*Kalpana Pov*

"Ouch!" I screamed and sat up immediately blinking my eyes.

"What happened?" I heard a voice, but it seems to be very far with all the drowsiness.

"My leg!" I whispered and placed my hand on my leg.

"You should have placed some pillow so that it is not moved much in your sleep." The same voice kind of scolding me.

Someone is scolding me? Who is scolding me? I thought, frowning and blinked my eyes again, only to make them wide seeing the person before me adjusting my leg and a pillow.

"Sir?" I called with complete shock.

"What?" he asked, not even looking at me and concentrating on adjusting the pillow.

"What are you doing here?" I asked making him glance at me with a frown.

"I was seriously in a lot of thinking when you didn't protest much before, but now I think I know the reason behind it." He replied and moved away.

"What?" I asked, not understanding his words and rubbed my forehead before glancing to my right only to see his laptop on the chair.

"Right!" I mumbled remembering him coming to the house and actually lifted me again.

I turned to stare at him who is staring back at me with a raised eyebrow. What shall I tell him to make him leave from here?

"Sir! Please..." he waved his hand before I can say anything else making me frown at him.

"You can talk later but now you need to have lunch. I will heat it and bring it to you." He said and left the room and I just stared at his back.

"This is too much!" I mumbled and glanced at my medicines with anger.

If not for them, then maybe I wouldn't have allowed him inside and would have out more fight. I gasped, feeling the pain, making me realize if not for them, then I will be in pain like this forever.

"Here we go!" he mumbled, walking inside and placed the bowl in my hands.

"Is that your common line?" I asked in a whisper.

"I think so!" he replied, shrugging and walked back towards the chair before sitting on it holding the laptop in his hands.

"Sir! Please leave the house." I said, turning towards him.

"Amazing! I thought the guests are asked for some food or something, but I think I am just wrong." He said making me glance at the clock to see it is three in the afternoon.

"I am so sorry! Please have some food." I said and he shook his head smiling.

"I already helped myself with some food feeling hungry." He said and I glared at him for making me feel guilty.

"Sir!" I said not knowing what to even tell him.

"Manohar would be fine when you are on leave and when we both are not in the office." He said and I groaned taking a bite of food.

"What I got was a small sprain which will go away within a few days and my friend is already helping me with my son and even with the food. There is absolutely no need for anyone to be here and mainly my boss." I said, staring at him with a hard expression fed up with his over the top concern.

"Right!" he mumbled, closing the laptop before opening his bag and putting it inside.

What I told him is absolutely correct and proper thing and there is absolutely no need for me to feel even a tiny bit guilty like no absolute reason. Then why am I feeling that looking at his face filled with some kind of expression?

"You know what?" he asked and I nodded, thinking what did he got in his head now.

"If I was not here, then you would have been in more pain. However, I immediately helped you." He explained and I just stared at him.

"So, you should be thankful and also ask me to be here every day." He added and I immediately glared at him.

"Sir! I was fine and if ever I feel pain, then I will do something about it. Maybe I wouldn't be able to reduce it immediately, but I will for sure." I said and he leaned back, placing the bag aside while I took another bite of the food.

"And I will call Pallavi." I added taking my mobile from my side and pressed the call log.

"Sure! I think you are more important than the campaign for her." He said making me frown.

"Campaign?" I asked him to which he smiled.

"Did you get your head hurt? We discussed about the company campaign in Australia and some people going there for a month." He explained.

"Yes! But Pallavi is not going." I said, remembering the campaign.

"She was not, but she has to go now. Rejecting all the campaigns is not good for an employee. Still, it is fine if she takes the risk when it involves her friend." He said shrugging and stood up while I glanced down at the mobile in my hand.

I know very well that Pallavi never went to any campaign, even when she was asked to. I also know it is not a good thing.

"But why will she go now?" I asked, looking up and he just shrugged.

"I will talk to her tomorrow about this and give a warning, but we both know her decision if you ask her to help you." He replied shrugging.

"How do you know, Sir?" I asked and he cleared his throat before bending to take his bag.

"Well, I can see the way your friends help you. I mean Jhanvi is completely tired and still doing so much work for you. I am sure Ms.Pallavi is also the same." He replied while I stared at him with mouth wide open.

"Are you trying to make me feel guilty, Sir?" I asked and he smirked.

"Why should I be the only one to eat that cake?" he asked back.

"This was not your fault." I mumbled.

"Them helping you is not your fault too." He retorted and I chuckled, feeling helpless with the way he is turning the words.

"What do you want me to do, Sir?" I asked, folding my arms after placing the bowl aside.

"Nothing! You can call your friend and everything will be normal with me back at the office." He replied but I know something else is there.

"But if I get to know Ms. Pallavi is not here then I will be here tomorrow." He added and I looked away from his stare.

What can I tell as a reply for this... this kind of blackmail? Why am I even allowing him to say or do anything? I think I have become weird too.

People do not normally say that the environment indulges into you if you stay for major time in a type. What am I even thinking? I thought groaning.

"I don't know what to say and what to accept." I finally said and turned to stare at him.

"How about you help me?" he asked making me frown at him in confusion.

"Help you?" I asked, thinking maybe he has gone more weird.

"Yes! You see I do not have friends. And I am thinking to start having one. I want your help in the form of you becoming my friend." He explained.

"Friend?" I asked, giving him a weird look.

"Yeah! Why don't you become my girlfriend?" he asked and I immediately leaned back.

"I mean, a girl as my friend." He added, but I just stared at him.

"And you can still do your work when I get stuck somewhere with the work I will be doing here." He stressed more.

"This is weird." I mumbled frowning at him.

"Like me!" he mumbled back and I stared at him in shock before burst out laughing.

"You know?" I asked and he shrugged smiling.

"There is no other way?" I asked again after a minute.

"No! How can I miss the chance of getting out of a weird situation?" he asked back.

"Ok, ok! I will just pray that my leg heals soon." I replied and he shook his head before staring at the clock.

"I need to go to some meeting and it is time for your friend to return like yesterday. I will be going." He said, glancing at me.

"Okay!" I mumbled to which he nodded and just stared at me.

"You will not change your mind right?" he asked raising his eyebrow.

"When we both know all this is weird then what can I do anything about it. Let's hope after these few days everything will be back to normal." I replied and he shook his head.

"I will get going." He said, nodding and walked away while I stared at the opened doors smiling at them.

"Hey! How was your day?" I heard a voice after a few minutes and glanced up to see Jhanvi standing near the door along with Sudhir and Harsha.

"Interesting!" I mumbled to which she frowned.

"Interesting?" she asked, walking inside while Sudhir rushed near to me.

"Very interesting!" I replied before lifting Sudhir up before placing him on my lap.

"Don't put much pressure." Jhanvi said, but I smiled at her before hugging him and placed a kiss on his forehead.

"I will go and get him changed." She added, gesturing Harsha and I nodded smiling.

"How was school?" I asked Sudhir to which he just stared at my leg.

"Is it paining?" he asked and I sighed.

"Just a little!" I replied and changed the topic to his school before he started explaining the events at the school.

"Hello!" we heard a new voice and glanced at the door to see Pallavi standing near the door.

"Aunty!" Sudhir screamed and got down from me before rushing near to her.

"How is my handsome boy?" she asked, kneeling down to his height.

"Handsome!" he replied, making me laugh along with her.

"Very smart!" she mumbled and stood up before walking near to me.

"You should have told me that you want to just sleep and take rest from the office. No need to go and get injured." She teased and I glared at her.

"Anyway, tell me what is happening at the office." I asked and she just shrugged before sitting on the chair dragging it near to the bed.

"Well, the boss seems to be busy as he was missing from the morning and I just saw him entering the elevator when I was leaving." She said sighing.

"And?" I asked, looking away as if I have something to hide and feel wrong when I don't have anything to feel bad about.

"And he asked me as I am going to ignore another call for the campaign this time too, which seems like a threat if I go into depth of his words." She replied.

"What are you going to do?" I asked and glanced at the door to see Jhanvi walking inside smiling but I can see her tired eyes.

"I have to go, but if you need me, I will be here." She replied glancing at my leg.

"No! You go for this." I said, but she just stared at me.

"Trust me! You have to go." I added.

"I am so angry at him right now." She mumbled, but nodded before we three started talking while Sudhir and Harsha played in the room so that we can keep an eye on them.

*Manohar Pov*

"I hate you, Bhai." Pallavi said the moment she walked inside the house.

"I already know that." I said waving at her before continuing to do my work.

"You actually forced me to accept the campaign thing which I do not want to go." She said groaning and sat beside me.

"And I never liked the reasons you gave for not going. How many times do I have to tell you that you are not getting these chances because you are my sister? You deserve them and you are getting them." I said turning to face her.

"Yeah, right! I just passed in degree. How can I deserve them?" she asked fuming.

"But you work hard and it is not your fault for your less marks." I replied in a calm tone.

"It is my fault! I should have been going to college and not running away from the home everytime." She mumbled closing her eyes.

"You had too much to face and it was in the past." I said placing my hand on her head.

"Still, I can't believe you stayed at her house all day." She mumbled frowning at me.

"And you acted like some wound puppy all night yesterday." She added.

"I want to be with her and I am doing everything for that to happen. And I didn't lie about the danger of your job if you don't go for this work. Because if there is no danger then it is just because of my influence which you do not like." I pointed out and she just made some face at me.

"She accepted your help too. That is another shock when she didn't utter a single word to any of us. Maybe she wants to keep you as a secret." She said tapping her chin.

"Like a dirty secret?" she asked grinning.

"You will see how secret I will be by tomorrow." I said after a few minutes and she frowned at me.

"I hope god save her from you." She said looking up.

"I too hoped for that every day, but now thereis no chance." I said, smirking and she just shook her head standing up beforewalking away while I tried to concentrate on my work.    

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