Say You're Mine (Lovestruck In Bangalore #1)

Chapter 24

THREE MONTHS LATER

I VIKRAM I

"Come on guys, bring in new ideas. Put some thought into it", I tell my team. We're having a team meeting to decide this month's budget costs and whatnot. And saying my team is bored as fuck would be an understatement. They'd rather sit in their little cubicles, playing videogames in their PCs than sitting around this table in my office.

And this fact just makes me glad that I'm the project manager. Fun times.

"Tum roj yahee kahate ho", Samrat speaks up.

(That's what you say everyday.)

"Achcha agar aap is par vichaar karate hain, to mujhe aapase roj nahin poochhana padega", I tell him.

(Well, if you consider it, I won't have to ask you everyday)

"Sure! Sure! Whatever you say. You are the project manager", he says.

"I'm glad you atleast got that right", I tell him.

I hate this guy. I really do.

He hates me too because if it weren't for me, he would've been promoted to the project manager position. And he's always bitter about it.

Twenty minutes later, we come to a decision and I end the last meeting for the day. Soon I pack up and turn off my system before heading out of the office.

As soon as the door to the lift opens, I come face to face with Lakshmi. Lakshmi and I went on a few dates. It wasn't anything serious. We just wanted to see if there was anything between us.

Unfortunately, I didn't feel any connection. But she did. So she didn't take my rejection too well. But that doesn't mean she wasn't graceful or professional in handling it. But just that being in the same room with her became a little awkward.

I debate getting inside the lift. I could wait for the other one, but it's still on the ground floor. I can't take the stairs since it's the ninth floor.

I get in asking her, "leaving early?" I know that she usually leaves after 5.30pm. she said so herself on one of our dates. And it's only 5pm now.

"Yeah. My mom is coming to visit", she says.

Cue the awkward silence.

As soon as the door opens when we reach the ground floor, she rushes out and I heave a sigh. I reach the underground parking in a few seconds.

I start my motorbike after strapping the helmet on. After potting my gloves, jacket and shades on, I drive out of the underground parking.

It's hot in Bangalore. The temperature has reached an all time high of 35°c. I think the last time it was this hot was during the 1930s or something.

As soon as I reach my apartment complex, I slow down. After parking in my spot, I take off my jacket and gloves before I take the lift to the fifth floor.

My apartment is just above Karthi's. Since both him and Shraddha were on a trip for the last few days, I haven't seen them for a week. It's not their honeymoon. They've been postponing their honeymoon for the last three months.