She Rocked the Presentation

                                                        Episode - 4

7.00 Pm. My team agreed to fly to the client`s location and informed them. 

Reply email.

            Sub:  Traveling Team Members to the client`s location.

Dear Sailesh,

In reference to the above mail, Mr. Arun, Ms. Bhanu, Ms. Vidhi  & Myself.

‘My inner Voice:  How do I address this woman as ‘Ms.’ Or ‘Mrs.’ ?’  GOD!!! Why I am so perplexed? 

The mail continued…

We are happy to work in the client`s location and close the project by this weekend. 

Please update with a travel itinerary. 

Thank you

Vinay

Team Leader.

Tuesday, 10.00 Am. I received mail from Sailesh.

              Sub: Please follow the official travel schedule.

Dear Vinay,

Thank you for the timely response and cooperation, please follow the travel itinerary. Thursday 18.05. Board the flight, Arrival time 19.35. To Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Check-in Regent hotel the same night, twin sharing the accommodation has been reserved for three nights and four days including air ticket.

Please help yourself to get the hotel; the Client will take care of your to and-fro traveling schedule to their office in IT park Andheri east. Return tickets are yet to confirm, Details will be streamlined soon.

Please coordinate with the client and get the approval done with no more delay.

Thank you

Sailesh

Sr. Project Manager.

The same mail is forwarded to the other teammates.

3.00 Pm. I announced a short meeting to speed up the work for the next couple of days and asked them to join me at the airport by 5.00 pm this Thursday.

 I haven’t heard much from her for the next two days, though I desperately wanted to see her. But, I controlled to let my senses know actually what I want? Am I okay with what she told me? Still don`t know, have no clarity, and need a break to solve this.

The day has come, four of us landed in Mumbai & at 8.05 pm. We checked in at the hotel Regent,  Vidhi & Bhanu shared one room, and Arun & me in one room. Side-by-side deluxe rooms, one of the luxury deluxe hotels, the rooms are cozy, aesthetically designed with Luxurious décor, and spacious and tastefully decorated.

 10.30 pm. Mumbai's clock is slightly different from the rest of the cities. All Four decide to have dinner at the restaurant, We Freshen up and had a decent meal, and were back to our rooms, but I never made eye contact with her since then. Thinking about that, I received a text message from Sailesh, quoting to & for Details.

Friday, by 10.30 am. We all dressed up so formally and waited in the hotel lobby, the client`s car arrived to pick us to the location. 11.00 am. We reached the client's office and started fixing the final bugs in the project. After the lunch session, suddenly everything twisted into Vidhi`s hands, and she became the show stopper there, I must confess, she is excellent at handling situations under pressure, it’s her strength.  All we became is her helping hands.

 OMG!!!! I love this woman; can I accept her how she is? I’m so happy to see her takeover. But can`t confess the same, it may be the ‘male ego or the managerial ego?' I DON`T KNOW?

6.00 pm, along with the clients we four were sticking to the work, 6.30 pm she is receiving continuous calls, I guess it is her child, she went to the balcony to take the call,  I watched a man going after her, it is Mr. Trivedhi, the Sr.Project manager client, the man in his mid-thirties, tall and handsome feller. 7.10 pm, both came back talking, laughing, and looking so friendly.

OMG!!! What’s going on, why were they so close & laughing? Started assuming dimensions. Whatever, she looks so happy and certainly mad at me.

  What an exhausting day!  And Saturday is the presentation day, as we have exceeded our grace period, and no more cards to play.

10.30 pm. Back at the hotel, Arun started admiring Vidhi as if a savior, constantly praising her, and good thing, she is not responding.  Arun was a Jerk, flirt, and whatnot in the world, I seriously wanted to throw him out.

My Inner Voice: Am I envying her charm? No comments.

Saturday schedule, solid presentations to be given for approval, after 6.00 pm.     

10.15am. I am waiting in the lobby, with no trace of her. 10.35 am, she entered the lobby wearing a sari again, now with a sleeveless blouse, with long hangings, undeniably sexy.

She came close and teased, “good morning Vinay, is everything set for the presentation?

 I can sense her wit; “Of course, you are going to lead anyway.” I replied.

 DAMN!!! She is enticing me with her ‘beauty & brains’.

We Reached the client location within 45 minutes, started the last day of fixing the bugs and by 6.00 pm we were covered by the CEO and other important men to approve the project. And Vidhi started her star performance coolly and end up wisely. That made everyone to be impressed and especially Mr.Trivedhi, who can sense it with the expressions he gave. However, she had given a splendid presentation that made all of us proud & relieved. And finally, we received a word of approval with an official hard copy.  

9.30 pm. Received a text from Sailesh, about the return itinerary.

And I informed the same, “Guys, just our return tickets were confirmed, Sunday 15.55. Departure and 17.35. Arrival.  We need to check out of the hotel by 13.30pm.”

 Unexpectedly, Arun planned a program to visit the nearest pub by the hotel, he is a party animal, unlike me. Therefore, we decided to give it a try, it is worth being fun & relaxing after long hours of work. We pushed ourselves into the pub, and all our tiredness evaporated like a spirit from the noisy pub.

Within no time,  Arun & Bhanu melted in the music, but I saw Vidhi sitting alone, though this is the time to know her more.

 I joined her asking, “Can I buy you a drink?” 

She smirked, “Think before you buy me anything.”

 She is sharp & rude, obliviously referring to my last conversation about buying her a coffee. This woman is unpredictable?

“So may I? I asked.”

“Of course.”  She added.

“So what you like to have?”

 “Always Vodka with sprite.”

Confirmed, she drinks often. And quickly I ordered two shots of it. Both found a place to sit, and I complimented her about the presentation that she nailed this evening.

 “Cheers,” I said. She blushed and I loved that always.

“So, tomorrow we are moving right.” she asked.

“Yeah.”

 We both finished our drinks and ordered again.

I deliberately started the conversation about the child.

“So how is your baby? How old is she? By the way, boy or girl?”

 “Yeah, very fine and two years old, a baby girl?”

“Does the baby looks like you?”

“Of course, she is”

 “WOW!!! Anyways, why do you bother, Mr. Vinay? Did you change your mind or judgment?” She Questioned.

 Fair enough!! I didn't have an answer. Just silence. But I knew that I am crazy for her.

 “I never judge you, I just wanted you in my life, I proposed to you, but….”

 “But what?” She asked.

No answer again, I just started staring at her.

She ordered her third, “Did I shatter all your dreams?  You expected a virgin, but I am not?” Disappointed?” She said.

  ‘She is too drunk now.’ I thought.

“HAY!!!  Stop drinking now” I said.

"I don't obey you" she snapped at me.

 She is definitely drunk.

“Okay Vidhi, Let’s get to the hotel now, enough drinking.

 “NO, I need another,” she shouted.

Somehow, I managed to get her out of the pub, holding her arm firmly, and started walking towards the hotel.

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