"Riya's point of view," I didn't give a damn about what the office gossip might have had to say about Rachit and me right then. Rachit understood all I wanted was to have lunch with him, and he wanted to assist me in de-stressing. We sat face-to-face on the chair, which was already set up for the lunch table preparations. Although I was no longer enraged by him, I continued to express my dissatisfaction with him regularly. He inquired, his hand resting on mine. "Do you still have a problem with me?" Instantaneously, I yanked my palm away from his grasp and declared, "No, I'm not." "So, what's the deal with you being so deafeningly quiet?" He expressed himself in a solemn tone. "Do you mean to tell me I'm excessively chatty?" I retorted with great vehemence. In

