"Oh god! How can you be so late priya" Priya cursed herself as she waited for the elevator on her first day of work. She was dressed in a plain black formal pants and a white shirt with black thin stripes with her hair tied up in a high ponytail. She had minimal makeup on her face which she always preferred and looked damn beautiful.
Just then a man of about 31, walked in with a cold demeanour. He was wearing a navy blue suit and had his hands in his pockets.
Priya was busy cursing herself when he came and stood behind her.
She was unaware of the presence behind her.
"Aaj ke baad tamatar ki baat kabhi nahi manungi.." Priya muttered to herself.
Ram frowned at her words and then she added "Huh! Pehle din hi daant sunne ko milegi... kya bolun sir ko..... haan yahi bol deti hun ki auto nahi mila.. ya nahi... kya bolun.. Haan meri tabiyat kharaab... nahi nahi... soch priya kuch toh bahana soch.."
Ram couldn't help but silently grin at her worried state and was amused. She was adorable! He did recognize her as his new secretary who would be joining from today as he did get her resume from the HR.
Just then the elevator pinged as the doors opened and she got in followed by ram.
She looked at him and a shiver ran down her spine when his eyes met hers. He was taller and bulkier than her but looked damn hot!
"Omg" She gasped slowly while looking at him.
"Kya hua?" Ram asked in his deep voice.
Priya couldn't help but look at him with doe eyes and whispered in a dreamy tone "You're just like the fictional men"
"Fictional men?" Ram frowned.
"The book boyfriends?" Priya said.
"Book boyfriends?" Ram was confused now.
"Yeah! The men in the books! You know I love them! They're soooo damn good and awesome... I love reading books and the men written by women are just whole green forest! And you look like one.. I mean I don't know about green forest but definitely the style, personality, looks and voice sound like fictional men" Priya chirped excitedly.
Ram couldn't help but smile at her innocent bubbly self "Thankyou for the... compliment I guess"
Priya smiled and couldn't help stealing glances at him "Your girlfriend must be really lucky" she uttered.
Ram who was mailing through his phone, looked up at her "I'm married"
"Then your wife is really lucky" Priya smiled at him and he just looked back down at his phone without any expression.
Priya frowned but then also bit her lower lip thinking "Damn he's so fucking good, ekdum book boyfriend material.. thoda serious, bohot handsome and damn his voice.. his wife must be so lucky.. hey bhagwaan main bhi 16 somvaar ka wrat rakhungi.. please mujhe bhi ek inke jaisa book boyfriend dila dena.."
The elevator door opened and Ram walked out straight to his cabin while Priya who was behind him stopped at distance near a small desk. She gasped seeing him entering the cabin with a nameplate "Mr. Ram Kapoor" in bold letters.
Just then a girl walked out with a smile "Hey! I'm Jenny, I was here just to collect my stuff. I was the secretary before you.."
Priya tried to give her a small smile despite panicking inside for having a stupid, embarrassing talk with her new boss a few minutes back.
"Now the seat is all yours, all the best" With that Jenny walked away with her belongings.
Priya bit her forefinger in worry "Shit! Kya pagal hai tu priya.. ab toh pehle din hi naukri se nikal jayegi tu.."
She somehow gathered a little courage and knocked on the door to hear a cold "Come in"
His voice sent shivers down her spine, but not a good one like before rather a scary one.
She peeked inside and found him already staring at the door. Her heart raced with fear.
"Come on in Ms. Sharma" His cold voice boomed around the silent room and she now had no other choice than to step in.
Priya stood with her head hung low infront of his table.
Ram couldn't help but silently chuckle at her. He masked it and said in a serious tone "So, you're late because of a tomato?"
Priya frowned and looked up when he added "Or have you any good excuse?"
Her face flushed with embarrassment "Sir... I mean.. I.. I'm sorry.. I didn't know.. I..."
"Also you think your boss is a perfect book boyfriend?" Ram looked her at dead serious.
Sweat beads formed on her forehead and she felt herself shivering.
Tears formed in her eyes as she hung her head low.
"I'm sorry sir..." her voice choked "I'm sorry.."
A tear slipped down her cheek which wasn't visible to Ram as she had her head down.
But her voice made him know that she was crying.
He quickly got up from his seat and moved near her "Hey! I was just teasing you.."
Priya looked up and found him infront of her.
His heart tugged seeing her teary eyes and wet cheeks.
"Hey" he mumbled stepping ahead and cupping her cheek to wipe the tears.
"I'm sorry.." he mumbled further and she kept looking at him with wide eyes.
"You're so innocent and naive" He smiled lightly at her and kept looking into her eyes still holding her face between his palms.
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