Here you go for the next Chapter..
Me building up the sequences for 10 flavours.. Chapter 21 will start with flavours of romance.. Hope you guys like it.. Waise i want ideas for bubbly/dreamy sequences.. u guys have good suggestions.. please do tell me..
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Yay
Chapter 20:
Jhanvi was looking at the wounded and bruised Gauri. She was almost into tears seeing her like this. She enquired Gauri for some time and she went to discuss the further course of operation with Om.
"Mom, high time we take legal action against her.." He was furious and raging
"Om, relax, I can understand your feelings but our product launch is just a month away and now any kind of negative impact to the family will spoil the reputation. So we have to stay calm for a month"
"Mom.. but aap Svetlana ko janti hain na. she has gone to extent of killing my Gauri.." he was lost in mad rage
My Gauri..!! Jhanvi smiled. So afterall, her wish is coming true
"Om, tum jaante ho, how this works. Agar hum complain denge bhi, we have to explain about ur nuptials to media. Which we can, after this launch and all. It's our dream project and stakes are running high. U understand this, don't you?"
"Mom, aur kuch ho na ho, main media ki saamne declare karke hi rahoonga. I will wait for amonth and then I am gonna declare this infront of media. Enough of this. I want to live with her peacefully. She thinks that she is not suitable for me just because of all this. Kaise samjhaon mom"
"Om .. kya main Gauri se baat karke dekhoon?"
"Mom.. aap kahenge to bhi yahi kahegi. She thinks she doesn't have lineage and she can't be my wife before the so called "Society of ours". She is not getting it that I don't care. I have had enough from this high society and all. Convince nahi kar paa raha hoon." Omkaara was clearly frustrated of her not letting him in, because of this differences.
"Om. Tu fikar mat kar. Wo masoomi hai Om. Tu bhi jaanta hain. She hasn't had anyone who cared for her since childhood. She has her own set of insecurities and fears. We can't force her out of it or snap her out of it, all of a sudden. It will take some time, but she will definitely understand. She loves you.." Jhanvi smiled at her son.
"Mom.." Omkaara looked at his mother with a ray of hope in his eyes.
"Haan. I think you should know by now. I don't know if she expressed this to you or not. But I can make out from her eyes, the way her face changes on looking at you. Maa hoon main. Poor thing doesn't have anyone other than us. We have to take a very good care of her. She has done something which no one can do without expecting favour. She is very nice girl, Om" Jhanvi hugged her son. "I know your heart. She knows it too. Zyaada din tumse door nahi reh paayegi"
A relieved smile came out from his lips..
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Omkaara had a day off since he was busy caring around wounded Gauri. He insisted to stay even when she said she can manage. He can notice a plastered smile on her face, due to that, which she had miserably failed to hide. He informed the hospital and insisted that she takes a month off as an precautionary advice from the office of commissioner.
"Nahi Omkaaraji. Main ek hafte mein teek ho javungi. Baad mein hospital chaloongi. Ek mahine break nahi le sakthi. Admin people allow nahi karenge"
"Gauri.. Tum samajthi kyun nahi.. ki your life is under threat. Main tumhe aise risk mein dobara nahi daal saktha. Please samajhne ki koshish karo. We are going to take a legal action on Sveltana after a month and once she is taken care off, you can start working. Bas ek hi mahine ki baat na?"
"Ek mahina omkaara ji. Main ek day off bhi itni aasani se nahi lethi. Ek mahinaa? Main careful rahoongi Na... aap fikar mat kijiye"
He got angry that she isn't taking her life's threat, serious.
"Tumhaari zindagi se badke mere liye kuch bhi nahi hain. So am not taking this warning light. Agar tumhari dil mein mere liye itni si care aur concern hain, meri baat maano" He turned away exasperated.
She fell silent with a small face. He saw her fallen face and went near her. He took her face in his arms and kissed on forehead. "mere liye ye nahi karogi, tum?"
She looked into his eyes with an unexplained expression "teek hai" Words came out of her mouth.
"Good girl. Wait I will get some soup for you. Tumhe pills leni hai"
"Mujhe soup nahi chahiye"
"Phir??"
"Mujhe gol gappe chahiye" She was chiding like a child.
"Gol gappe?!!? Tum tablets le rahi ho. You are still not fine, iss halat mein golgappe khana hain? Seriously??!!??"
"Mujhe khaane ki man kar raha hain. Bahut din hue golgappe khaake.." She pouted a sad smiley face which was too cute for him to handle. He pulled her cheeks.. "Bas 2 aur din, tum teek ho jao, main tumhe le jaata hoon. Golgappe shop?"
"Sach"
"Haan sach"
Omkaara smiled at his wife who resembled a wide eyed kid who was just promised a bar of his favourite chocolate.
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Gauri got better after few days and she was doing chores on her own. She felt it incredibly boring since he was out on work and she had been idle all day long, doing nothing. She spent some time with Jhanvi did all possible things to kill time, but it wasn't just moving. She was digging through the room, the closets to find something interesting when she stepped in his diary.
It was full of sketches by her own husband, of course. He had penned all his fond lovable memories since childhood and gauri was smiling all over, while sifting across pages. There was a sketch of girl, Nina, probably his first crush. Gauri looked at that her, felt she is beautiful. A little jealousy touched her heart that her husband was attracted to her once, how much ever she tried to suppress. Then there was a sketch of his cousins, himself when he got an award, Jhanvi and him, Daadi & Jhanvi. There was also a picture of his mother, him and his dad in childhood. As she went along the pages, there was a sketch of Ridhima. She remembered he made a vague reference of his relationship with her, once, may be longer one. She never cared to dig deep into it, then. Even now she need not care, since it's already dusted but it was his first love, so Gauri's in-built curiosities woke up. There were few sketches of Ridhima in a row, one being him kissing her. Gauri felt a vaguely disturbing feel and thought she should place it down now, but driven by curiosity continued to the next page. He had just written. "To my lovable wife.. With Love, Omkaara" and the page was empty. May be he intended to draw her when they were married,but since they broke-up he had left it empty. Gauri's jubilant state went down drastically on seeing the canvas book and she thought she shouldn't stay alone, else she would keep digging in for some more, which was not a nice thing to do.
Jhanvi was in her study.. She was deeply buried in a book when Gauri came.
"Maa.. Disturb to nahi kar rahi hooo?"
"Kya baat kar rahi ho tum, aajao"
Jhanvi made her sit beside her.
"Bolo Gauri. Kaisi feel kar rahi ho. Have the wounds heeled? Or is it still paining?"
"Nahi maa. It has heeled. Tablets le rahi hoon Na. It's better now"
"Toh bolo.. Are you getting bored?"
"Haan maa.. todi bahut" She was feeling reluctant how to ask Jhanvi about Ridhima."Ek baat pooch sakthi hoon maa"
"Haan poocho"
"Ridhima kaun hain maa?"
Jhanvi was surprised. "Ridhima.. Om ki ex-girlfriend hain Gauri. Didn't om tell you? Achanak uski bare mein kyun pooch rahi ho"
"Omkaara ji ne ek baar bahut vaguely uski bare mein bataya ta. Yaad nahi. Bas mein room mein kuch sketches dekh rahi thi, usme Ridhima ki sketches the..." Her very uncomfortable and sullen face was evident to Jhanvi.
"Haan. They were college mates and he was in a relationship with her for 5 years. Tej Ridhima ke saath teamup karke omkaara ko business mein infuse karne ki plan bana rahe the. Ridhima also manipulated omkaara for that. So Om gussa karke, he broke up with her."
"Oh. Usko to pata hain na.. Omkaaraji ek artist hain aur wo bhi a brilliant one. Aise kaise kar sakthi woh" Gauri's anger is evident from her face.
"Uski baat chodo. She is in the past, tu hi uski present aur future hain. Tum apni bare mein socho" She tried to gradually talk on this to Gauri.
"Wo kaise maa. Aap kya aapki bete ke liye aise ladki pasand karenge jiski naam pehchaan nahi ho? Yeh baat aapki family status aur hone wale generations bhi affect karti hain na? Issliye mein keh rahi hoon, meri aur omkaara ji ki rishthe ki koi future nahi hain. Main uski future spoil nahi karna chahthi"
"Family ki reputation aur status ke liye main na jaane kitna kuch kho chuki hoon, pata nahi. I don't want my son to live a fake life like me. Aur yeh sab cheesein om ko maine nahi rakthi. He wants to live with you and I think you want it too. Issliye yeh sab matter hi nahi karna chahiye"
"Maa par.."
"Gauri I wanted to ask one thing. I don't know if I can ask this. Par tumhaari aur Omkaara ki beech intimacy hain, I mean husband-wife relationship?"
Gauri was baffled how to answer this direct question of Jhanvi. "Wo maa. Aise kuch nahi hain"
"I know he feels for you. Matlab you are distancing yourself from him?"
"Main distance kyun maintain karoongi, aise kuch nahi hain maa"
"Ok so you are allowing him to express.. you know"
Gauri turned pink. She never thought Jhanvi would cross question her straight to the point.. "Wo maa. Wo.."
"Its ok Gauri.. He is your husband. And I don't think you are doing this without affection for him, in your heart?"
"Haan maa. Main Omkaara ji ki khushi ke liye kuch bhi kar sakthi hoon. Issliye na chahthe hue bhi door jaane ki faisla leh chuki hoon"
"Tumhe shaayad pata hoga, he is a one woman man. He doesn't flip between women. Mere bete ko main achi tharah jaanti hoon, Gauri. If he is getting closer to you, am sure jab tak tum zinda ho, he won't with another woman, in a life time. He gets closer to the woman only when he is in love with her. Agar tum usse chodegi, he will stay alone in his life. Yeh chahthi ho tum??" Jhanvi hit the bull's eye.
"Maa.. usse alag rehke main bhi khushi se zindagi jee nahi paoonga. Har din dua karti hoon, ki Omkaara ji ki zindagi mein bhagwan har khushi baksh de. Bas yahi chahthi hoon. Main nahi toh kisi aur ladki hi sahi"
"Gauri.. kya tum Om se pyaar karti ho?"
"Maa.."
"Jawab do"
"Haan.. Main zindagi bhar uski pyaar mein akele hi khush rahoongi. Bas uski life mein har khushi aajay that he deserves. He deserves someone better than me, maa. Jo less complicated ho, aur uski standard se ho"
"Gauri.. Mujhe pata hain tum apni background ki wajah se insecure ya low feel kar rahi ho. Par love is above all that. Yeh choti moti cheeson ke liye pyaar KO nahi chodna chahiye. I was madly in love with Tej until I found out him and Svetlana. Phir bhi main poori dil se nafrat nahi kar paayi. Pyaar ki wajah se meri poori duniya kharab hogayi, phir bhi meri pyaar badali nahi. Main tumhaari insecurities samajh rahi hoon, but I want you to try and overcome it for once. Give a chance to yourself. Ek baar try karke to dekho?"
"..."
"Tum mujhe maa samajthi ho naa?"
"Yeh kaunsi sawaal hain maa"
"Toh apni maa ki icha samajhlo. I want you to live a happy and content life with Om. Tumhe apni insecurities aur Om ki beech mein ek chunna hain. I hope tum Om ko chunegi"
Jhanvi hugged Gauri...
<to be cont>
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