"You are not going work?" Jasmi asked.
Naina took half a spoon of salad in her mouth and chewed. Once swallowed, she answered her, "No, I took leave today".
Rita arched a brow and asked, "Why? Did you have other works?"
Once opening her mouth, Jasmi saw Naina's awfully cold eyes. So, the words that escaped her mouth became, "Boss stress..... Did your work stress a lot?".
At that moment, Naina felt her phone buzzing, making her take out from her pocket. She slightly glanced at her friends before she went out with her phone.
"Hello, Aunty," Naina called out in an estranged voice.
"Who are you calling me Aunty?" Aunt Pulani sneered. "Lucky for you that you got a man who can threatened your family". Pulani said angrily.
Naina took a deep breath, "Aunty, What do you mean?"
"Stop pretending innocent, Naina! I know exactly what kind of girl are you". She spoke with fierce anger.
"Aunty..." Her words got stucked in her mouth, she couldn't make sense of what was happening.
"We requested your father's farm as a collateral. I promised you that nothing will happened to your Father's farm. Are you satisfied now that we didn't get the loan?" Pulani said in deadpan tone before she hung up the call angrily.
"Aunty.... " Naina stared at her phone with defeated look. She wiped away the tear that rolled down her cheek with the back of her palm before she went inside.
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Shyam stood in front of the large window panes; his slender figure and elegant vibe of nobility emitted an aura.
"Her brother girlfriend!" Shyam mumbled himself, blankly staring at the view outside. His chin dropped and he frowned at the floor. "And she is helping in pursuing her brother's girlfriend".
Shyam shook his head and blew out a shaky breath. "Is she stupid? How can she make friend with that kind of person?".
Assistant Conel placed a copy of the recent work schedule on his Boss desk. Standing, he contemplated for a while before saying, "Director, I took care the issues of Naina Father's farm".
Shyam shifted on his feet and sat down on his leather chair with a long face. He lifted his head when he saw his office door open and Karl walked in.
"Why are you here?" Shyam asked with a grin.
"Bro I love your office" Karl chipped excitedly as he took a look around. "Can't you give me a promotion?" Karl asked.
"Work your ass off!" Shyam replied playing a smirk on the corner of his mouth.
"I bet there is no employee who is work hard as me" Karl mumbled with a frown, staring back at Shyam with vexed eyes.
"I know!" Shyam shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, what's up?" Shyam asked. With a smirk, Karl nodded, both of them gave a dry laugh.
"But, Are you really not going to tell me?" Karl eyebrows twitched.
"Tell you what?" Shyam asserted.
"The girl that you are courting right now" Karl scrunched his nose up.
"She is....." Shyam's words stumbled to a halt, his throat bobbing. His lips turned into a tight line as he stared seriously into his best friend's eyes.
"Her name is precious to spell it out?" Karl grinned, slightly laughing. "Is the person that you are courting is 'he' ?" Karl added, making Shyam scoff as he shook his head, not believing what he said.
"Did you need help to visit the hospital?" Shyam commented.
With Karl laughing at his words, Shyam sighed and said, "I will introduce to you soon".
Karl reached Shyam's shoulder, patting it a few times and said lazily, "I will find out before you introduce her".
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Naina with a heavy sigh alighted from the cab and made her way towards the central bank. A car parked just across the road and a pair of eyes was glued to her disappearing figure.
Shyam threw his phone on the sofa before he raised his head to look out of the large windows, and the lights of the city spun.