*Pari Pov*

The next day I am currently sitting in my chair waiting for everyone to come. A few minutes later, everyone reached the office one after the other.

Finally, Mr.Akash too reached and went inside his cabin nodding to our greetings. I got up and went inside and saw him already on the phone.

So I placed the coffee on his table and returned to my seat. Before the lunch break, I went inside his cabin to inform him about a meeting.

"Mr.Akash, there is a meeting scheduled after the lunch break." I said.

"Ok. I have to tell you something." He said.

"Sure." I said.

He opened his mouth to say something but got cut off by his mobile ring. He lifted it immediately and talked to whomever in a whisper.

After putting it down, he said, "I need to go outside. And don't send me any food today. And also cancel the meeting." And left the cabin in a rush.

What happened to him? Is this what he wanted to tell me?

Such a weirdo! I thought, shaking my head, and left to go into the canteen.

I have to go through another teasing session with my friends like every day at the canteen. After that, we all went toward our desks and continued doing our work.

Exactly after two hours he reached the floor and looked like hell. So stressed and everything. We all observed it. He calmly went inside his cabin.

I couldn't help it and entered his cabin and saw him rubbing his temple.

"Are you ok, Mr.Akash? Is there something wrong?" I asked him.

"It's nothing." He replied. I can clearly see that he is lying.

So I said, "Mr.Akash, just tell me the problem. We will think of some solution."

"Don't you get it? I don't want to talk to anyone. Just go and do your work properly first. Don't meddle in other's business. Understand!" he shouted in such a high tone that I am sure everyone must have heard it.

I nodded and left his cabin and saw four faces with anger. I shrugged telling them in a way that it's ok and sat on my chair.

In the evening, I left calmly without informing him.

The next few days were the same. He just gets irritated by small things with everyone. The closeness I got with him is lost somewhere else.

Every day is so hard for me to continue. Today I got a big surprise seeing a little table between Rani and mine.

Not only I, everyone got surprised with it but no one dared to ask Mr.Akash. We couldn't ask Maam because she too got shocked by seeing it.

He didn't even inform us when he arrived and went inside his cabin. We all continued to do our work.

After sometime, Rani said, "Pari, someone dared to separate us."

"Yeah! And who is that culprit?" I asked her pushing away my fake tears.

"Your Mr.Akash must know that person." She replied.

I glared at her and said, "He is not mine."

"Anyway, we got separated." She said dramatically.

"Such a drama queens." Came the statement from Imran.

"You guys are just jealous because you can't act like us." Rani said.

We all laughed and again continued to do our work. We all I mean along with me tried our best to hide from Mr.Akash when he is having his shouting mood.

At present, we all are sitting in the canteen and suddenly Rashi said, "Do you know Shilpa is going to come to our floor?"

"What?" came the reply from the remaining three.

"She is going to sit beside me." Rani said going into depression.

"Poor Rani and Pari." Sakshi said.

"We all are poor because we all are going to bear her." Imran said with disgust.

"Guys Time-out. Who is this Shilpa?" I asked them.

"You don't know about her right. We can describe her in one word 'Witch'." Sakshi said.

"Whoa! Why so much hatred towards her?" I asked them confused.

"When you know her you will also say the same." Rashi said.

"She is a big flirt and will do it with anyone. She is a nagging person and wants everyone to kiss the ground she walked on." Rani said.

"But she doesn't know any work at all. I mean nothing." Sakshi said.

"She even flirted with me in the starting. She is very evil-minded too." Imran said.

"Well let's see." I said.

In the evening, when it was time for us to go, Mr.Akash came out of his cabin and said, "There is a little announcement."

We all looked up at him. He turned towards me with a blank face and said, "Ms.Pari you need not have to do the secretary job from tomorrow onwards."

Please don't tell me what I am thinking. Please don't tell her name. Please...

"And her name is Ms.Shilpa. She will join from tomorrow onwards." He continued.

"But..." is the reply we all gave him.

He raised his hand and said, "There will be no change. My decision is final."

After he went inside we all narrowed our eyes towards his cabin and to our surprise, even Maam too did the same.

The next day, which I am so not looking forward to arriving, and I reached my office. After some time as usual everyone reached along with Maam.

Few more minutes later a model I mean literally a model like a girl reached the floor, and I can tell that she is Shilpa because everyone's faces turned into scowls.

She sat at the desk beside me and greeted Rani. Then she turned towards me, and I smiled at her. She looked at me up and down and turned away.

What is her problem? Maybe they all are right about her. Who cares! I thought shrugging and continued to do my work.

After few minutes Mr.Akash reached, they all greeted him and when he reached near our table, I said, "Good morning, Mr.Akash!"

Then Shilpa shocked all of us saying, "Good morning, Mr.Akash!"

I immediately said, "Shilpa you can't call him that. You refer to him as Mr.Stone."

"But you called him Mr.Akash?" she asked me.

"Only she can call him that." Rani replied.

"Ok, Mr.Stone. Can I call you Mr.Akash?" she asked Mr.Akash pouting and batting her eyelashes.

Rani along with Sakshi snorted and the remaining two rolled their eyes.

But we all looked at him waiting for his reply. He looked at me for a second.

Then he said, "Yeah! Sure. You can call me that along with Ms.Pari."

I am just shocked after hearing this along with others. I am little hurt by his reply.

After saying that he looked one final time at me with an unreadable expression, and then went inside his cabin.

When he went inside, everyone looked at me except Shilpa and sat down.

What actually happened to him? Did I do anything wrong?

This is the question that was there in my brain the whole day. As for Shilpa, she is in Mr.Akash's cabin the whole day.

She takes 5min to write one line in dictation. But she is coming out happily. Are the shouts totally reserved for me only?

The next day the same story and gradually everyone started to give me pity looks. I didn't let it affect my work.

I actually worked only as his P.A. Shilpa was given the duty to bring coffee for them, which she didn't for two days, so I had to take back that duty.

She does just one thing the whole day flirts with him and writes down his dictation, but doesn't forget her throwing insults at us.

I can't believe she is still working here. The whole week passed like this, and one day she dropped another bomb on us.

Which we are seeing at present, and that is Mr.Akash is going to drop her at home. We are more shocked because he is going to leave the office before anyone of us left.

After they left, everyone looked at me for my reaction. I don't even know what expression I should show them.

The blank one is completely correct. Why is he acting like that towards her?

"What is happening to Mr.Stone? Do you know anything about it, Pari?" Rani asked. I shook my head saying that I don't know.

"Maybe she doesn't have any transport. So, she requested him and that's why he accepted." I said my opinion.

They all gave me a 'Are you kidding me' look. So I left it, but I can see everyone does not like it.

"Why does he have this type of record in selecting girls? First Sheela and now this Shilpa." Rani asked frowning.

"And why do the people whose name starts with 'S' are becoming vamps in my life?" I added a question.

"Hey, my name too starts with 'S'." Sakshi said.

"And mine too." We heard another voice, which belongs to Maam.

"I just said generally Maam. Not about everyone, even my Mom's name start with 'S'." I said.

She nodded and left the office. Yeah! We got used to Maam suddenly coming like this. I mean we all know that she knows everything we talk so why be secret now in front of her.

"Let's just hope this all will be over in a few days."Rashi said.

We all nodded and left the office.

Before sleeping, I just thought maybe he doesn't like me at all...  

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now i really want to kill him. who is with me?

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