Wooing Ms. Raizada

You are fired!

"Mam you called?" Adil asked as he stood before Esha.

"I've received complains about you! Heard that you are disturbing other employees!" Esha said crossing her arms and swirling her chair.

"No mam" Adil frowned, "I didn't do anything!"

"Oh really?" Esha raised an eyebrow and took a paper from the table. "This is a handwritten complaint signed by almost the entire fashion designing unit, which is the core unit of this company! And it says that they are unable to adjust with your cultureless ways"

Adil narrowed his brows and said harshly, "And the cultureless ways are?"

"You have a loud voice, no manners, an irritating ringtone, no dressing sense and no status!" Esha read from the paper.

Adil took a deep breath and said, "And what do you suggest mam?"

"This is a very reputed firm and I want all of my employees to be intact. When an entire unit is finding difficulty in coping up with a single person, being the head of the same firm I have certain responsibilities towards them and consider this as a warning Mr. Alexander; Either you change your ways or you change the workplace" Esha said sternly.

Adil scoffed and said, "Loud voice – I think constitution gives every person right to speech and expression. No manners – if smiling politely at a person is not good manner and faking a smile with a fake good morning is great manners here, I'm glad that I'm bad at manner. Irritating ringtone and no dressing sense – that's none of your business. No status – everyone in this world have their own position and worth. Just because your fashion designing unit employees have expensive cars and designer dresses doesn't mean that a person owning a simple motorbike and wearing casuals is of low status!"

"You cannot talk to me like that" Esha said angrily.

'I'm sorry but isn't this a reputed firm? I think in a reputed firm, people should be judged by their work. Their work and talent should be their status, not dressing style or culture!" Adil said raising his voice.

"Lower your tone" Esha said gritting her teeth, "I'm just a second away from firing you!"

"Then I'm a second away from going to court for the injustice I'm facing at my workplace. There is a something called employee rights. Please read it!" Adil said.

"You're threatening me? ME!" Esha slammed her palm on the desk and stood up, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE! THIS IS MY COMPANY AND IF YOU ARE GONNA WORK HERE, YOU BETTER WORK UNDER MY ORDERS! I'M THE BOSS HERE AND YOU BETTER REMEMBER THAT! IF YOUR NEXT SENTENCE DOESN'T START WITH A SORRY, YOU ARE DONE!"

"Try me!" he said.

"AMAN" Esha screamed and Aman hurried into her office. "Yes?"

"Prepare his resignation" Esha said pointing to Adil.

"But..."

"DO IT!" she screamed and Aman nodded.

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"Di is back" Yara sang and walked her sister to the living room. Finding the whole family sitting in the couch, Esha smiled and asked, "What's happening here?"

"We're talking about Anna. We met her" Anjali said and Yara squealed, "She is sooo coooool. I loved her!"

Varun smiled and said, "I'm so happy that you all liked her!"

"I want to talk to her parents" Akash said and Varun nodded.

Esha slumped on the couch and closed her eyes. Arnav looked at her and whispered, "Rough day at work!"

She hummed and leaned on his shoulder.

Akash looked at the father-daughter and said, "Esha, I met Aman from shopping mall. He said that you fired someone!"

Yara laughed and said, "That's usual chachu. She fires someone everyday!"

"No this one was eventful, he said" Akash said.

Esha groaned and squeezed her eyes shut. "What happened? Who was it?" Arnav asked.

"The new intern. Alexander!"

Yara gasped and cried, "The hot guy? Why did you fire him!"

"Shut up Yara" Esha said and extended her palm for a glass of water.

Yara swatted her arm away and cried, "You are not getting water without telling us why you fired that handsome sweet charming guy!"

"Yara" Arnav warned and Yara smiled cheekily.

"He talked back to me" Esha said.

"I'm sorry but aren't employees allowed to speak inside AR?" Varun asked laughing.

"He shouted at me...ME! He threatened that he would go to court!" Esha cried.

"And you fired him?" Arnav asked raising an eyebrow.

"Ya. The employees were finding it hard with him. Such a cultureless fellow. You should see his clothes. God...how did he even end up at AR!" Esha groaned.

"There is nothing wrong with his clothes. They are simple and comfortable" Yara said.

"And old" Esha added.

"So let me get this straight" Arnav said, "You fired him because he was cultureless and was no match to the status of AR!"

"Yes" Esha nodded.

Arnav looked at Akash and Anjali who were holding their laughter.

"Reminds me of someone" Payal said looking up at the ceiling and that was it! Akash and Anjali burst out laughing.

"God you're so much like your father" Akash said in between his laughter.

"Esha....even your father did the same with your mother!" Anjali said shaking her head.

"Mom was different. She was..she was.....urgh she is mom!" Esha cried and grabbed her hair.

"I think you should take him back" Arnav said.

"No. I'm not having that guy back my office!" Esha declared.

"He sounds daring. He might actually go to court. And if he does, we're done!" Arnav said.

Esha scoffed and said, "If he does, I'm gonna show him who I am!" and she walked upstairs.

Everyone watched her leaving and Akash said, "Why am I feeling that history is gonna repeat!"

Arnav chuckled and said, "Adil Alexander....he is definitely interesting!"