The Nerd and The Brat ✔️

Epilogue

Hello Fam :)

It's a glimpse into some of Manik's future. I am not showing everything. We are skipping time. :P

Happy Reading...

"Congratulations, Mr. Malhotra. We hope you would like working with us. Our manager would show you to your desk. Feel free to barge in if you have any problem."

Manik rolled his eyes at his mother. In the past year since she had made up with Cabir, he could see where the dramatic flair of his baby brother was coming from.

"Mom, you need to be more professional than this. Remember, I am an intern now", he told.

"I thought I was being professional. What gave it away?", asked his mother.

Manik raised an eyebrow. "Which intern barges inside their CEO's room when they have a problem."

Nyonika leaned back in her chair and smirked. "Don't I just love all your logics?"

Beside them, their manager was trying to stifle his laughter. One of the requests he made before accepting the offer letter was not to baby him in the office, especially the manager.

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Manik found his place on the ground floor. His manager, after showing him with the place, gave him the system passwords and a note containing telephone extensions to be used inside the office. He thanked the person, logged into the system before starting for the day. Manik glanced up when someone put a coffee cup on his table.

"You didn't even lift your head up since you started. I thought you could use some caffeine", said the girl.

Manik had been to the office a number of times and knew almost all the staff. Since it was the first time he was noticing her, he thought she could be one of the new employees. She might have noticed the confusion on his face and forwarded her hand to him.

"Hi, I am Meera, an intern here. Are you the new intern?", she said.

"Manik", he introduced himself and shook her hand before sipping the coffee. He hadn't realized it was already the coffee break. "Thanks for this. I guess I got lost at work. I am really unsure of the things as of now."

She let out a soft laugh. "Give it some time. It's been only a few hours since you have joined."

They talked for a while. She had joined a week ago which explains why she didn't know him. The rest of the staff were wary about talking to the boss's son and Meera, being unaware, was the only one he had an interaction with. They had their lunch together after Nyonika texted him about going for some meeting. He replied back asking her to have her lunch. It was already the closing time when Meera again called him. She was packing her things.

"You know you don't need to complete all your work on the first day itself", she told. "You are being way too serious for an intern."

Manik chuckled. If only she knew he wasn't being the intern under training for the job. Before Manik could say something, she was already slinging her bag on her shoulder.

"You aren't going home?", she asked.

"No, I need to submit it to the boss before leaving", he told.

She was surprised, to say the least. "Meeting the boss on the first day of your work. Impressive. Is she taking care of your project personally? What are you working on?", she asked.

"I apologize, it's confidential", he told. He was a college student a few days back and now a CEO-under-training. In a few months, he would be the boss to the people he was now working with and Manik wasn't exactly comfortable with the idea of it. At least there was someone who is not treating him like the boss's son and it was a good feeling.