𝙀𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙚

chapter -1

Naina's POV Present day
"Hey Naina! can you take these files to accountant's office?" asked aradhya with a Pleading face.

"okay I can but you owe me a thank you and snacks" i replied.

"oh ofc you are the best "she beamed
"I know" I told her and took those files and went to accountant's office.

Okay let me introduce myself I am Naina Singh and I work here in "wave innovations" as ceo's assistant. it's one of the Reputed company in corporate world and that girl who gave me those files is my best friend, I love her so much because she supported when there was no one around me to help me get better.

I knocked on Rishi's cabin and when I heard 'come in' I got inside, and when he saw me he smiled and greeted -

"Hey Naina! How are you?"
"oh I am very good and you?" I asked him

"Tired and sleepy but these numbers are taking forever to calculate and making me crazy " he said

" i think you should take a break" I suggested
" oh no! I can't, i have to finish these before noon"‬‎ he grumbled.

"oh best of luck then, and before I forget I came here to give you these files " I told him snd he sighed.

"thank you! can you place them over the table?"
"For sure"
I placed the files files on accountant's desk and left the office.

"ok Rishi I will see you later" I said and he saluted me.

as I was going towards cafeteria I got a call and as soon as i answered my phone, someone shouted from the other side.

"Nainaaaa.........."

"uff My ears!!! you idiot why are you shouting? You are going to make me deaf at this early age"
And this is my childhood friend Lavanya rathi who is trying to tear my ear drums right now by her screaming.

-LAVANYA RATHI

" ok ok but I have a good news and after hearing you will shout too" she said in a over excited voice.

"Umm really then tell me" i asked impatiently.

"guess who is getting married with the love of her life" she said with her dramatic accent.

"Probably not you because you don't have a love life then who else?" There was beads of silence for 1 min straight and i thought she hung up on me.

"Umm about that i-i i-"

"What i? Dont you have any word to say other than i or are you hiding something from me and that's the reason for your current loss of vacabulary?"
I said suspiciously.

"Umm not i just, actually it happened so fast so i forgot to tell you i got back together with Tanishk. but please nainu dont get mad, i am sorry i know i should have told you but i wasnt trying to hide anything and i am your one and only best friend so you cant  get mad" hesistantly she said.

"Calm down lavi, calm down its okay i am not mad and i am very happy for you. Finally i am going to see your wedding, i was waiting for a long time that i thought you woukd die single.  but direct marriage invitation, i should say i am surprised. Congratulations mam."
I told her, i am genuinwly happy for her because she loved tanishk so much that she was heartbroken after their breakup. But finally she got her happiness.

"you have to come here tomorrow only. we are getting married in Jaipur" she spoke excitedly.

"oh I will not come you didnt tell me before and i doubt either I am your best friend or not " i told her to tease her.

"If you dont come then i will come and grab you myself?" She said with some sass.

"oh fine I will but this doesnt mean i forgive you and you have to tell me whole story about how you got back with your majnu. I am so excited, i had so many plans and dreams for your wedding that i can now fulfill. Also when is the wedding?"

" after one month from today and everyone from our school is coming, we will enjoy so much" she again got over excited.

"from our school what do you mean by that?" Now i am confused because we dont have many friends.

"Idiot akshat and his friends and ofcourse your one and only Aarav is also coming tomorrow"

and i tuned out everything after that.
hearing a Aarav's name after such a long time, I dwelled back in Past when we were in school and My heartbeats got higher. it's crazy how even today the name of one person whom I loved makes my heart to beat faster but I don't love him anymore and I wouldn't allow someone's presence to affect me anymore. I will protect my heart from shattering because I can't bear it again.

"Hello! you there or have you lost in his thoughts only?" she asked and I came back to Reality

"oh yeah! and don't say like this. he is just my former classmate nothing else and don't tease me again" I told her seriously

"ok fine but come here tomorrow and we would talk Rest when you would come here" she dropped the topic for which i am thankful.

"oh no tomorrow I can't but I would try for weekend, before that I can't come"

"what! try, you are saying you would try! well exuse me didn't you hear what I said tomorrow means tomorrow" and here she is screaming again, i am gonna be deaf in near future.

"yrrr understand Please, i cant come tomorrow I am boss's assistant. I can take leave only from weekend only." I tried to make her understand.

"ok fine but come as soon as you can I will be waiting" thank god she agreed.

"Yaaa sure"

" bye jaan"

I hung up and sat in the cafeteria. I ordered a coffee to calm my racing heart. oh god! Why after so many years his name affecting me so much. why my heart is beating so fast? am i sick cause clearly I don't love him anymore and shit how am I going to face him and that too for a month. above all of this how will I Protect my heart. I think I am overreacting, clearly he don't know I loved him or even liked him in high school so it doesnt matter, I shouldn't be nervous..

I dismissed my thoughts and after drinking my coffee left from there for sir's cabin to ask for leave.

So this is the chapter 1, enjoy reading and let me know in the comment box if you like it...
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