*Pari Pov*
Peace! That’s what I am feeling right now sleeping on my bed. I love my sleep. I will never disturb someone if they are sleeping and will not let anyone disturb them.
No one disturbs me while I am sleeping except the sound which just started coming from my bedside table. Yep! You guessed it right. It’s my alarm clock.
Every day I think to ignore the alarm and just sleep the whole day, but I also don’t want to miss any single day in the outside world.
I reluctantly got up from my bed to start the amazing day. No! Today is nothing special. For me, every day is just an amazing day.
I got ready and reached downstairs near the kitchen. I saw my mom cooking some breakfast. I reached near her and said, “Good morning, Mom! Let me make it.”
“Good morning, Pari! Why did you get up so early?” My mom asked, turning around frowning.
My mom is Mrs.Swetha Khanna. She is a very beautiful lady with a kind heart. She loves me so much. I got looks from her completely.
“Mom, it’s already 9 am. I didn’t wake up early. Now, come on move.” I replied, moving her away and started to cook.
She sighed and seated herself on the nearest chair and said, “But dear, these are holidays for you. You normally have to wake up early during college regularly, but why now. You should take more rest in holidays.”
I shook my head and was on the verge of reply, but another voice beat me saying “She knows what she is doing. So just leave her.”
I am actually shocked and saw that my dad just entered the kitchen and sat in the dining chair. My dad is Mr.Suresh Khanna. He is not any better than my mom and loves me so much. You will see in just a second.
My shock didn’t last long and I am currently rolling my eyes when he asked “Now princess why did you wake up so early?”
They both are looking at me grinning. I smiled at them and pointed out that “When I get married, my in-laws will not be happy if I don’t wake up even earlier than this.”
“That is not an issue at all. I will make a list and present them about how they should take care of you and then only. I will accept for you to get married into that family. ” My dad told me in a serious tone.
“You overly pamper her. ” My mom stated.
“Look, who is talking here. I am sure you will be the first one to fill up the list before me. ” Dad said.
“Guys Breakfast is ready. ” I interrupted them and served it.
“You made it today. I am sure that it will be very good. ” Dad said immediately digging in.
“Better than mine? ” Mom asked, raising an eyebrow.
My dad gulped and looked at me for help. I nodded and said, “Mom, I learned everything from you so it will never be better than yours.”
“Don’t lie to me, Pari. I already know that you are the best at cooking. I am just teasing your dad.” My mom said laughing.
Yes! You guys heard it right. I love cooking so after I learned from my mom, I went to many cooking classes and learned all different cuisines.
After breakfast, Dad said, “I have some work. I will be in the study for some time before going into the office. ” leaving towards the study.
Immediately my eyes widened. My mom looked at this and asked me “What did you do?”
Before I can reply she got the answer of my dad shouting “Pari!”
Uh! Oh! I am in trouble.
Slowly, I went inside the study room with my mom following me. I glanced at my Dad, who is holding an envelope in his hand and looking at me narrowing his eyes.
“What is the meaning of this, Pari?” he asked me calmly waving the envelope.
“Don’t talk to her like that. What is the Boy’s name, dear? Don’t worry, we will talk with his parents, and if he is perfect for you, we will get you married to him. ” Mom said, giving me an encouraging smile.
Where the hell boy did come from? I thought rolling my eyes again.
“Do you believe that this is about a boy? Do you think that I will get mad at her because of some boy matter? Look at this by yourself. ” My dad said, giving her the envelope.
She opened it and read it. Immediately frowned and asked me with tears in her eyes “ Why Pari? Why do you wish to do this?”
“Ok, Guys. You both are making a terrible deal out of this. It is a very good opportunity, and I wish to take it. ” I said stubbornly.
“We are making a big deal? Don’t you understand you will be going away from us? How can you do that? ” My Dad shouted at me.
“Dad someday, I have to get out, right. The company is a really nice one. I will get a lot of experience.”
“Yeah! Someday you just have to leave, but we wish you would stay with us until that someday. If you want to have experience, then join our company. ” He immediately said.
“Dad, if I join there for every one hour work I do, you will give me five hours to take a rest. I already experienced it during the internship, so I want to go to Mumbai for this job. ” I said with determination.
Both Mom and Dad stared at me and I can tell that they already understood that I am not backing down.
Suddenly, mom said, “This is your entire fault.” turning towards my dad.
“How? ” he asked her in shock. Please, I too want to know the answer.
“She got your stubbornness right, so it is all your fault. ” She answered. With that, we all burst out in laughter.
“When do you have to go there? Where are you going to stay? ” My Dad asked me.
“I have to leave next week, and I have to search for a place for my stay. ” I replied.
He immediately called someone on his phone and talked to somebody while my mom came near me and hugged me.
“I talked to a broker friend of mine and there is a house near your office. ” He informed.
“So I have to just pay the rent every month, and that’s it.” I say.
“No! I am going to buy it in your name. I even spoke about a maid. He said he can arrange one who will come one time a day to clean the house. ” Dad said making me shocked.
“But Dad, that is too much. You don’t have to buy it.” I immediately said.
“Princess you are just 22years old. I wish to feel that you are safe every day when you stay there. I even asked for a security guard. Don’t stop me from doing it.” He said.
When I looked at him, I know that he is not going to budge, so I nodded to him.
At least, they accepted for me to go to Mumbai and work there. I cannot wait till the week to end and start my new life.
I am going to miss them, but I really want to be independent and come out of their protective shell and have new experiences.
I don’t know whether I am doing right or wrong and the only way to find the answer is going there.
I got the job for a personal assistant position in Stone corporations, and they interviewed me online. I felt weird about that. And also weird name and I hope there will be no weird people.
So Mumbai, wait for me.
*Mr.Stone Pov*
I woke up with a slight knock on my door. I am completely a light sleeper. I think sleeping is always a waste of time, and we can do some productive work at that time.
“Come in. ” I said.
My sister, Mrs.Simran Ahuja entered my room smiling lovingly at me. I only have two people in my life, my Mom and my Sister. My sister got married last year.
My Dad passed away a few years ago and our rivals just made us lose everything by striking us at our mourning days.
I had to redouble at that time and restart our business with a new name, staff and, everything. I never had any time for other things. I just did only one thing. That is working for all these years.
Now that is about to change because my mom wants to get me married, and I accepted her wish. I am not in Love or something. It is another waste of time.
The bride is not any stranger to me. She was my classmate and a good friend of mine and turning now to be my wife.
“Little brother, mom is calling you. She wants to discuss your engagement. ” My sister said uninterested.
I don’t know why, but my sister didn’t like Sheela, my Fiancée. “Why do you don’t like her, Di?” I asked her.
“I don’t know why, but I just don’t trust her. Please don’t tell me you trust her. ” She said.
“I don’t trust anyone other than Mom and you. So I am trusting mom’s decision. If she thinks, Sheela is good for me, then so be it. ” I reply.
She nodded, but didn’t say anything and left my room.
I sighed and thought about my teenage days where I was so happy and fun-loving but my Dad’s death took it away and also because of my rivals.
My rival is actually my Dad’s friend, but he backstabbed him, so I don’t trust anyone other than the blood relatives.
Maybe after marriage, I will trust Sheela and probably even like her. Nonetheless, love is never going to be the case.
With years of hard work, I just became a distant person to everyone except my family. Stone Corporation means a lot to me.
It is just my life, and no one can mess with it.
*Pari Pov* Finally, I am in Mumbai along with my dad. I asked him to stay back, but of course, he didn’t listen to me. This whole week just passed with my packing, my mom’s tears and, my dad’s safety measure rules. My new house is not far from my office building. My Dad said that the area is equally a prudent one. I even met the maid, and I told her the timings when she could come and tidy up the house. It would be very easy for me if she comes in the early mornings, and she accepted it. I at least talked my dad out of keeping a security guard for the house. I know I am only going to start working, and if I have a guard, then it will be definitely over the top. I got another surprise when a Scooty was delivered, which turned out to be my Dad’s other gift. He knows me too well by the model of it and also color. My Dad finally settled me down and went away. House is totally furnished and I just changed a little here and there. It’s already evening and tomorrow it would be the fi
*Pari Pov* The next day I woke up as early as possible and prepared breakfast and some lunch. When the maid completed her duty, I left my home to reach the office early. On my way, I saw the coffee shop from where my boss actually drinks his coffee as told by Rani. I went inside and ordered two coffees as the taste of Mr.Stone and Maam. After being held, I carefully placed them in the front box in my vehicle and started to go towards Stone corporations. I went inside greeting the receptionist who to my surprise, smiled and greeted me back. I waited a few minutes for the elevator to reach down and walked inside. The doors were in the process of closing when someone stopped them by keeping their foot between the doors and rushed inside. In that chaos, one coffee cup fell down from my hand, which to my wonderful luck belongs to my boss. Definitely note the sarcasm here. I immediately bend down to lift the cup and shouted “Can’t you see where you are going to mister? Why do you nee
*Pari Pov* The next day as usual I woke up even more prompt than every day and prepared my breakfast and lunch. After the maid left, I too left for the office and bought coffee for my boss on my way. Today I completely am careful not to let them fall and safely reached my floor. My colleagues still didn’t arrive and even Simran Maam. So I placed her coffee on her table and my boss, I mean Mr.Stone’s coffee on his table. I began to gather more information about today’s meeting. Half an hour later, Maam reached, and I immediately greeted her. She expressed surprise a little, but greeted me back and went inside her cabin. Soon ‘Imran’ reached and I greeted him, to which he just nodded. I didn’t know that there are actually two arrogant people in this office. The next remaining people reached and took their own places after greeting each other. Finally, Mr.Highness himself entered the lobby and all of us greeted him ‘Good morning’ to which he didn’t even give a nod. All of them ret
*Pari Pov* Today is about to be my third day in the office if the first day is not taken into account. And by the third day, I just became a coffee maker too along with P.A. I know I shouldn’t have accepted it, but the offer is too nice, so I just took it. Now I am sitting on my chair looking at the new coffee stall. Soon everyone arrived along with Maam. Everyone is watching it confused except Maam, who is giving me a knowing look and smiling at me. After five minutes, they turned towards me with more confusion after reading the name on the board. As for me, I am just sitting down grinning like an idiot. Maam cleared her throat and said, “As you can see this is a new change in this floor, and you all can use it at any time of course mostly during office hours. And Pari is about to make it for Mr.Stone and me. Enjoy the facility.” “Thank you, Maam. ” Everyone replied. However, she turned towards me and said, “Say that to Pari here because of whom this is organized by Mr.Stone.”
*Pari Pov* How can he ask that? And how can she be able to say that? At first, when he introduced some model like a girl as his fiancé, I actually felt a little heartbreak. Not much, just a little. Nevertheless, now I can easily say that they are made for each other. I mean after marriage, they both will torture each other for sure. What am I even saying? I shouldn’t think like this. I am very pleased to have such colleagues. They even decided to let the stall closed for me. Now my coffee is my own and let Mr.Stone has the one from Café. The whole day we all spent in irritation because of that Sheela. She suddenly comes out and becomes nosy in our work asking about what we are doing. Giving us some lecture about how we should behave in fact of our future boss. As if? The next day I brought three coffees on my way and arrived in the office. Everyone was reached after some time. I entered Maam’s cabin to give her, and she said, “Pari! I am sorry about yesterday’s incident.” “I
*Pari Pov* I am feeling actually contented to be back at my home with my parents. I made the house in Mumbai my home, but it differs from the place where you stay with your loved ones. My birthday celebrations are over, and now I am but just trying to sleep in my old bedroom. Nonetheless, my sleep has other plans and not coming near me. I still don’t know why did Mr.Stone shout at me like I did some disgusting thing. His words continue to be hurting me. I covered so much in front of my parents. I don’t want them to get stressed about this stupid shouting of Mr.Stone. Is it against company policy to celebrate a bit for birthdays? If that is the case, then why Maam didn’t say anything to me? Why did only Mr.Stone shout at me for that? Urgh! I am going to get a headache if I think this much, so I closed my eyes and tried my best to even force the sleep to consume me. The next day I woke up with a dreading feeling of going back to that hell tomorrow. I want to enjoy this day here
*Pari Pov* It’s been two days since the day I send my resignation letter to Maam. However, the stupid thing I am doing at present is, I didn’t tell my parents about it. I just said that I extended my leave, and they just believed me. I am feeling a little guilty, but if I say that they will ask me the reason. If I say the reason, let’s just say I have to pray for the well-being of Mr.Stone. My dad is always protective of me, and I try to hide less important things from him so that no scene can be created. After setting Mr.Stone in his place like he always says he would make me join our company which I don’t want from the start. So I decided to tell them about my resignation only after finding another job. I hope I find that as soon as possible and just take a few day’s rest. Mr.Stone really knows how to tire out all his employees. In the evening, I got a call from Rani. I smiled and lifted it and said, “Hey, Rani! What’s up?” “Pari, please call me on Skype right now. It is very
*Pari Pov* The next day I just tried to be normal and forget about him. And neglect to find any reasons for his trust in me. Nevertheless, the further I think of it the longer I am getting confused. So I left the topic and decided to busy myself preparing some new cuisine I searched online. I just chatted with my mom when I didn’t have anything else to do. In the evening, I chatted with my Dad. Now I am again on my bed lost in my thoughts. Why am I even thinking about him this much? He is going to be married in two days as Rani said. I shouldn’t think of him. It is not good for my sanity as well. With that thought I let sleep consume me. The next day I am actually bored without any work. I got so used to doing my work that now I want to just join in some company to take action again. In the afternoon, I was just sitting in our living room and changing the channels repeatedly. No proper movies are coming at all today, so I put a news channel. However, I didn’t look at it at all