Strange Aroma in the Elevator

Runaway CEO

"You have got to be kidding me!" Someone screamed on top of their lungs, there were lots of people gathered around in the conference room all looking at the stressed-out person with weird gazes

Lisa looked around herself and found almost everyone looking at her like she was crazy. She smiled at them politely then looked at her assistant low-key glaring at her.

"Where in the hell is she? Didn't you inform her about how important today's meeting is?" Lisa glared at her assistant suppressing her bursting anger.

Her assistant Neha was trembling with fear as she was the one to remind their boss about today's board meeting, which she did by the way, but that stubborn brat wouldn't pick the phone or read the texts.

"Get out of my face, and bring me, Miara Ahuja, right now " she screeched furiously as she stomps away into the break room, screaming on top of her lungs.

Neha sighs in exhaustion and pulls out her phone dialing a number she knew too well.

"Why weren't you picking up?" Neha asked annoyed with the receiver.

"Because I knew what you were going to ask, and no I haven't seen her, I have been trying to track her whereabouts but it feels dumb using same the technology she created," someone replied sarcastically on the other side, of the phone.

"What kind of bodyguard are you? You don't know where she is?" Neha asked while speed walking to the lobby trying not to be too suspicious about the inner havoc that was created not long ago.

"I don't even know why I was hired in the first place, I'm a bodyguard but I don't know whose body I have to guard," he replied annoyed with the same conversation they have been having for a while now.

"Just find her before Lisa kills us both" they hung up praying to their stars to help them in this crazy mess.

on the other hand, Lisa kept trying to get hold of Miara, she called her phone more than a hundred times but still no answer, after trying for too long she finally picked up.

"Hello?" asked a sleepy voice, Lisa was about to burst out.

"Why the hell are you still sleeping? don't you know what time it is?" Lisa screeched furiously, "Don't bother replying, just get here in ten minutes all the board members are already here" she walked out of her room and smiled as she strode towards the conference room.

Miara opened one of her eyes and looked around herself, she pulled the soft sheets closer to her body and laid there comfortably in her bed, but something was not right. she got off the bed and found she was in a different room than Her's, she walked around and found a balcony. she pushed open the door and stood there speechless, Lisa was going to lose her s**t.

"Um... I don't think I can be there in ten" she confessed as she looked at her room again and found an empty bottle of vodka lying on the white floor. That explains the crazy headache.

"What do you mean?" Lisa stopped in her steps and gave Miara her full attention.

"I don't think I'm in Delhi or India," she said looking at the beautiful Eiffel Tower," I think I'm kn Paris," she pulled the phone away from her ear at the exact time Lisa started screaming her lungs out, she pulled an irritated face while listening to Lisa's lecture about being irresponsible. "Listen, you are the vice president of the company, I'm sure you can handle those old farts, just remember who you are, I believe in you. you got this " she hung up on Lisa and threw her phone on the bed, then threw herself on the bed next to her phone.

"What a way to ruin my vacation" Miara mumbled to herself then drifted off to a nap. unbothered about the trouble she put Lisa through.

Lisa sighed gathering enough strength to get this over with, she entered the conference room and smiled at the eleven board members of all ages. "I'm sorry for the delay, unfortunately, Ms. Ahuja won't be joining us today due to a viral cold she caught a few days ago, she feels bad about missing out on our today's meeting, " she explained to the crowd and they started mumbling among themselves.

"Again? this is the third time she has missed our meetings, seems like she can't handle these responsibilities of the CEO" one of the board members spoke eagerly, Lisa suppressed an eye roll at the old man, he has been after Miara for as long as they can remember, he has this viewpoint where women cannot be felt to handle the issues of the corporate world. well of course Miara has always put him back in his place but he never learns.

"As we all know how hardworking she is, she overworks herself to her limits, exhaustion has taken a toll on her health, she will be well and ready to work in a few days," Lisa smiled at the old fart and watched him return that fake smile with one of his. "Now that the matter is resolved, let us begin the presentation about our new feature on the live tracking." she continues the meeting without any disturbances.

Somewhere in the streets of the beautiful city, Paris. a beautiful lady with dark waist-length hair, 5'7 height, a slim figure with curves in the right place, fair beautiful skin with brown eyes walked around in winter evening holding a cup of hot chocolate. Miara Ahuja was enjoying her surroundings and was carefree not being bothered by what people thought about her. the vacation came to a halt when she got the call early in the morning, she boarded the first flight out to New Delhi and flew back home.

"Ma'am, wake up we have landed at the Delhi international airport," the air hostess woke her up, she nodded her head at her and took out her bags while waking out of the plane when she walked out of the airport, she saw a man stomping furiously towards her, she chuckled at him as he approached her.

"At least let me know next time, Lisa almost had my head because I had no clue about your whereabouts, " he complained as he snatched my bags out of my hands, he grumbled annoyed with the situation.

Miara pats on his shoulder "Now, where's the fun in that, learn to live a little Ronit, you only get one life" she teased him while walked towards her car, he sighed tiredly and walked to the car. she held out her hands and he knew what she wanted, he pulled out the keys to the SUV and placed them in her palms.

"Please, don't crash it" he warns her but she ignored him, she got into the driver's seat and he put all her bags in the back seat. he sighed before getting in the passenger seat, they drove off to her house without any accidents on the way.

she parked the car in the parking lot of her apartment building, Ronit followed her holding her bags, "I don't understand why you live in this place when you have a perfectly good mansion in the rich part of the city," Ronit commented when we got into the elevator, there were about seven floors in this building and only two elevators, one of them hardly worked. there were two houses on each floor, they were nothing much but it was nice.

"This place has a special meaning in my life Ronit, this feels like home" Miara replied while pressing 7 on the control panel. they reached their destination and she opened the door to her apartment and Ronit helped place her bags in her room.

"You can leave now, I will see you tomorrow," Miara told Ronit walking into her bathroom to take a hot shower, Ronit looked around her apartment and sighed, he went down to a nearby groceries store and bought all the necessary food items of her liking, he dropped them off at her apartment and locked the door using his keys, Ronit was in his late twenties and was married to his high school sweetheart.

He admired Miara like a little sister he never had, the only reason he tolerated her bratty behavior is because after spending four years with her he knew her too well, she was just a lonely soul with anger issues. he closed her door and when down to the lobby using the elevator, while he was on his way out, he bumped into someone that was walking towards the elevator holding huge cardboard boxes. he apologized and went on his way towards the SUV.

The person holding the box glanced at the man that bumped into him and nodded his head at his apology, he balanced the box while pressing the button on the panel, placed the heavy box on the floor, and leaned on the wall.

He closed his eyes for a second and that's when he smelled it, a unique scent, an aroma of something extraordinary. the fragrance was enchanting, his tired body relaxed as he takes the aromatic fragrance in, he smiled tiredly wondering who might this sweet fragrance belongs to?