chapter 23

A bad day already inviting me inside, then what could I do! So I said to Sarojini "hey, listen when we will go inside I will directly talk to him about function then we will leave this place, so at any cost don't leave me alone there". I planned in this way so that we could only discussed about work then I would leave this place without any argument with Aditya. But I didn't realised that I was acting suspicious infront of Sarojini. She said"Hey, what's wrong with you Smruti... This is not like you ...why are you  nervous!". Yes actually I was behaving strange. I got nervous and talking something rubbish. Sarojini said"You are a confident girl whom I admire a lot, but  it's my first time to see you like this". By saying this she smiled but I was still thinking what If Aditya says something rubbish to me infront of Sarojini!  I didn't wanted to fight. Then finally we entered his chamber. He was seating on his chair and was reading some files. Sarojini said "may we come in! Sir". He looked at us and said "please come in!". Then offered us seat. I was staring at him for a moment. He was wearing a white shirt, sleeves were half folded, holding a pen and seriously looking at the files. That made me recalled the Aditya of my past and he was  very handsome that day. For a short time period I was lost in his beauty then suddenly Sarojini said "say ". I came back to my senses and told to myself "what am I doing! I can't lost myself in devil's charm". Then I came back to my original self and said " Actually Sir we are...". I was just starting but suddenly he stopped me and said to Sarojini "Mam, I like to hear it from you". Sarojini was surprised and also happy so she started to explain the reason for us to their. I understood Aditya's intention, he intentionally wanted to ignore me to make me feel bad. But I was very well informed about his actions and it was really childish. I just sat quietly, after Sarojini's explanation  he said "it's an honor to do that but I had to visit a place for work I don't think it's possible for me to return in that day". Yaa, he was saying truth after all he was an IAS officer, he was a busy person . Then he said to Sarojini "But I can try......if you buy me a cup of coffee now,  from the shop that infront of our office  then I can really try". He was not the type of person who  just wanted a cup of coffee to go there. Then I understood he wanted to send Sarojini away. Sarojini got happy and said "Yes, I can do that .. I will bought the coffe now". She stands up and wanted go out for coffee, then I also stands up and said "let's go together". I didn't want to stay their alone with him. But he said" she will come back soon, you don't have to go their". I realised that I was right, he wants me to stay alone with him. Sarojini also said to me in a slow voice" you stay here otherwise he will feel bad". By saying this she left. Then in a room it was only Aditya and me, it was very akward. What would happen next! I was confused, should I say something or not! Then he said" I want to talk something important to you". It was great that he was talking nicely. So I asked politely "what is it?" . He had something to talk what can it be! But he said something that made me speechless. He said "I know that we can't go back to the past, I'm sorry that I have done and said something bad to you". I was surprised by listening his words. He was sorry for his behaviour in past days. Then he said "Can I be your friend again!".