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Krisha's POV:

           I stepped into the building The Space Life Corporations, with my shaking legs, I pulled them with so much difficulty and reached the reception.

           A beautiful lady with blue eyes and pale complexion greeted me and asked "How may I help you ma'am?

     All on a sudden my throat went dry and I struggled to bring out my words, he was here, he might see me here accidentally, what if he came face to face with me?

         "Ma'am?" She called me.
   
       "Uh..yeah.. Actually I'm here to...uh..meet Mr.Manohar Moorthy, the chairman. I have an appointment with him." Somehow I told her the reason of my visit to that dreadful place.

            "Give me a minuit ma'am, I'll confirm with his PA." She told me and called someone over the phone. Every time someone passed me or looked at me my heartbeat reached it's peek thinking it was him.

      "Ma'am, please take your right for the elevator, Go to the twelfth floor. On your left you'll find his office. Thank you ma'am." She smiled at me politely.

        I thanked her back and with heavy heart I followed her direction. I was standing outside his office after meeting his PA.

      "Still there is time Krisha, you can go back if you want." told my heart.

    "No Krisha, believe in you. Go ahead and meet him." Told my brain. I chose to listen to my brain and knocked the door.

     "Come in. " came a rough as well as respectable voice.

     "Hello sir." I greeted him.

       "Welcome Krisha, please sit down ma. What would you like to have?" He asked me with a same fatherly smile he helds.

      "Thank you sir, but I'm fine. Here is my file." I told and handed over my file to him.

         "Your friend Kabir already sent me this Krisha and I have already read it. We are ready to invest in your research but before that we need some security from you or we need you to work for us in return." He told me.

         "Thank you sir but I didn't get you." I told him confused.

      He smiled and explained me "Listen Krisha, we are ready to invest on your project but before that we want something in return from you as per our company rules like some any kind of you property as surety. So if the company get loss from the project we could compensate. "

         "I don't have any such thing except my self confidence and will power sir. Anyways thanks for your time." I told him and got up to leave dejectedly.

        "Wait, you have one other option." He told and I sat back arching my eyebrows.

       "Work for us, that will be easy for us to assess your self confidence and skills. We need an excellent astrobiologist to work in our current project. Sign an agreement for an year, work with us then we will discuss about your project." He told me as if it was the matter of fact making my mouth wide open.

     Me, working in Space life corporations, one of the top best space research centers in the world.

       "Don't worry Krisha, you'll be receiving your salary. You will work for our profit and from that we will invest in your project. But we can pay you only four lakhs per month for now. What do you think?" He asked me, making my head spin.

  What? Just four lakhs. Oh my, he was ready to pay me Four lakhs. I was offered a job in the world's top space research center and they would pay me more than enough for a month. What else I want?

       This was my dream, then I could take care of my daddy well and didn't have to worry about his medical expenses. My mom didn't have to work. We could shift to a better place, in a better house. All our financial crisis would be over. Above all after an year they would invest in my project.

Great!

       My eyes started to pool on its own and I told him "Thank you so much sir, I don't have words to explain how happy I am. I will accept this offer."

     "You can join from tomorrow child, I'll explain you everything tomorrow. Be here at 9.00AM sharp." I nodded my head in happiness and took my leave.

         I didn't care about anything on my way all I could think about was my job. My dream job.

        I bought sweets and ran to my home. I stuffed my Urmila mom's mouth with sweets and ran to my dad. He was sleeping and we had an appointment with the doctor in the evening. A flash of sadness crossed my face but I was happy again because I had a newly developed confidence to treat him.

         My mom was very happy and I tried to call Kabir to thank him but his mobile was out of range. In the evening we met the doctor he told me my dad was fine and doing good that made me even more happier.

       After a long time we three had dinner in my favorite restaurant and my dad ended with a happy note.

     The next day morning, I informed my bakery owner about my job and bid bye to my friends over there and came back to SLC (Space Life Corporations)

    I greeted the receptionist and she guided me to meet Manohar Sir's Personal Assistant.

   I was waiting outside the cabin when someone tapped my shoulder   "Hello, I'm Alka Marimuthu. Are you Krisha Anand, the new astrobiologist joining in our project?" She asked.

    " Well, I'm Krisha Anand. But I don't know whether I'm joining your project or not. I'm here to meet Manohar Sir." I told her.

      "In that case, I'm right. You are going to join our project, Pratyush ULV-1. Manohar sir asked me to take care of you. Please follow me." She told and gave me a beautiful smile.

      "Sure." I told and smiled back before following her. We went inside a glass cabin and she handed me an agreement paper after signing it. We went to meet our head of the project.

      "Krisha, go inside after knocking and report him, he was kind of strict and arrogant so be careful with him. He may be rude at times so don't get hurt. The adjacent cabin to our head, is yours we are all a team. I'll go arrange for the meeting you report him and meet me in the conference hall. It's in the seventh floor. Good luck." She told me sweetly and she was very kind with me.

      "Thanks Alka, I'll take care." I told and she left after patting my shoulder.

  She was such a nice girl with her own lovely attitude.

    I knocked the door and entered inside only to find my world stop. God, how did I forget that he was also working her. After my meeting with Manohar Sir, I totally forget about HIM being here, and.... I have to work in his team. What kind of a trouble you gave me again god.

        My legs were rooted at the place, my throat became dry all on a sudden, my eyes started to pool and a unexplainable pain settled in my heart. Not again.

I had had enough.

   My heartbeat was loud enough to be heard out, there HE was, sitting on the leather chair in front of me like a king.

      He raised his head from his file and looked at me. Everything around me started to spin and get blurred all I could see was him. He looked shocked and terrified. He stood up slowly with his calculating eyes boring well into mine, the intensity was so high.

Before he could reach me I ran from there and thank god I found the restroom through sign board. I dashed inside it and cried my heart out. I didn't wanted to face him in my life. I wanted him to come for me, I wanted him to understand me. But today I came to his place to work under him.

    All the once golder then bitter memories of my life with him flashed in front of me. I held the slab for support my chest started to ache. I had to break the agreement, I couldn't work under him. I had to stay away from him. I was partly ready to face him when I agreed to Kabir but the idea of working with him just killing me.

     I decided to meet Manohar sir and terminate the agreement just when my mobile went on. It was my mom " Krish..dear that house broker showed me a beautiful flat today dear. In the main area both your dad and I liked it. I'm sure you'll love it. So I took the keys from the house owner. He told me we can give the advance next month. By that time you'll have your salary right. So I said yes. And yeah... With the left over money I bought the medicines for your daddy. Krisha... Are you there? " spoke my mom.

      "I...I'm in a meeting mom. I'll call you later." I told her and hung up the call. I felt tired with the emotionally drained heart. I couldn't disappoint my family. After all they deserve some happiness.

I need money. So I had to do this job. For a bitter past I couldn't ruin my beautiful present and a happy future. Ofcours I had to face many troubles facing that man again. But with a stone heart I had to move on in my life.

  "No more fear Krisha... Just go ahead." I told to myself and fixed my ruined face through the mirror.

"For my daddy. " I mumbled and stepped out of the restroom. I decided to go to his cabin but on the way I was pulled by someone.

"Why the hell you came back?" He asked banging me to the nearby wall, he has changed a lot, bags under his eyes, tired frame and his beard speaks volumes which only I could understand. Yet he was the most handsome man in the world.

        "I'm here to work on the pro...project not for you Mr.Adith."  his grip loosened on my arms, this was probably the first time I spoke back to him.

    "Let's see how long you sustain here Ms or Mrs. Krisha. You are gonna face the worst because you know, working under Adith is no easy." He told with bloodshot eyes and left me. I wiped my tears and told myself to be strong, I had to be strong. I need this job, I need money.

        And I know this was not going to be easy because Adith is no human when someone hurts his Ego.

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