"Mumma..", a 12 year old girl screamed. A woman who must have been in her late 30s, was lying on the ground covered in blood.

"Mumma.. I will call papa...", that girl said, as she tried to stand, that woman held her hand and said... "Sia bache..., apna.. khyaal rakhna.., yaha se dur chali jana.., apni didi ke pass.. chale jana..bacha", that lady said with a cracked voice, her breath turned slow.

"Mumma... please... don't leave me...", tears flowed down from her eyes. "mumma.. loves you.. bacha..", that lady said and with this her breath also stopped, her hand fell on the ground.., "mummaa....", Sia screamed in agony

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"Papa.. look mumma is not getting up.., tell mumma to get up..", Sia said to her father crying looking at her mother's body covered in white sheet for last rituals. Her father looked at her with an emotionless face.

"Take her from here..", her father told a body guard, he took her mother's body from there.., Sia kept screaming and crying.., but her father held her hand tightly so that she could not go behind him. Her father took her into a room and locked it.., she kept asking to open the door but nobody opened the door.

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"Papa, what is this aunty doing here...", Sia asked pointing towards the woman who was behind her father.

"From today she is your mother, Sia. and they are your brother and sister...", her father said. A boy who was also 11 years old and a girl who was 10 years old looking at her with a cruel smile.

21 year Old Sia

"Di.. you cannot leave me.., you had promised..., mumma also left... now if you also leave then I will be left alone... please Di... don't go..., please...", Sia said begging her sister who was lying in the hospital bed taking her last breaths.

"Sia.., I'm sorry... betu... I broke my promise... but now I cannot do all this anymore... I am tired..., please... let your Di go...", her sister said placing her hand over her cheeks. Sia held her hand tightly.

"Di... pihu.., please... she needs you... please... di..", Sia said tears were continuously flowing from their eyes.

"Tu hai na.., khyaal rakh legi na.. humari pihu ka..", her sister said and the machine beep sound echoed in the room.., and her sister hand fall down from her face. "Dii....", Sia screamed, and cried over her body.

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SR corporation
A 26 year old girl was sitting on the head chair of the lavish conference room on the 30th floor, all the executives sitting there were sweating, they were looking at that girl with their scared eyes, who was watching the yearly presentation going on in front on projector, with her hazel colur eyes. As the presentation progressed the temperature of the room kept falling.

After some time, the presentation got over, and she turned towards everyone, her eyes were staring at everyone, her eyes settled on one person, she was a boring hole in his body with her glare.

"Would you like to say something, Mr. Rao", she said with her cold voice. Mr. Rao, manager of the sales department looked at her with scared eyes, sweat was coming on his forehead, he wiped his sweat with his handkerchief and said, "vo.. vo ma'am.." he stammered.

She slammed her hand on the table and said angrily, "don't stammer in front of me, tell me why the company's sales are 2% less this year than last time".

Everyone flinched in their places. Mr. Rao said, "Ma'am customers are complaining that our products are defective and harmful due to which our sales have decreased".

She narrowed her eyes and then looked at the product department manager. He gulped in fear, "ma'am I checked everything before dispatch but don't know how this happens", he said immediately.

"Why didn't you tell me this before", she asked with narrowed eyes.

"I'm sorry ma'am", he said bowing his head.

"Riya..", she called her secretary.

"Yes ma'am", Riya said with a bowed head.

"In the next hour I want both of them resignation letters on my desk", she said with her usual cold tone. Mr. Rao and the product department manager looked at her in horror. "Ma'am please don't..", Mr. Rao said when she roared, "just fucking shut up and get out".

They both flinched and left the conference room with tears in their eyes, she looked at others executive and said, "remember your one mistake and you'll be gone from SR corporation". She stood up from her chair, and left the conference. Everyone took the deep breath.

She came out of the conference room, behind her was her secretary, they both entered the private lift and reached the 32nd floor, there was a lavish cabin, on its gate was written in big letters, SR.

Her secretary opened the door for her, she entered the cabin, and put her coat on the head chair headrest and sat on the chair.

"What is the schedule for the rest of the day Riya", Sia asked.

"Ma'am as you know I am going to leave the job in a few days, so today there is an interview for your new secretary", Riya said in hesitation.

Sia looked at her and then nodded. "Ma'am the interview will start in half an hour, do you want to take it yourself or should I tell the HR manager", Riya asked.

"I'll take it by myself, now you can leave", Sia said, resting her head on headrest and closed her eyes. Riya nodded and left the cabin.

She opened her eyes and looked at the closed door and then she stood from her chair and came near the glass wall from where the entire city was visible, Sunlight was falling on her face due to which she was looking beautiful, her brown hair was reaching her waist, she was wearing a business suit.

After half an hour later she entered the interview room where 10 candidates were sitting in a row, she came and sat on the head chair.

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Singhania House

"Kabir get up, how long will you sleep, you have an interview today, did you forget", Kabir's mother Aastha ji said while removing the blanket over him, he got up from sleep with a jerk.

"What time is it", he asked rubbing his eyes.

"It's already 8:00", Aashta ji said.

"what...", he said with wide eyes.

"there's an interview at 9:00", he said with panic and went into the washroom. His mom shook her head. "I have kept your clothes on the bed", his mom shouted from outside the washroom door and left the room, he freshened up in 15 minutes and went out and quickly got ready in a formal suit and came out.

He came to the living room where his elder brother Aarav, his wife Prerna, and his father Vikas were sitting on the dining table. Their house was not very big, they were a middle class family, his elder brother was a Professor in a university. Dad had retired, mom was a housewife.

"Mom, I am going", Kabir said while wearing his shoes.

"Kabir, have your breakfast", Aastha ji said coming out of the kitchen.

"Mom let it be, I will do it later", he said in panic seeing his wrist watch and went out of the house.

He sat on his bike and left for his interview.

He reached the company where he was having an interview. He parked his bike in the parking lot.

He looked at his wrist watch and sighed.

"It's still 5 minutes", he mumbled and entered the company. He went to the receptionist.

"Hey excuse me, I am on which floor of the interview", he asked with his charming smile.

"On the 30th floor sir", she replied politely he thanked her and entered the lift, pressed the button for 30th floor. where more candidates were sitting. There were only 2 girls and 7 boys, he also sat there, and after a minute a man came and said, "All of you come, ma'am is also coming".

They all stood and went to the room and sat on chairs. After a minute Sia entered in room. Her hazel eyes were dark and there was no expression on her face. She sat on the head chair and said in her cold voice, "I ask you all just one question and you all will answer it truthfully". They all nodded.

She looked at everyone and for a moment Kabir and Sia eyes locked and his heart skipped a beat. "what the hell.. why my heart beat is so fast", he thought in my mind.

"What is most important for business, profit and loyalty", she asked and looked at everyone with predatory eyes.

Everyone looked at each other with confusion.

"Ma'am what kind of question is this", a boy asked. Her eyes narrowed "Riya, take him out from here", she said looking darkly to that boy.

"What.. but why..", that boy asked. She slammed her hand on the desk and everyone flinched including Kabir.

"Only I had the right to ask questions here, now get out of here", she shouted at him. He left from there with a scared face.

I gulped and looked at her with fearful eyes. "hey Mahadev please aaj bacha lijiyega, pure 501 ka prasad chadha unga", he mumbled under his breath.

"I'm asking one and last time, profit or loyalty", she asked again with a cold serious voice.

Everyone said profit one by one, she looked at them and at last on him, "what about you", she asked pointing her finger towards him, he gulped and said, "ma'am it's loyalty, If a person is loyal then the company will definitely make profit".

"Okay, you all can go except you", she said looking towards him. They all left and he looked at her with confusion.

"So Mr. Kabir Singhania, you can join the company from tomorrow", she said with her usual cold tone. He looked at her with shocked face.

"Have I really been selected", he asked with wide eyes. She looked at him with an annoying look, "I think I have spoken in English", she said mocking. He composed himself and said rubbing his neck in embarrassment, "I'm sorry ma'am".

"Riya will explain your work to you, and always keep one thing in your mind, I don't like lies, so be honest, I want you to come at time, and last but most important things, You will do everything I say, without asking any questions", she said while getting up from the chair.

"Riya told him, his work", she said and left the room.

He sighed and turned to Riya, she came near him and said, "Kabir, the entire schedule is in this file, read it carefully", she said politely.

"Can I ask you a question", he asked hesitantly.

"Yes", she nodded.

"Did she always remain so angry", he asked whisper.

She sighed and said, "yes but you will get used to it with time, just take care that you do not make any mistake, one mistake of yours and you will be thrown out of here", she warned him. He gulped and nodded.

"Yesterday at 8:00 p.m", she said and left. He took the file and came out of the company.

"yes.. yes.. yes.. I got a job, thank you so much Mahadev", he said jumping in excitement. He stopped when he noticed some people were looking at me weirdly. He bit his tongue in embarrassment, got on his bike and left from there.

First he went to Mahadev's temple and offered Prasad to god, after that he reached home with sweets. "Mom", he called her.

"What happened Kabir, why are you shouting", his mom said coming from her room, he caught her and started spinning around, "mom.. mom.. mom.. I'm very happy I got the job", he said with a broad smile.

"Kabir stop, I'm feeling dizzy", his mom said and he stopped.

"Crazy boy, if I fall down", his mom said while hitting me on the arm.

"Mom you eat these sweets, your son got a job", he said feeding her sweets.

"Hey what is going on here", his dad said as he came, behind him, his brother and sister-in-law were also coming.

"Dad I got a job", he said with a smile.

"This is great news", his dad said with a proud smile. His bhai and bhabhi also congratulate him. After that they had lunch together.

In the evening he got ready and left to meet his best friend Rehan. They met at their usual cafe spot.

"So how was your interview? I have heard that it is very difficult to get a job in SR corporation", Rehan asked while sipping his cold coffee.

Kabir grinned and said, "I got the job".

He chocked his coffee and looked at him with wide eyes and open mouth. Kabir laughed seeing his reaction.

Rehan composed himself and said, "Congrats BRO, you have entered the lioness' den".

"Huh.. what..", he asked in confusion

"Hey, don't you know that the CEO of SR is short tempered. Just one mistake by someone and she fires him right there. I have also heard that till now she has changed 10 secretaries. No one can handle her anger for more than a month", Rehan told him what he heard rumors about SR.

Kabir looked at him with horror and gulped his lump in fear.

"Bro you're scaring me", Kabir said gulping the coffee in one go.

"Bro, I am not scaring you, I told you what I heard, and this is the first time she has chosen a boy as her secretary, otherwise every time it was girls", Rehan said.

"Okay now stop, let's talk about something", he said stopping this topic and then they start talking normally. after an hour they leave for their home.

At night he ate his dinner and then came to him room, freshen up and then started reading the file, after reading the file he kept it on the side table and went to the bed to sleep.

As soon as he closed my eyes he saw her face, he opened his eyes with a jerk. "What was this, why did I see her face", he mumbled while running his hand through the hair.

He paced in the room for some time and again lay down on the bed. After some time he fell asleep.

I entered my penthouse, and there was silence, a haunted silence, I sighed and went into my room, I took my clothes and went to the washroom to refresh, stripped my clothes and looked at me in the mirror. I looked at myself and line tear came out.., I roughly wiped it out., "you're not weak Sia", I said to myself.

I lay down on bathtub and feel warm water. I closed my eyes and took out all the exhaustion. After half an hour, I came out of the bathtub, wore a bathrobe and came out. I went to the study room which is attached to my room.

I opened my laptop and entered a website. I looked at the message and typed back the reply and then did some office work. After hours later when I looked at the wall clock it's 2a.m. in night. I went to the kitchen and made a black coffee for myself and went to the terrace, sat on the swing and looked at the moon.

"Mumma.. Didi.., why did you leave me", I mumbled under my breath.

"They are all very bad, why didn't anyone love me, why they hate me, didn't I deserve love mumma", I said looking at the moon with tearful eyes. I felt a sting pain in my heart, I kept my hand on my chest and rubbed a little and took deep breaths,

"Why mumma, why is this happening to me, I am finding it difficult to even breathe", I said in harsh breath , I curled up in a swing and looked at the moon while taking deep breaths.

I stayed on the terrace all night and watched the moon with unshed tears as it was sunrise. I stood from the swing and came to my room, did my morning routine and got ready for the office. At 7.30 I left for the office.

As I reached the guard open the door for me, I came out of the car and entered the company, everyone greeted me but I directly went to my private lift, and pressed the 32 floor after a minutes the lift opened in my floor, I directly went inside my cabin.

I sat on my chair and after a moment later, a knock came, "come in", I said. Riya and my new secretary entered the cabin.

"What's the schedule Riya", I said looking in the next project file.

"Ma'am, at 10.00 you have a video conference with your foreign clients, at 1.00 with the new manager of the sales department and then at 5.00..", she paused.

I raised my head and looked at her with raised brows she looked hesitant.

"At 5.00p.m. what Riya.." I asked coldly.

"Ma'am it's 5.00, There is a meeting with Mr. Raichand", she said hesitantly.

I looked at her with furrowed eyes. My anger boiled up I slammed my hand on the desk and shouted, "what the hell is this, how can you.." my hands trembled under the table I made a fist to control myself. My breathing quickens. They both flinched.

"I'm sorry ma'am but Mr. Raichand said he wants to meet you for evening tea", she said with fear.

"Tell him I don't have time to meet him", I said composing myself.

"Ok ma'am", she replied.

"I need my coffee", I said rubbing my forehead with two fingers.

"Okay ma'am", she said and left.

I raised my head and saw my new secretary looking at me with fear. His honey brown eyes, There was innocence and fear in his eyes, his facial features were perfect, sharp jawline, black hair falling on his forehead, perfect nose, broad shoulder, his black shirt was hugging his body perfectly, and his sleeves were rolled up till his elbow, and his lips.. "fvck what I'm thinking..", I murmured under my breath.

But looking in his eyes, I felt something, something I'm not able to understand, like I don't want his innocence destroyed, a protectiveness. I want to keep those innocence safe, I aside all those thoughts and asked coldly, "what's your name".

"Kabir.. kabir Singhania ma'am", he said with fear. Fvck his voice, For the first time, I didn't feel anger when someone shuttered in front of me. But I didn't like fear in his eyes. What is happening with me, I thought in my mind.

"Okay, so kabir did you read all the important things", I said with slight politeness.

"Yes ma'am", he replied still fear lingering in his eyes.

"Okay so this is the file for meeting, read it carefully you'll assist me at the foreign client meeting", I said.

"Okay ma'am", he said took the file and leave from the cabin .

A slight smile came on my face, but as I realised what I'm doing I composed myself, "Mahadev, what is this, why I smiled, what am i feeling", I mumbled.

I aside all the thoughts and start looking at the project file. After a moment Riya came and gave me my coffee and then left. I took a sip of coffee.

At 10.00 p.m I entered the conference room, everything was set up, Kabir stood next to the chair, I sat on the chair and the meeting started. He started explaining professionally, His knowledge was quite good for his age, no one ever explained so much detail with profession, I also told something's and after one and half an hour meeting got over, the foreign client was impressed.

She said, "SR your secretary is impressive, I never saw this much profession in such a young age. But he is handsome and Intelligent", she complimented him.

A smile came on Kabir's face and his dimples became visible. he is looking cute. his cheeks flush because of compliments.

"Oh jesus, he's looking cute while blushing", the foreign client said. I narrowed my eyes and looked at the screen she was looking at him with lustful eyes, an unknown feeling came and I said with my cold voice, "thanks ms. Rubina I'm grateful that you liked our work so I consider this deal confirmed".

"Of course SR", she replied. I nodded my head and cut the video call.

She turned towards him, and looked at him and said, "I didn't expect this but you did a great job today kabir", she said with a slight soft voice.

"Thank you ma'am", he said with a smile.

But the next moment her eyes turned cold and she said, "But from the next time, don't show your smile to clients".

"huh.. what.." he asked with confusion.

She stood from her chair and took a step towards him, he stepped back in fear but stuck between her and wall. he gulped. "Hey mahadev please save me, don't let this be my last day", he said in his mind.

She put a hand beside his head on the wall and said, "I said never show your smile to any clients, did you understand".

He nodded his head. " I want words Kabir", she said looking into his eyes boring holes in his body.

"Okay ma'am", he said taking deep breaths.

Their eyes met and they lost in each other's eyes, Unknowingly Sia hand came on his face, a shiver ran down on his spine feeling her hands on his face.

"Ma'am", he stammered.

"Hmmm", she hummed still lost in his eyes. But suddenly she realized what she was doing. She quickly removed her hand from his face and took her steps, he took a breath which he didn't know he was holding. She left the room without looking at him.

He looked at her and then touched his cheek, and he felt his cheek become hot and red.

Sia entered her cabin, her heartbeat was fast, she placed her hand on her heart calming her down, "What was that, what had happened to me, how did... no... not this time.. not again...", she mumbled, she picked up the coffee mug and throw it on wall in anger.

"No Sia.., you can't make that mistake again", she said to herself, to divert her mind, she started checking the files and in a short time she was completely immersed in the files, she didn't know the time, a knock came on her cabin, "come in", she said still looking in the file.

"ma'am you have a meeting with the manager in 15 minutes", Kabir said while entering, she raised her head and looked at Kabir who was bowing his head.

"You don't need to bowing in front of me", she said standing up from her chair.

As she moved forward in her steps, the cabin's door without knocking and a 55 year old man entered, there was no expression on his face but a flash of anger was visible in his eyes, as soon as Sia saw that man, she freeze in her place, "dad...", she whispered said.

"Oh do you remember you have a father too", he mocked her arrogantly. Sia felt a twisted knot in her stomach, she looked at her dad and said to Kabir, "you can go from here".

Kabir looked between Sia and her dad and then came out of the cabin.

Both of them were left alone in the room, "what are you doing here dad..", she asked. "So now I have to ask you what I have to do..", her dad, Rakesh ji said.

Rakesh ji stops in front of her desk, his posture intimidating as he leans forward, grabbing the edge of the desk tightly. "I heard you've been refusing to attend the family dinner again. Is that true?" His voice is stern, demanding an answer.

Her gaze remains fixed on the desk, her voice steady and calm despite her father's aggressive stance. "Yes, I have been busy with work." Her tone leaves no room for argument, mirroring her father's sternness.

"Your mom misses you", His voice drops to a warning tone. "Either you come to dinner this Sunday, or..." He pauses significantly.

"She is your wife not my mother..", her expressions turned stone.

"Enough Sia.., you're coming this Sunday and that's final.., and if you didn't come.., then It'll not good for you.., don't forget what I can do..", Rakesh ji threatened her, and left the cabin in anger.
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