chapter 7

They both turned around to see who had come in. It was Ruby and she looked a little frustrated, " of course Meera would go" she said glaring at Meera, " Meera Mr blue is asking you so eagerly so you should go". Meera was feeling like being in a pressure cooker. On one hand, her inner feelings are dwelling with each other to keep her self esteem up but on the other hand, her job obligations are not giving up. She turned to look at him as he was smirking as usual. She already knows that he planned all that out, he knows Ruby is coming through so he played a sad boy role to make Ruby fall for his plan. Meera just nodded in reply and she was too frustrated to say anything. , "So shall we move," Richard said excitedly. ``Yeah, have a good lunch," Ruby said, waving her hands. Meera was disappointed with herself about how she went with him. She was so clueless that she didn't know it was all planned by him. He already knew that she would never defy Ruby so he waited for the exact time to ask her out.

, " So which restaurant do you wanna go to, Meera?" Richard said, showing full formality. He has already decided on which restaurant they will go to, but he still asks her as a formality. If it was a normal day she would avoid questions like that by saying," anything is ok" but today her mind was on the verge of explosion. So she needs comfort food to make her mood nice. , " what about subway Mr blue?" she said again, faking a smile. Richard was confused. He never went to the subway because he was new to the city. He came here only two weeks back. He was originally from America. So he does not know where the subway was, he only knows the location of the restaurant he booked for today's lunch with her. He assumed that she would say that any place is fine. But it was unexpected to him, "any problem Mr Richard?" She looked at him as he was sweating a lot.

, "nothing" he avoided her gaze and went to push the elevator's button. , " (nooo elevator, I can go in that with him by my side) MR. blue I would like to take the staircase, you--" she paused as Richard came near her. He leaned down near her ear and said, "don't be afraid I won't do anything to you today" he stepped back and smiled.

She was still afraid to go in with him who knows what he will do to her in the elevator going four floors down. She took a deep breath. it was like a war to her and every single going down was like she missed a skip of a heartbeat. She can't trust a man like him. But still, she went in and stood on alert. The elevator's door shuts down. They both stood silently in the elevator. Nothing happened until they reached the second floor. At that time Richard came quite close to her the got scared so she closed her eyes tightly.