A Little Help

I checked him with the corner of my eyes and saw that his full sleeves were folded till his elbow and was looking quite good under the light. It can make one wonder how there can be such a person who can look good in anything he does.

"When you came earlier, you didn't mean to just tell me that you had done the presentation, did you?" I jumped a little and quickly looked at the screen. Even though he didn't look at me, I felt that I had been caught red handed. "Am I inaudible?"

"No."

"Then what was it about?" I sighed and my fingers weren't moving and I kept looking at the screen with a blank mind. "Ms. Bakshi." When he called me, my mind started to develop a variety of excuses which could be used but knowing that the question which is developing inside me wouldn't get satisfied on its own, so I decided to ask him about that.

"Yeah, you are right, I wasn't there just to inform you that I had completed my presentation." I paused there.

"So why were you there?"

"Because I wanted to ask you why you have chosen me to make the important presentation." I said and looked at his eyes which were already looking at me.

"So, you have heard the rumor that is going around?" That made me look away from there and I once again looked at the screen and typed some words. "Ms. Bakshi, this is a corporate world where everyone should be given the chance and I heard that you have been working over here for two years already and had taken part in a few meetings, so I just put my point in giving you a chance to take part in the bigger meetings. In this world you earn your chance by your work."

His words made me unable to write anything further but it kept on repeating in my mind again and again. I had thought that I had taken the chance from someone else but here I realized that I was provided with the chance because of my own work.

"If you ever felt guilt for something than don't be because you are not the reason for someone not getting what you have." Though he is the same person who can be warm but when he is serious it doesn't really make you think that he is a warm person.

"Here, do this." He said and took the keyboard from me and typed something which brought me back to this world and I looked at the screen and saw him typing something on the slides.

"This will be enough. We have to just show for a few months back and if they need more than three years should be enough." I looked at his eyes in amazement. He was typing so fast that I couldn't even gasp on what he was typing.

"Arushi, take the file and tell me the figures." I came out of my daze and took the file and started to tell him the figures. I don't know how much time passed but we had done more than thirty slides. His phone rang and it showed the name Ma.

"For now, let's leave it over here. We have done the major part now that we are only left with a few more, we can complete this tomorrow morning." I looked at the time and it was 9 already. "If possible then come at 7 tomorrow." After saying that to me, he stood up and took his blazer and phone and went away.

"Sir…" He turned in my way.

"You can call me Raman now."

"Umm…." I didn't know how to call him that.

"Alright, not pushing you further, what is it?"

"Thank you." He raised his one eyebrow. "For helping me even though it was my headache to complete."

"Now you are getting a bit informal with me." That made me feel as if I had said something wrong. "This is progress." I looked at him. "Don't worry, I am also in a situation and you have also done the presentation, so don't need to worry about that." After saying that he once again started to walk away but then stopped in his way and looked at him and I gave him a confused look.

"Would you mind if I give you a ride?"

"It would be troublesome for both of us, please don't bother."

"Alright." He smiled and then went towards the lift while I arranged my desk and then went down and called Megha. After a few rings she picked it up.

"So, how did it go?" I asked her in a bit of a nervous voice because even though we both know how to pull the string, it is not guaranteed that what we are going to receive is the prize or an empty string.

"They…" She trailed off at the one word only and that made me more nervous and thinking that they didn't agree at all. "Agreed." I took a sigh of relief.

"Why do you have to create such a tense atmosphere?"

"Just wanted to tease you a bit just like you teased me back then." I remembered the time when I teased her about her laziness. "Are you done with your work?"

"Yeah."

"This fast."

"Yeah, after that a car stopped in front of me and the glass slid. I saw Megha inside it. "Hop in." I get inside the car.

"How come you are over here?"

"I had just come to deliver you the dinner but who knew you would have completed your work."

"It didn't get completed, there is still more information to add, so I will be coming the next day to complete it."

"But how come you have completed a two-day project in three hours?"

"I didn't do much work, it is thanks to the boss that I was able to do this."

"That one who confessed to you." I shyly nodded.

"He is really a gentleman. Why don't you date him?"

"I have already provided you with the reason. Don't start again."

"Alright, I won't. But he is becoming my first choice for you." I hit her forearm playfully.

"No need for that. Just drive." She shrugged and then drove away.