Opposites Attract - Maaneet FF thread#5 part 64 - Page 35

Two days had passed to the party. Geet has been stealing herself from maan's eyes. What if he questions her about that night. Post that incident whenever geet came infront of him her eyes would stick to the slight v of his shirt and all she cud see was his unbuttoned shirt. Even when he was wearing his tie in office geet would imagine his shirt open and his chiselled chest glowing. To control her imagination taking rollercoaster rides and drool over maan she was avoiding coming in front of him. She thought that in a few days her jumping nerves would soothe down to normalcy.

She went to Mrs vasudevan's room to check if the client's file they had prepared that night has been taken care of or not and to check if they had more appointements in which geet wil have to accompany him. Actually it was a facade to see him. Her heart was aching to get a glimpse of him as he was behaving unexpectedly silent. After that night she had expected him to make their encounters worst by questioning her. But he had seemed distant whenever she was drooling over him and never looked at her with those intense eyes...what had changed was bugging her. May be he was angry for her being so stupid at the party... just a glimpse of him...may be he calls her to his room...eve if he scolds her she wudnt mind as with that she cud make out what he was thinking...may be he is angry over my lipstick mark...then i can explain it was accidental... but only if he talks. He has been keeping mum since yesterday. The next morning he had given her a mischievious look but after that all he gave her was the silent treatment.

She looked up.. babaji, pata to chale ki sahabjaade ke man me kya khichdi pak rahi hai. Plzz babaji unko kaho na mujhse baat karne.

Hello maam. Aaj ki meeting ka schedule kya hai?

The middle aged woman gave her a frustrated look, searched for her diary thru the stack of files and said tumhare liye koi instruction nahi hai. Saare meeting ya to cancel hai ya sasha aur adi ko transferred hai.

Kyu?

Sir had some emergency at one of the sites so he had to go himself. He is out of town. Aaj morning office se hi chale gaye.

Ok. What about that file uska kya hua?

Tum bhut sawal puchti ho boss ki tarah. Vo file kahin is stack mein para hoga. The woman added in her accented hindi. Maintaining so many files is a headache for me. I dnt know how many atleast 50 files come and go in a day how do i keep the track?

Its easy if u do in an organised manner.

Yeah easy to say that... may be u all can do it but i entered this big office at my age and least knowledge of handling files. Now lady stop eating my time i have this one day to maintain all the files with boss not bugging me. So spare me. I dnt have time to chat.

Geet cud see the woman had trouble with computer also she was not so well equipped and the work load was too much.

Boss has loaded u with so many things at one time so u cant help it... kharoos always wants things perfect and then this much load.

Hey... she glared. Not a word about boss. He is too good. And every one wants perfect work. Its my inability that i cant do so much work. If u want to tell me he is rude then u better leave. I dnt like anyone criticizing him.

Sorry. Geet raised her arms for quits. First time seeing someone so eager to work for him. Can i helpu?

How? She was still sceptical of geet's intentions.

Look he is not here so he wudnt know i helped u and today i have completed my work all i left is supervising the carpenters at the end of the day wit h their work at the office. I will teach u how to make entry of files in ur computer. It will be easy and u can update it in minutes instead of the log book.

Are u sure?

Yeah.

Geet spent more than a n hour sitting and making excel sheets on how to make entry of each file that comes to her who brings it, purpose, who takes it and comments by boss on it. She cud even write the time of person taking it.

Wow this way no one is going to blame me for delaying or missing the files.

Geet made a catalog for where the files he needs are.

It was 7 by the time they did this. There is more to do but u continue with this much. I will make it more user friendly for u next time i get time.

(will refer to Mrs Vasudevan, Maan's secretary as V from now on.)

V was so happy. She smiled at geet as they walked out from office.

I am so thankful to u. U did a great help for me. From now on i will make him feel im worth his efforts. Sorry for shouting at u but i cant tolerate a word against boss. I dnt like girls swoon ing over him all the time and making him angry.

Angry?

Yeah he doesn't like it when they do so. Moreover i come from different background. And i belong to a genre other than u all. Oldies u may call. Thats y very few talk to me at the office and i like it too as i hate everyone just enquiring about his whereabouts all day. And im greatly obliged by him. He has employed me in his office when i wasn't so qualified. No one knows and hope u wont tell others.

I promise u can confide in me. Geet was inquisitive what the woman had to say about maan.

My husband worked here at a nice post. He had an accident and his right hand paralysed. Post the accident the company gve us money for his medical bills but after that he cudnt work. Soon my house needed a bread earner. I was well educated but didn't work for a long time taking care of my daughter. I tried finding jobs at a few places. I got it too for i had the degrees but cudnt perform well as im not apt with latest tech and working style. Some places removed me for inefficiency and some places the bosses had different ways to fulfil the qualification lapse. U are big enuf to understand what i mean. The world has its harsh ways. Once u r alone they take u very easy. Turned down and lost i met sir accidently in my last office, 5^th one. The times there were too tough with a slimy old boss always finding ways to touch u. Sir asked me to meet him later. He offered me the post of his secretary. I joined here immediately as my husband had always praised him and i wanted to try my luck. After joining here i realised the work load was too much, i had never seen such giant office. Boss had a track record of throwing out secretaries within a month. But he tolerated my low work quality for my need. He never made remark for my need for this job and the obligation he has done. I respect him for this and thats y i owe him my loyalty.

Geet was dumbstruck that maan seemed so hard core professional and he cud be so soft with his employees.

He is wonderful boss. Now with ur help i can atleast do things better and never ,et him regret his decision of employing me. I did paper work well and maintained his appointements but whenever this stupid computer was needed i didn't know waht to do. as it is he was very tensed for two days due to the project going wrong and he had to rush to the site.

Dnt worry now u have me. Just tell me and i will teach u easy ways.

#so thats y he was so tensed...not because of me.#

Thanks a lot. U r a sweet little girl. And im there whenever u need me.

Soon pinly joined them as they walked to the nearest metro station. They talked about their families. Geet told them about hoshiarpur and her family there.

~.~.~.

It was the second day when maan was not there, geet had completed most of her work and headed home as she had an exhausting day at college too.

Daadi informed her that maan was to return by late night. She munched on the snacks and chatted with daadi when dev hurried to daadi's room.

D ' daadi, what time was bro's flight. Did he give u the details?

Adi has the details dev. But why are u so stunned?

Dev - listen to the news. A man of some political party was murdered in the small town bro was visiting. Post that a riot type of situation has built up. Things are out of police control as all the gangs present have come in action and politicians are flaring up the situation. Bro ka phone nahi lag raha hai. I will get his details and inform u.

Geet switched on the tv for daadi. The scenes were worse. Roads had been blocked, buses burnt, shops looted, markets shut...a total chaos with general public hiding from the wrath of hooligans.

It was a small town and maan was to travel to near by city by car to catch his flight. With such chaos on roads, it send shudders to both daadi and geet about maan taking the roads to get out of the place.

Geet gulped in, sudden fear engulfed her. She cud feel her hands trembling. She looked down at her hands and tried to soothe herself and calm down.

Dev entered the room more tensed than before. Daadi dnt worry. Bro has left the place so he will be here soon. His words and expression didn't fall in accordance.

Dev mujh se sach boliye. Maan kahan hai? Mujhe correct information chahiye.

NT ' dev sach bol rahe hai daadi. Veerji aate hi honge.

Aate hi honge se kya matlab? Abhi kahan hai? Mujhe vahan k guest house jisme maan ruke the uska no. Chahiye. Mein khud baat karungi.

D knew daadi wont be pacified with the lie. Daadi bro left the place almost when the riots begun. The facts were not known to him. He hasn't reached the airport as he didn't board the flight he had to. May be he is on his way. Jo driver unke sath hai uska phone bhi nahi lag raha. Vahan network problems hai daadi. We have to wait for bro to contact.

Geet dropped the plate in her hand. She had stopped eating much before but now her fingers lost the capacity hold the plate. Clatter and a mess of ood was created there.

Nt moved and held geet. Calm down. veerji knows how to tackle situations. It is raining heavily there on the highway area so may be he is just stuck somewhere. We have alerted the police. He will be home soon.

Im fine. She looked pale and not in very much control of herself. She looked at daadi who was shattered by the news. Nakul cleaned the mess.

Daadi was somehow fed with a few spoons of soup before she was taken back to her room. Geet cudnt swallow a single bite, she just cudnt understand the turmoil within her. She slowly walked towards her room...his room...or their room...

She looked at the untouched white cotton sheets of the bed. She crawled on the bed at scooped her self in a foetal position. The soft sheets lacked the warmth they had when she had shared the bed with him umpteen times. Everything had lost its colour and warmth. The room was so scary...

She felt so confused by her reaction. He is fine geet. He will be fine...y r u so erratic??? At the end we both share nothing... is it nothing???? No it cant be we have been together for 1 and half years. together? Are we really together? Yeah in one sense we are... he has always been there for u...hasnt he...whenever u needed he was there... initially he pushed me away...he was so rude but wasn't i too not ready to compromise. We both fought from the first day...but then he helped me in so many ways... he has let me study and work...never tried to interfere...no he interferes didn't he drag me into working for khurana's when initially he rejected the idea... in atul's case had i even told ma about it, she wud have posed so many questions as to how , why and then i didn't tell him anything and he questioned none of my actions just supported me like he knew me for years and there is a bond of trust between us... oh i too trust him so blindly...so we both trust each other... so a relation does exist... a relation which has unexplained trust in it...

Fine i was angry with him for not disclosing our marriage but then his explanation was fine what if he explained so late... so may be there is some story behind that gold digger thing too something more than NT's fraud... daadi told me that he is the best person to reveal the truth so there must be more reason behind his intriguing behaviour...

But y im feeling that my world is crashing... y i cant be calm that he will be back... y is my heart beat so erratic... y cant i wait peacefully for him... oh babaji i cant bare this anymore...bring him back...

He is has so many facets. each time i get a small part of the great puzzle maan...i will have to solve this puzzle named maan.

he asked me naaa... what i want so I WANT MAAN...ONLY MAAN.

Now lets see what he has to say...

She dozed off at the corner of the bed thinking about the times they had spent together.

Flashes of their marriage, first night fight, brij's encounter, karvachauth, the party where she fainted, how softly he touched her and many more kept coming to her.

She felt a warm blanket covering her...not a blanket of wool but the warmth of flesh... she cud feel him taking her in his arms and soothing her tensed face with his long fingers. She turned in his arms and kissed him. She cud feel his bare chest on her lips, the bittersweet taste of his skin seeping thru her dry lips.

She opened her eyes and was jolted by the sudden coolness...he was not there...she missed him, his warmth, his strong arms, the assurance that im with u no matter what. She got up and blushed at her dream. She caressed her hand to soothe her goosebumps... she cried hugging her knees...she wept for him... she wept for her maan.

There was a knock on the door.

Dev - Geet r u awake?

Yeah. She opened the door.

Good news bro called me now. He has reached the airport and is boarding the next flight. He will be home in two hours.

She wiped her tears. Did u tell daadi? i will call him now.

Yeah. She is happy. his phone is not working he called from somewhere else.

Geet ran to daadi's room. Daadi can i go to pick him up?

Yes go beta. Wait even i will come.

Dev ' daadi. He has just boarded he will land in an hour. What will u both do there i am going.

I want to go.

D ' geet its 4am and daadi waiting at airport is not good she hasn't slept a bit.

Yeah daadi i will go y dnt u see what nakul is cooking for him. He must be hungry after travelling all night.

Daadi ' ok. U both go i will manage here. But keep informing me.

~.~.~

Maan stepped out of the premise and looked thru the empty lobby for dev. It was too late and few domestic flights arrived at this hour. After missing his scheduled flight he had got ticket in this and he boarded it as going out of the airport was risky.

Soon he felt a tug on his collar. She just held him by his collar looked painfully in his eyes and then hugged him. he was shocked at such reception by his wife. each day she was surprising him. He looked around people were turning and looking at them. Geet ignored all and hugged him tighter. A lone tear escaped the corner of her eye and spilled on his shirt.

Geet... he caressed her back. Kya hua?

Couldn't u call and tell where u are? She moved out of his embrace but still holding his shirt. She held him as if one second of slip and he wud be gone... she stared at him with her red swollen eyes.

Geet my mobile battery was dead. He could gather she hadn't slept all night.

So what u scared the life out of me. She hit him with her fist on his chest. He winced as if it had hurt him.

Did it hurt?

No.

Then y did u make a face like that? She hit him again a little harder this time.

He smirked at her childishness.

She continued ignoring the glances. There are public phones mr khurana. U could have informed and where were u when u left the guest house in the evening? It is just two hours drive naa? Y were u late?

Which question should i answer first?

Dev was surprised by the way maan was taking geet's behaviour so easily. As much as he knew his bro he wudnt answer anyone except daadi. And at times he wud find ways to get away from daadi too if she became imposing. But here he was letting geet do wahatever she felt like.

Dev smiled. Woman make u weak.

Ahh bro lets go home. Daadi must be waiting.

Geet immediately straightened herself and started walking. Yeah lets go. She was blushing. She looked again at him. His mere sight had soothed her soul.

As geet walked to sit in the car.

Dev y is she so scared and acting weird?

D ' bro ye to trailor hai. full suraj barjatya movie is waiting for u at home.

Daadi???

D ' yeah. Both didn't sleep and cried whole night. Kisi tarah daadi ko ghar chor k aaya hu. She wanted to come to receive u. But u know bro i was also scared. What happened.

They sat in the car with geet in the middle and both the brothers at sides.

Oh the car broke so i missed my flight and my mobile got switched off so cudnt contact u all. I had left the town before the riot had spread.

Geet dosed off in the car on their way back home. Maan looked at her hand their fingers were entwined. He tried to move his hand but geet held it firmly and squeezed it to assure his presence. Then maan didn't move his hand.

He looked palely at her and then the sky. The sun was rising, birds chirping their new song. What changes the nature wanted from him. Geet, she turned me into stone when she left me. It wasn't just her fault. She wanted just my money but i failed too. I couldn't prove to be a good lover. I failed. If i had been good she wudnt have been able to leave me the way she did. My love lacked. I dnt know what promises i can make to u. I dnt know if i will be able to fulfil ur expectations. But yes this stone hearted man can definetly be a good companion. I will try my best to fulfil all my duties and be a good friend. Coz i dnt know if i will be able to give more. This time i wont let the physical needs to overpower the emotions. I will try to make an emotional band with u. Hope that wont be that bad.

if u have shown the positive signs i wont let u down but im still waiting till u tell me its me u want not my money and tag. giving my tag is easier geet. giving my self is tough. by your actions i know u need me. ur eyes tell me that but iwant u to say it too. for once just tell me. i will try to be the best companion one can be. hope i dnt fail this time.

he was fed by daadi as if he had come from a hunger stricked area. he couldnt refuse as daadi fed him with her hands. he looked at geet who stood at a distant corner of the room. her eyes were welled up as she admired him eating.

i have not edited so ignore the mistakes.

plzzz do comment.

PRECAP

yash climbed on the window sill. geet if u dnt talk to me now, i will jump.

go head jump these things wouldnt melt me. show such stupidities to ur SAMEERA KAPOOR.

maan's steps froze. he turned back to look at the fiasco in the room. so all this is due to sameera. i need to know what is she upto now.

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