Mrs, are you sure you'll only eat that for breakfast?" In disbelief, Kavya bai stared at the two small tomatoes, one boiled egg, & one-half of avocado on your plate.

"Haha, yes. I need to lose some weight, don't worry about me." You waved off her concern.

"B-but you'll get sick. You've been eating like this for the past three days & you look pale. Are you sure?" "I better go back to my room now before Mr. Nischay wakes up. I'll see you later Kavya bai"

You made an excuse & hurried back towards your room

Closing the door behind you, you stared at your plate of food & your stomach began to rumble. Like a hungry wolf, you gulped down everything in less than a minute. "Ughh... This much food barely tickles my stomach." You sighed as you put down the empty plate on the table.

The image of bubbling hot soup that Kavya bai was cooking on the stove popped up in your mind. "No Y/n! Don't be tempted, you need to lose some weight so that he won't call you a pig anymore."

Enduring the hunger, you lied down on the bed while clutching your stomach. You stayed like that until you heard Nischay's voice outside.

Abruptly, you rose from the bed & opened the door after mustering all your courage. Nischay's head immediately turned towards you as you walked closer to him. His brows knitted in disapproval, this was the first time that he saw you after your second day of marriage.

"Didn't I tell you to not appear in front of me?" He turned away & said sternly while focusing on eating his breakfast.

"I- I'm going to start working tomorrow." That got his attention, he raised his head & looked at you again. "It's about time you stop mooching off me. Just don't do anything that will embarrass me or my family." "I won't. I'll work at-"You began to explain but he raised his hand & cut you off. "I don't want to know. Now go, you're obstructing my view." You had stopped feeling offended by his rudeness so you just silently walked back to your room. "Well at least finally I can get out of this house." You couldn't help but feeling excited for tomorrow.

"Woah, this place is even more beautiful than in the picture." You gaped in awe as you scanned your surroundings. You were lucky to get a job at a gaming studio in a renowned building in Delhi because an employee there suddenly quitted. It was definitely nothing like the small building you worked at in your hometown.

" Miss Y/n? We've been waiting for you, please follow me." The manager gave you a rundown of your job description & showed you briefly around. Diligent as you were, you took notes of everything she said. "That's about it. Your colleague should be here shortly & he can explain in more details about your responsibilities. If you have any questions, just ask him because I won't be here all the time. Now please excuse me, I have something else to attend to. You can make yourself familiar first with the placement of things while waiting for him." With that, she left you alone in the huge space.

You walked through the aisles, looking at the myriads of gaming tablets lining the shelves, & thought to yourself, "Wow, this is heaven." "Ow! Sorry, I didn't see you." You quickly apologized because you suddenly bumped into someone. You looked up & your eyes were met by a pair of curious eyes belonging to a tall & handsome guy, slightly older than you.

"Sorry, I didn't see you too." A smile painted his perfectly shaped lips as he looked down at your name tag.

"Are you my new colleague? Y/n Y/I/n?" "Yes, hello. You must be Mithilesh Patankar."

"I am. Nice to meet you, just call me Mithilesh. I believe manager has showed you around, so please follow me now, I'll let you know what to do in details." He smiled again. "O-ok." Blushing slightly, You didn't expect your colleague to be so good-looking because the name Mithilesh usually belonged to a middle-aged man. His personality was as beautiful as his appearance.

He was friendly, easy to talk to, & caring, a complete opposite of Nischay. You felt very comfortable around him, although you'd only known him for a few hours.

It was finally lunch time, Mithilesh brought you to the employee's cafeteria & you involuntarily swallowed your saliva looking at the various foods.

"Pick anything you want, it's my treat today." He said to you as he picked up a tray & handed it to you.

"Thank you, but I'm good. I packed my own lunch." You politely rejected him.

"You sure? Our cafeteria is the best one in Delhi." "Yeah, haha. I'll give it a try another day."

Both of you sat down on an empty table & you pulled out your lunch bag which contained a single apple. "You're only gonna have an apple for lunch?" He exclaimed in disbelief. "Haha uhmm yeah, I need to lose weight, so..." You replied awkwardly. "That's not how you do it. You'll get sick!" "I'm fine, don't worry about me. And I've lost a couple of pounds, which is a good thing, right? Please eat, it won't taste good if it gets cold." You smiled reassuringly at him as you bit down on your apple.

He began eating but kept glancing skeptically at you. After you were done eating, both of you worked on returning the books from the bin to their designated cabin.

You were standing on your tiptoe to reach a particularly high shelf when suddenly you felt dizzy & stumbled backwards.

"Y/n? Are you okay? Omg you look so pale. Sit down first, I'll grab you something to drink." awkwardly, a man wearing long coat, mask and a hat which was covering his whole face grabbed ahold of you right on time, otherwise you would've fallen down onto the floor.

You sat down on one of the chair & closed your eyes to get rid of the dizziness, but it still didn't work. It felt like the whole room was spinning.

"Here you go. I got you some hot chocolate, drink it." that man appeared beside you with a mug in his hand. His voice felt similar to you

"Thank you, but I shouldn't-"You thought about the calories in the drink & stopped yourself from grabbing the mug from him. "I insist. Come on, your health is more important than a couple of pounds."

In the end, you listened to him & took a sip, which tasted like heaven to your taste buds. "Thank you so much. Sorry for causing you in trouble. I'm fine now, let's get to work."

Feeling much stronger, you put down the mug & stood up. Mithilesh came to you worriedly as he saw everything while apologizing to the man." I am so sorry sir, everything was a mistake done by her. I-I-I'm sorry! from her side"

You whispered in his ears " who is he? Is he a big businessman? Or something else?" but it was loud enough to get heard by that man. "shhhh... Y/n he is the owner of this gaming studio." Mithilesh whispered in your ears.

"Oh I apologize, I am so sorry sir." "No need to say sorry it's ok" the man said. But this time you recognized his voice. He was none other than Nischay. You were very shocked but you didn't said anything. Then the man left the place.

"Ok then, but let me do this. You go to the office & check our inventory on the computer."

"B-but.."

"Just do it. I can do this on my own." He patted your shoulder & smiled at you. Having been treated like an outcast these past week, his kind gesture almost brought you to tears, so you just nodded & walked to the office.

"If only Nischay is half as nice as him." You sighed. 5 pm. Time for you & mithilesh to get off work. "Y/n ah, how are you gonna get home?" mithilesh asked. "I'll take the bus. Thank you so much for today. I'll see you tomorrow." You said & bowed at him. You said & Dowed at nim. "Wait, let me drive you home." He snatched your wrist & stopped you from walking away. "Oh no no, there's no need. The bus stops right in front of where I liv-" "I won't take no for an answer. Let's go."

He pulled you towards the parking lot, but all you could think about was the touch of his hand around your wrist. "Y/n! You're married! Stop blushing for another guy! "You scolded yourself inside.

Both of you reached your home.

"Is this where you live? Wow, you must be rich." Mithilesh rolled down his window & gasped. Shit, I totally forgot about this. "Ah, my aunt is working here as a butler & the owner allowed me to stay with her. Haha. It's not my house." Well, it wasn't a complete lie. "I see." He was still gaping at the luxurious mansion in front of him. "Thanks for the ride. I'll see you tomorrow." You got off the car & bowed at him.

"I'll go after I see you in." "Oh..ok." You opened the keypad & froze. What's the passcode again? 4-7-3-.. 7-3-4-.. Every number combination you punched was wrong & cold sweat began forming on your forehead.

"Is there something wrong? The door can't open?" Mithilesh opened his car door & walked out towards you. Fuck, Y/n! How could you forget the passcode?! "Mmm.. I don't know what's wrong but it won't open. Haha." You nervously chuckled. "Well, just ring the doorbell then." He suggested.

"Ah yes, why didn't I think about that? Haha." You braced yourself & pressed the doorbell. Your heart pounded in your chest as you waited for the door to open. "Click "The front gate swung open with a barely audible click. Nischay stood in front of you with one hand on the door handle. He didn't say anything, but you could see from his eyes that he was unpleasantly surprised.

"Good evening. You must be Y/n's aunt's boss. Mithilesh patankar, I'm her collea-." " Mr. Nischay, Sir you. I just thought you use to live some where else. Well nice to meet you" Mithilesh extended his hand towards Nischay & smiled widely.

However, Nischay didn't take it. He kept looking back & forth between you & Mithilesh, until Mithilesh realized that he wouldn't shake his hand & lowered.

"What-" Nischay began to ask as he stared at you furiously. You quickly pushed Nischay inside & turned around to bow to Mithilesh. "I'll see you tomorrow Mithilesh.

Thanks for the ride. Bye I will see you later." Then, you closed the door before he had any time to react. Afraid that Mithilesh was still listening, you pushed Nischay again until both of you were inside the house & you breathed a sigh of relief.

"What the fuck?! Who gave you the permission to touch me?! And what the fuck was that?!" Nischay yelled at you so loud that you jumped slightly. "S-sorry, l-I had an incident at work, so he was kind enough to drive me home. I couldn't reiect him." You stuttered.

" I know you fell from higher place right." Nischay said. "Ummm... yes and is that the person you who saved me?" You asked.

He didn't said a single word.

"Tell me, why are you not saying anything, Tell me, Please answer my question, why you did that?, why?, Why?, Wh-"

"Stop!!!! and Yes I was that man and I helped you because I was insecure about yo- " he said with a deep voice but stopped himself. Environment changed to awkward silence. Then he started going towards his room to break the awkwardness. But you stopped him by holding his wrist.

"Insecure about me! Do you really feel insecure about me?" you asked. "Nope I don't feel insecure about you. I feel insecure about my wife." he said softly.

You were shocked that you couldn't stop yourself from blushing. He relieved himself from you and started walking towards the stairs.

You were still at the same place. You weren't able express yourself. You went into your room and you were a little bit happy about whatever happened.