Chapter 5

Maan  came late in the evening, almost night as usual these days... his empire was increasing day by day and to handle it he had to work hard and the result of his hard work was the even better result and so the cycle went on. He has his loyal people at every center but still he believed in being as much involved. He was a work manic these days a complete opposite of an easy to go guy 5 yrs back.

But today as he entered, he felt something different, no something familiar.. some old familiarity. what was it..

 After being confused for a while he recognized there was something in the fragrance of air...

 Yes she has change herself but she never knew his choice about his Misty's fragrance so it was same.

 The change in Geet to Mishty was not much an added effort.. the more she went on falling in love with Maan the more Misty she started becoming automatically. Mishty was inside her, which he had recognized just by a look of her in picture and fell in love with his Misthy but she never knew the Mishty within her.. but love has automatically surfaced it and how she has changed she herself did not know.

Though she never dressed as Mishty in normal as public knew her as Geet but internally she was completely transformed to his Mishty. She was waiting for him and now that he was here, she even changed her look to Mishty, not caring of world. It was only Him for her now. His journey in her heart from nothing to everything.

It took a while for Maan to recognize the fragrance and when he did so he felt the mix of restlessness and frustration.

 He directly went to freshen up and then went to kitchen to find his mom.

"Maa" he said taking water from fridge when his eye went on the big trash can and something in it .. PASTA. First he was confused, now confirmed.

 "She was here?? " he just asked her and his mom saw here and there as if busy with work.

 "And you made Pasta for her... who let her in here in the first place"

 "Maan" his mother touched his cheeks to calm him down.. "I asked the guards to let her in' kaise lauta detee gate se"

 "And this Pasta??  " Maan questioned

 "Woo, she was not leaving, kuch bol bhi nahi rahee thee..she was  just roaming in the hall and looking at all the pictures around.. phir lunch time ho gaya" Maan was confused as what her intentions could be

"Tou Pasta kee fermaish ker di" "Nahi beta, I ordered for her, knowing she will not like our Indian food but she did not even touch the Pasta.. ghar ka khan khaya usne.. bilkul badal gayee hai" his mom said with hope... not trusting Geet yet but pained with her son's lonely life. She knew he will not marry again or give any place to anyone so she saw hope in Geet again.

Maan smirked "badal gayee hai!!!!... no maa, she cannot change. I think you have forgotten how she is but I am sure she is upto something."

Night went by with Maan disturbed and Geet in content that she went to his house and met his parents and had lunch with them...She was sweetly dreaming of a day when they will have lunch together like a family, she had sweet smile on her face seeing the bangel in her hands and she drifted to sleep dreaming of him.

 Next day it was 8 am Maan was about to leave for office in 15 mints when Geet entered. Savitri had instructed the guards never to stop her from coming in. Though she knew Maan would be upset with this but this is what she thought right.

 Maan was busy in phone and she was busy in her thought when they hit each other and Geet's head landed on his chest... it took few moments for them to realize what happened but then Geet realized she has landed on his chest.. she blushed within as her face still hidden in his chest.. 

Maan felt something different but not knowing who the girl is, tried to separate her from him who seemed in no mood to move away... he tried to separate her holding her shoulder without looking at her when she said..."Aaa-aa"

 And he then saw that her jhumka was stuck on his button and then she looked upto him and he then realized she was Geet...But he was shocked to see her, see her soo close to him, in his house... this was something impossible and not at all welcomed and then he realized her looking so different... she looked completely his Mishty...he got lost in her innocent face for few seconds and then realized the reality behind that face.. how shrewed it was' he came back to sense and jerked her but she was stuck with him..

 "Maan, it hurts" she said ever soo innocently that nothing had happened between them.

 He quietly keeping his patience somehow was trying to get rid of her Jhumka while Geet was enjoying his closeness.

 He was moving away to leave when she caught him by his wrist

 "At least we can talk for few minutes" he loosened her grip but in that noticed the bangle she was wearing.. he felt pained seeing those bangles but then controlled himself

"You have guts! Whatever is your plan is, won't work on me Miss Geet Handa...Now you are dealing with Maan Singh Khurana, better beaware"

He started to leave fast and Geet shouted from behind "Mrs. Geet Khuranaaa is my name"

 Maan completely ignored her and left. But he was shocked, how she could suddenly come in their life and behave as if nothing happened.

 Flashes of bangle came to his eyes while he was seated in back seat of the car going to his office.. 

He got lost in past:

 One day when after his office work in handa construction, he had left for football and came home only late his father had blasted on him..

 "Iss iss nalayak ke liye aaya hai itna bada rishta...."

Maan tried to escape from there showing he didn't listen the loud voice of his father... 

"See now he has to ignore my words too, why because I want him to do well in life and all he wants is to waste it."

Maan had been irritated "Uff  bauji, what do you want, saheed ho jaoon border pe.. I am doing my job, is that not enough"

 But before he could say anything his mother held his ears and pulled him "Don't even dare say such things"

 "Aahaa Maa" he held his hand on his ears "This was for bauji not for you.. Ok I take my words back..now leave"

 His Bauji then said in pride "tell him, just becoz he is my son, we have got such a wonderful alliance for him"

 "I don't want to marry so soon...Maa samjhaoo na bauji ko" and he had left for the kitchen, washed his hands and went in a look out for what spicy snack his mom has prepared for him today.

 His father was not to give up and shouted from where he was seated'

 "she is daughter of my friend Mohinder handa... your employer's daughter"

 "What?? " Maan had been super shocked. He knew handa construction group was huge. They had new office in HP just becoz they had seen some good scope here or else there business in construction was huge.. they were leaders in this sector.

 Then he checked himself at the mirror on the cupboard'.He turned from all side and looked at his physic and face and then said with pride

 "Now you know my worth bauji" but the main issue was his bauji knew Maan's worth and thus wanted him to do something big and this was same thing has Mohinder observed about Maan.

 His eyes had fell on Maan in office when he had come for small visit in HP and most employee didn't even knew he had visited.

His keen eye had observed the capability with which Maan did his work.. every once big issue was things of minutes for him.. Mohinder has observed how his working style reflected one of a great business man .

 Then he had started observing Maan and then in that process seen him in the football ground...

 He was bowled over by his personality on ground and his aggressiveness...

 He knew, if anyone could control his bossy daughter was Maan and in Maan he saw heir of Handa construction too.

 Then finding whose son Maan was added cherry on top of cake.. son of Rajender Khurana

 If it had not been for Rajendra's father's monetry help, Mohinder would never have been able to leave HP and explore his career... While Rajendra never wanted to leave HP and now he did not want Maan to make same mistake.

 Mohinder had been so busy with his career and then his expanding business that he went far away from his root in HP but not mentally..

 Maan had at first rejected saying he will not marry a girl from such high family..

 "She will be different, I am simple person Maa..." But then his mom had shown him her pic and then seeing that he had been bowled.

 Such a simple girl, in such simple suit.. sweet smile on pretty innocent face, one bindi on forehead, one braid at back and some curls here and there.. 

Maan just snatched the pic and took it to his room and got lost in it.

 Actually knowing and observing Maan,  Mohinder knew how to make Geet look of his choice and thus he had done some trick and challenged Geet to get pic in those attire.

 And that was Mohinder's biggest mistake, Mistake of trying to make the opposite pole meet.

Next: the opposites