Petrichor to his Heart

4. OS

THAT EVENING IN LALA LAND

"Farhad, kya nam bola... kaun wait kar raha hai?" He asked not even looking up from the screen.

"Some Maya Mehrotra is here from Fashion & the City... she says her important ramp show has been delayed for three weeks now due to a delay in delivery of some exclusive jewelry sets," Farhad told him about this gorgeous but hard-headed woman he had told to wait in the waiting lounge.

"ye sab mai dekhta hai, Farhad...?" he asked his handyman man still busy observing the intricate platinum set that was about to be delivered to one of their important clients.

"Nahi Anna, Raman Shetty is the manager of the department... but Anna...

"to Shetty ko bol jake mile is Mahamaya se, mai busy hai... aur use bol mujhe milne ko appointment banana padta." the familiar arrogance dripped from his demeanor and he dismissed Farhad.

"achha aata hai." he muttered but till then Farhad has left the cabin.

"ya to safed kapde vali aaj mar dalegi ya Anna ...Ya Allah, kya musibat hai?" muttering to himself he walked to the lounge area and the beauty wrapped in white looked up from her phone.

Her eyes were so expressive but at this very moment she looked kind and if Farhad was right he noticed a small smile on her face.

" I am so sorry Ma'am, my boss is busy right now... I'll call the department manager and he will have a better idea about why the delay was made," Farhad told her humbly.

"I think your boss is forgetting I am one of your biggest collaboration partners in recent months... I didn't expect it from Mr. Rao." She was thoroughly professional and her words and tone suggested the same.

"Please wait for a while Ma'am, Anna..I mean my boss would be free in 20 minutes...I'll tell him it's urgent." Farhad tried to clear the mess Raghav had already created.

" your name..." she asked looking into his eyes and there was something that has changed in her dark eyes, the way those black orbs smirked, spread a deadly calm around her.

"Farhad ..." he answered humbly.

"so Mr. Farhad, convey my message to your boss...I mean to your Anna...

" Jinhe dusro ke waqt ki parvah nahi

Maya ko unke, sath ki Parvah nahi..."

With that, she put on her glares and with the attitude of a tigress took her bag from the lounge table and made her way to the exit.

She was about to take the turn of the corridor when someone collided with her from the opposite side.

"Nuvvu chudallera?" the person muttered angrily and took a few steps back rubbing his chin. (can't you see?)

"what..." Maya was surprised at the audacity of the man, he was not seeing in front of him and now muttering something in some unknown language.

"Excuse me... it was your fault," she told the man who bent to get his phone that had fallen down.

"mere hi office me khada hoke mere ko hi sunata hai, samjhata kya... tum?" he was surprised to see the lady after months of that evening they spent together.

"Oh, so you are the Raghav Rao... didn't know men change color when alcohol is on the menu." suddenly her words turned venomous and Farhad was puzzled on this.

"Farhad," he called him and gestured to leave them alone.

"So Miss Maya Mehrotra... I heard there was some delay to your delivery." he locked his arms in front of him.