Omkara~

It was Sunday Morning and I thought of doing some office works since I don't have any ideas for today. After meeting Gauri yesterday in the club, I felt guilty about being rude to my employees and especially Gauri. I decided to apologize to Gauri tomorrow. Remembering of Gauri, a smile made it's way on my lips which was alien for me from past few months. Her cute antics and complaints about me, I wonder what she would be doing now? Did she remembered about what happened last night at the pub? I can't wait for tomorrow to meet Gauri. There was something alluring about her that I cannot stop thinking about her all the day.

Gauri~

I reached the diner, Rudra told me about and it was nothing fancy but a small and simple local diner.

"Ri... " Rudra called waving his hands from his table as soon as I entered the cafe.

I smiled politely and made my way towards the table he was sitting in which was a corner one beside the large glass window which has a good view of the park beside the diner.

"Hi Rudra." I greeted taking a seat in front of him.

"Hey! Thank you for coming." Rudra said and we ordered our food.

"Gauri, first of all I am sorry for my brother's behaviour yesterday." Rudra apologized.

"It's okay, I better get habituated to that type of treatment." I said honestly.

"I am really ashamed of the way he treated you yesterday." Rudra said feeling shameful.

"It's okay, Rudra. I decided to let go of it." I said. "Your brother has been like that always, I can't blame him."

"He wasn't like that before but a few incidents made him the way he was now, cold and cruel." Rudra said slowly.

"What does that mean? " I asked curious.

"Well, a few months back my father decided to get O married to his business partner, Mr. Mathur's daughter, Ishaana. It was totally a marriage of benefit for both the companies however O agreed to get married to Ishaana according to my dad's wishes." Rudra said.

Wow! My boss was engaged. Interesting!

"They got engaged in a grand way and were the center of attention for all the paparazzi. Everything was good and marriage was fixed in two months from the engagement. We were all very excited for the marriage of the first heir of Oberoi's. We all reached the venue and had been waiting at the alter only to know that Ishaana ran away from the wedding. Omkara was heartbroken and humiliated. He never expected that from Ishaana since she was all good to Omkara and they both looked like lovey-dovey couple. Since then he became cold thinking about Ishaana's betrayal." Rudra said.

"Oh, I am sorry." I said feeling bad about what happened with my boss and his family.

"It's okay, there's nothing to do about it now. But I seriously miss my old Om, who was kind and funny." Rudra said with a hint of sadness in his voice. "I wish I could get him back."

I gently placed my hand on Rudra's hand that was laying on the table.

"Can I ask a question? " I asked softly and he nodded his head giving me permission to go ahead.

"What happened to Ishaana? Any information about why she ran away on her wedding day? " I asked out of curiosity.

"Same cliche story, she found someone better and ditched Om to marry him." Rudra said grudgingly, "After a month, we found out that Ishaana married Samar Roy, one of the richest man in India, who's our rival."

I just nodded my head not knowing what to say.

"After that my parents tried to convince Om to date again and marry someone of his choice but Om was stubborn, he said he doesn't want to get married. He became cold and ruthless, he spent most of his time working in his office rarely coming home. And now that he brought this company in Paris, we rarely get a glimpse of him. My mom and dad was worried hell about him since he was no even returning our calls and messages, he stopped talking with family and distanced himself from everyone since then." Rudra completed the story with a long sigh.

"I feel sad for your brother." I said honestly. How can so one ditch the person they love just because they found someone better!

"I am sorry, Ri. For spoiling your mood with my sad story." Rudra apologized.

"Hey, don't be sorry. Didn't you told me that we are friends? Friends are not only to share happiness but to stay on your side in sadness as well. So, don't hesitate to share your sorrows with me." I said smiling assuringly.

"Thank you Ri." Rudra said smiling lightly.

"Okay, let's eat our food before it gets cold." I said digging into my plate making Rudra chuckle.

I dived on to my bed head first after changing into my pyjamas. Since it was Sunday, Anika was out with Shivaay leaving the flat all alone for myself. My lunch date with Rudra went well and we decided to plan for another some other time. I layed on my bed watching the bright city lights from the glass window of my room. They looked bright and colorful like stars on the earth. My mind drifted back to the conversation I had with Rudra earlier this afternoon. I felt really sad for my boss, how humiliated he would have felt when the person with whom he thought of spending his life ditched him in the alter for someone better. No wonder he was being cold and arrogant with everyone. He might be scared of letting someone inside his walls fearing the rejection and humiliation. It was sad, when you feel like crying and let out your anger but you couldn't because you don't want to show your weakness to everyone. My boss was facing the same situation.

I sighed and took my mobile to call Ricky.

"Hey Ri, finally remembered me? " His loud and enthusiastic voice came.

"Hi Ricky." I smiled.

"How's your weekend, Ri? " Ricky asked.

"Don't even ask." I said huffing.

"Is it that bad? " He chuckled.

"Horrible." I said placing an pillow in my lap.

"What happened? " He asked curiously.

"At first, my boss blamed and accused for the things that I didn't do and then Anika dragged me to a pub and made me drink alcohol." I said recalling the events of the previous day.

"Wow! Ri, you tried alcohol for the first time in your life. Yo gurl!! " Ricky cheered on the other end making me laugh at his antics.

"Tell me how was your first experience with alcohol? " He asked enthusiastically.

"Well, at first I didn't liked it." I said remembering the burnt feeling I experienced as I had my first shot of vodka. "And then after a few drinks I felt myself free and different."

"That's great then what did you do? Had fun in the pub dancing all the night? "

"Nah! I just sat on the bar stools drowning myself in alcohol to forget my sorrows and then a stranger came and I shared my sorrows with him." I said trying to recall things.

"Wow! So many things in one night. How was this stranger guy, was he creepy or something? "

"Nope, he was like tall, chocolate brown eyes, shoulder length hair!?... " My eyes widened in realisation as the series of events occured yesterday night in the pub began to play in front of my eyes like a movie in HD print.

Hey Shankerji!! What did I do? I complained about my boss to my boss!

"Akdu, Arrogant, douche bag boss... Nandi bail.... "

" A Devilishly handsome psycho monster, who looks like hero with that silky long hair, I envy but andar se, He is nothing but a villain of my life."

My voice echoed in my brain making me have a seizure.

"...you there? Ri... " Ricky shouted making me jump.

"Sorry Ricky, I remembered an important work will call you later." I said and disconnected the call without listening to his response.

"Hey Shankerji, what do I do now?" I prayed to God.

Stupid Gauri, can't you keep your mouth shut. What's the need of telling all your sorrows to a stranger, no not a stranger a stranger who was my boss! Now what to do? How am I gonna show my face to him tomorrow?

Pehle se he, He was a Nandi bail and now I said all those things to him.

That's it I am going to pack all my things go away to a unknown place, change me name and going to live alone with this embarrassment.

No, I can't do that, Vikram will not be happy with that.

"Hey Bhagwaan!! Why did you let your chiraiyya embarrass herself." I cried hiding my face in the pillow. "How am I gonna face my boss tomorrow?"