maneet-ss strangely in love#2 pt16/17/18pg 95DEC23 - Page 18

The next day was also same…geet ate herself..but there was no improvement in her state..she was still in numb state.maan doesn't know how to break her shell..he was breaking inside billion times seeing her lifeless n emotionless..his guilt ate him…he was now doing his excercises more than usual..his every moves were making him bleed..

he hated pammi for making him like this..

becoz of her he is like this..

becoz of her he hated girls…

becoz of her he thought geet also as a cheater..

becoz of her he played with geets life..

becoz of her geet is in this situation..

becoz of her he cant live happily..

becoz of her he couldn't trust anyone which pushed him to do a sin..to take away an innocents virgin..to push her in living hell..

is his past not enuf to torture him..the deed he did was killing him n he hated himself for that..he punched his sand bag..it tore n the sand fall on floor….

aaahhh…

he screamed in frustration..but who can sooth his pain..he took his companion his moonshine wine n drank in one go..he broke the bottle still not finding peace..maan took more n more n gulped it ..

He is not getting anything..how 2 make the life as before..he is now burning in his sin..

Nakul came n touched his shoulder,when maan was about 2 take another round of alcohol..

Nakul:bus bi karo beta..

He shoved him n took another round..he was now struggling even to walk..nakul helped him to reach his bedroom..maan saw geet..he moved inside with slow woggling steps..

Nakul sighed n went away..

Maan came to his side n slided next to her..he hugged her from back n placed numerous kisses on her shoulders n hair..she was fast asleep becoz of the pills she took..but she had a little sense ,when she found his hands moving inside her shirt n pulling her more closer to him..she was glued to him…maan slept feeling her in his arms..he was murmering..sry moon,which didn't reach her ears..

Next morning..

Maan woke up again with hangover..he took the lemonade from nakul..geet was in washroom..maan was feeling pain in his stomach..he touched the place ..

Nakul:kya hua?

Maan:get me a pain killer..im feeling pain here..

Nakul went n came with a pain killer..maan took it..geet saw it..but she moved quietly n sat in the window side staring the sky..

Nakul went to make breakfast..

Maan came to geet n caressed her hair..

Maan:gud morning..how r u feeling today..

Geet looked at him…but did not answer..she turned again n starred the sky..

Maan freshed up n came..nakul brought breakfast..both had it..then dr.came n checked geet..then she too went..

Maan got a call 4m kc..some thing needs his attention..

He was already frustrated..he shouted at the poor staff..

Maan:I don't care..cancel the meeting..

Staff…..

Maan:may it be crores of losss..i don't care…just cancel my meeting means..cancel it..

He threw the phone making it break into several pieces..

He is not angry on staff..he is angry on himself..dont know how to get out of this fire burning his heart..

Maan gave geet her medicines..soon she slept..he made her sleep comfortably on bed..n came to living room..

He sat there with eyes closed…he was thinking about dr's words..

You must break her shell mr.khurana..once she speaks or broke down everything will be fine..take her out..change of surrounding also can make her gud..make her move with others..but seems like she doesn't open her mouth even to servants..

Maans st:I don't know..how to break her shell..the great maan singh khurana who thought he can do everything by money now doesn't know how to break a shell of girls heart..he is the cause for her state..

Maan got a call from adi..

Maan:hello..

Adi:…

Maan:whats the matter..

Adi:..

Maan:.ok…he sighed….give me details often..

Adi:…

Maan:ok..haan look after the final preparations of mr.scindya's project also..

Adi….

Maan:idk..when I will come to kc..till that u pass me the details..once u come back to delhi..

Adi….

Maan:ok…bye…

Maan closed his eyes feeling frustrated n helpless..

He heared a group of voice…for the first time he felt relaxed seeing them..

Group:surprise

Maan smiled at them..

Maan:hai arjun,prateek n yash…

Maan stood at his place n welcomed them with a hug..the trio looked at each other..becoz this was the first time they have seen maan welcoming them with true warmth..truely as a friend..

Arjun:maan,r u alright..

Maan:ya..

Prathik:hmm..dude..i can see some change in u..

Yash:yaar..see maan..he has lost his weight..n see dark circles around his eyes..it looks like he has not slept for ages..

Maan st:may be its true..how can I sleep peacefully fearing when my moon will harm herself..

All 3 were talking something maan was lost in his thoughts..

Yash shook him..

Maan,maan..

Maan:hu..what?

The three knew something is there behind maan's aloofness..but he wont open they know..

Arjun:maan.did u hear what we said..

Maan:no..what u said..

Arjun:this two want a special party only for themselves..

Maan:party?y?

Arjun:maan,u forgot im married..n they want a separate party only for u 3..

Maan:hu..haan..i forgot..thats gud na..to celebrate ur marriage life..

N I think now its going 2 be a month..so lets celebrate ur first month anniversary..

The trio looked maan with jaws opened..maan never showed interest in arjun's marriage..now he is saying to celebrate month anniversary..

Maan:hmm..y not u all come with ur pairs..

Yash:n what will u do without pair..

Yash thought he may try maan to agree 4 marriage as dadi wished..

Maan:hmm..that I will see..

Prateek:then y not we go for disco at weekend

Maan thought for a while..

Maan:ok..

Yash:maan..we are going for picnic tomorrow..if u wish u can join us..

Prateek:yes yaar..u too will feel relaxed..

Maan:ok..i too want to get out of this..hope this may break the shell..

The trio did not understand what maan said..but were happy that maan agreed..

They had snacks n tea n left…

The next day maan asked geet to get ready ..maan had pain again in stomach..he clutched feeling the pain more than the day before..he took the pain killer n relaxed..geet came out..maan then only realized..he cant take her out in that dress..from the day she came to his house,she was wearing only maans tracks n shirts..maan took bath n took her to the near by mall n selected some dress..salwars n saris..she want to refuse him..his one glare made her off..he passed her a chudithaar n she changed in the trial room..she looked gorgeous..maan could not hold himself back..he placed a soft kiss on her forehead..

Maan:u look gorgeous..

Geetsts:this beauty only made me fall on my own eyes..

Maan paid the money n placed his hands on her waist n took her to the car..she did not deny anything..she knew only onething,that she is now his puppet ..till he relieves her..she is waiting for that day..she will go back to her papa n mama..she felt her life as burden…

Maan drove to arjuns house..the three pairs were already there..

They never expected maan..he honked the horn.

Maan:get in..

.n all three pairs entered the car n looked maan disbelievingly..

Geet was looking outside the window..the car moved to maans farm house..it was a very lovely sight..one side surrounded by hills n river flowing on other side..all kinds of plants.trees,fruits were there…wherever they turn it was green.. the view was pleasant..

The girls were silent..arohi,pari n meera..

When maan stoped the car n all got down,they exchanged a sweet smile..the girls were thinking will it be fun with maan around..maan opened the passenger seat n extended his hand to geet..

Maan:moon.we have reached..

Geet gave her hand n got down..the three pairs looked maan shocked surprised with eyes wide opened..n without blinking..the girl looked very homely n very beautiful they thought..n the most maan n the girl looked perfect with each other..

Maan:moon,this is arjun,his wife arohi,yash,meera his fianc..prateek,pari..his fiance..

They said hi n extended there hands..maan took geets hands n placed on their hands..

Maan:say hi..

Geet looked at him n said hi..

Everything looked puzzle for them…

Arjun:maan.introduce her..

Maan:this is moon..sry..geet….my ..he thought what to say..he searched for words n atlast said..

Maan:my friend..

Yash whispered 2 others..

Yash:maan aur girl friend..cant believe

Pratheek n arjun:hmm..

Maan:u all can enjoy..take moon..i mean geet with u..

With that he moved inside..

The girls let a deep breathe..

Arohi:hai geet..uff..we r scared of maan bhai..u know..

Pari:coming with him itself for a picnic is record break..

Meera:acha..chalo lets go n enjoy..bhai went inside giving us space to enjoy na..

Arjun:ya..common lets go to garden side..

Arohi:arjun:have u been here before.

Arjun:yes,dadi showed this place once..

Geet was been pulled between the three girls n she was walking with them where they took her..all six noticed geet was blank n did not talk anything than hai..they tried n tried but nothing worked..they all played throw ball volley ball ,pulling each others legs having fun..arjun never let a chance to romance with his wife..geet was silently watching them..she felt she was a filth to be with them..their happiness looked alien to her..she can never experience that in her life time..

Maan was in balcony holding his wine n watching geets moves..he let her free,thinking she may be comfortable with others than him..but she proved him wrong..she was silent..only difference was she was not staring sky..she looked at the playing couples..they often came to her n asked her to join them..she nodded no n sat silently…

Nakul was there with them..he made lunch n arranged it in garden..

Maan came down ..

Maan:moon lets have lunch..

She followed him without anywords..

All took the seats..maan himself served geets plate ..confirming its all healthy to her..

Maan:have it moon..

Maan turned to others..

Do u all want anything else..

All looked maan..they have never seen this side of maan..he was not rude..n more than it his friendly side..the man who pays his share for food when they have in hotels too is now offering them lunch..

They all started to talk..maan answered only in yes or no..geet never did that too..

Arohi:bhai..why she is so mute..

Maan looked at geet..who was playing with the food listeneing to them.

Maan kept mum…

Meera:she is not answering..nor mingling with us..what happened to her..

Maan left the lunch as he had no answer..how can he say he is the reason for her numb state..after the truth will they be friendly with him..this girls who just called him bhai..will they ever give that respect..they will look like he has done a big crime..n that's the truth too..he is a sinner..he must be punished..but before that he want to make geet normal…

Prateek:what happened to him..

Arohi:geet,why he left..do u know the reason..

Geet just remembered the fateful n8…for the first time her eyes moisted n she ran inside the house…she banged on something hard..n before she fell down maan grabbed her waist..n hugged her tight..she sobbed silently in his arms..he carried her to bed..letting her tears flow down..he was successful a little somehow…he rubbed her back hushing her..

The three pairs looked at him n came down ..

Prateek:Nakul kaka..whats going on..

Arjun:kahin..geet is like other girls for maan..

Yash:but she looks like she belongs to a gud family..n we all know maan never stays with girls..its always to take his pain…

Nakul:don't know beta..but onething I know..this girl has successfully brought some emotions in maan..he brought this girl home in unconscious state..what happened I don't know..the girl tried to end herself also..n maan successfully saved her..she is with maan for last 10 days..n maan never let her go out of his sight even for a minute..he behaves like his life will end if she is not before him..

what relation is there between them I cant understand..they sleep in same bed..but the door is always kept open..

nakul:today only I have said this to dadi ma also..dr.told maan to make her speak or cry..what happened ..y this girl is mute..i too don't know..i think he brought u all ..so that the girl will come out of her shell..

arjun:interesting..

arohi:so,we must make this girl normal..

meera:I think maan bhai has some feelings for her..

yash:if we succeeded..maan will also have a normal life like us..

prateek:dadi will be happy..

after some hrs..maan n geet came down n joined all..maan was talli…they were playing dum sharathi n all making each others partners confuse..same time nakul brought cake for them..arohi in anger threw cake on arjun..n arjun threw on arohi..she nudged n it fall on yash..in few minutesere smudged in cake..

seeing their funny faces,maan laughed loud making all stun…

nakul came forward to his friends n folded his hands…

thank u beta..u have made him laugh after several years..

geet looked maan like she was seeing him for first time..

geet(ST): he look just like innocent baby while laughing but y his smile not reaching his eyes...

yes..she has never seen him laughing..he was always rude n angry..but why kaka said he is laughing after several yrs..is he too in some depression…

maan was laughing n suddenly he held his stomach ..

nakul kaka…its paining again.. I want pain killer..

nakul:y don't u go 2 dr..

maan:kaka..its not time to talk..get me pain killer soon..

nakul brought him tablet..

nakul:beta.day by day ur pain is increasing..u must show to dr..

maan:mujei kuch nehi hoga..if happened too its gud..y should I live..for what reason kaka..i have no interest to live ..

geet looked at maan..his voice showed his pain..he too is sailing in same boat.she thought..

arjun:u wont worry about u..what about dadi..what about that lakhs of workers who is dependant on ur company..did u ever thought of their family..their childrens..this kc is dependant on u..n same the workers family too on u..n what about ur dads ambition..

maan:I know..so only I am still working…or else I would have sold kc long before..kc n dadi are the only reason I am living..or else..kabka mei bhi moon ki tara sochthi..this heart is rock..no feelings ..no emotions..all think like that..but who knows the pain inside me..

he was opening up for first time..shayad the alcohol has took over him..

maan came to geet..

maan:do u know moon..i have no heart..its rock..only rock..i too want to play..i too want to laugh..i too want to cry..but I cant..becoz..i am the great msk..the business tycoon..the great businessman,who knows how to grab deals within seconds..he has millions of money..he can get what he wants..but a failure in life..he is zero in his personal life..he cant be happy ..he is cursed to be in pain through out the life time..he cant trust his own friends.nor girls..thats what he was taught n what he experienced..my dad..he taught me give n take policy..i followed his path..but what I got..nothing..nothing than falling in dark..

geet(ST): how can be he so lifeless..and dadi who is she i never saw her...the man which i know is not he..may be some situatuions make him like this..but whatever i cant trust him...for me i m married to him..but for him i m jst his slave..the owner of my life..may be he is drunk thats y he is behaving like this..he again become that heartless person..but its also fact y his pain affecting my heart somewhere...she come out of her thought with maan next set of words..

kaka..kaka...i want 2 be child. A small child who knows.no worries Of this world..no cheating...all will feel happy..he was murmering more n more making the friends feel bad for him..they cursed the fate which made him like this..nakul had silent tears..maan blacked out in few minutes..

maan murmered..moon don't go..be with me..i wont let u go..

geet sat there numb hearing him..