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Padmanabh greeted everyone on the way to Tarun's office

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Padmanabh greeted everyone on the way to Tarun's office. He had been in good spirits lately. There was a strange calmness as he dropped Vrishali off at her university. She handed him a chocolate in return for the favour. He was stunned, as he had never received a chocolate before for giving someone a lift.  

Knocking on the door. He entered Tarun's office. "Good morning."

"Good morning." Padmanabh stood before the desk. "Did you keep all the files together? Please send me those documents as well." Tarun went to the book rack where all the files were stored. He pulled out the grey file and handed it to Padmanabh. "I will email you. Vijay is in your office."

"Okay. See you around lunch," Padmanabh said, leaving the office. "Sure."

Padmanabh entered his office, Vijay sitting on the sofa, reading a magazine. "Good morning." 

"Good morning. Why are you here?" Padmanabh took his seat. Vijay stood up from his seat and went to the desk. He took a seat. "I was just dropping by."

"This early? Don't you have to be at your sites?" Padmanabh opened the file he had brought from Tarun's office. Thankfully, Tarun had clarified everything, making it easy to tackle the problems they were facing with their new projects. 

"Can't I just drop by at my friend's office?" Padmanabh raised a brow. "Without making a call? That is very unlike you." Vijay rolled his eyes and pulled out the orange parcel. "I was going to invite Vrishali and you to dinner on the weekend. Sadly, I will be travelling." 

Padmanabh picked up the small orange parcel. "What is this?" 

"Why don't you look for yourself?" Tarun smiled as Padmanabh suspiciously opened the parcel. There were photographs. He flipped them right to see photographs of him with Vrishali. All the photographs are candid. "You don't have to thank me, brother. I hope you create all the good memories with her. You two look good together, and I'm sure you two will work it out." 

"Thank you, man."

"You cannot thank me. I want you to take me to dinner or lunch when I return from work. Let's catch up, okay?" Vijay looked at his wristwatch. "Now, I'm going to be late for work." Padmanabh hummed. 

"Vijay, I want to discuss the Amal Palace project." Vijay smiled. "Don't worry about it. We have three months, which would be enough time to review the changes paper." 

"What about the renovations?" Padmanabh asked. Once we finish the checking and planning, we will start renovations. It might take over a year or more." 

"Okay. Once you are back, we will go to the site, and you can check." Vijay nodded. "Just a heads-up, Harika is willing to take charge." Padmanabh's brows frown. "Wasn't she supposed to leave for Delhi or London?"

"She's returning next month. She signed a six-month contract with me. She is going to work on this project. I— I know she's been weird, but I cannot stop her on this project. She is one of the best architects my firm has. I will try not to mess this up." 

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