The Binding String

T H I R T Y - N I N E

"Don't worry Raman. Try to meet them after your meeting."

"Yes I will. Anyway I'm leaving for the meeting. You take care of yourself and don't wait for me if I got late." Ishita nodded her head and waved Raman bye and herself left for university after locking up the apartment.

Otherside around late afternoon Raman finally reached to his office after a successful meeting with FSSAI officers and now he was planning to take meeting of Sales Department to know their strategies for their upcoming project. Raman asked Mihir to take seat and ordered two cups of coffee's to recharge their minds before they gear up for next meeting. "Raman agli meeting sales department ke saath hai na." (We have next meeting with sales department, is it?)

"Haan but meeting ki saari details Mr Bansal ke paas thi and he is not coming to office." (Yes and Mr Bansal is the one who has all the information regarding the meeting and he is not going to come office in next few weeks.)  Raman replied tapping his fingers on glass top. "Yaar mujhe samajh nahi aa raha kaise unka accident ho gaya. It's so strange but the best part is he is out of danger. It's just fracture and it will get better with time." Raman spoke later playing with his Parker pen, "But the point is who will handle his work then. The next coming months are crucial and I can't afford anyone's absence especially from my personal team and Mr Bansal handled all my work eversince I became CEO."

"You're right Raman. I had words with Mr Bansal about same, he suggested his assistant Sameera name as a temporary replacement until he joins back." Raman had no option but to agree on Mihir's suggestion. He had no idea how the girl Sameera would be but he needed someone at Mr Bansal place especially when he is hell busy with the launch of new project. "Since how many months she is working here Mihir?"

"Surprisingly she joined a month back only. I don't think she would be capable to handle CEO'S work."

"Like I have some other option left. Let's call that girl Mihir." Raman asked to call the girl Sameera and started to read her file. Sameera Sanghi, switched her job from low income call centre to high profile job in successful MNC like PSR, Raman had read her profile and he was surprised finding her plain graduate with seven months job experience in some call center. It was surprise for Raman someone least experienced like Sameera Sanghi got such high profile job and access in CEO's personal staff. He mentally noted to keep a check on the girl and try not to involve her much in his confidential matters. L

"Raman she is here." Raman shot his head up from the file and welcomed the girl,  the girl was hardly in her early twenties. She was wearing formal pants with cotton white shirt and huge rimmed glasses, a petite framed physically but wearing a confident smile on her face. Raman welcomed her and explained her the job she needed to be done which mostly included taking calls for him. For now he decided not to handover his diary and other confidential stuffs to Sameera. "Sameera their is number of a man named Jaswant Gill in Mr Bansal diary. Please connect call to him and there are some files kept on the chest of cabinet, arrange those neatly and that vase as well. It's imported from UK, Malhotra ne gift diya diya tha mujhe." (Keep that vase neatly, our MD Mr. Malhotra gifted me.) Raman rolled his eyes, eyeing at vintage looking vase which was gifted by his MD and Raman does not liked at all.

"Raman tune bhabhi ki gift kabhi itni sambhaal ke rakhi hai jitni Malhotra ki rakh raha hai?" (I don't think if you took care of bhabhi's gift in such a way.) Mihir made comment on Raman making him laugh. "Your bhabhi is not like typical wives nor I'm a typical husband. We don't exchange gifts." Raman shurgged off his shoulders focusing back on his files.