"I..." I see everyone staring at me. There's a tension building in the air. "I need some time to think." Dhruv looks quite dissapointed but relieved at the same time. It looks like that to me, atleast. "Take your time. But you've to set a time. I can't wait forever. It's you or someone else." Dhruv says grimly. He looks pissed. But more than him, I'm pissed! What does he mean by 'its you or someone else?' What am I,a fruit on sell? Though it seems like that only. I don't reply anything except giving a nod as my ultimate reply. Everyone stands up from their seats and walk out of the conference room in silence. I find Eleanor talking with the old lawyer guy whose name I still don't know. Didn't feel like asking. "Meera." I hear the infamous jerk with a no-fil

"You agreed to the offer?!" Lai exclaims more than the questioning my statement.  " I told you,Lai. Me repeating it won't change the truth." I retort.  Lai sighs and leans on her study desk, folding her arms over her chest.  "I hate your mom. I can't believe she asked you for money, better to say blackmailed you emotionally putting Sonia's education on stake!" She scoffs and looks outside her window on the west wing of her room. "Well,she did. And she's not my mother. She can never be. Sounds cheesy like Cinderella but it's the truth. I don't even know whay father saw in her to replace her with my actual mother." I look down at my chipped nails. There's no nailpolish in them. I don't remember the last time I wore nailpolish. "Maybe,she manipulated him."  "Possible. But that doesn't matter now. Right now, I need a huge amount of money to st

"Dhruv Saxena!" I say out of shock. God heard me when I said that a lot happened today. Lai on the other hand is jumping on the bed like the overexcited idiot she is. "Glad that you recognised me. Since we'll be spending a lot of time together." Creep."Oh." That's all I reply. I don't know what else to say and other than that,Lai is literally leaning on me. I signal her to behave and sit on the bed,but madam is too excited for her own good. "I called you to tell you how much happy and suprised I am to hear that you agreed to this. Even though, I don't see any reason for you to reject a guy like me, yet I always keep table for the odds." I can sense his cocky smile over the phone. There's every reason for me to reject him. But only one reason to stick to the deal. Money. "Hmm." I reply

I stutter for a minute. Will he reject the contract?  I am having mixed emotions. A part of me wants that to happen which is very evident by now. But the other part of me wants to hold onto it because of the benifits I will get from this deal.  "Well, since I have a good mood today, I won't judge you on that basis. But remember this as an important lesson, Miss Adarsh. I don't like to be hanged on anything. I hope you take care of that." His voice reaches my ears as a warning.  Suddenly, I feel like shooting this guy from the phone. Why is he so disgusting when he opens his garbage mouth?  "Okay. I apologise for my behavior,Mr. Saxena." I say in a straight tone with not a tinge of devotion in it. Honestly, I don't even want to care.  Again, sure you want to have a deal with this guy,Meera? I question myself. He's even more difficult than the units I have

I gulp in the hot curry, letting the question burn my throat. Mrs. Sharma is an expert in throwing two bombs the same day. "Umm,mo-" Lai starts speaking but I interrupt her. "Sure,aunty. After finishing dinner, I'll call mom for a talk." I smile nervously. My stepmother won't be a problem if I explain her everything. Because she's the main reason I am into this mess. So I'll text her about it before I call her. But what about the package? What should I show her? Damn! Lai eyes me from the corner,but I avoid her glances. I'll explain her everything later. Our eye to eye secret code sharing may induce suspicion from aunty. Now I believe every word Lai said about her mother. She really is Sherlock Holmes 2.0."Come on, Aarti. The girl is here after a long time. Why do you disturb her with such stupid questions