196 The fancy lunch plan
"But I haven't even started describing anything yet !!!", Raymond said and smiled.
He then slowly moved forward and pulled her towards himself, holding her t-shirt and said,
"You better change quickly because every passing minute I am hating this t-shirt clinging on to you and my hands are just itching to rip them apart".
She held his hand firmly and then said,
"Soone needs to learn a bit of self-restraint and perseverance", and she giggled.
"Don't test my patience now. Go and take bath", Raymond said and pushed her towards the washroom.
"But wait... wait..."
"What now?", he asked rolling his eyes.
"I wanted to ask you sothing",
"Shoot... ".
"Umm... Can I join back in your company?", Akira asked.
"Well, to be honest, NO", Raymond replied and folded his arms.
"Oh !!!"
"But what if I resign from Vikram's company and formally apply again? You can again take my interview and stuff", Akira asked.
Raymond laughed at her naiveness and said,
"Miss. Akira, you own the company now. You can co in and go as you want. Hire anyone as you please and even fire if you want to", he said playing with her hair.
"What? You kidding right?", Akira asked unable to believe a single word that Raymond said.
"Well I don't kid in the first place and second of all, these are your basic rights, given that you own 51% shares of my company", Raymond said and tucked the stray hair behind her ears.
"But I don't want any of this. I just want to join back as an intern. I just want the things to be back as they were. Just like old tis Raymond. Nothing more or nothing less".
Raymond smiled and said,
"Don't worry I will make that happen. I have already ssaged David to re-instate you back in the company. But you need to resign from Abacus".
"Mmm... I will do that. Will call Vikram and check on it".
Suddenly Raymond felt uneasy when he heard Vikram's na from Akira's mouth.
"Ok then I will be downstairs if you need for anything", he said and left after planting a kiss on her cheeks.
Then Akira picked up her phone and called up Vikram,
"Hi, there !!!"
"Hey, how is your health now? I texted you so many tis but you didn't reply. So I was just about to start for your house now", Vikram said.
"I am completely fine now Vikram. Now stop worrying for ".
"Should I? Give the phone to Mike, let check with him".
"Ermmm... I am not with Mike, Vikram", Akira said after a bit of deliberation for she wasn't sure how he would take it.
"You are with Raymond now?", he asked, with a bit of shock and resentnt dripping from his voice.
"Um... he insisted as he was not comfortable leaving at my place".
"Hmm... I see".
And then there was a silence that etched between them. They were always chatty on phone, pulling each other legs, saying sweet nothings and what not but for the first ti today there was dead silence that panned in between them for his blood boiled every passing minute just thinking about them, staying together for the whole night, under a single roof. His fists were clenched and his gut turned inside his body for he was repulsed just with the thought of it.
"Vikram, you there???"
"Hmm..."
"Are we good?"
"Yes, we are".
"Will you just stop being angry with , Vikram?"
"I was never angry with you Akira. I never can be !!! You are probably not written in my fate and I will accept that. I am just happy being a small part of your life. And that is more than enough for ".
"Please don't say that. You know how much you an to Vikram and you know that you are not a small part in my life".
"Yes, I got that. I got that big ti when you removed the ring and kept it silently on the bed".
"I got that when you preferred staying at his place rather than mine".
Akira stayed silent for a while because she was stumped with his words. They were hurting her like anything. She knew he was hurt but even her hands were tied.
"Why didn't you tell before? I could have stopped you from hurting so much. All this that happened yesterday would not have happened in the first place".
"How was it possible for to be able to tell you what my heart wanted when you had already given yours to soone else?"
"Vikram Please !!!"
"It's ok Akira. I am mature enough to understand the wants of the heart and trust I will never be a hindrance for you or Raymond. What my mom did to you, was sothing that I had no clue about. Trust on that. Else I wouldn't have let things turn this way. I wanted to express myself because I thought things were over between you two. If I would have known, I wouldn't have dared Akira".
"I know Vikram. I know. You don't need to explain".
"My heart just wants you to be happy. That's all. But I will always be there to protect you from whatever it cos, rember that".
"I know that Vikram. I know that no matter what I can always count on you".
He stayed silent for a while and then said,
"I am assuming that you want to go back and work with Raymond again, right?"
She hesitated but then said,
"Well yeah. Hope you don't mind".
"It's ok Akira. Just speak out your mind. Co to the office today. I will help you with the resignation process and.."
"Yes, Vikram?"
"Can we have lunch together?"
"Of course we can. Why would you ask like that Vikram? Did one night make us that distant from each other?"
"I didn't intend to an it that way", Vikram said.
"Then take sowhere fancy, will you?"
"Sowhere fancy? But you never like fancy places?", Vikram asked all surprised.
"But I know that you like them. Let's do sothing that you like for a change", Akira said and smiled.
"Then I will be waiting for you !!!", he said and disconnected the call.
A satisfied smile etched on Vikram's face and he imdiately called The Stone House to make a reservation for two.
Akira finished taking bath and got ready and went downstairs, for the love of her life had turned into a cooking maestro for her.
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