Chapter 175 - 174. President... You mean Shreya?

On the completely different part of the world, things were not so smooth.

Anand felt a headache coming as he looked through the papers on his table and the girl in front of him.

She looked extremely timid and scared out of her mind. She looked as if she was going to be hugging the ground any moment now. As if her knees would give away if he had as much as even breathed her way.

"Why didn't you say this before??" Anand asked. In spite of himself, his voice still showed his irritation.

"Sir, I… I just… Madam…" The little girl stammered around without being able to get any coherent words out.

Anand let out a sigh and just signaled her to go. After all, he knew he couldn't get much out of the girl while the papers in front of him already told him everything without anyone having to tell anything. So there was no use in scaring the girl more than she already was.

The little girl scrambled out of the office in a hurry stumbling around a few times. Then he took the phone and called through the intercom to his secretary.

"Call up the planning department. I want to see Director Susmitha as soon as she clocks in…"

But to his utter annoyance, Sushmitha did not come to his office until almost noon.

"Hello, uncle. I am sorry I was caught up with some work and could only come now!!" She entered the office as if she owned the place and talked leisurely.

Anand looked at her with blazing eyes. But his lips remained sealed as he asked in an ice-cold voice, "What were you so busy with that you ignored the direct orders of the CEO??"

Susumitha stiffened immediately seeing his stance.

"Sorry uncle…"

Actually, she was out shopping with her friends and came to the office late. It was a regular thing too but she kept getting away with it since her surname was a Srivastav.

Even though Shreya had a reputation of a brat in the office, she was almost always on time and she never bothered anyone. She always came and stayed at her office most of the time and went out. And since her office is in the restricted floor, nobody really knew what she was up to. So, people looked at her with envy and mockery but never hated her. But it was not the same with Susmitha… she acted arrogantly and bossed everyone around in her department.

Shreya knew about her acting out… but she gave her a levy since she was family. If Susmitha did something excessive to anyone of her staff, Shreya simply moved them to another department away from Sushmitha's reach. And any losses suffered by the company due to her cousin's carelessness would be directly reimbursed by Shreya personally. And when Shreya wasn't around, she would ask Akash to cover for them. That was the whole reason why Susmitha's and Mithun's life in the company had been so smooth sailing so long.

But now since both of them weren't at the office, this came to Anand's attention and he was not one to tolerate such behavior in office no matter who it was. And of course, even though Shreya had turned a blind eye towards her cousins, she had detailed paper works and evidence to their mischiefs just so she can use it at times of need.

But this time around things was a bit more complicated. This time around, the complaint was that she has stolen the design plans of interns in her department.

And when Anand enquired about it, it did not seem to be a solitary incident either.

Seeing her stunned look, Anand just shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter now. Go and write a resignation letter and submit it. And clear your desk before leaving." He said in a stern authoritative tone.

"WHAT? Why? What did I do? Is it that bitch Shreya? Did she say something to you? Uncle, do not believe her… she is probably taking revenge for what I said to her during the new years." Susmitha defended herself anxiously.

"Shut up!" Anand grudged when he heard her swearing Shreya.

"Believe me, uncle. I did not do anything. She is framing me now because of what is said to her in anger at the party." Sushmitha persisted.

Anand sneered, "You think she is so idle like you who comes to office at noon… you think she has to make an effort to frame you when she has years worth of evidence to sack you?" And then he flunked the file with all the evidence towards Sushmitha.

Susmitha scrambled over the file with a blank expression. In it was every last piece of evidence against everything she ever did in the company. From embezzlement of company funds to bribery she had accepted against approval of project… there was evidence for everything.

"This… this is fake… forged! If she already had all this evidence, how could I have worked here for so long?" Susmitha dragged on desperately.

"Okay, let's say this evidence is fake. Then answer this… the plan you have submitted yesterday under your name… explain it in detail right now. Then I will agree that the evidence is fake." Anand replied and looked at her sarcastically.

"I… I… I don't remember… I will get back to you this evening…" Susmitha stammered going pale.

"Don't even try, Susumitha. No matter how much you try, you are no match for her. Now go and prepare your resignation and submit it to me before today ends. Or else I will have to send in a notice for sacking you tomorrow morning. I hope it doesn't come down to it… Now get out." Anand said sternly going back to his work without really bothering with Susmitha.

Susmitha walked out of the doors. Her face was pale drained of any traces of blood. As soon as she reached her own department, she called in the intern.

The same puny girl walked in scared out of her wits.

"It wasn't me… it wasn't me… I did not report it, Director. I did not… please believe me… I don't dare…" The little girl confessed trembling. Her whole body was shaking uncontrollably. But before she could even finish saying anything…

Smack…

She fell to ground clenching her cheeks.

Susmitha directed all her anger and humiliation on to the little girl. But before she could lift her legs to kick her, one of her employees had barged into her office without permission.

"Get out…" Susmitha barked without even taking her eyes off of the little girl trembling in the ground.

But the employee did not walk out. Instead, she walked inside and stood between Susmitha and the intern.

"Did you not hear me… I said get out!!" Susmitha yelled with blazing eyes pointing at the doors.

"Sorry… I cannot do that. I just got the promotion notice. This is my office from today and this is a person under me. I cannot let you bully her…" The person said firmly and calmly.

Susmitha blanked for a second. But when she comprehended what was happening, her anger reached another level. With one clean sweep, all the contents of her desk came down crashing.

"Who sent you the notice?" Susmitha asked suspiciously. After all, she just left Anand's office. There was no way he had already sent the notice. He had given her until the end of today to hand in the resignation. So it did not make sense for him to send the promotion notice before that.

"I always had standing orders from the President from last time you had beaten an intern to a pulp. If something similar starts again, I was explicitly instructed to intervene…" The person replied calmly.

"President… Do you mean Shreya?" Susmitha blurted out pissed.

The other person calmly nodded her head and stood her ground. If it really came down to it, she really has nothing to be afraid of Susmitha. Her own skill in combat was far superior, and Shreya explicitly instructed that her primary goal is the protect the person and herself… the rest Shreya will be personally liable.

Susmitha suddenly remembered the last time she had beaten someone. Shreya had called her to her office and said one single sentence.

"You raise your hands on anyone ever again, you can forget about working here."

"Get out, both of you." Susmitha barked out. The more she thought, the more pissed she got. But she was powerless.

Both of them had the same surname… but the difference between them was insurmountable. This made her angry and extremely jealous. She had never hated Shreya more than this very moment. Shreya even took away the one thing she could vent her anger on…

For her, the intern was a nameless faceless person… nobody will care about or question her if she broke a few bones. But Shreya took even that chance away from her. She found it hard to digest the resentment and hate at the moment.