It was morning and maan was still in his half sleep, moaning in pain...He opened his droopy eyes, adjusting it with the morning sun...He slowly lifted his aching body, and screamed in pain realizing his hand is hurt...and that is when dadi entered in his room...
Maan composed himself and smiled looking at her..."good morning dadi"
"good morning beta...how are you feeling" dadi caressed his cheek, sitting beside him on bed...
"dadi mai thik hu...mujhe kya hona hai" he looked away, trying to get up...
"maan I hope you are not angry on geet now" she worriedly asked...
"nahi dadi"...he smiled, then sat back on bed...taking dadi's hand in
his..."aap please itni fikar mat kijiye" hew assured...
"thik hai beta" dadi smiled patting his cheek..."you get ready and come down...we all are waiting for you...hume fir engagement ring bhi lene jana hai"
"ok dadi" maan left for washroom...while dadi went down and called mohinder to meet them at jeweller's...

After some time maan came out wrapping himself in towel...drying his wet hair with another one...He stood infront of the mirror, gazing at his face...and that is when his mobile buzzed with a message...Maan leapt on the bed, taking his mobile in hand...and found the message was from geet...He right away wanted to ignore it, but then thought otherwise...
"
good morning hubby ji
" he read it loudly, and the next moment made a weird face..."
hubby" he mouthed again, then shook his head thinking,
"nautanki hai puri"
Poor guy so much wanted to naughtily reply her, but then feared her reaction..."bas...dadi se aur maar nahi khani" he pouted and got ready...
Maan rushed downstairs wearing a plain white kurta, looking amazingly dashing...He greeting everyone, and took dadi's blessing...They all started having their breakfast, chit chatting on random topics...while annie was busy chating with geet on what's app...
Maan sat their numb, slightly withdrawn...may be because he was missing geet...and sadly that was true...Poor guy really missed his wify, but feared calling or messaging her after yesterday's incident...
Vicky nudged dadi, asking her what happened to bhai...but dadi shook her head, gesturing she really don't know...Both vicky and dadi were curiously looking at maan, while he was lost in his reveries...His mobile again buzzed with an incoming message, and without delay he desperately checked it, if it was from his jaan...The smile which formed on his face, depicted the delight he felt by just seeing the senders name...

He unlocked the message and the next moment his smile faded, with anger taking over...
~aise muh fulaye kyu baitho ho hubby jiđ~ he read in frustration, then banged his mobile hard on the table...
Everybody got scared and started nibbling on their food...sensing his raising temper...While annie quickly messaged geet saying..."bhai bohat bhadak gaye hai...firse unko message mat karna...warna meri khair nahi"
"ummm" geet replied...
"aisa kya kar diya tune...jo bhai itna gussa hai" annie sounded to much scared...
"woh maine unki shikayat dadi se ki issiliye" geet pouted while sending her reply...
"geet tu pagal hai kya...annie was shocked, then calmed herself...acha bata fir kya hua"
"fir dadi ne unke bum pe maara" geet innocently replied...
"kya sach mai" she could not believe it...
"ha dadi ko pucho...issiliye maan muh fulaye baithe honge...dadi ne bohat zor se mara" she giggled while sending it...

"pagal hai tu sach mai" annie sighed in amusement...but then she smirked with an evil plan...and promptly placed her mobile on vicky's lap who was sitting right besides her..."geet ka message jaldi padh" she nudged him...
Vicky was although least interested, but took her mobile, looking at annie's excitement...His eyes almost popped out reading there chat, while an evil smile formed on his face...He winked at annie and forwarded her mobile to dev...eyeing him to read the chat in it...Dev read it with naintara...and both looked at Vicky controlling their teasing laugh...while Vicky grinned and gestured them to forward it to dadi...Dev shook his head in no, mouthing "marna hai kya"...while vicky giggled pleading him to show it to dadi...Poor annie was looking at vicky in shock, she just wanted to have some fun by showing it to vicky...but now she was scared knowing vicky will land himself and her in big trouble with his devil act...
On the other side maan was all drown in his anger, when vicky's hush hush talks irked him to the core...He looked up and found them secretly talking over something...and narrowed his eyes brows looking at them tossing annie's mobile from here to there...
"will you guys stop this non sense" he screamed pushing his chair behind...and stood up gazing at them angrily...He marched towards vicky and snatched the mobile from his hand...while vicky gulped his saliva, knowing he is dead now...
Maan read annie and geet's chat and his blood boiled in anger...He looked at annie with such intensity, that poor girl started trembling now...

"maan what happened...why are you getting so much angry" dadi got concerned...while he banged the mobile infront of dadi and went upstairs...
Maan was literally getting pissed off with every small thing around...He was pacing from here and there, trying to clam himself...He didn't knew why he was getting this angry...After all his family was just teasing him...Sighing he thought it would be better if he stays away from everyone...or else he knew he would hurt them with his words...After thinking a lot he started getting ready for his office, changing into his formals...He was fixing his tie when dadi entered his room, getting surprised looking at him...
"maan aap kaha ja rahe ho" she panicked looking at his office attire...
"dadi office ja raha hu" he calmly said...
"humne aapse kaha tha na...jab tak shadi nahi ho jati aap office nahi jayenge" now dadi was getting scared with his attitude...
"ha dadi...par office mai kuch jaruri kaam hai mujhe" maan lied...
"maan ab bohat ho gayi aapki man mani...aap hamare saath jeweller's ke yaha chal rahe hai bas" she commanded...
"dadi sirf ring hi toh leni hai na...please aap geet ke pasand ki le lijiye...mai wahi pehan lunga" he sounded least interested...
"maan this is simply not done...hum mohinder ko kya jawab denge" dadi panicked...
"dadi please don't panic...maan cupped her face...mai papaji se baat kar lunga" he assured...
"par maan" she still tried to persuade him...
"dadi please" his face showed immense pain, while his eyes pleaded her to let him go...so dadi agreed and allowed him to leave...
Soon whole khurana family, except maan reached at the jeweller's shop and waited for handa's to come...After 5 minutes handa's arrived...and straight away went to them...Geet was clad in a beautiful red anarkali suit, which made her look vibrant with her over flowing beauty...Her cheeks where covered in beautiful blush, while her face looked serene...just with the glow of a soon to be bride...Geet came forward and took dadi'd blessing, while her gaze searched for the object of her desire...Naintara came forward with her cute little bump, and kissed geet on her forehead, whispering..."bohat pyari lag rahi ho"
Geet smiled and looked down...still trying to figure out maan's presence from corner of her eyes...

Poor girl sadly looked down, getting scared with his absence...Her heart cried for his one look, that one smile...which she missed for last 24 hours...Geet pouted looking at annie, cribbing in her mind...Annie slowly slipped her hand in geet's, and pulled her aside..."geet bohat badi gadbad ho gayi hai" annie was almost on the verge of crying...
"kya hua" geet asked her, scared...
"woh maan bhai ne hamari chat pad li...aur ab woh gussa hai...kisise baat nahi kar rahe" annie cried, hiding her face on geet's shoulder...
"woh meri wajah se gussa hai na" geet made a baby crying face...
"arre why are you crying....annie panicked looking at geet's big fat tears threatening to fall...She looked behind her and found vicky coming towards them...
"arre what are you chipakli's doing here...chalo dadi is calling you" saying this he was about to turn, but that is when he saw geet in tears..."kya hua princess...ro kyu rahi hai" he wiped her tears, pulling her closer...
"mujhe unse milana hai...abhi" geet spoke between her hiccups...
"aww mera baby" annie pulled geet in her arms, wiping her tears...then looked at vicky, giving him an accusing look "vicky kuch kar na...yeh sab teri wajah se hua hai"
"ummm" vicky pouted...
"vicky yeh sab tune kiya hai?" geet was shocked...
"woh mai bas majak kar raha tha...mujhe kya pata bhai itna bhadak jayenge" he made a guilty face...
"huhhh teri wajah se ab woh mujhase gussa hai...mai ab tujhase baat nahi karungi" and geet pulled annie on her side...and started walking towards their elders...
"arre lekin meri baat toh suno" vicky shouted from behind...when annie marched back towards him, ragging in anger...she grabbed his collar and spitted her words..."sab teri galti hai samjha...abhi kaise bhi karke bhai ko yaha lekar aa...warna tu bohat pitega geet aur mujhase"...with this she stomped on his foot, and left dragging geet with her...
Vicky screamed in pain, holding his foot in hand..."babaji what devil sisters you have given me" he uttered, then got petrified thinking how will he bring maan bhai here...He went into the shop, where all were sitting looking into different designs...He pouted making a baby face, when saw annie and geet throwing draggers at him...
"I am sorry" he mouthed holding his ears...but both the girls looked away, ignoring his plead...
"vicky kuch kar...warna yeh devils tujhe kacha chaba jayenge" he uttered to himself...then grumpily sat next to dev, still in his own reveries...while dev nudged him asking what happened...
"kuch nahi bhai...woh actually missing maan bhai a lot" vicky said making a baby face...
"acha" dev was amused...he shook his head thinking this devil is again upto something...He pulled vicky closer, and whispered in his ear, "tune agar iss baar kuch gadbad ki, toh maan bhai will surely kill you"
"ummm" vicky literally gulped his saliva, agreeing with dev...but then looking at annie and geet's accusing faces he thought it's better to die from maan bhai's hands rather than this devils...
Vicky got up and went to a lone corner, thinking for a brilliant planâŚâŚ
He almost banged his head on the nearby glass wall, getting irritated with his crap ideas...when a good looking sales women came to him...
"sir you ok" she asked worried...
"yup"...at first instant vicky just ignored her concern, but then his eyes caught her beautiful face..."nope...I mean I am not ok" he made a hurt face, rubbing his forehead...while the sales women leaned in checking on his head...
Vicky smiled cheekily, smirking with her attention...He smartly tried flirting, grabbing her hand above his forehead...
"ummm yaha bhi lagi hai" he pressed her hand more, while the sales women innocently kept massaging his head...
Vicky was all busy getting cozy with the sales girl, while on the other side geet was still longing for maan...She kept on playing with her duppata, looking here and there...and some times talking to her babaji...

Naintara and annie where done with their shopping and now where selecting jewels for geet...Dadi and rano where getting hell worried looking at geet's ignorance...They tried pursuing her to select something of her choice, but she rejected their pleaâŚ.and sat their grumpily, pouting with her cute anger...
"maa I am really sorry, pata nahi kya ho gaya hai iss ladki ko...jab aayi thi tab thik thi...abhi dekho iske nakhare" rano made an apologetic face...while dadi comfortated her, knowing geet must be missing maan...
Dadi sighed looking into other designs, while geet was still sitting there like a zombie...She frustratingly started looking around, when her gaze caught the sight of vicky and a sales girl almost hugging each other...Geet made a yuck face, and harshly nudged annie to look into that direction...
"dekh tera awara bhai kya kar raha hai" she taunted, while annie was stunned looking at her shameless brother...
"bilkul nikkamma hai" annie mouthed to geet and then took her along...almost dashing into vicky...
Poor vicky tumbled back, almost taking that poor girl with him...He looked at annie and geet in fear, knowing he will get badly bitten up in public today...He made a pleading face looking at the devils, while the girl in his arms was confused with the unwanted intruders...
"vicky honey...do you know them" she caressed his cheek, while annie and geet smirked looking at the scene...
Annie winked at geet, and geet smiled slyly intimidating vicky more...
"vicky bhai aap yaha kya kar rahe ho iss chipkali ke saath" geet asked, making a sweet smiling face...while vicky gulped knowing what is coming next..."aur waha aapki biwi aapko kabse dhund rahi hai"

Vicky made a big shocking face, digesting geet's words...he thought they will embarrass him by calling elders there...but this devils where all set to embarrass him in public...
"vicky you are married" that girl screamed in shock, gaining everyones attention, and the next moment a tight slap followed on vicky's cheek..."you cheater, you liar" while she accused and cursed him...
Vicky pouted holding his burning cheek, while annie and geet madly laughed hugging eachother...Dadi and everyone sighed, knowing "iss vicky ka kuch nahi ho sakta" and looked away, again concentrating on the task in hand...Vicky was getting ragged, looking at the maniacs infront...
"ho gaya revenge...now just get lost you devils" he shouted in anger then ran out, still holding his cheek...poor was not able to take this much embarrassment at a time...ha installment mai hota toh baat alag thi, he still shamelessly thought...
"oyeee lafange...annie and geet shouted running behind him, while vicky turned around narrowing his eyesbrows on the word "lafange"...then again started marching ahead...I mean vicky bhai sahab ruko" both annie and geet corrected themselves, and giggled looking at his cute anger...
Finally they grabbed him, manofying in their cute threatening way...And vicky too left with no other choice smiled, and pulled them in a bear hug, naughtily sighing..."meri pyari dulari chudail behane"
"oyeee kya bola tune" both hit him on his chest...while vicky screamed faking pain...
All three of them kept looking at eachothers faces, then madly started laughing...Vicky again pulled them closer, mouthing "sorry"...while geet pulled his sleeve, pouting with her baby longing face...Vicky understood her craving and assured her he will bring maan bhai here...He asked them to go inside, saying he will come in a while...
As soon as the girls were gone, he called on maan's number...thinking he will right way plead him to come here...But then his enthusiasm gave up, the next moment he heard maan's still angry voice...
"bh...bha...bhaiii" he stammered in fear, awaiting his outburst...
"vicky just spit out what you want to say" maan as usual screamed on the other side, knowing this is again one of their evil plan to irk him...Poor guy was already pissed off sitting alone in his damn boring cabin, badly craving to be with geet...

"bhai woh geet..." vicky literally trembled in fear...poor guy just wanted to tell him how much geet is missing him...but now he was even scared to take geet's name infront of him...
Hearing geet's name. maan got tensed..."kya hua geet ko" he almost moaned in fear, getting desperate to see her rightnow...
A toothy grin formed on vicky's face, sensing maan's fear, and evily thought to rub on it..."woh bhai aap khud hi dekh lo aake" he deliberately sounded super low, smirking on his acting skills...while maan panicked on the other side..."mai abhi aa raha hu"
"ummm" and vicky disconnected the call, and literally did a mini bhangra...feeling high of himself...
Vicky came running into the shop, and fell besides geet on the couch...huffing and panting, yet grinning from ear to ear...He winked at both the girls, pulling his imaginery collar...while annie and geet got confused and slowly leaned over him, cutely asking "kyu has raha hai"
"ummm surprise surprise" he winked and zipped his lips...thinking "I am the best"
He lazily leaned on the couch, keeping his hands above his head...now calmly waiting for maan bhai to come...while geet and annie both were annoyed, looking at this shameless lazy bum infront...

15 minutes went by, and vicky knew maan will be any moment here...And as he thought, there came laila's majnu...barging in from the main door, almost pushing everyone coming his way...
"geet" maan screamed as he neared them...and literally pulled her up from the couch...and hugged her in his tight embrace...
"you ok jaan" he whispered soothing her back...while his other hand cupped her head, placing it in the crook of his neck...
"ummm" geet blushed and cutely cocooned herself in his arms, taking in, his body heat...
Maan longingly hugged her tight, almost crushing her bones...Geet felt choked, yet didn't wanted to pull apart...
"aap kaha the...aisa koi karta hai kya...pata hai maine aapko kitna miss kiya" she complained, unknowingly brushing her lips on his neck...
"umm kitna" he naughtily asked...enjoying her cute cribbing...
"bohat sara..." she whispered pressing him more closer...
"acha" he whispered, while getting aroused by feeling her alive under his touch...
"ummm" she moaned, closing her eyes...completely giving in...

Both were lost into eachother, literally forgeting about their surroundings...When maan slightly pulled his head up, and cupped her cheeks...wanting to take her blabbering lips in his...
He leaned in closer and was about to capture those tempting rose petals in his, when heard few gasp followed by a loud thumping sound of someone falling on the ground...
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Precap :- â¤ď¸Maan & Geet's official engagementâ¤ď¸
~Panghat pe aake saiyyan, marode baiyaan~
~And everybody blames it on radha~
~Chhede hai humka daiyaan, bairi kanhaiya~
~And everybody blames it on radha~
~Hoga woh lakhon dil ka chor~
~Humka toh laage woh hua hai aise baawla jo kehta jaaye~
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