Born To Be Mine

Chapter 3

I could hear my phone ringing but I was too lazy to pick it up. I think it rang more than one time. I was dreaming about my success but it again rang. I got frustrated by its sound.

‘what the hell!! Can’t I even dream’ I shouted in my mind and opened my one eye to see. But I was still too sleepy. I do not sleep properly because my work does not allow me but at the same time, I enjoy it too. I live my work as life. My work is blood for me.

I started rubbing my eyes. In addition, I tried to look. Who is calling me at this time, I said in my mind looking at the clock. Oh, no I slept in the afternoon. How can I sleep at the time like when I need to wake up like an owl? I am really too much. I thought it was night.

 I slept on the table. Oh no!  How much time I wasted. I looked at the clock again at three pm.  But I looked around and was searching for my phone. I thought that it was ringing my ear but it was not near me.

I walked near my bed where my phone was on the pillow and I picked my phone. It was my friend Juhi's call. Oh no! she called me twenty times already.  And I thought that I heard it only two or three times.

I saw she messaged me many times also. I did not check any of her messages. Now she will definitely be mad at me. Nevertheless, why is she calling me?  Am I forgetting something? 

 I was about to sit on the bed and stretch my body. Then again I got a call from Juhi. I picked the call quickly. I wanted to know what happened. We had met with each other this morning about our business topic then what happened to her suddenly.

“Hello,” I said to her in a calm tone.

“Where the hell are you and why are you not picking my call?” she shouted at me. I closed my one eye because my ear was not expecting this shout and she really screamed on me.  I moved my phone away from my ear. My ear could hurt or I could be deaf if she continues this shouting. 

I again kept my phone near my ear to hear her.

“Oh… my god! What happened to you? Why are you so angry? Did your boyfriend dump you?” I poked her. She always gets dumb by her boy friend’s and cries in front of me the whole day. I knew the matter was something else but I just made fun of her. she really gets angry quickly.

“No, my boyfriend did not dumb me. Don’t worry” she said to me in a calm tone. I laughed listening to her. I made her calm and she forgets the topic. I know this topic is her weakness and I always use this to save myself.  However, this time this trick did not work.

“Don’t try to play with me. I did not forget. Where are you tell me?” she asked me. This time she understood my trick.

“I am home,” I said to her and lay on the bed. And there was only sleep in my mind. I was still sleepy.

“Why are you home and I am waiting for you for one hour. Everyone is looking at me, as I am an alien,” she said to me and I could not understand. What does she mean by what I am home?

“What do you mean? Why and where are you waiting for me?” I said to her and sat on the bed again. She was sounding serious. Has something big happened? I thought.

“Don’t tell me, you did not check my messages?” Juhi said to me and I shut my mouth tightly. It is my bad habit. I never check anyone’s messages. I do not like this. My phone is full of messages but I do not check any of them.

“No, I did not check.  You know, I don’t read messages,” I said to her in a normal tone.

“Oh my god, Eva. You should have checked it. When we met today in the morning at the café with Megha and Jiya then I forgot to tell you that our meeting is not tomorrow. It is today, in the next half an hour, Megha, and Jiya are coming. They will be here in five minutes” as I heard Jiya. I was shocked and got up from the bed.

“Meeting now in the next half an hour!!” I almost screamed at her in shock and she said yes.

“I am sorry. Maybe it is my fault but we also did not know about it. As you left from the café, we all left for our home but after two hours I got a message from the party that they want to meet this evening, not tomorrow” Jiya told me and I was getting angry.  

I looked at my table. There was paper and everything, which I was working on for the project. I was the head of this project and I had every data of the project. It means if I am not in the meeting then we would lose the opportunity. I cannot let this happen.

“Ok, just don’t wait for me. I am sending you everything to your mail. Just start the PPT and meet without me. If I am late, you will start the meeting. Do you understand?” I said to her and she said yes.

I cut the call and mailed everything to Juhi. I know she can handle it. I cannot lose this opportunity. We had been working on this project for one month and came to this level after defeating too many girls. Now because of me, we cannot lose.

I mailed everything to Juhi. I got up from my chair, grabbed my towel from the closet, and ran into the bathroom. I know, I am late but I had to take a bath because I slept and I cannot go out like this. In addition, to make myself fresh I decided to take a bath.

After taking a quick bath, I hurriedly came to my room and decided to wear a good cloth. I cannot wear anything. It would not leave a good impact so I decided to wear white colour top and red leggings. And combs my hair and looks at herself.

“I know I am looking good,” I said to myself and smiled at my childish doing and wearing my sandals. I grab every important things like a laptop, mobile and my purse. I ran out of the house after locking the door. I looked at my phone.

I could not believe I did all of this in twenty minutes. I looked around in search of any taxi. I had no time to waste so I decided to take a taxi.

“What the hell! I do not have time today and now the taxi is nowhere to be seen. How is this possible? Is today is something?” I thought. Today I forget to read the newspaper. Even I forget to see the news channel. It seems something is wrong today.

However, I did not want to think about this. Only my project was coming to my mind. This contract was very important for our business.

Juhi, Megha, Jiya and I had started this business three months before. We are school friends and blindly trust each other. They all decided to be in charge and they all listened to me. First, when they told me about this at that time I refused to be in charge.

We are all equal in this business. We are partners but they wanted me head so I had to accept this. It was our first contract and it was very good too. It is from a big company and if we get this contract then we will get a good amount of profit.

I was going crazy only thinking about this. I decided I would not wait for the taxi. I decided to take a lift from someone. I saw a woman who was buying something from the shop and came out. She was starting her scooty. I went to her and asked for a lift.

Luckily, she said yes. I sit behind her and look around. I really like my city. Most of the people are helpful and good. After some time that woman dropped me near the café. I said thanks to her and went inside the café.

There were too many people. They were chatting and smiling. However, my friends were not there. They were in the garden side. This café was big and expensive and we booked the garden side area for our meetings. It is good and quiet too. No one disturbs us.

We started to take my steps toward the garden. I was already half an hour late. As I entered I saw Jiya, Megha and Juhi were sitting with a smile on their face. Mr Vikram, their investor, was sitting in front of them.

I was feeling the tension in the air. Why is Juhi not presenting PPT? It seems like they finished meeting or they did not start?  ‘Oh my god’ did they refuse to give us a project. 

I started to walk there and they all looked at me. I was looking at my friends. I was not able to read their faces. They all smiled at me.

‘Why the hell they are smiling at me?’ I said in my mind. We lose our project and they are smiling at me. Maybe they are angry with me and smiling to hide their anger because of the investor.

Mr Vikram started to walk to me. I was looking at him. He was looking damn handsome and as always wearing his expensive suit. Well, I will not lie that I checked him out. He looks very handsome. He is hell sexy and handsome.

He stood in front of me and showed his handsome smile to me and said “Good evening miss Eva!”  as I heard my name from his mouth I blushed. Oh my god. Did I really blush? I wish he did not notice. I blinked my eyes two-three times. It is my habit.

“Good evening Mr Vikram,” I said to him with a little smile but inside I was very sad. We just lost our contract. This man always smiles so I am not going to fall on his smile.

“I am sorry, I am late. Because of me, you have to waste your time” I said to him and apologize. He is a successful businessman. In addition, every second is money for him.

“No Miss Eva. You did not waste my time. I was eagerly waiting for you,” he said to me with a smile.

‘What, for me. He is waiting for me’

“Your face is telling me that you think you lost this contract. Don’t worry, you did not lose the contract,” he said and I looked at him with a shock. ‘I did not lose the contract really!!’ I screamed in my mind and I think my scream also heard my friends. Who was smiling at me brightly.

I controlled my smile and screamed, and acted normal.

“Thank you, sir, for waiting for me. I do not want to waste your time more. I would start PPT now,” I said to him and started my presentation. It took the whole twenty to thirty minutes. I finished my PPT and all of them were clapping.

“Wow… very nice Miss Eva. I like your presentation” Mr Vikram said to me and I took a long breath. Finally, he liked it. It was our months’ work.

My throat was dry because of speaking. I was about to grab a glass of water but before that Mr Vikram got up from the chair and pulled a chair for me to sit. I looked at him and my friends were looking at him.

‘Did he really do this?’ I thought in my mind. I smiled at him and sat on the chair. If I had not sat on the chair then maybe he would feel offended.

He gave me a glass of water. I took it from his hand and my friends were giving me a poking look. They were throwing a poking gaze at me. He was treating me like a princess.

Well, it was also new to me. I did not look at anyone. I know I would blush too much. And it would be hell embarrassing. I drank the water and put it on the table. Now we were only waiting for their reply. ‘Would they give us a contract’ I thought, was hell nervous.

“Miss Eva,” he said and my legs and hands were getting cold. I don’t know what he would say.

“We are ready to give you the contract,” he said and a big smile appeared on my face. My friends hugged each other. I also wanted to join them but I have to finish this first.

“Thank you so much, sir for your trust in us. We will not disappoint you” I said to him and looked at my friends.

“Yes Miss Eva, I trust you,” he said and we both shook our hands. He was looking at me continuously. Do not know why I feel nervous around him. I saw he was not leaving my hand. I smiled at him and withdrew my hand from his grip. We all chatted with each other and they all left.

We all friends were looking at them leaving and as they left. We all screamed like crazy and hugged. We all gave each other a big and long hug. After all, we get our first contract. I still could not believe it.

We all sit on our seats and try to digest this truth.

“Oh my god. We really got this contract!” Megha said and we all nodded our heads.

“It all happened because of you Eva,” Jiya said to me and I looked at her.

“No, it happened because of our hard work. We did it together” I said and drank my juice.

“It is not like this. The story is different,” Jiya said to me and I keep my glass back to the table.

“What do you mean?” I asked her.

“Mr Vikram came on time and Juhi was about to start the presentation. But his eyes were only searching for you. He asked us about you. We tell him the truth that it was our fault and because of this, you are late. I did not let us start the meeting and said he would wait for you. He did not get angry or feel offended. He just wanted you in the meeting. It means we get the contract because of you, you came and present PPT,” Jiya told me.

I was shocked. Why would he do this?

“But why did he wait for me,” I said to them.

“Any blind can see the main reason. He likes you,” Megha said to me with a smirk and hearing this my heart was beating fast. I did not know he likes me. I thought he treats me well because he is from high society. And he always smiles. But the story was different.

“Maybe it is a mistake. Let’s not think or talk about this” I said and tried to change the topic. I knew they would now pock me. So I quickly changed the topic.

“Well, if you don’t want to talk about this then ok. But we all know you also like him” Juhi said to me and I was shock.

“No, I don’t like him,” I said immediately.

“Oh… really,” they all said together.

“Yes!”I said and drank my juice.

“Then who was that girl who was blushing in front of him?” Juhi said to me. As I heard her my juice stuck in my throat.

‘Oh no. was I blushing too much. If they see my blush, it means he also noticed. No!

“I was blushing because of his touch and he treats us well. There is nothing more than that. Don’t misunderstand,” I said to them and they all nodded their heads.

“Well I knew that we would get this project,” Jiya said and pulled out her tarot cards from her bag. We all looked at her cards.

She also reads tarot cards. And all my friends believe in her. She is always right but I do not believe in these things.

“Before coming here I had checked cards. Do you know today we are all lucky” Jiya said and smiled at us.

“How am I lucky today?” Juhi asked her. She believes too much in these things. Jiya asked her to choose one card. She did the same and pulled out a card. We were all looking at Jiya but Juhi was hell nervous.

“I told you today we are all lucky. Your boyfriend would not dumb you. And maybe he is your future husband. I know you are asking me this question,” Jiya said to her playfully. Juhi was going crazy in happiness.

They asked me about my love. Now they were looking about my love life. I rolled my eyes I heard about their fantasy. 

“There is someone coming into your life. He will make your life up and down. He loves you more than himself. He loves you like crazy, He can kill anyone for you, he is going to touch your soul and make you his.” Jiya said and for the first time, I got scared hearing her. I never believe in these things but today this scared her.

She saw Megha and Juhi were jumping on their seats and getting excited.

“Oh my god! I wish I could also find someone like him,” Megha said to me and I looked at her.

“No one loves anyone like this in this world. It is all people’s imaginations” I said to her, I was about to get up from her seat but Jiya held her hand and made her seat back.

“Maybe you are right but when someone finds his soul mate then they go beyond our thinking,” Jiya said to her and was looking serious. Do not know why but things were making me nervous.

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