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Reem's POV
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My car came to a halt as I reached the driveway of my home, I looked at the person sitting on the passenger seat, she looked lost.
I felt so giddy from inside, it feels great to have her back, I smiled
"What are you thinking? We have reached home" I said trying to get the attention
"I was thinking about Mr Khan. Yeah I noticed we reached home" she replied looking at me, I smirked
"My my two meetings and you are already lost in his thoughts. If you have noticed we have reached home then why are you not getting out of the car" she scoffed
"He would be the last person in whose thoughts I can ever be lost. I am not getting off because I am talking to you"
"Ok! On a serious note, what is bothering you about him? We can talk inside the house also or if you want to continue here only"
"I didn't understand why he had to drag me here from all the way to Chandigarh, he selected a few more students, those are all in his Chandigarh office. Let's just talk here, it's more private"
"He definitely has something going in his idiotic head, and I'm sure it's about the car. My room is more private"
"If he thinks he can bring me here and take revenge for his stupid car, then he is highly mistaken, that's never gonna happen. Let's go to your room then. I can't wait to meet dad" she said, my face fell hearing about him.
She opened the door of the car, I imitated her action, we both got off, I waved at the guard to bring the luggage from the car. I moved towards the house and ring the bell.
"I know you are my Gabbar, you won't let him win ever, and you shouldn't expect dad, he must be asleep by now"
"Not only I will win, I will make him regret selecting him. Non sense, he knows I'm coming, he can't be asleep"
A maid answered the door and she ran inside immediately.
"Wow! That's quite a big house, baby. Where is dad?" She asked
"What is the point of having a big house i don't understand. And i told you that must be asl ..." I was cut by dad.
"Welcome welcome" dad came out of the dining area. And his wife was trailing behind him
"Heyyyy dad" she ran to him, he side hugged her and then patted her head.
I was quite surprised to see him, how come he stayed up till so late and waited for her. And why his wife was advertising toothpaste in front of her.
"Please introduce us also" his wife said
"Oh ya! Sorry. Avira, meet Ayesha, my second daughter and Reem's best friend. And ayesha, this is Re..."
"I know I know" she cut him off, "Assalamualaikum aunty" she said to her.
"What rubbish! Why are you calling me aunty? Call me Mom" she said and my eyes widened in shock. Why is she being so nice to her?
Ayesha looked at me and raised her eyebrows, I just rolled my eyes.
"Thank you so much, but I will call you aunty only, you don't give me "mom" vibe" she replied curtly. Her smile dropped and she looked taken aback, by Ayesha's straightforwardness
That's my Gabbar!
She and Ayesha continued talking, dad came to my side, I stiffened in his presence
"I am so happy that Ayesha is back, thinking about that now she will be with you, makes me a little relaxed. You really needed her" he patted my head. I stayed silent and looked anywhere but him
"Reem! Meri bachchi, baat karo mujhse (my child talk to me)" he said
Talk to you? What? Should I say something?
"Look at Avira, she has been waiting for ayesha all day, she personally got the room ready for her, she made me stay up so that we can greet her. She did all this because I told her how important ayesha is for you, she is trying everything to make you happy" he said and the little emotion I felt for him left instantly
"Let's go" I shouted and went to Ayesha's side, she looked at me
"Please" she emphasized, she did not hide that she was bored in dad's wife's company
"I'll show you your room" she spoke
"I'll go with my baby" Ayesha held my hand
"Fine! Your room is adjacent to her room" she said
"I'll stay in Reem's room" Ayesha told her
"But beta you would want some privacy, that is why I got that room ready for you" dad's wife spoke
"I don't need any privacy from my baby, let's go" she linked her arm with mine
"But Reem! I was thinking...." She spoke
"It's not your decision to make, so it doesn't matter what you were thinking" I snapped at her and then left with Ayesha
"She is horrible" Ayesha said as soon as we left from there, I just shrugged
We entered my room, from now on it will be ours, no matter how much I hate this Khan guy, but somewhere I'm thankful to him to get me my Gabbar back, I missed her to no end
"What you thinking baby?" She asked, I rolled my eyes
"Don't you think you should stop calling me baby now" I said
"Why would I do that?"
"Because I'm not a baby anymore"
"For me you will always be my baby, no matter how old you grow"
"Seriously? You are talking like a grandma now, we both are same age, infact I'm a few days older to you"
"Yeah yeah whatever" she said looking around the room
"So what were you saying about Mr Khan?" I asked
"Give me ten minutes, I need to freshen up, then we'll talk"
She opened my cupboard, took out a pair of clothes and went to the bathroom.
Ayesha Siddiqui aka Gabbar. I gave her this name when we were around 7 years old, because of her always getting into fight with everyone.
We used to be neighbours, it was very natural for us to become friends, we even went to the same school. we both were inseparable, we used to go to school together, and after returning either she would come to my house or i would go to hers.
Since our birthdays are just two days apart, we used to celebrate it together. We were so famous in our school, everyone knew that we were best friends.
We were twelve years old when her parents decided to shift to Chandigarh. There was more scope for her father's business to grow and eventually it did, he comes under top ten most richest men in Chandigarh.
We both were heartbroken because of our separation, I didn't feel like going to the same school after she left, so I took admission in some other school.
Distance could never separate us, infact we grew even closer. We used to share every single detail of our day with each other.
After the fire incident me and dad stayed in her house for a few days, she with her family immediately flew down here, I needed her so badly that time, but unfortunately she had to go back.
She used to come to visit me from time to time for some time, even I went to her a couple of times.
"What are you thinking baby?" She asked entering the room, I turned to look at her.
"Nothing important. You should sleep now, you have to report at sharp 9 in the morning"
"You were definitely thinking something, don't lie. I never get late"
"I'm not lying. It's late, sleep"
"Yes you are! Fine I'm sleeping now, but tomorrow you are telling me the truth"
"Ok" I nodded
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Ayesha's POV
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I was following the GPS and driving to the Khan Architects, I put ten alarms, I even asked Reem to wake me up early, still I don't understand how I got late.
It showed on the app that by the time I would reach the office it'll be 9:48. I have been getting calls after calls from the office
For the love of God! It's my first day. They should go easy on me.
Baba arranged a car for me to drive, Reem was quite upset about it, but I convinced her easily.
Finally I reached the building, it took me another ten minutes to find the parking, how stupid it is, such a big name and so much difficulty in something as simple as parking.
I went inside the building, I inquired about Mr Khan at the reception, I was told that his office was on 25th floor.
What is his problem? Why he has to be at so much height? I am not a really big fan of height, but it might come to my advantage, if he tries troubling me I can always push him down, I laughed at my evil thought.
I got in the elevator, it took me around eleven minutes to reach the floor where the devil was, the elevator stopped almost at every floor.
I went to the receptionist, unlike the receptionist from his Chandigarh branch, this one looked too mean and arrogant to me. She sent me straight to his office. A woman was sitting outside his cabin, I assumed she was his secratary, I went straight to her.
"Hi! I'm Ayesha" I said to her, she looked at me
"Ayesha, you are late. Now hurry up, go inside, sir is waiting for you" she said in a hushed tone, i nodded and turned towards his cabin, I knocked on the door
"Yes?" A loud voice roared, i opened the door and got inside. I looked around the massive room, everything screamed of wealth, he surely likes to show off his money.
"Good morning" I said, he narrowed his eyes at me, there were two more men sitting infront of him
"You are late" he said without any emotion on his face
"I couldn't find the parking and the elevator ride was painstakingly slow, it's not my fault I'm late" I snapped at him
The two men present in the room turned and looked at me, for some reason they both looked shocked
Mr Khan stood up and walked towards me
"Nobody talks back to me" he said chewing all the words
"Really? Then how the conversation happens? It must feel bad that no-one answers you"
He sighed deeply and crossed his arms at his chest.
"Ms Siddiqui! You have not being called here to crack jokes, you are here to work. And this is certainly not your university where you can come and go as you please, this is my office, and you will have to follow my orders, do you understand?" He said
"You don't have to be so rude. This is just my first day, so what if I am a little late" I said in the same tone in which he spoke to me
I heard a chuckle, me and Mr Khan both turned towards the source and found both the men covering their mouth and trying to suppress a laughter. Mr Khan gave them a death glare, they both straightened immediately
"Sorry sir" one of them mumbled.
Mr Khan faced me, he took a step closer to me, maybe with the intention of intimidating me, but it had no effect on me, I stayed unmoved
"Looks like you still have not understood that this is not your university" he did his best to scare me, I rolled my eyes
"I understood this is not my university. Now what?" I asked, he sighed deeply, he kept his eyes on me for a long time then he spoke
"Take a piece of paper and write" he pointed towards his desk where a pile of A4 sized sheets were stacked
"Ah finally, you are talking about work now" I said and picked up a paper and a pen from the table. I sat on the chair and started writing, but then stopped
"What do I have to write?" I asked, he smirked
"Write "I will never come late", 100 times" he said, my eyebrows raised
"What? What rubbish? I am not a school kid" I threw the paper and stood up
"Well then stop acting like one. Now sit down and write"
"I will not" I held my chin up high
"Then I will have to call your principal and let him know, that you are not serious about your work and I cannot approve of your degree" he threatened, it ignited fire in me
"Serious about work? Writing this crap is not on my work list" I retorted
"But coming on time is. Now do as I say otherwise I will have no choice"
He picked up his phone and looked at me. What if he actually called my principal it would land me in trouble, that man will not listen to me, he will just listen to this devil.
"So juvenile" I shook my head and picked up the paper and began writing. Satisfied with himself he returned to his seat.
"So, where were we?" He said to those men, who were enjoying the free show till now.
They started their discussion, while like a stupid kid I was sitting and writing, it felt like I was back in nursery.
I was done writing in a few minutes. They were in between some discussions, without caring about disturbing them I went near him and slammed the paper on the desk, he stopped talking and looked up at me
"Done" I said with attitude, he bit his bottom lip like he was trying to stop himself from speaking, he picked up the paper and looked at it
"Wow Miss Siddiqui! You have got a beautiful hand writing. How about you write 100 times more" he extended the piece of paper infront of me
"What the hell!" I spoke in an irritated tone, "I will not write"
"As you wish" he tapped on his phone, I saw principal sir's number flashing on his phone's screen
"Fine" I snatched the paper from his hand, "jerk" I muttered under my breath.
I went back to my seat and began writing, this time I made sure to write in a bad hand writing.
When I was done I just went and put the paper infront of him. I didn't say anything.
"Good. Get me a cup of coffee" he said without looking at me
"Coffee? Ask somebody else" I shook my head
"Do I really have to threaten you for every small thing?" He raised an eyebrow at me, I stomped my foot and went outside the room.
The moment I stepped outside his secratary looked at me, she passed me a sympathetic smile. I went to her
"From where am i supposed to get coffee for the devil?" I asked in all seriousness, she chuckled softly
"Devil! Go straight then take the second right, there is a pantry" she said, I nodded my head and went where she directed me
I was making coffee, when someone came and stood next to me, I recognised him, he was one of the men who was in the devil's room.
"Hi I am Amir, I am the senior HR manager here." He introduced himself
"Hello" I gave him a small smile
"It was really nice meeting you, suddenly office started looking lively" he said, not knowing what to answer, I just nodded my head
A steaming hot coffee filled the empty cup, I picked it up.
"Excuse me" I said to him and left. I returned to the room and knocked
"Come in" he said and I entered the room, now he was sitting alone, I went and kept the coffee on his table
I just stood there like an idiot while he kept on working on his laptop. God! I hate him so much
After what felt like an eternity he picked up the cup and took a sip, he immediately spit it back in the cup, yuck
"Why there is no sugar?" He asked looking at me, "go make me another one"
I wanted to strangle him, but I calmed myself, it will not look nice if I kill him on the first day only
I went back and made another cup of coffee and took it to him. He again complaint about it. I went again and made again, this time also he spat it.
"Do I have to teach you how to make coffee now? You don't even know this much? Caffeine gives you instant energy, so much energy that no matter how lazy you are feeling, with just one sip you get so much energy" he lectured me, I clenched my fist in anger
"Don't punch him, don't punch him" I was chanting in my heart
"Now go" he said
I returned to the pantry, I wanted to scream. This guy was driving me insane
My phone rang, I took it out, baby calling flashed on my screen, I quickly answered
"How's your first day going? Please tell me Mr Khan is still alive" she said
"Not for long" I said hissing
"Uh oh! This is not good"
"I'm telling you, I'm gonna punch this jerk" I said getting angry
"What happened?" She sighed
I told her everything. I expected her to take my side, but I was really annoyed when she started laughing
"Reeeeem" I said angrily
"I'm sorry for laughing! But seriously? He actually made you write it? How old is he, five?"
"My mind is exploding right now"
"Calm down"
"How can I calm down? This is the fifth cup I'm preparing for him. Instant energy my foot!"
"Oye! Why are you letting this stupid guy get to your head! Just do what he said, give him so much energy that in just one sip he would be jumping out of his seat"
"Are you on his side?" I asked
"I'm always on your side Gabbar, think what I said" I could literally hear mischievousness in her voice, I smirked understanding what she meant
"Ohhhh"
"Yeahhhh! Now go"
"Bye baby" I said and hung up. I looked around in search of a particular special ingredient, I spotted it quickly. I prepared the coffee and headed back to the devil's Den
"May I come in?" I asked stopping at the already open door, he motioned me to get in
I placed the cup infront of him and stood in the corner. He looked at me and picked up the cup, he brought it to his lips and took a large sip, he spat it all over his papers and stood up, the cup fell and broke, there was coffee everywhere, on his desk, on his clothes and mostly on the floor. I stifled a laughter
"That's a lot of energy" I said
Two teaspoons of red chilly powder worked better than any coffee in this world
"What the hell?" He shouted
"What happened?" I asked innocently
"How dare you to put chilly in my coffee?"
"Chilly? Really?" I asked
"GET OUT" he screamed at the top of his lung. I smirked and got out of the room, almost everyone's attention was fixed on us. Few were laughing, few were glaring.
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