" Ina come on its time to go home" Riya touched her shoulder with concern when she saw her friend frantically typing on the keyboard. She felt concern gushing in through her veins for her who had been working non-stop after she received that bouquet.

 Riya knew that Ina was a very hard thinker considering how independent she had been from the very start of her life. She had always been the one who goes deep into the matter even when she is not even sure if she wants to know the final outcome or not. 

 Sensing a soft touch on her shoulder, Ina sat still in her face and turned her eyes towards a worried-looking Riya. "Umm... yeah. Let's leave," Lost in her thoughts, Ina absentmindedly started packing her bag when her eyes landed on the shady bouquet that was placed on her table.

Her eyes darted towards her friend whose eyes were following all her movements and immediately understood her question. " Take it, Ina. Otherwise, tomorrow people will gossip about it." After contemplating for a few seconds, Ina took hold of the bouquet and both the friends ambled on their way out. 

It took about some time for Ina to reach home due to the bottleneck traffic jam. Stepping into her apartment, she opened her collar button as she fell on the sofa after keeping the bag and the bouquet on the side table. By the time, she reached she was already exhausted mentally and physically. Therefore, she decided to settle for porridge as dinner.

She walked into the attached balcony later and sat on the bean bag, watching the stars twinkling in the sky while thinking about her life in Mumbai. She missed her parents who were currently staying with her eldest sister amongst all the three, Ina being the youngest one. As she was seven and a half months pregnant with her first baby. 

After sitting there in cold air for some time, Ina decided to kiss the bed as she felt her eyes drooping with sleep after today's whole load of events. She closed the balcony door and was going to walk into her bedroom when her eyes caught hold of the flowers that she received today. 

Sighing at the then beautiful and now withering flowers, she closed her door shut as she kissed the bed and retired to sleep. 

Swirling the drink in one hand, Viraj closed his eyes in pleasure as a lady dressed in black metallic bodycon was grinding against him and kissing his neck in order to give him the time of his life. As their act proceeded, Viraj felt himself forgetting and leaving back the thoughts of the girl whose innocent and yet confused face was stuck in his memory. 

Late in the night after some intense moments, the lady slept on Viraj's chest whereas he laid awake wide as ever. Despite being drunk and having a lady in his arms, Viraj found himself thinking about Ina differently. Somewhere down, his mind had started to play games with him. 

Being in such an intimate position with a girl, shouldn't he think about wooing her? Or how she was with him some moments back? But all he thought about how the girl he stalked became conscious and nervous when she received those flowers. 

It did it make him smile to see her like that but as the day passed and he saw her working without a break. He started feeling some weird sensations in his heart as now a smile was not forming on his lips seeing her like that. 

His early slightly cheerful mood had turned grim when he noticed because of his actions the poor girl got troubled again. With a head full of mess, he landed up in a bar to drink something that would make him feel little better than he was feeling then. 

That's when this lady approached him seductively and started flirting with him while flaunting her dazzling smile and figure that was accentuating in that black bodycon dress. Seeing such a gorgeous lady hitting on him, he felt alcohol rising up in his head and he started flirting back which landed both of them in his house as the end result. 

What the hell is wrong with me? I should enjoy myself. Why should I give away my peace of mind just for the sake of a girl that too an employee? I will not pay a rat's attention now, he thought to himself and started kissing the girl's neck which broke her deep slumber as they resorted to doing what they desired. 

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Banging the file on the table, Viraj glared at Ina like a fire breathing dragon who stood nervously by shifting her weight on one foot to another. It had been just 5 minutes when she had entered his cabin to submit the minute details of the presentation that she gave that day. 

From the time she entered his cabin, not once did he look up and simply took the file and started going through it. No sooner later, she saw his eyes turning red and nostrils flaring making her wonder what she did wrong in the report. 

" What's this Ms Ghosh? Do you think all this a bloody joke? Didn't I made it clear to you that I want my work to be perfect when I assign it to you?" He hollered at her with full force that made her flinch visibly and she took a step back. 

Taking a deep breath silently and gathering her broken pieces of confidence she asked," Sir please talk clearly and mention my mistakes. Don't put allegations just like that," her voice came out strong and bold and she clearly didn't understand the impact of her statement until she saw him fisting his hands and his breathing getting heavy. 

"What did you say, Ms Ghosh?" He asked in a threatening way as he breathed heavily and sat with his folded hands resting on the table. Seeing his menacing demeanour, Ina felt fear and terror gripping her heart but there was no way that she was going to let him know that. 

She was a firm believer of the quote that if something scares you and you get scared, you just give more power to the thing frightening you than it already has. But with Viraj, things were very different from the very start. Because she always felt like he always influenced her rational thinking capacity in his presence. 

But now she had enough of him. Last time also, he had behaved very ruthlessly with her but at that time, she kept quiet only because somewhere down the line he was right on his part but today, he was being nothing but arrogant and jerk to her which wouldn't tolerate. 

" The truth, Sir! You are questioning my work by asking if all this is a bloody joke to me." Ina justified. Viraj felt anger gushing in his veins at the audacity of this girl whom he planned to ignore but seeing her tone, he felt his self-respect coming on stake.

" How dare you talk to me like that?" His voice turned shallow as he got up from his chair and started walking towards Ina with slow but steady steps. Putting a bold look on her face, Ina bravely looked at the devil who was deliberately taking his own sweet time in order to intimidate her a little. 

While Viraj took this chance and checked out his prey fully who was wearing a sheer black shirt and grey pants but what caught his attention was her eyes that were highlighted with kohl and eyeliner and her lips that were painted a shade of maroon making him lick his lips subconsciously. 

" Listen, Ms Ghosh and listen carefully. Next time I don't want you using that tone on me or back-answering me. I am not sitting here for you to disrespect. Register this thing very clearly in your mind because trust me, Ms Ghosh, you won't like the consequences."

The coldness in his voice was enough to freeze a burning metal and the fire in his eyes was sufficient to burn the ice but despite that Ina looked in his eyes with equal determination and seemed to ignore the fact of lack of distance between them. 

" If voicing out for yourself and for the mistakes you have not done is disrespecting you and putting my job in risk and then I am willing to take that, Sir because certainly not once you told me my mistake instead you have been lashing out on me from the time I came. "

This statement snapped something in Viraj which just made him grab the back of her neck and press his lips on hers. His eyes closed on their own accord as he pulled Ina more into his body who stood rigidly as if in a deep shock. 

Standing there with her eyes wide open, Ina tried to decipher what the hell was happening here. She felt him snaking his hands around her waist and caressing them in a sensual way as his lips moved on hers which stayed unresponsive. 

A slight bite on her lips brought her out of her shock and she immediately started fighting against hold making him slightly tighten his hold before leaving her. Seeing her crimson cheeks and ragged breathing, Viraj smirked at her while trying to control his own breathing. 

Angry started bubbling in her mind and her hand automatically raised and slapped on Viraj's cheek making him chuckle. She felt herself getting embarrassed even more that, her slap wasn't as forceful as they show in moves or tv shows. 

" What the hell do you think of yourself?" Ina asked; turning a shade of red in the feat of anger and embarrassment. Gazing at her with a smirk, Viraj rubbed the cheek where she slapped. 

" Whatever I think of myself doesn't concern you, Ms Ghosh. Stay clear of my way and better learn to shut that mouth on time or I may have to use my ways. And regarding the report prepare the whole report again and this time I want you to include the suggestions I ordered," Viraj instructed. 

" No arguments. OUT." He added in a gruff voice when he saw she was going to lash out at him again. Cursing him in different languages, Ina walked out of his cabin while seething in anger and straight rushed to the washroom. 

She entered the washroom with quick steps and started washing her face while the flashbacks of last few moments started hitting her like the lightening in the sky. Splashing cold water to her face, she tried to remove the feeling that she felt when he held her in his arms and placed his lips on hers.

She cursed and mentally murdered Viraj a hundred and ten times for stealing her first kiss without her permission as she dried her face and re-applied her gloss that had smudged due to Viraj's indecent behaviour.

I hate you, Viraj Thakur! I vow to never come into your way or give you a chance to disrespect me again, she promised to herself.

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Hello Readers, 

I am really sorry for the delay and I know its practically been decades since I updated this story so here it is. 

So, what do you think about Viraj's confusion? And his decision?

Do you think he will be able to stand strong on his words?

And what are your thought on my dear Ina?

On a curious note, How many of my readers can slap guys like that tv show?:p

Comment down your answers and Don't forget to vote. 

I hope you all will like the chapter.

Thank you.