Chapitre 44: Chapter 43

Akash flipped through a file and absentmindedly pushed open the doors to his office. But his legs stopped on their tracks when his eyes fell on the scene in front of him.

Madhu was crouched on the floor while a broken glass jar lay scattered all over the place in front of her. But the dramatic part was the deep gash on her palm and elbows. Blood flowed out of them as did tears from her eyes. She was biting on her lips quite hard so that no sound could escape them.

Akash came back to his senses when he saw Madhu reach out with her uninjured hands to pick up the shattered pieces bare.

"Madhu…" Akash exclaimed and approached her in a hurry.

Madhu looked up startled. With everything in front of her, she did not really hear Akash enter the office. Her hands froze in place as soon as she heard his voice. She turned her face and looked up at him with her hands awkwardly hanging midair.

When her eyes met with him, she could clearly see his anger which made her so nervous that she forgot to breathe.

Akash hurriedly disposed of the files in the table and came to her. He pulled her to her feet carefully holding her arms and dragged her to the couch. He sat her down and went to the cabinet to get the first aid box. While walking towards the couch, he took his phones and called the cleaning crew. His actions were swift and to point. After all, if the glasses actually stayed in there longer, he was afraid she will get hurt all over again. And given Madhu's track record, it wouldn't be a surprise.

Madhu just sat on the couch without making a single sound. Tears kept tumbling down her eyes silently. She had her heads hung down afraid to meet his eyes. At times like this, she really really hated her clumsiness. When she was drowning in self-deprecation, she felt Akash take her hands in his with care. He examined the cuts carefully. Thankfully they were not as deep as he originally thought. It was just the blood around the wound that gave a very scary image. If it had been deep he would have had to take her to the hospital to get them stiched.

Once he was done inspecting, he first took the cotton to clean and disinfect. As soon as the cotton touched the wound a winced escaped her lips and she bit her lips harder. And of course, more tears kept coming down her eyes but she did not let any noise escape her mouth after that.

Akash worked in her wounds as gently as he could and as quickly as humanly possible. But even then, by the time he was done bandaging her wounds, Madhu's cheeks were red from tears while her teeth left a deep bruise on her lips.

Faced with such a vulnerable face, Akash did not have the heart to scold her for her carelessness. He just let out a sigh and ruffled on her hair. He then said softly caressing on her swollen cheeks wiping away the tears, "Can you just be a little more careful? Please?"

"Sorry…" Madhu whispered.

Akash then got up to return the first aid box when Madhu got up right behind him volunteering to help.

"I'll keep it back…" She said trying to take back the box.

Akash just gave her a look and gestured her to sit back.

"Don't even think about getting up from there until all this mess is cleaned up." He said sternly.

Madhu immediately sat right back very obediently. She even kept her index fingers over her lips in order to add to the effect. Akash lips curved into an amused smile when his eyes landed on hers but he did not say anything else. He just went back to his desk and started with his work.

In the silent room, the only sound was the cleaner sweeping the glasses off the floor. The person kept looking between Akash and Madhu not understanding what was up. After all, one was busy doing his work behind his desk while the other was sitting on the couch with fingers on her lips. Somehow this scene reminded the cleaning person of her kindergarten days when she will end up sitting just like this whenever she did some mischief and got scolded by her teacher. Anyways since she knew better than to voice her opinion in this situation, she just cleaned up and silently exited the office with a suppressed laugh.

The doors closed behind her with a click and the room was left with pin-drop silence. Madhu got up from her seat silently and tried to sneak out but of course, Akash saw what she was up to. He did not stop her but instead said in a stern voice, "Be careful when you work. Do not let water spill on the wound just yet."

"thank you, sir. I will be careful." Madhu said obediently and decisively left the office.

Akash let out a laugh at her antics amused.

Madhu, on the other hand, clutched her hands over her heart and sat there for 5 whole minutes trying to calm down her racing heart.

She always lost her cool whenever she was around her boss. Her whole-being becomes absolutely stupid whenever she was near Akash. And each time she sincerely wished the floor to swallow her whole.

She did her best to compose herself and went back to work.