Adultery Saundarya - Innocent Wife to Playful Secretary

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Chapter 10: Saundarya had some good news

Me and Aaditya discussed with our colleagues about probable reasons of my rejections in interviews. We have noted some improvements which I would be experimenting in next interview. I was just waiting for new opportunity. On one fine morning, I got a call from unknown number. I was very excited because unknown number means it might be new job opportunity. I picked up the call.

"Hello, This is Kavya calling from Amanor Products company. Am I talking to Saundarya Sharma?" I heard the voice on phone.

I replied with excitement: "Yes, Kavya. This is Saundarya Sharma."

Kavya said: "This is regarding your application for the job of secretary cum personal assistant of CXO with Amanor Products. You have given the aptitude test and I am happy to say that you have cleared the exam."

I was trying to recall when I gave the exam. After few moments, I recalled that I had given the exam more than 2 weeks before. I was very happy and replied in exciting voice: "Thank you so much ma'am. It is great news for me. So what will be the next process?"

Kavya replied: "Yes, I called you to discuss further process. Let me explain the process. There will be total 3 to 4 rounds of evaluation. As this is very high level position, we need to evaluate the candidate thoroughly. So the next round will be your skills interview. We will evaluate your skills and your experience. You need to come to our office to give interview. Hope it is okay with you."

I just said yes as there was no other option and she continued again "Okay. So can we schedule it tomorrow? If it is possible for you."

I was okay with it so I accepted it. Then she said that she will send me an email with location and other details. I was very happy because this was big opportunity for me. Immediately, I called Aaditya and informed him about this development. He became very happy and asked me to start preparing for the interview and reminded me to consider the points noted as improvements. I started preparing myself for the interview. I wanted the job any how to reduce burden on my husband. Aaditya already did his part by getting promotion and now it was my turn to do my part.

As per the improvement points, one thing was to improve my personality. I used to wear kurti jeans / leggings during the interviews. After talking with colleagues who already cleared tough interviews, we drew conclusion that I should wear business formals instead of kurti leggings. So this time, I was ready with white shirt, grey pant and matching blazer. I was wearing this type of western outfit for the first time. I have done proper makeup and styled my hair which would match with my formal wear. When I saw myself in mirror, it boosted my confidence. Aaditya whistled after seeing my new formal look. He hugged me from behind and tried to kiss me. I just shook my head and told him that I didn't want to ruin my lipstick and makeup. He became sad but I enjoyed this moment. It was strange feeling for me that day.

I bowed to God and prayed that I would clear this interview. Aaditya greeted to me and said all the best. I told him if I passed the interview then you will get your treat and winked at him. He became very happy. I started to the office of Amanor Products.

When I reached there, I saw many applicants for the interviews. I became very scared because these all were my competitors this time. Majority were women candidates but some men were also there. I started observing other candidates' behaviour and their attire. I analysed that all the candidates were in business formals so my decision to wear proper formal clothes was perfect. Other observation was, many women wore formal skirts and showing their legs. I felt like the girls might be thinking that showing skin could increase their chance to get selected. But I did not have that opinion, I believed that if you are skilled and confident then you could easily crack the interview. Though I was nervous that time but I had confidence in myself. My name was announced and I went to meeting room for the interview. There were 2 people in the penal and they started asking me questions. I gave them very detailed answers and they looked satisfied. My interview lasted for almost an hour and then I was asked to wait outside for the results. After an hour, they again called me. I was very nervous this time, I wanted this job badly and wanted positive feedback. I sat in the room and panelist told me that they were very impressed with my answers and attitude. They were considering me for next round. I was very happy that I cleared this round. But I knew that this was just the start and I needed to clear many more rounds.

Then panelist started explaining about company and their interview process. Panelist said : "Saundarya, we liked your knowledge and your academic experience. You have done various certification in management and have relevant experience also. These are your plus points. This first round was to check your strengths and if you are fit for the job. We think that you are fit for the job but this is very critical job responsibility so we have to examine our candidate thoroughly. We know that every candidate is different so we design further round of interview as per the candidate. This makes our interview process unique and obviously time consuming. But we believe that if we get proper candidate then it will be good for both in long run. Let me first explain about our company and then I'll tell you about further interview process."

I was listening very carefully and was trying to understand meaning of it so I could get hint of what to expect in further rounds.

Panelist continued: "As you know from the name of the company Amanor Products, we are in textile industry. We make various type of ready made clothes. Our majority of segment in women wear. We make traditional, formal, ethnic, western wear but our more focus is on night wear and intimate wear. This is growing segment and we focus more on it. Our company's value statement is 'Satisfaction for everyone' be it customer, stakeholders, vendors, clients or employees. Your role will be crucial and you need to understand this value thoroughly. Are you sure that you will be able to work for company's value?"

I was continuously listening and trying to understand what he was explaining. I was not expecting some question in between so I was little surprised but tried to answer "Yes, sir. I understood. I will do my best to give satisfaction to everyone as per company's value."

I saw smile on his face. After a moment, I realised that I wrongly put the words of sentence. I felt shy after understanding what I said just now but the time was gone to correct it.

Panelist said: "Good to hear that Saundarya. We will share video link of our company's values so you can get in depth information about it. So now I am going to explain the main part which is your further evaluation strategy. I will be frank with you so you can get proper understanding. We have seen your social media accounts like Facebook and Instagram to understand your nature. We understood that you are an introvert and conservative in nature. This was your initial impression on us. Normally, in this role we need woman who is extrovert and somewhat modern. You have scored highest in aptitude test so we thought to meet with you personally. If you were not managed to score highest then we wouldn't be meeting. But we were impressed when we saw you in proper formal wear clothes and when we talked with you, it looked like you have potential to take this responsibility. If you would have worn conservative clothes as we saw in your profile, you would not clear the first round. Please don't take it in wrong way but this role needs confident woman who can handle any situation and if anyone is too much conscious about basic things like clothes then she won't be able to handle pressure of this role. So now I want to understand what do you feel about this? Are you really very conservative or you just like that clothes or may be your family is like that ? Please be honest as this is critical question."

I just thanked to the colleague who insisted me that I should wear formal clothes otherwise I would have been rejected by this time. Today, I understood the importance of first impression. I wanted this job and I did not want to loose it due to this kind of silly question. This question might be just tricky question to understand my nature. If they wanted me to wear formals like today then I was ready to wear for this job. So I responded him in positive way.

I said: "First of all thanks for giving me opportunity to meet and discuss. I never knew that social media accounts are critical to understand personality otherwise I would have managed it well. Now to answer your question, I am not conservative and introvert. I don't handle social media account well as I don't have much interest in it. But I am not conservative as I look in these accounts. Yes, I like traditional clothes so I wear it in social gathering but I can wear other clothes also." I had to say like that to save myself from getting eliminated.

Panelist said: "Okay,  thanks for clarification. I am believing in you but there may be evaluation on the explanation you gave. I am emphasising on this topic because we are in clothing business and we make many designer clothes so our employees should be presentable when they are showcasing our brand in front of clients."

I understood his point. I was agreeing to what he was saying. If it was needed for business then it's duty of employee to be according to it. But on other side, I was very scared that how will I be able to manage this kind of culture.

Panelist said: "You may need to work hard because your opponent girls are more modern and younger than you. You need to showcase your talent and prove that you are equally modern thinker and more experienced than other young girls. I gave you secret to win this race so keep it only with you and use it when needed. Ha ha..."

Panelist continued:" Now let's discuss about hypothetical situation. I want to understand your analytical skill and how you will manage the situation." He paused for a moment and then asked "Have you seen fashion show where models showcase various brands?"

I nodded and said yes. So he continued "Great. So you know that how important the event is because it broadcast live on television. Let's assume that we organised fashion for our various brands and you are managing that event as a secretary of this company. You are responsible for successful completion of that event. Are you able to imagine the situation?"

I nodded yes. I imagined grand stage where models are doing ramp walk and showing various designers clothes. I said: "Yes, I can imagine the situation"

He continued: "As I said, it is big event. So it is broadcasted on tv and there are many people seeing it live. You are standing in back stage and sending models to the stage one by one. I hope I am clear" I said yes. I was imagining the situation where I was having notepad in my hand and sending models to stage as per the names written in notepad. Panelist said "Listen this part carefully. When one of the model was doing ramp walk on the stage, her dress fell down from his body so it was wardrobe malfunction happened on the stage. Everyone were shocked seeing it, model tried to hold the dress but it was too late and damage was already done. So in this situation, what will you do?"

When I heard this question, I was like what kind of situation it is. How can anyone ask something like this in an interview? But I have to answer so I tried to imagine the situation and responded "As you said, I am having full authority of this event then I will just switch off all the lights so no one will be able to see and call back the model."

Panelist responded: "Do you see this is the correct approach to handle the situation?" I nodded in response and he said "Only novice manager can take this approach not an experienced one. Let me explain. You thought that by switching off the light, you will preserve dignity of the model but there will be many professional photographers present in the event. They can even click photographs in pitch dark. Apart from that, all the people will have torch in mobile phone so they will start the torch and situation will be same. And by switching off the light, you created one more blunder apart from wardrobe malfunction. So this was very bad option. I'll give you another chance to give answer"

I became very nervous that my answer was not at all okay. I understood all his points. He was correct that I should never take this kind of actions. This time I thought before giving answer but I was not able to think any solution. When I tried to put myself in that model's place, I became very scared. If something like that happened to me then I would just do suicide. Then I thought that models wouldn't be minding showing off her assets as they are trained to do this kind of stuff. So I spoke some words which I had never uttered with my husband in alone also.

I said: "You said that model's dress fell down from her body. She should be wearing some undergarments like bra and panty. I will go to stage and call her back immediately to avoid more blunder." I openly said this kind of sentences which I never uttered in my life. I was confident that this answer would meet the expectation.

Panelist said: "Nice try Saundarya but I think you don't see fashion show regularly. Normally models don't wear bra separately because it may change the look of the dress. So when malfunction happens, model became naked on the stage. Yes, she would be wearing panty but her boobs will be displayed to whole country. Are you able to understand the situation of a girl displaying her boobs and her mental situation at that time? Do you think that calling her back just like that will be an easy task? Just put yourself on her place and think about it."

I was shocked when I heard his comments. How can he talk to me like this? This was too much for me. I wanted to leave the interview but I couldn't because I needed this job at any cost. I was pissed off and was not able to think that how can I manage the situation. My thoughts interrupted by his voice. He said "Let me help you by showing you practical situation instead of just talking." There was a female mannequin present in the room wearing top and jeans. Panelist stood up and removed her top so it became naked. I was just seeing all his actions. Though it was mannequin, I felt like there was a girl standing naked in front of all. I became very shy that time and I wanted to hide my face but that was not possible.

Panelist said: "So you understood the situation. Please show your actions to control the damage." He then came back to his place.

I stood up immediately in a response and reached to mannequin. I started removing my blazer and put it on mannequin in a way that it covered all its skin. Then turned it and made actions like I was taking her to the backstage. Panelist applauded my act. He was very happy to see my actions. It might look normal to him as I took off my blazer but I crossed my limit for the first time that day. I was feeling very shy that I removed my blazer in front of strangers. I was in white shirt and grey pant and everything was covered but I still felt that I did something wrong. I was not  able to say anything as I was feeling very ashamed but I was trying not to look shy in front of interviewers.

Interviewer stood up and and came near me saying "It was good move Saundarya. This is the responsibility of head to cover up the blunders. But this was easy task. Let me level up for you" and he removed blazer from mannequin. He turned it around so it was again the same situation. He said "Okay, so what will you do now? You won't be wearing blazer every time during the event."

I was shocked to see same situation again. I was not prepared for this. I understood that there was only one way now but I didn't want to do it. How can I do it? I am a respectful married woman. I could never show my body to random people. I have never showed my arm or legs to anyone and this bastard want me to remove my shirt now.

My thoughts were interrupted by his voice "Saundarya, are you lost somewhere? I wouldn't give you hints all the time. In case of real incident like this, by this time we would be trending on every social media platform if you did not take any action. If you are afraid of taking any action then you are contradicting with your statement of being modern and dynamic girl."

I was completely scared from his remarks. I myself did not notice when my hands reached on my shirt and started removing its tucked in part from my pant. Then I started unbutton my shirt. My hands were shaking and my mind was constantly saying that I should stop this. I unbuttoned first 2 buttons so my cleavage was visible with some portion of my black bra. I was not sure if I would be able to remove my shirt and I moved my hands to the third button.

"Please stop." I heard the sound from panelist. "I got that you are brave and strong woman. I just wanted to know how daring are you and what all you can do to save company's image. I am sorry if I was rude but it was important to check how much truth you were saying during our discussion." He said.

I smiled as he was impressed with my actions. I was feeling better that he was fully professional and just wanted to test me. My confidence regained and my shyness went away. Though I was still standing in same position but I was not feeling that bad that time. I said "Thank you sir for believing in me. I will do my best to keep company's image intact. I will always consider company before myself."

Interviewer replied "Great. We expect all the employees to think like that. One more question I have, if you see on your left, there is male mannequin standing without any clothes. You know that wardrobe malfunction can happen with male models also. So tell me what will you do in this case."

I was like why he is continuously grinding me in this taboo topic only. He is still not satisfied with my answers and actions. It was do or die situation for me and I did not want any further comments from him. I straight forward went to male mannequin and kept my palm in a way that it covered it's entire dick and told "I would cover model like this and take him back to back stage immediately sir" I did boldest act of all the time. I regretted it the next moment itself as I saw both the interviewers seeing me holding dick of mannequin. They looked speechless seeing my act and then started laughing. I was just watching them like a dumb girl.

Interviewer said "Ha ha... it was really nice move Saundarya. Models would love if you hold them like this but it was not needed. It was a trick question, you know. Male models will always wear underwear so they will never show their groin. Anyway you can release your hand and sit down." Then I realised that I was still holding mannequin's dick and I just released it. I was very angry on myself because I just didn't understand the question and did very dirty act in front of strangers. I was lost and forgot that my shirt buttons are still open. When I sat in chair, it showed them deep cleavage and my some portion of my bra also. Thankfully I wore very conservative bra so none of my boobs were visible but they both were first persons apart from my husband who got to see my deep cleavage that too very closely.

Interviewer said: "Thank you Saundarya for your time. You can leave and take a break if you want. We will announce results around 5 o'clock in the evening so please be available by that time. One more thing, please don't go outside like this. There is washroom attached with the room, you can correct your clothes there. If you go outside like this then people will think something else." At this time I realised that my shirt buttons were open. I became very shy. I did not understand that time what he referred actually. I could only say them Sorry and Thank you. I took my blazer and went to washroom to correct my clothes. After correcting, I went outside.

When I remember this incident now, I could understand that what Interviewer was referring to. He was trying to say that if I went outside with shirt buttons open then people might think that they took advantage of me or I willingly did something bad with them to secure my job. How much innocent I was at that time as I couldn't understand this simple double meaning talk also.

(To be Continued ...)