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Meghna

As soon as I entered the washroom, I could no longer hold my tears and bursted out crying. I couldn't believe what all happened in there. Never in my dreams I imagined something like this happening. I tried controlling my tears but they kept streaming down my cheeks.

Did he not see when I was working? He even kept asking me about the status of my work. Then how can he had come to a conclusion that I had not worked on the presentation at all.

I never expected this day to turnout like this!! I was very happy & hoped that Arjun would like my work but all my hopes shattered just like that!!

Until afternoon I was confident that he would find my work good but now here I am bawling my eyes out.

I closed my eyes, wiping my tears away but Arjun's words rang in my ears, letting my tears find their way back.

You should have told me if you are not interested in doing this presentation Miss.Meghna. I would have asked someone else to do it instead of you!!

I am sorry to say this but I am disappointed with you!!

You may leave now!!

The way he spoke these words, his voice cold and distant made me feel hurt. His face devoid of any emotions made me sad. The smile he used to give me was no longer evident on his face.

I hoped that, once I tell him my situation he would understand and considers giving me some more time to come up with a new presentation but no! I was utterly wrong. This is not the way I expected Arjun to react.

I know, there isn't anything wrong with what Arjun said but it hurt like hell to hear such words from him.

I am sorry to say this but I am disappointed with you!

His words kept running in my mind. Anyways, I know I was the one to be blamed here, I was irresponsible. I should have told him in the first place that I am not interested to work with her. I should have directly submitted the presentation to him, that wouldn't have led to these kind of unforeseen situation.

Why did she do this to me??

What have I done that she did this to me??

You think, you can make us believe all your stupid excuses, then sorry you are so wrong because I know what all you did, you were very much busy hanging out with your so called best friends and was busy chatting with your friend or whatever he is to you!!

So called best friends??

Your friend or whatever he is to you!!

What was she trying to imply??

Why did she make me look like a fool in front of Arjun??

Because she likes him!! A voice inside my brain said. I simply shut it out. I didn't like it.

I furiously wiped away my tears as I decided on what I should do next. I am going to make the presentation again and give it to Arjun this time.

I also decided to maintain some distance with Arjun as directly or indirectly that was the main reason why all this happened in first place.

I don't think it will be easy for me to shut my feelings for Arjun but I am definitely going to try. This is the most difficult decision that I have taken in recent times.

Anyways, Arjun has never showed any feelings towards me.

A lone tear escaped my eyes as the above thought crossed my mind. I took a deep breath and wiped it away.

I washed my face twice, to look normal but my eyes were red due to crying.

I walked out of the washroom and settled down in my chair. I opened a new powerpoint presentation tab and started working on it.

"Meghna! Where were you? I have been searching for you" I heard Riya speaking, walking into my cubicle.

"umm...I was just a little busy" I said not averting my gaze from my laptop screen. One look at me and she will know that I had been crying.

"But you were not here when I checked, oh don't tell me you were busy with Arjun" she teased me.

As soon as I heard his name, I couldn't help the tears forming in my eyes. I wiped the tears from the corner of my eyes, hoping that Riya wouldn't notice but to my utter disappointment she noticed it.

"Meghna, are you crying?" She asked me placing her hand on my shoulder in concern. I just shook my head.

"Meghna, what's wrong? What happened yaar?" She asked, lifting my head by my chin so that she can look at me directly. I just hugged her close to me, letting my tears fall again.

"Meghna, you making me worried. What's wrong?" She asked, I pulled out from the hug and told her what all happened since morning. She listened to everything and hugged me again rubbing her hand on my back.

"It's okay yaar, calm down" Riya's comforting words cooled me down a bit.

"But I promise that I will make sure to teach that bloody b..woman a lesson, how dare she?" Riya yelled out in anger. I gave her a small smile as even in her anger Riya remembered how I don't like cussing.

"But Promise me one thing that you are not going to tell about this to Karan!" I said in a weak tone, lifting my head to look at her.

"But why?" Riya asked furrowing her eyebrows in confusion.

"Because I don't want bring up something that would cause any difference between both of them" I said looking straight into her eyes.

"Them?" Riya asked me.

"Arjun and Karan. As far I know Karan, he would definitely talk to Arjun about this once he gets to know about it" I said trying to reason her. She nodded at me.

"So, you are going to make the presentation again?" She asked to which I nodded my head affirmatively.

"Oh..So..You are gonna get another chance to impress Mr.Handsome" Riya said, back to her chirpy mood. I just shook my head.

"What? Why?" She asked raising her eyebrow at me.

"I will be doing this presentation just as a part of my work and nothing else, especially not to impress anyone" I said my voice low.

"Ahaan...You want me to believe that?" She asked me with a questioning look.

"Yes, whether you accept it or not, my feelings towards him are one of the reasons why all this happened in first place, else Tina would not have done anything like this. So..." I trailed off feeling a lump in my throat.

"So?" Riya asked me concerned.

"I decided to stay aw...away from him" I told her looking at my fingers.

"What? Meghna! Just because someone did something stupid, you are planning to let go of your feelings?" Riya said with a look which said 'Are you crazy?'

"I think that's is good for all three of us especially me" I said referring to Arjun, me and Tina.

"But..." She tried speaking but I cut off her and started talking.

"Please Riya, I don't want to talk about this anymore" I said and took a deep breath before continuing "anyways it's not like he has some feelings for me" I said giving her a weak smile which I am sure didn't reach my eyes.

Are you sure he doesn't have feelings for you? Said my heart.

Yeah..

But the way he looks at you, smiles at you, held you like he never want to let go of you says that may be he has got some feelings for you! My heart retorted back.

I shouldn't be thinking about all these, we must maintain our relationship in a completely professional manner. I reasoned my heart.

But...What if he has feelings for you?

Stop it!!

"Meghna!" I heard Riya's concerned voice.

"hmm...Sorry I guess I zoned out" I said giving her a sheepish grin.

"Are you sure you are okay?" She asked me looking into my eyes.

"Yeah...Sorry that I had to disturb you with all my stupid problems" I said feeling a bit guilty.

"Oh C'mon! What are friends for?" She said trying to cheer me up, pulling me into a warm hug. I smiled at her gesture.

"Oh! Am I interrupting something?" I heard Karan's voice with a hint of teasing. We pulled away to look at Karan who was giving us an amused look.

"Hello to you too Karan" Riya said in a sarcastic tone.

"So, Can anyone tell me what is all of this is about?" He asked raising his eyebrows at us. I just shrugged my shoulders.

"It's our girls little secret!" Riya said winking at me. I let out a small laugh.

"You are also not going to tell me?" He asked looking at me. I zipped my mouth with my fingers and gave him a cheesy grin. He rolled his eyes.

"Anyways, Aren't we getting late? Let's go Meghna" Riya said standing up from the chair.

"Yeah! Gimme two minutes" I said and shut down my laptop after making sure I saved my work. You know I don't think I can handle it if anything happens again.

"So, you guys are seriously not going to tell me anything" he said to we both nodded our heads in no.

"You guys are unbelievable!" He muttered under his breath and walked away. I sighed in relief as Karan didn't seem to notice my face red due to crying.

I finished packing all my stuff and walked out. I am not gonna deny that my heart yearned to just have one look at him before I go home. But, I should be strong and this is gonna be the first step in my plan.

I bid goodbye to Karan and Riya to which Karan gave me a sulking look, I laughed at him. Riya told me to call her if I want to talk about it. I smiled at her and drove my vehicle to reach home.

I freshened up and started working on the presentation again, gathering all the necessary information related to our project.

We still have two more days left for the presentation so I think I can do it by that time. My mom called me for dinner but I was not at all hungry today, so I skipped having dinner making some stupid excuse of stomach ache.

All the time, I worked on the presentation, Arjun's words kept ringing in my mind. I somehow managed to concentrate on the presentation and continued working. My mom gave me a glass of milk to drink so that would help me in reducing my stomach pain.

It's not my stomach that's paining, it's my heart.

I let out a bitter laugh as I drank the milk and cried myself to sleep on my bed. The last thought that occurred to my mind before I dozed off was that how come Arjun believed her and not me?

The next two days passed by in a jiffy as I was busy working on the presentation. Even though I crossed paths with Arjun sometimes I managed to maintain my demeanor completely professional. Luckily, he was busy almost all the time as this meeting involves our clients, the project status which is running a bit late.etc. The worst part was that whenever we had come across each other he didn't seem to bother what all happened that day and acted as if everything was normal.

I learnt that it is very much difficult to control your feelings for someone, but I am definitely gonna try hard.

I hurriedly reached home on Wednesday evening and finally checked all the necessary changes to be made in the presentation. I smiled in satisfaction as I played the slideshow of the presentation. I immediately decided to mail the presentation to Arjun. The sent notification is shown.

Finally!

I had dinner with my family and I must say I was lot hungry today and that's when I realised I had not been eating properly since two days. I was very much involved in working on the presentation that I had not spend much time with either Karan or Riya.

But I observed that there's something off about Karan. I don't know why, but he seems to be talk less with us. May be I am overthinking, even he can busy too afterall we are all in the same team right.

Did Arjun check the mail yet?

What if he doesn't check his mail?

I don't even think he knows that I made the presentation again.

Should I text him?

But what if he doesn't check his messages?

Should I call him once??

But what time it is, it's already quarter past ten!

Should I call or not?

What if he is sleeping and I disturb him?

I contemplated on what to do for sometime and finally decided to call him you know just to tell him that I mailed him the presentation.

Oh really? I thought you wanted to listen his voice and talk to him. Said my heart.

I just shrugged it off and called his number.

It kept ringing...

Once...

Twice...

Thrice...

Is he busy, why isn't he lifting my call?

I was just about to cut the call and try again, that's when the call got connected and I heard his voice.

"Hello" Arjun spoke in his rich deep voice.

Be calm Meghna! Just talk to him only about the presentation.

"Hello Meghna!" Arjun spoke, I could clearly hear the surprise in his voice. May be because I am the last person from whom he would be expecting a phone call.

"He..Hello" I said adjusting my throat in between.

"Meghna! Are you alright? Why are you calling me in this late hour? Is everything okay?" He asked, his voice laced with pure concern. I am immediately felt bad for disturbing him at this hour.

"umm...I am sorry for disturbing you at this hour sir, It's just that I wanted to inform you that I mailed you the presentation I made" I said everything in one go.

"Oh! You made the presentation?" Was his reply. I didn't know what else to say but I managed to speak few more words.

"Yes sir, so I thought I would let you know about it once. It would be great if you check it and let me know the necessary changes to be made" I said.

"And all of this will happen only if you consider my presentation" I muttered under my breath.

"Huh?" I heard him say. Oops!

"umm...Nothing" I said letting out a nervous smile.

"Meghna, if you don't mind, I will talk to you about the presentation tomorrow. I am so tired right now" he said and that's when I noticed how low his voice sounded.

"Oh I am so sorry to disturb you sir, Good Night" I said, feeling my eyes drooping.

"Good Night Meghna" he said, I could feel him smiling. A smile touched my lips too.

"umm...Meghna" Arjun said a bit nervously.

"Yes..." I trailed off waiting for him to say something.

"umm..nothing, see you tomorrow" he said as I sighed in disappointment. I expected him to talk some more. It actually felt like he too wanted to talk but didn't. Anyways, I am too sleepy to think about all these, so I simply dozed off pulling the duvet over my head.

Next Day

I made sure to reach office on time. I also copied the presentation into my pendrive and also uploaded it my google drive just so that I can have several options if someone tries to do something this time. I hope you understood what I meant.

I went straight towards Arjun's cabin after putting my stuff in my cubicle. I knocked the door twice and heard a faint come in. I walked in and noticed that Tina was already in there talking to Arjun.

"Arjun, so I hope you liked the presentation I made" she said in a sickly sweet tone. I mentally rolled my eyes.

"Actually Miss.Mehra, Meghna had also made a presentation and mailed it to me yesterday" Arjun said passing me a smile, I gave him a small smile unlike before when I used to return it with a huge grin.

"Oh! That's nice" Tina said gritting her teeth.

"Yeah and now I have decided that I will check both the presentations and choose any one for the meeting" he said looking at me and then her.

"It's okay sir, you can choose any one that meets your requirements" I said geniunely. He just nodded at me. I took that as a cue for me to leave and walked out.

Soon, it was time for the meeting and I am very much nervous about it. It's not that I am going to give the presentation but Arjun will be giving the presentation on behalf of our team as he is our team leader. But I am just wondering that whose presentation will he chose.

Our project manager, clients, some other officials, our team members all are gathered at the conference hall for the meeting to commence. Our project manager talked about the project status and the progress we made and so on for sometime and asked Arjun to take over.

The projector is switched on and next moment the presentation I made was on slideshow. I smiled in contentment. I was excited that he chose mine over her. I looked at Tina and saw her glaring at me. I smirked at her.

Now take that you....Stupid woman!!

Soon, I heard Arjun speaking confidently and explaining contents on each slide. I just tried concentrating on his speech looking down but my eyes ditched me and kept stealing glances in his direction. I guess I forgot to mention how handsome he looked in that pitch black suit. His eyes met mine, he passed me a smile and for a second I forgot what all I planned and smiled at him.

Damn, this is so difficult than what I expected it to be!!

Arjun talked for some more time talking about everything in detail.

"I would like to thank Miss. Meghna for the presentation, for making it exact and straight to the point" I heard Arjun speak snapping me out of my thoughts.

Did he just now talked about me?

I saw Arjun looking at me with admiration in his eyes. I looked around and saw people giving me appreciating smiles. I returned a small smile of my own.

The meeting has finally ended and I sighed in relief. Everything went well and client were pretty much satisfied with the way the work is going on and also accepted to extend some more time for the project considering all the reasons we mentioned in the presentation.

"Good Job!" Our project manager said as soon as most of the people walked out after the meeting has ended.

"Thank you sir" I said smiling at him.

Soon he walked towards Arjun to talk to him, I was about to walk out but I casually turned around to look at him and found him already staring at me.

deja vu!

And then he blessed me with his breathtaking smile.

Oh god! Why does he have to do all these now after what he did that day!!

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