Can't help falling in love

Chapter 10: Hey Jude

3 PM! Was he mad, it took me a week to finish these design and now he wants me to come up with the new ones by 3, oh god, why, why is he my boss!
Meera cursed her fate, and began working on the next design, real quick, making them sufficient and not perfect. Her phone suddenly rang, she put her pencil in the mouth, put the phone between her shoulder and ears and took the plans between her hands
"Hello"
"What!? Oh my God, I'm reaching in 5!" Meera said as she flung everything on the table, took her phone and wallet and left the office.
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"Dadu! What happened, maa, what happened!? Is dadu fine!?"she said frantically entering the room

"He is fine, relax, calm down, just BP fluctuation" her mother said who was standing there beside the doctor assessing her grandfather

"Oh god! I almost lost my life! Sidhanth freaked me out on the phone!" She explained as she went and sat next to her Dadu

I need to ask this boy to shut his mouth and not tell Meera everything Manish thought

"Dadu ya, please eat and drink properly, what is this that you're doing, please, you told me to get married and I got married for you now you cant not follow your roles" Meera explained to him sorrowfully . Her grandfather only gave her a wide grin "Meera beta, everyone has to go one day, atleast before I go, I should be allowed some happiness right" he joked

This stung Meera's heart, "Dadu please ya! Dont just say anything! Please" she said irritably, getting up to escort the doctor.

"How is he doing doctor, progress wise?" She asked him as they got out of the room

"See Meera, we told your parents already, infact the day he got the surgery itself, that his heart has stopped working to a large extent! There is no scope of recovery in this case Meera, all you can do is give him palliative care"

"No scope of recovery? But mom and dad said that there was a chance of recovery, that he can recover if he wanted to, if he felt happy, that in 6 months he'd be alright! They told me this!" Meera said, trying to remember correctly

"Meera, maybe they told you this to placate you a little bit and help you, but the way its going right now, I'm really sorry, but his time is ticking" the doctor said, putting his hand supportively on her shoulder, before leaving.

She saw her parents from afar, but right now she was too melancholic to face them, besides she didnt want to cause an unnecessary stir before dadu, she quickly left after the doctor, trying very hard not to break down.

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Meera entered Arjun's cabin, after a lot of struggle, she managed to reach the office and complete the sketches

"Sir" she entered with the papers

"What's the time Meera?" Arjun asked impassively

"I'm sorry, actually, I had an emergency" she said not wanting to disclose anything to Arjun who could probably say something hurrful about it

"Emergency, how many professions do you have Meera? Architect, lawyer, and now emergency? What are you? In the police? A doctor? A fire fighter?" Arjun said counting on his finger tips, it was revenge for what Meera had said in the morning. She was trying educate me about how to run a company and couldn't even complete simple sketches!

"Sir, I said I was sorry"

"Oh so today you dont have any punch lines ha?" Arjun said testing her patience "if you know how to say,you'll also have to learn to listen, when you make a mistake, not everything is technical! There is something called professionalism also!" Arjun preached "you're late Meera, you crossed the deadline, you can keep your designs to yourself" Arjun noticed how Meera was mum the entire time, not retorting even once. Maybe because she knows she made a mistake, he thought to himself dont be stupid, it's not easy to complete the designs this quick his heart said.
Meera didnt argue, "I am sorry sir" she simply said and with her face that seemed like color had drained off it, she walked out of the cabin.
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