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Forced dinner

The receptionist trembled slightly hearing Atharv’s furious tone. For a few seconds, her voice didn’t come out. Collecting herself, she cleared her throat and said “Mr. Ahuja, she is waiting here. Shall I send her to your office?”

"No…” Atharv instantly denied. “Tell her I am busy.”

With that, the phone disconnected. The receptionist’s hand holding the phone was shaking in fear and her back drenched in a cold sweat. She peeked sneakily at the beautiful angel-like woman in her mid-twenties, sitting on the sofa in the waiting area. That woman was Miraya Kaul, the daughter of the famous diamond merchant of Mumbai. Rumors also spread that Miraya and Atharv were getting engaged very soon. In this condition, how could she offend her? But disobeying Atharv meant she might lose her job. How difficult it was working under such an autocratic person like Atharv Ahuja. Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she walked to Miraya and tried to smile at her before saying “Ma’am, I fear that you can’t meet Mr. Ahuja today. He is very busy. I will fix an appointment for the next day if you want.”

Miraya immediately closed the magazine that she was reading and scolded the receptionist looking up at her “Do I need an appointment to meet him? Don’t you know who am I?”

“Miss Kaul ple…”

“Shut up.” Miraya shut her up and stood up instantly. “I don’t want to listen to anything. I am going in.”

She started walking ahead as soon as finished speaking. The receptionist tried to stop her but Miraya pushed her away and strode to the elevator. CEO’s office was on the top floor and Miraya directly went there.

The receptionist immediately dialed the Atharv’s secretary Anaya’s number and explained everything. Perturbed, Anaya’s face turned as white as paper after hearing this. While she was thinking about how to deal with this matter, Miraya came there taking brisk steps carrying a hot air along with her. By seeing her expression, Anaya forgot to breathe and couldn’t react for a few seconds other than looking at her in awe.

Just as Miraya was about to barge into the CEO’s office then only Anaya regained her senses and rushed to her as soon as possible calling her “Miss Kaul, please wait a moment.”

Creasing her eyebrows, Miraya turned her head to look back and saw Anaya coming running towards her. Annoyed, Miraya’s face darkened and snapped gritting her teeth “You dare to stop me. Do you want to die?”

Shaking her head twice, Anaya looked at her timidly and pleaded “Please Miss Kaul, Mr. Ahuja is busy right now. Can you please wait for a while?” She offered a smile to Miraya and continued “What should I order for you? Tea, coffee, juice…”

Miraya didn’t pay attention to her and before Anaya could finish speaking, she turned back to push the door. Just then Anaya held her wrist to stop her and said “Please, Ma’am, don’t make trouble for me.”

Miraya was so angry that she lost her control and pushed down Anaya and shouted “How dare to touch me with your dirty hand?” She then looked down at her wrist in panicked expression and exclaimed “God knows what type of germs will infect me.” Her gaze drifted to Anaya who just fell on the ground hard and said “I will sue you if anything happens to me.”

Anaya’s jaw fell apart and looked at her with wide eyes, thinking that the rich, spoiled woman like Miraya was really dangerous.

On the other side, Atharv was busy discussing some important topics with Karan when he heard the commotion outside the door. He lifted his head to look at the closed door and asked Karan “Why is it so noisy? Go and check what is happening out there.”

Nodding, Karan stood up and went to open the door. His brows furrowed in shock to see the scene in front of him. Anaya was sitting on the floor in an unpleasant way and Miraya was shouting at her. When Miraya heard the sound of the door opening, she hurriedly rushed inside the office pushing Karan back. Dumbstruck, Karan only looked at her without doing anything. Then only Anaya stood up and tidied her creased clothes.

Frowning, Atharv looked at Miraya who rushed to him and complained showing her slightly red wrist “Atharv look, what your secretary has done to me. She intentionally tried to hurt me.” There were traces of tears in her eyes.

Atharv rolled his eyes to see her drama and leaned back on his chair fixing a cold gaze at her. He heard her demanding “Fire her. I don’t want to see her here.”

“Is that so?” Finally, Atharv opened his mouth. Without changing his expression, Atharv said indifferently “She is only following my order. You shouldn’t come here without prior information.”

Annoyed, Miraya stomped her foot and said “I can come here anytime and no one should stop me. But you are taking the side of a small secretary instead of taking care of me. Did you forget that our elders are talking about our marriage? I came here because your grandpa asked me to go for dinner with you so that we can come to know each other more. I thought he informed you earlier. If I knew that I will be humiliated for coming here then I would have never shown up.”

Atharv sighed closing his eyes and pressing his nose bridge with two fingers. So, it was all planned by the old man. If he acted recklessly and sent Miraya back then his grandfather might create more problems for him. Thinking this, he opened his eyes and looked at Miraya tenderly and said softly “Sit down first and listen carefully. I am a little bit busy right now, so let me finish my work and after that, we can go for dinner, OK?”

Miraya was happy. Smiling widely, she sat down on the chair opposite him and said “OK, you finish your work. I will wait for you here.”

“Not here, Miraya. You wait in the waiting area. Let my secretary take care of you.”

Despite unwillingness, Miraya finally agreed with Atharv and went out of the office. Shaking his head Atharv called Karan to resume their work.

A few hours later, finally, Atharv finished working and went to one of his hotels for dinner with Miraya. In every hotel of 'Exotiq', there was a special dining room only for the family members where they could dine anytime. Atharv already informed the manager of the hotel to arrange everything. Once they reached the hotel, they directly went to the dining room. Two waitresses and the manager himself were waiting there for welcoming them. They both sat down on the chair opposite to each other.

The manager came to them and asked “What special dishes you want to have? Just inform me and I will tell the chef to prepare that.”

“Miss Kaul will tell you what she wants to eat.”

Atharv had no mood in dining so he just looked down at his phone and started working on something. He didn’t pay attention to what Miraya ordered to eat. The manager called one of the waitresses to pour water for the guests and instructed them to take good care of them before leaving from there.

After a long time, finally, Atharv lifted his head to look around but his expression froze the moment his eyes landed on a waitress who was standing beside the door looking curiously at them with her beautiful big watery black eyes. Atharv’s eyes glued on her and couldn’t tear his gaze from her. Other than her beautiful face he couldn’t see anything else. On her glossy oval face, the dainty nose, lilac soft pink lips, and big beautiful eyes with long, curved velvety eyelashes were catching the attention. Her black silky hairs were tied up neatly in a ponytail. The perfectly fitted waitress uniform of white shirt and black skirt was showing her well-curved figure prominently. Atharv’s eyes were shining brightly and he mumbled “Tina…”

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