Chapter 18

Part 18

She sat with a grumpy face then checked the time. It's been an hour since he left, leaving her here in his cabin. He told her that he would come in a few minutes but it's already been an hour.

She yawned as she was feeling sleepy because she woke up early in the morning to meet her maa, then she went to college by walk and also came by walk. She didn't know when she fell asleep in a sitting position.

He went to the conference room where his client was waiting for him. He gave the file to her. He got late because the client was dumb and he made him understand a few clauses.

When he stepped inside his cabin, he found her sleeping on the couch in a sitting position, his traitor legs dragged him towards her while his eyes fixated on her beautiful innocent face. Her cheeks always had a natural pink shade, which made her look more beautiful and her pouty plumpy lips were the cherry on the top, his gaze moved a little down to her throat to the side of her neck where he spotted one mole which was highlighting her skin, her upper body wasn't covered fully as the scarf slipped down from her shoulder and the kurta, which was like her second skin, stucked to her body, giving some delicious views to his eyes.

His hand curled into a fist as he shut his eyes tightly. It was wrong, he thought and looked away, though he wanted to touch her. He had never felt this strong urge for anyone before.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at her. "Sharanya wakeup," he said.

"Wake up, Sharanya," he called her again. This time she stirred but didn't open her eyes.

He raised his hand and shook her by her shoulder, and this time she woke up with a jerk.

"Wake up, it's already 7 p.m.," she reasoned, implying she had slept for 1 hour and 30 minutes, before adjusting her scarf.

"Why did you stop me here?" She asked, looking at him.

"It's not safe for you to go home all alone* He said it all at once, answering all of her unasked questions.

"Now wait for me for a few more minutes, we'll go home together," he said and sat on his chair.

"Few minutes" means "few hours" to you, am I correct?"He chuckled at hearing her.

"Naah, just a few minutes," he said, and began working on his laptop.

"I want to go home," she said.

"You can't go home alone; you have to wait for me, and I've already told you I won't let you walk home from here," he said, his gaze fixed on his laptop.

She groaned, then sat on the couch, checking the time on her phone.

It was 7:20pm when he was done with his work.

"Now let's go," he said to her after packing his things in the office bag.

She nodded and got up to pick up her phone. He turned off the a/c and lights and they walked out of the cabin. The whole office was empty as everyone left.

They stepped inside the elevator and he pressed the button for the ground floor while she stood away from him, leaning on the other side, praying to her God to make them reach the ground floor soon.

She looked at the arrow as the arrow crossed the 5th floor and they felt a sudden jerk for a few seconds, making them stumble and the lift stopped.

"Oh My God!" she exclaimed in horror.

"What the hell?" was his reaction. He was about to press the emergency button but the light went off and the electricity was gone.

At first, it scared the shit out of Sharanya. She was claustrophobic and also apprehensive about darkness, which means nyctophobia.

"Sir, what happened? Why did it stop..ped? ", she asked him softly. The elevator was dark and high pitched.

"I am also here standing with you, Sharanya. Then how can I know what has happened?" he answered and tried to call the watchman for help as everyone left for the office..

"Fuck my network," he grunted, stomping his feet.

"Somebody help", he banged on the door and got no response.

"Shit shit shit," he muttered and checked the network connectivity, which was out of the coverage area.

Sharanya was sweating badly, literally shivering in fear. She tried to switch on the flash light, but due to her continuous shivering, the phone fell down from her hand, making it worse for her.

She sat down, tried to search for her phone and, luckily, she found it.

She switched on the flashlight and Neil's eyes travelled to her. It widened as he found her sitting in the corner with a flashlight. Her face was glistening with sweat.

"Sharanya Are you OK? " He asked and knelt in front of her.

"I...am i.aam fine," she said, trying to catch her breath, which was becoming increasingly difficult for her.

"No you aren't!! Tell me what happened. " He asked.

"Sir, please try to open this. I am both claustrophobic and nyctophobic." She answered, breathing heavily.

He banged on the door for more than 5 minutes but still didn't get any response.

"Shitt" muttering, he sat beside her while Sharanya's condition was getting worse.

"Sir, it's suffocating me."she said with great difficulty..

He held her cold, sweaty palms, squeezing them gently, he replied, "Please try to breath, Sharanya."

Putting his phone aside, he took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her face.

She clutched his hand tightly, literally leaning on him. "Sir, I'll..l di.. ee," she whispered, which unknowingly pricked his heart; he didn't want to hear such words from her mouth..

"Ssshh, stop saying shits, we'll be out of here soon," he said, patting her head with one hand and checking his phone with the other. After a few minutes, he discovered her entire weight on him and the clutch on her hand on the coat had loosened.

He turned the flashlight towards her and there she fainted in his arms, which scared him to the core.

"Ohh shit sharanya wake up," he screamed as he patted her cheeks.

After trying an uncountable number of times, he didn't get any response.

He panicked as sweat beaded on his forehead too. He didn't know what to do, and even though it was hurting him to see her in this condition, he didn't even have water in his office bag so that he could sprinkle..

CPR?

He thought, 'The only process that can work right now', he thought, then took a deep breath, shutting his eyes.

It was wrong. What if she blamed him? Right now it's not needed.

Taking a deep breath, he cupped her cheeks and placed his lips on her.. She didn't respond as he tried to give her mouth to-mouth breath, but after a few seconds, she shivered and finally she got her little breath back.

to be continued.