I was working on my laptop when somebody knocked on the door and one of the employee from our team went and opened the door and then there was a woman wearing a black tight black,body fit dress, with black high heels, her hairs where in a sleek ponytail

"Who is Tara here?" That woman called out my name in her tone as if she was the owner here

"Umm yes? I'm Tara!" I said and stood up

"Oh yeah follow me into Reyansh's cabin" she said and walked out I mean what?

"I'll be back shriya" I tapped on her shoulders and directly went in Reyansh's cabin

"Did you called me Reyansh?" I said entering in cabin

"Do you call your boss the ceo of this company by his name?" That woman spoke again and I was not getting a good vibe from her

"No sarah it's okay" Reyansh said smiling at her what is this man smiling looking at her?

"Tara meet Sarah Desai she's an old friend of mine and our old client to she's here for her new office" reyansh said in his stern voice

"Old and close friend of Reyansh" she said correcting him in his sentence

"So Tara I want you and your team to work on this project and I'll let you know the others things" he said and ayush entered his cabin

"Hi taru" he said putting his hand on my shoulder

"Reyansh are your employees this free with eachother" she said rolling her eyes at us

"Ms Desai you don't have to comment on every single thing" I said in my stern tone

"Reyansh is this the way your employees speak to your clients listen whoever you are I'm Reyansh's one of the closest friend I know about this company before you ever came up here" she said grabbing Reyansh's arm

"Mam I don't care how close you are with rey.. sir" I said because I was so done with her at things moment

"And sir whatever project it is let me know" I looked into Reyansh's eyes and walked out of his cabin

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We were sitting in the cafeteria in our lunch time and talking about this Sarah Desai

"Tara she's one of the most famous people known as an fashion designer and she's friends with Reyansh" ayush said sipping his coffee and spilling me tea

"Do i care about her Ayush if Reyansh would make our engagement public this things won't happen he is still single for the world" i said grabbing my hairs

"Tara chill if he has said that we'll announce it is public so I guess we have to wait for it" Shriya said patting my head

"No shri this is not done it's been 3 months to our engagement why can't he just announce it in public? That day the girl outta jealousy tried hurting me now this new Sarah is being this close to him is he embarrassed of showing in public?" I said laying my head on the table trying hard not to cry

"It's not the way you're thinking taru" Ayush said caressing my hairs

"I just need some time alone guys I'll be back" i said and walked out of the cafeteria

I don't know what's wrong with me I know Reyansh is mine he is engaged to me he won't go but what if he'll leave me? Is he embarrassed to so me out in public? Isn't he ready yet for this marriage does he loves someone else then why can't he roam around with me this freely why he has to bring tinted car windows when we are together? Am I not pretty as that girl?

I just came out of the building for some fresh air and I saw paparazzi's flashing their cameras on Reyansh and Sarah and she's holding his arm and posing for the camera i haven't seen Reyansh smiling why is he smiling today I saw ayush and Shriya came stood up next to me watching the scene reyansh is opening the door for her as she's leaving and hugging her and she left

I controlled my tears as he turned around and looked at us and walked towards us

I dropped Sarah to her car and turned around saw the three of them looking at me as if I've done something wrong

"Hi guys what's wrong" i said looking at them and then I looked at Tara who's eyes were kinda filled with tears

"Are you okay Tara?" I said grabbing her shoulders but she pushed my hand behind my gaze darkened at her but she turned around and went inside the company building

"What the hell is wrong with you Reyansh you never let media click your picture then why? Today you let them click you pictures even when that Sarah was here" Ayush raised his voice at me and I couldn't say anything but walked inside the building

"Tara wait Tara" I said running behind her but she was quick enough to get into the elevator and the door closed and I could see her brown eyes filled with tears

"Ugh ugh" I started pushing the buttons of the elevator

I quickly got into the next elevator and went up on her floor I saw her walking into her cabin and there's no one around I ran to her grabbing her wrist pulling her towards me I saw her doe eyes in tears she was hurt very very hurt

"Tara why are you crying?" I said grabbing her shoulders making her look at me

"You don't even know why I'm crying Reyansh" she said looking straight into my eyes

"Mujhe kaise pata chalega Tara ki tum kyu ro rahi ho" I said in very soft tone to make her comfortable

"You could've asked Shriya or Ayush why didn't you asked them?" she said getting out of my grip

"And talk to me when you're ready showing me out in public and making our engagement public" she said putting my hands off her shoulder

"Tara" I said in low tone

"Stop it Reyansh stop it" she said in soft tone but I could feel she was hurt

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I was sitting in my cabin when I heard a knock on the door revealing shriya and ayush entering the cabin I let out a loud sigh

"Why are you both here" i said lowering my head down

"What the hell is wrong with you Reyansh why can't you just announce it publicly" ayush said sitting in front of me and Shriya sitting next to him

"Reyansh we understand everything that this marriage or this things are very fast and new to you but it's new to her too she's just 23 years old she won her things but you're wrong here why can't you just announce it publicly that you're engaged" shriya said looking at me and I little got annoyed but

"I need time" i said yanking my hands through my hairs

"How much fucking time you need Reyansh it's been 3 months to your engagement" shriya said banging the desk and getting up leaving the cabin

"Reyansh are you not ready for her?" Ayush said raising his eyebrows at me

"Ayush ye kya puch raha he?" I said looking at him raised eyebrows at him

"Kyuki it feels like that you're not ready for her" Ayush words making me go mad

"I've already told her not to expect things from me" i said grabbing my head in my hands

"So why do you make actions like you love her or something don't you dare play with her like that is this clear Reyansh you're an engaged man this is how you pose in front of the media with a girl while your fiance is standing there looking at you"

"Ayush I don't wanna talk about this anymore" i said and Ayush stood up

"Usse hurt mat karna bas" he said and left the cabin and now it was complete silence

Why am I doing this? Why can't I make our things public? I do love her! Why can't I just express it to her?

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"I can't even expect things from you, it's me who was falling for you" i said with a teary eyes looking at him just for him to take me in his embrace and comfort me

"I've already told you not to expect things from me why did you fell for me?" He said and everything around me was gone blank i he for real why did he made me feel like we were being a thing why did his actions made me feel like it

"So you don't love me?" I said falling down on the nearest couch

"Mene abhi tak bola bhi nahi he Tara" he said trying the sit next to me but I stood up

"Tumne nahi bola lekin tumhari harkato se lag gaya mujhe" i said trying to control myself from crying more hard

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