Chapter 36

                                    

                                          
" I thought you told me he wasn't going to come today? " Ishaan questioned Kairav who too was surprised to see his boss arrive on time since he started working there. " I thought that too. " He eyed the one sitting on the chair suspiciously. 
" Are you two going to stand at the door forever? " Shrey questioned looking at the suprised duo. 
" What are you doing here? " Ishaan was the first one to ask this question. 
" He definitely got kicked out of the house by his wife. " Kairav stated. 
" It's not like that. " He interjects. 
" The pajama tells a different story. " Kairav comments making Ishaan supress a chuckle. " And what are you doing here? " Shrey asked him who too was supressing a giggle in order not to loose his well paying job accompanied with overwork. 
" I was just accompanying Ishaan bhaiya. " He responded pointing at the man standing next to him. " And now I shall get back to my work. " He turned to leave the room.
" You look like you haven't slept in days. " Shrey looks at him, examining him from head to toe. 
" Aren't these dark circles speaking enough for themselves already? " He pointed at his eyes. " I've barely gotten any rest for the past few days. " 
" And do tell why are you here? " He raised an eyebrow. 
" To take some rest. " The door closed behind Ishaan as the two of them were left alone. 
" I believe this is my office and not a hotel room. " 
He smiled. " I know that but it's the only place that I believe isn't monitored by him. " He looked around to see any type of suspicious object in the room. Not finding any, he sat on the sofa. 
" What happened to your hand? " Shrey pointed at the bandaged wrist which he was doing a terrible attempt at hiding it by constantly pulling at the cuffs. " Just a small accident. " Ishaan replied while covering it with his other hand. 
Shrey knew who might've caused the small accident but didn't say anything. Kairav came in a few minutes later and handed him the files to review. Seeing him indulged in the work, Ishaan laid down on the sofa and closed his eyes. He was having the most peaceful sleep he had in a while but sadly it didn't last long. He was jolted awake not by the doors slamming open but by the voice of the person who entered. The one who entered was none other than his dear beloved little sister followed by Radhika, Shrey's other secretary, trying to stop her.   
He sat at up to see his kin slamming a file onto Shrey's table. " Explain this. " She demanded looking straight into his eyes.  
Gesturing Radhika to leave he, very nonchalantly asked, " Explain what? " 
" Why are you holding more than 49 percent of the total shares of Atulya? You gave me your word that after things settled down you would hand over the company to me. So why is it that your shares have increased from 20 percent to 49 percent? " She questioned. 
" Navya alone wasn't the owner of Atulya. " He reminded her. " I am increasing my shares so that when I hand the company over to you, you won't face any resistance from the others. " Taking the file from her, he explained. " But if you want it right now I can do that but I don't think that Shivansh's going to let it happen without causing trouble. " 
" Fuck that son of a bitch. " She slammed her fist on the table. " How long it's going to take? " She asked running her fingers through her loose hair. " I've been waiting for this for a long time. How much more do I have to wait? " 
" Maybe a few months. It's hard trying to persuade the shareholders into selling their stocks. " He skimmed through the file. 
" Why don't you just pay them money or something to get the shares? " He flipped a page over and silently examined the data.