My nightmare turned lover

Chapter- 1

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Astha's Pov :-

Oh god, I am late!

Run Astha, run or else you will never be able to catch the bus.

I pushed my legs as fast as I could. But carrying my office bag at one hand and my coffee at the other, it was being a bit difficult to do so.

Juggling my food, work bag and my dupatta (an Indian long cloth that girls wear along with their salwar suit), I somehow reached the bus stop; but to my utter dismay, when I got there the bus was already leaving.

" Stop, stop. " I shouted but in vain as it already left.

Today is my first day at work and I don't want to be late. So I decided to call for a taxi despite the fact that it will cost me double.

I opened my Ola app and called a shared mini ride.

In less than 5 minutes, my ride arrived and I opened the door  and was about to go inside when,

" Can you sit in the middle. My stoppage is just a few minutes away, so I will be the one going out first." A girl who was already sitting inside said smiling at me.

" Yeah sure, no problem." I smiled back at her and went inside, adjusting myself in the middle seat.

I looked at my other side and saw a boy probably not more than 15 years sitting there, totally engrossed in the game that he was playing on his iPad.

I smiled thinking about the contrast between my teenage and his.

When I was about his age, forget about iPad, if by chance I get an extra pencil apart from the one pencil that they used to give me every two months which I had to use very judiciously, I would feel more than lucky.

I quickly dismissed those thoughts away and thought about my new job.

Yesterday when I got the call saying that I was selected for the job, I was on cloud nine. I never thought that they would select me. I mean ofcourse I do possess the required qualifications and my interview went well but somewhere back at my mind I was not sure that I will get the job because there were many more candidates along with me who looked more talented and experienced then me. But then again I am an expert in under valuing myself.

I needed this job very badly. I'm in dire need of money. I have to pay my pent up house rents or else the owner will kick me out this time for sure. I was avoiding him for about 6 months, since the time my parents saved money got all finished up.

Yeah, my parents died when I was in 8 standard due to a car accident. Since then I was using their saved up money in paying my education fees, house rent and others. But eventually it got exhausted during my last semester.

I do own a house but now it's not mine since the bank took it as repayment of the loans we took after the accident to pay up the hospital expenses. Both my parents were admitted there for about 6 months in the intensive care unit before the took their last breath.

So after my graduation I was in look out for jobs and then I finally got this one and I can't tell you how happy I'm with it. Its like now finally I will get my life back as it was when I was with my parents... without constant worries.

Just then the car stopped, indicating that my destination arrived. I quickly paid the driver and went out of the car.

I took a quick look at the 10 storeyed building, the front being entirely of glass with a small hint of perfectly painted wall, mentally thanking the mighty one for getting me here and then hurriedly went inside.

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