Mr. Murti: so you ... won't be doing the project then ...your dream project ..??
Maan Smiled and sat opposite to him ...
No sir ..i never said that I won't do the project ..i will but instead of your staff quarters I will stay at my own accommodation ..
Maan had that business mood on he was ready to win this negotiation completely oblivious to the fact that he has already ..with a proud smile that was almost a smirk Mr. Murti extended a file towards him ..
Here is the contract maan ..read it and tomorrow we'll sign it ..for now I want you to meet my project team and see the profile of a few candidates who will be working with you on this
Maan looked at him surprised though he tried to hide that look but he barely could from the experienced watch of Mr. Murti ..
Don't worry it doesn't have that staff mess wala clause ..
Maan smiled and took the file to have a glance at it ..
**^^**
Geet was on the roof top when she saw him walking towards the chawl and ran downstairs only to meet him at the last stair oblivious to the fact that he ran towards with the same enthusiasm as she did ..
Maan looked at her tensed face and then amy and ridz reached from behind ..
Hi ...
Hey ...guys tum dono yahan ..
Ridz: Ofcourse ..pagal kar ke jo rakha tum ne subha s humien ..duty k baad yahan aagaye hum
Geet: And whats with this ghar aake baat karunga
Armaan: Dude suspense khatam karega pls ..
Maan: Oho ..please bol ne do ge tu bataonga na ..
All 3 Together: FINE BOLO 😆
Maan smiled and took out from his behind a pack of Ghulaab Jamun sweets ..
I agreed ..
Aweee ..
Geet jumped in joy and hugged maan so did ridz and amy ...
And just they parted armaan shouted in delight ..
Yahooo ..
And they all laughed and group hugged ...followed by which maan was individually wacked by each one of them ..
Bata nahi sakte thay pehle ..
He had that naughty smile ..
Bata deta tu tum logoon k yeh expression miss kardeta na ..
Geet: maan Mr. Murti ne koi terms tu nahi ..//
Maan: oho madam are you gonna inquire everything here ...andar chalien ...
**^^**
later at night
Ridz: thank god maan accepted the offer ..
Ridz and geet were in the kitchen clearing the dinner plates while armaan had gone to get ice cream for girls and drinks for themselves. Meanwhile maan was at the rooftop still thinking all that happened in Mr. Murti's office ..
FLASHBACK
Mr. Murti: maan read the contract carefully, I have a copy of the same document we'll be signing it tomorrow at my house ..
Maan: Appke ghar pe ..
Mr. Murti: yes actually it's a ritual b/w our board members at every new project we sign the deal in a small party at one of the members' house its my turn this time ...invite your family and friends as well and your wife is a must ..
At the mention of his family maan lost the smile he had and that didn't went un-noticed by mr. murti but he didn't questioned him rather he stood up
C'mon ill introduce you to my team ..
Before he could leave maan stood up leaving the file on the table ..
Sir before we go ahead with this I need to tell you something ..
Mr. Murti turned and stood waiting for him to continue ..
Maan exhaled and looked up at him ..
My full name is Maan Singh Khurana ...I am the son of Yash Khurana the owner of Khurana group...
Mr. Murti: why are you disclosing it now ..?
Because I don't want you to get this information from somewhere else, I don't intend to cheat you. Yes I've hidden my identity for so long but it was just because I wanted to make my own mark in this industry achieve the best by what I am not because of who I am or because of which family I belong to ...I didn't wanted your decision to be influenced by that ...now having those papers in my hand I know ive achieved this on my own ...so I can tell you ..
Mr. Murti: does yash Khurana know about this project ..
Dad is not in india ...and ...(maan looked down for the first time in so many meetings murti saw him truly in pain saying this) ...he wasn't in favor of me marrying geet my wife so I left my house and ...he exhaled and looked up his eyes deprived of any emotion) ...I am here now ..
Mr. Murti: hmm ...maan what u do in your personal life is non of my concerns but what happens with this project is my prime concern so now that my 10 minutes are spent here you'll have to wait here and ill have to get done with another client meeting till then go through the contract carefully and inform me if there is anything else as well that u need to get a clarity on ...
An hour after Mr. Murti returned only to see maan standing by the window of his cabin while the file was left at his table ..
So you went through the contract ...
Yes sir ..
Anything you need to ask ..?
Gi ..
Go ahead ..
Why you pretended to be unaware of my real identity when you already knew it ..
Mr. murti had by now sat in his chair relaxing sipping his glass of water when maan proposed this question and made him stop mid way of his action ...while he walked back to his seat and showed him the contract which was having his full name in it ..
You knew me before I came here today ...how .?
You just don't miss anything ..do you ?
That's not the answer Mr. Murti ...my father has always kept me away from the media ...and I never mentioned anything to you till date about my family then how you came to know ..
Is it really important for you ..?
Yes it is ..!!
Then brace yourself young man to take it...your brother in law came here yesterday ...Brij Handa
Maan looked at him shell shocked not believing why brij would take the pain make such an effort but then Mr. Murti explained the picture brij handa had painted about him and everything he said ..
Maan I have years of experience mien yeh tu samajhta hoon that everything he said is not true but kuch batien mien bhi nahi samajh paa raha ...if you guys married with consent than why you were accused to have kidnapped her ...why did they filed a complaint ...and i even checked with my sources you actually did married her taking her family at gun point ...
Maan sighed and explained all that has happened and the way he had to marry geet ...
I don't believe this ...how can they ..anyways mujhe iss sab se kuch lena dena nahi hai ...life is taking a new turn I hope you are ready for this new ride and new path ..
Maan smiled and nodded ..
Alright then take the file with you we should go to meet the people concerned with this project, ill msg you the address and then we'll meet you tomorrow evening ..
Sure ...(he left to get back to his work).. ek minute sir ..
Yes ..
I ..i have a request ..
Okie I am listening
Kal geet bhi hugi ..i don't want her to get to know anything about this ...I mean about what brij tried to do ...
Mr. Murti smiled and placed a hand on maan's shoulder ..
Don't worry nahi pata chalega tumhaari wife ko ..
**^^**
Maan came out of his trance when armaan came shouting his name ..
Maan kahan lost hai ...chal party karte hain ...
Maan turned to see armaan carrying a bottle of alcohol and 2 mugs ..
Are you mad ...yeh kya lekar aaya hai tu ..
Oyee dar'pook ..biwi ka Ghulam ..kuch tu sharam kar ...itna kuan darta hai biwi se ...
Acha beta rok ridz ko upar bolata hoon abhi upar ...
Maan took 3 steps forwards and armaan held his arms and pushed him back ..
Aby kya kar raha hai marwaayega kya ...itni mushkil se tu maani hai ..
Han tu yeh kyun laaya tu ...
Maan tera itna bara project approve hua ...sab itna perfect hai ..party tu banti hai na ...chal ek ek hujaye ..
Armaan tu marwaayega ..
Kuch nahi huga pata bhi nahi chalega un dono ko ...waise bhi neeche chocolate aur strawberry ki world famous argument chal raha hai ...
Aja beth'te hain ..
But one glass turned into many until the whole bottle was finished and both the guys were completely talli ...😆 meanwhile geet and ridhima were discussing how things will be in future ..
So both of will be moving to banglore ..
Hmm ...maan ne kaha next week project start huga before that he has to be there ...
Geet tu chali jayegi tu mera kya huga ..
Ridz its not 90s k banglore chali gayi tur era kya huga ..we can still be in touch via technology ...
Hmm .. BTW on a serious note tera job ka kya plan hai ..
Plan tu hai but yahan tu mili nahi banglore mien dekho kya huta hai ...waise tu we still have some savings in the bank but still kuch na kuch tu karna hi huga ..
Ridz smiled and held her hand ...
Let me know if I can be of any help ...
Geet smiled and finished her ice cream ...
Geets its been so long armaan went to get your hubby downstairs ...abhi tak aye kyun nahi ..
Oho ..just the way we were talking even they would be ...ajayenge tu rehnede
Madame I have to get to my home as well ...roko ill call him ...
No use ...phone yahin p hai ..chalo hum hi upar jaate hain ...
**^^**
Amy (totally drunk extending his mug) : maan kya kar raha hai yaar aur daal na ...
Maan (a mid his hiccups): Khatam ...(hiccup) ..hugayi ...
Armaan shouted: KHATAM HUGAYI ...
Maan: SHHH ... geet aajayegi ..
Armaan laughed out loud holding his stomach un-necessarily
Dude you sound like ...SHH GABBAR AJAYEGA ...
Han tu geet kisi don se kam thorai hain ...aankhien dekhi hai uski ...kaise ghorti hai mujhe ..
That's when the girls came upstairs ..
Geet: kaise ghorti hoon mien tumhain ..
Geet stood their fuming in anger and with both hands hung on her waist ready to pounce at him ..
Han bolo maan kya bol rahe thay tum ..
Wohh mien ...(Hiccup) mien tu bol raha tha k tumhaari ankhien kitni baari hain ..(Hiccup) ..kitni khubsoorat hain ...
Ridz: hum neeche aap dono ka wait kar rahe hain aur aap dono yahan humari burai karne mien busy hain ..
Amy: NO way ..basket tum tu jaanti ho mien sapne m bhi tumhaari burai nahi kar sakta ..woh yeh maan hi ..
Geet: Ek second aap dono ki awaaz ko kya hua ...
Ridz: Han aur yeh cups yahan ...
Maan: Nothing ..kuch nahi ..wohh sardi ...cold ..cold ki waja se ..
Both girls looked at them skeptically ...
Maan what are you hiding ...
Maan hid the bottle behind him ...and sat straight ..
Geet ...(Hiccup) mishty kuch bhi nahi ...(Hiccup) tum chalo hum aate hain ..
Ridz: really maan ..ek karo saath chalo ..
Armaan: Ridhima woh ...mien kuch baat karni hai tum dono chalo hum abhi aate hain
Armaan tum ...//
Geet nudged him and eyed her not to argue ..
Fine hum jaa rahe hain but tum dono jaldi neeche aao ..
Maan smiled so did armaan ...the girls left and they began to gather the glass and the bottle
Armaan: maan yeh bottle mere haath mien nahi arahi ..
Maan: Amy tu ek bottle laaya tha na ..
Amy: Han ..
Maan: Tou mujhe do kyun dekh rahi hain ..??
Amy: Maan tujhe char gayi hai ...
Maan: Acha tu utha k bata
Armaan stood with wobbling steps and bent to pick the bottle but sstumbled an dwell back on the bench making maan to fall as well ..
Dekha tujhe char gayi hai ...rok mien uthata hoon ..abhi teri mangetar aur meri biwi ko pata chala na tu dono ki band baj jayegi ..
Amy: Chal tu bottle la mien mugs lekar neeche jaata hoon
Maan turned to see him walk in diagonal direction ..
Sambhaal ke han unko shak nahi hona chahiye ..
Don't worry I will handle everything ...
And right after that he dis-balanced and the mugs shattered falling on the ground while ridhima held him before he fell geet went to stop maan from walking towards him ..
Amy tu theek hai na ...
Hmm ..pata nahi ...mujhe lagta hai tu sach keh raha hai ..mujhe char gayi hai ...warna mujhe basket do do kyun nazar aati ..basket tu ek hi hai the one and only meri sweet si thori sour si ..
Ridz: Armaan tumhain tu mien ..//
Geet: Ridz abhi ghussa karne ka kya faida ...hosh m bhi nahi hain yeh tu ...lets get them to the house ...and dekh k lag na jaye ..
Ridz starting walking forward balancing armaans' body as well carefully while geet after clearing the shattered pieces of mugs grabbed maans' left hand and drapped it over her shoulder ...
Maan get up ...utho ghar jana hai ..
Maan opened his one eyes and smiled at her ..
Geet tumhaare saath tu mien world mien kahin bhi jaa sakta hoon ..
Geet rolled her eyes wondering what is left to handle ...
Maan you need to stand up and start walking on the count of 3 ok ..
Hmm ..whatever you say mishty ...
Ok now ..(he counted along with her).. 1 ...1...2...2...3...3 ..
Get up maan ...(and he did but fell on geet as a result of sudden head rush) ,,,are you fine ..
Umhmmm ...(maan wad flickering his eyes and she realized he is loosing his senses and before he pass out she needs to get him downstairs) ..
Maan ...maan look at me we need to move ...neeche jana hai ...c'mon start walking ...
Geet itne din hugaye I haven't told you one thing ...
She was careful on the narrow staircase barely listening to him but just to keep him engage she was replying ..
Kya ..
Yeh hi that I LOVE YOU ..
She couldn't help but to smile ..
I know that already ...
Kaise ..?? mene tu itne din se kaha hi nai ...
Maan shush ...neeche dekho gir jayenge hum warna ..
Nahi pehle tum bolo na ...how did u know ..
Coz u have already said it a million times ..
Hmm ...wohh tu mene socha hi nahi ..
Good ab mene bata diya na tu chalo saamne dekho ...atul corridor mien so raha hai don't step over him ...
Acha ek aur baat pouchoon ...
Hmm ..
They were walking very slowly as maan's 90% body weight was on geet and she was having great difficulty in balancing ..cursing under her breath and making a mental note of giving a good piece of he rmind to her dear husband in the moring she continued to walk down another floor towards her house ..
Geet suno na ...
Han maan sun rahi hoon bolo ..
What if I forget to tell you that I love you tub hi tumhain humesha yaad rahega ..
Yes maan ..
Promise ...??
Geet stopped mid way and looked at him wondering if he was really drunk but he had that baby face expression on, with slightly diluted eyes almost at the verge of closing and like a child he extended his hand she could barely hold herself back she placed her hand in his and spoke with utter sincerity ..
Maan no matter what happens in life ...ill never forget this ...ill never forget your love ...and everything you have done for me always ...and a promise ...ill love you forever no matter what ..
Maan: Yahh ...pakka promise na
Geet Smiled and replied: Sacha promise ...
Maan had that 440 volt smile and like 5 years old he hugged her excitedly ...she felt shocked for a moment but gave into his excitement and hugged him back smiling at the ridiculousness of it all ...
PRECAP:- PARTY AT Mr. Murti & Shifting to Banglore ..
alright everyone hope you enjoyed the story till date .. as you can predict the track is going to change and finally maan is going to start his project. I am currently on leave from office so posted all my banked updates and will try to update as much as i can but since he banked updates are finished i won't be able to update on daily basis as of now ..till then
please leave a comment on how you want the banglore track to be if somebody is here from that city please let me know how that place is specially the outskits would save me the time of research ..😳
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