ARNAV

The human heart is a weird organ, its job is to only pump blood but it was kind of making me do really weird things and all I wanted to do was to tell it to be steady and stop acting like this.

This was the first ever time I was doing something as stupid as this, the way from my house to my office was quite easy, just drive straight and you're there in the next ten minutes but I chose to take the other way round, the way that goes zigzag. Why? Because I wanted to see her.

So I passed by the lane where her house was, how I know where she lived is obvious, the internet has a lot of information about her. As soon as I was on the lane where her house was, I made sure to drive slowly just in case I get a glimpse of hers or get to meet her and pretend like I was passing by.

Arnav! You're ruined. A girl was making you act this way, it was ridiculous.

Oh Heart, please stop it.

I placed my hand on the left side of my chest hoping and praying that I'd get to see her and once I was out of the lane, I was left with nothing but disappointment because I couldn't see her.

Every part of me wanted to take a U-turn and pass by again but I convinced myself to head to the office, this girl was doing so much to me already even without trying.

She was making me become all creepy and stalkerish, and I never did anything like stalk a girl before but for her, I don't know why I was willing to cross all the boundaries, I just had this strong feeling inside me that made me do things like this.

Once I arrived at work, I found Aman waiting for me in my cabin, he smiled at me as I took my seat in front of him.

"Good morning Aman." I greeted him.

"Good morning sir, like you wished, I've finalized things with Khushi, we need to start work as soon as possible so I came to discuss about the location." Aman said.

"That's not my job Aman, you can decide that with the rest of the employees involved in this." I said

"I just thought I'd confirm with you once since recently you've been wanting lots of things to go your way." Aman rolled his eyes.

"There's no need to be sarcastic Aman, and I don't get it, what do you have against Khushi? She is a nice girl." I said.

"I just don't like the fact that the company's rule are being broken for her, it's strange but anyway I'll go ahead with the location and fix dates with her." Aman stood up and walked away, honestly I was done arguing with him, I wished I could explain things to him, but it was just kind of complicated.

I switched on my laptop and my first instinct was to find her picture on the internet and look at them once again. Honestly, I had no idea why I was acting like a teenager who was falling in love.

This wasn't me, I dint behave like this about a girl, but maybe she was no random girl, she was Cinderella.

My eyes stopped on one image that had a tagline along that read 'Model Khushi and her boyfriend Aditya Kapoor.'

It was a close-up photograph of them both, she was so close to him in the photograph and she had this funny expressions on her face where she had her tongue out and she looked as beautiful as ever but she looked happy too.

I felt a pang in my heart, Cinderella already had a prince charming, and I dint like the idea of it, I dint like the idea of any other guy being close to her, loving her and making her happy, I wanted to be the one.

Maybe for the first time I was openly admitting to wanting her for myself, I don't know what kind of a desire this was, maybe lust, maybe like, or whatever it was, but I wanted to be the one standing next to her in the photograph, I wanted to be the one making her this happy.

Who the hell was this Aditya Kapoor?

Oh Heart, please calm the hell down!

A knock at the door of my cabin startled me, I looked at the door as it opened up and Khushi walked in, I quickly minimized by browser and looked at her.

"Hey." She greeted me with her beautiful smile.

"Hey, what a pleasant surprise." I smiled back at her.

"Actually I came to discuss my dates with Aman and I thought I'd greet you too, I must say you have a really elegant office." She said as she looked around my cabin, it dint have much, the interiors were in white and there were white file cabinets on all the walls with lots of files, it was nothing but a normal cabin.

"Take a seat Khushi." I said.

"Actually I was going to Aman's cabin, I told him I'll be on time." She said.

"Don't worry about that, I'll call him here, take a seat please." She nodded as she pulled out a chair and settled down while I picked up my extension and called Aman.

"So Khushi, what do you think about working with AR Designs, do you think you'll be able to live up to my expectations?" I smirked at her, she looked a bit nervous for a moment only but then it was replaced with confidence.

"I don't disappoint at all sir." She said.

"I told you to address me as Arnav." I said, she bit her lip and nodded just when Aman walked into my cabin, he settled down on the chair opposite Khushi and then looked at me.

"So I guess you can discuss the dates and everything now." I said.

Aman looked at me weirdly for a moment and then turned to Khushi and started talking to her, they both got engrossed in a long discussion while I sat in my chair staring at her.

I couldn't believe a person could be as perfect as she was, my eyes were stuck on her beautiful face not wanting to look anywhere else, I was completely smitten by her beauty.

I noticed each and every expressions she made while talking to Aman, how she scratched her temple, how her lips curved when she talked, how dimples formed up on her cheeks when she smiled, she was utterly beautiful.

It was like I was watching a movie that concentrated on her and her only, I had no idea what was happening to me or what she was doing to me, but if this kept on happening, I was going to get crazy.

Plus she already had a boyfriend now!

Why couldn't she be single? Now what was I supposed to do when I felt this sort of attraction towards her and she had a boyfriend?

Or maybe he wasn't her boyfriend, maybe it was just a rumor, things like this happened a lot anyway with famous people, but how was I supposed to be sure of this?

If I had the guts to, I would ask her but that would make things look creepy and I wasn't creepy, I was the good guy, I liked her but I wouldn't do anything creepy.

Holy Shit! This girl was driving me Insane!

"Is that okay with you Arnav?" She looked at me with a smile, I stared back at her in confusion having no idea what she was talking about, all this while I hadn't paid attention to the conversation she was having with Aman.

"Yeah." I smiled.

"Great then, we'll start tomorrow." She smiled excitedly and then stood up as she bid me and Aman a goodbye, I dint want her to leave yet, but I had no reason to stop her, obviously I wasn't going to tell her to stay because I loved looking at her or she was making me feel a certain way.

Get a hold on your thoughts Arnav! As she walked away Aman turned to look at me like he wanted to kill me.

"What?" I shrugged.

"Now I know why you were so persistent about wanting her as our model." Aman said.

"Why?" I raised my eyebrow at him, was I being that obvious? If Aman noticed it did it mean Khushi noticed it too? No, I dint want it to go that way.

"You're lusting for her." Aman said.

"That's ridiculous, you being my best friend could think I was lusting for her Aman? She's not the kind of girl I want to take to bed for a night and get over with, she's the kind of a girl I want to spend each and every minute of my life with." I said, and once the words were out I looked at Aman in shock, I wasn't supposed to say that out loud!