Pamela's pov
Mr. Sethi seemed have found a new kind of strength by her encouragement. With full confidence, he paced about, in between me and Miss Bose, looking like a devil in suit and boot. His words were no longer sweet and smooth, but harsh and straightforward
"I know you are an ambitious woman, Miss Bose, or else someone with a background like yours could not have risen to the position you have elevated yourself to. And I'm sure as an ambitious woman you would like to do anything to get what can be yours. It isn't fair that you are toiling so hard in a position where you needn't do half of the work. And that's why I want to offer you the position of the Chief Financial Officer of the Sethi Groups of Industries...", he smirked, once again sipping his wine and continued, "...but, my darling, nothing in this world comes without a price, so you have to pay me a price too. But don't worry dear, this will also benefit you. You just have to destroy the enemy of us both, The Nutressa Pvt. Limited. You have to just make sure that there remains no rival for my company. What do you say, nice isn't it darling ?" His eyes were hard, his face void of any kind of goofiness. And at that moment I could see the true nature of this deceptive man. Though Miss Bose said nothing, I wanted to tug at her hand, for she was intently staring at this man, as if considering his deal. I wanted to shout to her to leave from here,to not fall prey to his offerings, but could do nothing but stare at her helplessly.
Mr. Sethi suddenly seemed to remember me as he turned towards me. Even though his gaze was on me, his words were directed to Miss Bose, "If you're wondering about your little secretary over here.. worry not, I have a deal for her too...", he directly addressed me, "...for you my dear, I have propositioned the post your dear boss holds in Nutressa.. the post of Managing Director of Finance in my company. But unlike your boss,sweetheart, you do not have to do much..just provide me your sweet company at days...and nights !" He winked and I felt like clawing his eyes off.
I felt so disgusted and pained that I wanted to cry and tear his body parts in two, but I did nothing as I stared at the ground, anger turning to tears threatening to spill any moment. I did not know how to react, did not know what to say. Refusing and rebuking him for even mentioning something as lewd and disgusting as this was what I wanted to do, but couldn't find the courage to actually do it. I stood still, as with those dirty lips he asked, mirth in his voice, "I know the offer is irrefusable, but I would like to hear the golden word from your mouth Miss Bose and Miss Sen."
"No", came the reply, and my head jerked, surprise and relief coursing through me. I looked at Miss Bose, whose face was nonchalant (the face she often carries), but I wanted to smile broadly. And so I did.
But someone didn't.
"What ? I think I heard you wrong Miss Bose, you did say yes, didn't you?" He frowned.
"No. No, you didn't hear me wrong; no, I didn't say yes; and no, I do not accept your offer, Mr.Sethi, nor does my secretary do."
Confusion stretched across his face. The smug face that was on his face a few seconds ago disappeared like the sun at a rainy day.
"This is ridiculous. This is what I get for offering a mighty reward in exchange of a few loyalties? A 'no' ? Seriously?" He seethed in rage.
Miss Bose leaned against the bar counter with the support of her elbows, looking absolutely bored and nonchalant.
"You see, Mr. Sethi, my secretary over here is an engaged woman with high moral values. You can guess that she already has a person to devote her days and nights to. She's so morally upright that she wouldn't even consider your offer, let alone accept it. And as far as I am concerned, well, you can say I'm impressed how well you've researched about me. You were right Mr. Sethi," she stood up straight and with those confident steps strode to him, "I am an ambitious person. I love success, I love power, I love position. But what you do not know, Mr. Sethi.. ", she turned her back towards us, ".. is that I only earn my goals. Despite what you or many others think, I've not achieved this position by licking anyone's boots. Even though I come from a humble background, none of my achievements have been offered to me on a silver platter. I like my achievements to be magnificent, but hard-earned. I do not settle for less just because I have to work hard for it, just like that, I do not agree to be anyone's puppet so as to achieve more." She finally turned towards us, gulping the last of the wine from the glass. She put it on the counter while she concluded, "So, Mr. Sethi, with a confusing ambition like mine and fierce morality like Pamela's, I think you can very well imagine that we can easily achieve on our own what you so generously offered to us." She smiled sarcastically and nodded at me. I understood the motion as the cue to leave.
Mr. Sethi looked like he would explode any moment. His fury was clear on his face, but he didn't say much more than a few words, "Both of you will regret this decision! You will pay a heavy price for insulting me like this, for refusing my offers!" He slammed his glass on the counter and squantered away.
Miss Bose didn't even glance at his retreating figure, her head held high and her posture straight as a rod. She just glanced at me once and turned. I, who was silent this whole time, finally found my voice, "Th-thank you so much, Ma'am."
She stopped and half turned, her expression blank and nonchalantly said, "I am leaving, do you want to come or not ?"I happily followed her to her car, saying nothing else at all.
A.N : Hello guys ! Another late update, I know, and I'm sorry, if anybody cares though. I'm quite busy nowadays, stuck with so many things, that I couldn't find the time to write. The updates will be slow from now, but I will update surely.
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