Chapter 5

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Arya Knock Knock I raised my head to see my assistant Tara standing near the door, looking at me in excitement. “Yes” I answered nonchalantly. “Orders from your father, there are new clients we are onboarding, and he wants you in charge of it. You are the direct point of contact,” she explained, and I sighed. My father finds ways to humiliate me every single day. He could have called me and given me this information, but no, he prefers my assistant more than his own daughter. The only reason he tolerates me is because he wants to control me by keeping me under his radar. People like my father. If they have daughters, their main fear is her running away and ruining their reputation. He loves my sister though, she plays by his rules but unfortunately for him, she couldn’t hold a job to save her life. “I’m already swamped with clients, I can’t handle one more,” I said, rolling my eyes. “Your current clients are split among the other site engineers. Your main priority is this client, it seems. Please check your meeting timings, mailed them to you” She shrugs, before strutting out. “Oh, another thing. Vikas Patel is in the office today." She peeked back into my office and gave me the frustrating news. I can’t handle that asshole today. I leaned back in my chair staring at the ceiling. I sometimes wonder why the hell am I still doing here? Then I remember why, my father won’t rest until he finds me and tortures me in the worst way possible for hurting our family’s reputation. A ping brought me back to the present. I opened my laptop to see a meeting setup in 15 mins with the new clients in the conference room. Great, I have no information on the new client and I will be totally unprepared when I meet them. Sighing, I get up and make my way towards the conference room to get it ready before they arrive. I sat on my usual chair and started a fresh page to note down points on this project when the door opened and a guy walked in that I had never seen before wearing a small smile, followed by others. I paid attention to the first guy. I stood up to greet them, the first guy shook my hand and introduced himself. “Hi, I’m Sohan, Vansh’s lawyer” he said, smiling and took a seat. Whose lawyer now? I turned to see Vihaan and the next guy who came into my vision was Vansh. My future brother-in-law, looking dashing in his black suit. Shaking my head, I greet Vihaan. “Welcome to Royal Constructions,” I shook his hand. “Hi Beautiful.” His words made me stop and stare at him, his smile was blinding and flirty. I gave him an awkward smile and turned towards his brother, who was glaring at his younger brother, who was unbothered and took a seat. “Welcome to Royal Constructions,” I raised my hand to shake his, but he took a break from glaring at his brother and stared at me. A few seconds went by and he kept staring. Do I have something on my face? s**t, I should have gone to the washroom before I came here. “Bhai” Bro Vihaan’s voice brought him back from whatever world he was in. I was about to pull my hand back when his hand reached out and captured my palm in his. His hand was so warm and cushiony. I thought, like his other rugged look, his hands would be rough too, but they were smoother than mine. I pulled back first and took my seat. He takes his seat, right opposite mine. That’s when I realized I had not greeted the woman who came with them. When I turned towards her, I saw her taking a seat beside the lawyer and glaring at me. Woahsa! I’m really quick at making enemies. I gave her an awkward smile and turned towards Vansh. “Hi, shall we begin the meeting?” I said, giving them a smile, and that’s all that was needed for Sohan, the lawyer, to start talking. The whole meeting, I paid more attention to Sohan and Vihaan, who talked more about the project while Vansh sat there silently staring at me. He started to make me feel conscious of myself more than ever. I slowly opened my pocket mirror from my purse and checked my face from underneath the table. Nope, my face looks amazing. Then what is this guy’s problem? By the end of the meeting, I gathered all the information I could that would help me gather a team and start working on his project. Basically, they have acquired a new site that is the size of a mini castle, and they want to build a luxury resort there. It’s in the outskirts of the city. We need to have our architects come up with a design that would suit their requirements. “Great, I got all the information I need to get this project started. Firstly, thank you for choosing our firm. We would love to bring your beautiful resort to life. I’ll just gather a team of architects to give us an initial sketch of the resort. Please share with us your requirements via email and post, then we can have another meeting to discuss the feasibility of those.” I said standing up and all of them stood up, Vansh stood up in ease and buttoned his suit. For some reason, that act alone was hot. “Our team will contact you, and I personally will be overseeing this project” For the first time in this meeting, Vansh talked and his husky voice sounded very thick and scary. All I could do was nod. Having him in my office space has short-circuited my mind. All of them walked out and Vihaan gave me a flirty smile before going out. I sat back with a confused smile. The whole meeting was such a weird experience. Vihaan kept giving me flirty smiles whereas his brother was staring at me like I had a nasty pimple. While my sister keeps warning me to stay away from him. For the love of god, what the hell is happening in my life? —————————————————————————————————— Vansh “What the hell was that!” I glared at my enthusiastic brother, who had a sudden wish to die. “What? What did I do?” He shrugs with a coy smile. “Vihaan, I’m serious.” My voice was hard and I was ready to break his bones. “Chill bro, she’s a fine girl. I was just testing some water that’s it. I mean, don’t tell me you don’t see that this girl is so much hotter than her plastic elder sister,” he said, getting into the driver's seat. I got into the passenger seat and sighed. “Don’t mess with her. This deal is very important to jeopardize this for a silly girl,” I said, eyeing him. “Nah, I was just messing with her. But then again, you never know once you get married to her sister, maybe I can marry her” he said, grinning, and I clenched my fist and jaw, ready to break his teeth. “I don’t think that’s how it will work. And from now on, I’ll take over this project. You get into our field work. We need to produce a lot of products. Once we get access to the trade route, we will have our hands full” I ordered him and he sobered up and nodded. Rest of the ride I could feel his gaze on me. But I kept mine staring at the window. —————————————————————————————————— “Hello” I answered my phone once I reached my office. “Hello, Vansh. How was the meeting? I hope my daughter understood everything and you guys had a good experience.” Sumedh’s cheerful voice made me roll my eyes. This man is not above ass kissing for sure. I don’t get why he is so desperate to form a union with us. I have done a thorough background check and had my spies among his men as well. But I can’t shake the feeling that there’s something I’m missing. “Yes, she did” She didn’t have to do much while I was sitting there staring at her like she was a delicate piece of sculpture and I wanted to know each and every intricate detail about her. “Good, good. Now, the reason I called you is we are having a family brunch this Saturday. You and your whole family are heartily welcome,” he said with a heavy smile, and all I could do was think about a certain wrong sister. Another gathering!! Great!
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