Beauty and The Beast||Thread 1|| - Page 47

Chapter 11

Family is what kept me going

The love and support from my family is what continues to motivates me

"Lo and behold the highness has walked in" Sean called out holding his beer out when Geet joined them on the terrace where they were holding the BBQ.

The terrace of Sean and Tara's house was a large garden, designed beautifully and fitted with the latest modern furniture and it was designed by their very own Geet.

In the far end of the garden was the barbecue grill, along the side of the garden concrete wall was a rectangular pond for Nick, the other corner had maple wood chairs with cushions and a maple wood table for them all.

"Evening sunshine" Geet flipped him off glancing around. "Boo, boo" she called.

Nick glanced over his shoulder grinning widely, he leaped up from besides the pond and went running in Geet's direction.

"Gigi" he screamed throwing his arms out as she crouched down and hugged him.

"Hey Boo" Geet giggled peppering kisses on his cheek.

"What did you get?" he pulled out looking at her expectedly.

"What makes you think I got something for you?" she arched her brows in amusement.

"Because you always get me something" he grinned cheekily.

"Alright chipmunk, this is yours and don't you dare show mommy or she's going to throw me off this terrace" she answered handing him the gift bag.

Nick dug into the gift bag squealing when he pulled out the football and started kicking it around. Geet cursed noticing Tara narrowing her eyes.

Guess the memo didn't register in his mind about not letting his mother find out she stood and approached to where her sister stood.

"You want to tell me what you would prefer, my sandals or my palm?" Tara scowled.

"Neither" Geet looked at her sister innocently.

"Geet" Tara frowned. "You promised not to spoil him"

"I... I was passing by and this football looked sooo cute and..."

"I don't want to hear excuses" Tara plugged in her fingers into her ears shaking her head.

"C'mon Tar..." Geet pouted.

"You're lucky you're still cute" Tara rolled her eyes and pulled her sister and hugged her tightly. "Grab yourself a plate and help yourself to the food" Tara pointed.

"Mmhmm" Geet hummed excusing herself and exchanged pleasantries with her sister's friends then moved in the direction of the grill.

"Anil, how are you?" Gaurav answered his phone. "I was just thinking about you"

"I'm good uncle, how is everyone at the house?" Anil replied, they both exchanged pleasantries. "Uncle, I spoke to my cousin and his wife and they've suggested around the end of this month would be fine" he informed.

Gaurav looked over at his wife and waved her over, Savitri nodded and walked over to his side placing a hand on his shoulder seeing the grin on her husband's face.

"They know about Maan?" Gaurav asked just to ensure that the parents know.

"Yeah, I've told them. Uncle, my cousin Suneel and Marissa aren't people who judge" Anil assured. "Maan has fought for our country so there should be no judgement. Geet will have been told as well about him"

"I know that son, but not everyone thinks like that when they see my grandson. I just want to see Maan hurt again. Does your niece know?"

"Uncle, Suneel and Marissa will tell her everything before you come at the end of this month. They'd want this to be Geet's choice as well because in the end if this goes ahead, it'd be Maan and Geet marrying and it would be their choice"

"That's true" Gaurav nodded and gave a silent thumbs up to his wife. They shared a few more words between each other then cut the call turning to his wife.

"Anil has said around the end of this month, he'll be giving more information around the end of the month" Gaurav informed. "The parents agreed to seeing him and they know about Maan. His niece has also been told" he added.

"That's really good" Savitri smiled squeezing his shoulder. "I hope this works out"

Gaurav nodded in agreement, his grin widened when Rhea returned home followed by Rajeev and Kartik.

"You look very happy papa?" Rhea arched her brows as she placed her handbag down.

"Anil called me a while ago, Geet's parents have agreed to seeing Maan at the end of this month and they also know about Maan" he informed which made everyone smile widely.

"Sneaking a quick one?" Geet arched her brows at Sean who'd snuck to the corner of the garden for a break.

"Don't you dare mention it to her" he warned exhaling out the smoke.

"Sean, Tar will know the moment she kisses you" Geet smirked.

"Don't I know it" he mumbled and glanced over his shoulder then turned to Geet. "Heard Anil has found someone for you"

"Dear God... don't remind me. He's got a family" she scrunched her nose.

"Say no then" Sean responded holding out the cigarette for her.

"Have you ever seen me smoke?" she arched her brows.

"I can try" he winked.

"You only offer it to me so you could get me into shit with Tara" she nudged him. "Anyway, mum and dad don't stop banging on about these proposals so I said I'll see them. Doesn't mean I'm saying I'd be marrying him" she continued.

"Good on you" Sean nodded.

"How did you know Tara is the one?" Geet asked curiously.

Sean smiled chucking his finished cigarette in the trash can and glanced over his shoulder, his eyes as always lighting up at the sight of his wife. "I could only see Tara in my future, I couldn't imagine anyone else standing beside me through the good and bad" he turned to Geet. "When you feel like you don't see your future without that person, you'd know"

"Wise words from a wise man" Geet chuckled and stared into the horizon, the sun had dimmed and was slowly setting. Shame I lost my chance at keeping my one she thought and wondered whether this new guy would be anything close to who she imagined as a life partner. He already had family attached to him so that a negative point right now but she was going to take her parents advice - don't judge a person by its cover.

"Hey lovebug! I heard the good news" Kirsten called out swinging open Maan's office door. Maan frowned glancing over his shoulder, his phone on speakerphone.

"Kirsten what are you doing at Maan's" Aaron called out.

"Hello to you too Captain" Kirsten replied. "I'm here to keep my monkey bun busy"

Maan closed his eyes shaking his head.

"Just give me the list of names Maan, then I'll leave you two alone"

"Sending right now Sir" Maan replied.

"Enjoy your evening" Aaron finished the call once he'd received the email.

Maan turned to Kirsten. "What are you doing here thunderstorm?"

"I heard about the proposal"

"What propos..." Maan paused wondering whether she meant the interior designer one.

"You know the one, moody general is looking at" she responded. "I heard the parents agreed to you all going over at the end of this month"

"The parents said yes?" Maan frowned. "You must've misheard"

"No pookie, my ears are clean. I've heard correctly" she laughed. "Oh my gosh, I can't wait! If she's the one then I am so going to wear my pink sari I bought like million years ago" she squealed excitedly.

"She isn't the one baby doll" Maan chuckled and turned to his laptop.

"Er, how do you know?" she planted her hands on her side.

"Believe me, I just do" he murmured shaking his head. They always say no at the end.

There is lot more chance of geet rejecting maan rather than saying yes immediately. It's probably most common perception of our life partner to be good looking, well off financially and as less family responsibility as possible. Maan has been going through a lot of unfortunate circumstances and needs a fresh breath of air to change his outset towards life. Again thankyou for a wonderful update and again waiting on their meeting ;)

Well its funny how Geet and Maan are expecting to either say no or be rejected. I think it will come as a shock maybe, but that all depends on how you move forward with their story. Geet had her someone will wait to hear more about that :)

Nice update. The discussion is going on both sides n maan n geet having negative vibes due to past experiences. How their love story will come on track. Waiting for next.

Awwieee, I so so love Geet's bond with Nick. She sure as hell knows how to spoil him. No wonder that guy loves his Gigi so much. He has his aunt wrapped around his finger and Geet doesn't seem to mind it as well. Wonder if she is generally find of kids or Nick being her nephew makes her so love him which is natural in anyone's case.

Geet has Sean and Tara and Maan has Kristen to share heir thoughts. Each chapter is increasing the curiosity of hw Maaneet will react when they are face to face.

Feel very sad about the way Maan feels or has been made to feel so far...maybe by others treating him that way. Which is why he cannot come out of it on top of the past's trauma haunting him. From Geet's reaction so far...I don't think she is as she make herself sound...I believe she has her own deep down reasons for her conditions to marriage...appears to be due to a failure before this...curious to know this part of the past...but even with valid reasons I truly hope that she does not hurt Maan with any wrong words. I am really praying that they will sincerely get to know each other in & out before coming to any conclusions...eager to read what's coming up next:):):)

Ah! An update at last, 😃

Geet's convo with her brother in law was interesting! It always seems like she used to like someone or maybe even love but she either lost her love or it didn't work out between them however she was still trying to get Sean's input as to how love would feel like!
Geet doesn't know about Maan's disability or does she??? I don't think it was mentioned to her yet! I am still scared about her reaction though