Part 23
" Brij Handa " , name flashed on screen while she dialed ... he got his number saved coz he was handling his project himself ...
Brij handa ... ??? bj ??? oh God !! realization stuck him ...brij is her bro and what he was thinking ... she told him many times in jungle about bj .. ... He closed his eyes , feeling frustrated on himself ... how could he think like that about her ??? on one way he was happy that she was not with other man , n she finally met her brother after many years , but other side , he was chiding himself for not trusting her , even when she allowed only him to enter her shielded life ..
Anyways , still being a bit selfish , or say possessive , he sighted that she was only his ... his heart claimed her his .. and he knew he cant see her with anyone else ..
Geet called again and again , but brij didn't pick ... Brij was still searching geet and getting call from maan's number he thought , maan is calling to talk about the deals which he cancelled ...
He didn't want to talk about it ...right now more important was his dora ... finally after 5 /6 calls he picked up n before anyone speaks he said
" Mr khurana , don't bother me today ... u cancelled the deals , its end of our business relation ", as call was on speaker mode , coz brij was not picking up and finally she kept it on redialing mode with speaker on ,so that if he picks up , she will get to know ...
" bj , I m ..." as soon as brij heard her voice , he let out a calm breath , for the first time after he found her missing
" dora ?? ... " for a second he didn't speak and only she knew how he would have felt ...
Maan heared her name ... dora ??? that is what brij called her ... Then anni too ...oh anni , brij , dora ... everything was making sense ... He called this name weird in the morning only but nothing was normal , which belonged to her ... she herself was weird ...
Anni told him she came after many years ...the puzzle was almost complete ...
" dora where are u ??? don't worry .. ur bj will b there ... nothing gonna happen to u ok "
" bj , main theek hun , kuch nai hua ha muje " [ bj i m alright ..nothing happened ] she said to calm him ... Had he been there she would have hugged him tight ...
" dora , kahan chali gai thi ? main dar gya tha ... aur yeh Mr khurana k phone se ..." [ where have u gone , i was afraid .. and how come u r calling from Mr khurana's phone ?? ]
" wo ... wo ... " she didn't have answer ... what she is gonna tell him ?? she needed few seconds to make a story but before that maan spoke ..
" hello , Mr Handa ..."
" hi ... ...??"... before he ask his question maan said
"some people tried to kidnap her and she hurt her elbow again ... we were near our farmhouse when I found her and brought her here "
now brij was more worried , why would someone kidnap her ?? did anyone again tried to ...
" dora are u alright ??? did they hurt u ???" ... by now maan knew brij was concerned as much as he himself was
" no bj I m fine .. he saved me in time .. " ..
" thanks ... thanks a lot Mr Khurana ... i ..."
" no need to say that all ... I think it was my duty .. "
How will brij know , how she became his duty all of sudden .. but as of now , all mattered was geet who was safe with him ..
" ok , tell me the address , I will there in farm house to pick her up "
" no .." maan snapped ..no one else came there except him.. ever , now geet was the one who had the right ...
" what .. ??" ... brij was utterly confused by his behavior ...
"I mean , doctor recommended her rest for few hours , so its better she don't sit in car n travel .. my farm house is in outskirts of city ... she can rest here for sometime , then I will bring her myself ... " ...well this could be the longest sentence , he ever spoke ... but making a cover story isn't that easy...
"but Mr khurana ??"
" bj ,he is right ..he will drop me ... " ... now as she herself said , she must have felt safe , that was bj's thought ...so he decided to do in this way only ,as she wanted ...
" ok as u say dora ..now take rest and come soon ok ?"
" ok .. I will come soon " ..
Well !! maan hated that, he had to make excuses to spend time with her ...he liked other way when his junglii was all time there only for him ... but she looked better now ... More happy and relaxed ...
" bye bj !! " ..cutting the call ,she said quickly ..
" hero , tu to expert ha jhoot bolne main " [hero u r expert in lying]
Now see !!! he was lying all the way to spend some time with her ,and she is telling him he is expert in it ...
"Sub tumhaari wajah se ... tum ne muje aisa bana dia " [ its all because of u , u made me do this ]
" haan ?? he received a questioning ,confused glare ...
"nothing "
" wo , aik baat bolun ??" [can i say something ?] ... Maan thought since when she got problem in saying something ...
"haan ??"
" bj pareshaan tha ... tere saath koi deals ki baat kar rha tha ?? kuch hua ha kia ??" [ bj was worried and he was talking about some deal.. ehat happened ?]
He almost forgot about that , it wasn't difficult for him to , take his words back n re-sign the deals with brij ... though it would be the first time MSK would be changing his decision ... but he knew he was wrong , and not only brij ..his own company has to suffer much loss ... before taking decision in anger he didn't even think about it ...
"I m bad luck for him ... I don't want him to suffer hero " ..she said in a sad tone ... " I will go back to jungle , and will never come back " ..
" u r not bad luck for anyone .. u r not going anywhere .. "
" nahi meri wajah se" [its all coz of me]
" tumhari wajah se kuch nai hua ha ,...sab meri galti thi .. " [ nothing happened coz of u ...its my mistake]
" par " ... [ but ?]
" u don't stress urself , I will make sure everything is alright "
" hmm " ... she started trusting him , whatever he said , always felt genuine ...
" tum yahaan ruko main kuch khaanay ko laata hun .. tell ur favorite food " [ stay here , i will bring something to eat .. whats ur fav food ? ]
" kuch b chalay ga " ... [anything]
Still she wasn't used of the food she ate here ... her isolated life , in jungle , she always had wild fruits .. plucked fresh ... she still ate less ...
" ok !! I will b back in 5 minutes " ...
He had everything available , but her answer was not what he expected ... he went out , , he guessed she would like pizza so he put the frozen one in oven ... before he decide anything else , his phone rang...
It was brij ... first maan was irked a bit that why is he calling , when he just talked to her ... but he knew how a brother feels about his sis ...so he picked up the phone ...
" hello Mr handa " ..
" sorry to bother u again Mr khurana , but I wanted to know , if she ate something ??"
" no ...not yet .. I m bringing her meal"
That was very new to bj , maan's voice wasn't arrogant and rude , and what he heard ??? MSK was bringing food for dora ?? may be for the sake of humanity ... pushing all the thoughts behind he said again
" actually , she don't eat properly since... I mean from 3 to 4 days , and I have to give her food , after intervals . "
Brij didn't want to reveal , least he knew maan had more information than he himself had , about her whereabouts ...
" its ok , I will take care"
" thanks " saying that bj hung up ...
Maan came back and she was still sitting the way he left , not thinking but staring walls, precisely his pics , which he pasted on wall ...
Putting pizza tray , he asked her to eat ... she had half of one piece only ..
" bus itna sa ??" [ only this much ? ] he asked
" hmm , aur nai khaana muje ... taste acha nai ha ... " [ i dont want to eat more ..taste isnt good ] then she corrected
" wo , I m not hungry "
Maan tasted the pizza , it was all good .. what she was trying to hide from him now ?? he recalled what bj said , she don't eat much ... y so ?? he always saw her eating fruits ..
Fruits ?? that stuck him ...
" aao mere saath " [come with me ]
" hero hum wapis ja rhay hain ??" [ hero r we going back]
" nahi , tumhain kuch dikhana hai " [ no i wanna show u something]
They walked towards the back side , royalty oozed out of everything , she found everything neat n classy ...
" hero ,yahan kon rehta ha ??" [ hero who lives here?]
" koi nahi , its my personal place .. no one ever comes here except me , I come here ,when I want to have sometime alone "
" oh nice "
As maan opened the back door , she was surprised ... She went out quickly , the garden was so beautiful , eye pleasing ... maan saw her eyes glittering ... Though she was chill mood all the time , but today he was seeing new side.. he never knew small things make girls happy., not all girls but only her , had it been any other girl he would have to buy expensive gifts to please her but she never demanded anything ...
Maan didn't even like comparing her with someone , he himself was something else in her presence ...calm and satisfied ,as much complete as he never felt .. ... he walked with her ...
" yeh sab plants , trees ... kitna time laga ho ga isse banwaanay main " .[ all there plants and trees .. how much time it took to get all these planted ] . she asked checking the beautifully planted flowers , and there was no creeper or weeds ...
" I planted them all myself .." .. maan said with ultimate satisfaction ... he liked her praising his work .. . ...
" wow hero ,u r superb .. "
He found her excited like a kid ... who was seeing everything for the first time ... she lived in jungle and those plants , tress , flowers was the only thing there ... only difference was that jungle was more dense and his garden is cleaner ..
" yahaan ruko .." [stop here]
He stood beside the peach tree and started climbing , it was the first time he himself was climbing on the tree , but he knew if her hand was ok , she would have been on the top most branch till now ... but he had to do this for her .. he cant see her starving , just because she didn't like the taste of food ..
Picking up the bunch of four peaches from top , he came down ... and handed her ... she wanted the fresh fruits and didn't say no ..
" kha lo " ... [ take it ]
she took a bite from one ... ,
" tu b le na ... tu ne b kuch nai khaaya " [ u didnt eat anything also ?? take one ?]
She was right he didn't have his food from last 3 days properly ... he looked at the one she was having , and she exactly knew what he wanted ... so extended her hand and he took the bite from where she had one ... he cherished eating it as it tasted her and from her hand , it was more tasty now ...
", I was hungry " he said
" me too , wo sub muje acha nai lagta ... " [ i dont like all that food ] she said honestly ...
"pehlay kun ani bataaya ?? pata ha brij b pareshaan tha " [ y didnt u tell before , brij was also worried for u ]
" I didn't want him to know , I only had fruits from 3 years " ... he felt bad for asking her , didn't want to make her sad so tried to change the topic ..
" come ,sleep for some time ... then we will go back "
" hmm .. ".... By now they were in their room and he made her lay on the bed comfortably ... She slept off and he checked the mails in his laptop ... stealing glances of his junglii...
brij already called more than 5 times till geet woke up , maan knew he had to drop her soon ... So as geet got up , maan asked her to sit in the car and they both drove off from the farm house
On the way , maan was checking her out ... he had seen many girls but she was something else , her straight talks and everything ... she was looking outside , while he wanted her to look at him ..
" dora .." ..he first time called her this ... he thought its her real name ..
She turned n smiled ... " hmm "
" tum bahar kya dekh rahi ho ??" [ what r u looking outside?]
" arrey sub ha na bahar , I want to see everything ... Aur haan ander kia dekhun ??" [there r alot of things outside ,what should i see inside? ]
Maan so wanted to say , keep looking at me but how could he ..
" tum to mere se baat b nai kar rahi " [ y arent u tlaking to me ?]
" kia baat karun ??" [ what should i talk ?]
" jo hamesha karti ho .." [ as u talk always ]
" tu keh rha ha k main boht bolti hun ???" [ u r saying that i talk too much ?]
When he said that ?? he so much loved her blabbering ...
" ab main nai bolti " [ i will not say anything now ] ...she turned the face again ,and looked outside ...
" baat to suno " [listen] ... She don't reply ..."
" dora .. " he calls but she don't reply ...
As the car stopped on signal , he got another idea , the mischevious one ... he bent so near to her ear and called " baby " ..
she instantly turned , and her cheeks brushed his lips .., for a second both lost ., when their eyes met ...as his gaze shifted to her lips , she blushed thinking how passionately he kissed her on his bday , the signal blinked ... he placed a peck on her cheek , moved back n started driving ... she was smiling now ,,
" u r looking like fresh red apple , and I want to have a bite " ... He said shamelessly ...
"besharam romeo " ... she hit his shoulder , and he let a dramatic hisss... n she mutters " " nautanki "
Both drove towards GM and brij was already waiting outside , as maan told him they r coming ... Geet stepped out of the car and brij hugged her
" don't leave me ever again " he said , , as he thought geet again went somewhere and will not come back ..
" never " ... she affirmed him ..
Maan could see the bro sis bond , and smiled , being happy for his junglii , who had someone to care for her ...
Maan left half heartedly ,bidding bye to them , he wanted to have some more time with her but it was not possible now ...
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