Wednesday, 9:00am

The conference room consisted of very few people, only those who were most important concerning the deal that was being discussed.

" Ranbir...." the man smiled. " I am rich but, you know about business. Sometimes we roll the cash for certain purposes."

" So, we'll discuss your project when you have enough budget, Mr. Agarwal", Ranbir said.

" No, no....." Mr. Agarwal chuckled. " The budget is fixed. I am not putting in any more money."

" Then I'm sorry. Within this budget it's impossible......."

" It is! Just we have to use cheaper materials!"

Ranbir stopped and glared at the man. "Listen Mr. Agarwal, I have built this company with honesty and I will not compromise with the quality of the products."

" But Ranbir......"

" You have lost my trust. Aryan, show him the door."

The man slammed his fists on the table and got up. " You don't know to whom you're talking to!"

" I am not interested either!" He pointed towards the door. "Please!"

Mr. Agarwal stormed out of the room, followed by his people.

Ranbir shook his head. "Bring me my coffee immediately"

" Yes sir." Aryan rushed outside on receiving the order.

As he was returning with the cup, his phone chimed.

"It's done! Hope we don't get fired!"

He smiled on reading it and typed the reply.

"Don't worry! So tomorrow, blue diamond, 2pm?"

"Okay"

He kept his phone back in his pocket and entered the conference room. He gave the coffee to Ranbir and stood beside him.

" Sir, you have a meeting with Mr. Dubey at 2pm tomorrow, at Blue Diamond", Aryan said.

" Blue Diamond? Wasn't it at the Crescent?" Ranbir frowned.

" Sir, Crescent would be crowded, Blue Diamond is better. Many business meetings takes place there."

" Alright! Review the contract again and don't miss out anything."

" Okay sir!" Aryan grinned as he turned around.

Let's see whether his arrogant boss can melt!

*****

Shahana was anxious the whole time. If the plan didn't go as expected, then all their hopes would be crushed.

She knew what they were doing was not exactly nice, but they were desperate. Also, if everything went well, it will benefit their bosses too.

" He is good" Prachi said. " And him too!"

Shahana smiled nervously at her.

" Him!" Prachi browsed through the pictures of various models. Since she had decided to shoot with male models for her calendar, Sahana was asked to contact an agent.

" He is also good", Prachi selected another picture. " We need only one more guy!"

Shahana gulped in nervousness.

Prachi stopped browsing and stared at one picture. Sahana glanced at it and a grin came on her face.

" He is good", Prachi said. " Contact all these models and tell them about our calendar shoot. And ask Palak to prepare the contract."

" Yes ma'am!" Shahana did a mental dance as she returned to her desk.

She quickly picked her phone and typed a message.

" It worked! The plan is on!"

The reply came soon.

" Great! Will see tomorrow."

Keeping her phone down, Shahana took a deep breath. She never expected herself to do what she was doing. But, desperate times call for desperate measures and the plan was pretty harmless.

At least, that's what Aryan had said her.

~ 36 hours earlier~

Aryan was tired after work and ideally he would go to his apartment and sleep, but today he couldn't.  With a beer bottle in hand, he went towards the bridge.

But, there was a surprise. He wasn't alone. There was a familiar face. And, there was a bottle in her hand as well.

" Hi Shahana!", he greeted and sat down at a distance from her.

" Hey Aryan!", she replied in a weak voice.

They had met each other by chance and now they were acquaintances. Due to the nature of their work, they showed up at cafés and restaurants at odd hours. That is how they got to know each other.

" Problem at work?", he asked.

" How did you know?"

"Your expression is the same as mine.", he said, taking a sip from his bottle.

Shahana sighed and looked down.

" I think she really considers me as a robot", she said, after a while. "Like...... I worked for a month to organize the calendar shoot and suddenly she says she has lost interest in the theme 'cause some stupid model ditched and now she wants to change the entire thing and I am expected to arrange everything within a week! Can you imagine? I have to do one month's work within a week!". she groaned.

"Oh! That's bad!", Aryan was taken aback by her rant, but, nevertheless, he could relate to her. "I believe my boss considers me his slave. I memorize his routine and I am expected to take care of not only the office work but his personal life as well! Come on, I am not his wife!"

" Even her! I have thought so many times that if she was married or had a boyfriend, she would at least leave the office in time and not make us work like donkeys!"

" And him! I am damn sure that he never even had one girlfriend. On top of it, there are only men in his house. So, there is no one...... you know....... to call him back home! It is sad, but our situation is no better!"

"She doesn't goes home even when her mother calls, that's how workaholic she is! I mean, doesn't a normal person needs rest?" 

" and he is like......... as if he is on red bull the entire day!"

"I am starting to feel he is so much like her. They should date!"

 " Yeah. Probably get married!"

They both were silent for some time. In the quietness of the night, a weird but interesting idea came into Aryan's mind.

" You know what, I've always thought that my boss really needs to get laid!"

Shahana choked on her drink. "Eww! Why would you say that to me?"

"Sorry, I didn't mean that!" he said sheepishly. "What I meant is that, our bosses, seem to be made for each other and..... I wouldn't hurt if we helped them a bit."

"What do you mean?", she frowned.

"Why don't we......, set them up?", he asked.

"Are you crazy? Do you want to get fired?", Shahana cried out.

"Noooo!" he exclaimed. "What I wanted to say was that, we both know how they are. We know that they need some romance. So, why don't we........."

"Aryan, I think you are drunk." she shook her head.

"Shahana...." he called. "Image Ranbir Kohli and Prachi Mehra dating each other. Suddenly, there is something else in their minds other than torturing us. Them leaving office early. We getting free time. Them going on holidays and we getting even more rest!"

Shahana gulped. In her situation at that moment, the offer seemed too attractive to decline. Not to forget they were drunk. Giving it a thought, she turned to him.

" So, what do you plan to do?"