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It seemed like the elevator was a big shark and I was trapped by it and if I remain near this shark any longer, it will eat me up.

After what just happened, I wasn't able to move out of the elevator. I was frozen to it's floor.

What's wrong with him? What's wrong with his name? What's the reason of such behaviour?

I knew he was crazy, but that was something even a crazy person wouldn't do.

He didn't need to act like this--- act so rudely.

I swear to God. If I didn't want this job, I would've killed him because of his such ill-mannered action.

How dare he push me like this?

I held my finger that I had pointed towards him. It was still hurting. The angle with which it hit with the elevator, is the reason it's hurting so much.

Women up! There's nothing wrong with your finger.

I finally gathered all the courage and all the power I could to move out from the godforsaken elevator, before it closed.

"So, how was the lunch?" Kourt asked winking at me. "Give me the details!"

She's just like Brit, all the time asking for details. I think all girls are like this.

Let me remind you, Ava! You're a girl too, my inner voice rolled her eyes.

'Oh! I totally forgot that'. I replied my inner voice in a sarcastic tone.

"Don't you girls have something to do other than gossiping and knowing every single detail about every single thing." I yelled at Kourt.

I'm so sorry, Kourt. It's all because of him.

She gaped at me, "Why the hell are you yelling at me?"

What?

Ah! That's the thing I hate the most, when you know everything, you still ask, just to have some fun. She clearly wants me to tell the whole drama she just saw, so she can have some good dose of drama for her.

Seriously girl!

"Didn't you see what happened in the elevator?" I yelled once again.

"Ava, stop yelling at me." She yelled back.

I really don't want to start this fight with her too. I just had enough yelling for today. My vocal chords are going to burst if I took part in this brawl too.

Kourt moved up to me, "Let me remind you, we can't see inside the elevator when it's closed, unless it's a glass elevator."

"So, you didn't listen anything or saw anything?" I asked, my voice barely audible.

"What happened?" She asked stroking my forearm. "Did he say something to you?"

I shook my head, not looking at her.

"Don't tell me he fired you!" She raised her brows.

I passed her my deadly glare.

"Then what is it?" She insisted.

I really didn't want to share this with anyone. I'm just glad she didn't see anything.

"I'm okay. Nothing happened." I said with a fake smile.

Kourt bought it. I knew my fake smile works on everyone, except Brit.

God! I miss Brit already.

"Are you going to be okay?" Kourt asked in a very polite and nice manner. She's a good girl.

"I just told you that I'm perfectly fine." I again passed her a weak smile, but this time it wasn't a fake one.

I started moving towards my office. I'm so happy right now that my new office has it's own door. I don't have to go in from his room.

I entered the office. I turned OFF the blurriness mode of my glass walls and I don't know why I did that.

Maybe because you want to see what he's doing, my inner voice said.

'Well, I'm not interested in anything he does.' I replied my inner voice coldly.

I was about to turn ON the blurriness when I saw him leaving his office.

Where's he going?

Why do I care? I should just focus on my work.

I turned ON my laptop and started working.

My finger still hurting.

Only three hours in this hell-hole and then I'm free.

♣

It's been two hours since Sir left the office and he hasn't returned yet. I wonder he left because he was pissed.

Isn't it good that he not here? Why do I feel guilty?

He warned me. He told me clearly that I shouldn't call him by his first name, but I still did.

Why I'm feeling like it was my fault?

But it was clearly his fault too.

I got up and moved outside. I went up to Kourt.

She was on a call with someone on the counter.

I moved towards her and put my arms on the counter.

She ended her call.

"Where did Sir go?" I asked and I don't know why I'm even asking Kourt about him.

She said with a smirk, "Well, someone's quite worried."

I rolled my eyes at her, "I wanted to show him some files. Why would I be worried about him?"

"I don't know where he went, it's not like he informs me. He should've told you." She said.

"Okay!" I said after a while.

"He'll be here soon, I guess. I mean yesterday, on his first day, he went off like this too." She revealed and added, "I think he goes at this time to meet someone."

"Yeah, I think you are right. He might just go to visit his girlfriend." I said moving away from the corner.

"Or wife." She said titling her head a bit. "Who knows?"

"Yeah, or might be his boyfriend." I suggested. "Who knows?"

"Okay, Ava." Kourt chuckled. "He's not gay and that's for sure."

"I know." I giggled.

Wherever he is, I don't care. I'm just relieved that he didn't go away because of the thing that happened in the elevator.

I was about to move to my office, when the elevator opened and Sir came in through the door.

He moved up to the counter.

"Miss Williams, you're supposed to be working right now." He said but surprisingly he wasn't rude.

Kourt looked at me, giving me the 'you-are-screwed' look.

I wanted to roll my eyes at her.

"And you're supposed to be working too, not gossiping." He said looking at Kourt.

I looked at Kourt and gave her 'ha-ha. you-are-screwed-too' look.

"I'm sorry, Sir." Kourt looked down and apologized.

Girl! Why are you apologizing?

"It's okay." He said and passing a look at me, he went off to his room.

"He probably had a good time with his girlfriend, wife slash boyfriend." I said to Kourt while my eyes were fixed on the door to his office.

Kourt giggled, "Yes, you're right."

He was quite calmer. I expected him to be pissed. It's good that he has now calmed down.

I should probably go to work.

I entered my office and the buzzer was already lighted.

I pressd the button and his voice came in, "Miss Williams, come inside."

I moved to his office and he was on the couch with a lot of papers scattered in front of him. His coat was lying on his chair and the sleeves of his shirt were rolled up.

"Please, Miss Williams, attend the call the moment the buzzer starts ringing." He said while his eyes fixed on his work.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't in the room. It won't happen again." I apologized and his reply didn't come.

"Sit." He ordered.

I sat next to him on the couch with a reasonable distance.

He looked up from his work, his hair all messed up and asked, "Everything ready for tomorrow's meeting, right?"

"Yes."

"The conference room's all set?"

"Yes."

"and the---"

I interrupted him, "Everything's perfect--- Sir."

He smiled weakly and looked down. "Let's go over these files once again."

"Okay."

We started working.

♣

We finished after a while, now really exhausted.

He rested his back on the couch, sighing.

I got up to drink water. The water dispenser stood at the very back of the couch. I moved up to it and poured some water. While I drank, I only thought of one thing, 'I should apologize to him.'

But, he should apologize too.

It wouldn't hurt if you apologize first, my inner voice said.

I looked at his back as I moved a bit closer.

Yeah, I should probably apologize. I'm sure, he'll realize his mistake too.

"I'm sorry about today--- about what happened in the elevator." I said looking at my crossed fingers.

His reply didn't come for a while.

"Apology accepted." He murmured after what seemed like hours, without even sparing me a glance.

Aren't you going to add something to it?

I kept staring at his broad shoulders, his mane of dark-brown hair.

I waited for him to apologize, but the apology never came.

Well, now I'm getting miffed.

I moved closer to him and started poking invisible daggers in his head.

Die, die.

'What am I even doing?' I contemplated, shaking my head at myself. 'Well, it's not like he's looking this way. I can kill him in my thoughts however much I please.' I decided, holding my chin up higher.

I held my invisible dagger in my hand, moving closer, just bursting with the urge to stab him with it, he grabbed my wrists with his hand and pulled me towards his direction.

Just as I raised my hands in a gesture to stab him, his hands shot out lightening fast, grabbing my wrists and yanking me down to the couch beside him.

Doing a three-sixty, I fell on my back with my head ramming into his shoulder, making me groan softly in pain

Since I decided to leave my hair down this morning instead of doing it up in some time-consuming hairstyle, it was now all over the place. Or should I say, all over Sir.

God!

Realizing this, I quickly whipped my head to the side, flipping my hair away and off of him on to my shoulder, coming face to face with his royally pissed off features.

"What's up with you and the air?" He asked with a frown and added, "You're quite fond of doing crazy things in the air, sometimes invisible punching and kicking and now stabbing."

I didn't reply.

I managed to escape my one wrist but other was still in his hold.

I was still leaning over the couch and his gaze was on me.

It's so embarrassing.

His grip around my wrist started getting a bit weak.

He looked away from me and his eyes landed on my hand. Suddenly, his grip tightened and he got up, making me get up too. We were now standing next to each other, separated by couch between us.

He looked at me worriedly, "What happened here?"

Oh, my god! He saw my finger.

"Your finger! It's all blue." He added.

'He doesn't know that he did it?' I asked to myself.

He moved his thumb over my finger and I winched with pain. He looked up at me.

I jerked my hand way, "It's nothing."

"This look serious."

"I told you it's nothing."

"You're wincing with pain and saying that it's nothing." He said. "You should go see a doctor."

"Okay, I will, but let me tell you, it's nothing serious."

"Where did you get it from?" he asked.

He really doesn't know that he did it.

"I was punching in the air, like I usually do and my finger crashed with the wall." I made up a lie.

He looked at me disapprovingly, but a part of him was really buying my lie.

"Are you going to be okay?" he asked politely.

I nodded a yes.

Thank god! I don't know why, but I'm glad he didn't know that he hurt me. At least now I don't look like a sensitive girl and now he won't show his sympathy.

We carried on with our work.

♣

It strucked 7:00 PM and it was time to leave this hell-hole.

I moved to his room to inform him.

"I'm leaving, Sir."

He nodded.

I was about to leave when he said, "Miss Williams, please don't be late tomorrow, you know it's a very important meeting tomorrow."

"I won't be." I said. "I don't have anything to do in the meeting, so it really doesn't matter if I come a little late."

"Yeah, you're right, but still I like punctual people." He said.

I smiled.

"Bye, Sir." I said and left.

Before I left, I changed my clothes. As I moved to the elevator, Kourt eyed me, "Did you change your clothes?"

"Yeah." I said and waited for the elevator.

She raised her eyebrows with a mild disapproval. I knew she was about to ask something, but the elevator came.

Saved by the elevator!

I got in.

I really don't want to give her the details about why I changed my clothes.

God! If only the training club had a proper place for changing clothes.

♣

I started walking towards my club. I was hoping I would meet Brit, but she already went off before I came down.

I think now I might have to forget my old friends.

God! I miss my old department.

Why am I thinking about work?

Because your friends aren't your work.

Mr. Aar--- Sir took my friends away from me.

I reached the club and I genuinely smiled looking at the old building.

God! I love this place.

I went in and the training was on.

I greeted some of my friends as I moved towards my favorite punching bag, Nathan.

"Hey girl! You're here." He said. "Are you up for a match?"

"When ever I'm not." I winked at him and moved towards the fighting ring.

I wore the punching gloves and said to Nathan who was still oustside the ring, "Never keep a girl waiting."

"Someone's on fire today." he eyed me and chuckled.

As he entered the ring, I lunged a punch towards him, which he easily dodged.

He punched me, but I dodged too.

I punched him again with my other hand and it landed on his face, but it hurt me more it hurt him.

I hissed with pain, but he didn't seem to notice.

God! My finger hurts.

"Ava, what's slowing you down?" he asked and added excitedly, "Shoot me with your punches!"

I started punching him with my other hand and made sure not to use the one with the injured finger.

"What are you doing, Ava? Use your other hand too." Nathan said with a confused look.

Don't make me do it, Nathan.

"Ava, both hands are important. You can't win a fight with one." He rasied his voice.

I punched him with the injured finger hand.

I bit my lip with pain.

"Ava, punch harder."

I punched once again with the same hand a little harder.

It hurt. I was on the verge of breaking down.

'It's okay, it's okay.' I repeated this mantra in my head and took deep breaths.

"Ava, what's up with you today?" He shouted. "Punch like you used to - harder."

I gathered all my might and punched him hard.

The punch hit him hard.

I cried out loud with pain as I fall onto the ground.

A tear dropped from my eye and I pressed my hand between my knees.

Nathan quickly sat next to me.

"Ava, what happened?" he asked as his hand moved to my hand.

I didn't reply.

I gritted my teeth, containing the pain.

He pulled my hand up and removed the glove off of my hand.

"God! Ava, you're hurt." He said looking at my finger.

"Why were you punching?" He shouted. "You could've broken your bone."

"Let's continue. I'll use my other hand." I tried to get up, but he held me down.

"Go home, take some pain-killer and apply something on it." he said cupping my face.

I nodded looking at him.

Nathan's so caring. I like him so much.

I smiled and looked down.

I, again, looked up.

He was so near my face.

Kiss him, my inner voice yelled at me.

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N e x t :
12th Chapter.

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A/N

"A very special thanks to beautiful RimshaNadeem and Fallingstars99 for fixing a part of this chapter and making it so much better."

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D e s i g n e r | equivocally ⤴

(Thank you so much, equivocally, for making this cover for me).

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