Chapter 2 Hello

Ayesha worked a little harder on her appearance today keeping in mind her new colleagues. As the evening had progressed yesterday she'd gotten to know their names. The tiny cute little girl was Padmaja, the taller Aparajita and ahem the Greek God was Jairaj. Did I mention his dimples that made me want to dive into them like a deep abyss that draws you in everytime he smiled. It had been a tough evening trying not to stare at him with my lovestruck puppy dog eyes and had been glad when the work hours had finally ended and she had run home like her house was on fire.

Today was a brand new day and she swore to herself that she would keep her emotions on check. About half an hour into her being at work where she'd enjoyed the peace and tranquillity which thereby helped her to focus she got a whiff of cedar, musk and oak with a hint of vanilla. It was as though she had no control over her senses she closed her eyes and turned towards where the smell was coming from.

"Good morning" said the owner of that fragrance with a husky voice that made me swoon in an instance. "Are you okay" Jairaj said as he noticed Ayesha looked kind of lost. Quickly realising what had happened Ayesha opened her eyes and looked at her right to see him staring at her curiously. "I had a late night you see and topped with an early morning, I'm not feeling myself but Hey, Good morning and I'm going to grab a cup of coffee would you like one? Ayesha rushed off the pantry without waiting for a reply. On getting there she whacked herself oh her head twice and started beating the coffee almost as though she was beating herself up. Soon enough, everyone started walking in staring at her watching her beat the coffee. Finally Shilpa walked up to her and tapped her on her arm, "Is everything okay, is something bothering you? Work/Home? You know you can share it with me right, better sharing than beating up that poor cup. I think it's already had enough."

Ayesha quickly put the mug down on realising that Shilpa was correct and started adding milk to her coffee. "You know Shilpa, probably it's that time of the month. Something is eating me up and I just don't know why." Shilpa nodded as she understood what I meant and we started walking back to our work stations and just as I sat down, that magnetic voice again. "Is that coffee mine? I remember you asking if I wanted one but now I see just one mug so I presume that's mine." I looked towards that voice only to regret doing so as with those innocent eyes and that smile, forget the coffee I would give him my heart in a silver platter.

Not trusting myself to use words I smiled and pushed the cup towards him telling myself that I didn't need caffeine to add to the rush of emotions I was already having. "Thank you, it's a lovely cup of coffee and oh darn I could get used to this everyday" he said smiling at me. "Getting used to what" I asked nervously as he reached towards me. Tucking my lose hair behind my ear "A lovely cup of coffee from a lovely woman" Jairaj said and smiled at me making me lose my bearings again.

Ayesha had elephants not butterflies running in her stomach by now. She felt like she would faint if she didn't get away from him. "Coffee today cos it's your first day. You better not get used to it", Ayesha yelled and ran off to wherever she could go just far away from that smell and that voice.

The rest of the day went by smoothly without any hindrances as Ayesha had so many deadlines to meet that forget the Greek God, even if Jhonny Depp walked in she wouldn't have realised. Nailing the last nail in the coffin, she said a silent prayer and pressed send. After finally finishing all her work she looked up to find the office almost empty. Not wanting to be the last one walking out she quickly picked up her belongings and ran towards the lift, "Wait for me!!!" Ayesha yelled and ran towards the lift as the doors were closing and immediately a hand shot out to stop the doors from closing and Ayesha ran into the lift panting. As she turned to look at her saviour she took a large gulp on realising it was Jairaj and now she had to be in this enclosed area for 13 floors breathing the same air as him. She quickly moved towards the back of the elevator trying to create as much space between them as possible only stopping when she hit the wall behind. As soon as the lift stalled at the ground floor and the doors slowly opened, "Goodnight and Thank you" Ayesha yelled and ran into the night as far from temptation as she could.