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y overhead, a quiet contrast t

as trying not to wake up from. My desk sat just outside his intimidating glass office. The space was cold and minimal, like

t time, he'd held t

His eyes had met mine-those sharp, steel-grey eyes-and he'

had

It was short-l

Reyan had wanted files from five years ago-old merger documents for a legal review. I di

canning names, dates, log

a Tex

her's

art s

hese files

ages of legal drafts, emails, and merger rejections. There it was-Khanna Enterprises' logo,

ingers trembled as I f

Liquidation expected. No pa

the then-deputy C

name danced in front

could

nted to scream. I wanted to throw those files in his

I di

t say a

that

athe. Couldn't think.

em to his assistant. I didn't look at Reyan when I walked past his glas

t a few mi

d, his voice lo

best mask I could wear.

just gave a short no

far from

in my chest. Could it really be true? Could the man I was beginning to t

mmy trying to comfort him while hiding her own tears. Of the accident. T

se of

. Cold, yes. But not cruel. Not like the

often masked behind expensi

est a

as in pain. The medicine dulled it, but didn't erase it. His eyes followed me around the room.

n Kh

saved me from the streets... who gave me a job I had once lost... w

know wh

d I was terrified to find out the tru

sed my eyes, I s

n Kh

y head like a cruel chant,

ttress, careful not to disturb Raghav, wh

ld this

who offered me a second chance-be the same perso

o cry. But my tears h

ng knot in my chest-tight

fronting him, a doz

le. Throwing the documents on his p

father? Why

I di

eeded his medicine. Because I didn't have t

showed up to work l

my hair into a neat bun, and paste

ed me with

e said, soft

ck. "Good m

e didn'

e. But inside, every

r a report that didn't even need urgency. I stood ac

uddenly, closing his laptop. "

oftness again. That hint of ca

, How dare you a

eplied, "Just ti