5. First Kiss

Jessica was running towards Ivan's cabin holding a pile of files in her hands to get signed by her Boss. She knocked on the glass door asking for his permission then entered.

"Boss, these files need to be signed by you," Jessica spoke while huffing. As she has to come here by the stairs from the 40th floor as the lift was not working.

"Put them on the table. I'll call you when I'm done with them." Ivan said, looking down at the computer screen.

"Okay," saying that Jessica put them on the table with caution.

"I'll take my leave then, Boss." Saying that she bowed a little but before she could turn on her heels to go back Ivan stopped her.

"Miss Walia."

"Yes, Ivan sir." She responded meekly with a forced smile.

"Have you had your lunch, Miss Walia?" Ivan asked her with a fake smile. And Jessica looked at him confusedly.

"Yes." Then Jessica answered him still being confused thinking why he was asking her this.

"Hmm, good. That's what can be expected of you." Nodding his head he said with the same smile but soon it changed into a dangerous angry look within the blink of an eye.

"You remember to fill your stomach, but whether the boss has lunch or not, madam does not care." Rage was seeping from his mouth but his voice was calm. And seeing his rage Jessica gulped in fear.

"Am I his assistant or a babysitter? Why should I have to take care of everything? His breakfast, his coffee, and now his lunch too? Hugh! Unbelievable." Jessica thought in her mind while shaking her head in her thoughts.

"You want me to starve to death? I appointed you as my personal assistant so that you take care of me and my needs but you are just simply sitting at your desk doing nothing." Ivan literally roared at her, making her flinch a little. She felt angry but held back her anger.

"Sorry, Boss. I didn't know that I….Anyway, what do you want to have for lunch? Please kindly specify it so that I can bring you the proper food according to your taste. I don't want to offend you like morning." Jessica said and Ivan looked at her with his blazing gaze that was enough to make her understand that he was at the bottom line of his patients.

"I'll be back with your lunch in a few minutes." With a bow, she left the room immediately and ran to his ex-assistant to ask what he prefers for his lunch. His ex-assistant told her everything in detail that he always likes to eat according to her experience. So Jessica ordered takeout for Ivan online and after some time, they delivered the takeout and she ran to her boss's cabin after putting the food on a plate.

She knocked on the door before entering inside but was shocked to see the scenery that was happening in front of her eyes. A beautiful Barbie doll girl was clinging to him from behind encircling her hands around his neck. And Ivan was sitting on his chair doing his work on the computer.

The sound of the door opening grabbed both of their attention and they looked at her. She felt like disappearing from there but unfortunately, she doesn't know any magic. So she silently stayed there looking down holding the tray in her hands.

"Ivan Sir, your lunch," Jessica said in a low voice but it was audible as the whole room was pin-drop quiet.

"How dare you? How could you enter inside without any permission? You just knocked and entered. Didn't even feel the need to wait for the reply?" The Barbie girl yelled at her pulling away from Ivan.

"Sorry, Mam." Looking down, Jessica apologised in a respectful manner.

"Hugh, now you are sorry. What do you think? With a little apology can you rectify your mistake?" She again burst on Jassie and there Jessica was losing her patients.

Jessica lifted her eyelids and looked at that girl with her red eyes blazing with rage. And then she poured all her anger on her she was holding inside her till by then.

"Then what do you want me to do? Do you want me to hold your feet and apologise for this little mistake of mine? Then let me tell you one thing, This is the office where people come to work, not to do romance. So I think it's not my fault but yours. You should keep your romance session till your private place, not in the working place."

"You….." That Barbie girl was about to shout at Jessie but Ivan got up in a rage.

"ENOUGH." His voice echoed throughout the whole room which made both girls shut their mouths in fear. Jessica squeezed her eyes shut for the blunder she had just done.

"What have I done out of my anger? What if he fired me on the first day of my job? I'm dead." Jessica talked to herself in her mind while cursing herself.

"Miss Walia. Behave yourself. Otherwise, the consequences will not be good for you. So be within your limits. You can't talk in that tone with your seniors. It's the last warning for you Miss Walia and if I find out you repeat the same mistake I'll take immediate action. Now keep the tray on the table and get lost. I don't want to see your face." Ivan yelled at her and the poor girl was just listening with a down head. The Barbie girl was smirking triumphantly looking at Jessica.

"I got it, Sir. I assure you, I won't repeat my mistake in the future." Saying that she stormed out of the cabin after putting the tray on the coffee table.

Jessica was running to the restroom and her tears were streaming down from her eyes. She was so lost in her thoughts that she straightly bumped into someone so hard that she was going to fall flat on her butt.

She squeezed her eyes tightly in fear but two strong arms caught her before she hit the floor. She opened one eye and peeped a little when she felt no pain. And she witnesses a beautiful face in front of her eyes. At first, she witnessed a pair of brown eyes then his beautiful face. She blinked her eyes repeatedly looking at his beautiful face.

"Hey, beautiful. Are you alright?" His voice pulled her back from her fantasy world. She was lost for some moment. She was never so close to any man and that too a handsome man.

"Aaaa….." She found herself lacking words.

She stood straight and cleared her throat.

"Are you alright? Why are you crying?" That handsome man asked her in a concerned-filled tone.

Then Jessica realised she was crying a while ago. So she quickly wiped her tears with the back of her palm but That man offered her his handkerchief.

"No, thanks. I don't need it." Saying that she again started to weep tears but this time he removed her hands and wiped her face himself.

"Tell me what happened. Did anyone bully you? I know you are new here." Hearing his words tears again started to form in her eyes.

Jessica looked at him with teary eyes. "Who has the guts to bully me except one person? That Rich arrogant monkey, what does he think of himself? If he wants to do romance in his office then he should lock his door. But instead, he yelled at me when I pointed out his own mistake. Hugh!!! Shameless creature." She poured out all her anger in one go. And when Jessica looked up she found that guy looking at her in awe.

"So you are talking about Ivan Pratap Singh?" He asked with a smile.

"Yes. Who else can be an arrogant jerk like him with a short temper." Rolling her eyes she exclaimed in annoyance.

"Yes, you are right." That guy said while nodding. Then something clicked in her mind.

"By the way, who are you? Are you his friend?" Jessica asked him. As he doesn't look like an employee but a model.

"No, I'm not that arrogant monkey's friend but his younger brother. Ryan Pratap Singh." Ryan said with a naughty smirk. And Jessica covered her mouth in terror.

"Please, please, please, don't tell your brother that I called him an arrogant monkey. Please. Otherwise, he will kill me." Jessica immediately pleaded with him with joined palms and tears in her eyes.

"Don't worry, I won't. And stop crying. I don't like tears in the eyes of beautiful girls." Wiping her tears with his thumb he said with a beautiful smile which brought a smile to her face.

"By the way, my brother is not as bad as you think. He is a good man with a golden heart. But don't show others." Ryan said and Jessica was looking at him in amazement

"Please don't joke with me. He is a good man with a golden heart? Hugh!!! Even if the Almighty comes down to earth and tells me he's a good man I won't believe it. He's a bloodsucker. He can't be a good person. He can be good with his family. But not with us. He's a Devil disguised in a human form." When she realised what she had said and to whom she again covered her mouth. And made a crying face.

Jessica slapped her mouth repeatedly for her foolishness. "Why can't I keep my mouth shut?" She whined.

"It's okay. You will feel better by this. I can't make you believe but time will. One day you will understand what he really is. That time I'll ask you if your perspective about him has changed or not." Smiling brightly Ryan said.

"Okay. Let's see." Jessica gave him a short reply.

"Then see you soon Sweetcake." Waving his hand in a style he walked off with his charming smile.

"What did he say? My perspective about that arrogant monkey will change when I get to know him after some time. Huhh!! I know very well that this will never happen." Shaking her head she headed towards the restroom to wash her face.

On the other hand, Ivan glared at the Barbie girl. Who was standing next to her?

"What were you doing Raya? Didn't I tell you that I don't like when you touch me like that? Please stay away from me. Even though you are my best friend you can't touch me like that. It's the last time I'm telling you." Ivan yelled at her too. What made Raya feel sad? She looked down.

"I know. But I wasn't….."

"Brother." Raya's sentence got interrupted by Ryan. And he looked at both of them one by one.

"Am I disturbing you guys?" Ryan asked, looking at them.

"No, come in." Shooking his head left to right Ivan motioned Ryan to come in with his hand.

"Raya, get back to your work. Make sure this winter collection will be unique from others. Don't disappoint me this time like the summer collection." Ivan said in his cold tone and Raya nodded her head and left.

"What?" Ivan asked Ryan when he noticed him staring at him strangely.

"Nothing." Ryan shook his head while smiling. Ryan was smiling thinking of Jessica's words.

"Do you have any idea that this attitude of yours is creating a bad impact on your image?" Ryan asked him and Ivan narrowed his eyes at him.

"What do you mean by this?" Ivan inquired.

"Your staff are scared of you."

"They should. Otherwise, they won't work properly. I don't torture them. What I do is for their good." Ivan said, looking at a file.

Ryan smiled looking at his brother and decided to not bring Jessica into this conversation.

"Mom has called you home." Ivan looked up at him in surprise and asked.

"Why?"

Ryan just shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know."

Ivan thought for some time and spoke. "Okay, I'll be there after office time."

"Okay. I'll make a move then. I have a shooting." Waving his hand Ryan walked off.

"Why did she call out for me suddenly? The reason will be known only after going there." Ivan mumbled to himself and immersed himself in work.

It was twelve-thirty at night. Jessica came out of her bathroom after changing into her pajamas. And suddenly she heard her phone buzz. She quickly ran to receive the call and her eyes went wide in disbelief when her eyes fell on the screen where the ID name was showing "Arrogant monkey."

"Why is he calling me at this hour?" She glanced at the wall clock. Finding no other way she swiped the answer button and put it on her ear.

"Hello."

"Miss Walia. You have fifteen minutes to come to the cocktail bar. I'm waiting……" The call got disconnected by then.

"What the hell???"

"Fifteen minutes?"

"How can I get there in fifteen minutes? Do I look like a vampire to him?" Ughh!!!" She shrieked in anger and went back to change her dress. She wears a pair of black jeans and Kurti. Then draped a still around her neck. Wearing her helmet she grabbed her bike key and shoved her mobile into her pocket. Then left her apartment.

It took her 25 minutes to reach the bar. After entering inside she looked around for him but he was nowhere to be seen. So she walked to the bar table and found him lying on the table. She took a relieved breath when she found him. She walked near him and called him. But he didn't even budge a little.

So she decided to shake him. With her trembling hand, she shook his arm by calling his name.

"Ivan Sir. Ivan Sir." Jessica shook him hard when he wasn't responding. Suddenly she noticed him open his eyes a little.

Their faces were so close that for a moment she got lost in his beautiful hazel eyes. Who can resist themselves not falling for this Earth Shattering handsome man?

Ivan smiled looking at her. What made Jessica amazed? She had never gotten the chance to see his smile. And his beautiful smile took her heart away. She felt butterflies dancing in her stomach.

"You are so beautiful." Saying that Ivan pressed his lips on hers making her shocked to the core.