| Lavanya |
"So you know right! Where are we going?!" Kabir says, eyeing me from the side as he steers his Jaguar.
"At Roy's." I reply nonchalantly. He never leaves a chance to test my patience and I am not going to let him annoy me.
"And your dearest Agastya Raichand will be there."
"Dearest enemy." I correct him and he smiles in return.
We often both comically call Agastya our enemy, because he's our absolute business rival.
"Yeah. I meant that only."
"After ignoring him like he didn't exist, for years, now what has happened that you are ready to see him and attend the party he's invited to?" His curiosity kicks in again after a minute's silence.
"I'm not ready to see him Kabir. I'm ready to sue him." I reply with a smirk and add "I am not a coward, who will hide behind, for long. Someday or the other, I just had to do it."
"Poor Agastya!"
"Anyways, I am not going to meet him Kabir. It's a party and I'm just going there as a guest. His existence has stopped mattering to me.." What a pretty web of lies Lavanya!
"but if he will do anything, I'll not sit back." I add.
"Of course! I just hope you don't plan to get a demotion this time." Kabir again teases and hints back at what happened last year.
"Fuck off!" I punched him at his shoulder in return.
Kabir Sen, my not so dear friend, is the current CEO of Gossip Bee. We were cordial but later our tiff and constant teasing, we bonded and became friends.
Kabir was crowned for the position when I refused to accept it. I didn't have it in me to go after the position of editor in chief after whatever happened with me. I have lost my courage and zeal to strive for success, because people out there, are like vultures. No one wants the truth, but fake headlines on the cover page and I have suffered enough for it. I chose this demotion. I chose this position for myself. Maybe this tags me as a coward but it is what it is.
Everyone thinks that it is Agastya's fault, which led me to think so powerless of me but it's not him.
He's not entirely the reason for where I am today. But he's surely one of the reasons. I put my head on the window sill as the recollections of the past cloud my mind. In sometime, I'll see him, face to face. I'll hear his deep voice, I'll get to take a whiff of his cologne. The mere thought of it, is quickening my heartbeat.
I don't know how I am going to pull this off.
"So I heard it right. You are getting a transfer." Agastya said.
I was collecting my stuff from the office the next day after confronting him about his failed attempts to sabotage my career, when I found him standing at the door with a smirk. There were no signs of regrets on his face, he was probably teasing me because my instincts were the exact opposite of what my mind said.
After getting to know about his real truth, I decided to operate from the old headquarters of Gossip Bee, not the Highlights one because I couldn't stay under one roof with Agastya. The atmosphere was killing me. It was not the first time when he had hurt me, but this time he had crossed all his limits. He took advantage of my innocence, love and blind trust for him. I couldn't spare another day in his office.
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Romance"Oh Love! You are finally here. And I" he took a pause and roared with a sly smile "am NOT AT ALL pleased." He looked at me, as if I am his prey. Well he's a beast nonetheless. "Stop calling me Lav. It's Lavanya for you." I replied, with fierceness...
