Found you (On Hold)

Urgent Call

Chris' POV

I thought that after talking to Tyler, Mahi would be all cheerful and gleamy. But it's the opposite of my expectations. I look at Tyler to ask for some hints but he's focused on pouring ketchup on his fucking burger. I kick him under the table. He looks at me as if I interrupted him while checking some girl out. I raise my brows at him and look at Mahi and then back at Tyler but he just shrugs.

"You need anything else?" I ask Mahi.

"Uh, no thanks!" She replies and goes back to eating.

Before I could say anything, her phone starts ringing and she cleans her hands with a tissue to pick it up. A wave of panic flashes on her face when she looks at the screen.

"What's wrong? Who's it from?" I ask.

"A friend from India. Shitttt!!!!"

She gets up and goes out of our hearing range to talk and I turn towards Tyler.

"Dude! What's wrong with her? What did you tell her?"

"What she needed to hear!" He fucking says.

"What does that even mean?"

"Chris, till yesterday, you were in love with Sarah and now you're spending all your time with this Asian chick and you don't even know her. Don't you think you need to actually think why and what you're doing?" He says.

I've never been this speechless before in front of Tyler. In fact that's when I'm most vocal, except when I'm with Mahi. But Tyler's right here. I don't know her and she doesn't know me. Why am I doing all this for her? I didn't let myself think about all this before. It hasn't even been 24 hours since I met her and here I am, letting her stay with me and driving her places. She doesn't know me at all, yet she agreed to stay with me. But she doesn't have much choice.

I was actually thinking about Sarah till yesterday. And now, thinking about all this stuff, I have this weird sinking feeling in my stomach that it's going to end. This is all so messed up. I think I like Mahi but I'm not sure about her feelings. I don't even know what Tyler exactly told her.

Before I take my train of thoughts any further, my own phone starts ringing. It's my boss. I pick it up with a sigh.

"Hey Ben!" I say.

"Chris, there's no time for greetings! Where are you?" He says in a rushed voice.

"Why, what happened?"

"I need you in the office, immediately. You have to attend this urgent call with this russian client. He insisted to talk to you. Apparently, you were the one who dealt with him, last year and now he wants you."

"Damn it! I'm not home at the moment."

"I don't care. He's calling back in 20 minutes. Get your ass here ASAP." He says and disconnects the call.

This is the only disaster that can happen while working from home, and it's the most dangerous.

"I have to go to office, right now! Will you take Mahi home?" I ask Tyler.

"You're still going to continue this?" He asks me in return.

"I'll deal with it when I get home. Take her to my place and don't say any shit to her, please!" I beg of him. I want to handle this myself. I want to see what my feelings are for her and also, how she feels about me.

"I think she went in one of the restrooms." I tell him.

He just nods and doesn't say a word. I'll deal with him later, too.

When I reach my office, my boss is already panicking and pacing back and forth in his office.

"I thought you won't be able to make it. But I like your dedication and guts for showing up in pajamas." He says, trying to be funny. I laugh anyway, because it's kinda an unspoken rule that when your boss cracks a joke, always laugh. He's the one who taught me this rule. Ben says, 'that's the reason, he's my boss'. Not sure about other jokes, but this one definitely made me laugh.

"Give me your clothes and I'll save you from this Russian monster." I tell him.

I swap clothes with Ben and video call the client. I don't exactly remember this client but I'll pretend that I do. Within minutes, he's smiling and complementing me on my accomplishments. Ben looks at me from his chair and smiles proudly. I smile back.

About an hour later, my call is over and I return the clothes to Ben.

"You really should keep your clothes here. I don't like sharing my clothes with anybody." He tells me.

"Sure! Can I go now?" I ask impatiently. I need to talk to Mahi.

"Not before you go to your office first. There's someone waiting for you there."

"Waiting for me? Who?"

"Go and see for yourself." He says beaming.

I leave his office and take my phone out of my pocket while walking towards my office.

There are 8 missed calls from an unknown number and 5 from Tyler. 'What the hell!' I say under my breath.

I'm assuming the unknown number is Mahi's. I never asked for her number. I'm a goddamn idiot. I call back on both the numbers but there's no response on Tyler's and the other one is busy. Why isn't Tyler picking up his phone?

Is Mahi in my office? I never thought about that. I rush to my office and of course there's a woman standing there, with her back facing me. But she's not Mahi. It's Sarah and she's talking to someone on my office phone.

I walk towards her angrily, as she places the receiver back on its original place.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I speak sharply.

Instead of replying to my question, Sarah asks, "Who the hell is Mahi and why is she calling you on your office phone?"

[I hope this update wasn't late. Please, please, please continue to read, vote and comment. Don't forget to share as well. I'll try to update asap. All these chapters are unedited at the moment, but editing will be done when the story's finished. Any suggestions? Inbox me.. :) :) ]