6 years later…..
I was getting late for my office, I didn’t know how but I need to fix this. It is happening for the third time in this month.
Yeah, life is being crazy… you know.. after college, my world didn’t change much. I was as usual a study-philic.. so getting good academics was easy…
In the final year of college, I managed to crack a campus placement. I got placed in one of the biggest pharmaceutical company of the country, Yeah, India Medicals. I got the post as trainee officer a year ago.
I am happy, with my life, with myself. I am contended with everything i have. I don’t stay with my parents nowadays… though I would love to… I need to travel more than 3 hours, my whole time was spent in traveling. So I decided to shift somewhere nearby….
So, I shifted in Elite heights a month ago. I took a studio flat for me, on rent.
Within few minutes I reached my office. I quickly went towards my desk and pretended as if nothing, though i was panting hard. Obviously, I am not a sprinter. I was just starting to work from where I left yesterday, when Mira my co-worker came. She said, ” Good Morning, Maya…. ”
I replied her politely,”Good Morning”. She smiled and said,” I have a news for you”. I started getting goosebumps, because whenever she gives me a news, rest of my day goes like hell. I gulped slowly with horror written on my face and asked,” What is it?”. She said,” Remember, we were about to get new investors from J. J &SONS… they are coming today for seeing the plant, as your senior is on leave this week, you are assigned for the duty of giving them the tour and making sure that we get them”. My jaws were dropped, this is a great opportunity. I will try my best, but being a news, that to if you get from her was never a boon….. but this one seems better… sometimes history needs to change too. Let’s say today for the first time in this office, news from her isn’t that bad.
After she left, I started working on how to describe the pros and cons of the plant and it’s infrastructure. I was informed that they will be arriving after lunch, so I had enough time to prepare.
After lunch, I heard that they arrived in the plant and are having conversation in the board room. I got ready with the plant map and blueprints of different sections, soon I left.
When i reached the door of the production plant, they were already waiting with our M. D. I saw four men, all dressed in a modest way. Out of which, one should be their C. E. O. I was introduced by the other assistant, I greeted them. After they followed me inside the plant.
I explained them every detail and benefits of the infrastructure, our safety systems, our machinery, storage area, and waste disposal area. After I finished with the tour, I placed all the blue prints on the table. I called for their attention towards the maps, I described all the pros and cons of the plant’s packaging units and so on.
After few seconds of heated view and counterview, one of the guy, who seems to be in his forty’s said,” Young lady, you convinced us all, but you have to convince JP, he is the decision maker”. I was not able to see everybody’s faces, as they were covered by protective masks, hairs, hands and their half of the body was covered with protection gears.
I nodded and waited for the actual decision maker to speak, he came ahead of all and said in a calm but intimidating tone,”So, you are being honest with your explanation and tour, so we will give it thought, I really liked what I saw, but still can’t risk investments, we respect your opinions. So, we will give our decision by next week to your head.”
I nodded in agreement. We were about to leave, when JP, cleared his throat, everybody was halted at their positions. He slowly removed his head gear, I saw a very well settled black hairs, all the time when he was removing his gears he was staring right in to my eyes. I was getting uncomfortable.
He removed the gears and slowly removed his mask. What I saw next definately screamed trouble. I saw a very familiar face, with the very intimidating stare which was enough to give me shiver down the spine, the very familiar lips…… Okay.. Okay…. He was my college time crush….
He was Jacob, He smiled looking at me. Believe me, this time I could feel my jaw lying on floor. How can he be a C. E. O? He still looks deadly, actually he looks like a lady killer. Why he is so hot? God knows???
I some how managed to set my jaw back. He chuckled slowly and said,” I hope you remember me? Maya…”. I didn’t said anything but nodded in agreement. He smirked again…. like always does after seeing my reaction.
I still remember how he treated me like plague. Thanks to Mira, she came and helped me escape by guiding them out towards our M. D.
I immediately returned to my desk and heaved a sigh of relief. But, you never know Jacob? he maybe agree or disagree……
Now I agree that the news from Mira is always a bad omen…. UUUUGHHH……