Okay bhootnis as I promised, here it is
Part 6...................................
D/R and Kaajjal go to visit her papa alongwith Pahua. Kaajjal hugs her father and he welcomes them. Pahua takes on with Satya like a house on fire and Kaajjal in the meantime is yelling at Hottie for making a mess of the house in Bua's absence. Dev is following her around with his eyes and Satya mentions to him how lucky Kaajjal is for having found you as a life partner. Dev feels self-conscious and mumbles something. Just then Kaajjal comes over to him and asks him to get some vegies and stuff so that she can prepare dinner and SP takes Hottie along. Dev nudges Pahua and Pahua shakes his head muttering "Master you are a real gonecase! and asks Satya if he can go along. They all leave DK alone.
Kaajjal is cooking and Dev asks her if she needs help. Kaajjal smiles and says "Raju, if you even hold that onion or go to chop it make sure you don't chop that finger"! So he mumbles "Shh, shh. I can cook. See I am a master at chopping onions." Just then the bell rings and Kaajjal goes to find a salesman at the door. He is actually a tapori in disguise come to rob the place. He forcefully tries to enter and Kaajjal raises an alarm. As soon as Dev hears kaajjal shouting he rushes outside to find that goon has held Kaajjal by her arms and is forcing his way inside the house. Dev automatically goes in defence mode and forgets that no one is around and he talks just like Dev.
"Just leave her. Drop your hands before I chop them and throw them to the dogs!!!!" He is so menacing and fearsome that the goon is scared and llets go of Kaajjal. she blindly runs to Dev and hugs him as she is pertrified. Here the goon rushes away hurriedly and closes the door behind him.
Kaajjal is clinging on to dev and Dev has his arms protectively around her. He is speaking small soothing words in her ears and she is sobbing. They stay like that as if for an eternity. Both lost in the comfort and love that is flowing between them like a sweet poison, very welcome but highly intoxicating.
Kaajjal then suddenly realises that this is Raju and not Dev and she gets selfconcious and breaks their hug . She looks up confusedly at him and remembers how he had threatened that goon. She is about to speak when Raju in his haryanvi style speaks, Wow, I didn't know that speaking like Dev could scare any fiersome gunda. Now I must try it often. Kaajjal gets disturbed but she leaves and returns to the kitchen. R/D follows her and says "See what a wonderful job I did of that onion." she looks and sees that Raju has chopped the onion perfectly and smiles her appreciation and is impressed.
She make pakoras and Dev looks on admiring her all the time. He thinks she is so efficient even in a kitchen. She is so simple and yet so beautiful. Kaajjal wonders why he is staring at her and is about ot ask when she finds that the sugar is out. she looks up to find it in a big jar but way high up. She takes the ladder to climb up when Raju asks her to be careful. She says, "Oh, don't worry I am an expert at this things." She climbs up and is about to bring the jar down when her foot slips and she is about to fall. Dev lunges forward and breaks her fall and she lands in his arms. Her face is inches away from his and she stares at him and gets lost in his vevetty depths. He stares blatantly into her eyes with love shining in them. He loses all the self control that he had exercised on himself up untill now. He lowers her but keeps her within the circle of his arms.
No words are required. so strong is their love. Dev brings her close to him. There is not even the possibility of air being in between them. He slowly lowers his head as if to kiss her. she is lost and closes her eyes. Dev is around her. Near her she can feel it. His voice is like a sweet music in her ears and gets lost when his lips touch her on her eyes. He pays homage to them as if they were God and then her forehead and brows and nose and then he bends down and kisses softly on her neck. Kaajjal starts sobbing as she remembers Dev's touch. She whispers softly "Dev.........." The spell is broken suddenly. The very moment she says Dev she realises that this is Raju and angrily she pushes him away and gives him a tight slap. "How dare you? How dare you take advantage of the fact that you look like Dev. remember you can never take his place.
"Raju, Raju, Raju???????" suddenly Kaajjal is shaking him and syas,"Hello, where are you lost? Here please help me. Take this jar and put it down please." He smiles and comes out of his dream and takes the jar and helps Kaajjal down slowly. all the time he is shaking his head and is amused by his dream. kaajjal asks him "Why are you smiling?" He replies "Woh kya hain na madamji, I just dreamt about something................. "
But is interupted by the bell. "That must be papa" Kaajjal says and leaves to open the door.
They eat and have a very good time. Kaajjal is making coffee and Dev enters saying "Hmmmm, lovely smell. I love coffee." Kaajjal looks at him and utters "Dev too loved coffee. He would never be able to wait for one. How strange, two people who you can't tell one apart from the other. Looks same, same voice and build, same choices too but both the personalities are miles apart. My Dev, nobody can be in his place. nobody."
Dev looks at her and feels her strong love. Those vibrations touch his soul like a stron electric current. Vibrant and strong whcih can't be sparked out ever. He smiles at her and says "You love him very much, don't you?" Kaajjal smiles her reply and says "We better leave. We don't know what that evil duo are up to." Dev agrees and he follows a smiling Kaajjal out.
When they reach the Singh residence, K-A-V are waiting for them with an orthopeadic. He is there to take Dev's cast off. Dev is confused at first but soon realises how K's mind works. As soon as K mentions that Dev should now resume his duties at work Dev knows that K is trying to find out a way to prove that he is someone else disguised as Dev.
The cast comes off and the doctor asks Dev to be careful as he shall expect some itchiness. Later on in the night, Raju experiences this itchiness and is scratching away when Kaajjal enters with a bowl and napkin in her hands. He is in his baniyan and is suddenly conscious of the fact. She too is conscious but she enters and asks him very sweetly "Is it itching badly?" Dev replies cautiously "yes but its okay. I shall be good in some time." She takes him by the arm and makes him sit on the bed. she sits next to him and slowly but steadily and gently applies soothing cold water to his hand. He looks at her lovingly. she looks like an angel and he has no other wish but to take her in his arms and ravish her. Suddenly the napkin slips and falls to the ground at his feet. they both bend to take it at the same time. Kaajjal grabs the napkin but Dev grabs Kaajjal's hand with the napkin. Both look at each other again. Kaajjal seems to get pulled to his eyes like a magnet pulls something. so strong are her emotions but she regains and fights for some sontrol on her emotions. Dev lets go of her hand thinking that if he doesn't then he will take her in his arms for sure.
they separate and she says "Thanks Raju. You have done so much. No stranger would do so much. I am happy you are my friend." dev assures her "No matter what I shall always be with you." She looks up at his strong words and leaves from there.
the next morning K informs them all that there will be a small celebration but only for the three brothers and their wives. NB is away to visit her ailing chachi and Kaajjal is welcome as she is soon to one of family. Dev instantly realises that Karan is ipto some trick. He must stay alert just for the sake of Kaajjal.
He dresses in the clothes that he wears the day he declared and admitted his love for Kaajjal. He remembers those terrifying moments on the terrace when she had leaped off and shuts his eyes as if to erase those scary moments from his mind. When he opens them he finds a smiling Kaajjal in front of him. She is the epitome of beauty. simple and yet elegant. He tells her that she is looking like an angel in typical Raju style. she smiles and straithens his shirt collar and compliments him too. She remembers that dev had worn the same when he admitted his love for her. she closes her eyes with the tears in them and Dev changes the subject quickly and says "Ready. We will go there first and find out what these two are up to." they don't find any abnormality and soon the other 3 arrive. Karan then announces tha tRafio-city is getting international recognition and that there are going to be more international tie-ups and more progress. For this purpose they need Dev's signatures as he is the MD of Radio-city. Dev knows and the others are stunned. Chudail is pleased by K's clever plan and Veer is absolutely having no clue as to what is going on around. He praises and is happy and urges Dev to sign. K too is giving Dev sly double edged looks and Kaajjal is pertified. she is scared that now her secret will be out and their act will be caught. She holds Dev's hand under the table as if asking what shall they do now. Dev squeezes her hands reassuringly and then takes the pen and confidently signs on the papaers. K-A are stunned and Veer acknowledges and congratulates Dev and asks him to show him the papers. Chudail is mumbling that this is Dev's sign and Veer says "Why do you have any problems" Dev says looking meaningfully in Kaajjal's eyes "If I am Dev of course these will be my signatures won't they?..........................
Preview : On the terrace Kaajjal is looking below and Dev holds out his hand :" Kaajjal stop, you promised!!!!".........................
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