KHUSHI

I stretched my arms lazily after turning off the alarm, I sat on my bed silently convincing my mind to wake up, I was such a sleepy head, every morning I had to convince myself like a baby just to wake up and get out of bed.

I stepped out of my bed when I heard the sound of something breaking so I rushed out of my room wondering what Ananya was up to, she was such a clumsy girl, she always broke a lot of stuff and I was kind of used to it by now.

"I'm sorry I broke this, I was just clumsy and nervous." She said as she bent down to pick up the pieces of the broken vase. It was one of my favorite vases, Adi had gifted it to me but it wasn't my favorite because he had gifted it to me, it was just a beautiful vase. Now stop wondering who gifts their girlfriend a flower vase, let me just say Adi was sort of a weird boyfriend, he did a lot of weird things which I was getting used to slowly.

"Ananya! Get up, you're going to hurt yourself, besides some servant can do that, how many times do I have to tell you to stop acting like you are a guest in this house and act like you own it?" I walked towards her and pulled her away from the broken pieces as one of the servants rushed to clean it.

"Yeah I know, I was just nervous. I start work today and I'm scared, how did you do it the first time?" she looked at me curiously, I could understand her, I remember being nervous myself when i first got a big project, but then I was confident at the same time too.

"I believed in myself and I believed I was the best, you don't really have to convince others, convince yourself that you are the best and the rest of people will see it automatically. Do that and it will work." I smiled at her.

"Thank you for the tip, I'll get going, see you in the evening." She smiled as she hugged me excitedly and then headed out and I turned to go back to my room.

"Oh, by the way." She said as she walked back in and I turned to look at her once again.

"What happened now?" I asked.

"Have fun with your hottie." She winked at me and walked away leaving me confused, I grabbed my hair and tried to tie it in a bun while I tried to figure out what she meant until I saw Aditya walking in, so that's what she meant.

"Hey babe, you're up early today." He smiled as he walked closer to me and greeted me with a hug, he always smelled like coffee, I guess because he drunk too much of coffee in a day, not that I was complaining, I loved the smell of coffee.

He smiled at me as he looked into my eyes with his beautiful blue eyes, he had a really beautiful pair of blue eyes that kind of looked like grey when you saw from a afar, he had the perfect black hair and he knew how to style them really well, and right now he was dressed in a black jean and white tee, the combination I loved most, it just made him stand out, he looked so hot.

I giggled at myself about the thoughts I was having on my mind about how hot Aditya was, suddenly he leaned forward to kiss me and I stepped backwards.

"I haven't brushed yet, I don't wake up with a beautiful morning breath like everyone in the movies do." I giggled as I turned around and headed to my room and he followed me.

He settled down on my bed and started picking up random stuff from my side stand and looking at it then placed it back as I headed inside the bathroom to brush my teeth.

"How come you're here in the morning today?" I shouted from the bathroom, although I had left the door open and I was sure he could hear me without me having to shout.

"I hadn't seen you for a while so I thought I'd pay you a visit before you leave, you're a busy woman." He laughed.

"Yeah, I've got an advertisement to shoot for today, I'll leave in like an hour, how about you? no shoots or shows?" I asked as I walked into the shower and turned it on.

"I have one big fashion show on the weekend and you're coming for it, no excuses okay? And I was thinking how about we take a shower together?" He asked as he peeped in through the open door, I mean I was so used to him being around, he was always here in my room so I dint even care closing the door before taking a shower..

"As much as I want to, I'll have to refuse, I'll be late and you know I'm a punctual person Adi, so go away and stop tempting me." I laughed as I picked an empty shampoo bottle and threw it at him, which he caught and walked away pouting like a baby. Why was he so hot and adorable at the same time?

"Yeah, I know." He replied, I dint say anything after that because I concentrated on my hot water shower, it was peaceful.

Once I was done, I put on the bathrobe and walked out, he was lying on my bed doing something on his phone but he sat up as soon as he saw me walking out.

I headed towards my cupboard and looked at the clothes once again wondering what to put on when I felt a hand on my waist.

"Now if you walk out of the bathroom like this, how am I going to be able to stop myself?" He asked as he pressed himself against me.

I giggled and turned to face him, he leaned towards my neck immediately placing soft kisses all over it, I hoped he wasn't going to leave a hickey, I remember he did that last time and my makeup artist looked at me with her judgy little eyes.

"If you keep doing things like this to me, I'll have to miss the shoot." I said as I cupped his face and looked him into the eyes.

"How I would love it if you do so, I don't feel like letting you go today." He bent down and picked me up in his arms taking me to the bed.

He placed me on the bed and leaned closer to me when we were disturbed by a phone call, the face he made when my phone rang was hilarious.

"Why does the universe seem to be against our romance?" he pouted as I sat up and got the phone from the side stand smiling at how he behaved like a baby sometimes.

I received the call from the unknown number, I never used to do that before I became a model but then I started getting so many calls from unknown numbers offering me work so I got used to it, it wasn't always dangerous.

"Hello." I pressed the phone close to my ear.

"Is this Miss. Khushi?" A man's voice came from the other side of the call.

"Yes, and who am I talking to?" I asked as I looked at Adi who had grabbed my hand and was placing kisses all over it, not that I dint like it but this guy needed to control his hormones.

"I am Aman Mehra from AR Designs, I called to ask whether you can meet me, we have a collection we're launching soon and we needed a model for a photoshoot, my boss liked your photographs and asked me to talk to you so if you're willing to do it, we can meet and discuss the details?" He asked.

"Sure." I replied. Modelling for AR Designs sounded like a huge opportunity and I dint want to miss on it, it was one of the biggest companies, I had heard so much about it.

"If it's okay with you, can you visit us at the office whenever you are free? You'll always find me around otherwise you can tell me to come meet you when you're free anything is fine." He said.

"I'll visit in the afternoon today." I said as I went through my schedule in my mind and realized I was free in the afternoon.

"Thank you ma'am, I'm looking forward to seeing you." he said politely, I liked how he was so polite, it was rare to see such kind of people nowadays.

"Same here." I smiled as I disconnected the call with a smile on my face.

"Sorry Adi, I've got work lined up, got to go." I pouted at him as I stood up and headed back to my wardrobe, I grabbed a pair of officials because I had to go meet Aman and I usually liked dressing officially when I went for meetings.

"No worries, I'll see you later, but don't forget my show okay?" He said as he walked closer to me and pecked on my cheek, I nodded at him about the show and then he walked away leaving me to get dressed.

*****

The shoot took longer than planned, the other model that was shooting along with me kept on making a lot of mistakes so we had to do over twenty retakes.

It really dint make me angry though, I remember being that nervous when it was my first time so I usually understood when people I worked with felt nervous, it was natural.

"Thank you ma'am, we're all done, you can leave if you want to." A lady said to me while I was busy chatting with Adi on my phone.

I nodded at her as she walked away so I told my assistant to grab my stuff and follow me to the car.

"Do you know the AR Designs office?" I asked the driver.

"Yes ma'am, it's just a ten minutes drive from here." He replied.

"Very well, take me there." I said to him as my assistant brought everything to my car then walked away, the driver turned on the car and drove off.

Ten minutes later, he parked the car outside a huge building that had AR Designs written on it in huge letters, I considered myself lucky to have gotten an offer from such a huge company, I had heard about it from a lot of people, especially the models that wouldn't stop talking about the owner saying how hot he was and such stuff, I don't know why but i had always imagines that the owner of such a huge company was going to be some old guy, but who said old guys weren't hot though.

I got my handbag and headed out of the car, I headed straight to the reception as the receptionist looked at me in awe.

"How may I help you ma'am?" The receptionist smiled brightly at me, still not taking her eyes off me, I admit I had such effect on a lot of men but not much with ladies.

"I had a meeting with Mr. Aman Mehra, my name is Khushi." I said to her.

"Oh yes ma'am I know, he told me you would be coming, please use the elevator over there and head to the fifth floor, the first cabin on right belongs to him." She smiled as she pointed towards the left where the elevator was, I headed towards it and stopped there waiting for it, once it came I pressed the number 5 and it took me to the fifth floor.

As I stepped out on the fifth floor, I was left in awe, this office was made with really beautiful interiors, all in white and it was huge as hell, I walked to the right like the receptionist has instructed and knocked at the door of the cabin.

"Come in." I heard a manly voice, I inhaled a deep breath as I walked in to find a man seated on the chair, he looked like he was in his late twenties, he had a pen in his mouth and one stuck on the side of his ears as he was busy reading some documents.

"Miss Khushi." He stood up with a smile as soon as his eyes fell on me, I walked towards him and shook my hands with him as a form of greeting.

"I must admit you look prettier in real, anyway please take a seat." He said with a smile as he settled down and I sat opposite him and looked at him waiting for him to begin the conversation.

ADITYA KAPOOR