Forced marriage with his Assistant

5

“What are you going to wear?” Esha asked as Adya finished the late bite of her white sauce pasta. some of it dropped to her chin as Adya threw a piece of tissue in her direction laughing.

“For what?” Confusion clouded her face as she asked wiping her lips with the tissue.

“The masquerade party, the one to welcome Mr. Hot shot, Raghuvanshi,” a giggle escaped Esha’s lips as Adya gave her a knowing nod.

‘Everyone has a damn crush on that i***t,’ Adya thought.

“What are you going to wear?” She asked once again as Adya shook her head.

“I have some important work, I might skip the party,” She uttered, imagining his smiling face at others was the most irritating thing ever.

“Are you? Okay,” Esha said with surprise at first but then she decided to respect Adya’s boundaries and just said okay.

“I must work on the brand design now,” Adya said holding her handbag, she went back to the 16th floor and started working again.

Her open hair irritated her, so she tied it in a messy bun before she started working on the brand designs.

Immersed in her work, she did not realize how a pair of eyes were looking at her with admiration through the glass door.

She was going to pick up a pen from her desk when her eyes fell on him, Adya gave him a stare but he just smiled before she put the blinds on.

Relaxing her shoulders, she kept her head on the table, working under Vansh Raghuvanshi was exhausting.

The vibration of her phone broke the peaceful moment, hitting the green icon a smile made its way to her lips.

“Hey Uncle Ro,” She said to her former boss.

“Adya, my child,” the glow on his face was admiration-worthy, for the first time in years, Rohan Raghuvanshi looked happy.

“How is it going there?” He asked curiously

“Your son gave a whole new project to the whole team, we are all working on that,” Adya said the truth in a bitter tone, the time limit given by him was much less than needed. she was not extravagating.

“Anyways, can you arrive a little earlier at the party and look after the preparations, I don’t trust Malik with all this,” He said showing her the preparations for the party tonight through the video call.

Adya’s smile fell noticeably, “ Sorry Uncle Ro, I was not planning to be at the party,” She said, feeling horribly guilty, she had always managed things for Rohan, she was just an assistant for him but looking at her skills, even after not having a higher degree, he made her the manager.

“Are you going on a date?” he asked excitedly making Adya’s eyes bulge out.

“W-what? No—no!” Adya hurriedly corrected him.

“Ugh! Fine, I will miss having you around child, bye,” Rohan said before he hung up the video call. Perhaps not want to show his disappointment.

Adya sighed taking her lip between her teeth, Rohan had done so much for her and now he was just expecting her to look after the preparations.

“Should I go?" Adya said to herself before a knock on her cabin door surprised her.

“Come in,” She said fixing her hair a little.

But her cool attitude was thrown out of the window the moment she saw Vansh entering her cabin with a packet in his hands.

“Here,” he said keeping that packet on the table and moving back.

“What is this?” Adya asked eyeing the packet suspiciously.

“Don’t worry, not a bomb, at least not for now,” he said knowingly how she gets irritated by him so soon.

Vasnh Raghuvanshi has an undeniable talent for irritating her.

“What do you need Van—I mean Mr. Raghuvanshi,” The smile on Vansh’s face grew even wider, her habit of calling him by his name was the sweetest. He so badly wanted her to take his name again.

He loved that one about it, for years he imagined how she would take his name again, and here they are with the plans of destiny.

Adya on the other hand grew flustered for a second before she composed herself.

“I want you to wear this, “He said and patted at the packet like it was his most precious possession.

“In the party tonight,” He finished off with a smile.

But Adya shook her head, “I have my own clothes, Mr. Raghuvanshi, I don’t desire any special treatment from you, you may take this back,” She said and focused back on the computer screen. However, VAnsh was still there, gazing at her.

“So, you won’t wear this?” He asked once again.

“No,” Adya’s tone was the rudest he had ever listened to. Well, he kind of deserved it.

"Even if I request you?" His tone turned soft for a second, Her hard gaze trembled too, and the urge to look at him won as she turned to him biting the inside of her cheek.

"This is not professional behavior, Mr Raghuvanshi," She stated the fact.

"Unlearn the reality for tonight, can you?" He questioned, hoping for her to say yes.

"It's the reality for a reason, Mr. Raghuvasnhi," She wanted to maintain her calm composure, Esha was about to knock on the door but when she heard some voices from inside she stopped herself and walked away.

"Please?" He tried one last time.

"No," She deined staright off.

“We’ll see,” He said with a smile taking the packet in his hands, and walked out of the cabin, leaving a confused Adya behind.

“You’ll wear this, Jaan,” He said to himself.

“By hook or by crook,”