A LIE TO LOVE ❤️

Part #10

The next morning was usual than ever. The previous night's incident did not have any impact on Sanyukta . She sighed looking at her watch, took her bag, locked the house and started walking towards the gates of her society building when she saw a girl who lived in the opposite house. She was in her pajamas buying milk. She chipped a "Hi" and smiled at Sanyukta for the first time.

"I didn't know that you are such a good cook!!", she exclaimed.

Sanyukta was surprised, she did not expect the girl to say something like that . That too on their very first meet.

"Hi, I'm Sanyukta . Well, yeah .. I own a catering service but it's a very small one . By the way how did you come to know about it?"

"That board says it all", the girl pointed towards the wall outside Sanyukta's flat making her frown and turn around in a jiffy.

There was a big white board with 'Elite Catering ', written in beautiful cursive. It had her contact number too. Sanyukta stood there numb and confused. Just then she saw her house owner , Mehta ji approaching her .

"Do you like it?", he asked walking upto her. "Your friend came to me last evening and told me that putting up a board will help in boosting your confidence and your restaurant's popularity. He was here to ask for my permission."

"Friend?????", Sanyukta frowned in confusion.

"Yes. He told me some peculiar name... some Dheer ... Ummm.. Oh Yeah .. I Got it.. it was Randhir ", he smiled at her and walked away.

'Strange!!! In just a day, the girl, who didn't even bother to speak to me before is now able to identify me as a good cook. Oh god!!! I shouldn't have been so hasty last night.' she thought as she walked towards her car.

Few hours later.....

Sanyukta locked her computer monitor as she handed over her 'Process Hazard Analysis' report to her Chief chemical engineer.

George, her chief chemical engineer was happy with the way Sanyukta was interacting with the Japan Team. Mr.Takashi Su , the chief Analyst in Japan, had sent a note accrediting her flawless work. She was allotted a morning shift to overcome the zonal time constraint.

As Sanyukta walked into the cafeteria, to grab a cup of hot coffee, her mind drifted to Randhir . She had been thinking about him since morning. She recollected the intensity in his eyes when he looked at her before walking out of her house. She shouldn't have been so hasty . She tapped the cafeteria table with her fingertips in regret.

'I have to apologise to him. But how ??', she pondered. 'When I had the nerve to chuck him out of the house, I should have the courage to repent for my mistake too .'

She looked for her mobile and realised that she had left it at her work station. She quickly finished her coffee and walked back. As she grabbed her phone to dial his number, she heard the chief calling her.
"Sanyukta, can you please come here?"

She walked swiftly to his cabin.

"The Hazard and Operability Study and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis columns need more quantitative details. Also, here it is mentioned that there are no toxic or flammable substance. But this proposed reaction releases a lot of impure oxygen. This segment needs correction as well.", he listed out the flaws in her report.

'Disaster', she thought to herself.

"I'm sorry Sir, I'll get this corrected as soon as I can ", she apologised to her boss and walked back to her desk.

She had already been a part of PHA Screening. She shouldn't have let it happen.

'Where is my focus?' she questioned herself. 'I will have to talk to Randhir and get things right before it starts eating my brain from inside ', she huffed and got back to her report.

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"Hello.....", Randhir chipped answering the call for the fourth time.

And all that he could hear was soft breathing.

"Hello!!!!!...... ", he sighed heavily and said, "Sanyukta!!! If you are not going to speak, I'm going to cut the call. ", he muttered irritatedly.

Sanyukta was not surprised that he knew her number. She called him from her mobile which she had been using exclusively for Elite Catering.

"I am sorry!!! ", she finally managed to speak.

He didn't respond to it .

"Randhir, I'm really sorry!!! Please accept my apology", she requested in a honey coated voice which made him melt instantly but he pretended to be still angry and played along.

"Wasn't it too much to hurt me out, just like that?", he asked faking anger.

"I know , it was an impetuous and stupid act. I shouldn't have done that. I was too hasty and judgemental . But now I've realised what a fool I was . I am really sorry, Randhir . Accept my apology, please.", she requested.

"Ok. Ok. Apology accepted", Randhir smiled at her cuteness. "But in return, I want to meet you for a coffee this evening"

Sanyukta smiled. She couldn't avoid him anymore.

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*Sorry for this boring update.

Ignore grammar and mistakes.. I'll post the next part soon