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"Sir you need to have this smoothie" Khanna stalked behind Shivaay. Whilst Shivaay was making frightening faces toiling to avoid him and his milk smoothie.

"I'm telling you, Khanna, that I loathe bananas. On top of it, you are passing me this banana smoothie. It's yuck" Shivaay offered a scrutinized gaze at the tumbler Khanna was clamping and attempted to run away from his clasps but was fruitless.

Khanna held his wrist and yanked back to him. Shivaay swallowed looking at the gigantic man in front of him. He was a foot taller than Shivaay and was more like a hulk with all muscles. He looked like a small teenager in front of Khanna.

Khanna gave a courageous look and handed the tumbler to him, for which he sighed and gulped down the quantity in one go. Khanna snickered as Shivaay was battling not to throw up the stock he had minutes back.

"I swear Khanna, I will fire you" Shivaay murmured and clenched the hand towel from Khanna's hold.

Shivaay dried his mouth and edges and passed a narrowed look at him, who in return upheld a nasty smile. Shivaay was overtaken by his premature guts and was worried about the abrupt fluctuation in Khanna, however, he tried his best to fabricate his posture and look steady as always.

"Sir don't worry, you don't have the liberty to fire me" Khanna pronounced with a hoarse voice. Shivaay was astonished by the unexpected twists of incidents. Numerous reflections were floating through his sanity. His brain ceased functioning with those utterances. Did he lose the rights? He thought.

He was scared to lose Khanna.

"Only Annika ma'am can fire me now. I work for her now. I'm not only your man, but now your supposed gym trainer" Khanna laughed seeing his employer's complexion, his face ashen like of corpse and bleached like the ceiling.

In his fits of laughter, Khanna realised that he might have hurt his feelings of him. Shivaay was straight looking at him with blank emotions. Khanna knew he have maliciously hurt him with his lame jokes.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to" Khanna murmured griping Shivaay's palms. As Shivaay sensed his intertwined with Khanna, he grasped them stronger. He preferred him in his life, he didn't have that brave heart to let go of him.

"You won't ever leave me, right? Like others did." Shivaay looked at him with excusing eyes. Khanna's eyes moistened hearing him. He was never loved as a family nor had one, he was always a subordinate. He was fascinated with Shivaay, he did never treat him like his employee in his seven years of experience. Instead, he was behaved towards as one among his family members to Shivaay. He was much indebted to the Creator for sending Shivaay as his employer, from him he got a sister who he never remembered.

"Even if you fire me, I will be pestering you till my death. I will always be there for you, Sir" he rubbed his tears harshly and fought to smile through the tears.

He was taken back when Shivaay took him into an intense hug, suffocating him to death. Nevertheless, he too reciprocated back and smiled till it stretched out his eyes. His eyes shone like the stars embedded in the dark sky.

"Even my brothers said the similar once. But I'm deserted here" he heard Shivaay whisper, his black uniform shirt was soggy implying that Shivaay was sobbing. He made Shivaay sit near the treadmill and made himself comfortable in front of him, succumbing to match his height.

"I will never do that Sir. You have given me a roof above me when I required it the most. You gave me love, appreciation as your family which I didn't once receive from my own. Annika ma'am have packed my food even when she was involved in her catering service, still, she was kind-hearted to do so. You both have bestowed everything I could ask for, now it is my turn to pay off you both." Shivaay was blank with his speech, nothing was left to speak much. He was speechless with the words.