Entwined with love

Chapter-10

Arinya's POV

It's been one and a half weeks since that embarrassing encounter with Mr. King and his friends in his office. I really made a fool of myself in front of all three of them. Jesus, they are basically celebrities... How can I not know who they were before that meeting?

Yesterday, I moved into a new rented apartment. This is Elle and John's mutual friend's apartment which was vacant for the past month. When I first talked to Elle about my decision last week, she clearly wasn't happy about it. She kept forcing me to drop this decision and stay with her but I didn't want to trouble her anymore. Though I loved living with her..I mean who wouldn't love to live with their best friend and her company is the most comforting to me in this entire world but she had already done a lot for me and I didn't want to take advantage of her kindness.

So after a lot of discussions and pleadings we settled on two conditions eventually. First, that we'll find an apartment for me near hers and second that I won't hesitate calling her whenever I would need her. I accepted her proposal happily and she helped me find a good and an affordable rented apartment just a few blocks away from her own. She is literally the best friend anyone can ever have.

It's not a very huge apartment but since I only live here, it's quite spacious for me. I really like this pleasant feeling of having the space all by myself. I feel independent and free like never before. I feel that I am no longer trapped between the four walls that used to be my home sometime back.....

Last week, the meeting with the European clients went smoothly. They loved our work and approved it. My first ever team project in this company was a success. Also, a new and an even bigger project is assigned to us in the same team again. I am also working on Mr. Aaron Allen's hotel designs modifications.

It's 7:45 in the morning currently and I am practically running here and there to collect my belongings. I guess, it'll take some time for me to get the hang of this whole new life of living alone. Today, I've a meeting with Mr. Allen too to show him the designs I've finalized and I hope he likes it too. After gathering all my work stuff, I kept it in my handbag and went straight in the kitchen to make breakfast for myself. I quickly made bacon and eggs. I ate my breakfast while watching a Netflix show. After finishing my food, I did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen counter as well. I looked around one last time to check if everything's fine before I head out for work. I grabbed my handbag and house keys and stepped outside the apartment. I locked my apartment and took a cab for office.

Once I reached the office building, I checked time on my wristwatch and it showed 8:50 AM. I stepped inside the elevator and pressed 47 on it. The doors of the elevator were about to shut when David jumped in startling me.

"Oh hey Arinya." He spoke.

"Hi David." I replied politely.

"I didn't mean to startle you, it was just.." He whispered.

"Oh, no problem." I smiled at him.
Our respective cabins are on the same floor as well.

His phone rang and he started talking to whoever it was on the other end. I just stood there waiting for the elevator to reach our floor and the doors to open. Suddenly, the elevator stopped midway with a thud and my heart picked up race. I took a deep breath but it didn't help at all. I looked at David and he pressed few buttons on the elevator repeatedly looking at my panicked face but nothing worked and at that moment it started getting worse for me.
I am claustrophobic, I wasn't one until that incident happened but since then such situations scare me to hell.

With every passing second, my anxiety was just increasing. I started feeling terribly suffocated. My palms were all sweaty and I could feel knots forming in the pit of my stomach. I immediately pulled my phone out of my pocket to call somebody for help but call it my luck, it didn't have any signals. David too checked his phone but it also didn't have any network.