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Rose and Thorn
Rose and Thorn

been using the rear door for the past many days mainly to avoid Subha.

But today that was not about to happen.

When he opened the rear door to walk towards his home, he almost collided with Subha.

“Good evening Baskar sir” wished Subha with her forever attractive smile.

“Hello” replied Baskar not able to move his eyes away from her.

“I am sorry to be on your way sir. Your dad called me, so I went to have a quick chat with him. It’s about a fund-raising concert” explained Subha.

“I know, dad told me about it”

“Do you want some tickets’ sir?”

“Me, what am I going to do with those tickets? No, thank you!” said Baskar sarcastically.

“Do you know something Baskar sir, I am an MBA aspirant? I have been working on a case study for an essay, and I realized one thing”

It looked as if Subha was in a mood for a chat. Usually, Baskar would have ignored her or replied harshly so that she would just leave him alone. But today he wanted to spend a few minutes with her. Hence instead of saying ‘go and do your work’, he asked, “What was that?”

“Every business needs a social face. I was writing an essay based on the 19th century American billionaire Rockefeller. You know what, he earned all his money by ruthlessly crushing all his competitors and making life miserable for everyone who even tried to talk against him. But later in his life he repented for his mistakes and spent so much money for philanthropy. He left more than a million dollars for charity after his death. That happened in early 1900s. Just imagine! But still, even today he is remembered for his ruthless behavior. Many of the people doesn’t even know about Rockefeller’s final charities”

“You are telling this to me because???”

“I have worked in your Boss consulting for almost eight plus months. I know it is sort of punishment but still I have seen how sincere and honest your business ethics are. Yet when people talk about you, they make faces as if they are going to

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