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Maan watched from shadows as Geet who had white bed sheet wrapped around her finish the ras malai. She happily got up and checked her bed sheet. She gave a little laugh,'' bhootni! Jijju is so gullible.''

Maan was hesitant, did geet pretended to be a ghost to scare dev and naintara?

He heard footsteps and noise of bangles behind him, he looked left, right and then climbed up onto the nearest wall. No one could see him due to dark as he hid in a shadowy part. Geet heard the movement too. She quickly grabbed the bed sheet and threw it off the wall. The sheet sailed pass right beside Maan. He let out a deep breath.

Naintara came into view, she looked at geet who was standing there, she went over to her,'' Geet where did you go, I was waiting for you in our room.''

Geet gave her an angry look,'' di, you threw me out without dupatta. I will tell amma ji in the morning.''

Naintara looked at her with innocent eyes,'' sorry, I made a mistake. Don't tell amma ji.''

Geet started walking toward their room,'' You know me di, I really love you and I can't see anyone in distress, so I will forgive you this last time.''

Naintara,'' Okay, I won't do anything like this again. It was useless anyway, I didn't know Dev was such a coward. He imagined he saw a ghost outside our window. Ghost and here? Can you imagine what would have happened if we had gone out to meet in field? I won't meet him at night again.''

Geet innocently replied,'' ghost did you say? Here? How can that be?''

She went inside and he could no longer hear them. It was a wonder no one else was awake, these two were talking so loudly. And geet, he jumped down from the wall, she was not as innocent as he thought. What ghost? He smirked. He remembered their first meeting and the way she had turned the tables on him first time. It had been a shock for him. Today she gave him another one. She was straight like a jalebi but man, he couldn't wait to eat this jalebi.

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Next day, geet and naintara were going to town for wedding shopping. They needed to buy clothes and other gifts for relatives. Maan tagged along as well in lieu of giving opinion regarding his relatives.

He was talking to Amma ji, his gaze lowered but from time to time, he would look at Geet. Geet noticed this and was almost okay with it. But did he want to time pass with her or more? Until he asked for her hand from her family she didn't want to encourage him.

Everyone went into the shop and females sat down on chairs provided by the shopkeepers while Maan and brij were standing behind them.

One salesman saw geet and his face lit up like a bulb. He almost pushed the other salesperson away in his hurry to reach her. He grinned and started showing geet different dresses. Maan watched this quietly.

Salesperson showed her one pink unstitched suit with embroidery on borders and sides,'' This design has just come in, it would suit you.'' Don't know why suddenly his gaze wandered to man standing behind her, who was looking straight at her, one look into his eyes and salesperson felt his legs weaken with fear, he looked at suit, no longer looking at geet and said,'' it would really suit you behan ji (sister).''

Geet who was checking the embroidery looked up at him in shock. Behan ji?, she looked like behan ji to him? she glared at him,'' This is so least season, show something else.''

Maan smiled in satisfaction.

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Maan changed into night suit and started waiting for his friendly ghost to make an appearance. He waited, waited and waited and finally dosed off. Nothing happened. Next few days passed but nothing happened. Was he overthinking? May be there was a misunderstanding. But he had seen geet that night.

That night he was sleeping when suddenly light went off. The heat made him wake up and open the window. He went back to bed when his door suddenly opened and closed. He got up and said in scared voice,'' Who is there?''

Silence, complete silence and then, his bed shook, Maan almost rolled his eyes, such juvenile tricks. He asked again,'' who is there?'' meanwhile he grabbed the mask he had prepared for the occasion from under his bed and put it on.

There was suddenly light in room, and in centre his friendly ghost was standing holding a candle. The ghost was about to do something, perhaps laugh evilly but the moment it glanced at his face, a loud female shriek sounded in the room. Geet ran outside, there were loud voices,''what is that noise.'' What happened?'' suddenly light came on. Geet who had taken off her sheet was standing there now looking normal. Maan came out of room too, he had taken off his mask,'' what happened?'' he asked innocently.

Geet looked at him suspiciously and then, at brij and his wife,'' I saw a ghost.'' She said finally. Brij let out a deep breath,''geet stop playing pranks at mid of night, I don't know who has spread this ghost rumor, I have heard even servants talking about it. If there is a ghost, I will break its legs if I found it.''

Geet nodded as she rubbed her left leg in worry,'' hmm.''

Maan tried to control his laughter.

Geet went downstairs grumbling like a child who had been asked for time out.

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Next day, Maan could see geet was grumbling here and grumbling there. He expected that today he wouldn't get any 'special'' milk but she again came upstairs and this time Maan was suspicious. This was something else but what?

He sipped the milk as he saw her cute mouth curled in a pout. He wouldn't mind kissing that pout off her face but there was no chance of it in near future.

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