This chapter showcases some of the messages exchanged between Pallavi and Adhvik them till now so the entire chapter is in the form of messages. The ones on the left side is Pallavi and right side is Adhvik.

Pallavi.

Adhvik.

[Scenario 1.

Pallavi messages Adhvik at 10pm for the first time after seeing an office group message of Tiwari stating that the injection process of a new model has started].

9th December.

Hey. Tiwari just informed
that Injection process has
started. Isn't it too early
for that? 😂😂 (sarcasm)

Yeah, it started 15 minutes
ago.

Don't tell me you're in
office right now? 😕

Hahahaaa!
I just returned from the
office. Tiwari, Hyoung &
Sai are still rotting there.

Oh my God! You
people are nuts!

Oi, don't dump me with
them. I came back home,
remember.

Yeah, so great of you to
come back at 9:45pm.
(sarcasm again)

You had stomach ache, right?
Why did you even stay
back so late?

What to do, madam?
This is private job.

Aisa kya private job jo
jaan lele. Is it even
worth it?

But I don't have any other
option than to rely on this
job... Until I get another.

*A few technical messages later**

Ok. Now I have
to make food.

Goodnight.

Hmm.

Won't you say
goodnight back?

Aap jaisa naseeb kaha.
(I don't have ur kind of fate)
Home food. Oh my God!

Yeah, I'm so lucky. 😅

Okay, baba. Goodnight.
Hope you see Tiwari in
your dreams tonight.
😳😳😠

Say what?!
Cancelled!! I hope you
dream about whoever
you want to see.

Who? There's no one
like that.

Then dream about an
actress I guess.

Ah, but dreaming about
them will set my mood
down. If you know what
I mean.

Ufff, 😳😵
I said movie actress!

Ohooo~
I thought something else.
😳😳😳 Alhough those
video sites are banned
now.

Yeah, cos your thoughts
were in the gutter.
Are they banned even
now? 🧐

Yes. Thanks to Modi. Par
hum toh harami hai. Hum
iska bhi jugaad dund lege.
(But we are bastards. We'll
find a temporary arrangement
for that as well).

*A minute later*

Which site do you watch
it from?

Huh, not telling! 😡

Come on!

Eekk, no! Close this topic.

[By this time Pallavi's eyes were close to popping out of her sockets. She couldn't believe they were talking about porn sites at this time. How did this even started? She knew close friends talked about things like this. She did too, but they weren't that kind of friends yet. Adhvik was such a pervert.]

K.
If you want I can
recommend sites.

Noooooo!

Fine. Intenet is a large
space after all.

🙄🙄

I meant *internet.

I understood that.
I'm not an idiot.

'I understood that.'
You did?

Of course. You know I always
think how dumb I must look
in front of Adhvik sir because I
keep forgetting. I keep
making silly mistakes. 😞

Then have a drink with this
Adhvik sir sometime.

I don't think that way,
Pallavi. That's just how you
behave within the office.
That's work.

I know you are not like
that in real life. The way
you idiotically show
yourself in work.

Thank you. 😊

Hm, what are you seeing?

Seeing? What you mean?

Ah, nothing. Leave it.

Don't say 'leave it.'
If you want to say something
then say it. 😝

Don't take this the
wrong way.

What? *blinks*
I don't understand.

Nothing.

You're confusing me.

You're confusing me, too.
Look, I have to make dinner.
I'm not free like you.

Goodnight. 💤

Goodnight.
Sorry for disturbing.

No problem.
You didn't disturb at all.

Damn, you really are
confusing.

*message left at seen*
But despite that Pallavi was happy. There was a different kind of charm talking to your crush outside of office. With this, she believed she had unlocked an achievement she would like to name as
'late night conversations'.

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[Scenario 2- This was around the closing time of the first model the office was working on since Pallavi joined. While Pallavi and Tulsi went home as usual after 5pm, Adhvik and the others worked late night to finish the project before deadline. Pallavi would often worry because of her and Tulsi's incompetency (which was natural because she was new at work), Adhvik would complete the rest of the documents all by himself. Plus, he suffered from stomach ache and fever from time to time so it wasn't helping.]

Please go home if you care
about your well-being.
Besides, it's 9 pm already.
Don't wear yourself for
these fools.

You are right but Hyoung
is asking to submit front
cover doc by tomorrow.

What?!! That's impossible!
Front cover is only 40% done.
You wouldn't be able to
complete even if you stay all night.

Ofc I won't stay all night.

[Sometime later, Pallavi asked what work Adhvik was doing. After a bit of a work related chat, Pallavi replied:]

You were right. Only
experienced people would
be useful right now. Not us.
Hyoung sir has dumped all
of the document work onto
you. Even the production team
has two experienced employees.
It's not fair! I feel so helpless.

Please convince him to leave.
Tell him you are a person-
not a one man army. You can't
do everything by yourself. Tell
him the three of us will complete
the document by tomorrow
somehow.

[Adhvik didn't reply to her because he was busy. Around 10pm, he messaged in the WhatsApp group to Hyoung that the sim tray of M10 black was complete.]

You're still around? I hope
you're not going to continue
with the front cover doc rn.

Aree, baba nahi kar raha.
(Uff, no, I'm not doing that)
I returned home.

Thank goodness, you still
have some sensible screws
left in you.

Hahahaa! I do.
Oh, and I'm not going to
office tomorrow. I don't
fucking care anymore.

Huhhh?! Then what will
happen to us innocent
children?

Innocent children?
Really?

Haha, yes. We are the newborn
babies of Mansur. 👶

Oh, yeah? Then I'm an uncle
and Tiwari is father.

😂😂😂

Hyoung Lee is grandpa.
Although there is no
grandma and Aunty.

Cool. 👍🏼
And who is Sai?

Big sister.

Wrong. Sai is saans
(mother- in- law) because
he gossips and is a
chatterbox. 🤣
Since he worships Tiwari,
Tiwari will become sasur
(Father- in- law).

Hahahahaa, too good!
And I'm their bastard
son. 🤣

Now all relationships are
linked.

No, no, wait! If you are their
child & I'm their child, too,
then that makes us brother
and sister. 😖
I'm their daughter.

What? No!
You're their daughter-in- law.
😳😳😱😱

[Since Pallavi herself mentioned that Tiwari and Sai are father- in- law and mother- in- law respectively. Hope this family tree didn't confuse you. As for Pallavi, she was jumping up and down her bed by now. He definitely feels a certain way for me was what she was thinking.]

What, Omfg? 😳😳
You made us husband & wife.

Hahahaaa!

Hahahaaa!

Ok, goodnight.
Look for Hyoung in ur
dreams tonight.

Hell no! You dream about
him.

You're coming tomorrow,
right? You better be.

*message left at seen again.*

[Scenario 3:
Now this is sometime after they visited
Xiaomi together. You know chapter 11.]

I'm sorry. I tried to do as
much in the afternoon but
couldn't complete.

It's okay. We'll complete
this. Just chill.

I'm already chilling, pal.
It's YOU who's not.
Giving your sweat & tears
to a company that gives
you a meagre salary. You're
just selling yourself cheap.

Yes but what to do? This
meagre job is my ration
card, madam. I earn my
living because of it.
Btw, u forgot overtime pay.

Also, please work seriously
on your document tomorrow.
There were a lot of mistakes.

Really? But I completed
the work-guides as you
told me to.

I'll tell you tomorrow.

No, don't! You'll scold me.

Scold? Btw Hyoung was
pissed off at you girls for
not staying late.

Wtf? And then you say 'don't
worry about anything'. 🙄

Don't worry, I'm here na.
Nothing adverse will happen
as long as I'm alive in this
company. Just do your work
diligently.

'As long as you're alive?'
Do you really want to throw
your whole life away working
in Mansur. Don't even think
about it. If you want to work
elsewhere then start
visualising about that first.

Hmm, ok. Goodnight.
Hope you'll dream about
Yogesh from Xiaomi
tonight.

Heh, no!
I'll dream about the guy
who went to Xiaomi with
me. 😝😝😝

Omg
😲😳😳😲

Omg 🤪😳

😶😶

The car driver I mean.
😂😂

Oh, I thought something
else.

Who?

He's decent looking though.
I can even give you his
number.

No, thanks. I'm just
kidding!

Some more teasing continued on from Adhvik's side while Pallavi refuted all of his mindless claims. She loved the reaction of his message when she said who she would dream about, though she could see he didn't delve further into it. A while later, they both bid goodnight, ending their string of messages for today. Although she didn't like that he had to work so late at night, she certainly dug their late night conversations.

And she always craved for more.

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Author's note.

These were sOmE of their chats. It was a glimpse of how Adhvik and Pallavi chat. Did you find it somewhat different from how they talked or was it the same? Did you like this? I could make 1-2 more chapters like this later on... Since this was more of a 'filler' chapter, I'll post the next chapter soon. Look forward.

Most of all, I want to thank each one of you who's reading, voting and commenting for your wonderful support. I almost gave up on this story in the middle but seeing such nice, adorable comments motivated me to go on. So thank you guys. You are the best! 😊