𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐆𝐎

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭

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AUTHOR'S POV
A Few Hours Ago...

Saira reached the office and went to Ishaan's cabin so they could leave together for the restaurant where the meeting was scheduled. Upon arriving at the hotel, she instructed Noah to stay outside while she went in with Ishaan.

After waiting for a while, they realized the investors hadn't arrived. Saira called them, only to be informed that they had an urgent matter to attend to and had already messaged her about the delay. Checking her phone, she saw their message, which had been sent hours ago. With the meeting postponed, she happily thought of going home to spend time with Aariz.

However, Ishaan interrupted her thoughts. "Have you had your lunch?"

"Nope," she replied.

"Then let's eat first, and we'll go back afterward," he suggested.

Saira wasn't in the mood to have lunch with him-she wanted to go home to Aariz. But refusing him outright felt rude, so she agreed. After finishing their meal at the hotel, they got up to leave when ishaan remembered something and said "wait, can we go to mall? Like I have a small work there, I have to purchase gift for someone and if I will not then, qayamat barpa hogi mujh pr"

Saira shot him a mischievous glance asking "who someone?"

"That, you will get to know after sometime" he replied with a smirk and they went to mall from there. While he was shopping, she was getting bored that's when her eyes landed on a perfume shop and she thought to buy on for Aariz as he loves perfumes a lot.

After shopping, they cat in the car that's when her phone rang.

"Assalamu Alaikum, Baba."

"Wa Alaikum Assalam. Where are you, Saira?"

"I was out for a meeting, but it got delayed."

"Okay, who is with you?"

"Ishaan is with me."

"Hmm... good. Come to Khan's Headquarters with him. I have some work."

"Ji, Baba. Allah Hafiz."

"Khuda Hafiz."

Turning to Ishaan, she asked him to accompany her to headquarters. He agreed, and they left together.

After a while, they were seated in Jaffer's cabin as he addressed them with a serious tone.

"Saira and Ishaan, I want you both to handle a project I've taken responsibility for. It's crucial, and I need it completed without any mistakes. I chose you both because Aariz already has multiple ongoing projects, and right now, he is not in the right state of mind. As for Ayaaz... let's just say he won't be coming to the office for a few days."

Saira's brows knitted together in concern. "What happened to Ayaaz bhai?"

Jaffer sighed. "Just know that he has personal work related to his family business."

She nodded while Ishaan asked, "What is the project about, sir?"

"It's an area development project where two companies are collaborating-Khan's TechBuild and Pult Group of Companies. You both have a meeting with them the day after tomorrow."

They nodded in understanding as Jaffer continued explaining the project in detail. After an hour, he concluded, "This is one of the biggest projects we've ever undertaken, so I don't want any mistakes. Also, no one should know about this collaboration until it's completed. Understood?"