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No. Tanvi Shetty is just a pawn. I will not let her be more than that.

CHAPTER 13

“Welcome to Prism Corporation, Miss Shetty. If you have any questions regarding the training or security access, please reach out to either me or the helpdesk number.”

Tanvi smiled at the man who was the coordinator in charge of the new-employee training.

“Thank you, Mr. Goyal.”

Thanking the man once again, she headed to the fourteenth floor, where her desk was located. Her heart thudded in excitement as she went up the office lift using the employee keycard.

Will this allow me to go all the way to the top?

She desperately wanted to try it out. But she knew she had to wait until things settled down a bit. There were people waiting for her at her office desk on the first day. And also, there was no guarantee that the chairman was at his office that day.

She reached the floor below the topmost floor where most of the executive assistants were seated. She was received by a middle-aged woman who introduced herself and the rest of the team.

“You are younger than we thought,” one of the women said to her.

Tanvi was surprised too. She later learned that most of the executive assistants were retained from the previous takeover of Prism Corporation. The few news ones had at least ten years of experience.

Most of her morning was spent in training. And soon, it was lunchtime. She joined Sameer for a quick lunch at the cafeteria.

Her heart beat faster, expecting to see Arjun as well. But her arrogant neighbor didn’t crash the lunch.

She knew she had to face Arjun at some time, and it was silly to avoid him like she had been doing over the past few days. But the very thought of being in his proximity made her want to hide and never leave her house again.

Ugh.

How could I kiss him back!

It’s okay. You are an adult, and such things happen between healthy consenting adults. It’s no big deal. Just ignore him when you see him.

She decided to play it cool and behave maturely when she came across him either at work or near their apartments.

“How is your first day going so far?” Sameer asked with a smile.

Dragging her mind forcibly away from her arrogant neighbor, she focused on the sweet guy who helped her with the job.

“A bit boring with all the training,” she said with a laugh. “Hopefully, I’ll begin working on the tasks soon.”

“Let me know if you need any help,” he offered before he began to blush. “I... uh... can give you a ride back home this evening.”

It was sweet of him to offer. But she didn’t want to take advantage of Sameer or encourage him in any way. “I’ll be fine, Sameer. I’ll take the taxi.”

He nodded.

Thanking him for joining her for lunch, she headed back to her desk to finish the rest of her training. But when she got into the lift, instead of pressing the button of her floor, she pressed the button for the topmost floor.

She had been planning it during lunch. If anyone asked why she was on the topmost floor, she could pretend to be confused on her first day.

But her plan didn’t work when red lights flashed, and the damn lift didn’t move.

Dammit!

She had no access to the top floor even though she was the assistant to the chairman. Disappointed, she went to her assigned floor and sat at her desk. She opened her emails and read through them. Most of them were for the initial set up. She had a call with Mr. Tejpal the next morning. He was going to guide her through the rest of the task list of what needed to be done.

Soon, it was close to evening when most of the executive assistants began to leave. When the floor was nearly cleared of people, she began to dig through the documents placed on the shared folder to which she was given access.

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