[FF] #YKAGH... pyaar ki iss rah par CH 74 PG-98 - Page 64

Chapter 55

Rahul maanvi leaves for the dance studio where they will meet up with twinkle. Shaleen and raj leaves for the music studio. Shaleen receives a text from neha, informing that the conference has been scheduled for evening. Shaleen had planned to work with neha on how he should talk with the board members and what points he should think through regarding the contract. Raj wished to help him but Shaleen insisted on handling things on his own. Raj would be mostly busy with his investors and producers for the day.

Soon rahul maanvi reach the dance studio where twinkle was waiting for them. Payal had asked twinkle to meet back at sabarwal mansion so she will only stay till introduction between them and then leave. As the car enters the premises, twinkle gets all chirpy. She welcomes rahul maanvi and leads them inside.

Twinkle~ "Sir, your trainers / choreographers are already here. I have already talked with them about what you would expect for your song video."

Rahul~ "Good work twinkle. Did you make sure that we have a proper trainer so maanvi don't feel awkward during these sessions?"

Twinkle~ "Yes sir, they are very professional and will take care of everything. You wouldn't need to worry anout anything."

Rahul~ "Good. Only concern is I haven't had time to talk to maanvi about how much she know about different styles of the dances, or if she has ever learned any of them. Knowing her baba, I m doubtful that she ever tried any western dance styles."

Rahul was walking ahead with his normal pace and twinkle was half walking - half running to keep up with him. Maanvi followed them behind. Twinkle lead them in the room where their trainers had been waiting. As the three of them enter in the room, they see two people inside. One of them a guy; tall, slim dark haired and he looked about rahul's age. Other one a lady; she was also tall, slim and had long blonde hairs.

These two were doing some stretchs and warm-ups when rahul maanvi and twinkle entered. Seeing them, the guy came forward and wished them.

Guy~ "Buongiorno. Bonjour signora o signore. Piacere di conoscerti."

Rahul~ "Bonjour."

Maanvi had no clue what just happened but the lady understood it immediately. She came to maanvi and said "Parla inglese?... You speak english?" and gestured towards rahul and the guy. Maanvi understood what she was trying to tell.

Maanvi repeated her words to rahul and the guy "Parla inglese?"

Guy~ "Si signora. Me speak english."

Rahul~ "Oh, sorry maanvi. Mujhe nahi pata tha ki trainers Italy se aaye hain. Par agar tum chaho to hum request karke..." Maanvi stopped him before he could suggest an alternative.

Maanvi~ "Koi baat nahi rahul. Tum mere saath ho na to mujhe kabhi koi problem ho hi nahi sakti." They share an eye lock before rahul did the introduction.

Rahul~ "Let me introduce my lovely wife, maanvi."

Guy took maanvi's hand and kissed it "Nice to meet you, lovely signora. Me, antonio."

Lady also did warm welcome gesture "Hello signora. Nice to meet you. I m Elisa."

After the general introduction, twinkle took her leave to meet payal. Antonio and elisa talked to rahul to get further insight on what he wishes to achieve for his song video. Most their conversations were done in italian which meant that maanvi stayed clueless about it, but she did picked up somethings that sounded like familiar english words.

After the discussion, they finally started up with some basic moves. Antonio and elisa would do the steps together to show to maanvi as rahul knew them from his past experiences. Rahul helped maanvi whenever needed but maanvi turns out to be a fast learner.

Rahul~ "Wow maanvi, tum to kitna acha dance kar leti ho. Mujhe to lagta hai ki tumne shayad yeh pehle se seekha hua hoga."

Maanvi~ "Nahi rahul, seekha to nahi hai par meri friend hai na rupa, usko english movies or videos dekhne ka bahaut shauk hai. To uske saath maine bhi thode se iss tarah ke dance videos dekhe hue hain."

Rahul~ "Tab to mujhe rupa ko thank you kehna chahiye, meri wife ko mere liye pehle se hi training dene ke liye."

Maanvi~ "Acha ji? Thank you kaisa jab uss samay main tumhe pasand hi nahi karti thi. Aur kisko pata tha ki hum dono ki shadi hogi aur ek dusare se pyaar bhi."

Rahul~ "Acha honestly batana... agar tumhare baba rock music ko napasand nahi karte to kya uss samay, tab bhi tum mere liye yahi feel karti?"

Maanvi~ "Kya matlab?"

Rahul~ "Matlab ki itni saari ladkiyan mujh par tab se marti hai jab se maine apna career start kiya. Kya pata agar tumhare baba ko rock music se itni problem nahi hoti to tum bhi mujhe pasand karti?"

Maanvi goes into flashback mode remembering when she had first time heard rahul's song. She had felt the soul in his songs that stirred something inside of her which she had hidden only because her baba never approved of this type of music.

Lost in her thoughts, maanvi trips on the dance step but rahul catches her. Rahul held her firmly in his arms, staying in the same poise. Maanvi was stuck, she could neither run nor avoid answering his question now.

Rahul~ "Bolo na maanvi, tum bhi tab mujhe pasand karti thi na? Jhoote gusse aur nafrat ke naqab ke neeche... kahin na kahin tum bhi mujhe pasand karti thi. Wo bhi tab jab hum ek dusare se mile bhi nahi the. Mujhe maloom hai ki jab maine tumhari awaaz pehli baar suni thi tab mujhe kaisa feel hua tha. Aaj main yeh jaan na chahta hoon ki jab pehli baar tumne meri awaaz suni thi tab tumhe kya feel hua tha?"

Maanvi stared right in his eyes as there was no other choice she had. There was no escape the way rahul had held maanvi in his arms. The flashback continued again when she saw the music video starring rahul for the first time. The song was amazing and maanvi couldn't get the lyrics out of her mind for whole month. The song was a major hit as well, where ever she went, that song played and she couldn't get it off from her mind. She even had dreams in which she saw herself instead of the actress with rahul in his music video. Had anyone ever known this, they would have certainly said that maanvi had major crush on rahul back then.

Rahul gives a gentle nudge again to bring her back from her thoughts "Bolo na maanvi."

Maanvi's mind had been running with lightyears speed that she went back-n-forth between her old memories and present in less than a few seconds. Looking in his eyes wasn't helping much either and her cheeks had gained a slight tint of red. To avoid answering him or even hinting what is going through her mind, maanvi tries to make excuse "Kya kar rahe ho rahul, wo hume dekh rahe hain."

Rahul~ "To dekhne do, unke yahan yeh sab chalta hai. Unke liye, this is normal."

Maanvi~ "Haan, par..."

Rahul~ "Par kya? Mujhe jawaab chahiye maanvi." he stayed persistent.

Maanvi~ "Abhi nahi. Abhi hum yahan rehearsals ke liye aaye hain. Tumhe jo bhi jaan na hain, main tumhe baad mein bataungi."

Rahul helps stand her up "Theek hai. Par mere sawaal ka jawaab dene se tum bach thodi na paogi. Hum poore time to saath me hi rahenge... chahe wo dance practice ho, song recording ho, ya ghar par ho... Main bhi to tumhe bina jawaab jaane chodne wala nahi hoon. Aur haan jhoot bolne ki to sochna bhi mat! Mujhe pata chal jayega, kyunki tumhari yeh jo aankhein hain na... mujhe sab sach bata deti hain."

They resumed the rest of the dance practice for another hour or so, then headed back to the studio for song recording.

Raj was in his office, wondering about what had happened during shaleen's performance.

Raj~ "Maine pata karwaya par samjh mein nahi aa raha ki rahul ka naam beech mein kaise aaya? Maine personaly cross check kiya tha ki naam Shaleen ka hi ho. Phir rahul ka naam kaise use hua?"

Just then his secretary comes to remind raj about his meeting with the investors in half hour. Raj nods and lets him leave. Raj diverts his mind to the things he wished to discuss with the investors and asks his secretary that he does not wish to be disturbed for next half hour.

Two minutes later, there is a knock on his door.

Raj~ "Maine ne kaha na ki mujhe abhi koi disturbance nahi chahiye. Agar mujhse kisi ko milna hai to appointment le kar baad me aaye."

Mr. khurana enters the cabin and replies "Iss waqt meri baat se jyada important aapke liye kuch bhi nahi hai, raj."

Raj~ "Mr. khurana? Mujhe nahi pata tha ki humari koi meeting honi thi."

Mr. khurana~ "You are right. Yeh meeting off the record hai. Lets just say, a courtesy."

Raj~ "Courtesy? Main kuch samjha nahi?"

Mr. khurana~ "Rival courtesy raj. Main tumhare sawaal ka jawaab hoon."

Raj was perplexed over what Mr. khurana was trying to imply. Before he could ask, Mr. khurana gave his proper intro.

Mr. Khurana~ "Everyone knows me as K. S. Khurana. Short for Kishan Singh Khurana. I was in same batch as you raj. I had only one friend in the whole town, gayatri. She had moved town and came to live in same alley where I used to live. She shared her loneliness with me... her wishes and secrets with me. But your stupid prank drove me to leave. I had long forgiven you for that but... what you did to gayatri... I will never let that go. You have fooled everyone for so long, but now everyone will find out your ugly truth."

Raj~ "You were the one who sent me those papers and photos?"

Mr. khurana~ "Yes. I sent them as a warning but I see it had no effect on you. So now I came here as a courtesy, to bring this fight to fore-front. I m tired of playing games behind the curtains. There is no fun of doing things from the shadows. You will no longer be hiding behind your sons either, or use them as shield."

Raj~ "What do you mean?"

Mr. Khurana~ "If you didn't figure it out yet, then let me tell you that whatever happened during shaleen's performance... it was my doing. As one of the sponsorer, I had enough authority to leak rahul's name and draw a line between you and your son Shaleen. And soon Shaleen will leave your side like rahul. I know about the tensions between you and rahul. Have you wondered how rahul will react once he finds out your truth?"

Raj~ "So you are here to blackmail me?"

Mr. Khurana~ "No. I m here to get justice for gayatri... the one I had loved ever since I met her. You will pay for all the crimes you did and I will see to it personally. It is a promise I made to gayatri when I found out the truth. And today I make the same promise to you."

Raj~ "You can never prove anything. And even if you try to tell anything to rahul, he would never believe any word you say. Me and rahul may have few tensions between us, but he is my son. You will never succeed in your attempts."

Mr. Khurana~ "He may be your son, but he is more like his mother gayatri than you. I have seen him and known him for past few years. If anything I have learned about him is that once he finds out the truth about how his mother died, he would never rest until he will get justice for her. And I will provide all the proof he will need to see it through."

Raj~ "Why wait? Why not do it yourself?"

Mr. Khurana~ "Because gayatri was betrayed by someone she had trusted the most... which was you. And now I want you to know what it feels like when someone you trust the most... fights against you to get the justice you so rightly deserve."

With that, Mr. khurana leaves raj to think over what had just taken place in his office. The fight for truth and justice has finally announced itself for the coming days.

awesome...i rmembrd the epi in which rahul gt manvi's diary nd there it ws mentioned dat she hd huge crush on him...i will really wait to know manvi's answer to rahul's ques...bt sadly the show is going off air...feel like crying...like a vry important part of my daily life is ending...bt i request u to pls continue dis ff...so dat we nvr miss our ravi😭😭

Good work Cathy. We will miss our favourite show. But u will keep it alive.

Chapter 56

Shaleen was waiting for neha, pacing down in the room restlessly. He called reception every ten minutes to inquire about her. By another half hour, the call from reception informs him of neha's arrival. The receptionist replies to neha that she is expected and can go inside.

Seeing neha, shaleen lets out a sigh of relief "Thank god you are here, I was waiting for you."

Neha~ "Yeah, I get that. Apparently you have been wanting to see me urgently that even receptionist couldn't rest for a minute since you came to office today."

Shaleen~ "Oh, sorry about that. I may have been feeling a little bit nervous about video conference. I don't know how should I present myself... or what I should say in front of them? You have to help me, please..."

Neha~ "Geez... keep it together shaleen. You are totally losing it. You do remember what Rahul told you last night? He is right and you have already impressed the board members else they wouldn't have presented an offer to you. You just need to relax and be yourself. The board memebers are already impressed by your performance and how you handled the situation during event. You will be just fine."

Shaleen~ "You think? Ok, but what if I mess up? I have never had to face producers and sponsorers like this before, this is totally rahul's forte. What if I call Rahul to represent me?" he starts his fast pacing in the room again.

Neha~ "Oh come on shaleen, you are shaleen sabarwal. You don't need someone to represent you. If you are that sure that you will screw up, why don't we just cancel this conference and tell them off. I m sure even they don't want to talk to someone who cant even be sure of himself." Neha smartly uses reverse psychology to get shaleen into the similar mode he had when he was taking a stance in front of raj.

Shaleen~ "Wait, what?! Cancel... why?" neha's trick seemed to be working as it snapped shaleen out of his moment of falling out.

Neha~ "I was just suggesting that if you are doubtful whether you can deliver what you promised last night then we should probably cancel this conference and tell the board members off."

Shaleen~ "No way! Why would you suggest such a stupid idea? Are you crazy? I m perfectly fine and we will do this conference. This conference means everything to me. It will decide what future holds for me."

Neha~ "Now that is the shaleen I know. Now get ready, we will head to the conference room and go over some points that you should decide upon for your contract."

Shaleen~ "Alright, but you need to help me pickout the dress suited for the conference first."

Neha~ "Why do you want me to pick out a dress? You look good to me."

Shaleen~ "But... I look dumb in this shirt."

Neha~ "And act dumb too... Seriously shaleen? They want to see you and not some wacko wanna be rockstar and this is normal you. So would you quit trying to be some dumbo that you are not?" she pointed out.

Shaleen noded like a little kid who just got lectured by his maths teacher. Neha tells him to meet back in conference room in 15 minutes while she arranges some papers for him to make notes on before the meeting. Once outside shaleen's office, neha takes out her phone and texts.

"You were right. Thanks for the heads up. I will see what I can do to help him overcome his minor stumble and hope he can make his path the rest of the way like you said.
-Payal"

She walks down towards the reception and asks them to get some stuff in the conference room. Then she starts to head to conference room when her phone buzzed. The reply came,

"I know him and he accounts himself less than his potential. He has you right now. Once he is on this path, he will have nisha for the rest of the way, but you will have to make sure nisha will be the right support he will need.
-Rahul"

Neha understood as she had known nisha since she came in shaleen's life. Nisha clearly don't like Rahul so anything he would say, there is a great chance she would mistake it for his interference. That is why Rahul has asked neha to do the talking since he cannot directly talk to nisha.

Neha reaches the conference room and pen down the points she wanted shaleen to decide what he would prefer in context. Shaleen came soon and together he and neha talked about these points as what he would seek in his contract. The had coffee and snacks in conference room itself. After hours of work, neha suggested they take an hour of break before the meeting and shaleen agreed. The whole discussion has pumped up shaleen that he was not feeling the nervousness like he was feeling in the morning.

Soon the conference was done as well. The board members and shaleen has agreed upon a lot of terms for contract and the contract signing will be done with a company representative who will bring the contract papers within next week.

Shaleen decides to inform the good news to Rahul first and he goes in corridor. As he enters the corridor, he overhears neha talking to someone.

"...the contract is mostly finalized and it wil be signed by next week. I helped shaleen with the terms like you had suggested. By the way, that was very nice of you to help shaleen but why didn't you helped him directly?..."

The person from other side replied then neha continued. "...I understand but I think shaleen deserves to know that his brother will always be by his side whether he wants him to or not. Anyways, shaleen is happy for everything Rahul. Thought I should let you know. We will talk later. Bye and take care."

She disconnected the call and left to get back to her work for which she was here in delhi.

Shaleen heard most of the call and knew for sure that Rahul had been helping him indirectly. He had never felt more proud and happy to have such a supportive brother who had always stood up for him.

Rahul maanvi were in the car heading back home from a tiring day of dance practice and recording rehearsals. Maanvi feel asleep in the car itself. Rahul soon pulled the car in the parking space of sabarwal mansion.

Rahul gently nudged maanvi but she was deep in her sleep. He gets off and comes to her side of the car. Takes off her seat belt. As he tries to lift her up, maanvi puts her hands around him and holds on to him. Rahul gently lifts maanvi in his arms and shuts the door with his feet. He carries her inside the house. As he enters the hallway, his eyes falls on the people sitting in the hall. Sonali, dadi ji, dada ji, shilpa, upamanyu and harsh were all seated around the table full of snacks.

All head turns around and everyone looks at Rahul carrying maanvi in his arms. Before anyone thinks that something is wrong, Rahul quickly answers them "Iss se pehle aap log kuch soche main bata doon ki maanvi sirf so rahi hai. Usko gaadi me hi neend aa gayi thi. Maine usko jagaya nahi."

Dadi ji~ "Hay meri kuddi itna thak gayi ki gaadi me hi so gayi. Tu na uska bilkul bhi dhyan nahi rakhta hai. Ja pehle usko kamre mein sula kar aa. Uske baad menu teri khabar leni hai."

Rahul looks at dadi innocently as he walks away carrying maanvi. He enters the room and gently puts maanvi on bed. As he tries to leave, maanvi still has her hands around him firmly. He looks at her and forgets everything. He caresses her hairs, then slowly gets her hands off. He tucks her in sheets then heads back down.

Rahul~ "Haan dadi, kya keh rahi thi aap? Main maanvi ka khayal nahi rakhta? To kya ussko neend se jaga deta? Yahi chahti thi aap?"

Dadi comes to him, grabs his ear and twists them. Rahul almost screams in pain.

Dadi ji~ "Main uske liye nahi, maanvi puttar ko itna thakane ke bare mein keh rahi thi. Mujhe maloom hai ki tune apne kaam ke aage maanvi ke khane peene ka khalay nahi rakha hoga. Hain na?!" she demanded for an answer.

Rahul finally gets his ear free from her hands and replies "Haw dadi, tum apne pote ke baare mein aisa sochti ho? Pota hoon main tumhara, aise kaise maanvi ka khayal nahi rakhoonga? Sab dhyan rakha tha."

Upu~ "Humko poora yakin hai Rahul humari maanvi ka humesha khayal rakhega."

Sonali~ "Yeh to aapne sach kaha, jabse maanvi Rahul ki zindagi mein aayi hai, Rahul pehle se zyada responsible ho gaya hai."

Rahul~ "O hello, main pehle bhi responsible tha. Par haan, time ke saath sabko apni priorities ko shuffle karna padta hai. Aapne bhi kabhi ki hongi..." he tries to clarify.

Everyone laughs and dada ji adds "Rahul pehle sirf apne music ko le kar zyada responsible tha. Ab Rahul sabko barabar importance deta hai."

Nikhil comes running with his skateboard in one hand and adds "Dada ji, bhai ke liye abhi bhi music humse zyada important hai. Par maanvi bhabhi ke liye shayad bhai music jitna hi responsible hain, tab hi to bhai har samay maanvi bhabhi ko aur music ko ek saath karne ki koshish karte hai."

Nikhil completes his sentence and everyone understands what he was trying to tease Rahul about. Nikhil looks at Rahul and breaks for it, Rahul chasing him. Everyone keeps laughing about what Nikhil had implied.

ww..its an.awesome chapter...really cv must consult you for ideas u hve made this ff so special...ur ideas are beautiful loved...rahul manvi convo...seriously what d show hs become...it hsas killed their chemistry...bt pls u continue...ibll alwys wait fr new chapt

Chapter 58

Sonali walks in her room and finds raj's tie thrown on bed, coat on the couch, wallet and phone on the desk, handkerchief on floor and his bag on the other side of the floor. Sonali could hear sound of running water from bathroom. She walks up to the bathroom door and knocks but there is no reply.

Sonali~ "Raj, are you ok? The room looks like a war zone..."

Raj~ "Sonali please, main abhi akela rehna chahta hoon. Jab main kuch batana chahunga tab tumhe iss tarah poochne ki zaroorat nahi hogi. Abhi jao apne guests ko attend karo aur mujhe akela chod do."

Sonali wanted to argue about it but decided to leave him be. She then heads towards Rahul maanvi's room. She knocks on the door, Rahul answers it.

Sonali~ "Maanvi... oh good you are awake. Neeche shilpa aur upamanyu ji aaye hain. Tumhara wait kar rahe hain. Apna nashta finish karke neeche aa jana. Ok?" then she leaves.

Maanvi~ "Rahul, tumne mujhe bataya kyun nahi ki maa baba aaye hain?"

Rahul~ "Maanvi, tumhare maa baba aaye hain aur sabne mujhe tumhe apni bahoon mein utha kar kamre mein laate hue bhi dekha. Lo, bata diya."

Maanvi~ "Kya!? Maa baba ne mujhe aise dekha? Pata nahi sab log humare bare mein kya soch rahe honge? Soch soch kar mujhe tension ho rahi hai." She says in worry and nervous tone.

Rahul~ "Kuch nahi kahenge. Maine pehle hi keh diya tha ki tum poora din kaam karne se tired ho isliye gehri neend mein ho. Tumhari neend poori ho jayegi tab tum sabse mil logi. Ab jaldi se nashta finish karo phir sabse mil lena." He offers a spoonful of snacks towards maanvi who first looks at him and then eats her snacks.

Maanvi still felt nervous about what everyone will think seeing Rahul carrying her like that. She checks her dress and her hairs. Rahul comments "Achi lag rahi ho maanvi. Chalo, neeche sab humara wait kar rahe hain."

Together they both head down stairs. Maanvi sees her parents and her brother having good time with dada ji, dadi ji, and sonali. She goes to meet her parents and tell them about her practice session and rehearsals.

After listening to maanvi's version, upu feels very proud and says to dada ji "Guru ji, aaj hum bahaut garv mehsoos kar raha hai. Hum humesha se apna beti ke liye aisa hi pati chahta tha jo uska humesha khayal rakhe aur humari beti ke sangeet ka bhi saathi bane. Rahul se acha pati humari beti ko mil hi nahi sakta. Humara beti bahaut kismet wala hai jo usko itna acha pariwar mila, jahan usko apne ghar jaisa pyaar mila. Humari beti ko aap sabke saath kabhi bhi apne maa baba ki kami mehsoos nahi hogi."

Shilpa agrees with upamanyu.

Rahul~ "Kaisi baat kar rahe hain baba. Maanvi ke liye aapki aur maa ki jagah to humesha wahi rahegi. Bas hum sab bhi ab maanvi ki zindagi ka ek hissa hain."

Maanvi goes next to Rahul, puts her arms around his arm and corrects him "Sirf hissa nahi, sabse zaroori hissa... zo mujhe poora karte ho."

Harsh~ "Maanvi yeh to galat hai. Tujhe Rahul kya mil gaya tu to bilkul uske hi rang mein rang gayi hai. Matlab pehle to mujhse bada ladti thi ki tujh par kabhi kisi aur ka haq humse zyada nahi hoga. Ab to matlab Rahul ka hi poora haq ho gaya. Kabhi Rahul se bhi to pooch le ki uss par sabse zyada haq kiska hai, nahi to pata chala ki Rahul par baki logo ka bhi haq hai." He teased.

Sonali~ "Nahi nahi, Rahul par bhi maanvi ka poora haq hai. Dekha nahi kaise maanvi poora waqt Rahul ko apne aas pass rakhti hai."

Rahul~ "O hello, main maanvi ko apne aas pass rakhta hoon." He tried to correct.

Harsh~ "Haan to ek hi baat hui na. chahe tum maanvi ko apne aas pass rakho ya maanvi tumhe apne aas pass rakhe, baat to ek hi hai."

Maanvi defends "Ek minute dada, pehle aap yeh decide kar lijiye ki aap meri tang keechna chahte hain ya Rahul ki?"

Harsh~ "Par main to dono ki tang kheechunga. Akhir saala hoon, ab itna to mera farz banta hai ki main apni behen aur jeeja ko ek jaisa treat karoon. Pehle to mujhe poora din apni behen ko pareshan karne ko milta tha par ab to kabhi kabhi mauka milega, to uss mauke ka main to poora fayda uthaunga. Kyun Rahul, sahi kaha na?" he looked towards Rahul.

Rahul~ "Yeh baat bhi sahi hai. Ab agar harsh nahi karega ko kya maa baba yeh sab karte hue ache lagenge?" he jokes about it.

Harsh in that context asks maanvi to come to a corner. "Maanvi, tum aur baba toh humesha Rahul ko bahaut ghatiya insaan samajhte the. Par ab toh tum dono Rahul ke naam ka jaap karna hi nahi chodte. Baba mujhe poora din yahi sikhate rehte hain ki Rahul ko dekho... wo itna acha hai, kitna sabka dhyan rakhta hai, responsibility bhi ache se nibhata hai. Aur aaj toh maine dekh bhi liye ki wo kaise tumhara itna dhyan rakhta hai." He had a touch of jealousy and tease in his tone.

Maanvi~ "Dada, yeh aap Rahul ki tareef kar rahe ho tana mar rahe ho? Kahin aap Rahul se jealous to nahi ho rahe ho? Waise Rahul mera itna dhyan rakhte hain jitna aapne aur maa baba ne bhi nahi rakha."

Harsh~ "Wah re dal badlu! Rahul se shadi kya hogayi tumne toh har baat par Rahul ki side lene ki jaise kasam kha ke rakhi hai. Itni tareef mat karna ki Rahul chane ke jhad par chad kar baith jaye."

Maanvi~ "Rahul aise nahi hain. He is very down to earth. Nahi toh abhi tak itni popularity ke baad, itne saare fans ka pyaar milne ke baad, sabki tareefoon ke baad Rahul ka already sir chada hua hota... par aisa nahi hai. Rahul apni life ko normal jeena pasand karte hain aur rehte bhi hain. Who kehte hain na... keeping it simple."

Harsh~ "Good point. Chal iss baar to maine teri baat maanli. Par kabhi kabhi thodi zyada tareef karne se insaan chane ke jhad par chad jaata hai. Akhir wo bhi to insaan hai. Thoda dhyan rakhne mein koi burayi bhi toh nahi hai."

Maanvi~ "Theek hai, maine aapki advice sunli. Par mujhe nahi lagta ki mujhe iski zaroorat padegi."

Harsh~ "Overconfidence..." he was about to quote but maanvi stopped him.

Maanvi~ "Trust. Mujhe apne pyaar par, apne pati par, Rahul par poora bharosa hai. Ab chale? Itni der se hum ek side mein batein kar rahe hain, sabko lagega ki bhai behen khichdi paka rahe hain."

Harsh smiles and agrees to her statement. They rejoin the rest of the people in hall. After a hearty catch-up between the two families, chatergee family is ready to take leave. After Harsh, shilpa and upamanyu leaves the sabarwal mansion and a nice family dinner from which raj was missing, Rahul maanvi return to their room.

Maanvi~ "Rahul, mujhe tumse kuch baat karni hai." She had a little hint of worry which Rahul easily missed as he had something different running through his mind.

Rahul~ "Mujhe bhi tumse kuch poochna hai." He had a little hint of mischief in his way.

Maanvi~ "Theek hai pehle tum poocho."

Rahul~ "Kyun ki tumne baat pehle shuru ki to pehle tum poocho."

Maanvi~ "Ab hum pehle tum pehle tum hi karne wale hain kya poori raat?" they both smile at that.

Rahul~ "Main to bas curious tha ki tum aur harsh itni der akele mein kya baat kar rahe the. Aur tum?"

Maanvi~ "Rahul, kya tumne notice kiya ki papa aaj..." she didn't need to complete sentence.

Rahul~ "Haan. Mom bhi kisi baat ko lekar pareshan lag rahi thi. Hosakta hai ki dad kaam ko lekar kuch upset ho aur isliye mom bhi pareshan hain. Par mujhe lagta hai ki iss baar dad ne mom se bhi apni problems share nahi ki. He usually tells her everything."

Maanvi~ "Kya reason ho sakta hai Rahul?"

Rahul looks at her annoyed "Mujhe kya pata maanvi. Tum to mujhse aise pooch rahi ho jaise mujhe sab pata hota hai."

Maanvi~ "Acha theek hai, sorry. Ab tum upset mat ho."

Rahul~ "Upset kaise nahi hoon? Main itna acha romantic masti wala mood bana raha tha aur tumne serious topic shuru kar diya."

Maanvi~ "Mujhe kya pata tha? Acha maine sorry kaha na." she makes puppy doll face.

Rahul looks at her and melts but he keeps his stern face to let maanvi set the romantic mood now.

Maanvi steps close to him and cutely holds her ears. Rahul turns to his side so he does not have to see her directly but he keeps stealing glances from the corner of his eyes. Maanvi slowly comes closer to hold his arm, tilts her head to look at him. Rahul looks at her as she smiles once.

Rahul~ "Maanvi this is so not fair!"

Maanvi confused "Ab maine kya kiya?"

Rahul~ "Tum... tum... tum cheating karti ho. Tum iss tarah pyaar se dekh kar har baar apni baat manwa leti ho. Tumse thodi der theek se gussa bhi nahi ho pata hoon."

Maanvi~ "Toh theek hai, tum thodi der gussa rehlo. Main thodi der baad tumhe manane aa jaungi." She said and turned around flaunting her lady style. She had barely taken a step when Rahul quickly grabbed her hand and pulls her in his arms.

Rahul~ "Thodi der baad ka kya kaam jab gussa utar chuka hai? Ab jab mood romantic ho hi raha hai to kyun na romance kar hi le?" he was back on his mischief mode. They enjoy some slow music, a romantic dance... to end their day.

Raj was in his study, pacing around thinking about his hand in gayatri's murder. He sits in his chair wondering on how he can stop Mr. khurana from bringing the truth in front of the whole world. It must have been few minutes when his trail of thought is interrupted by a knock on the door, it was Rahul standing in front of him.

Raj~ "Rahul, iss samay... kuch kaam tha?"

Rahul~ "Aapse baat karni thi. Poochna tha... How could you dad? How could you do this?"

Raj is taken back by this question. The first thought that came to his mind was did Rahul found out? Did Mr. khurana told everything to Rahul and now he was here to finish the conversation? He collects himself up and asks him "Kya kiya maine?"

Rahul~ "Itne innocent mat baniye ki aapko kuch pata hi nahi ki aapne kya kiya. Aapne meri maa ko dhoka diya dad! Mujhe dhoka diya! Itne saal mujhe andhere mei rakha!" his eyes starts to fill with tears.

Raj~ "Maine koi dhoka nahi kiya Rahul..." he still tries to make his way out. His mind working on how he can play the I m innocent' card and blame Mr. khurana to have gathered fake evidence against him.

Rahul~ "Ab aapka jhoot nahi chalega dad. Aapne meri mom ka khoon karvaya hai. Mujhse meri mom cheeni hai dad!... Dad?... should I even call you that? Mujhe lagta tha ki jo aapne maanvi ke baba ke saath kiya, uss se zyada bura aap kisi ke saath nahi kar sakte. But god I was so damn wrong! Aapne toh apni biwi, apne bete ke saath uss se bhi zyada bura kiya!"

Raj~ "Rahul beta, please let me explain!" his lies were out in the open and Rahul was not going to listen to him now. He felt more angry at mr. khurana for bringing these differences between him and Rahul.

Rahul~ "Kuch nahi bacha hai explain karne ke liye. Ab aapko job hi kehna hai, aap police aur court ke saamne kehne ke liye bacha ke rakhiye." And he starts to leave.

Raj is suddenly holding a gun in hands. He raises it up and asks rahul to stop but he doesn't stop. Rahul keeps walking away and "BANG!"

Raj suddenly wakes up and looks around. The loud thud that woke him up was due to the book that must have fell from his hands as he fell asleep on his chair. Raj was all sweaty and panting from the nightmare.

Raj takes a sigh "Bura sapna tha... Par agar maine jald hi kuch nahi kya to... Nahi main aise chup chap nahi baith sakta." He was determined to avoid letting the situation get to this point. But what he would do exactly was something even he wasn't sure of yet.

Nice update Cathy. Nice work.👏

Chapter 59

It was a bright sunny morning. Payal wakes up and finds a text message on her phone. The message was from vikas trying to apologize for what he did. He wanted to meet up to apologize to her properly. But she decided to ignore his message. She gets ready and joins everyone at the breakfast table. She keeps thinking why she wanted to avoid vikas so badly.

Rahul~ "Payal!?..."

Payal snaps out "Huh, what?"

Rahul~ "Kahan kho gayi payal? Main itni der se pooch raha hoon par tumne suna hi nahi."

Payal notices everyone looking at her.

Dadi ji~ "Sab theek to hai na puttar? Kyun gumsum si ho rahi hai?"

Payal~ "Kuch nahi dadi, bas aise hi. Wo Rahul bhai aur maanvi bhabhi ke album ke liye soch rahi thi."

Rahul~ "Par wo sab to pehle hi final ho gaya hai. Tumne hi to sab plans propose kiye the, ab aur kya karna hai? Waise bhi kuch naya karne ke liye phir se tumhe investors ke saath meeting karni padegi. But I think for my first album with maanvi, we got it all covered. Aur ab agar kuch changes kiye to album launch mein delay hoga."

Payal~ "Aap theek keh rahe hain bhai. But we can use new ideas for your next album."

Maanvi~ "Pehle ek album to kar lene do, baad mein next album ka sochenge. Yahan to meri ek hi album karne mein halat kharab ho rahi hai."

Rahul~ "Offo maanvi, tum bekaar mein pareshan ho rahi ho. You are doing great, like a pro."

Nisha rolled her eyes as no one has shown any interest about how shaleen's contract is progressing. But shaleen knew the truth that Rahul has been supporting him all along which he thought better to keep hidden from nisha.

Payal to change the topic so as to distract everyone from her, mentions shaleen's contract. "Shaleen bhai, aapki meeting kaisi rahi? Aapki receptionist se pata chala that you rocked the meeting. Even neha seemed very impressed by your work."

Shaleen~ "Hmmm, it was nothing special. I had lot of help."

Payal~ "Oh don't be so modest bhai!"

Shaleen~ "Seriously, neha ne meri preparations mein bahaut help ki. Its surprising ki modeling field mein hone ka baad bhi usse music field se related choti choti batein pata hai." He glanced at Rahul who acted as if he don't know anything but was happy with shaleen's work.

Raj~ "You know shaleen, neha jaise ache friends bahaut kam milte hain. You are lucky to have her."

Shaleen~ "Lucky to have friends like her... and such a supportive family."

Nisha~ "But neha tumhare saath Europe mein nahi hogi. Usne mujhe bataya tha ki usko yahin delhi mein hi shift kiya gaya hai. You will have to work on your own in Europe."

Shaleen~ "What? Usne mujhe yeh kyun nahi bataya?"

Nisha~ "I don't know. Tum aaj phir uss se miloge tab pooch lena." She acted like she didn't care but truth be told, she was happy to be away from neha as nisha felt uncomfortable having neha around shaleen. Nisha felt that neha and shaleen has something more between them than what it seems but her problems will soon be over when she and shaleen will be gone to Europe for moving forward with shaleen's career in musical industry.

Soon everyone moved on with their new routine, Rahul maanvi went to the dance practice before their song recording, sonali and nisha had their usual kitty club gossips, raj with his meetings with investors and marketing team along with his remaining alone time spent on how to deal with mr. khurana. Shaleen was busy with neha for preparing his contract and rest of the basic necessities he would need to take care of. Whereas payal was trying her very best to avoid crossing paths with vikas again who started off with 1-2 messages a day to moving on and sending her messages about every few hours.

It had been almost 3 weeks following the same routine. Tomorrow, shaleen and nisha will be catching a flight to Europe that will set shaleen on a path of making his name in the music industry. And next week, Rahul and maanvi will finally be starting with video shoot for their album which is almost completed. Soon the album and the music video will have its launch as well. After that maanvi will try to avoid most of the screen time due to her pregnancy. Past week raj had barely returned home but today he was going to stop by for shaleen.

Dadi ji~ "Sonali puttar, Rahul aur shaleen abhi tak ghar nahi aaye? Shaam dhalne wali hai, abhi tak to sabko ghar aa jaana chahiye tha."

Sonali~ "Mommy ji, aa jayenge. Shaleen ki kal morning mein flight hai to aaj uska office mein last day hai. Rahul ne kaha tha ki office staff shaleen ke liye ek acha sa send off plan kar raha hai, wahi der ho rahi hogi."

Dadi ji~ "Aur maanvi aur nisha...?"

Sonali~ "Maanvi nisha ki final packing mein help kar rahi hai. Mujhe to yakin nahi ho raha tha ki nisha ne maanvi se khud help maangi. Chalo acha hai, kam-se-kam iss bahane nisha aur maanvi ke beech thodi bonding to hui."

Dadi ji~ "Wo sab mujhe nahi pata, par main itna jaanti hoon ki nisha aise hi maanvi se help nahi legi. Maanvi kyunki Rahul ke saath har waqt rehti hai to wo ab yeh sab music album se related baatein jaanti hai. Nisha shaleen ki help kaise kar sakti hai uske tips le rahi hai maanvi se."

Sonali~ "Wajah jo bhi ho, iss hi bahane se hi sahi par nisha kam-se-kam maanvi ke liye ek soft corner zaroor rakhti hai."

Dadi ji~ "Yeh baat to tumne bilkul sahi kahi."

Just then everyone starts to arrive. Rahul, shaleen and neha returned home from studio, raj also arrived home a few minutes later. Maanvi and nisha came down in the hall as well.

Sonali~ "Rahul, payal kahan hai? Wo to tum logo ke saath mein hi thi na?" she inquired.

Rahul~ "Payal to humare saath hi studio se nikali thi par usne kaha tha ki usko raste mein kuch kaam hai. I think ki wo abhi aati hi hogi."

A minute later, payal enters with vikas. Apparently payal's car broke down and vikas happened to be passing by and offered to drop her home. Vikas had brought a see off gift for shaleen that he wanted to give it to him personally, which is why he was also heading to sabarwal mansion.

Vikas congratulated shaleen and nisha, and handed him the gift. "But I have a request, ki iss gift ko tum dono wahan pahauch kar hi kholo ge. It's a surprise."

Nikhil~ "Suspense? Wow! Matlab humko bhi shalen bhai ke wahan par pahauchne ke baad hi pata chalega ki unke surprise gift mein kya mila hai?" he made a disappointed face.

Vikas~ "Don't worry, tumhare shaleen bhai ke flight mein baithte hi main tumhe bata dunga ki maine unhe gift mein kya diya hai." He promised to Nikhil.

Shaleen~ "But iski koi zaroorat nahi thi."

Vikas~ "Oh don't be so formal shaleen, tum mere bhi bhai jaise ho. I wanted to do something special for you so I did it. Makes me happy."

Payal asked everyone to celebrate the evening with the shaleen's favourite cake that she picked up on her way back and they all had some good family time. Soon the night passed and the time came for shaleen and nisha to be off on their new journey. The family see them off and everyone went back to their daily routine again.

Back home, Dadi ji noticed that raj had been looking quite weary for past week whenever she saw him and asks sonali about it. Sonali told her that since the night when upu visited, raj had been looking quite worried and has denied to talk about what is bothering him.

Dadi ji~ "Kya raj shaleen ke Europe jaane se khush nahi hai?"

Sonali~ "Mujhe nahi lagta ki yeh baat hai. Baat kuch aur hai par raj to iss baare mein baat bhi nahi karna chahte."

Dadi ji~ "Tumne Rahul se poocha?"

Sonali~ "Nahi mommy ji, Rahul already bahaut busy rehta hai isliye maine Rahul se bhi iss baare mein kuch nahi kaha. Wo bekar mein pareshan ho jayega. Waise bhi uski video shoot ko lekar wo busy hai. To iss baare mein Rahul na hi soche to acha hai."

Dadi ji~ "Tum theek keh rahi ho. Jo bhi hoga, rab kare sab theek ho jaye."

And they returned to their normal routine as well. Raj had been spending most his time, either in his office or in his place that was out of city where he keeps most of his things related to his dark secrets. No one has ever known about this place because raj brought this place after he had won that singing talent competition in which he betrayed his best friend upamanyu, and he had never mentioned this place to anyone.

Rahul and maanvi were at studio with payal. They were still finalizing whether the video shoot should be done on natural locations or in studio itself and then edited.

Payal~ "Maanvi bhabhi ko kitna travel karna chahiye iss point of view se hume sochna chahiye na?"

Rahul~ "But natural locations ka apna look aur feel hi alag hota hai. Hum fake kaam kyun kare jab itni achi locations hain video shoot ke liye? Original locations par shoot ki hui video pure magical lagengi."

Payal~ "Sirf apne song ke video shoot ki hi lagi hai aapko, apni wife ke bare mein bhi soch liya karo."

These two were arguing but maanvi had walked up to the window and humming a tune looking at the outside view. A moment later, Rahul realized and tries to listen to what maanvi was singing.

Maanvi was singing "Dhal gaya din ho gayi shaam" song.

~~Dhal gaya din ho gayi sham, jaane do jaana hai
Abhi abhi toh aaye ho, abhi abhi jaana hai
Dhal gaya din ho gayi sham, jaane do jaana hai

Sitam mere dil pe jo dhaya, kasam lage usko meri jo jaaye
Na aise dekho mujhe na took zara
Yeh socho bura zamana hai
Dhal gaya din ho gayi sham, jaane do jaana hai

Guzaari kayi saath humne kayi rate
Na jaane kab khatam hogi teri baate
Abhi na jaane koi tarana, khoye fasane abhi sunane hain
Dhal gaya din ho gayi sham, jaane do jaana hai

Banate ho yeh roz hi bahana
Na jaane na dega aaj yeh diwana
Maana ji maana tu hai diwana
Mera diwana bada sayana ha

Dhal gaya din ho gayi sham, jaane do jaana hai
Abhi abhi toh aaye ho, abhi abhi jaana hai
Dhal gaya din ho gayi sham, jaane do jaana hai~~

The light from the window falling on maanvi, making her look like a shining dew drop on the grass in the morning. This gave the same impression to payal and Rahul that they both had exact same idea on how they wanted to do the video.

Their eyes shone brightly as they both agreed on the shoot of the video. Rahul then simply stares at his beautiful maanvi. It was time for all three of them to return home.