Take over or Take your breath away
She didnt come to know of his spying until much later,
The way he would pry was when they met for lunch in GK II
when he had gotten her to share enough details for his FB prowl
Just more digging from him
"Are you working in Delhi now?"
"I have three offices" he smiled proudly
"Oh?"
"Bangalore Delhi, Hyderabad"
"Ooh! I love biryani" she gushed
"I will bring you some next time I go"
"Oh no "
"Of course I will no problem shubhra, aakhir aapki icchha sar aankhon par
He placed a hand on his head
His ripping muscles on full display on his arm
she tried not to look clearing her throat at the obvious display of manliness
He had ordered a shrimp salad for her
she wanted to eat their lachha parantha and paneer bhurji her friend Nidhi had recommended that over WA that morning
"You don't have any cheat meals?" she asked
"rarely, discipline bhi koi baat hoti hai na"
"Woww... I will fail miserably"
"Kyon?"
"Mere friend ke ghar shaadi thi I was invited to so many functions, I ate and ate and ate... maine ek kilo halwa kha liya hoga" she laughed hysterically almost snorting trying to hold it down
His expression changed to curiosity
"The friend in NOIDA?"
"Yeah she lives in an adjacent building"
"Oh yeah u told me... Thapliyal right?" he was deliberately wrong
"No, Acharyas" Shubhra said guilelessly
"Haan haan tumne woh pic dikhayi mujhe"
She smiled and nodded
"The mother is your friend?"
"Yeah Parul is super sweet you can meet her when ever we meet in NOIDA I have a standing invite to dinner at her place"
"Why?" he was shocked
"Kyon ki main bas Maggi banati hoon"
"Your Hindi is so different"
I didnt speak much growing up, only English”
“Ah, you should learn Punjabi and Hindi my beeji will espect it” he squeezed her hand
“Gosh! Punjabi is so difficult”
“I can teach you... badle mein kuch le loonga” he squeezed again suggestively
She pulled away as if stung
“Umm..”
S-- games with him was not exactly something she was visualizing
“Kya hua?”
“Kuch nahi”
“Honeymoon mein kamre mein zyaada rahenge bahar kam aisi jagah dhoondooga jo bahar bakwas hai”
He cracked himself up
“We don’t even know when the wedding is so we shouldnt rush” she offered
“Let me plan it” he assured her
“Hmm”
“Kya hua?”
“Kuch nahi” she ate quietly
“Abhi yaar yahan ladna shuru mat karo”
He was dellusional she thought, she was not even mad at him, just a cold resignation
He was assuming she cared enough to fight
No... she fought with few
She fought with one... a man that inflamed, exasperated and bothered her, infuriated her
She didnt feel anything for this dude why would she argue?
He was umm... she stopped herself from saying anything else in her mind
“Our first fight” he declared like a pompous ass
“I am fine, pick any place no really!” she smiled
“Jaanta hoon yaar tum chidi hui ho”
“Gawd!!” she cursed under her breath inaudibly, SMH virtually, laughing at his preposterous conclusion
He had after a day called Tapan to ask about Shubhra
~~~
Tapan had called Parul on FT that night after flinging his phone
“mera phone toot gaya mujhe aap ipad mein text karen”
“KAISE?” she was shocked
“Umm”
“Kya hua?”
He didnt say anything just changed the topic
A week later he called her again
“Di aapki baat hui Shubhra se?”
“nahi to, aajkal kam aati hai kyon?”
“Did she say anything?”
“she said her parents had found a guy they want her to meet”
“Ah”
“Kyon?”
“He called me to ask me how intimately I knew her” he said
Parul was stunned
“DID HE?” “OMG!” Parul was stunned
“Is your FB profile public?” he demanded
“Ruko dekhti hoon”
“Oh shit...” tha shaayad for a few days, when I was tryingt o clean it up I accidentally toggled it”
“What about Kusum’s? Nitin’s?”
“Pata nahi, poochhon?”
“Umm.. no I will” he said grimly
“Kya hua?”
“Looks like the slimeball has lurked and scavenged around”
“Slimeball?” Parul was shocked
“I really didnt care for that call, I flung my phone on the wall”
TAPANNNN” Parul gasped
“I know” he mumbled apologetically
“Did you tell Shubhra?”
“No I didnt” he said quietly
“WHYYY?”
“Why should I?”
“tapan yeh to galat hai... agar Nitin ne Kusum ke kisi male friend/BF/coworker ko call kiya hota to tum kya karte they?”
“I would have punched his teeth right in” Tapan was still livid
“Is she going to marry him?”
“I don’t know” “i guess?”
“tapann... main kuch kahoon?”
“Nope you stay out of it”
“I cant”
“No, dont”
“tapan please”
“Di, no”
“usko kaise maloom hoga phir?”
“she should figure it out” he said
That was all hunky dory until the person that took his breath away, spiced up his life, irked, riled and provoked him every waking moment happened to call him as soon as she found out
“WHAT did you say to him?” she demanded as soon as he answered
her call
They were going to have a bloody messy fight now...
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Edited by Nisha0604 - 5 years ago
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