Rupali - The Mermaid

Serendipity 👣

Sandeep's POV

Its been three days since the night when I met that girl. After I said my friends that she disappeared right after the kiss and was no where to be found , they said that I was hallucinating. Even I accepted that because she had extremely beautiful eyes for her to be true.

But yet everytime I remember those dark blue shade of her eyes with pale blue , black and silver flecks at the tips , I feel a connection which I cant describe . I could stare at those eyes forever because it felt like I was drowning in the ocean and I didnt mind that at all.

I dont remember how she looked like since it was dark and the moonlight illuminated only her eyes like even the moon knew that those eyes deserved spotlight .

I have been trying to keep her out of my mind .
The key word here is Trying , because I obviously didnt succeed.

Today we are supposed to meet The Chief Officer of Port of Panjim . They take care of all the shipments taking place via sea route in Goa . Our company has been exporting goods via Panjim route since a very long time , as it was secure and trouble-free . But in the last month a few goods were misplaced. Dad wanted me to speak to the Chief Officer and warn them . I knew it was going to be a piece of cake since we had both money and power.

All my friends said that they want to accompany me so we headed to our meeting with the Chief . After reaching and informing the receptionist , she said us to wait in the Office and said that the officer would meet us here soon . The office was a simple yet elegant room which had a huge desk with 20 chairs all around . At the corner was a bookshelf with neatly arranged books , and a brown cabinet next to it.

I recalled the memory of visiting this place with my dad a long time ago , the officer was a middle aged man with hairs and beard as white as snow but he was as fit as a horse .
But the officer that arrived here a few minutes later was completely different. It was a very young woman with pale blue eyes and dark brown long hairs with caramel tips that reached her hips . Wow that jinxed. She had a pointed nose and pink plump lips , my mind ran wild thinking about all the things I could do to those lips of hers.
She was wearing black jeans and blouse with grey blazer which fit her perfectly .

** refer this picture for outfit **

Behind her followed 6 men and stood near the chairs at the opposite side of the desk .
I turned towards my left and saw all my *male* friends staring at her open mouthed. Ofcourse she was beautiful but they didnt have to be that obviously drooling over her.

She eyed all of us carefully before stretching her hand for me to shake . I stood up and took her hand and shaked it lightly. "Good afternoon Mr.Khurana and welcome to my place. Im Taniya Singhania, The Chief Officer" she said with her head held high in that melodic voice of hers. I smiled at her politely and nodded my head .

After introducing my friends , I started speaking matter of factly "Our company has been shipping our goods via Panjim Port since many years and your service has been very good , but last month there has been a problem since our goods didnt reach the expected place , and is misplaced. They were worth a fortune, would you like to explain us where those goods are Miss Singhania"

She didnt hesitate a moment before she started speaking "Those goods were packed and sent in a ship of yours Mr. Khurana. The departure of those goods from our port was done safely. There was no problem with anything from our side , so if the packages didnt reach the expected place , the blame is to be put on the people who were supposed to tale care of it till it reaches that expected place of yours" she said calmy .

I raised an eyebrow at her and asked "You mean my people were irresponsible?"

She replied "That is what it looks like sir"

I smirked at her because no one had ever spoken to me like that , she wasn't being disrespectful but she said what she felt and I liked that attitude of hers .

I took out my phone and called the Captain of the ship and said him to come inside the office .
I had expected this situation to arise so I had informed him to be here .

He walked inside the office and sat down at one of the chairs not before nodding at me .

"Aron , I want you to explain what happened that day when all our goods were lost" I said.

He took a deep breath and started explaining "We took off from this port and were traveling towards Madagascar but on the way , there were huge waves that stopped us . So we waited for some time for the waves to calm down . While waiting we fell asleep and when we woke up all our goods were gone , the ship was almost empty. We panicked and returned back to the same port . The officials here had informed us that no other ships were travelling to Madagascar that day but someone looted our goods" he finished with a sigh .

I turned my head to look at the officer who was looking at a map . She looked up and locked her eyes with me . It was then that I got a feeling of familiarity, like I knew her from somewhere.
She turned her head and looked at my captain with a glare and asked "Which route did you take ?"

He laughed nervously before answering "Route to Madagascar"
She asked again "Which Sea lane did you take?"

He gulped before saying "Route Carter 12- B"
All the eyes in the room turned towards him , except for my friends and me who had no idea what it was.

I asked "What does that mean?".

She replied "That sea lane is restricted since many years , no one is allowed to take that route."

My Captain retorted with "But it is way easier than the other route , we can save time and fuel by traveling to Madagascar in that route"

The Officer smiled before saying "That is the reason you lost all your goods."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

The person sitting next to the Officer answered "It is haunted."

I waved my hand and said "Its all bullshit."

He looked at me seriously and said "From many years the supernatural beings have said to be living in the water near that route , if anyone tries to pass that way then they dont return back alive . Your captain in lucky to be alive."

Mahi , who was quite till now asked in a scared voice "What kind of supernatural beings?"

That man answered "Witches , sirens and mer- "

He was cut off when Taniya abruptly stood up and glared at him making him gulp and look down.
She then turned towards us and said "Your captain himself accepted that your goods left the port safely , and it was his mistake for taking the restricted route . So the fault isn't from our end , hence the discussion ends here . I hope the misunderstanding is cleared , so now you can head back . Thank you"

She turned on her heels and started walking out of the room with an aura that no one could match . It took me a few seconds to find my voice and I replied "Thank You."

She was half way out of the door when she heard me as she turned around and nodded . Her half face was hidden from the door so I could only see her eyes , it was then that I recognized those beautiful blue eyes in which I could drown forever . She was the same girl , which means I wasn't hallucinating.

My lips curved upwards after knowing this .

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Serendipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy way .
It somewhat means like FATE . Do you think Sandeep finding Taniya was Serendipity ?