Akruti Arora
Nila came out of the cabin smiling. When asked she replied to me saying they'll give her a call if she's selected. I congratulated her. I felt very happy for her. When both were chatting I heard my name called.
'Yeah I was the last one to be interviewed'
"You attend and come I'll wait here. And best of luck. ", she said. I thanked her and went to attend the interview.
I neared the CEO's cabin and knocked on the door. I heard a faint 'come in'.  I looked around his office. It was so manly. One side was painted black and the other three white. The theme of the whole room was black and white. I felt that I was actually inside a black and white movie. I entered and saw the guy, sitting with his head held between his palms.
'A stressful day I guess", I heard my sub-conscious say.
'Okay guys it's time for you to shut up' I told them. Of course internally.
I greeted him with a 'good morning sir', but he just nodded his head.
'How welcoming he is', I heard my mind say.
' He's tired I think ', my heart reasoned.
'Seriously they're back again' I thought.
My heart really skipped a beat seeing his face. Handsome & hot. These were the words that popped in my mind after seeing his face. Damn. His face looked as if it was carved from a stone. His black eyes bore into my russet brown eyes. He was just staring at me like he has seen a demon.
At first, I thought something was on me, but after a minute or so, still, he didn't blink his eyes.
'Okay now it's creeping us out', I heard my sub-conscious say.
I flickered my finger in front of him and called him, "Sir??".
All he responded was "huh". Like seriously. What the hell is wrong with this guy? Noticing that he started creeping me out, he quickly changed his demeanor into a cold and arrogant one.
'Wow. I mean, how the hell did he do that?'
"Y-yes. S-so what's your name?", he asked me stuttering. 'Am I intimidating him or what? The CEO of Khannas Inc. is stammering. That too, for a person like me?'
"Akruti Arora", I replied.
"Beautiful name, just like you", I heard him mumble something like that.
"Excuse me. What??", I asked.
"Nothing".
"Okay".
"Your CV please!!", he asked me.
' A CEO saying please. My my this is something else. He's not looking like an arrogant and jerk CEO.' I thought.
As I passed my CV, our fingers slightly brushed. I felt a spark and immediately glanced at him. He too had the same look as mine. We had an eye-lock for a second, and he instantly cleared his throat. He did a quick glance over my CV.
"Impressive. But you seem to be fresher tho." He asked me.
"Yes. I'm. ", and he nodded in response. He asked me a few questions regarding some business situations and I answered him confidently.
"Okay, Miss. We'll give you a call if you're appointed", He said, I nodded my head, thanking him I left.
'Will I get appointed??'
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Viren Khanna
I called Haridas Dadu and told him I have selected the PA, so I asked him to dismiss others. He told the girl I interviewed was the last. I also requested him not to disturb me for some time. And he replied an 'okay'. I got up from my seat and walked back and forth.
'Why am I behaving like this???'
'You like her bro', I heard my sub-conscious say.
"Do I ??"
'Yeah you do' my subconscious replied.
"No??", it was like a question rather than a statement.
I shook my head to clear my thoughts. She was beautiful. Her russet brown held me captive. She looked so hot formal clothes. I think she didn't identify me. But it's okay tho. And her voice, it was so soft, with kindness dripping. Damn her skin was so so soft, like a baby's skin. I felt a spark when our fingers brushed, and she too felt the spark.
'Gosh, I'm sounding like a lovesick puppy. '
"Okay now, Ms. Akruti Arora will be my PA and Ms.Nila as Daksh's PA. Yeah that's great"
'But why do you want her to be your PA', my sub-conscious questioned me.
"Just like that" I replied.
'I see, but you wanted Nila to be your PA', replied my sub-conscious.
"I didn't say that"
'Really? ', my sub-conscious mocked me.
Ignoring my sub-conscious words, and IÂ immediately asked Haridas dadu to send appointment orders to Nila and Akruti Arora.
'Hmmm...Akruti Arora...nice name'. Then I remembered the blunder I did.
"Why did you stammered you dimwit. And you said please too. You even mumbled, Thank God she didn't hear".
'Shit what will happen when dadu and Daksh's comes to know that she's my PA. Gosh, My whole family will tease me to death. I think I can survive for one week. After that start my teasing session. But her Surname sounds similar to me. You stupid there are so many people with the same surname in India. So stop ranting about it.'
'God she'll the death of me'. But anyways
"Welcome to Khannas Inc. AKruti Arora"
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Akruti Arora
After the interview, Nila and I went to the nearby cafe. We were kinda hungry you see. So we entered the cafe, ordered something, and settled ourselves on the chairs. The cafe was cozy.
Nila and I started chatting on some random topics and it ended at celebrity crush. Mine was Mariano di Vaio and Nick Bateman. The same was hers. She was just like me. I felt that she was my lost twin. Our orders arrived and we started digging the foods like we hadn't eaten for years. I called my brother and asked to pick me up.
"Nila what are you gonna do after", I asked her.
"Nothing. I'll be going to my apartment, do nothing". she replied.
"I conclude that you're free. So I'll be taking you to my home so that you can see me..sorry our family members", I said to her. She widened her eyes for a moment.
"No no..I'm not coming." She shook her head in a horizontal direction.
"Yes, you're. And that's final".
She was about to deny, but I gave her a dare-you-deny-me look, she huffed in response and accepted. I can be pretty stubborn sometimes. My brother arrived and I introduced both of them. When Sahil gotta know that Nila is an orphan, he said the same words as mine.
' No, you're not. I'm your brother from now on. So my family becomes your family too'.
Hearing this Nila teared up. Sahil hugged her in a brotherly way and she called him 'Anna'. We both were confused about hearing the word. Then she said 'Anna' means 'Brother' in Tamil.
'Wow. I learned a new word today. That too in a new language.' I hugged both of them. After our hugging session, we went towards our home. On reaching home I made sure she was comfortable. My whole family loved Nila. They treated her to like me. I even saw that her eyes were glistening with tears.
But tears of happiness. She called mom as 'Amma', dad as 'Appa', nanu as 'Thaathaa', and nani as 'paatti'. She even told me that she'll teach me Tamil.
When she gotta know who we really were and how powerful our family is, she asked me the same question, that everyone asks me,
'Why do wanna work, when you have this big empire?'. And then I explained my point of view to her and she immediately sided me. My whole was gathered in the hall and talking about some random topics and about my medical history too. All my family members adored Nila. Suddenly we heard Nila's phone ringing,
"Who's the call?" , I asked her. She just shrugged her shoulder in response.
"Hello...Yea...it's me...What???...Really..thank you so much", saying this she ended the call. We were about to ask her when my phone rang. I instantly picked it up.
"Hai...Yea..that's me...oh my God...okay..thank you", replying I ended the call.
"Who called you both??", dad asked us.
"I got appointed", Nila and I screamed at the same time and we looked at each other. And after that my family too shouted and congratulated us. After a little celebration, we headed to my room.
We both jumped and hugged each other. We were literally screaming. We looked at each other and laughed. We both turned our heads towards each other and spoke at the same time.
"We are appointed".
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Reflections on today's chapter...
So let me clear your doubts, the other language I used is Tamil, so the relation I used in the story are here with their English meaning.
Thaathaa - Grandpa
Paatti - Grandma
Amma - Mom
Appa - Dad
Anna - Brother
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