CHAPTER 2
Brij and Komal looked at manyata getting surprised by her reaction.
Brij Raj asked, "Kya baat hain manyata beta, kya aap jay ke liye khush nehi hai ?"
Manyata came to her senses and said quickly "Of course main Jay ke liye khush hu. I was just surprised. Mera matlab yun achanak apka yeh kehna ki Jay ki shaadi ho rahi hai! I guess I wasn't mentally prepared to hear this! Anyway I'm happy for Jay and I'm sorry if I startled you."
"It's ok beta. Hum samajhte hain. After all aap sirf Jay ki cousin hi nehi balki uski best friend bhi jo hain! It's only natural for you to get excited," Komal said smiling.
"Ah thanks aunty Komal." Manyata said a bit awkwardly and then turning to Uday she said "Congratulation Mr. Sing."
"Call me Uday. And thanks." he said with his same arrogant attitude which f irritated Manyata even more.
"Ok Uday" She said a bit sarcastically and turned to Jay.
"Aur Jay thujhe to main privately congratulate karungi. Tu chal mere sath." Saying this she grabbed Jay's hand and excused themselves from the rest of the people and then left the room taking Jay with her.
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Brij and Komal turned to Uday and smiled at him.
"Manyata must be very excited. Woh aur Jay ek dusri ki bahut hi karib hain. Bachpan se ye dono ek sath badi hui hain aur ek dusre ka sabse achcha dost bhi hai. Yeh dono toh ek dusre ke liye apna jaan bhi dee sakta hain. Aur mere liye toh manyata meri dusri beti hain. Aap baas yeh samajh lijiye ki yeh ghar jitna Jay ka hain utna hi Manyata ka bhi hain." Komal said smiling to Uday.
Uday just nodded not saying anything. He was thinking about Manyata. She has surprised him. She is not like any other girls he has ever come across to. Though they just met but there was something, something different about her. When she first saw him she wasn't mesmerized by his looks or his money. She hadn't tried to throw herself at him like other girls. Well neither has Jay but he has guessed that that was because there was someone else in her life. But even she had admired his looks. He had seen that in her eyes. Everyone has always looked at him with admiration for his looks, power and wealth. But not Manyata. In fact she had looked at him with despise in her eyes and that's what surprised him even more. He has never seen anyone look at him with despise. He had seen respect, fear, adoration, pride, desire, affection, jealousy, obedience and various other emotions for him in others eyes but never in his life had he seen someone looked at him with plain disdain. Well not until now. Manyata has surely taken him by surprise by this unusual behavior of hers. Another unusual thing about her was her simplicity. She didn't wear any make up. Her looks, her attire, every thing about her was very simple and yet very special, not anything like those bimbos who keeps throwing themselves at him. There was a natural beauty in her but it was as if she was trying to hide it. There was a damn care expression in her face. As if she couldn't care less about what the world thinks about her. One look at her and he could tell that she was a tomboy. A very stubborn and arrogant one that is!
"Interesting" he thought to himself twitching his lips into a small smile, "Very very interesting."
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In Jay's room Manyata locked the door and faced Jay angrily.
"Yeh sab kya chal raha hain?" she asked fuming.
Jay started crying bitterly and hugged Manyata tightly.
"Jay! Jay tu rona band kar aur bata mujhe ki yeh sab ho kya raha hain?" Manyata asked worriedly.
"Tu ne to suna hi hai ki kya ho raha hai. Mera shaadi ho raha hai Udayveer se."
"Per kyun? Yeh achanak se ye Udayveer kaha se tapak para?"
"Achanak se nehi manyata bahut pehle se. Baas humhe hi nehi pata tha. Tu ne to suna hi hai na ki uday ki dad Giriraj sing dad ki bachpan ki sabse achcha dost hain? So jab main aur uday dono bachche the tabhi dad aur Giriraj uncle ne humhari shaadi tay kaar li thi kyunki woh apni dosti ko rishtedari main badalna chahti thi. Dad ne Giriraj Uncle ko vachan dia tha ki woh meri shaadi sirf aur sirf Uday se hi karwayegi. Aur tu to Dad ko janti hi hain na? Agar ek baar woh kisiko apna vachan deti hain to woh apna woh bachan har halat mai pura karta hain." Jay said while she kept crying bitterly.
"Per Jagat ka kya?" Manyata asked shaking Jay's shoulder. "Tune uncle ko Jagat ke bare me bataya kya? I'm sure tune nehi bataya hogi. Tabhi woh tere shaadi uss udayveer se karwa raha hain. Tu unhe jake Jagat ke bare me sab kuch bata de. I'm sure phir woh yeh rishta jaroor tor denge."
Now Jay started crying even harder. "Jaise hi mujhe mere aur Uday ki rishtey ki bare main pata chala main tabhi jakar dad ko Jagat ke bare me sab kuch bata diya tha per koi faida nehi hua. Dad ne kaha ki woh apna faisla nehi badlega. Aur to aur unhone mujhe yeh bhi kaha ki agar main yeh shadi rokne ki ya phir yaha se bhagne ki koushish bhi ki to woh Jagat ko barbad kar denge. He said that he will ruin his career and he meant it Manyata. Uday ki dad bahut hi powerful hai aur agar dad chahta hain to woh uske sath milkar kisika bhi jindegi barbad kar sakta hain. Main Jagat ki sath aisa nehi hone de sakti. Mujhe Uday se shaadi karne hi paregi. Mere paas aur koi raasta nehi bacha hain. Dad apna wada kabhi nehi todenge, kabhi bhi nehi."
"Tu pagal hain kya Jay? Tujhe pata bhi hai ki tu kya keh rahi hain? Tune Jagat ko bachpan se pyaar kiya hain Jay, bachpan se. Aur ab tu mujhe yeh bata rahi hain ki serf ek stupid promise ke baja se uncle brij ne teri jindegi barbaad kar denge? Nehi main aisa bilkul bhi nehi hone dungi. I will stop this!"
"Nehi! Please aisa kuch mat karna!" Jay panicked, "Dad will ruin Jagat!" she started shivering.
"Jay, tu meri baat sun," Manyata tried to calm her but Jay just kept shaking her head while shivering furiously, "Stop panicking, Jay. Jay, Jay! Dekh meri taraf!"
Jay looked at Manyata calming down a little.
"Kya tujhe mujh per varosa hai?" Manyata asked softly. Jay nodded in the affirmative.
"To phir mujhpe varosa rakh main yeh shaadi hargiz nehi hone dungi. Teri shaadi agar hogi to sirf aur sirf Jagat se hogi jisse tu pyaar karti hain aur jo tujhe bhi utna hi pyaar karti hain. Aur main kisi ko bhi Jagat ko aanch taak nehi lagane dungi. Yeh mera wada raha tujhse. Aur Agar uncle brij apni wada kabhi nehi todti toh main bhi unhi ki niece hoon aur main bhi apna wada kabhi nehi todti haan nehi toh." Manyata said with a determined voice.
Jay became hopeful hearing this. She knew Manyata very well and knew that now she will stop this marriage no matter what.
"Per tu aisa karegi kaise? Kaise todegi yeh shaahi?" Jay asked her quriously.
Manyata smiled a crooked smile and said. "Main yeh shaadi nehi todungi. Yeh shaadi to ab khud Udayveer Sing hi todega haan nehi toh!"
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