LITTLE SECRET

After coming out of the office, I asked Arjun where were we going. He said that it's a surprise and I'll have to wait for it. On our way, we stopped by the Star bucks and grabbed our coffee. Then he stopped near a tall building. I asked him about the place, but he said nothing instead held my hand and dragged me along with him. We entered the elevator, within two minutes the elevator door opened. We reached the terrace of the the building and then we saw few stairs. After climbing the stairs, there was a big hoarding and a little space to sit. We sat down, from there we can see the whole city. It was slowly turning dark, so slowly lights started glowing and it was very beautiful to watch. I turned towards him and said, "Wow Arjun, this place is so cool. I loved it. Why did you not bring me here earlier?" He smiled and replied, "Because I wanted to bring you now."

We sat there and drank our coffee, it was very peaceful and serine there. After finishing our coffee, I asked him what's the matter that he wanted to talk to me. He said, "Please listen to me completely and then speak about it. Okay?" I nodded my head and he continued, "My mom always wanted to start a restaurant. But she thought if she start a restaurant then she cannot give her whole attention to me and I might feel neglected. So, she always postponed her plan for me, but at last she decided to start when I'll do my graduation. At that time, however I'll not be with her and also she'll be bored. But unfortuantely he had to leave me forever. So, I always wanted to start a restaurant on her name and fulfill her wish. Till then I wanted to work somewhere, learn and gain knowledge and then start my bussiness. But later I became the manager, Mr. Saxena believed in me and gave me such a big responsibility, because of which I learnt a lot. Later when I wanted to go, I didnot find anyone capable for my position. I didn't want to leave just like that, because that will affect the business and may even bring loss to the company. So, I didn't want that company to lose anything when I leave which gave me so much. So, I waited and then you came. Now after seeing you and your work, I feel that you're very much capable. I'm not saying this because you're my boss's daughter nor because I want to leave the company. I genuinely felt that you're eligible for my position. I know you're still learning, but within a month you'll learn everything. Now you're also attending the meetings, so by the end of the month, you'll be very good at everything. And if you still need my help, then I'll always come and help you. So, what do you say?"

I don't what to say. What he just said, blew my mind. I don't even know what to tell him, I asked him slowly, "Did you talk to Dad?" He said, "No, I wanted to talk to you first. Because I know, even you want to start your new business. So, I first wanted to know about your decision first and then speak to Mr. Saxena" I thought for a while, It's not good to stop him, just for my selfish reasons. So I said, "I'm okay with it. You can speak to dad, but I have 2 conditions."

He looked at me shocked, I smiled and said, "First one is that, I'll design the interior of your restaurant and that too for free and the second is, if I got stuck in any problem, then you should come and help me. Is it okay for you?" He hugged me tightly and then said, "You just scared me, I'm perfectly okay with them. Anyway I thought of coming to you for interior designing, Veer said that you're very good at it. But what is this for free, you should charge money. Because that's not an easy task." I smiled and said, "No, how can I charge money for you. You're my friend. but if you're insisting then you can pay for the workers and the raw materials required." He smiled and said, "Okay baba, thank you so much. I'll talk to Mr. Saxena tomorrow itself, let's see how his reaction gonna be." I smiled at him and then we sat there for some more time admiring the place and the city and cracking silly jokes.

The time flew so fast and it's 8 pm now. I said to Arjun, "We're late, it's already 8 we should be leaving now." He smiled and said, "Yes, we should go home. I'll drop you home and then share this news with Veer too. You know till now, I've never shared this idea with anyone. It was my little secret. But now that I'm going to work on it and start a restaurant soon. I want to share with everyone. Also I don't have anyone other than you people. So, I wanted to first share this thing with you people first " I said, "But Veer is not at home, he went out with Anshu. He said he'll come home late." He said, "Then why don't we go to a restaurant and have dinner. Anyway Veer is not there and in my happiness, I'm in no mood to prepare food for me now." I said, "Yeah good idea, let's celebrate then."

Then he took me to a continental restaurant for dinner. During dinner, when I asked him about his Mom's food, he shared many memories with me. From the time we met, I've never seen him this happy. I wish all his dreams come true. After dinner we went to our home. Arjun asked Veer to bring Anshu along with him while coming home, because he wanted to share something. So, we decided to wait for them. Till then we decided to watch some movie.