Late! Kaira OS

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RING RING RING RING

Naira opened her eyes slowly,wincing as the glaring sunlight from the window shined right into her eyes. She sighed and rolled over to turn her alarm clock off. As she pressed the button,her eyes suddenly focussed on the time.

10:00am.

Her eyes widened.

"Oh My God!"

She was late. Very late. There was a meeting this morning scheduled for 10am and she was still lying in bed! She leapt up and ran into the bathroom.

She got to work and rushed in to the meeting room,only to find just Kartik sitting there,reading a file and drinking coffee. Kartik looked up from the file and seeing Naira ,out of breath and looking confused,smirked at her.

''Has the meeting finished?! Where is everyone?!"

Naira half-shouted at Kartik.

Kartik put down the file and his coffee and got up from the chair. He leaned back against the table crossing his arms and smirked at her before saying

"the meeting is at 11am. It's only 10.40"

Naira looked even more confused and said

"no,the meeting was scheduled for 10am. Yesterday, Mr Gupta clearly told both of us that the meeting is at 10am sharp and not to be late.''

Kartik then rolled his eyes and said, as if he was explaining something to a 5 year old

"yes but then the clients phoned this morning and asked to move the meeting up an hour as their MD's flight from Singapore had been delayed..."

Kartik stopped speaking and started smirking again as he watched the confused expression on Naira's face quickly change into a furious one.

"Why wasn't I told?! I thought I was late! I was running! I..."

Naira stopped shouting as she saw that Kartik had turned to the other side,clearly shaking with silent laughter.

"You! You annoying,idiotic,selfish.."

With each insult,Naira took a step forward towards Kartik,dropping the bag and folder that she had been carrying on the floor as she stretched her hands forward in a strangling motion. Kartik was still turned away,facing the table,now laughing out loud.

"...arrogant,hideous monster!"

Naira yelled as she lunged across the 2 feet between them,intent on strangling him. At the same moment, Kartik stopped laughing and turned saying

"hideous!? That's obviously ..."

He stopped speaking as he simultaneously caught Naira against him and crashed backwards onto the table.

Naira grunted in pain as she lay on top of Kartik ,her previous plan to strangle him forgotten for a moment. Kartik just lay there,wincing slightly as he felt pain when he laid his head back against the table. He then looked forward as he felt movement against his chest. He froze,staring at the face before him. Naira had just started to lift her head from his chest. Her face was just inches away from his,her hair falling wildly around her onto his chest. Naira ,whose eyes were shut,slowly tried to lift herself up but felt her waist restrained by something strong. She opened her eyes and felt a shiver go through her as she saw Kartik's dark eyes staring right into hers. They found themselves unable to look away,both seeing a fiery heat within eachother's eyes. Kartik watched as the look of desire in Naira's eyes blazed until they suddenly changed into another look he knew all too well.

"Damn it,she's angry again."

His thought was confirmed as Naira suddenly pushed herself up out of his arms and - the thought that she was straddling him only crossing her mind for a second - started raining her fists down on his chest,yelling