15: The Clash

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Hello guys!!

I just wanna say, on the basis of this chapter's interactions and engagement, I will decide whether to update the next chapters or not.

Because many want me to continue writing but no one want to spare a second and comment on the chapter, if this is gonna happen, I'm stopping this book and gonna continue writing my other books and maybe only update this book once per month cause I don't think I wanna waste my time simply updating with no response from you guys.

Hope you'll understand,
Aditi.

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Siya's Pov

"What?!!" I just wasn't sure I heard it right.

"Yes, Siya, it's true," Vihaan says, his voice sounding worried, "Mr. Juan called this morning saying that there is a new client who also wants to do the project and that they're very adamant about getting it," Vihaan tells me and my anger resurfaces.

"And he said it was Kanishk?" I ask making sure.

"Yes, they weren't even interested in this project Siya and now all of a sudden he said they got a call last night from some girl and now they're considering Kanishk's company to handle this project!" he says sounding worried and irritated.

"Oh, God! This is a mess!" I say and look behind to see if I can see Kanishk anywhere, he has disappeared from the living room. Damn him.

"Who was the girl who called him, did he say anything?" I ask, a name surfacing on my mind, and I want to confirm it.

"Yes, Aisha," he says and I grit my teeth. 

Wonderful.

"I need to go Vihaan, I'll be there soon, you don't worry okay?" I say and cut the call and put it in my purse just as Kanishk walked out of the room, still in his casuals.

He must have sensed my angry mood and immediately his face went confused and he walked up to me. "Are you okay?" he asks and I stopped myself from swinging my purse on his face.

"Do I look okay to you?" I ask back and see him getting more muddled. "How dare you?!  What is your problem with me?" I ask, anger bubbling in my eyes.

"Siya -" he tries to say but I didn't let him.

"Who is Aisha?" I ask and his eyes go wide.

"How do you know about her?" he asks instead.

"Just answer my damn question for once Kanishk," I say and he grits his teeth.

"She's someone who works in my company," he says and I chuckle sarcastically.

"Oh is she now? Tell me the truth Kanishk!" I say and he looks at me as if I've lost it.

"It's the truth Siya, she is the PR manager of my company, what else is there to tell!" he says irritated. "And why do you even wanna know about her?" he questions me this time and I look at him wondering how is he so casual after putting our both companies into a competition.

"Oh, so you don't know? What kind of CEO are you? You don't even know what is happening with your company!" I yelled at him and he looked super bewildered.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He asks.

"Who were you talking to just now?" I ask instead and he looks at me irritated.

"I'm not telling you anything, and that is none of your business," he says and I stop myself from showing the hurt he caused to show on my face, over his words.

I turned around not wanting to face him anymore, I picked up my purse and my car keys and turned around towards him, "Don't get into the business so much that you'll start to lose people in your life," saying that I walked out of our apartment and angry tears fell from my eyes. 

This definitely wasn't something I had imagined after getting married, me fighting with my husband.

Guess this is going to be the new norm for me from now.

I drove, trying to reach my office as soon as possible.

Once I parked my car at the parking, I walked inside the office, greeting everyone on my way to my cabin. Vihaan came running towards me as soon as he saw me.

"What happened? Did you talk with Kanishk?" he asks and I sit in my chair, with my face buried in my hands.

"He doesn't even know anything, he was clueless or maybe he has just been good at acting," I say and see Vihaan look at me worried.

"Don't worry, we will figure this out okay? We're no less than his company, we're at Top 3," he tells me and I smile.

"And his is the 1st Vihaan, our chances are none to zero," I say and see his face fall, "unless," I continue and his face went curious as he looked at me to continue speaking.

"Unless we upgrade our previous plan and deliver them to Mr. Juan, something much better than that of Kanishk," I say and I see Vihaan's face getting up the hope back on his face.

"You think we can do that?" he asks.

"Why not? The little I know about Kanishk, he doesn't play fair and I'm sure he will stop at anything until this project is his, but we have an advantage that he doesn't Vihaan," I say and his eyes look curious, and hopeful and I smile.

"What?" he asks.

"If you remember our last three to four meetings with Mr. Juan, he has always come to India with his family, he wants to build an amusement park here, and this project is all about getting to help him build this amusement park that will cause us profit, so think about it," I say and stand up.

"Mr. Juan is a family man, and as far as I know Kanishk lacks in this department, so that's our advantage, make him believe that our plan to build this project is more family-friendly, more profitable and who else to show him that than us?" I say and by the time I've finished Vihaan was smiling like an idiot.

"Yes!! Yes!! That's great, I'll immediately call the meeting, let's talk with our team and come up with a new plan," he says and I nod.

"But first I'm going to talk with Mr. Juan," I say and he nods.

"You do that, I'll gather our team until then," he says and I nod my head as he leaves my cabin and I sigh heavily.

I pick up my phone and dial Mr. Juan, "Hello Mrs. Kapoor," I scowled at the greeting. 

"Hello, Mr. Juan, and please no need for formalities, just call me Siya," I say, "Anyways, I just heard from Vihaan that there is some competition for the project?" I ask.

"Yes, Miss. Siya, I just received a call this morning saying that Mr. Kanishk Kapoor is interested in the project, in fact, his team even submitted a project report this morning and I must say, I actually liked it, even all the board members are intrigued," he says and I grit my teeth angrily.

"Yes, I understand that, but Mr. Juan you gave us your word, you said you liked our proposal and you were interested," I say.

"Yes, I'm sorry about that Miss. Siya, but I will obviously look for my profit, and Mr. Kapoor's idea and proposal seem very good and we love it, but I gave you my word," he says and I hear a sigh.

"Yes, you did, "I tell him.

"Well, if you come up with a better plan than Mr. Kapoor in three days then maybe we can rethink giving this project to you," he says and I sigh.

"Thank you, I appreciate it, I'll come up with a proposal within three days and mail you," I say.

"That's great, all the best Miss. Siya," he says and cuts the call and I sigh in relief.

Three days. Well, that's more than enough for me. 

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