Anika's Secret

Chapter 13: Office Politics(1)

Priya POV
This was Viren? Bhabhi, I am so unimpressed. He was staring at me.
"Anika Ma'am, thank you for the job." I saw Shivaay glare at me from the driver's seat.
She smiled. "Tia told me and since Kiara was going."

Anika gave Shivaay the directions to the Rana office as she fiddled with Viren's hand. I watched Shivaay's grip on the steering wheel increase. When we reached the building, Anika passed some keys to Viren and walked ahead of us. We could hear people scampering about.

"Jai and Nikhil, in my office now!" The two men froze at their seats. Everyone else, I could see looked pity full.

"Khushi........are the letters ready?" Anika stopped at desk where a young girl was working.

"Anika Ma'am..........woh I didn't know how to....." She started staring at the ground and tears rolled down the cheek. I held my breathe. Was Anika going to butcher her in front of me? There was pin drop silence in the office.

I looked at Shivaay, who seemed...............proud. Was Anika Bhabhi really telling me the truth about the so-called calm brother I had come to believe was my twin? 

"Come to my office now."

The young girl picked up her laptop and followed us. I tried to give her an assuring smile. We followed her silently. When Anika stopped again, I thought she was going to kill someone. She opened a door. There were 3 other girls in the room. She stepped into the room. 

"Shivaay, you wait here and Khushi and Priya come." She passed her bag to him. Samara followed me, I could see her hands tremble.

"Priya.....this is your seat. Some files are on the table and there are some notes on them, please finish that. Natasha.......please help her if she has any doubts."

"Lisa come here. Khushi has some issues with these letters. Help her."

She then smiled at Khushi. "Khushi......if you have any problem, you shouldn't sit in your seat and feel horrible about it. Why did you cry just now?"

Khushi slowly wiped her face. "Anika didi, I thought you were going to scold me."

Anika gently hit her head. "Pagli......I might be a Rana and all but I first your Anika didi na. Any problem come to me or Bhaiya."

Then she turned to Lisa. "Help her."

She gave me a smile and left the room. She said something to Shivaay and I watched my brother follow her. Why did she have to be so rude to him? She just spoke so nicely to Khushi.

"So you are taking over Kiara's work for now." Natasha asked. I nodded and sat in my seat.

"Hi I am Leera. Nats and I are the PR  managers. Lisa is our assistant I heard that man is going to become the project manager."

I nodded. "Yeah. He is the one." I kept quiet about the fact that he was my brother. No one needed to think that because Anika is my sister-in-law I got this job.

Natasha nodded. "Poor Guy. Anika has got his table set up in her room. Everyone is talking about that."

Khushi looked up but kept silent. She knew a lot about Anika. What did Anika mean by before becoming a Rana? I have to find out.

I looked at them puzzled. Natasha and Leera exchanged a look as though they were contemplating whether to say anything.

"Well........Anika Ma'am actually had another room for the Project Manager but after he was decided as the manager, she had everything shifted to her. Some people claim that he is the Shivaay Singh Oberoi. But he was the Great Oberoi why would he work under Anika Rana? He would be working with the Oberoi's right?"