Part-2Kabir's POV
"Come into my office right now Ms Kashyap..." I ordered sternly. She just nodded meekly in reply and gathered her things.
"Ronnie...I
need those tapes, I asked you to edit before...and Richa, get me the
police report about the suicide case" Everyone was back to their work in
mere seconds.
Authority. That what I held.
Taking the
unusual slow steps rather then her confident quick ones, she approached
me and followed in as I turned around and closed my eyes momentarily.
"Control Kabir...You are going to scare her more" Telling myself, I took a deep breath before asking her to take a seat.
Ronnie
was quick as he get in after a knock and handed over the CDs to me but
his lingering eyes on Ananya, were hard for me to not notice.
And that enraged the already burning blood inside me.
Seeing my glare, Ronnie quickly passed a forced smile and practically ran away.
My
eyes then shifted to Ananya, who was just looking down. Her curly hairs
were falling on one side of her shoulder, giving me a good glimpse of
her other strong one, covered with a strap.
As if the earlier torture of seeing her in the arms of another man wasn't enough.Till now, I never knew the element of possessiveness was a part of my being.
"Sir?" My eyes moved above to her face now to find her looking back at me, intently.
"Hmm..."
Clearing my mind and throat, I pushed the CD in the DVD ROM and turned
the screen towards her before getting up and moving into the seat next
to her.
"Just note down the things you find unusual in this
footage...You are following up this case of Mr Purohit's
suicide...Aren't you?" She nodded in approval and get hold of a pen from
the pen holder and a notepad from the side.
Pressing the play
button, I leaned back into my chair and saw her observing the scenario
with deep concentration but somewhere the flow broke and she looked at
her watch before resuming.
My eyes instantly raised up to the clock in-front. It was 10PM.
Definitely
it was late. I could understand and realize but I so wanted to be get
done with this story tonight. An unsolved story would never make me
sleep comfortably.
Turning back my focus on screen, I was fully
involved before I saw her looking back at her watch and then tapping the
pen onto her fingers.
Is it hard for her to spend some time in my presence?. Another reasonable question grew up in my head that somewhere hurt me.
"Anything wrong Ms Kashyap?" Hardness was dripping from my tone.
"Ahh
Sir...actually...Maa must have been waiting for me back home...Can I
just go out and call her so that she doesn't wait up for me at dinner"
She requested with a pleading look.
But then, How will I be Kabir Sharma if I get too emotional?
Smirking inside, I put up a hard facade and replied in a hard tone.
"Ms
Kashyap...You just have 10 minutes...If you have to call, go to
washroom, eat or whatever...Do it...But once you are back in this
room...I want you to put your 100% concentration in this case...Am I
clear?"
Getting the seriousness of my tone, she nodded and left holding her mobile.
A smile was hard for me to control seeing her in such fearful state but I can't help it. She looks too adorable.
Leaning back on the chair, I took a deep breath and covered my face with my palms.
"Kabir...You seriously need to control your emotions"------------------------------
Ananya's POV."I
don't know what I gonna do now...Its such a big opportunity...to
work with him, to learn the tactics on how to solve a case and here am
I, feeling all mush and trembling. I...Grrhhh...I so dont know
how to sit that close to him and fake ignorance" I chided myself for
acting like a jelly.
Though my eyes were trying their best to be
focused on screen, my whole body was sweating badly. That was the power
of his eyes on me.
Making a genuine excuse, I get out from the room but now while I am out, the unknown emptiness was surrounding my mind.
"Ananya, Are you done? Let's go home?" Ronnie asked me, making me get out from my thoughts.
"Ahh...actually
Ronnie...Am not done yet...We...I...I mean, I am working on this
serious case with Kabir sir...He needs me...I just came out to call
Maa..." I explained my best friend, hoping that he would understand but
before I could notice anything or say anything more, Richa and Trisha
encircled me.
"Ahaan...Ananya Kashyap gets the opportunity to
work with her crush haan..." Trisha punched my shoulder in humor, but
her words did make my cheeks turn hot.
"Of-course, who could be
better than her to work with Mr Sharma...she is the most hardworking
reporter we have...and already just has cracked 3 cases" Richa winked,
praising me in a mean manner.
"Stop it yaar...I need to go
and call Maa...otherwise, she will get worried" Making quick way out, I
moved towards the corner but couldn't help hear Trisha shouting at my
back.
"Don't forget to tell aunty that you will be dropped by ever so handsome Kabir Sharma...Atleast, she won't be worried about your safety"
Gosh! Can't she ever keep quite?Blushing, I dialled Maa's number.
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Kabir's POV.Ananya was still not back...And I felt like, I could use the restroom.
Getting up, I moved out.
Most
of the staff had already left the office...And I found that just
some broadcasting staff that will be here on night shift were working.
Taking note of it all, I moved towards the restroom when a voice reached my ears.
"Maa...You do know how in this profession we work, right?" Ananya was calming her mom down.
A small pause before she spoke again.
"Ok
Maa...stop being worried...You and Armaan go ahead and eat...I will
be back home in another hour or two...I have the keys with me so don't
stay up" **Pause**
"Offo Maa...You know who stopped me
here...Mr Kabir Sharma...He needed me in this case so obviously, he
will drop me off back home...If not, I will take a cab...ok...don't
worry...Good night" Cutting the call, she took a deep breath while My
heart made a small jump.
To hear that she was excited and
counting on me to drop her off was making me feel elated. It proves
that she trusts me a bit more than I thought.
But the next I saw Richa and Ronnie standing near the exit door, busy in a conversation which was loud enough for me to hear.
"Ronnie...Why don't you tell her that you are in love?" Richa asked him and that instantly alerted me.
Her. As in HER...Ananya.
"Richa...If
you can see it than I think even she can see it just by looking at my
face...but then, if she chooses to ignore it...I will take it just
like that...Her friendship is too important for me to loose over a
silly feeling" Ronnie explained as his eyes moved towards a direction.
Turning
around, I saw Ananya just clipping her hair above in a catcher and
after taking a sip from a mineral water bottle, she moved towards my
cabin.
Stopping just before the door, she took a deep breath before getting in.
Just in last 5 minutes, I have observed so many emotions.
Her
excitement, her trust, her friendships, her care and above all, her
self assessment and bracng herself before making a way into my cabin.
Does this all confirms that she feels the say way or even more of what I have started to feel for her?
She was an ardent reader of my columns, my news. That what I was being aware of.
I was her inspiration in this field. A hero.
But was that infatuation stepping up to another level?And keeping in view of my past experience in relationships, Can I allow her in?
||Part-3||
Edited by ..oneOone.. - 8 years ago
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