The Next Day.

Pallabi had gotten home quite okay last night but she couldn’t sleep well . she kept thinking about the attractive stranger that had helped her and she just couldn’t seem to get him out of her head . She couldn’t believe that she was having feelings for a stranger as she doubted she’d see him ever again.

Pallabi got to the office at the exact time . The office was a racket of activities, the whole place appeared scattered and rowdy . She made her way to her office and got in and dropped her bag. She had better find out what was going on. She found one of her colleagues and proceeded to ask her.

“Morning Lily.Sorry, what’s going on? What’s happening?” Pallabi asked. “You don’t know? It’s a surprise inspection today” Lily said as she tried to set her table in order.“Inspection? Health Inspection?” Pallabi asked being surprised.“No, no, a different inspection, a performance inspection . The CEO of the company is dropping by to check on our work and that's why you see people trying to complete their workload” The female colleague Lily replied.“Oh wow, is this something regular?” Pallabi asked, curiously.“Not really, like four times in a month if we’re lucky and two if we aren't.” Lily replied while working.“Alright then, I’ll get back to my desk” Pallabi said and started to walk.“Okay, have a nice day!” Lily said and pallabi left.

Pallabi walked back to her office and sat on her seat. " a surprise inspection? " Pallabi muttered.This was something she hadn’t heard of before. She quickly went through her work files which she had already thought how to do yesterday but still not executed . She completed all that was undone this morning. Now She was feeling good so she quickly arranged her office a little better, sat and waited.

She sat quietly for the next 30 minutes and soon enough she heard the murmurs from outside die down. It looks like the CEO was here already .She got out of her chair, opened the door and stood outside her office.

Her office was situated at the end of the hallway which was a good thing as she would see the CEO make his way through everybody’s desk before he got to hers.

She was still watching the hallway when she saw him. She could never mistake that perfect face, that kingly gait, that broad chest, the shoulders, it was him. The man from last night.

"What was he doing here? Was he an Investor? " Thoughts came in her mind but She couldn’t quite think of a reason why he would be here . She heard someone say the words “Good morning, Mr Raizada!”. Pallabi can't believe own ears. He must be the CEO as the name of the company is the same as his surname. "Or maybe he was an heir to the main owner of the company?" Pallabi muttered to herself. That person was making his way towards Pallavi's office . Pallabi was so nervous so she quickly got inside and sat down at her desk and waited. There was a knock on her door.“Please Come in!” Pallabi answered with a trembling voice. She was sure it was him.

He stepped in with a perfect aura and within 10 seconds a second man came in after him who was unknown to her. The person whom pallabi saw yesterday stared at her for a while before he spoke.

“You don’t offer your guests a seat?” he said with a dark deep voice. Pallabi 's heart was beating so fast. “I do….uhm…please have a seat” Pallabi replied with a trembling voice again.“Well, thank you, now, I hear you resumed yesterday, how has the workload been so far?” that person asked.“Well, it’s quite adequate sir” She tried not to sound over confident as she didn’t want more work on her table . She knew if she decided to sound confident, she might be given more work that she could handle. “Adequate. I see, so you’re under performing?” He asked, staring straight into her eyes . Pallabi was so lost in his eyes. His eyes were a beautiful blue color . Pallabi felt her heart thumping for this man ." what kind of hold did he have on her?" Pallabi thought in mind and outside she controlled her and said “Not quite sir, it’s just the perfect workload was what I meant sir”. A silent smile came into the person's face but within a second it changed into the same serious face. “Hmm, so mediocre then? I don’t think you’re using up your full potential on jobs Miss?” The person said with a fake smile. Pallabi has already started to become more and more uncomfortable .“Sir, I assure you I am. " Pallabi replied. “I see, Hmm. well, I’d rather see your building plans first before I decide to either give you more work or just ‘adequate’” he said and made air quotes with his fingers as he said the word adequate. “Thank you sir” Pallabi replied. She was relieved as probably she was under probation and she hoped she just passed all tests and the office would keep giving her stuff she could handle.“ By the way Ms. Pallabi ,It's Sidharth Singh Raizada as I guess you don't know my identity before and this right here is General secretary Mr. Rajat . So if you face any problem in the office and need to communicate with me just tell him . Rajat would handle it to the best of his capacity otherwise I would be open to listen. " He said and stood up from the chair and walked towards the door. As he stepped out, he looked back at Pallabi and said,

“I will be seeing you around Ms. Pallabi '' This word came out of his mouth with a little smirk but the smirk was so fast that Pallavi didn’t see it on his face a second later.

Pallabi still could see his backside and soon there was no one. Pallabi closed the door of her cabin and sat on her chair. She was sweating badly despite the air conditioning. Still everything is unbelievable for her. Just a few moments ago she was sitting in this room with someone whom she thought was a stranger yesterday . She still can't figure out everything. The look which she saw on his face when he had come into her office was so mysterious. " There are two possibilities . One that he didn’t remember her face or rather he just didn’t want to remember her " Pallabi thought in mind. Pallabi was lost in various thoughts. " Then why ? Why did he give that smirk? What does he want f?" Pallabi muttered.

Pallabi tried to comfort herself. She wanted a little hint from him that he recognised her. When at first he was staring at her she thought she had seen it but next second there was nothing. Pallabi was lost again but she knew she would have to let it go . " Focus Pallavi.. Focas" Pallabi said loudly to herself. Pallabi took her new files and started studying them but was still thinking about Sidharth 's strange behaviour .

Other hand,

From Morning Sidharth was still in his usual cool cheerful mood. Everyone knows he is arrogant and barely cares about anybody’s emotions as he believed one shouldn’t waste his or her time being emotional when being logical could get you what you want. His arrogance could be a result of his wealth as he was not only a handsome bachelor but also a billionaire who earns 1000 dollars in a minute. Everybody knows his wealth came from having many business outlets and he owned a lot of properties both in India and abroad as he was into the real estate business. He was not only a wealthy man but he was the prince charming of every girl's heart.

Everybody knew the outside of Sidharth Singh Raizada but only those girls who came in contact with him knew how arrogant and bull-headed he is. The papers and magazines call him the most handsome billionaire in the whole of Asia and Sidharth actually loves it.Sidharth was tall and built physically but his blue eyes have the magic which can make everyone do things what he wants. For him winning over a girl's heart was not an emotion but a game.

He had a hangover from last night. Every time he tried to stop himself from drinking much but almost every time he forgets it and drinks a lot of champagne and beer, which was enough to get a huge headache the next morning. Last night was a rager as usual. There was another party. These parties were always the talk of high society.

The events of last night ended at midnight. From yesterday he couldn't properly remember every detail. All he knew was that he was at a hotel before he decided to get home for rest. He really couldn’t remember in detail what had happened in the hotel as those are not important. "Damn it" Sidharth spat to himself. The drinks had messed with his memory .

" Send me some hungover drink. I am not able to stand up with this damn headache" Sidharth ordered to his butler.The butler had mixed some liquids together and gave it to Sidharth. The first sip made Sidharth want to throw up . "What was in this? " Sidharth yelled angrily. " Sir, this is a new technique. This liquid drink is fully herbal so it will not give you side effects like the other ones" His butler answered calmly. He knew Sidharth from Sidharth 's childhood as he was in Raizada Villa from Sidharth 's childhood and so he was known with Sidharth's temper. "Oh god!" Sidharth said and with a disgusting face he took a second sip . Again the same reaction came from inside. " It tastes vile and bitter but at least it did what I Wanted." Sidharth said to his butler and got up from bed and went to the washroom to freshen up.Sidharth took a cold water bath. It clears his head and keeps him alert enough to drive. Sidharth dressed properly and left for the office and soon his Ferrari reached the office parking lot.

Sidharth walked inside the office. He still remembers a little from last night . "Sir we need to go for inspection" Rajat said walking toward Sidharth.Hmm...wa" Sidharth answered. Sidharth remembers that he had made a call to Rajat that he wanted to have a surprise inspection this morning and Rajat agreed as Sidharth did this randomly just so he could keep his staff on their toes and made sure none of them were slacking in any department.

Sidharth made his way up to the floor he was conducting the inspection on . Sidharth easily breezed through most of the old employees as he knew they always took work as their first priority and soon it was a new girl’s turn who just joined his company as an assistant architect.

He got to her office and knocked on the door and soon he came face to face with a beautiful lady, a beautiful young lady. She had the prettiest eyes . Within a second a thought came to his mind "Do I know her?". Her face looked really familiar but he just couldn’t place it . " Who is she ? Why this face is familiar?" Sidharth thought. Sidharth was uncomfortable from inside but outside there was no expression on his face. Sidharth tried not to express his own thoughts so he freshened up his mind and casually started a conversation with her. Sidharth noticed that throughout the entire conversation, she had a look on her face just like she knew him as well. Soon Sidharth finished and went to his office as he had to get some work done and he didn’t have much to do . Sidharth reached own cabin and sat on his luxurious chair and casually pressed his head on the chair's back. . Within a minute His phone rang. He checked the caller ID and it was Mohit . " What could he want?" Sidharth muttered and picked up the call.

“Hello Mohit . What do you want now?” Sidharth said a bit roughly .“Sir, I’m sorry about yesterday. ” Mohit answered with a sad voice.“Yesterday? explain it fully Mohit. ” Sidharth said. He was curious to find out what happened yesterday.“You don’t remember?” Mohit said being surprised.“Not fully” Sidharth answered.

“Oh, it was just about the 30% share in the new project, the 30% you had allocated to me” Mohit stopped.

" I know it already. Tell me about last night?” Sidharth said angrily. Sidharth don't like to talk a extra word as he love to talk point to point.“Your new assistant architect found the contract . I don't know how but she did and she was trying to find out why I was getting 30% ” Mohit replied straight. Mohit also knew Sidharth's temper and he didn't want any problem in own life.“Hmm, and what did you tell her?” Sidharth asked in a deep voice.“I was going to explain to her which is why I invited her out sir” Mohit said as he was trying to hide what exactly his intention was.“You sound like you didn’t get to explain” Sidharth said with a mischievous smile. Noone can ever hide truth from him and Sidharth was well-known with Mohit:s Character.“I didn’t get to actually sir” Mohit said.“Why was that?” Sidharth asked with a deep voice but still that mischievous smile was on his lips.“You came around so naturally I assumed you’d explain to her better” Mohit said, mixing up imagination with reality. "Hmm. Afterall she is my employee. But I think you ran away when you saw me MR Mohit " Sidharth said with a little laugh. Sidharth's memory was too strong but sometimes being drunk he forgot some but now hearing Mmohit Sidharth can perfectly remember what happened yesterday.“ No. No sir. I was just..ummm '' Mohit was trying to say. " Hahhh…okay I can understand Mohit '' Sidharth said out with a laugh. Sidharth was enjoying Mohit's false position.

"Yes sir. But I am really sorry for what I did. I don't want to disturb you . I just wanted to know if she told you something about me or the contract . " Mohit said .“ We didn't have a conversation yesterday and I doubt I will talk about the contract with her. By the way, what was sorry about?” Sidharth said and again a mischievous smile came . Again he threw Mohit in a false position.“ Sir I just felt bad for…umm..I mean” Mohit was again trying to say something but before he could complete his sentence he heard a loud laugh .“Oh! No issue. Have a good day" Sidharth said, controlling own laugh.“Have a great day sir!” Mohit said as Sidharth terminated the call.Now everything is clear for him . "That’s it! That was why her face was so familiar" Sidharth said. Now Sidharth can relate every expression from her . He realized how awkward it must have been because he didn’t remember early and she just wanted him to remember so much.

Sidharth turned his swivel chair to face the glass wall . The view was so pleasant. Sidharth slowly lost in thoughts about Pallabi. He was pretty sure he hadn’t spoken to Pallabi the night because if he did then he would perfectly remember her pretty face , he could remember every outline of her soft lips and those eyes which says many thing.