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1. The Sparks of Betrayal

"If life can remove someone you never thought of losing, it can replace it with someone you never dreamt of having"

Mystery-Man aka Romeo

"Juliet? Ah..that's an interesting one! Well then you shall call me Romeo! And since you didn't actually tell me to fuck off, I would assume that you want to know about me and want me to know about you. So....let's be pen-pals! What do ya say? I think it's gonna be cooool !!

Natasha

I paid the fare and got out of my taxi. There was a massive board with "Malhotra Group of Companies Pvt. Ltd. " inscribed on it. This was where I worked. I had loved this place once, I had loved the people over here, I had loved my best friend who also worked here and of course, I had loved the pay! But now? Now it's just a 9 to 5 job for me. All I am focused on right now is submitting my yearly report, get a promotion with a good bonus and shift to anywhere but here!
Yes! That's how much I hate this place!

For anyone else, it would be like any other regular office, with people getting in for the day, desks arranged in grids and filled with files and computers, but for me, it is nothing less than an album of my worst memories.

I had literally just entered my floor when I spotted the person whom I had no intention of seeing in my whole life!!

His black hair and so-brown-it-is-almost-black eyes contrast his teeth when he gives his heavenly smile! If there was a competition for 'Best Beard Ever', or anything of that sort, he would undoubtedly be the winner! His face has a masculine as well as a childlike look, both at the same time. Maybe that's the reason why literally all the girls in this office are crushing on him and he is such a duffer that he does not even know about it. There's always a glint of passion in his eyes which very few people spot. He is nothing less than a mystery.

He's literally an angel.
I HATE HIM.

Ajey Nagar.
My ex-best friend.
The one who chose someone else over me.

In case you were wondering, that "someone else" is none other than Maya Malhotra, the boss' daughter, Ajey's girlfriend, and someone who had embarrassed me in front of the whole office. I hate her a LOT, but I can't hate anyone more than I hate Ajey bloody Nagar.

There she was sitting on his lap and grinning as if the chair just beside her is invisible. As soon as I caught their eyes towards me, Ajey called out to me by the nickname he had given me, "Hey Tash!", as if nothing had ever happened between us, as if we were just random colleagues who bumped into each other, as if he hadn't broken my heart and then left me sobbing alone.

Disgusted, I shouted back, "It's Natasha for you!" and strode off to another side towards my cabin.

"Natasha! Wait! Please let me explain! You haven't talked to me since a day!!"
He started following me.

"Stop acting as if you even care!"

"Of course I care!! Tash just stop and-"

I was so annoyed that I hadn't noticed the person in front of me - Viren Kapoor - The person who had dumped me just two days ago for no whatsoever reason! - My heart melted at the sight of him, I don't know, maybe I still had love for him in my heart.

But that's the thing: I don't know anything anymore!

Fun fact: No one knows shit!

Perhaps it's just easier to smile and pretend everything is fine, rather than admit my heart's a little swollen from losing something that wasn't even mine.

Ajey

I hate that man! He broke Tash's heart but I don't know why she has yet not punched him in the nose. Maybe she still has feelings for him because as far as I know her, once she holds on to something, she rarely leaves it. That's how my Tash is.

And that Viren? He is just an asshole who is using her. Karma is gonna hit some of you real hard for breaking people who had nothing but good intentions for you.

I walk away and let them talk after receiving a glare from Tash. She still thinks I broke her heart and is not even ready to hear the truth!

I spot Maya coming towards me.

"Hey love! I have to attend a business party tonight so I won't be able to hang out with you. Sorryyy!!" she says boredly.

I flinch at the use of the word 'love'.

"Um...ya...okay!"

I just said the first words which came in my mind because right now I gave zero shits about Maya. But something she said, struck into my head - 'Business party' - The event wherein which I had seen Tash for the first time in my life and hadn't expected it at all that she would become so important in my life!

It's amazing how one day someone walks into your life and the next moment you don't remember how you ever lived without them!

"Ajey! Hurry up!! You don't wanna be late!!", mom called out to me. I really had no intention of going to a place where a group of boring people meet and call it a "party". Duh! Family duties!!

I hurriedly put on my coat over my shirt as it was apparently a "formal" party, and went down to join my mom and dad in the car.

If the party hadn't been this boring, I would have actually liked the venue! It was a beautiful banquet hall with a garden which was wonderfully decorated at the back!

My parents introduced me to all their "friends", more like assets though, and then they finally left me by myself and went on to join their group. I immediately rushed towards the garden and sat on a bleacher, hoping for some solitude. I was lost in my thoughts when I noticed I had company. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I could bet that she too thought the same about this party and came here for some peace.
Guess that makes two of us!

I went over to her and started talking. She told me her name was Natasha, and she was the daughter of one of the people in my parents' group, and that she was damn frustrated with her life.

The people in my parents' group are filthy rich, including my parents too, and that means that we could easily live a life of luxury without bothering to pick up a leaf. Both our parents wanted each of us to join the family business and both of us didn't want to do so! We talked about it and because of our similarities, we became good friends. We both decided to do something WE liked, and therefore we took up the same job. Since then, we used to hang out often, and gradually, our bond became unbreakable. But right now, misunderstanding has broken our bond.

Natasha

"Who do you turn to when the only person who can stop you from crying is exactly the one making you cry??"

"Today was a damn hectic day at work! I don't know but somehow writing this to you loosens my heart a bit. You know? It's as if you are the lighthouse to my storm!!"

I sent both the mails. Laying on my bed, I drfited off, thinking about Romeo.

He is my secret. My beautiful little secret.

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