***Sahana's P. O. V***

I knew that I had no go - I had to help Riya!! And that's not the problem at all!!

The problem was that I was an idiot who'd done the mistake of clutching her boss's hand for God knows how long and then freaking blushing when we got interrupted!!

I looked at my watch - it was already half past 3 and I had to leave by 4!!

I'd spent a good 10 minutes wondering what to do, but hadn't gotten any where near to a solution, except perhaps getting more anxious!!

Biting my lip I picked up my intercom - it'd be easier to ask his permission over the phone rather than face the handsome dude and mess up my brain even more right?!

But even as I dialed his intercom number, the events of the afternoon flashed in my mind and I quickly put-down the receiver.

No!! I can't do it!! I'm a wreck and I cannot do such conversations with even normal people without first rehearsing it and here we're talking about Arush sir!!!

No!!!

Okay Sahana take deep calming breaths... You're gonna be alright. You're a fighter. You're a strong confident woman and you're your Bhai's sister and you're definitely not a coward - a voice spoke in my mind... Bhai's voice.

Okay for all you people wondering what's the big deal in going and talking to my boss and taking his permission to leave early - SHAG OFF!!

Right! Okay Sahana take a deep breath and you can do this!!

Okay so what do I tell him?! Arush... Gosh I can't believe he told me to call him as Arush!!

Blood again rushed to my cheeks at that memory - 'you can call me Arush'

Sahana c'mon back on track! You've got to go and speak to the devil himself!! - I told myself

Devil? More like a hot and handsome devil you mean?

Okay Sahana kick your ass and go talk to him.

Right! First prep talk!!

So what do I tell him?! Right!!

'hello sir'

Sir?! Dude he asked you to call him Arush!!

Oh yeah right!!

'Arush?! Can I talk to you for a second?!'

Yeah that's right but not in that sexy tone babe!!

Sexy tone?!

Ugh!!

Okay now don't interrupt and listen to this-

'uh Hi Arush?! Can I...talk to you for a second?!'

'Oh hey Sahana...my beautiful... what's the matter?'

Sahana my beautiful?!  Dude he's your boss and not your lover - my subconscious chided me.

And you know what? Just go to him, tell him you're done for the day and say you need to leave early...don't think so much - my subconscious added.

Hmpf yes okay I'll do that.

Muttering the words 'sir I'm done for the day so could I please leave early?' under my breath, I quickly walked to Arush sir's cabin.

Standing in front of the transperent door, I closed my eyes as I ran through my mental conversation again-

'Excuse me Arush...sir?! Can I come in??' I'll ask in a very polite tone

'Sahana?! Yes do come in' he'll reply in an equally albeit slightly quizzical tone.

'Sorry to disturb you but I came in here to ask your permission to leave early.... I'm done with my work for the day' I'll say once I'm in the office, looking into his handsome face and not blushing.

'Oh...yeah sure you may leave' he'll say, smiling his beautiful smile for me.

'Thank you sir...Arush...' I'll say, beaming and smiling at him.

'Don't mention' he'll say, smiling back at me.

Hoping that the conversation would go exactly like how I've imagined and planned  it out in my head, I took deep calming breaths before putting my hand onto the door and knocking, with my eyes still closed.

There was only one slight problem - my hand didn't make contacted with any hard cold surface, rather, I knocked on something rather softer than a glass door and it was rather warm, and moving a little!!

With the jolt of a thousand lightening bolts, I jerked my eyes open to find my right hand on a black warm moving surface which was none other than Arush sir's chest.

My eyes almost came out of their sockets thanks to the huge shock and choking on my saliva, I backed off, my mind uttering all the swear words it knows to me.

Arush looked quite unabashed, and his lips etched into a beautiful smile as his pretty eyes twinkled.

"I.....I..... I'm.....I'm so sorry" I said in a voice barely louder than a whisper as my blood decided that it was the best moment to rush to my cheeks.

"Huh?! Oh...no not to worry Sahana... What happened?! Why were you standing out my cabin door for so long? You didn't even come in when I called you in?" Arush said softly and was it my imagination or did it actually sound a little disappointed?!

"Oh I .. I... I actually have to talk to you Arush.... Sir" I said, heaving for breath.

"Oh do come in.... And I meant it earlier when I said you could drop this sir formality and call me just Arush" Arush said, smirking at the end.

I have no fucking clue as to why the fuck I was blushing so much and why my breathing had gotten so fast, but averting my gaze from his handsome face, and fiddling with my own fingers I entered behind Arush into his cabin, with my head bent low.

I heard the click of the door as it automatically closed and then to my utter fucking luck I walked straight into something hard and warm, an awesomely good and Woody fragrance filling my nostrils and I lost my balance.

I was waiting for the crash which never happened but kept my eyes closed shut - the effect that the Woody awesome fragrance had on my mind was amazing!!

I felt a little light-headed and felt very warm. Warm?!

With another shock of a thousand lightening bolts, I jerked my eyes in horror to find my face inches away from Arush's handsome one, my hands gripping his crisp black shirt tightly.

With his perfume still making me very light headed, I gazed up at his handsome face, my breathing becoming slower by the second.

Was it just my imagination or was his breathing too going slow and was his gaze too stuck on mine?!

My heart was hammering in the rib cage and it was really a surprise that he couldn't hear it.... Or could he?!

And was it my imagination or was his heart too actually hammering hard against his ribcage?! What else could that thumping feeling I was getting just below my hand that was on his chest be?!

Wait... My hand on his chest?!

What the holy fucking fuck?!

Probably it was my widening eyes or the fact that I removed my hands from his shirt like as though I'd just gotten burnt which made Arush look away from me and clear his throat, and all of a sudden, the warmth just... Evaporated?!

I heard the soft woosh of a hand brushing against fabric and that's when realization hit me...
Fuck don't tell me he was holding me?!

With his right hand rubbing the nape of his neck and his face looking like a ripe tomato, Arush looked questioningly at me and lowered his gaze. I followed his gaze and saw how close I was standing to him and my left hand was holding his belt.

What?! Why the fuck was I holding onto his belt?! And more over, when the fuck did my hand move to his belt?!

Could this day get any more embarrassing?!

Remember the time when I was embarrassed just for holding his eye gaze?!

Why do get myself more and more embarrassed?! That too all in one fucking day alone?!

To be continued...