"Sidharth link!" Shehnaaz called him in the night as per her ritual. The movie he had suggested to her was a crazy one.

In its own way Shutter Island was a haunted house movie with a haunted castle. There was a remote and craggy island off Boston, where a Civil War-era fort had been adapted as a prison for the criminally insane. People approached it by boat through lowering skies and the feeling was something like the approach to King Kong's island: Looming in gloom from the sea, it filled the visitor with dread. To this island traveled U.S. marshal Teddy a.k.a. Leonardo DiCaprio and his partner Chuck a.k.a. Mark Ruffalo. The film's primary effect was on the senses. Everything was brought together into a disturbing foreshadow of dreadful secrets.

Shehnaaz was stunned by the excellence of the cinematography would be an understatement, she had become a sucker for such movies instantly. It had been a couple of days since she had binged on a lot of Hollywood's crimes.

"Godfather dekhli?" Sidharth asked.

"Ha dono, kal hi. Uski koi movie bhej na, wo Titanic wale ki." She replied.

"Naam bata pehle uska." He chuckled because he knew she couldn't remember the name exactly.

"Leonardo, naam yaad hai!" She whined, the actor had become her favourite recently.

"Gangs of NY hai, Departed tu dekh chuki hai. Inception hai, tujhe samajh aayegi lekin? Nolan ki film hai." He mumbled to himself so that she wouldn't get stuck in the complex plot of the movie.

"Kya matlab hai tera?!" She questioned when she heard him.

"Arey kuch nahi, tu- tu kuch aur bhi dekhna! Kya 3 din se crime thriller pe atki hai. I'll send you one of the best of his work, wo dekhna." He replied, thinking of one that would do for some days.

"Yaar, mujhe thriller hi pasand hai. Chal bhej de, achi hai toh dekh lungi, time pass hi toh karna hai." She sighed, finishing her dinner.

"Vaise tujhe bada pata hai itni sari movies ka, kab dekhi?" She inquired.

"Arey movies ka shauk kisko nahi hota, jab bhi free hota tha laga leta tha koi bhi movie. It's mostly work, eat, sleep, repeat these days." He replied, walking into his washroom to clean his teeth with floss as per his routine.

"Ha, bade log. Aaj pata, Sprinkles me ek bande ne mera sara dimag kharab kar diya! Espresso order karke kehta hai, ye aap logon ne acha nahi banaya. It's not fresh!" She began to talk about her day without waiting for his response.

"Hmm? Phir?" He replied, putting the call on speaker mode and working with the floss thread.

"Pehle mujhe laga chalo koi na, usko strong pasand hogi toh maine Bindu ko banane bola dobara se. Lekin wo bande ko chain hi na pade! Usne phir bola sahi nahi hai." She added details to the incident she was talking about.

"Pehli baat, meri banai espresso! Mai itni achi banati hu coffee ke log mujhe compliment karke jate hai. Aur aaj ye Banda aata hai kisi dunia ke kone se aur tamasha karke jata hai!" She exaggerated, feeling offended by the scene created.

"Yeh toh galat baat hai! Phir?" He replied.

"Teri awaaz goonj kyu rahi hai?" She doubtfully asked.

"Bathroom me hu." He replied.

"Tu potty karte karte baat kar raha hai?!" She asked, almost feeling like gagging out the food she was having.

"Chup be! Floss kar raha hu!" He laughed, shutting her stupid thoughts up.

"Acha, haaye mujhe laga tu phone leke bathroom aur kya karne jayega." She chuckled, admitting that she was a tad bit stupid.

"Kafi kuch kar sakte hai bathroom me, phone sath ho toh.." his words trailed off in a titillating manner.

"Kya?" She blankly asked but understood the next moment.

"Chhiii Sidharth, keede pade tere! Gandi baatein karwalo!" She angrily spat.

"Mai toh gaane sunne ki baat kar raha tha, isme kya ganda hai?" He replied as if his innuendos didn't have any meaning.

"Ha, ha. Tera matlab wo nahi wo tha! Sab samajh aata hai mujhe!" She taunted, making him lose into laughing fits.

"Acha toh tu kya bol rahi thi? Sprinkles me kya hua phir?" He changed the topic, walking out of the bathroom, done with his business.

"Ha toh, wo Banda na jisne itna drama kiya, usko Mary aunty ne samjhaya tabhi ja ke chup karke, bill pay karke gaya." She finished her story.

"Hmm, tune bola tu achi banati hai coffee. Kabhi mujhe bhi taste karwa yaar." He mentioned.

"Aaja kabhi bhi. Time hai tere paas? 4 din pehle shakal dekhi thi teri." She chuckled, taunting him again.

"Arey office me kuch kaam chal raha hai, ek product launch hone wala hai. Busy hu usi me." He earnestly replied.

"Acha, details mat dena, sab mere sar ke upar se jayega." She commented, making him chuckle.

"Sunday free hu, Sunday aunga." He decided.

"Sunday ko Sprinkles band rehta hai!" She chuckled.

"Kyuuu??? Admi Sunday ko toh free hota hai!" He whined, asking.

"Haha! Just kidding, khula rehta hai. Aa jana!" She laughed like silly and they continued to talk for a while before calling it a night.

"Success begins with a lot of upfront strategic thinking and decisions on a long-term vision for the product. In this digital age, with so many competitors in our industry, businesses cannot always afford to take time and make sure their new product is perfect before they launch it. Aur iska ek hi solution hai, improvise karna, aur behtar banna! With this approach, the vision helps us to set a number of product goals. Our goals have always been designed to solve the problems of our target users. We have built out a strategic roadmap after a lot of research and hard work that has been approved by the stakeholders. So let's just keep our fingers crossed, because we've given more than 100% to come up with these task-level items into our product backlog. Best of luck everybody!" Sidharth gave a cheerful speech to his team of Mobitechtron the next day, which was ready to launch a series of wireless bluetooth headphones.

After recovering from the heavy losses, the entire company had worked in multiple shifts to get back on track and come up with new and innovative ideas for another product. A lot of brainstorming sessions and past experiences had concluded that the team came up with the final ideology of the product. As soon as his speech came to an end, a huge round of applause filled the room.

"Sab kuch ready hai, bas marketing campaign dekha hai." Amit, HR, informed him.

"Disha!? Haven't you finalized it yet? Koi bhi trending actor uthao na add ke liye." Sidharth chided their manager.

"I'm on it sir, isi week arrange ek meeting arrange ki thi actor, Ankit Khanna ke sath. It included demonstrations, video conferencing and other interactive techniques regarding the ad. Then the paperwork. Unke free dates pe hum ad shoot kar lenge, next week probably." She replied.

"Okay, keep me posted about the shoot then." Sidharth told her, gesturing to her to return to work.

"And listen! Launch event ki kya planning hai?" Amit stopped her.

"Sir, date aur venue finalize nahi hui hai. Woh decide hote hi mai event manager book kar lungi aur invitations bhi bhej dungi." She replied and left.

"Date bata Bhai, jaldi karke khatam karte hai. Idhar heart rate badh jata jab tak sara kaam poora nahi hota." Amit told Sidharth.

"Ad shoot ho jaye, uske baad karte hai. Within a 3 days span." Sidharth replied, joining his team that was testing their headphones.

By gathering views on the beta product using market research, then refining it based on what customers want to see. They were trying out their free product research template to evaluate the consumers’ reaction to a new product across every stage of the product team development journey.

As promised, well not exactly promised, as mentioned he reached Sprinkles on a very fine Sunday evening after having lunch with his family.

"Excuse me!" He tapped his fingers on the table he took a seat in and called for Shehnaaz, who was busy carrying trays inside the kitchen.

"Good Evening sir, what would you like to have?" Vicky arrived at his service.

"Umm, decaf venti hazelnut nonfat with-whip mocha." Sidharth placed his order and wished if she served him.

It was probably the first time he had noticed her, completely engrossed in her work and unaware of his presence. She was averagely dressed in a white t-shirt under a pink apron with Sprinkles written in Italics paired with a pair of ripped jeans. It wasn't the first time he had noticed her in that particular uniform but the glow her face had could make that look special. She wasn't at her best today, slightly sweaty and seemingly tired but the way she would greet the customers out there was commendable.

"Here's your hazelnut nonfat with whip mocha!" Shehnaaz sang, taking a seat across from him.

"Decaf?" He asked just to make sure.

"Ha hai!" She replied, gesturing to him to taste it.

"Umm! Amazing." He took a sip and an entire minute before reviewing it.

"Thank you!" She proudly replied.

"Pata hai, ye jitna tasty hai utni hi isme calories hongi!" He shook his head, knowing that he would be working out more tomorrow in order to burn the ample amount of calories he was gaining right now.

"Koi na, mai yahi soch ke momos khati hu." She giggled.

"Free kab tak hogi tu? Bahar chalte hai na?" He asked so casually that she couldn't help the pinkish shade creeping up her face and making her heart skip a beat when he kept staring at her, expecting an answer.

"Ha ch-chalte hai." She nodded, letting Bindu know she was leaving and grabbing her handbag.

"Date haan?" Bindu teased when she hurriedly removed her apron inside the kitchen.

"Bill?" Sidharth asked when she didn't lead him to the counter.

"Treat diya tujhe aaj!" She smiled, following him towards his car.

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Hey there.. I'm back again .. sorry for the delay.. I wasn't feeling well..

So how was the chapter? Why do you think that Sidharth is sending so many movie links to her? What is his motive??

What do you think about Shehnaaz's blush? There's something budding up inside her, isn't it??