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Chapter 14

Radhika sat at her desk organizing files while muttering to herself. Nisha and Krish had left her office and Radhika had arranged for Nisha and Krish's office locations to be different. Though they weren't that far in distance, if their offices were adjacent to each other it would cause a calamity that would not be able to come to a standstill.

Radhika felt bad for continuously screaming at Nisha, her personal assistant. But she couldn't help it. Nisha's attention span was quite less and her work style was also not efficient sometimes. Radhika could sit down in one spot for hours without having her focus diverted while each and everything caught Nisha's attention.

Krish had not said anything to Radhika ever since Nisha and him had a reunion in front of Radhika. Frankly, he was pissed because of Radhika's insensitive behavior to his best friend. His intention wasn't to make Radhika fall in love with him exactly but to revamp her way of thinking. His first goal was to make her less uptight and more lenient.

And he had an idea just how to do that!

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Radhika wrapped up her work for the day and decided to start heading home. She grabbed her jacket, keys, and personal belongings while instructing the guards to lock the door.

"Nisha, make sure to organize my meeting schedule and study my exact schedule for the next upcoming months. Also, I need a new tablet. I've left some money and please make sure to complete all the formalities and purchase it."

Nisha wrote all the information down while frantically scrambling to grab her stuff. "Ma'am, I apologize. Can you please repeat my last task?" asked Nisha politely.

"Another rule of working with me. I only say things once and you are required to listen and pay attention. That's one of the things I dislike about you especially. Work on that." said Radhika as she slammed the door behind her.

Nisha slumped down in her chair and frustratedly opened her laptop.

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Radhika walked to the parking lot and entered her car. As she put the keys and started up the car, she noticed that it wasn't working.

"What the hell?" muttered Radhika.

She continuously tried to make the car start but the aim was unsuccessful. Radhika got out of the car and looked in the back and she was horrified with what she saw.

All her tires were completely flat.

Radhika curled her hands into fists when she suddenly heard casual whistling. She closed her eyes because she knew exactly who was behind this whole fiasco.

"Krish!" she yelled.

The whistling stopped and footsteps could be heard. Krish appeared in front of Radhika with a very nonchalant stare and casual facial expression plastered on his face.

"Is this your idea of some kind of a pathetic joke? Because if you did this, then it is the most unamusing prank someone has ever pulled on me. Not that anyone has ever had the audacity to puncture my tires." said Radhika.

"Exactly what gives you the idea that I did this?" asked Krish innocently.

"Please Krish. Your car is parked in my spot and my car is parked in your spot. The boss only has one parking!" said Radhika. "You must have bribed the guard for my car keys since I gave them to him, and switched our parking spots around, and then punctured my tires," said Radhika.

"Wow! You are quite fast. Looks like I underestimated your brainpower Radha." said Krish with a cheeky smile.

Radhika looked at him unamused by his childish shenanigans. She dialed a number to get someone to repair her tires and as soon as she hung up, she viciously snatched Krish's car keys from his hand and headed over to start his car.

"Hey! What are you.."

His sentence was cut off as Radhika started his car and pulled up right next to Krish. She rolled the windows down and put her sunglasses on so he couldn't see her eyes. She was masked underneath a tool which helped her conceal her emotions and hide the truth behind her eyes.

"Only a boss gets special privileges, Malhotra. Next time use your money for something useful instead of bribing people. It is only fair that you give me your car so that I can ride home in a secure manner. I'll give you your car back tomorrow. With that, I'll be heading off home. Good night!"

"Did you just play tit for tat with me?" asked Krish incredulously.

"You can call it that if you want," she said smugly.

Radhika rolled up the window of Krish's car and slowly she drove toward the road and was gone in the distance with Krish standing there stripped of his vehicle and his confidence.