Liasion

1. Artharva Rajwanshi

Bengaluru, India

Typing furiously on the keyboard, Atharva Rajwanshi was fully engrossed in his work when there was a knock on his office door. A second later his secretary peeked her head inside and waited for his attention.

On not hearing anything, he looked up from his laptop screen for a fleeting moment and saw his secretary Anisha Gerawal standing silently. Shaking his head, he looked down again and resumed his work on laptop.

Atharva : Are you just gonna stand here Miss. Anisha or speak something??

Anisha jerked straight hearing her boss's cold and strict voice and said in her professional tone : Sorry to disturb you sir but your mother called.

Atharva looked at her with a blank face : And??

Anisha gulped but maintained her posture : And I said her that you are busy but she insisted to talk!!

Atharva clenched his jaw in annoyance and looked at his wrist watch. He has an important meeting in sometime and he can't deal with his family's emotional drama right now. Even though he loves his family to bits and pieces but still he prefers his privacy a bit more.

Atharva : Leave!! I will take care of it!!

Anisha nodded quickly and left his office as if her ass was on fire. She breathed in relief as soon as she reached her desk.

Anisha : Phew!! What an intimatidating man he is!!

Artharva wrapped up his meeting an hour later and was about to sit in his car to go home when his personal phone rang. He opened the door of his silver Porsche and clicked on his bluetooth device before igniting the engine and reversing his car out of his gigantic office basement.

Caller : What is this Atharva?? I was waiting for your call since two hours......

Hearing his mother's sweet yet complaining voice, a small genuine smile formed on Atharva's lips : Mom I was busy when you called. I would have given you a call later when I reach home....

Natasha Rajwanshi, Atharva's mother, sighed on the other end : Son its weekend tomorrow. Why don't you come here to stay!!

Atharva gripped the steering wheel tight taking a sharp turn at the end of the street : Mom not again please!

Natasha : Atharva till wh....

Atharva : Is there any particular reason you called Mom??

Natasha : I just wanted to hear your voice Atharva. Even though you don't care but your Dad and I love you son and we care for you.

Atharva blinked his eyes feeling guilt spread in his chest hearing the helplessness coating his mother's tone. They don't deserve to be ignored by him even unintentionally.

Atharva : Mom make your special breakfast tomorrow morning. I will join you guys

Natasha's tone elated hearing her son's words : Promise you will come home??

Atharva : Yes mom I will.

Natasha : Alright then see you tomorrow. Your Dad will be so happy to hear this.

Atharva : Take care Mom! Goodnight!

He disconnected the call without waiting for her reply and parked his car adjacent to his other cars in his alloted parking space. Grabbing his laptop bag and bunch of files he brought with him, he entered the private elevator and punched the code for his penthouse on thirtieth floor. Right from the childhood he has always liked to make it big and be on top and as he grew up, he made it as he had wished.