Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned, Everything you lose is a step you take ~ You’re on your own, Kid. Pratap walked into the scheduled meeting to find Ajabdeh sitting with the Mishra entrepreneur. A part of him was irked with her adamant nature, another knew perhaps their grandparents would have praised her. But Pratap believed in his heart that times had changed, and in this competitive world, her emotional side would harm the business. He had contemplated through the night and ended up calling his father in the morning. The instructions from Udai were clear. She had the last say, and if it was a mistake, she would bear the consequences in the next review meeting. His job was not to guide her. Pratap had to swallow his pride and work under her. That was it. He shook hands with the man who gushed that they would not regret the decision. Then he surprisingly dropped an invite to their place in Jaipur, as his wife had insisted. Pratap was about to decline it when ...
I'll tell you how I've been there too, and that none of it matters ~ Albatross. Jalal looked up the list of merit posted on the website and found that he had the option to choose between Agra and Delhi. Agra seemed more convenient to him, but he did not want to decide anything unless he spoke to Rukaiya about it. He wanted to include her in the decision-making so that she could talk to his father if needed. He knew his mother would not be very enthusiastic about him leaving home. Jalal entered his father’s headquarters well after lunch to be awkwardly greeted by the employees at the cubicles as he asked his father’s secretary to see Rukaiya. He did not know that she had a personal office. The last time she was an intern and working from the cubicle was when he had visited. The secretary informed him to wait in the lounge because she was in a meeting with the managers. Jalal, instead of sitting in the lounge area, roamed about the corridors, checking the boring posters on the wa...
“'Cause we are young and we’re reckless, we’ll take this way too far.” Blank Space The work days were busy and mundane. Most of the day was spent at the office, where Pratap’s job assignments were separate from those of Ajabdeh’s, and they barely shared a conversation. Usually, when they came back to the Haveli, being greeted by the house help and cook Mr Chundawat had appointed, Pratap decided to have his dinner in his room while Ajabdeh had it while working in the study. They had developed the perfect way to coexist without bumping into each other. Sleep was not to come easily in the unfamiliar surroundings, and while Ajabdeh preferred to work till her brain was tired, Pratap often tiptoed down to the library room, dusted off the dirt on the few books on the shelves and read them to sleep. The silence of the house was only interrupted by the whistle of a cooker, the ticking clocks or the ringing of the restored grandfather clock. The other rooms were locked too. They thought the ...
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