Chapter 63: त्रेसष्ट
Her phone has been buzzing since she walked out of the company's building. She knew who it was, no matter how much she wanted to receive it and answer his call, she couldn't because she knew how it is going to turn out. It's better this way. She thought and put on a fake smile while walking towards Ben who was waving his hand. Ha Joon stood beside him holding his bags.
"Took you long enough. I thought you wouldn't come until I board the plane." Ben retorted walking towards her and throwing his arms around her.
"Sorry, I got stuck in work." Gauravi whispered rounding her own arms around his waist. "Did you pack everything alright? I don't want you calling me saying that you left something behind." Gauravi said pulling back.
"Well, I am leaving my boyfriend behind." Ben said winking at Ha Joon who blushed and looked away. Gauravi rolled her eyes huffing. "Yes, I have packed everything alright. But that's not important. You, better take care of yourself. Don't go around eating junk. Eat healthy food. Don't drink coffee at night. Better yet don't drink coffee at all. And get some sleep okay?" Ben said holding her shoulder while she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah. Don't worry mom." She nodded her head.
"Seriously babe I know how you are, so listen to me and don't make us worry okay? Don't do anything stupid okay? Don't trouble your boyfriend or else he'll run away." She stiffened hearing the word boyfriend. "What? What happened?" Ben questioned noticing her odd reaction.
"Huh? What? Nothing happened." Gauravi quickly replied averted her eyes. "Joon did you spent enough time with your boyfriend?" She tried changing the topic. Ha Joon furrowed his eyebrows at her odd behaviour. This wasn't her from what he knew.
"Gaura, something happened, didn't it?" Ben questioned grabbing her wrist and turning her so she was facing him.
"Nothing happened Ben you are just a worrywart that's all." She denied pulling his fingers from her wrist. "Look it's time to go now." She pushed him around towards the line that was forming.
"Wha-Gaura-hey!" Ben protested digging his heels in ground but she was stronger. She gave pleading eyes to Ha Joon who hesitantly nodded and grabbed Ben hand and intertwined their fingers together. "Joon?" Ben looked up at Ha Joon who shook his head and smiled. Ben sighed and looked back at Gauravi who forced a smile on her face. "I will be waiting for your call." He said narrowing his eyes before turned back and walking off with Ha Joon. Gauravi sighed dropping her head down in exhaustion.
"I need coffee." She muttered rubbing her temples when her phone pinged. It had stopped buzzing when she started talking with Ben. Pulling out her phone saw her notifications mostly missed calls from him, few from Ben and there was recent text from Namjoon.
Kim Namjoon
We need to talk.
Gauravi sighed again squeezing her eyes closed, she let out a pained noise. I know! I know! I know! She wanted to scream at top of her voice. It felt like her head was about burst into pieces from amount of stress it was going through. She didn't know what to do, it was too much, too much going around her to handle it calmly right now but she was trying her best. Her best to hold it all in but it was starting to feel like the sand was slipping from between her fingers.
"Ma'am?" Gauravi snapped her head up suddenly. Seeing it was just Ha Joon she sighed and looked behind him. "He boarded the plane." Ha Joon said making her nod her head. "Is everything okay ma'am?" Ha Joon questioned.
"Uh? Yeah. Ha Joon head back to company. You will be handling everything there. Please keep reporting me about each and everything. I have assigned Soo Young for while being but head back there soon. The guy's good but he's practical knowledge is on weaker side. And yeah about the look out, don't worry about it. I'll see to it. First thing you do is bring me all cam records of parking lot from three weeks ago. This is getting way out of hand. I should've been careful. It was quite clear what they were after from the start." She muttered to herself before looking up at Ha Joon who was blankly staring at her. "What? Was I talking too fast? Did you get everything?"
"No, I did get everything but ma'am? What happened? I did get a call from Soo Young in the morning when you left. He seemed anxious and wouldn't tell me what was wrong so I thought it was not work related. I tried to call you later but-"
"Yes, it was on flight mode." Gauravi sighed rubbing her temples. "Somehow they photographed us at parking lot. Holding hands." She muttered looking up at Ha Joon who showed no reaction at all which made her chuckle a little. "What? No reaction? I thought you would say something like told you so."
"I thought you made your decision knowing this ma'am." He replied making her smile at his words.
"I did but- but I thought- no, I was stupid to think it was going to be alright. How can I be so stupid!" She groaned squeezing her eyes close. "How ironic, I was assigned to protect but somehow I am the cause of the downfall."
"Ma'am, what are you saying? There is no downfall here." Ha Joon said putting his hand on her shoulder. "You said that you thought that everything will be alright and I think everything is alright. There is not that of big situation here. From what I have gathered, it seems like company took care of the news and you still doing your job. Protecting them at any cost, aren't you?" Gauravi looked up. Any cost. Right. He's right, I should do it at any cost. Gauravi nodded and sniffled.
"Right." She nodded her head. "You get back and send me those records." Ha Joon nodded his head as they both started to make their way back. "I'm going at branch. I'll work from there." She said.
"Understandable. They wouldn't let you stay at company." Gauravi hummed and nodded her head. "Ma'am, if possible please talk to Ben, he's worried." She hummed again so Joon didn't push it.
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"Annyeonghaseyo." The young recruit bowed ninety degree at her. "Ah hello." Gauravi bowed back. She was here, the Korean branch of the agency she worked for. Where Ha Joon, Soo Young worked. "This way please." The young recruit pointed his hand out motioning her to go. Gauravi nodded and started walking. Why was young recruit showing her around rather than getting experience on field? She thought before turning towards the young man.
"Shouldn't you be on field?" She questioned. The man furrowed his eyebrows before noticing her eyes that were on batch on his chest.
"Oh." He squeaked averted his eyes turning a little red. "I-I messed up on first field due to my nerves so Sir wanted me to relax before getting back." Gauravi nodded understanding, patting his shoulder she smiled.
"No worries, happens. I remember punching the client in the face on my first field." Gauravi laughed while the man had horror on his face. "Ah he was fine." She waved her hand when she noticed his reaction.
"Right! He had a tooth missing after that punch!" A voice exclaimed making them turn around.
"Sir!" Both of the straighten up in attention as the man walked toward them smiling.
"Apte don't go around teaching my dongsaeng wrong things." The man smiled walked towards her. Gauravi rolled her eyes clicking her tongue.
"I was not. I was just sharing some old memories, Sir." Gauravi replied.
"Uh huh." He smirked before opening his arms wide. Gauravi stared at him with what reaction when stood there like that. He nodded his head towards his open arms. Gauravi shook her head stepping back. "Really? Is this what you want?" He raised his eyebrow.
The young man stared at his boss and at foreign lady to who he was going to show around but now here they stood conversing without words. What is going on? Why was his boss standing in front of them with arms open? What th-? His eyes widen suddenly when his boss jumped holding the foreign lady in chokehold.
"No! You jerk! Let go!" Gauravi screamed slapping his arms tried to move from under his hold. "Let go you fucktard!" The young man gasped covering his mouth. His boss was friendly with everyone but no this friendly to be cursed on like this. "Stop it! Your dongsaeng is watching! Have some shame!" Gauravi screamed again trying to unlock herself from his hold.
"You think you can get out of my hold? Don't forget who taught you your little tricks." The man laughed not bulging a little.
"PARK HA-KUN!" Gauravi groaned before elbowing him in the balls.
"Ah-fuck!" He groaned letting her go and ducking. "T-That was dirty trick. You are suppose to use not until you-"
"Not until I have nothing left." Gauravi completed his sentence dusting her hands. "I remember what you taught me." She huffed crossing her arms. "You didn't change a bit didn't you? How is that you have no shame? You are now chief yet see you are getting beat up in front of your agents." She shook her head in disappointment.
"Agent? But you are my yeobo. What's wrong with getting beat up by my yeobo?" He pouted.
"Stop you fuckface! He's gonna misunderstand us." She punched him in stomach when she was the expression on the young man's face when Ha-Kun called her yeobo.
"Oww! Sorry!" He laughed dodging her punching. "Haha, it's been so long. I missed your curses." Ha-Kun smiled at which Gauravi huffed. "I finally caught you huh? You have been here for almost a year and not once you thought of meeting me."
"That's because I knew how annoying you are! Now I have no option so here I am." She huffed again. Suddenly remembering the young man who was going to show her around. "Umm.."
"Yoon Chin-Hae."
"Yes, Yoon. I apologise for what you had to see." She bowed and glared at Ha-kun who was chuckling. "Can you please show me to the lab please? I need to use a computer." Yoon nodded his head and started walking with Gauravi following his steps.
"Yeobo~" Ha-Kun whined and followed behind them. "What has happened to my yeobo? My yeobo always used to run around her oppa before."
"HEHHH!" Gauravi turned around ready to throw punches.
"Sorry! Sorry!" Ha-kun laughed apologising. "Oppa used to run around yeobo." He said after she turned around. "I heard you caused trouble again." Gauravi stopped before continuing to walk again keeping silent. "You haven't changed a bit huh?"
"No. I haven't." Gauravi replied curtly. Yoon opened the door for her, thanking him she stepped in room full of computers.
"Use any. Type in your id and its good to go." Yoon instructed.
"Thank you." She smiled pulling a chair out in front nearest computer to her. Yoon nodded and left before bowing towards his boss. "Stop buzzing around me like that and spat out whatever you want to say." Gauravi said as she typed in her id.
"I have nothing to say I am just worried about my yeobo." Ha-kun said leaning on backrest of her chair. Gauravi rolled her eyes and leaned back.
"What do you want? For me to say how I messed up? How I am on the verge of losing my job?" Ha-kun snorted making her snap her head at him with narrowed eyes. "What? You think its funny that I am about to get fired?!"
"N-no." He swallowed his laughter shaking his head. "It's just you say same thing every time you do something like this."
"Yeah right." She rolled her eyes. "This time I am sure I'm getting fired."
"Well I don't think so. You have done worse things than falling in love on job before." Ha-kun said turning her chair around. "Gauravi do you really have so little trust in yourself? I mean Chief doesn't. Everyone in our agency knows that he trusts you more than anyone to complete your missions. He would never doubt that you would do something like sabotage a mission."
"It's true that I have never failed any mission before but this, I ruined it with my own hands. I literally pulled the plug. I knew what they were after yet I took this risk like a dumb fuck!"
"Because you fell in love. Love makes you do dumb things." He smiled kneeling down and talking her hands in his. "But that doesn't mean that it is so dumb for you to let it go just like that. I mean it made you do things you have never done before." He said. "Man make mistakes after all he is just a man. But what makes a man a man is that he corrects his mistake. Right now you are not just hurting yourself but him too." Gauravi looked up surprise in her eyes. Ha-kun chuckled at her expression. "What? You think I don't know my Yeobo to know what she's going through? Even though you did your best to hide from me, I always had my eyes on you." He said wiggling his eyebrow making her shake her head and chuckle.
"What should I do then? I-I am so in knots right now." She sighed.
"That you would know best, after all you make the best decisions under these knotty situations." He winked and stood up. "Well, your commander has work to do. So fighting!" He exclaimed holding up his fist. Gauravi smiled and nodded. He ruffled her hair before turning around to leave.
"Ha-kun oppa." He snapped his head around with large grin on his face making Gauravi chuckle. "Thank you." She smiled.
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