Chapter 1
It was a bright Sunny morning. A car stopped in front of the vast Singhania Empire. A guy with an aura full of authority and arrogance walked in through the entrance making every person go alert. He entered the high end building through the glass door of the head office and the receptionist stood up.
“Good Morning sir.”
With a slight affirmative nod he went to his private elevator. As soon as the ding of his private elevator was heard at his floor of the building every employee hurried to get back to their respective seat knowing if he finds even one them somewhere else without a proper reason this would turn out to be the last day for him here. The moment he entered the floor the floor resemble the silence of a grave yard. Only difference here you could find people alive.
Entering into the cabin he threw his black blazer on the arm chair and called his PA. A girl in her early twenties entered the cabin all sweating and nervous.
“Good Morning.”
“I didn’t saw you in your cabin when I entered.”
“Actually sir, I was late” she said stuttering.
“I hate stuttering Ms. Mia. And where’s the file which I asked you complete last morning? I told you to leave it on my desk till you go back. Right Ms. Mia?”
“Yes, Sir but..” She began but only to get cut by him.
“Can you stop stuttering? It’s so irritating.” He roared so loud that she flinched and jumped back scared.
“Sorry Sir. I had a emergency so I had to leave early. But I promise you’ll get the by the evening.”
“OK. Do one thing, arrange an interview for tomorrow.”
“For which post sir?”
“For my marketing head.”
“But I’m already there sir. Then?” She asked shocked.
He cut her off.
“You were Mia. Not anymore.”
“But sir. This job is so important for me. Please don’t fire me sir.”
“I didn’t but You won’t be marketing head any more as to be in such an important post you need to work according to time and my words and it’s clear that you can’t so I’m transferring you to another department. Talk to Mr. Mathur he’ll inform you the rest and join as in the new post from tomorrow. But today, as I don’t have one till now you’ll be working with me. And arrange an interview. Take suggestion from the last interview by which you were appointed. You’ll find a short list there. Call them, if they are free call them here sharp at 2pm. And ask Ritesh to come here now.”
“Thank y..”
“You may leave.”
Outside his cabin…
“Rahul I’m dead. Your brother removed me from the post of his marketing head. God, all cause of you and your stupid party plan.”
“You aren’t fired right? Then what’s the trouble?”
“How do you know he didn’t fire me?”
“As I know my Bhaiyaa (elder brother) he doesn’t fire anyone so easily and that’s the reason it’s get next to impossible if anyone gets fired from our company as everyone knows without a solid reason anyone won’t be fired.”
“God that’s scary.”
“Really? As if you didn’t know it before? But you were so into him that you had to join our office and I had to manipulate with the final results. And got scolded from Bhaiyaa. So this time don’t ask anything. And beside you ditched me for that Hitesh so..”
“It’s Ritesh Rahul and I chose him cause he is loyal not a playboy like you.”
“Oh yeah. Then ask your LOYAL boyfriend to help you out. But, Mia I’m not clear at one thing You want me to be loyal with you, you chose Ritesh as he is loyal but you are mourning calling me as you aren’t there anymore just cause you can’t drool over him or ogle him all the day. So what if I question your loyalty or intentions now?” Rahul, Rohit’s brother stated furious on the two faced girl in anger and disconnected the call.
After her fail attempt to stick to her post Mia went to the cafeteria and asked the cafeteria manager to send Rohit’s coffee in his cabin and went to call Ritesh sulking.
“Ritesh, sir called you in his cabin. Take the last times final sort list of the interview of his marketing manager with you.”
Seeing Ritesh giving a confused look at him she said irritated-
“He transferred me to another department God knows where but not in this floor for sure, as I didn’t complete the last line of his file before leaving and was 1 minute late today.” She said sulking. But Ritesh who was so annoyed seeing his girl friend’s increasing interest on their boss left a long breath hearing about this soothing news. He smiled and left the place leaving an annoyed Mia.
“Come in Ritesh. Give me file.”
“Thank you sir.”
“For what Ritesh? Removing your girl friend from her job? I did so as she was incompetent for the post. And learn to take care of your girl at your own. And if the girl keeps looking at other guys then, he isn’t the girl for you. You are one of the closest person in my life and more than that my friend so just forget Mia. She isn’t for you. And trust me he’s with you for your money not you. Why don’t you leave her already?”
“Cause I love her Rohit. Oops sorry sir. ”
“It’s weird when you call me sir being my brother Rohan.”
“I don’t want it to be like that Rohit. I want people respect me for being me not because I’m Shekhar Singhania and Shalini Mathur’s son and Rohit Singhania’s brother. Let me earn it and I’ll reveal my identity.”
“And when do you think that’ll happen? I can’t see my employees treating you as if your another one from their stupid clan. It hurts me. Being the heir of this vast empire how can you do this?”
“It’s good no? After all by doing this I get to know what others think of us, and our family. Being the boss you are able to hear only the good in you, in us. But being an employee I get to see the reality. Their profit as well as the problems they need to face for working with us. Tell me one thing Rohit, if I wasn’t there could you get to know what that idiot Sam was doing with our workers by stealing their works and presenting to you as his? If I didn’t inform you that time then you would have been in a great trouble as employees went against you as well. So let me be as I am. It has a good side. As by hiding my identity I get to know real opinion of everything, not the purified one like you, Dad and Rahul does.”
“As you say Rahul. But forget Mia. This love is the only cause of ruin. Look at our parents. They loved, got married had us but then after sometimes they lost the attraction and now are divorced. But look at Mr. & Mrs. Ranawat, They married cause of a business deal and they have completed 25 years of togetherness as they know the moment they will part ways their empire will go down the drain. So what do you say Rohan what works? Love or business?”
“What do you feel Rohit? What’s important? Staying under the same roof just cause of business or being sweet to each other? I know our parents are separated but they have a good friendship with each other even now. Even after 14years of being divorced. Till now they take stand for each other, they help us together, till now they spent our birthdays together. They celebrate our success together. They discuss about our future together. Not like Mr. & Mrs. Ranawat Who stays together and celebrate their anniversary but are always busy mocking and taunting each other. It’s good that our parents are separated.” He said annoyed of his brother’s stupid comparison.
Rohit laughed patting his back.
“You say this cause you were young back then. But I was the one who got bullied. My friends use to bully me for the broken family. I used to cry but there was none to sooth me. I was there to you both like you single parent. You know why I treat you like babies? Why I don’t let you face the pain of the world? Cause I know the pain of standing alone, unprotected. I know how it feels when you feel like crying and you do but there is no one to console you and tell you that everything will be fine. When there is no one to protect you from the cruel words of some people. And I don’t want you two to feel the pain. May be our mom dad are friendly but that doesn’t change the reality of being separated. That doesn’t erase the bitter, harsh memories, the incidents I had to go through and the burns which till now aches my heart. For me love is a dream and business is the reality. By the way as you know Mia won’t be my P.A. anymore so please conduct an interview to find a new P.A. for me and if possible try avoid people like Mia who is interested in me more than work. ” And he left the cabin.
Rohan felt the pain of his brother. Being the elder one he had to bear the burn more than other two. And, from then he lost all his beliefs on love and relations. The only thing exists for him is business, brothers and parents. Yes, he never went bitter with them as he knew they weren’t responsible, but started to hate the word love.
He left for beach. Sea shore is the only thing which can calm him down when he’s stressed or upset.
On reaching there he removed his shoes and started walking towards the beach. The warm sand under his feet was like his burning heart, burning his whole body; and the cool wind was soothing it; perfect place to relax his stressed mind and broken heart. While moving a girl dashed with her; and left without saying a sorry even. Though he got angry for a few seconds, but then he relaxed his nerves.
