Mariam's POV

We went towards the coffee machine with phone light as there was no light. Divya was leading the way while I was just following her, upon reaching she again removed her coat, stuck her loose hairs with a pencil from her pocket, as it was a messy bun hair strands came out from both sides of ber forehead .

Getting ready she asked " Umm, do you have some recommendations or should I make it my usual?", scratching the back of her neck nervously.

why is this girl getting so nervous around me all of a sudden? She was confident and rude even in this morning, what changed? Maybe she is also afraid of darkness thus being nice to me so that she doesn't have to be alone. Thinking this she smiled on her own.

Getting no response from me Divya said, "Hello, are you gonna say something or not?

I said," I will have one spoon sugar, and make the rest your usual.

She replied, " Okey" and started adding things while I was holding the phone light for her. She looked adorable while working with her locks hanging on her face. During her work she dropped the spoon, which landed close to my feet and she bent down to pick up the spoon, doing the said she gave me a view through her opened buttons, that I shouldn't have seen, and I averted my gaze quickly.

After finishing coffee making she handed me the cup, and started sipping from her own cup sitting on the counter top. As she sat on the counter top I sat on the only chair available there. She kept stealing glances while sipping her coffee. She looked anxious somehow, so i asked," are you okey? You look stressed".

She replied, "Uh no I am good, did you like the coffee? "

I said,"Yes it was good", hiding the fact that it tastes just like the anonymous coffee from this morning.

After finishing our coffee Divya called Sanjeet and asked how long will it take for the guard to come. And he said 15-20 min more. Divya took her coat on her hand and said, "Let's go somewhere, its suffocating and hot here".

Again Divya led the way & I followed her. She brought us to the terrace opening the door with a key. It was actually cooler here with natural breeze, it was quite a pretty place with chairs & swings for seating and the sides of the seat are beautifully decorated with plants.

Sitting on a swing, I asked her,"How do you know about this place?" She gave a mysterious smile and replied, " It's a secret " leaning against the wall and folding her hands. She looked beautiful under the moonlight, not like I am gonna tell her that.

We talked for a few minutes about some random things untill our guard called us to inform that he reached here. And we went downstairs taking our stuff.

It was 8pm and I had called for uber earlier, going in auto didn't feel safe now. So I was waiting for uber with my phone in my hand, and I saw a white Lamborghini stop by my side, as the glass came down it was none other than Divya, How rich is this girl!

Divya asked," how long will you wait here? Let me drop you. "

No thanks, I have already called for uber, will be reaching here at any moment, She seemed concerned and said, " Its not safe to travel in uber alone, let me be your driver today, I promise I won't kidnap you, You are totally safe with me".

This girl is going to kill me with her sweetness today, not saying anything else I went to seat beside her.

She waited for me to cancel the uber and tie the seat belt, I tried to tie it and was really embarrassed as I couldn't tie the seat belt on my own, watching me struggle she untied her belt and hovered over me to tie mine. She didn't even realize how close we were due to that, her neck was so close to my face and my nostrils were hit with sweet lavender perfume from her body. Suddenly the temperature felt a bit more high and I was sweating.

When she backed off she watched me in sweat & turning the AC on, started driving asking me for directions.

I got down beside our home, she drove away, and I released a sigh of relief. What a day today was! So many things happened that my brain is not functioning properly now. I need to take a shower ASAP.

Entering home I said I will explain everything on dinner now let me freshen up as I am totally hungry.

Reaching my room I took my T-shirt and Pj, went to take shower. As the water was pouring from my head to toe, I was thinking about todays events. It all seemed bizarre so I tired to shut my brain and relax. Which seemed like a tough job as a lot of things happened today, and my brain kept replaying one event after another.

At the dinner table I explained everything that happened today while eating, the good thing is today ma didn't scold me for talking while eating. And they seemed to be impressed by Divya, for helping me today, And told me to invite her home for dinner someday, I just nodded my head in yes.

After helping ma wash dishes and talking with my siblings (which were mostly about Divya and her car to my dismay) I came back to my room and layed in my bed after scrolling insta for a bit.

When I tried to sleep all the events of today began to surface on my mind. And the thoughts I was getting in my mind are," Which one is real Divya? The one I have heard in the gossips about & seen until today? Or the one I have seen today? will Divya get back to her old rude self again tomorrow or will she be like her todays self, If she was really heartless as I used to think her, then why would she help me today? There were so many questions of which only time can tell the answer. Mariam drifted in the world of dreams thinking about all these.

Divya's POV

Sleep is something I am having a feeling that I ain't getting today. Every Time I close my eyes it's like a repeat telecast of today's events.

What was wrong with me today? At first I was watching her small antics like something very precious, which messed up my thinking & I couldn't work, which made me do overtime.

I even thought that I won't make any interaction with this girl, until she showed up all of a sudden, & there I was fumbling and being a total maniac after watching her & realizing we are the only ones in the whole office. I embarrassed myself so much today that I feel like digging up a hole & hiding inside that.

I never let my guard down in front of unknown people, and today I let it down even before realizing it. While my brain was analyzing all these my mind drifted to her face under the moonlight & on the car seat when she was sweating and turned red all of a sudden, she looked adorable.

I burried my head on the pillow laying on my stomach, I don't wanna think all these and all I want now is to sleep. After another hour of trying finally sleep took over her.

Next Day:

Everything was going just like every other day, all the employees came to the office at the exact time, everyone was doing their given work like some well trainted robots, there was no chao & nothing, still Mariam was a bit distracted, her head automatically turned towards a particular desk, the owner of which was missing.

11AM:

Divya enters the office and immediately visits Sanjeet, after that she starts working going back to her desk.

Mariam took a few glances at Divya but she didn't look at Mariam even once. Which infuriated Mariam. She thought, "there she is back to her old self, it was my fault to think she is someone different than what I used to think her but thanks to her that I got reality check.

2 pm:

It was lunch time, Mariam takes her lunch with some of her colleagues with whom she is quite close, in the office canteen. Its the only time they get to talk. Otherwise their authority doesn't allow the employees talking among themselves during work hour.

Mariam was chit chatting with Ruhani, Sasha, and Akansh while eating her lunch that she brought from her home. they are fun to talk to. She always enjoys their time together but today she was getting distracted by her own thoughts. During talking to them she thought," I have never seen Divya eating lunch with us, does she even eat lunch or not, and why am I thinking about her today, she can just go to hell, why would I care?"..

Akansh- where are you lost today?

Mariam- Nowhere, why are you asking?

Akansh- you seem quite lost in some deep thoughts, is something or someone bothering you?

Mariam was drinking water & as soon as Akansh said those words she saw Divya entering through the canteen door which made her choke on her water(as Divya is the person who is bothering her) & she was coughing profusely which caught Divya's attention. Divya gave a worrisome look at her and then ordered something on the counter averting her gaze from Mariam.

Mariam felt good watching Divya showing some reaction towards her, even if it was really subtle. She again started talking with her colleagues and told them she is totally fine with full enthusiasm.

Rest of the work hours were less eventful and it was almost time for leaving, Mariam had too much work today thus she was running late for submitting her work, most of the employees were already packing their stuff for leaving. Mariam rushed towards Sanjeets cabin in a hurry as she didn't want to get reprimanded by him again, which seemed impossible today as it was 5.08 already. When she entered the cabin without knock she saw Sanjeet and Divya sitting close on the couch and laughing over something. And they became quite angry due to her barging without knocking on the door, understanding the situation Mariam apologised saying," I am extremely sorry, I just finished my work and everyone was leaving so I entered your cabin in a hurry"

Sanjeet moved to his chair with an irritated face and asked Mariam to show her work. Mariam left after showing her work, thinking this Divya girl is really shameless, whenever I go to Sanjeet's cabin she is always present there, and how close they were sitting, she was getting angry remembering the scene. Then again she was happy that she didn't get reprimanded even though she was late.

Thinking of these she packed her stuff and went towards the lift, in the mean time Divya also reached there and they both entered the lift together.

Our office is on the 11th floor, when the lift stopped at the 9th floor a lot of people entered in the lift. Coming to the 5th floor it became almost full and there was no space for moving. There was a guy in front of me who was pressing his body on mine taking the advantage of the situation and I couldn't tell him to move as there was not much place to move and at the very moment I found Divya standing in front of me, keeping her hands on the wall to create distance among us & telling the man to take her spot. I was flabbergasted by her action, without my telling she came to my rescue and all I could muster was a simple thank you. In response she said, it's no big deal looking at my eyes for a second before removing her gaze.

On the 3rd floor a few more people entered making her move closer to me, I could smell her intoxicating lavender perfume through her body. And all I was praying was the lift to decent faster. These 10-20 seconds felt like minutes to me.

Getting out of the lift I thanked her again and we went towards our own destination.