Let go-Part 1

It was already time for office. Jasmin grabbed her lunch box and bag. She ignored her breakfast plate and drank tea hurriedly. She wore her sandals quickly without buckling them properly. “Hey…where are you going, young lady?” her aunt Sarah said, intervening her. “ Aunt, I am late! I promise I will have breakfast at the office. For sure, I will have..Now please let me go!” she begged and sneaked out in the corner.

Her office was half an hour drive away from home. But sometimes the crazy traffic made the time fly easily. Fortunately, traffic was light. She drove as fast she could. She hated to get late even by a minute. She was strictly punctual. 

She was in lift at last. Thankfully there was still two minutes left. She relaxed a bit. However this wasn’t long when a tall guy put his hand between the closing door of elevator. He waited until two of his females colleagues approached slowly into lift. Her precious two minutes was gone in thin air. Now she was officially late…late for the first time. She looked at the guy in disgust. 

 “ What a slow poke?” she said aloud without thinking about the people inside. “ Yes! Did you say something?” the tall guy said. “Nothing! You could have got the other lift if you wanted to wait for a long time.” , she snapped at him. As the door opened, she gave a light push on the guy and walked quickly towards her place.

She made herself ready to begin the work. Suddenly she was interrupted by her boss calling the team for meeting. “ Hey guys, I would like to introduce you to our new member. This is Aman. He is going to be the new team leader. Would you like to introduce yourself?”, her boss said.

She froze, seeing that it was the same guy she had messed up with in the lift. Now he was going to be the same person who was taking the place she had looked up to for some time now. He became the new villain in her life. Everyone else clapped and rejoiced the arrival of new team member except her.

(To be continued)