Falling For My Arrogant Boss

Chapter 11: The Morning After

The next morning, sunlight came through the window.

Rita woke up and found herself alone. The candle had melted. Sujan was gone. For a second, she thought last night was just a dream.

But then she saw it - Sujan's jacket was still on her chair. He had left it to cover her when she fell asleep.

Her cheeks turned red.

Downstairs, Sujan was sitting at the breakfast table, acting like nothing happened. His face was cold again, just like before. But his eyes - his eyes kept looking at Rita.

"Good morning," Moni, Rita's sister, said on a video call on Sujan's phone. "How is Rita? Is she okay?"

Sujan looked at Rita, who was coming down the stairs. "She is... fine."

Rita's heart stopped. Her sister. She had almost forgotten about her sister.

Guilt hit her like a storm.

After the call ended, Sujan stood up. He walked past Rita and whispered so only she could hear, "About last night... forget it. It was a mistake."

Rita felt her eyes fill with tears. A mistake? Was her first feeling of being safe, of being cared for, just a mistake to him?

"No," she whispered back, her voice shaking but strong for the first time. "I won't forget it. And you won't either, Sujan."

Sujan froze. He turned and looked at her, shocked. The shy, scared girl was gone. In front of him stood a woman who was finally fighting for what she wanted.

And what she wanted was him.