Part 4 Arrogant or confident?

Santhosh was shocked to see his Boss and the manager in the hotel. How did they get there? Why?

"You are fired..." Arnav said.

"Sir...I just..." he stammered.

"How could you raise your hand at a girl? Our company doesn't need a man like you"

"Sir, she said..."

"What I said?" Khushi asked with a daggered gaze.

Santhosh was silent. He could not say what Khushi said. If he said that, he had to tell them why she said so.

"Aman, choose someone to the team who is well-disciplined," Arnav said.

"Sir, we just talked like friends..." Santhosh said.

"Is it? Is he your friend?" Arnav asked Khushi.

"No sir, he is not my friend. If he is my friend, how would I be silent when you fire him?" Khushi said with a sharp gaze.

"Sir, give me a chance. Let me talk to Khushi" Santhosh asked.

"I don't want to talk to you..."

"Khushi, please..."

"Why? Do you want to talk to me about booking a room again?"

Arnav and Aman became furious, whereas Santhosh was shocked as he didn't expect her to break the egg in front of them.

"Khushi, this job is important to me... please try to understand" Santhosh pleaded.

"You should have thought about it before thinking of booking a room here," She said.

"Even though Khushi is ready to forgive you, I won't... because I want my company to be the safer zone for girls. I want their parents to be peaceful sending them to my company. I can't allow such cultureless guys in my company who tortures girls"

Arnav looked at Aman and said,

"Send the circular. If any girl complains about anyone... I won't mind firing them"

Aman nodded yes.

"Sir, give me one last chance, sir..." Santhosh asked.

Arnav looked at him dangerously.

"What do you think of girls? Are they toys to play with?"

"Sir, this is not your office... how could you fire me? This is my personal issue..." Santhosh asked getting courage.

"You are here for office work. You raised your hand at my company staff. What more reason do I need to fire you? Didn't you read the clause of the agreement before signing it? I can fire anyone if I'm not satisfied with their CHARACTER also one of the clauses"

Santhosh gulped down.

"And, I can even file a case against you for assaulting my staff... Get out of my sight before I file a case against you for stressing me out"

Santhosh left the place with a hung face.

Arnav looked at Khushi and smiled.

"This is how a girl should handle the problem. Raising your hand would not be a solution...!"

Khushi nodded yes.

"By the way, what's your opinion about the program hall?" Arnav asked diverting her mood.

"Nice sir," Thara said.

"Yes, sir, we can go ahead," Shivani said.

"It's up to AR's standard," Monish said.

"A few changes have to be done before the program, sir," Khushi said.

"What changes?"

"Seating arrangements look so normal. If we rearrange it with tables, it will look rich"

"Next?"

"The carpet of the stage color is grey. Our Suiting colors are mostly grey, blue, and black. So, the carpet won't highlight our suiting. If it is RED, it will be good"

"Good ideas... (he looked at Aman) Focus on them"

"Done"

"Ok... Team can go back to AR" Arnav said.

They nodded ok. Thara saw Khushi not moving.

"Are not you coming, Khushi?"

Khushi looked at Arnav.

"Even though you are not their team, you can go with them..." Arnav said.

She nodded ok and left the Hotel with them.

AR

The matter of Santhosh's dismissal spread throughout the office.

Indar was shocked to the core, knowing about it. Thank God, he didn't show his talent in the office. It seemed he should be careful with Arnav.

Thara came to Khushi's cabin.

"Khushi, is not our Boss a Super Hero?" he said excitedly.

Khushi nodded yes smiling.

"I didn't expect him to be at the Hotel Grand Palace at the right time. Without thinking anything, he fired Santhosh... I like his actions very much. From here on, no one dares near us"

Khushi nodded yes.

"It seems he respects girls as much as he respects his company"

"Mmm... I too didn't expect this. I'm so impressed" Khushi said.

Thara sighed.

"What happened?"

"Poor his wife... she is not lucky enough to live with him," Thara said feeling sad.

"Mmm...his kids are well-mannered. Being a single father, he raises them with the values" Khushi said.

"He didn't even think of getting a second marriage..." Thara was sad.

"Yeah, how great he is...!" Khushi said.

"What do you mean great? Won't he be great if he gets married?"

"I didn't mean it..."

"He will be a great man no matter if he gets married for the second time. In fact, I want him to get married..."

"What's the matter Thara, do you have any idea?" Khushi teased.

"Shut up... I don't think I deserve such a great man. Yet, I wish he would get married"

"Do you have any idea why didn't he get married?" Khushi asked.

"I don't know. I think he doesn't want to get married because of his children"

"You may be right... then there is no chance for him to get married"

"Why are you saying so, Khushi?"

"Then what? If he is so much into his kids, he shouldn't think of marrying again..."

Thara sighed nodding yes.

Evening

Khushi came home which was cozy. Her house was neither so big nor small but looked RICH. She heard Garima's voice being excited. She rolled her eyes guessing the reason for her excitement. She entered and saw Naveen having tea. He was her father's friend's son. Shashi and Naveen's father Praveen ran a supermarket. After Sahshi's demise, Praveen took responsibility wholly for the supermarket and sent Shashi's share every month perfectly. Naveen was there to give that month's share to Garima.

Garima liked Naveen very much and Naveen liked Khushi very much...! Garima knew he had feelings for Khushi. She wanted to take the proposal forward because Naveen was a well-settled guy. But what about Khushi...? Did she like him?

Khushi went to her room not even telling HI to Naveen. This was not the first time that happened. It was a normal thing.

"Khushi... Naveen beta is here..." Garima said.

"I'm not blind" She walked to her room.

Garima saw Naveen who was disappointed.

"Don't be upset beta... everything will be alright" Garima said in a consoling manner.

"I hope so, Aunty..." Naveen smiled painfully.

He waited for Khushi to come out, but Khushi didn't show interest in coming out. Naveen stood up.

"I'm leaving Aunty,"

"Wait, beta..."

Garima went to Khushi's room and knocked on her room door. Khushi opened the door.

"Khushi, Naveen is waiting for you"

"I don't want to talk to him"

"Give him a chance..."

"For?"

"To talk..."

"I'm not interested"

"Khushi please..." Naveen came in front of her.

Khushi glared at Garima.

"I would like to marry you," Naveen said.

"Marriage my foot..." She shut the door with a thud.

Garima and Naveen closed their eyes.

"I will talk to her beta..."

Naveen nodded his head and left.

Khushi heard his BMW M 1000 RR bike sound. She huffed in relief and came out. She went to the kitchen to prepare tea for herself. Garima looked at her, who came inside the house, bidding bye to Naveen.

"Why are you rude to him, Khushi?"

"I don't like him..."

"He wants to marry you"

Khushi looked at her angrily.

"Can't you understand what I say? I don't like him" she gritted her teeth.

"Khushi, we don't have anyone other than Praveen Bhai"

"I don't need anyone except you..."

"Khushi, however, you are going to marry someone in some days..."

"That someone will never be Naveen"

"Khushi, just think once..."

"I have thought enough already..."

"Why are you so stubborn Khushi?" Garima asked angrily.

Khushi closed her eyes gritting her teeth.

"Why don't you like him? Were not you guys friends a few years ago? Can't you be the same?"

"I can't... because I don't like him... I can be friendly only if I like him"

"Khushi, listen to me once"

"I will listen to you if you talk about anything other than Naveen."

"I have nothing to talk with you other than that"

"Then don't expect me to listen to you"

"Don't talk like this Khushi... after joining the job, you became arrogant..."

"Amma, I always talk to you like this. Of course, this job gave me confidence. If you think it's arrogance. It's not my problem"

"What's the need of going to the job? We have enough property... you can eat sitting at home without tension. Yet, I allow you to go to the job..."

Cutting her,

"Amma, you know very well I'm not going to the job just because we are poor. It's Babuji's wish. He wanted me to be independent and I'm doing that..."

"This is why you are talking too much... if you are expecting me to feed you, you won't talk like this"

"So, this is your problem... you want me to expect you to feed me and listen to you...right?"

"Yes, resign the job and be at home. You don't have to do a job"

"What are you connecting?"

"If you don't listen to me, what else would I do?"

"Amma, I respect you a lot after Babuji... don't make me hate you. You know me, if I hate anyone, I will never give them a chance again...!" she closed the door again.

Garima became frustrated.

To be continued...