"Hey Rrahul?? Did you see the video..." Exclaimed out Nia from the other side of the phone.
Keeping it aside, Rrahul went inside the washroom to freshen up himself when his phone rang up the fifth time.
"I know...." He started saying after receiving it, when Nia interrupted him, "...wait wait..Sid is calling" she said Rrahul rubbed his face in despair.
"Hey Sid?" Said Rrahul when the angered director barked out.
"Shut up you both!! How could you be so careless?" Rrahul felt him screeching in annoyance.
"Sorry Sid. We didn't realise it would leak out as such" said Nia and Rrahul gave a big yawn, taking care not to make it audible.
"We just got out of square one because of Miss..Miss.." Siddharth struggled with the name when Rrahul spoke out, "Helly Shah".
"Yeah that girl" Siddharth added.
"This was not to be spread out..." He started saying loudly again, "....We didn't even start promotions. I wonder how much more negativity this video gonna spread. The failed response is already killing......You both handle the things...Take out..." Siddharth continued ranting when Rrahul simply placed the phone aside putting on the speaker.
"But I wonder who recorded it?" Asked Nia cutting Siddharth in between which pulled Rrahul's attention.
"I don't know. I don't care. Handle..."
"Siddharth I'll handle. You are freaking more than Nia" he shouted out to quieten the freaked out director.
"Hey I am not freaked out. I am enjoying" said Nia retorting.
"Enjoying?" Asked the boys in astonishment.
"I mean I don't mind. I am in headlines" said Nia nonchalantly.
"What a girl you are Nia" said Rrahul to which she responded by giving a thanks and they cut the call, ofcourse before Siddharth freaks out again.
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Sitting at one corner on the couch was Sushi with head dug into her phone while eyes concentrated on the screen.
"What is it Sushi?" Asked Helly as she walked down the stairs, cutting her boyfriend's call after having a good chat of about 45 minutes and then sat beside her. She peeped into Sushi's phone when Sushi barked out suddenly, "What is it ma'am?!!...." She questioned back, "..... That moron who uploaded the video...." Sushi gritted her teeth in rage, "..... it can destroy Boss's career like anything" she completed and Helly looked away in disinterest.
"Why are you so concerned? It's his look out" said Helly casually and took the magazine from the table.
"We are his employs ma'am. It's our duty to stand with our Boss when we know he is correct!!" Affirmed Sushi but Helly neither looked at her nor reacted, rather she turned the pages to reach the bookmarked position.
"How are you so sure he is correct? The video seems genuine" Asked Helly looking at the pages and then again turned, biting her lower lip.
Sushi got highly confused at her senior's behaviour. Yesterday she was all fine, they had a chat on varied topics, what happened in one night.
"Why such a cold behaviour?"
Shaking her head Sushi replied, "The video is genuine, but it is not actually what is being shown!!" as she had lot more important things to be concerned about.
"Ma'am please handle the situation" she pleaded despite of rocky behaviour of Helly but her expression didn't change a bit.
"I can't do anything. It's an outbreak now" said Helly shortly still looking at the magazine. Her eyes gleamed in excitement, "What a beautiful bag!! I think I should order it" she exclaimed out and looked for the information of the bag in the green speech-bubble made adjacent to it.
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Mystery / Thriller"Rrahul Sir, this is your new General Manager, Miss Helly Shah" said a female voice who entered his cabin giving a slight knock. As he raised up his head from the laptop, his eyes met a hazel brown ones. With a stern look on her forehead and dete...
