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At Hilton Restaurant

'The man, sitting in front of me, is the love of my but…he doesn't like me. Ahh!!! I hate this word 'but'. It always comes in the way as it made realise that he doesn't like me.

What can I do when he never gets my advances?'

She is kara Howells. She has everything except family. She has started her own business and made it a leading company. She has made it so far with her capabilities but she was all alone in every path she took to reach where she had reached now.

Kara Howells has made its name and gained fame with her company, K.H. Corporation.

However and whatever she gained there was something she had always longed for,that is affection,love,care. These are the emotions which was never shown to her.

Now it is not the same as before. She is feeling the things which was unknown to her.

The reason is Derek, her secretary.

"Boss" said Derek.

"what ?" said kara while taking a bite of her steak.

"There will be a meeting with Mr. Anderson from Raylight corporation at 5 pm to discuss about the collaboration." said while eating his steak.

"Huff...Derek what are we here for?" said kara while sighing.

"umm...Eating and discussing your schedule" said Derek.

"No, it's only eating, understand?" said kara.

"okay , Boss" said Derek.

"Do you know it's been three years now that you've been working with me?" kara asked Derek.

"Yes ,boss" answered Derek.

"Do you know I feel like we understand each other better and become close to each other?" asked kara hoping he would understand her meaning.

"Yeah I feel like that too." answered Derek.

"You do?" clearly ecstatic on his reply but that was momentarily.

"Yeah like we're good buddies." stated Derek cruelly dashing over her hopes.

"Exactly like good buddies." said with a smile on her face but it was clearly opposite inside her heart. ' How can be you so stupid, Derek? I had been trying for a year now but you dumbass always dodged my advances and behave like innocent who knows nothing.' ( reread the note once.)

"Boss let's go otherwise we're gonna be late." said Derek.

"okay" said kara clearly in a bad mood.

Derek didn't understand why suddenly her mood got bad. He thought ' It was good just now. What happened suddenly? He didn't say or do anything. Leave it. I know how to make her happy.'

They got out of the restaurant and headed towards their car. As he helped kara to get on the car , he asked her to wait and went back to the restaurant.

kara was checking out some files when Derek knocked on her window.

"Tada…here's your favourite strawberry ice-cream. I know you always love to eat it before the meeting. Though I think this habit is weird but …" he said.' I like it when you smile after eating the ice-cream.' He thought in his mind.

"But what Derek?" asked kara when he didn't complete his sentence.

"Nothing" said Derek.

Sometimes I feel like Derek also likes me but there is something which is holding him back.

I wanna find it out.

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At Raylight corporation

While the meeting was going on and every one was concentrated on presentation, there was someone whose mind was somewhere else. That someone was none othe than kara.

Kara's POV:

' I'm getting bored at this meeting. I can tell by a glance that their presentation is nothing but trash. But I must say they had done a good job at hiding their flaws in the presentation but who are they trying to fool ? Me? There is no one who can fool me in my business.' I thought while smirking at their foolishness.

The Raylight corporation president Mr.Anderson glance towards me and seeing my smirk they thought they impressed me. ' What a dumbo' I said in my mind and smile towards him to which he smiled back.

While I was smiling at the Mr. Anderson, I felt like someone was throwing daggers at me and yeah I was right. It was derek. Even though it was for a brief moment I saw something in his eyes. I can't comprehend what was emotions in his eyes but I was certain that it was something which can be develop into something more. I hope so.

' I'm gonna spend my time with Derek. Damn this boring meeting. ' I decided.

Derek's POV:

The presentation was quite good but I was feeling like there was something fishy.

I do not quite understand what was missing but this collaboration won't be beneficial for us.

I wanna signal about this to kara. That's when I noticed her passing a smile at Mr. Anderson.' I don't like it.' That was the first thing comes in my mind. Even though I don't understand why the thought of her being with someone irritates me. I wanna ask her why she is smiling at that Mr. Anderson when she don't know him well. Like she heard me, she suddenly turned towards me.

We stared in each other's eyes for a brief moment then I turned my face towards the presenter again. It may look like I was listening to the presenter but that was not true. My mind was filled with WHY WAS SHE SMILING AT HIM ? JUST WHY ?

Just then kara stood up and said something which made me sigh in relief.

"Derek let's go." said kara.

I stood up to go but that damn Andy guy interrupted in.

"Miss kara why are you leaving without signing the contract?" said Mr. Anderson.

" Ohh I forgot about that." said kara with a smile.

" It's okay, miss kara. Let's sign it before you leave." said Mr. Anderson with his creepy grin.

I was going to tell kara not to sign the contract as I feel something fishy in the presentation but I forgot that if I could tell that something was wrong in the presentation then kara must have found out the real problem.

" I mean to say that I forgot to tell you that this collaboration cannot happen because…" kara trailed off and I thought she was having the second thoughts about her decision.

" Your whole plan is nothing but TRASH." Kara said with a sweet smile on her face.

I stifled a laugh at the expression of everyone's face. Everyone was dumbfounded. They held their breath when they saw my pretty and elegant boss smile. Though I didn't like them staring at her but I was satisfied when they realised what she said.

" What? How dare you? Who do you think you are to reject me? I don't understand how you got to this position when you can't even see how beneficial is my plan to both parties. It will create a huge revenue for both parties. " Mr. Anderson said with arrogance in his voice.

I was going to say something when I saw the expressionless face of kara and I know it was better to lock my lips and throw the key far away. But someone was looking for death.

" I know you are young and have less experience. So you make some mistakes. But I'm still wondering how you made it so far? Oh! now I understand someone is backing you up and you are paying for it well right?" Mr. Anderson said and that's it I can't keep quiet now.

" Mr. Anderson, you are crossing your limits."

I was raging with fury.

" Derek ,leave it. Dog barks when it's gone mad and also bites. So let's go before it bite us and spread his madness." Kara again insulted him with her sweet smile.

The anger was gone in an instant when I saw her smile. Mr. Anderson was going to say something nasty again but shut up when kara glared at him.

"ok, boss" I answered without any delay. Then we both headed towards the exit. While existing I glanced back at that trashy president and saw him saying something which wasn't audible to us. But I know it can't be something good.

I was following behind kara. I know even though she doesn't show the pain, every word hurt her. No one can hear something bad about them. I also know that she is not gonna let trashy andy off the hook. But I don't care about what she does to him as he deserves her wrath.

Now the most important thing is to cheer her up and I'm going to do it.

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At K.H. corporation

Kara and Derek returned from the meeting at Raylight corporation which didn't go as planned.

Kara always respond back whenever an employee greeted her but today was unusual which made everyone realised that someone has pissed off their CEO. 'He or she is looking for their doom by going on their boss bad side.' Every one had the same thought.

Kara had made it clear to her employees that she had the principle of treating kindness with the same kindness and evilness with hundred fold evilness.

Everyone was curious to know which fool had pissed their boss and they know their curiosity can only die down through Boss's secretary, Derek. So as soon as the boss entered the office they had surrounded Derek.

Derek's POV:

While I was following behind kara ,I noticed the curious gazes of my colleagues and I know what they want to ask. It's hard to be a secretary.

As I predicted I was surrounded by them as kara entered her office.

" Who has the guts to piss off our boss, Derek?" asked gossiper #1.

" I'm used to her smiling face while greeting her but today I got goosebumps while looking at her expressionless face. Please tell us what happened that wipe our boss beautiful smile." said gossiper #2.

"Yeah exactly Our boss has an angel smile and I don't like to see her without her smile."

said gossiper #3.

" Derek Please tell us who took our boss smile." said gossiper # 4.

They were asking me but how can I answer when they didn't give me a chance to speak something. I just listened to them for a while without trying to say anything.

" Derek why aren't you telling us? " asked gossiper #1.

" Are you letting me?" I asked with sarcasm.

" Sorry. Go ahead." said gossiper #1.

Then I told them about the whole scene at the Raylight corporation.

"How dare he say that? " said gossiper #2.

" We all know how hardworking our boss is and how she had managed so far without depending on anyone." said gossiper #3.

" Yeah we have seen how this corporation had made it top leading companies in front of our eyes." said gossiper #4.

I agree with all of them. I was working with kara from the start of her company and I know how many sleepless nights she had spend to reach the platform on which she stands now. But now it's not the best time to discuss about that.

" That's enough. Now go back to your work."

I entered the office and saw kara with her eyes closed reclining her head on the chair.

" Hey boss do you really mind his words that much?" I asked her as she opened her eyes to look at me.

" What do you think?" She asked me back.

"I don't think so and I know you must have already thought of the punishment for him." I'm sure of it.

"Then why are you asking me?" She again answered in interrogative tone.

That's why I don't like her to be in a bad mood she always becomes like that. That gives me headache.

Also I can't see her without her smile, like every one said she has an angelic smile.

Let's cheer her up.

' IDEA !! '

" Boss ,you know I'm thinking that what that trashy...I mean Mr. Anderson said was true. That you have strong support behind you and you're paying for it very well." I said and the instant I finished I saw kara's shocked face.

" Derek you're joking ,right? " kara asked in a heavy tone. " It's really not good."

" I'm not joking at all. I'm only saying the truth otherwise you can't come to this position alone." I said without any emotions on my face.

" DEREK!!! WHY? " She stood up from her seat. I know she thought that I'm also thinking like Mr. Anderson.

" Of course you can't come to this position alone without my or any other employee support and yeah you're paying us very well for it. I think you know that. Why are you looking so shocked like you have seen some ghost or alien? " I answered very innocently.

" Are you okay? " I asked looking concerned but I was laughing internally at her dumbfounded expression.

When she regained her senses, she picked the nearby file and throws at me. Luckily I dodged otherwise if it hits me it must pained a lot. " Hey , are you crazy? Throwing file at me? So childish." I said while shaking my head. That's when I heard her soft chuckles.

I looked at her she was laughing and crying at the same time. 'Maybe I went overboard.' I thought while feeling guilty.

I went near her and started patting her shoulder to calm her down. She suddenly pulled more me close and hugged my waist. I didn't say anything and let her.

Authors POV:

Kara was hugging Derek's waist while he was patting at her head. They didn't look like the boss and secretary at all.

Kara was feeling comfortable and relieved. Comfortable because she was hugging Derek and relieved because the thought of Derek misunderstanding her was nothing but illusionary.

After a while Derek detached himself from the hug and got down on his knees in front of kara. They were staring at each other's eyes when Derek raised his hands to wipe her tears with his fingers.

Their lips weren't saying anything but their eyes were talking a million things. But the thing which was common was their attraction to each other or more than that.

The moment was ruined due to message alert in the phone.

Derek stood up and kara also turned away to hide the blush that crept onto her face. Well , it was same for Derek. Both were blushing and hiding from each other.

After a while.

They were now normal as if nothing happened.

" Boss you're such a crybaby. I was trying to cheer you up while you become a crying mess. You know it made me feel guilty." Derek said.

" What did you say you want to cheer me up? You know I really thought you think like that too. It hurt me to even think about it and you literally made me believe it. You should be guilty to prank me like that." She snapped at Derek.

" Ok I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I would never do it again or even think about it. " Derek said feeling really guilty.

Kara was looking very serious before burst into laughing. Even though Derek was confused, he was happy to see kara's smiling face.

" Now it's even between us." kara said with her real smile.

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