Kapitel 41: Chapter 40

Akash walked through S corp. with a string of people following behind him. He was here to crash a party and his excitement was very apparent. He could barely keep himself from grinning like an idiot. But he kept his face calm and as he is going to be their boss in the future, he even tried to keep his face stern even though he did not know if it worked. After all, all his friends and family always knew him as a goofball and lazy ass. So he wanted to be responsible and grow up maybe.

Keeping all these in mind, he opened the doors of the conference room. Instantly 20 or so people's necks turned towards him and while curious eyes followed his steps. He confidently strode in and sat on the head of the table. They all already knew they were getting a new head but no one knew who it was. That is why all their faces froze in an expression that was extremely funny.

It took everything in Akash to not laugh out loud.

"Good morning, people" Akash greeted everyone in the room bringing them out of their daze. But before anyone could react or respond, the conference room doors came crashing open loudly and a woman came stumbling in clumsily dropping a bunch of papers on the floor with a loud thud.

She stood there shell shocked as everyone's eyes in the room fell on her. She made an extremely awkward face and stood there without moving a muscle.

Akash let out a sigh and said, "Madhu…" he started but he did not really know what he was supposed to say in this situation. She was his personal assistant and as everyone can see now, she was extremely clumsy.

After a while of calming himself down, he gestured with his hands and said, "Bring me the papers."

"Sorry, sir," Madhu said and handed him the relevant papers for the meeting.

"It's okay…" Akash said and let it go. It was always the same. She was after all good with her analytical skills. But when it came to moving around, she almost always ends up making a big mess like this. And more than anything else, she had the perfect puppy dog eyes that he could never escape. So he was bound to let it go every single time no matter how embarrassing the situation is for him.

After two hours, Akash and Madhu stood in the elevator next to each other with Madhu having her head hung low.

"Why are you keeping your head down??" Akash asked even though he knew the reason for her guilty expression.

"I'm sorry, sir." She mumbled under her breath.

Akash extended his hands and ruffled her hair. Madhu instantly knew he was not angry with her. A bright smile spread on her face while her sparkling eyes landed on Akash.

"You were so great Akash. Their faces were priceless. I wish I could have maybe taken a photo secretly or something. It was so worth it." And thus started her nonstop talking. She went on and on gushing over what happened at S corp. until they actually reached their own office. Akash sometimes wondered if it was possible to die from asphyxiation just by talking nonstop. He did not know how she could talk so much without taking a breath.

Her rambling, at last, stopped when she saw Shreya in Akash's office. Her attention, at last, moved away from Akash and focused on her surroundings. That is when she realized they got out of S corp. She gave Akash a sheepish look while he rolled his eyes at her obliviousness.

"Hey, Shreya… I will go back to work now. Excuse me." Madhu said in a small voice and exited the office.

Shreya gave both Akash and Madhu an amused look. She was sat there on his couch with her legs crossed and raising her brows at Akash.

"Long story…" Akash dismissed without explaining.

"Why are you here?? I thought you were going to take a week off??" Akash asked going to sit beside her.

"I came to check up on you of course. How was it today?? Were they surprised? Shocked?" Shreya asked excitedly.

"Did you not see Madhu now?? Seeing her face, you should know already that I completely rocked today??" Akash said lifting up his collars proudly.

Shreya rolled her eyes but then reached for his head and ruffled them lightly encouragingly.

"You do realize you are younger than me right??" Akash asked slightly swatting her hands. Even though he was faking sarcasm, he wasn't fooling her. She could clearly see the spark on his eyes. Akash had immense respect for Shreya, so being recognized by her was everything to him.

"Yea, by a few months," Shreya replied to his question pinching on his cheeks.

Growing up, things were actually exactly the opposite of what it was now. Shreya always looked up to him. She had been that innocent and immature once. But then everything changed, and their roles got reversed. She matured so much overnight that Akash had no way of catching up no matter what. Even he did not completely understand how his protected little sis went from someone who depended on him to become someone he depended on and admired.

Then Shreya thought of something…

"Yea… what with you and Madhu??" Shreya asked in a teasing voice.

"What about us??" Akash asked confused.

"Oh come on! You think I don't know how impatient and stuck up you are with your employees. But she… I heard you give her a lot of levies." Shreya asked.

"I do not. She does her work to the T. She just doesn't know how to walk without tripping." Akash explained defending himself.

Shreya looked at him without trusting his words but she did not pry just yet. After all, she could see he was completely oblivious to his own actions let alone to the pair of eyes shooting arrows at him from the time she walked into his office.

"Anyways, since you have everything under control I am going to go away now. I have nothing but time for the next full week and I am going to get loads and loads of sleep…" Shreya said and strolled away.

"Hey, Shreya… You don't have to worry about things here. I have it under control. You take rest for as long as you want okay?? You earned it," Akash said giving her a bear hug.

"I don't know how not to worry…" Shreya mumbled under her breath but gave him a nod and walked away.

"You don't know how to take care of yourself either," Akash said under his breath and shook his head. It was not like he could force her not to worry so all he could do was share her burden as far as he possibly could. He went back to do his work.