Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Geet sat in the cafeteria the following day pondering about what she had said to Maan. Lies had easily spewed out from her mouth when he had reminded her that she had enjoyed his kisses. The same kisses she had insulted. But she could not let him get one over on her. He had hurt her enough.

Now though, she wondered how she was going to make her imaginary lover come to life? She’d noticed his reaction to her words and wanted to believe it was because he was jealous. She wanted to believe that he did feel something, anything for her. If she asked him, he surely would have denied it and gone out of his way to refute her.

She dumped another sugar into her tea and stirred. “Armaan…” she looked up and smiled faintly at him.

“Y… Yes…” he looked at her curiously seeing a weird smile on her face.

“Will you be my boyfriend?”

He choked on his sandwich and coughed. Pinky gasped and patted his back and frowned at Geet.

“No way” Piyush chimed in shaking his head.

“Seriously him?” Viren croaked out.

Geet ignored them and stared at Armaan as he gulped down water and cleared his throat. “That’s the way to kill a guy, well done” he mocked rubbing his throat. “Damn” he coughed again and cleared his throat once more. “You’ve been rejecting all my dates” he reminded.

“I know” she agreed and stood. She pulled Pinky out of her chair and plopped down.

“Thanks, Geet” Pinky nudged her and sat down on the empty chair watching curiously.

“You like me, right?” Geet asked slowly.

“Yeah, sure” he nodded.

“And I’m your friend?”

He nodded again.

“I helped you settle in and showed you how we work”.

“Well technically, Viren did tha…”

“I did help as well, right?” she snipped cutting him off.

“Ok, yeah”.

“So now… you’re going to help me” she stated.

“Am I now?” he raised his brows and looked curious.

Geet nodded this time. “Dekho Armaan, you like me, you’re also a good friend. Handsome bhi ho. You also like flirting. So… you should have no problem fake dating me and being my fake boyfriend”.

“Oh… What?”

“What!” the others echoed as well around the table.

“Tu pagal hai kya?” Pinky slapped her arm.

“I’ve got a reason, ok” Geet responded rubbing her arm.

“And what is that?” Viren inquired.

“I can’t say”.

“But you want me to help you by being your boyfriend?”

“It would really help me out” Geet explained.

“I can see the advantage you would receive from my services, Geet but what advantages will I receive?”

“You’ll get my blessings”.

“What will I do with your blessings?”

“Dekho, tum ek acche kaam karne jaa rahe ho” she reasoned. “And not to forget that whoever helps someone in the time of need, they are blessed with good fortune. Kya pata? Koi ladki mil jaye hum dono ko ek saat dekh kar aur woh jal jaati hai?”

“Hmm…” he crossed his arms and considered Geet’s request. “Teek hai, Geet. Be ready to be fida over Armaan Malik’s boyfriend avatar” he grinned widely.

Geet squealed happily and clapped her hands. She reached across and wrapped her arms around him hugging him tightly. Thank you babaji! Thank you! She looked upwards and repeated.

Maan was sat in his office. He had busied himself through the morning with his meetings with clients and business partners. But now. Now that he was alone in his office, he could not think of anything but Geet’s words.

Those words shot him straight into his chest as if it were arrows. He couldn’t believe it. He hadn’t thought this would be happening. Not now, at least. He didn’t think ahead.

He gritted his teeth at the images that formed in his mind, he remembered how soft she was against him, her breathy moans that brushed against his ear, the sweetness of her mouth, the way she moulded herself against him perfectly.

He cursed shoving the images away and trying to ignore the ache. He had the urge to throw everything from his desk and shout her name.

Before he did such a thing, his phone rang, and his attention drew to the screen.

Sameera

“Geet, have you got any plans?” Pinky asked entering the shared office space.

“Now?”

Pinky nodded.

“No, not really”.

“Okay, good” Pinky clapped. “MK’s party is in a couple of days na? So we need to go and get our Diwali outfits” she grinned excitedly.

“Oh, well…”

“No excuses” Pinky pointed her finger at her sternly. “I won’t hear anything. Warna main sabke saamne keh dungi ke Armaan teri fake boyfriend hain”.

“Yaar, are you planning to ruin my plan?” Geet frowned gathering her belongings.

“I love you too” she answered.

“Shall we come as well?” Armaan inquired. “Boyfriend should help their girlfriends” he added with a wink.

Geet considered his words and smiled. “Ok, boyfriend. Come on”.

“I’m coming as well” Viren stated standing and followed them out of the office.

“Neha ko bhi bulalo” Geet told Pinky. Once Neha joined them shortly afterwards, they’d made their way to the elevators.

Armaan cheekily placed his arm around Geet’s waist.

“Kya kar rahe ho?” Geet frowned.

“Obviously, acting. Tumne hi kahan ta ke boyfriend ki fake acting karo” he whispered.

“Haan, lekin abhi nahi…” she mumbled unsurely.

“Abhi nahi toh kab?” he looked confused.

Geet realised that if she gave them a timeline then it would get confusing, and they would certainly question her so she shook her head. “Nothing, its fine” she said.

He smiled and brought her closer to him.

“Don’t be a chipku fake boyfriend, Armaan” she muttered softly as they waited for the elevator.

“I am a touchy-feely boyfriend. You can ask any of my girlfriends” he responded.

“Lambi list rakhi hai kya?” she laughed.

“Something like that” he winked.

Geet’s smile faltered when the doors opened and Maan stood there. Phone in his hand and Sasha stood next to him. Both seemingly returning from somewhere.

Maan’s eyes darted to her, then drifted to Armaan and his hand that was snaked around her waist casually.

Geet tilted her chin up and waited for them to step out. She ignored his questioning eyes and stepped inside with her friends and pressed the button for the ground floor.

Maan forced himself to not look over his shoulder and watch her, he stalked ahead and disappeared behind his office doors.

The images of Geet being with an unknown man disappeared. In its place was Armaan Malik. Armaan’s face appeared replacing every image he had conjured up.

She’s dating Armaan! He brushed his fingers through his hair and cursed quietly.

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