A Sudden Change Of Heart-Discontinued - Page 4

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CHAPTER-39

She walked into the lobby and started towards the lift, muttering profanities to herself. Glancing at her cell phone, she saw it was 6pm. She sighed angrily, as she pushed the lift button. Yeh koi waqt hain office bulane ka? Saara din kaam karo, aur phir Mk ko duty do raat mein bhi…pata nahin aisa kya kaam tha unhe jo kal subha nahin ho saka…yahaan tak hi phone par bhi nahin ho saaka….She entered the elevator, crossing her arms over her chest defiantly. Sirf do din huwe hain, aur Mk ne almost half meri jaan le li hain…jab dekho kuch na kuch ulta sulta karte rehte hain mere saath..nonsense… She caressed the chain on her neck absent-mindedly, her mind wandering off to the images of the last night, when Maan had given it to her. She couldn't help the smile on her lips, remembering how softly and carefully he had handled this issue with her. Magar that doesn't give him the right to call me at the office at this hour. Babaji, iss waqt toh shayed office mein koi nahin hoga, haina? Pata nahin unke dimaag mein kya chal raha hain….

She would have probably gone on forever, but at the moment, the door of the elevator opened and Maan stepped in. Geet stiffened, as he smirked at her. Both of them held out her hands to press the button to the 8^th floor. As their hands brushed against each other, Geet glanced at him, only to see him staring at her passionately. His eyes threatened to drown her like always, but she quickly jerked herself back to her senses, as the elevator door closed slowly.

Maan looked at her sideways, as she crossed her hands over her chest and looked away from him firmly. He smiled to see the chain on her neck, and then, said,"Wow, Ms.Handa. Bang on time, huh? Mujhse milne keliye itna beqarar thi, jaan?"

Geet closed her eyes, abusing him with all her mental strength. She muttered, through her teeth,"Please!"

"Miss kiya tumne mujhe? Kal raat ke baad aaj dekh raha hoon tumhe, jaan!" Maan continued, pretending to ignore her fuming posture.

"Please tell me why the hell did you call me here at such a late hour?" Geet murmured, staring straight ahead, trying to ignore the burning sensation on her ears.

"Tumhare saath hockey khelne," Maan replied, looking ahead of him too like Geet.

She snapped her head at him and sighed hopelessly. She spoke, with a slight hint of impatience,"Mk, it's 6pm. Itna kya important kaam tha jo kal tak rukh nahin saaka? Remember, you told me we have EIGHT bloody months? Toh itna urgently mujhe kyun bulaya aapne?"

Maan glared at her and said, coldly, "Kyun? Koi date cancel karke aayi ho? Was someone waiting for you for somewhere? Did I ruin your dinner plans Ms.Handa?"

Geet subsided immediately, as Maan looked away from her. She bit her lips and said softly, "Nahin…mera…mera woh matlab nahin tha…main baas….." she trailed away, as Maan didn't reply.

Lagta hain naraz ho gayee…Babaji, mujhe toh inka kuch samajh hi nahin aata…maine aisa bhi kya kehdiya, ke naraz ho gayee…. Main toh…..Geet never completed her thought, as the elevator stopped with a crash the next minute.

She gasped out aloud, as they both felt the elevator crash and stop. Maan glanced around them but before either of them could realize anything, the lights started flickering and then, went off with a last flash, plunging the whole elevator in darkness.

Oh Shit! Geet…usse toh andhere se darr lagta hain….yeh lights kaise chali gayii? His brain started working furiously, as he stretched his arm, groping about in the dark, trying to find Geet, while he called out, "Geet, jaan! Geet? GEET?"

"Hmm?" she replied in a low hum, not trusting her voice to speak out loud. She knew her voice would tremble, giving away her terror to Maan immediately.

She felt Maan move closer to her, his fingers brushing against her bare arm, and the next minute, he pulled her to him, causing her to bump into his chest. She held him immediately, almost as a reflex action. He held her close to his heart and murmured, "Geet? Geet, are you okay, love? Can you breathe, sweetheart?"

'I'm fine," she bit out between her teeth, trying to control the shaking of her voice. But Maan could sense her fear clearly. He forgot his bitterness with her and asked again, holding her close to him, "Jaan, tumhe takleef ho rahi hain?"

"Pplleeasse….sstoppp talking abou…abbbouuutt thattt…" she managed to say.

Maan tightened his hold on her realizing that he was just making her realize her fear and discomfort even more. He smirked slightly in the dark and gripped her even more tightly, pushing her back into a wall of the elevator. Geet was too surprised to resist, but her body stiffened with his next words.

"Okay, honey. We won't talk about that! So, do you want me to distract you?" he asked, pressing her into the wall firmly, between his body, making sure she held on to him. It's important for her to know that there is someone here with her…tab shayed usse thoda kam darr lagega….

"Wwhhaaat?" Geet yelped out, when Maan said, huskily,"Maine kaha, ke should I distract you, darling?"

Geet nodded her head for a no weakly, but that went unseen by Maan in the dark. Not that he would have cared anyway. He peeled her off the wall and slammed her into another one, causing her to gasp loudly, almost forgetting her fear of darkness as a new kind of fear kicked in.

"What do you want me to do, to distract you, love?" Maan whispered into her ear, biting it gently.

Geet whimpered, not knowing what to do or say. She couldn't push him away, it was dark, but she couldn't help her heartbeat from rising as his words sunk into her tired brain and started making sense.

"Tell me, honey. Should I kiss you to distract you, sweetheart?" Maan offered seductively, stroking her waist which he held tightly.

"Uuugggh.hh.h.h..hh..h" Geet managed to groan out, when he said solemnly, "Trust me, jaan. If I kiss you, you'll forget your fears of darkness, you'll forget your name, you'll forget your being. Infact," he said, nonchalantly, pushing her into another wall,"You'll forget YOURSELF sweetheart!"

"Ggeettt…geeettt away from me!" Geet bit out furiously, her voice still shaking a little, though it was not from the darkness phobia anymore.

Maan smirked, it's working…she is getting distracted…kuch aur der Maan…lights aabhi aa jayegi, you just have to keep her engrossed in this so that she is not scared …. He feigned shock and said,"If you don't want me to kiss you, then, what do you want darling? Tum jo chahti ho, main tumhare saath wahi karunga. Trust me,love!"

"Maaiinne…aap jaisa besharam insaan nahin dekha," Geet spit out, slightly panting, with the effort, but Maan's words raised her temper to another level. She was angry on him and herself, because she could feel her cheeks and ears go red with blood. Stop blushing Geet….baandh kar….STOP IT!!

"Yeh lo," Maan said, the exaggerated hurt tone evident in his voice. He peeled her off the wall again, this time pushing her firmly into another one and holding her hands up pinning her down,"Ek toh main tumhe distract karne keliye gentleman ki tarah kindly kiss karne ka offer diya, aur tum…tum mujhe besharam bula rahi ho?"

"Gentleman? My ffooot….." Geet said, trying to control her breathing, as his breath fell on her lips. God! We are standing so close…. " Kindly….aap baas chance mar rahe hain…"

"Don't forget..I don't need the kiss, honey. Tumhe distract karne keliye bola tha maine….and I just said, if you don't want a kiss, WHAT ELSE do you want?" Maan said, with a smirk.

"Besharam insaan!" Geet retorted, as she held his biceps tightly.

Darr lagta hain, lekin yeh ladki aapna darr kisike saamne kabhi nahin manegi…ziddi kahiki…chalo, atleast she is distracted enough not to bother about the darkness. Now, baas kuch aur der….ek baar lights aa jaye, toh mera kaam khatam hoga…. Aloud, he said, "Tumhare gaal garam kyun ho gayee hain, Geet? Are you blushing?"

"Chup…bilkul chup ho jayiye…I can't take it anymore!" Geet yelled.

"Maine aabhi kuch kiya bhi nahin, aur tum aabhi thak gayii? Toh jab hum….you know, tab…tab tumhara kya hoga?" Maan whispered into her ear, biting it again.

She whimpered and blurted out,"Yeh kaisa lift hain iss ghatiya office ka? Shuru hone mein itna waqt lagta hain kya?"

That made Maan snap into his senses. He held her tightly and said sternly, "Kya kaha tumne?"

"Maine kaha ke aapke office ka lift ghatiya hain. It's cheap, it's useless….it's…" she trailed away, as Maan dragged her to another wall and said, "Don't you dare call my office or my lift ghatiya, samjhi tum?"

"Kahungi, sau baar kahungi…kya karenge aap? Aap ghatiya, aapka office ghatiya, aapka lift ghatiya…." Geet said in a single breath, without stopping.

"Lift tumhare uthne ke baad hi baandh ho gayaa na? So, it's you who's the problem!" Maan retorted sharply.

"Haan…aab saari glati meri hain, haina?" Geet said, angrily, panting, "Aap..aap ko toh baas…"

She stopped as the lights came back and the lift started moving with a crash. She stared at Maan who was staring back at her, with his piercing gaze. She felt plastered against the wall, between his body and every line and plane outlined perfectly against every curve of her body. She shivered slightly, due to the closeness and looked away, panting, trying to gulp down her fears as the lights were finally on.

Maan looked at her, her forehead lined with sweat, her hair ruffled. She looked flustered and his eyes ran over her again and again, trying to make sure that she wasn't in any kind of pain. As the lift opened on the eighth floor, he picked her up firmly without a word and walked out of the lift. She held onto him tightly, with slight hesitance, but his stern stance told her it was better not to argue.

He took her to his cabin, settling her gently down on his couch. He closed all the blinds, doors and windows, as Geet's tired eyes widened. He glanced at her and turned the AC on, without moving his gaze from her. She looked away immediately. Geet, yeh sirf AC on kar rahe the…aur kuch nahin…tu…tu toh….

He grabbed the glass of water from his table and walked to her, holding it to her lips. She looked at him slowly, as he prompted her to drink the water out of his glass. She sipped it gently, when he growled, "Pura khatam karo!"

She jerked slightly with the sound of his stern voice and drank the water, her hand landing on his one on the glass. As the water ran down her parched throat, she felt her senses easing up and took a deep breath. Maan put the glass away, wiping her lips with his fingers. He pulled out a clean white handkerchief from one of his pockets, wiping away the sweat on her forehead gently, staring into her eyes all the time. Color rushed to her cheeks again and that didn't go unnoticed by Maan. He didn't say anything, and once, he was done cleaning her face, he walked over to his chair and sat down, grabbing a file.

"Let me know, when you feel better!" he said, quietly, staring at his file, while Geet sat on his couch awkwardly.

She glanced at him and her mind started to wonder. Maine shayed lift mein Mk se kuch zyada hi keh diya…he didn't…he didn't do anything…shayed kabhi karte bhi nahin….shayed…. it suddenly clicked into her now running brain, he did all that to take my mind off the terror and it worked…Main unki…unki woh…woh…sab baatein sunkar..I almost forgot my fears….she just distracted me….aur aabhi bhi toh….kitna khayal rakkha mera…. Aur main bhi….pata nahin kya kay bol gayii……

She stood up slowly, praying silently for her legs to be able to bear the weight of her whole body. She walked up to his desk and sat on one of the chairs in front of him. Clearing her throat, she said, in a low voice, "Batayiyen, Mk. Aapne mujhe kyun bulaya?"

Maan turned a page over and glanced slightly up at her. Trying hard to mask his concern, he asked,"How do you feel now?"

Better…somehow, much better than I ever thought…. Aloud, she said, "Uhh….I'm fine! Aap…tell me!"

"Well, you were supposed to complete the design yesterday, but you didn't," he said, glancing through the file casually.

Geet opened her mouth to retort, "Lekin…logistics wali file toh aapke paas…main….main kaise….." He cut her short and continued, "Aur, aaj tum saara din site par thi. You didn't come to my office or work with me, call mer or even come to see me."

Geet stared at him, feeling all her gratitude slip away and an animalistic feel to rip him apart replace it. Yeh lo Babaji, main bhi gaddhi hoon. Maine socha tha thank you toh atleast bolungi, magar aab….bhaar mein jaye….

"Lekinn….I had to supervise the site work," she tried to talk again, but was interrupted.

"Tum kal site mere saath jaogi. I'll pick you up at 10 o'clock sharp. Hum dono milke supervise karenge, okay, sweetheart?" Maan finished, saying the last part with mock sweetness.

Geet fumed, her fists clenching so hard that her nails started biting into her hand. Yeh kya khane ki cheese hain, ke saath mein karenge? she thought, angrily and sat in front of him, in deadly silence, killing him mentally with as much brutal force as she could. She was waiting for him to continue, because he hadn't even started saying anything about work yet. After about 5 minutes of silence, Maan looked up from his file, with a raised eyebrow and said,"Much as I would LOVE to have you sitting in front of me for the WHOLE night, tumhe nahin lagta ke you should be going home now, jaan? Bohut raat ho rahi hain…."

She widened her eyes in surprise and blurted out, "Aapne mujhe sirf yeh batane keliye yahaan iss waqt bulaya, that you're going to the site with me tomorrow?"

"Toh tumhe kya laga? It's a date? Waise, I don't mind taking you to one…" he trailed away as Geet stood up and grabbed a fistful of her own hair.

"Uugghhh….." she groaned, pacing in his cabin furiously, while Maan looked up with a twinkle of amazement in his eyes,"Yeh mujhe phone pe bata dete, toh kya aasmaan toot parta? Ya bhukamp aa jaata? Ya…."

"Agar tumhe phone pe bata deta, toh tumhare yeh awesome reactions main kaise dekhta, meri jaanemann?" Maan said, with a mocking smile.

Geet grabbed her cell phone from his table and started marching out of his cabin, muttering,"Hopeless…absolutely hopeless…." On an impulse, she turned back and demanded, "What are YOU doing, staying so late in the office?"

Maan threw the file on his table and leaned back on his chair, studying a furious Geet a few yards away from him. He answered her nonchalantly, "I have a video conference, jaan. That's why I'm staying back."

Geet crossed her arms over her chest and asked sternly, "Khatam kab hoga?"

Maan smirked and replied,"Yeh toh maine bhi nahin poocha, aur unhone bhi nahin bataya… pata nahin tha na, ke tum pochogi, warna, I would have definitely asked them, honey!"

Geet ignored his teasings and said, in an authoritative voice, "Conference khatam hote hi aap ghar jayenge, na?"

"Yes, love. Yahaan pe koi hot receptionist thodi na hain, ke I have to stay back even after the conference!" he said, with a deep chuckle, causing Geet to fume in anger.

She groaned loudly and bit out, "Aapse toh baar karna hi bekar hain,". stamping her foot on the ground angrily, she walked out of his cabin, closing the door behind her loudly.

Maan stared after her, leaning back on the chair. Gussa karti hain, chirti hain mujhpar, meri baton se irritate hoti hain, lekin meri bohut fikar hain isse. She is very concerned about me, cares about me a lot. Yeh toh pakki baat hain. Aab baas, intezaar hain toh uss din ja, jab Geet yeh baat khud manegi. Aaj nahin toh kal, tum yeh zaaroor manogi Geet, ke you cannot live without me! Jaise maine maan liye ke you're responsible for all these changes in me!

PRECAP: Yeh toh toot gayaa thana Geet? she asked, handling the chain on her delicately in her palm.

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Sarzah

Oho I am not first again but anyway way great update

loved this teasing and patient Maan who is all out to wo his Geet...i have seen this very less in any FF and i love his attitude

Congratz 4 new thread...awsome prt...hes enjoyng irritating her

awesome.

They fights are so cute ...lol

loved it

😆he is such a besharm