Randhir's heart raced faster.. His hands started to shiver.. Old memories of Samyukta lying on the floor in a pool of blood flashed right infront of his eyes.. The way he had lifted her in his arms and took her all the way to the hospital.. The tense moments, his blood stained shirt, the way he had placed his ears on her heart just to check the heartbeat, he felt like screaming in pain... "Nooooooooo...!" Old memories continued to haunt him.. He quickly bent down and pulled Sanyukta up.. "Sanyukta.. Sanyukta.. Open your eyes damn it..!" He patted her face.. There was absolutely no reaction from her.. Randhir was if as he would faint any moment... "How did I become such a monster?" He wondered.. He kept patting her face, suddenly she opened her eyes.. The moment she spotted him, she pulled herself back.. "Don't touch me Arnav.. Don't touch me with your stained hands.. Just don'ttttttt...!" She screamed... Randhir was stunned... He neared her "Sanyukta it's me.. Randhir..!" She ran away from him "Stay where you are Arnav... I ll kill myself if you dare to near me..!" Her voice was rigid, it sent chills down his spine.. "Okay okay I won't.. Relax!" He stood fixed to where he was... She dragged herself to the corner of the room, pulled her knee close to her chest, buried her face in between and started crying.. Her cry, did something to Randhir.. He had seen girls cry before, but he hated it.. This time, there was something genuine behind her cry, some unsaid pain... It pricked his heart from within..

After a minute's silence, Randhir finally gathered some courage and went near her.. "Sanyukta.. It's me Randhir.. You got locked into this room accidentally(he lied) By the time, I was about to unlock it, power went off(he lied again) and that's the cause of this mess.. It's already late... You should be going now.." He said hurriedly.. She heard him say all of that.. Sudden Realization hit her.. "Oh God.. I am in office.. What was I screaming all is while? That too infront of him? Shit... I don't want him to know the vulnerable side of me... Never..!" She stood up, without looking at him, rushed out of the room, picked her bag and was on her way out when he called her... "Listen..!"

Sanyukta stopped walking and turned back slowly.. "Hmmm.. Look, what happened was just an accident.. Don't mind.." She gave him a fiery look and turned to leave "Who's Arnav by the way? How's he related to you?" Finally he asked what was eating him for so long.. Not that he cared, but he was curious to know who Arnav was.. The word "Arnav" out of Randhir's mouth, was like more fuel to the fire.. She rushed upto him.. He was waiting for answers.. Next minute, he got his answer.. Her right hand landed straight on his left cheek, so hard.. Such a tight slap it was.. Yes, she had slapped him.. She had slapped THE Randhir Singh Shekawat.. His eyes were closed... She could feel him fuming even in the pitch dark.. Sanyukta kept staring at him... Next moment, she heard his loud yell.. "You were here when I closed my eyes, but if you were still here when I open them, don't blame me for the consequences..!"  He opened his eyes and she was gone...

Randhir felt he was right again.. Her slap, justified the fact that he firmly believed.. Women don't deserve sympathy, they simply don't... It was almost 11 PM when Sanyukta reached her flat.. Vidushi was tensed.. She threw tons of questions at her "Kaha thi Tum? Kabse phone try kar rahi hu? Kaam Karna achi baat hai par itni der? Sanyu, answer me damn it.. Mein Tumse Kuch puch rahi hu.. Pagal nai hu Mein.. I deserve an answer.. Batao sab thik hai na? Kuch hua toh nai..?" Sanyukta silenced her up with a slight nod.. "Vidushi everything is fine.. I am just tired.. Can I go to bed if you don't mind?" She went inside and locked her room without waiting for an answer...

Sanyukta threw herself on the bed, pulled the blanket, and closed her eyes tight.. She so wished she could forget everything.. "God what did I do? I slapped him? Knowing the type of person he is, I still dared to slap him? Ho kya Gaya tha Mujhe.. Ab Mein kal office kaise jaungi.. I gave him a reason myself, to fire me.. 30 days time diya tha usne, I fired myself the very first day.. Slapping a MD of a company, is a reason enough to get me fired.. I am gone.. Totally.." She mumbled all night, spoke to herself, defended herself, accused herself.. No matter what she did, one thing was very clear.. Next day, she will be FIRED... She never knew when she dozed off, when she woke up it was 6 AM.. She rushed to the bathroom, quickly took bath and hurried outside...

Sanyukta reached office exactly at 9 AM.. By the time, she reached everyone were already busy in their works.. She slowly peeped in.. "Is everything normal?" She smiled at everyone passing by.. "Probably my last day here..!" She reached her cabin, sat in her chair and powered on her computer.. Have I got any fire mail? She quickly glanced through her mail.. She could find none.. "Sanyukta yeh kar diya tumne?" Ankita screamed from behind.. That almost stopped her heart from beating.. "Kya kiya meine?" She was puzzled..

"Yeh dekho..!" Ankita handed her a paper.. Sanyukta received it and started to read.. "It said, Dear Sanyukta Agarwal, You have been promoted as the General Manager of FITE.. Your package has been revised to 10 Lakhs per Annum.. As a result, you will now be sharing your cabin with the MD, Randhir Singh Shekawat.. All the best for your future tenure..!" Ankita screamed in excitement "Pata hai tu kitni lucky hai?"

"Lucky?" Sanyukta's eyes popped out reading the last line.. Sharing my cabin with the Monster?? Godddd.... Her desk phone rang.. "Hello Miss Dash, so when are you moving in?" She caught his glimpse via the window.. His smirk, almost made her faint..