Chapter 73 - Re-hired

Vihaan was sitting on his chair in the conference room with his employees, wearing a black shirt in his usual style and grey pant. His focus was on the presentation shown by his manager, but his mind was on Shanaya, whose gaze was continuously on him.

He was more than pleased to have her attention, and the idea made him realized how much he enjoys her attention. He wanted her focus solely on him, not for the moment, but for the lifetime, for eternity.

He wanted her to see just him, to blush while looking at him, to feel those heat waves he feels when he would look at her or would pass close to her. He wanted her to feel and do everything he was feeling and doing for her.

But, but, he was not going to show it to her, ever. Besides, the idea of her chasing him after being ignored was captivating and excited. He had seen her trying to talk to him since the morning, but, he was not going to give her the chance easily. He wanted to be worth her hard work.

Sitting across Vihaan, Shanaya had no idea what the presentation was about, her eyes without her consent was on every gesture of Vihaan.. And, she was grateful in her mind for her position for the first time. At least, she would not be fired for her lack of attention!

Since the morning, she had wanted to talk to Vihaan. But Vihaan had not glanced at her at all, ignoring her every time she had tried to initiate to such level she no longer felt like talking to him at all!

"Fine, he doesn't want to talk to me, I too will not talk to him!" speaking to herself like a child, Shanaya glanced at him with anger and saw his attention focused on the presentation.

God! How much she wanted to beat the crap out of him, but she was the one to seed it, she was the one to make him anger him by not telling him things, but she had changed overnight, hadn't she? She was even ready trying to initiate the conversation unlike herself.

But looking at Vihaan, she doubted it and wondered "Are we going back to 'no-talk' phase?" and she was brought to reality when she heard Vihaan.

"Erina, send me the copies in my office" speaking at the end of the presentation, Vihaan stood up from his chair and stealing a glance at Shanaya who was busy answering someone, Vihaan walks out of the room with a smile that would have seemed precious to someone.

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Pacing in her room, sitting on her chair, and repeating the action, Shanaya played with her fingers, hair and the glass paperweight kept on her desk. An hour passed, and she did nothing. She needed to talk to Vihaan, but keeping in mind his behaviour, she was uncertain about it.

Coming to rest, she took her phone out from her red pant and dialled a number. She waited for a minute, meanwhile pacing and spoke with the mixture of relief and excitement" Hey Riya, I need your help." She spoke for a while, told her things she wanted and ended the call after five minutes with "Thank you, sweetheart, I love you."

Next, she dialled another number, but the tension was now evident on her face as if it was an important call. The urge to cut the call was prominent, but she somehow controls herself and spoke when she heard the voice on another end" Hey, Saaransh."

She talked to him for five-ten minutes and, when she finished the call, she was beaming. She opened her office door to exit and walked toward the Vihaan's office with a satisfied expression filling her face.

She was halfway when she saw Alok, the guard emerging, out from Vihaan's office and she furrowed. As far as she knew, Vihaan had fired him for not telling about the incident and, she ponders why he was in the company.

Her confusion was soon solved when, Alok saw her in the middle of the way and, coming close to her, greeted her.

Greeting him back, Shanaya looked back at Vihaan's office, the feeling of betrayal rising inside her when she met Alok's eyes, but, they were not the eyes of the person who had betrayed and, Shanaya felt relieved.

He had not betrayed Shanaya and, it was confirmed when Shanaya heard Alok" Mam, you are a brave woman and I feel proud to hide things for you, but as a concern person, I think you should take Vihaan sir's help. He is willing to help you and, I can see he will not judge you for anything."

Hearing him say, Shanaya looked at him and smiling her genuine smile, spoke" Mr Alok, I thank you for supporting me and I am sorry for causing trouble for you. I will do anything to make him rehire you."

At this, Alok smiled. Looking at her as a father, he spoke:" He rehired me."



"What?" looking at him with confusion, Shanaya looked again at Vihaan's office and before Alok could say anything, she spoke," Did you tell him something??"

Alok remained silent, giving away the secret, the feeling of betrayal and anxiety rising again in Shanaya's mind and heart, but, they vanished when Alok spoke:" I just told him what I saw, nothing more, nothing less."

Closing her opened mouth, Shanaya nodded her head several times, as if she was accepting it. If Alok could get his job back just by stating what he saw, he had not betrayed her at all!

"Thank you so much, Alok. I owe you, and I will remember it for my lifetime." shaking her hands with him, she conveys how thankful she was to him and walked toward her ultimate destination, Vihaan's office.

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