Win for me.
The happy hormones—whatever they are called—running through my body make me go through my bland day at a much faster pace.
* * *
“Please make sure the files are ready for tomorrow’s meeting,” I say on the call when Henry practically barges into my office without knocking, making me frown. He opens his mouth to speak, so I raise my finger up to silence him, but does that jerk listen? No
I swear I have given him way too much leverage for someone who works under me. Sometimes it feels like he is the boss around.
“Aisha is here,” he says, a hint of a smile on his face.
Sometimes it is good that he doesn’t listen to me.
Times like now.
“I will call you back later,” I say and hang up without waiting for the other person.
“What?” he asks, “No happy smile? Should I send her back?”
“Only if you want to lose your job,” I say with a smile. “Always send her directly to my office.”
“Yes, boss.”
He salutes, and just then, Aisha walks in. The most beautiful sight I have ever seen.
Even though I only saw her a few hours before, I can’t believe how much I missed her. It is like when I see her, it is the moment I start breathing again.
She truly is the epitome of my universe.
“Hi,” she says, and despite how much I try not to show it, the way my voice sounds all breathless makes it known the effect she has on me.
“Hi.”
I walk towards her with my hands in my pocket, and she stays rooted in her spot.
“You look pretty,” I say, tucking her hair behind her ear. I lean down to kiss her cheek, but she moves behind, making me frown. She motions toward the open door, gesturing at the bustling people of my company.
“You saw me in the morning,” she states, and I just shrug. It doesn’t matter because she always looks pretty to me. If only I could make her see what I see when I look at him.
“It doesn’t matter,” I say, closing the door and then pulling her closer to me.
She gasps as I pull her closer to me by the waist and lean back against my table. I lock my hands around her waist so that she doesn’t have anywhere else to go.
“What are you doing?”
“Adoring my wife.”
She rolls her eyes and tries to push me away, but obviously she fails. I don’t put in hours at the gym for nothing.
“Reyansh, stop. I have brought lunch, and then we have to go pick up Chhavi.Maahas called me thrice already. I swear I will break my phone if she calls me once again.”
I chuckle as I leave her, and she goes to sit down on the couch in my cabin.
I loosen my tie up slightly to get more comfortable and sit down beside her.
Only God and my heart know how much I have waited for days like this. How much I have longed to be close to her. I love the simple moments between us.
While both of us are complete opposites when it comes to our personalities, the one thing we both have in common is our love for soft, slow and simple moments. We both cherish them more than grand gestures because we both believe that love can be quiet. It doesn’t have to be loud and extravagant to be real.
