Mayur FF - Plan B - 6th oct - Chapter 3 - Page 5

Love Part! Nupur cant say Yes to Dhruv! Update soon and thanks for the Pm.

-Natasha

Chapter 2b

"By God! It looks great. Is it new?" Nupur said as she saw Mayank arranging the display of the store window. "Yup. It's the hottest new bike released. It runs like a beauty." He claimed proudly. "Really? I'll have to tell Dhruv, he sometimes likes to Bike to work. You know how he believes in going green."

"Yeah I'm sure, just a regular Planeteer?" Mayank tried to keep his voice even, and it wasn't easy. Definitely not easy when the subject in conversation was Nupur's husband-to-be. The more he saw and thought about Dhruv Verma the more he hated him. Not just mentally he actually physically hated him. And it was not a feeling Mayank appreciated having. But what could he do. He wanted Nupur to be happy and she had assured him a million times that she was. She wasn't a starry eyed girl any more, who he had to look out for. She had grown up and it was after all her life. So he had decided to keep his opinions to himself. Since Nupur had gotten engaged to him two weeks ago Dhruv was around a lot. Kept coming by the store to see her. And under his fake-friendliness Mayank knew he didn't like him much either.

"Dhruv is coming to pick me up. We are going to go see the hall for the wedding." Nupur was moving her head from side to side to her shoulders as she spoke.

"Kya hua? Are your muscles giving you trouble again?" Mayank asked immediately when he noticed.

"I had no idea planning a wedding was this much work. Theres so much work and so little time. Im trying not to freak out but By God! Its killing me." She said still rolling her head.

"Aw come here squirt. Your pushing yourself too hard. Delegation is the key. Let me work some of those knots out for you." He said affectionately turning her around to face away from him as he massaged her shoulders and neck.

"I was going to shout at you for calling me squirt again…but your forgiven…this just feels sooooo good. You should totally keep this as your backup profession Sharma. Maybe I should only hire you to come home at night so that you can give me this massage and I'll fall asleep right away."

"I don't think so. The only guy giving my girl a massage at night is me." Dhruv spoke up from behind them

"Oh hi Dhruv. Give me a minute or two more of this heaven." Nupur said her voice lazy and relaxed.

"We have to get going sweetie, we are getting late."He said with assertiveness.

"We do? Oh ok I guess. Thanks Mayank." She sighed and moved away, and Mayank dropped his hands reluctantly.

"So how are things going Dhruv?" Mayank said making polite conversation. Even though hearing Dhruv address Nupur as sweetie with possessiveness was enough to make him want to kick his a**.

"Oh very good."Dhruv supplied in a manner he seemed to have mastered for the press. But Nupur being Nupur didn't notice anything wrong with the conversation.

"Ok. Mayank im going to be a little late tomorrow. Im going to go check the wedding invites tomorrow."

"Don't worry about it. Take as much time as you need. You really need to slow down or your going to fall sick."

"Ready Sweetie?" Dhruv interrupted them before Nupur could answer. He pulled her to him and kissed her right there on the lips. It would have turned into more than a peck if Nupur had cooperated. Which she didn't. Mayank bunched his fists and summoned his entire inner strength to keep from decking the guy when he noticed this.

"Ahh..Bye Mayank." Nupur said averting her gaze.

"Bye."Mayank said turning around and making himself busy so that he didn't have to see that jerk staking claim over Nupur by wrapping his arm around her waist as they left. What is she thinking? Couldn't she see she was making a huge mistake by marrying that guy! He knew she was just doing this because she wanted to get married and that this had only come into her mind after that conversation that she had overheard. How was he going to get himself to attend the wedding when all he wanted to do was kill the groom. Nupur was making a mistake. There was no way she would ever be happy with a guy like Dhruv. But the question was how was he going to get her to admit that without meddling?

As soon as Nupur and Dhruv left the store she exclaimed.

"Dhruv. What the hell was that? Its ok to give me a peck on the cheeks to say hi infront of Mayank. But to kiss me like that….It embarrasses me and makes Mayank uncomfortable." She could feel her cheeks flushed with anger at Dhruv's behavior. What was he thinking?

"What the hell is what I should be asking you. He had his hands all over you when I walked into the store."Dhruv said his voice clearly angry.

"By God Dhruv! Don't be ridiculous! He did not have his hands all over me! Mayank has never touched me in any inappropriate way!"

"Please! Every time I seem to come to the store he's either hugging you or patting you. I don't like it."

"Don't exaggerate! And even if he was, there is nothing sexual in it. We are best friends, we have grown up together. We are practically family!" She said frustrated.

"Yeah right." He snorted. Nupur had a lot to say about that snort but she decided to ignore it and change the topic before it got blown out of proportion. When they reached the car Dhruv said.

"I really don't want to fight Sweetie. But try seeing things from my perspective. How would you feel if you came to my office and I was getting cozy with any of my female colleagues?"

"Okay first of all weren't getting cozy. And secondly, yes I would not like it but none of the women working with you have been your best friend since you were 5!"

"You know what! I give up!" He said throwing his arms in the air signaling, end of discussion. Which was fine by Nupur. She didn't want to talk about it either. Infact she didn't want to talk at all. As they pulled onto the road Dhruv spoke again.

"Mayank is right about one thing though. You are exhausting yourself by running around for the wedding and doing a fulltime job. Why don't you quit your job now itself. Im sure he wont mind about not informing him earlier."

"Quit my job!?" She was so shocked she didn't know how to react. She just sat there staring at him dumbfounded.

"Yes quit your job. We anyway want to start a family right away, maybe by the honeymoon."He smiled suggestively.

"I was never going to quit my job when I got pregnant. Mayank would give me maternity leave"

"If you worried about keeping yourself busy, don't worry you'll have plenty of stuff to keep you occupied. You know by looking after the house, cooking. You know im an old fashioned guy and I like being the provider of the house."

"Yes you warned me about being and old fashioned guy, but of this century. We are not in the 1800's. I don't mind you being the provider of the house. Provide away! But I don't think im comfortable to be totally dependent on you. I like having my own money to spend on me."

"Fine you want to work then get another job. I don't want you to work for Mayank!"

"By God! Is this what this is about? Your jealous of Mayank! Your behaving like a crazy person!"

"He doesn't want us to get married Nupur, Cant you see that!" Nupur couldn't deny it but she was not about to admit it!

"He tried to talk you out of it! Didn't he!" Dhruv went on when he saw her expression.

"That's not true! He hasn't said a word a negative word since we got engaged and before that he was just making sure that I was happy. He would never interfere when we got married. He is too nice a guy for that."

"Well you've certainly put him on a platform."

"I wanted you'll to be friends Dhruv."

"yeah, like that's going to happen."He was really starting to get on her nerves now, but she said calmly.

"Dhruv. My work means a lot to me. I love it and it's a big part of who I am. Its my identity."

"But your idenity will change when you marry me Nupur. When you become my wife and the mother of our children."

"And your going to change yours when you marry me and become my husband and the father of our children!" She shouted.

"Are you saying you rather work for Mayank than marry me?" He shouted right back.

"Im saying its not fair of you to ask me to quit my job which I love."

They continued fighting till they reached the venue. Nupur was so mad that she hardly heard a word of what was being said. After that Dhruv offered to take her to dinner but she refused and asked him to drop her back to the store to collect her car. He didn't argue with her even though he was clearly still angry with her.

"Hey." Nupur asked as Mayank opened his door. He took one look at her face and knew something was wrong.

"Do you want to come in?" when she shook her head to say no he continued. "What happened? Did you and Dhruv have an argument?" he asked genuinely concerned.

"It was the mother of all arguments! He wants me to quit my job! Can you believe that!" She burst out.

"I was afraid he might say that."

"He's actually jealous of you! By God Mayank, he's lost it! I told him we were just friends but he just can't seem to wrap his crazy brain around that fact."She complained.

"It will be hard to replace you but…"

"Replace me! Your as crazy as he is! Im not quitting!"He ran a frustrated hand over his hair.

"Nupur clam down. There's a lot of compromise in marriages."

"I am clam! He's the one who needs help! He's being unreasonable, when I said yes I had no intension of quitting my job. I want to keep working for as long as I can. He never said I couldn't before today."

"But what about when you have kids?"

"I just figured that when the time came I would bring the baby to work with me. You allowed Rita to bring sonal. You even converted one of the store rooms into a nursery." Rita was one of the other women working in the store. She couldn't afford to quit her job so when she had her baby Mayank had converted the storeroom to a nursery for her. Everyone had even chipped in to look after the baby when she was busy. "You would let me do that wouldn't you?" She looked up at him her eyes beginning to tear up

"Of course! Nupsie please don't cry. Maybe Dhruv will come around." He wrapped her in a bear hug while consoling her.

"He better."She said pulling away to stand on her tippy-toes to give him an affectionate peck on the cheek. "Thanks." Mayank responded by giving her shoulders a squeeze before letting her go.

"No problem squirt. Drive safely."Giving her instructions to buckle up as she sat in the car.

There is no way she was going to quit her job. If Dhruv was going to make her choose between marrying him and continuing seeing Mayank she was going to choose Mayank. Though he didn't admit it, she knew Mayank needed her. He was lonely and she wasn't going to abandon him. No one was going to make her cut off one of the most important people in her life. If Dhruv was that kind of a guy then she would quit it with him instead. Her family would be disappointed and she knew she would regret Daadi not being able to see her get married, but it couldn't be helped.

Mayank watched as Nupur's car lights faded into the darkness. He knew that she was mad now but she would eventually give in. What choice did she have if Dhruv gave her an ultimatum? Call the wedding off? She would never do that it would devastate her family – and they were the reason she was getting married in the first place. In a few weeks time she would stop working for him and he wouldn't see her everyday. He wouldn't see her bright smile every morning. He was sure they would keep in touch but soon she would get busy in a new life that wouldn't involve him. The mere thought of it depressed him. He walked into the house and heard the song "My Girl" by The Temptations playing on the radio. As he listened to the lyrics he got depressed further.

(I've got sunshine on a cloudy day,

When it's cold outside,

I've got the month of May
I guess you'd say

What can make me feel this way?
My girl, my girl, my girl
Talkin' 'bout my girl)

That's exactly what Nupur was for him, she was his sunshine and by taking her away from him Dhruv was taking away his sun. But Mayank knew he couldn't let Nupur know how dependent he was on her. He couldn't let her feeling guilty. He turned off the radio and went to the kitchen. But eating seemed like too much effort.

OMG. I am feeling so bad for Mayank. This Dhruv is so much of a villain. Love Your Updates. Thanks for the Pm.

Natasha

I hate Dhruvvvvv
Okay jaldi update;!!

Bechara Mayu... 😭
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amazing update dear......poor mayur yaar.....hate that dhruv.......

Awww..this is so sad. Dhruv is sucha bossy person..a maniac! Uggh! Hate such guys..bechari Nups has to get married for her family..:( Make Mayank the saviour soon! Please.

lovely update!!!

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