Chapter 33

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AnYwAyS EnJoY

Sahana P.O.V.

"That's my cue."

I stared at Jai as he made his way up to the stage and hugged Blaire before getting handed the mic.

"Hi everyone, hope you all are enjoying the party so far," he smiled.

"I'd like to start off by thanking Blaire for inviting me. She was a great person to work with and I'm truly honored to have done my job in order to help her company start off on a good note."

He turned his head to her,

"I would love to work with you again Blaire. Let's keep in touch. Thank you everyone." Jai finished off, hugging Blaire once again and exiting the stage.

He walked back to where he was, next to me, grinning.

"So that's why you're here huh?" I said.

He nodded in pride.

"Wow, the man behind it all is standing right next to me. How can I be this close to such a big celebrity?" I teased.

Jai then started searching for something, "Ah, I don't have my pen with me, sorry."

"Pfft." I snickered.

We put our attention back to Blaire,

"The next person I want to come up to the stage is someone who has helped me out since the very beginning."

"I always came to her for advice, and what I should do in order to have a successful business."

"She is one of the most important people that helped me go through this tough process emotionally."

I saw Blaire's hand extend and point towards me.

Me?

I looked behind to make sure it wasn't a misunderstanding.

No one was there.

"Everyone please welcome the CEO of SK Beauty, Sahana Karthik! Sahana, would you please come to the stage?" Blaire grinned.

My surprised reaction never left my face, until I became spotlighted.

"Um, hi everyone, hope you all are doing good and enjoying this wonderful party,"

I gestured all around me,

"See, Blaire is very dear to me, and I treat her like my little sister."

"She's that type of person who takes criticism as a positive thing, and you rarely find people like that."

I smiled at her, "Every time we have lunch together, she always does these three things,"

"Talk about our companies,"

"Gossip,"

"And just eats the food."

Laughs faintly emerged from the crowd.

"But besides all that, I can tell she truly is passionate about what she does."

"I can tell she's the type of person who wants to go to work and conquer the day."

"I can tell Blaire is the type of person, who won't let any obstacle stop her,"

"No matter how big,"

"Or small it is."

"And it reminds me of no other person than myself."

I turned my whole body to her now,

"Blaire, I know you just started your company now, but let me tell ya, there will be lots of ups and downs."

"But, I want you to know, that you aren't going to be alone through all of it."

"I will be by your side."

"Even if it takes us to hell and back."

I beamed, "Everyone raise your glasses!

"I don't have one because I'm driving home, but raise em up, and let's have a toast!"

"TO B.R.L. BEAUTY!!"

"TO B.R.L. BEAUTY!!" the crowd responded and they each took a sip.

"Love ya Blaire." I winked at her.

We squeezed each other before I left the stage and walked back to Jai.

"Well, I think the real celebrity here is someone else!" he smiled at me.

"Ah I know, it's my words. They just flowed out of me." I flipped my hair, making us laugh.

The rest of the party included small talk with several unfamiliar faces.

Once in a while, I tried to subtly look for Jai, just to see if he was still at the party.

I then took out my phone to check the time: 8:00.

"SHIT, I need to text Mable to feed Monty!!" but before I started typing a message popped up on the top of my screen,

Mable: Don't worry Sahana I fed monty at 7:30 he's sleeping on my lap now 😊

I sighed in relief

Me: what would I do without you Mable?

Mable: Ah, I know right im great aren't i?

Me: mwah mwah

I smiled putting my phone back into my handbag, but then realized,

What about Amiga?

I looked all around the huge room for Jai. "Excuse me, sorry." I made a pathway through several huddles of people but still couldn't see him anywhere.

Then suddenly, I saw a tall figure emerge from a small group, as they conversed.

I stopped and stared as he socialized with the people around him.

I sighed in relief,

"God, you worried me."

I put a hand to my mouth, suddenly realizing what I had just said to myself,

"Why did I just say that?"

I then saw him look down and slowly see his eyes start to widen.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

Then, Jai shot his head up and began looking around, eyes shifting all throughout the room.

I waved my arms to try and get his attention, "Jai! Here!" I said but not loud enough.

I couldn't even walk to him, because of all the people blocking my path.

And I'm not going through that again.

I continued to wave my arms at him, hoping he would eventually see.

Thankfully, I saw his gaze gradually start to head towards where I was, causing me to quicken the pace of my arms.

I'm literally having an arm workout here, because of him.

Our eyes finally met and at last, put my arms down.

Jai immediately took his eyes off of me and said something to the people he was with, before leaving and rushing towards me.

Somehow, he was able to effortlessly go through all those people, ultimately standing in front of me before I could even take a single step towards him.

This boy really be Flash in disguise.

Not realizing it, we both opened our mouths at the same time,

"Did you feed Amiga?"

"Did you feed Monty?"

Came out, in the end, muddling our questions together.

I chuckled, glancing at him, as a smile formed on his lips.

We both nodded, answering each other's question.

Jai then took out his phone again, glancing at the time, "It's getting pretty late for me anyway. I have work tomorrow." He slightly pouted and smacked his teeth in annoyance.

"Oop, well sucks for you, I don't make my lovely employees work on Sundays." I smiled brightly, showing my pearly whites.

He rolled his eyes, "Wow, you're already making me so jealous of you." A sarcastic tone went through his voice, sliding his phone back into his pocket,

"But it's only once in a while when boss really needs people."

"Most of the time though, I'm off on Sundays, so don't think you can get to have the freedom all to yourself." he smiled back mocking me.

"Anyways, I think I'm gonna head out now. What about you?"

"I might stay back and enjoy another sprite," I pointed at the bar,

"But I'll walk you out, like a true gentlewoman."

Jai grinned,

"Ok."

We were outside once again, in the parking lot.

Several light lamps surrounded us and the cars.

I wrapped my arms around me and gazed upward.

The night sky was getting darker, illuminating the moon's light.

Tons of stars blanketed all over, some being brighter than others.

"Oh, there's Venus." I heard from my side.

Jai was staring up too, admiring the same beautiful scene we were in the middle of.

He pointed at the brightest star, one that you could spot, out all of the millions that were there.

A smile appeared on his face,

"It's stunning."

Suddenly, small drops of white appeared as they began falling down towards us.

I extended my arm out for tiny snowflakes to land on my hand,

"Snow."

A smile formed on my lips as I saw more continuously land on my palm and melt away.

"How the hell are you not cold??"

I turned to Jai chattering his teeth and blowing air into his hands to retain warmth.

I laughed at the scene,

"Well, then what are you doing out here for so long? You should be going."

I turned my head back and continued to see the fluffy white snow fall down and slowly pile up on the ground.

"Wait, I need to do this before I leave."

I heard from him but continued to admire the scene of nature.

Suddenly, I felt a hand on my head.

My eyes slightly widened in surprise as Jai was now only inches away from me, patting my hair down in different areas.

"You have snow all over your hair." He chuckled, being careful not to ruin all the hard work I put into styling it.

Jai finally took his hand off,

"There."

I tilted my head in confusion,

"You apologized for grabbing my waist back at the bar, but didn't hesitate to take the snow off my hair?"

Jai was slightly shocked by my question,

"W-well if you think about it, the waist is more of an i-intimate place to touch a woman."

"That's why I apologized."

He rubbed the back of his neck.

Despite being in the freezing cold, my cheeks never failed to appear flushed in the moment.

I broke eye contact with him.

Sahana get your shit together!?

"Anyways, I really have to go now." he sighed.

I nodded while continuing to not have full eye contact with him.

I heard the clicks of his shoes as he made his way to his car.

I continued to look around, even when I heard the sound of his car door opening.

"Hey, Sahana?"

Immediately I faced Jai, trying to not look too awkward,

"Hm?"

"I never had the chance to tell you this yet,"

"But you look beautiful today."

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A/N

HeLlO EvErYoNeE

Hope ya'll liked this chapter. This one and the previous one were pretty long haha.

But anyways things are getting juicier and juicier between Sahana and Jai am I right? OR AM I RIGHT?

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