A bright, sunny day began as usual but little did I know that this day was going to change my life forever.

"Mummy jaa rhi hu main"  I shouted and closed the door as I was already late for office. Not that it was something new!

I reached office and went to first floor, where my team usually sits. Our office was not something very fancy. Upon entering was our company's logo in red colour with white text on top of it. As you move towards left, there is a small corridor which leads to a room allocated for our team.
And on the opposite end is the cafeteria.

Oops! I forgot to introduce myself, sorry!! So, I am just another corporate slave who wants to earn a lot of money to give my family a luxurious life. An engineer by profession, I always dreamt about going to IIT to study Bachelors but then teenage hormones led to distractions and I couldn't get in. Nonetheless, I am doing pretty good for myself even after studying from a small college of Jaipur. All that matters is, my parents are happy and they're proud of me.

So, this is how I became a corporate girlie! All that matters for me is my career because, yaha career se divert hue aur waha apki life ke goals pe comma lag jata hai.. which I cannot afford to! Isliye mere liye kabhi ye pyar waghera ke liye time nahi tha.

Okay, enough about me!! Let's get back to work now. So this day was the first day of my new project, and I was quite excited about it!! I was going to meet new people, learn something new and the best part? I got rid of the boring project I was working on earlier!

Breaking my trance, the dreaded Teams ringtone jolted me back to reality. Who else is traumatised by this sound? Raise your hands!

It was Harshad Calling- Tech Lead of the project. Waise he is a Guju, and I have a soft corner for Gujus so I assumed he is going to be a nice person.

Now that I think of that time, I realise.. how naive we are when we come straight out of college. At least I was! It's not like life had always been roses for me.. infact I hated my college life. But now that I think of it, even the people I thought were worst in college weren't that bad! It's when you enter corporate you realise, "Koi kisi ka sach me nahi hota!"

Being a GenZ, I honestly don't relate to the people of my generation. I don't smoke, drink, go to clubs, have had multiple boyfriends (yes, I am old school types :P). I love God, I don't hide anything from my parents. I have literally two friends in my life, and yes.. the worst.. I cannot cut people off from my life... even if they hurt me to the T.

So, will I learn something in this office? Or I'll be distracted again from my career because of bad influence? Or I'll find my true love here?

Every old school, overthinker imagines their love story like Bollywood na? Kisi ladke se takra gaye aur bas, "pehli nazar me kaisa jaadu kar diya" background me bajne laga..par college tk to aisa kuch nahi hua, kya office me kabhi hoga? I am one of those girls who thought a lot about love (hopeless romantic) but at the same time, I have a lot of trust issues!! So, it was always a battle between my mind and heart.. pyar chahiye bhi par sochke bhi dar lgta hai ki kisi din pyar ho Gaya to kya hoga? Jo ladki dosti me logo ko ni bhul pati wo agar breakup ho gya to kya Karegi?

I know I bored you a lot, but trust me.. this is my "secret" personality. For the world, I am all bubbly, happy, and cute jisko bas sab roast Karke chale jate hain :P

So how will this "bubbly" me, find her true love? Or she'll end up with a heartbreak? This is for you to know in the next parts...

When I'll meet him...

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Hi guys!! I know, this part is not very interesting but it is necessary for you to understand the character!! In the next parts, you will understand why and how this was necessary. :)

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