to the point and stop wasting my time?” Swara questioned him again.
“Of course, First of all, you just leave the door unlocked that anyone can enter and second I just came to have dinner with you, I know you must have forgotten to order not even thought about it, so I got some dinner”
“First I was going down to close the door and did I ask you to get? Why can’t you mind your own business?”
“I thought you got used to me, like having dinner with me everyday since past days”
He was right, Swara was so used to him having dinner with him everyday. It was a moment she waited for but she didn’t realize it till today.
“Dinning room is down next to the pool, I’ll get fresh and come” she headed towards her room and Sanskar went down.
As Sanskar came down he went towards the dinning area. He set up the table and waited for her to come down. The fairy lights making the area look romantic with dim lights around the dinning room.
“This is not going to be less than a date” Sanskar smiled and scratched his head.
As Swara came down he pulled her a chair like a gentleman and then put a plate in front of her.
“Please sit down. I can do that for myself, I can take everything on my own. You don’t have to pull a chair for me. It was fine when I was not able to” she said while sitting down.
“Spoiled the whole mood for a romantic dinner, why was I even thinking about a date with her” he muttered under his breath.
“Did you say something?” Swara asked while serving herself.
“Nothing I was saying that, Iknow you can do all this things by yourself but sometimes it’s good to get pampered like that”
“Huh?! Like first pamper and then throw a big deal in front of me. Just to get something out of me”
“No, why are you always so nice to me?” He asked sarcastically.
“I don’t want to get pampered, it’s just for sometime that attention you give me and once you get the hang of it then don’t even bother to do this shit”
“So you want my attention forever?”
“No, forget about this, have your dinner quietly”
“So why don’t your parents live with you? I met them the other day when I went to meet your dida. And that lady sharmista is your mother? Though your angry side is just like her”
“What.part.of.queit.makes.you.speak?”
“Why you getting upset? Don’t answer me. I was just curious”
“Curiosity kills the cat”
“I m human. Being a human it’s part of me to be curious.”
“Don’t poke your nose, in my personal life”
“Fine”
After that the whole dinner was quiet. Sanskar had left after clearing the table.
***
“Why is everyone coming at odd hours today?” Swara looked at the clock showing 2 am and then at her best friend Ragini.
She walked in followed by Ragini, “just like that, I thought you come home around this time so it’s not odd for you”
“You’re right though I came early today. So what’s up? You at this hour any problem?”
“No, I finished my work late today and then I realized that my house keys I left here when I came in the morning. So I thought you won’t be sleeping so I came over. But sorry to disturb you”
“Not a problem, I wasn’t sleeping just finished my work.”
“So who else came at odd hours apart from me?”
“Ohh, that Sanskar had come over to have dinner”
“Whaaat?!! You guys are dating? Oh my gosh! I didn’t know that you are dating. Why didn’t you tell me?” She shook Swara who was sitting on the couch.
“Are you nuts? We’re not dating. He just came to have dinner. And dinner doesn’t mean a date.”
“Why did he come over to have dinner with you?”
“We have dinner together so he just came and he always brings food”
“And why every day?”
“Come on Ragini he’s just my p.a so he does stuff like that. We just had food together nothing else”
“I too have a p.a Swara, but we never had a dinner or even ate anything together”
“So it’s your problem”
“Swara, what I m trying to say is that you’re changed. You don’t treat your employees as your personal friend or forget friend, you never want anyone to come in your private space or invade your privacy and see now”
Swara kept on thinking about her words.
“I m not saying that you are doing bad but you’re opening up and socialising and that’s good. The way you have closed your door to everything and everyone was not going to help you in anyway. I happy for you”
“No Ragini, it was just food. Nothing else that you are thinking of. I m no way getting in that way. I should stay away from love. I m happy about how I was.”
“Swara. . .” Her phone rings, and she picks up.
“Swara. . . I need to get going. Something important. I’ll talk to you later about this. Bye”
“Should I come with you? You need anything?”
“I’ll reach out to you if need anything. I’ll call you. Don’t worry.”
She left hurriedly.
**
Thanks for reading. Sorry for late post but busy schedule. Try to post asap.