Disclaimer : All the characters written below are imaginary and a work of pure fiction. There is no resemblance to any incident or situation and is written as work of fiction.

Maria came into Ritwik's cabin and looked affectionately at Taani.

"you okay?" she asked caressing her cheeks.

"yes ma'am....i feel better...." she gave a small smile. "the doctor has checked me....will have to get an X-Ray done but mostly it is just a sprain."

"Aman are you taking her to the clinic to get the X-Ray done?" she asked looking at Aman.

"yes ma'am...." he said eyeing Ritwik who was standing in front of the big glass window of his cabin.

"Ritwik , I got a call from the HR department....they got a mail from Mishti....she is resigning...." she said disappointed.

"you better fix this bhai or else I am not talking to you....ever....because this cannot be my bhai...." Taani said wiping her tears and held Aman's hand to walk out of the cabin. Aman didn't even look at him before leaving.

"Ritwik....whatever happened shouldn't have happened...." Maria said calmly.

"i know...." he muttered under his breath.

"fix this by the end of the day...." she patted his shoulder and went out.

At the end of the day as the employees started to leave , he looked at the cubicles from the glass partition of his cabin. Mishti was still working. He called Rahul and asked him to send her in.

From where Ritwik could see , he saw Rahul patting her back , probably sympathising with her as she started to walk to his cabin. He didn't like it one bit. And he was so angry at himself for these messed up thoughts. A girl whom he didn't know for more than a month roughly was affecting him. Affecting the Ritwik Noon , who had never given attention to any women , where women went crazy for him. He quickly took his seat.

She came and knocked.

"come in...." he said crisply and pretended to read a file.

She came and stood across the table waiting for him to say something.

"Mishti I heard you have sent resignation....are you putting the papers down?" he said looking at her.

"resignation means putting papers down...." she said nonchalantly. How dare she talk to him like that.

"but you are forgetting that you have a notice period to serve....this isn't a bloody restaurant to walk in as per your mood and walk out after dinner...." he got up angrily.

"I am aware of the contract sir....i am ready to pay the penalty amount...."

"oh....so Ms. Ethical Khanna is willing to pay from her father's account.... so all that monthly expense from salary thing is a facade....to look good in front of friends....or should i say boys?" he didn't know what he was saying. He had never behaved like this with anyone. He couldn't even imagine behaving like this with anyone. He badly wanted her to stay in the company but he didn't know how to say sorry and that angered him. And the anger in turn made him more bitter and rude towards her.

"mind your language sir...." she said looking into his eyes. "i will not pay anything from my father's account , i have my savings....i do not lead a life like you where going to five star night clubs and restaurants is a daily affair....and even if I pay from my father's account , that is none of your concern.... I am just an employee sir.... you should be concerned about the contract and the penalty.... end of story...."

Ritwik gritted his teeth in anger. This girl is not understanding what he means. He wants her to stay. Can't she understand. Why?

On getting no response from him , she turned to leave.

"just don't go...." he said immediately. "please...." he added slowly.

"excuse me?" she turned to look back at him.

"see if you go then Taani and Aman will never talk to me....Taani....she is my life....i cannot even imagine her sad....away from me....I cannot function if she goes away from me...." he said slowly. The guts of the guy.

"sir i am sorry but that is your personal matter....all I know is that I cannot stay at a place where I am humiliated...."

"i am sorry for that....I saw Taani in pain and i just burst my anger on you...." he didn't want to admit why he was angry on her. "i will apologise in front of everybody...." he added immediately. "please stay back....i swear if you are not staying back she is never gonna talk to me....you know how stubborn she is....she is the only person i had after laddo...." he stopped and she looked at him immediately knowing what he meant. He remembers his laddoo. She felt her heart beat faster. She just wanted to go and hug him tightly and slap him right across his cheeks for behaving like that with her.

Was it okay to tease him a little more?

"sorry sir....I don't want you to apologise to me in front of anyone....but my decision is final...." she said and turned to walk away.

"didn't you have any companion ever?" he asked urgently. "someone who is your best friend....your life?will you be okay if that person goes away from you?you want Taani to go away from me?"

She turned to look back at him . He had a frown and confused face with a bit if vulnerability.

She walked towards him till she was standing in front of him.

"okay....I will stay back....for Taani and Aman...."

He nodded immediately. She turned to leave again.

"thanks Mishti....and I will drop you....it's late...." he said urgently before she could walk out.

"not needed sir....i don't want to be clingy or look good in front of boys...." she repeated what he had told her.

He closed his eyes.

"I am sorry for that...." he said slowly. "see mom dad will be really upset if you go home alone at this hour....you are Aman's sister and so please....I will drop you...."

She didn't want to go with him. Not after how he had insulted her. But he was just not her weird and rude boss. He was also her sunny. And a few moments back she had come to know that her sunny remembers his laddoo.

"please Mishti...." he said slowly.

"okay....I will wait in the parking...." she said and walked out of the cabin.

As he drove to her place , he kept the window rolled down to let her feel the breeze. It made her happy. And somehow he wanted her hair to fly near his shoulder.

"so are you helping Taani with the shopping?" he asked to break the silence. He was hating the silence between them.

"yeah I am...." came her reply. "and if you need any assistance with the wedding preparation , do let me know...."

"the event managers are handling that...."

"are you serious?it is your sister's wedding....and also your best friend's wedding....are you seriously gonna let everything be dependant on event managers?aren't you gonna look after everything personally?" she looked at him , her eyes wide open in shock.

"do i look like someone who has time?" he said frowning.

"you have to make time sir....the day has twenty four hours....it is a lot of time....you can never have shortage of time if you really want to...."

"the wedding is in Jaipur....in a palace...." he said as a matter of fact.

"i know that...." she rolled her eyes.

"so i have to travel back and forth to jaipur and back to mumbai....is it feasible in your head?"

"really?you don't have to go to jaipur to look after the preparations....you can select the drapes and flowers and everything from here....from the office of the event manager...." she slapped her forehead. This guy was hopeless.

"okay fine....do that on my behalf and tell Taani that I did it...." he shrugged.

"excuse me...." she looked at him angrily.

"please...." he said nonchalantly.

"sorry what?couldn't hear you...." she said bending her ear towards him a bit.

He looked at her and glared making her chuckle and he joined her in a couple of seconds , their chuckle turning into a laughter in no time.