Green Goo & Red Wine
“Aap bade khush lag rahe ho” Smrita sat down exhausted or projected exhaustion
Satyen got up gingerly finished up his conversation and returned 10 minutes later to find Smrita not very happy
“Kaun tha?”
“Arey apne Akashji”
“Apne?”
“He is a good man. Back off” Satyen grabbed a glass of water from the tray help handed
“Arey, you don’t know enough about him”
“I know enough to know enough about him” Satyen sighed “Beta ek whisky on the rocks”
“jee sir” “Ma’am aap?”
“Mere liye who 1969 Lafite Rothschild” “Parson jo khola raat ko”
He paused
Smrita grabbed a note from one of the end tables and wrote the name down
“How was your day” Satyen got up to bend down and kiss her head
“It was good…” she drawled
“Not that good huh?”
“Arey I wanted to meet Raanav before my card game, he was 25 minutes late”
“Kidhar miley aap? He had to go to West Delhi today”
“I waited at the coffee shop” Smrita explained
“Waha kya karne gayi tum?”
“Umm.. I thought I would meet the girl he seems to like”
“AREY? TUM Viveka Mathur se mili?” Satyen was shocked
“Hmm”
“Woww!”
“Chill Satya she is a struggling researcher” she mocked
“Funny!”
“Aa paise khush ho rahe ho jaise main Shloka Ambani se milne gayi thi” Smrita’s tone conveyed angst
“You don’t want to meet those people” Satyen laughed relaxing
“Jaanti hoon” Smrita was still not happy
They had met the Ambani girl at some business event and dinners over the years along with her in-laws
Satyen was not easily impressed, he was a secure man who did not crave for celeb attention
“So?” “How was it?”
“Oh good” Smrita accepted the glass, as the help poured the chilled wine, as it lay wrapped in a white towel in his hand
“Bas… thanks”
“Sir aap try karenge?” he asked
“Nahi beta, who inki bottle inhe peene dein aap” satyen teased the help
“Ma’am raat ko”
“I ate too much, I will have a green shake” “Sir ke liye bhi”
“Arey main khaaoonga yaar khaana bana do, Ma’am nahi khaayengi to I will have Desi, koi simple sa banao, do sabzi dal aur roti” Satyen laughed
“Its good for you”
“I don’t want no green goo” Satyen gagged
“Lekha will show you how to fix your skin”
“satyen laughed out loud
“Aapko mazaak soojh raha hai”
“Sorry, batao, how is Viveka”
“She is fine… she talks confidently”
“She is an authority in her subject, Mr Nahar ne unki kayi articles padhi”
“Hmm” Smrita shifted uneasily
“Aur?” Satyen prodded
“Well, she knows her subject” Smrita gave it up grudgingly
“Were you testing her” he broke into a big laugh
“Umm. Nahi… but she talks very confidently”
“It has been a series of misses bechari she should have joined PhD last Fall”
“Aapko kaise maloom?”
“Umm.. Ive been meeting with her for the NGO Mr Rawal and I are on the board “ Swaroz”
“How is SHE involved? Isnt the RBI Governor also involved?” Smrita was furious that Viveka Mathur was getting some fame for free
“So? There are lots of young capable people applying for the board, Mr Nahar wanted us to pick an employee from Power Engg, I met Viveka at Kamalji’s mujhe laga inse baat kee jaaye”
“OUR employees should get first dibs”
“They do Smrita, but where will I find someone like Viveka?”
Satyen looked at her in awe
“She has her own charity near Saket or Dariba or purani Dilli” Smrita was dismissive
“I know she told me about it, she has single handedly mobilized a cooperative of 20 craftsmen”
“that’s what they all do Satya”
“No they don’t… she is an affluent upper middle class girl who has put her career on slow motion to kick start this thing”
“Affluent?” Smrita smirked
“You only have one definition sadly”
“The correct one” Smrita sipped her wine reaching for roasted cashews
“She is smart, ambitious, he knowledge of macro economics is admirable, I cant wait for her to meet people in Finance Ministry”
“UN SAB se milwayenge aap usko?” Smrita was not thrilled
“I have a working relationship with her, have you seen how she explains things?”
“Jaanti hoon baba milkar aayi hoon”
“raanav is shrewed” Satyen relaxed with a twinkle in his eye
“He is just having fun” Smrita lashed out
“Ha”
“U think he will have babies with her?”
“Oh I do… 3? 5?” Satyen was laughing at her
“People have one or ZERO these days Satya”
“The IQ of their kids will be off the charts”
“U are insulting Rakshit” Smrita stood up outraged as if she was Lekha Tandon’s mother
“No I am not, she runs a make up thing”
“Empire hai uska Satya”
“Pleez Smri, they are buying some Kerala Ayurveda products and slapping her face on it” Satyen was bitter
“Its HER idea she has done extensive testing”
“No she has not, I like the Tandons, Rakshit likes Lekha, but Viveka is a different galaxy”
“Shahpur JAT!!” smriti shouted “Yeah that’s what she said, she showed me the dirt floor and the set up, I wouldn’t go there until I am wearing a body suit”
“It takes courage and a heart to work with people who are gifted but poor”
“Its fine I am happy for Mr Nahar”
“Don’t break them up to satisfy your ego Smri” Satyen said quietly
Smrita turned a guilty red
“I doubt Raanav is stupid to listen to you” Satyen did not mince words
“NO HE IS NOT. He knows Mamma loves him”
“But he loves this girl”
“Oh yeah… let him” Smrita leaned back
“I am going to let him choose where he wants to get married” Satyen chose the perfect moment and spoke mirthfully
Smrita dropped her expensive wine glass
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