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Truce?

Benedict's POV :

"Honey! I'm home" I call my girlfriend.

"In kitchen, sweetie!" She called back.

I go and wrap my arms around her waist and kiss her cheeks.

"Did you miss me?" I nuzzled her hair.

"No, not at all" she laughed.

"NO?!" I quickly backed off.

"I'm back home after three weeks and you say you didn't miss me?"

She laughed again and replied, "I had a great time with my friend and she's the best company I've ever had!"

"Friend?" I narrowed my eyes.

"Yeah, she's on phone in the balcony" just when she finished the sentence, her friend appeared in the kitchen saying, "Victoria, I gotta leave..."

"You, again?"

"Um..Victoria, I gotta go" Sri said Victoria, completely ignoring me.

"Meet Benedict, Sri" Victoria pulled me closer to her.

"We have met before" I said.

"Of course, but I was drunk that day. Now, you both shake hands. Sorry Ben, she's a bit shy" my girlfriend explained.

Sri laughed nervously and shook hands with me whilst burning me down with her deadly stare.

"When did you meet her again?" I asked Victoria once Sri has left.

"We bumped again in the super market" she stuffed her mouth with some lettuce leaves.

"oh. Finally, you got a girl pal" I mumble. I know Victoria is not really good at making friends, so seeing her with Sri was a wee bit of shock for me.

And that's how Victoria and Sri became best buddies. Whenever I leave London for film shoots, Sri would come and stay over. Initially, I didn't like that, but after seeing Victoria having a good time with Sri, I didn't really mind her at all.

"Hi! Is Victoria home?" Sri asked me.

"Um...She's out of town to see her mum" I replied fidgeting with my laptop. You should NEVER forget your laptop password!

"Oh...Ok. When she will come back?"

I shut my laptop aggressively and yelled, "I DON'T KNOW!"

She rolled her eyes and left.

"You'll never fix your laptop!" She shouted as she walked out.

"Thank you!" I shouted back.

(Hours Later)

"Hello dear!" Victoria chirped as she walked in.

"Hi! How was your day?" I asked her.

"Great! What's wrong with the laptop?"

"I-I-I, I forgot the password and I couldn't open it"

"Oh. I'll call Sri, she's good at this" My girlfriend suggested.

"WHAT? NO?! WHAT DOES A CHEF KNOW ABOUT LAPTOP?"

"Honey, don't panic. She's more than a chef. Trust me" she winked.

Minutes after her call, Sri appeared in our living room.

"What's up, Victoria?" She smiled.

"Sri!" Victoria went and pulled her into a hug.

"Um..Ben's having problem with his laptop —"

I saw a smirk on her lips.

"Leave it Victoria, she won't help me."

"Hang on, Ben. I'm talking!"

I scowled at Sri.

"Fine. I'll do it for you" that silly smile of hers pissed me off to great extents.

She took the laptop and sat on the sofa.

"I'm going out for grocery shopping!" Victoria announced and left the flat.

"What? Why are you staring at me?" She asked.

"I need my laptop fixed as soon as possible —"

"Yeah, ok. Shut up for a while and let me work!" She snapped me.

I gritted my teeth and went in to take a shower. When I came back, Sri was leisurely listening to music.

"Is my laptop done?" I asked.

She didn't reply. I walked near her and pulled the earphones out.

"HEY! WHAT THE F?!" she stood up.

"Is my laptop done?" I asked coolly.

"You don't have to be rude for that?!"

"I know you can't do that!" I went to take my laptop. She snatched it from me and sat on the sofa again.

"Can you guess it from the password hint?"

"No."

"Is your backup mail account connected to this?"

"I — I don't know" I rubbed the back of my neck.

She mumbled something.

"Sorry, what?"

"You have any important or confidential files in this?"

"Yes"

"Do you need them back? Because, if I reboot it, you will lose all your files, but the laptop will be unlocked" she said.

"Can you reboot it without losing the files?"

"Um...I'm not sure, but I'll try. That might take a while. Do you mind if I take it to my flat? I don't have the CD which is used to reboot this, now"

"Er...Ok, I guess?"

"Don't worry, in case I unlock it. I won't go through your "files" —"

"Can you stop irritating me?"

She smirked.

"Can I take it or —" she cocked her eyebrows.

"Yes. Yes, you can! But, don't go through my files"

"Don't worry. I won't" she opened her satchel and kept the laptop inside. "I hope there's no porn videos on your laptop" she squinted her eyes and made a disgusting face at me.

"What? God, no!" I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks.

"See you tomorrow!" She walked out of the door.

This girl is intriguing me. At the same time, she's a pain in my neck!

A/n: I can't manage writing three stories simultaneously. So, sorry for the late update. Hope you enjoyed this.

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