ManVik's boss-employee talk in the kitchen touched my heart. 
Him calling her 'boss' and expressing how he doesn't feel like a boss anymore and ---- her on the other hand, standing firm in reality, softly reminding him that he's the boss and she's just his employee... It was so pure and genuine. 
For me, the writers beautifully crafted the root conflict of Mannat and Vikrant becoming ManVik in that simple scene.
Mannat has put Vikrant on the pedestal of BKB and for her it's sacred as her faith in her Babaji. About him being the boss, she is not unaware that he has stepped down from that chair even though he never leaves an opportunity to chant the boss-employee thing. She cherishes the friendship that blossomed between them. She believes that she has 'haq' on him. She's aware of the proximity and has not yet gained clarity of her feelings. Thanks to Neetu’s occasional pouncing on Mannat, by now it's ingrained in Mannat's mind that she and Vikrant are not meant to be together. It's this class difference that pulls her back everytime he takes a step towards her.
Mannat couldn't have unnoticed the shift in the air around her and Vikrant. But Neetu’s theories on her has rooted deep in Mannat's mind that either her senses are not picking up the n number of hints (both verbal and non-verbal) he has been dropping or her mind has effectively imposed a 'don't-cross-the-line-no-matter-what' sanction on her heart.
Edited by MeeraWrites - 5 months ago
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