With the sudden demand of his mother, Viaan felt all his breaths knocked up. His eyes widened before a gust of wind compelled him to cough.“Uh-uh-uh…” The poor man choked horribly on air. His hands went automatically to his chest as he rubbed the area to soothe.It appalled Leena to look at him, coughing so badly and all of a sudden. She immediately rubbed his back while concerned words came out of her mouth.“Viaan, oh my god, what happened, son?” It scared her to see his red face due to the terrible cough. “Peter, get water for Viaan!” she shouted for the house help head.A man in his late forties came running with a glass of water, hardly keeping the liquid from splashing all over.“Here, drink it!” Leena brought the glass to Viaan’s lips.Having relaxed a bit from the strenuous act of his body, Viaan held the glass over his mother’s hand and drank it sip by sip.He took two more minutes to relax entirely; leaning on the back of the sofa.However, his mother’s words were still scr
“What happened, sister? Why are you looking at me like I asked something forbidden?” Kiara inquired, pulling her eyebrows together. Something was off. She can quickly figure it out from Mary’s face.“No, no, nothing like that. They are sleeping. That’s why no one is here.” Mary said reluctantly, forcing a smile. “Why don’t you go and sit in my room until I ask Ruby to fetch the kids?” She suggested and immediately turned around to call the girl Ruby, who was a helper in the orphanage. Noticing her at a distance, Mary walked with long strides.“Why did she pale like she saw a ghost?” Rachel murmured, walking with Kiara.“You noticed it, too?” Kiara asked in a surprised tone, widening her eyes and confirming her doubts. Perhaps their guesses were not totally wrong.The girls then reached Sister Mary’s office room, still thinking about her strange behavior, when she came in with some papers. She signed the girls to take seats in the two chairs in front of her table.“I have told Ruby to
There are moments in life when you are diving into the ocean of melancholy, but the impending situation didn’t let you grieve over your miseries and aches and demand your constant presence of livelihood.How heartbreaking is it to smile through tears?How hard it is to appear merry when practically your heart is splitting into two halves?Kiara had answers to all these agonizing questions, for this was her plight of the despondent moment. The girl couldn’t even let her heart scream and ask god why the worse targeted only her and her people. The grief, suffering, anguish — all the gifts of her fate, perhaps!But, the braves have to be brave in the storm too. Kiara sucked in a deep breath and hurriedly wiped her tears, bringing her shoulders back to a stiff position.“Oh, yeah, it’s really you!” came the confirming reply to his earlier question as the child answered for himself.The door creaked open to full turn as the child merrily stepped in.Hearing the clumsy footsteps padding towa
“Ah, still the same bitter tone? Why Adams? After all, we have been good friends back in our college days.” Hunter mocked, smirking at Viaan.Standing at a height of 5 feet 11, Hunter Brown was a man of sharp features. The thin lips formed a rogue smirk and his clever eyes shone while he messed up with Viaan’s mood.However, despite having a charming face, he looked leaner and inferior to Viaan. The Elysian features of Viaan’s chiseled jaws, shining green eyes, sexy lips, and manly frame of 6 feet 1 overshadowed Hunter Brown.Consequently, the man was never intimidated but pissed at his rival’s presence.“Last time I checked, we were never civil, let alone friends, Hunter,” Viaan replied in coldly. He had his gaze darkened at Hunter’s mocking words.“Pfft, no matter how I try, you chose to be the snobbish, arrogant man. Ha! Okay, what can I do then? Let’s keep it your way.” Hunter exhaled in a fake upsetting tone before smirking back at Viaan.“I like snatching things you admire the m
Monday:-“Keep an eye on Hunter’s activities. I’m sure he is up to something. At no cost shall we lose the project.” Viaan ordered Neil, making his way out of the common elevator.He had informed Neil about Hunter’s challenge from the last day. Though the man was anything but scared, he couldn’t behave carelessly in this matter. His rival was too smart to fake a warning. And his dreams were too valuable to be risked with such challenges.“Yes, sir! I’ll ask our sources to keep him under scrutiny. Also, I’ve checked the progress of our team; they are doing brilliantly. So, rest assured, Sir. We will get the project.” Neil said in a confident tone, adjusting his glasses.As soon as they stepped inside the office arena, Viaan’s eyes scanned the entire area where everyone was standing up hurriedly, seeing their boss. They have been laughing and chatting when he entered and the scene of nonchalance early in the morning boiled his blood.With his hands on his waist and jaws clenched, Viaan
“Good morning, Ma’am!” Kiara softly wished Angelina, stepping inside her cabin. The nervousness for the very first day at the new job had her heart fluttering at an insane speed. She felt tingles in her stomach as her eyes fell on a rectangular white ID card kept on Angelina’s desk. For the unversed, it had Kiara’s name written.“Welcome onboard, Kiara! We are glad to have you here.” Angelina replied to her greeting with a brightening smile. She kept aside the file she was reading and asked diligently. “Did Max give you the tour? I had asked him to show you around properly.” Her warm words made the new employee comfortable.The welcoming warmth radiated from Angelina’s words indeed eased Kiara’s anxiety to some extent.She smiled confidently. “Yes, ma’am, he did!”“Great. So here’s your ID card and your first work. There are a few accounts listed that have errors. Go through them and make suitable corrections and when done, come back to me, okay?” Said Angelina, sliding an ID card and
“They found drugs in Leo’s bag.” Neil blurted, panic still evident on his creased forehead as he panted hard to control his quickened breath out of running.Gulping a good amount of air, he pushed the half-open door and stepped inside.“Drugs?” Viaan jerked straight in his chair as soon as Neil broke the news. A deep crease of shock stroke his face; the man looked bewildered at his assistant.Everyone present in the room gasped loudly hearing the word ‘drugs’. They all have known Leo for his clean background for all these years, hence news like this was really shocking to everyone. The conference room reverberated with blurry mumbles as they shared their curious looks with each other.Neil walked a few steps close to Viaan, who was waiting for an explanation. “Yes, Sir. I received a call on your phone from the police station. The officer said that they caught him with drugs when he was coming out of a shop near Down Street.” Neil narrated the story as he had received a call from the p
Police Station, Fifteen minutes ago:-The happening Monday had awaited something much more than Viaan was already facing. A loud screech of tyres announced Viaan’s arrival.“Mr. Adams, is it true that your bodyguard is arrested in drug paddling?” Reporters almost shoved their mics into his car as soon as the vehicle stopped in front of the police station.“Mr. Adams, did you already know about your bodyguard’s illegal involvements?” Asked another reporter, and many others threw similar questions at Viaan.The scene outside had fueled Viaan’s rage. The man saw red scanning the entire outer portion of the police premise. It rushed with a crowd of reporters. Somebody has informed the media about Leo’s arrest and it has easily become a hot topic for the media houses. Viaan Adams’ bodyguard getting arrested, that, too, in a drug paddling case, was a conversational affair. Hence, no news agency could afford to lose any word on the matter.“Who the hell informed them?” Viaan curled his fists