Mere Apne2(AR) - Epi32-50- Index Pg1 - Page 90

As Muskaan nailed the last spike with a bang, Padma looked at her with her eyes widened, "nahin-nahin, main nahin bhejungi apni bachchi ko koi America-Wamerica." Padma howled agressively. "Mujhe nahin bandhna use kisi ajnabee ke palle. Bahut ladke pade hain uske liye. Hum yahin koi rishta dekh lenge. Koi kami thodi hi hai meri bachchi mein, lakhon karodon mein ek hai meri Riddhima... Bas main kal hi Chopra bhabhi ko phone karke mana kar dungi." Padma decided. When Shashank opened his mouth to say something, but she stopped him, "Aap ab kuch mat kahiyega. Main kuch aur sunna nahin chahati." With that she got up and left for her room followed by Shashank.

As soon as they were gone Rahul got up and lifted Muskaan in his arms squealing in joy, "Wow... mazaa aa gaya. Kya baat hai Muskaan, tumne to kamaal kar diya."

"Rahul dheere bolo... aur neeche utaaro mujhe." she scolded him looking around while he put her down, still embracing her.

"Thanks Muskaan, tum nahin jaanti ki tumne mere liye kya kiya hai." He kissed her cheeks loudly.

"Ouch Rahul..." she slapped his shoulder, "Tumhare liye kyun? Maine jo kiya, wo hum sabke liye kiya, khud ke liye kiya hai. Tumhe kya lagta hai, ki sirf tum hi Riddhima dur jaane se udaas hote, mujhe bhi to achcha nahin lagta agar wo itni dur chali jaati... Wo meri bhi to kuch lagti hai." She replied humbly while encircling her arms around him.

"Hmm, you are right. Lekin, I must say, what a way to convince Mumma-Papa... it was awesome. Kya story banayi tumne..." he praised her.

"I know I am the best." She rose her nose showing her self-importance, then sombering she added, "But whatever I said isnt completely a story Rahul."

"Kya matlab?"

"This morning, I thought a lot about our discussion last night. And after thinking over it again and again, I found that your fear is right to a great extent. I mean knowing that Riddhima is so vulnerable, we cant leave her alone at her own all of a sudden. And my main concern is that how will a stranger understand Riddhima? Hai to wo bachchi hi na." She explained her perception about the subject.

"Right... I also gave it a second thought, after you went to sleep last night. And I think I behaved a little over-possessive about her." He said rumpling his eyes.

"Wo to hai, but still I agree with you on this issue. Even I don't want Riddhima to go away. Wo yahan hai, to kam se kam zaroorat padne pe Yash ko to sambhal leti hai. Agar wo dur chali gayi, to use kaun sambhalega?" she chuckled lightening up the mood.

Rahul was about to retort when they were interrupted by a question.

"Bua kahin jaa rahi hai kya?" it was Yash. Muskaan and Rahul looked down to see him frowning with his hands placed on his hips. "Bolo na, Riddhima bua kahin ja rahi hai kya?" he questioned again frowning harder.

"Nahin bete, bua kahin nahin jaa rahi. Hum to bas aise hi baat kar rahe the." Muskaan replied parting away from Rahul since they were still standing, hugging each other.

"To phir aap kyun kah rahe the ki agar wo chali gayi to mujhe kaun sambhalega?" Yash asked.

Muskaan looked at Rahul for help. Rahul blinked his eyes in assurance and picked up Yash in his arms. Three of them sat on the couch in the living room and Rahul started explaining,

"Wo actually kya hai na bete, Riddhima bua ke liye ek shaadi ka proposal aaya tha. Aur agar bua ki shaadi fix ho jaati to wo America chali jaati."

"Main bhi jata na unke saath?" Yash questioned excitedly.

"Nahin beta, tum nahin jaa sakte unke saath." Muskaan caressed his hair.

"Kyun? Main kyun nahin ja sakta? Mujhe bhi jana hai bua ke saath... Main bhi jaaonga." Yash said stubbornly.

"Yash, bete aise nahin hota... Shaadi ke baad sirf bua jaati America, tum nahin..." Muskaan said.

"Kyun nahin, agar main bua ke saathe nahin ja sakta to main bua ko bol dunga ki wo mana kar de America jaane ko." Yash stomped his feet and started wailing.

"Yash..." Rahul held him back, "Yash..." Yash looked at him, "Sun na yaar..." he made Yash sit on his lap, "...arey hum bhi to nahin chahte ke bua America jaaye hum sabko chodkar, aur specially tujhe chodke. Isiliye to hum dadu aur dadi ko mana rahe the."

"Sachi?" Yash's eyes gleamed in joy as he almost jumped in Rahul's lap.

"Sachi." Rahul and hi-fived with his son.

"To bua nahin jayegi na humein chod ke?" Yash jumped down from Rahul's lap.

"Nahin jayegi bete." Muskaan assured caressing his cheek.

"Yayyyy, bua humein chodke kahin nahin jaayegi... bua nahin jayegi..." he turned again and started singing and dancing in happiness and hobbled out in the garden still singing.

Rahul and Muskaan chortled seeing their son going out.

Rahul shook his head, "Yeh Yash bhi na..." he turned to Muskaan and found her face solemned, Kya hua? Tum achanak pareshaan kyun ho gayi?"

"I am thinking about Yash Rahul." She answered looking towards the garden.

"Yash ke baare mein?" he wrinkled his brow questioningly.

"Haan, Yash ke baare mein." She looked at him, "Aaj nahin to kal Riddhima ki shaadi to honi hi hai, aur jab shaadi hogi to wo yahan se chali jayegi."

"To?"

"To main soch rahi thi ki jab wo chali jayegi, tab main Yash ko kaise sambhalungi."

"Bas itni si baat. Muskaan tum bhi na..." Rahul laughed at her, coz to him she was uselessly worrying about Yash.

"Rahul... I am serious. Aur 'BAS' itni si baat nahin hai." She rebuked.

He saw her still serious face and held her hand, "To kya baat hai?"

"Yash, Riddhima se bahut attached hai. Aaj nahin to kal Riddhima ki shaadi to honi hi hai. Abhi to jab bhi Yash pareshaan karta hai, Riddhima kisi tarah use mana leti hai, lekin uske peeche se kaun dekhega Yash ko? Kaun samjhayega use choti-choti baatein? Kaun uski zidon pe use handle karega? Wo to saara ghar sar pe utha lega. Abhi dekha na tumne, Riddhima ki jaane ki baat sunke usne kaise react kiya. Jab wo sach mein chali jayegi, tab kya hoga? Aur Yash to chodo, Riddhima khud bhi pata nahin kaise rah payegi uske bin? Use bhi to Yash ki aadat si padi hui hai." she fussed.

"Muskaan..." He turned to her and cupped her face in his palms, "Don't worry, sab theek ho jayega... Main hu na. Hum dono milke sab sambhal lenge. And I am sure, Riddhima will also help us in this." She nodded tearfully. He pulled her in a hug again, "Just pray, ki humein koi aisa ladka mil jaaye jo humaari Riddhima ko bhi samjhe, aur Yash ke liye uske pyar ko bhi."

"I will Rahul... And I am..." she gazed into his deep blue eyes.

Rahul smiled looking back into her light brown eyes and kissed her gently on her lips. They were drifted into their own romantic world, engaged in passionate kiss forgetting everything around. Rahul bend down pushing her lightly on the couch as she pulled him with her. A few minutes later, they broke their kiss on hearing the sound of breaking a Pot.

Rahul looked up and saw Yash jumping in the garden. He has broken a flower pot in the garden and was playing with the mud. Muskaan too followed his gaze and saw Yash messing up with mud and broken pot. They looked back at each other and broke out laughing loud.

"Yash, kya toda...?" Muskaan called Yash and walked out in the garden.

Rahul watched her ready to admonish their pranky son. He sighed thinking about their romantic moment. He loves his wife and his son. And soon there will be another little one in their lives. Rahul smiled thinking about the next member of their family who will join them very soon. He thought about Muskaan's delivery. After Muskaan's delivery Yash will have someone to play with... a new living toy.

But somewhere in his heart he knew that Muskaan's fear is justified about Yash. Yes, their new born will be Yash's new companion, and might help them to keep Yash occupied.      However, they need to find some solution as soon as possible, so that once Riddhima gets married; he doesn't create much trouble for them. He decided to spend more time with Yash now on.

As his eyes fell on the Riddhima's picture placed on the side showcase, his mind drifted towards Armaan. He silently prayed for his wish to come true. When he asked Muskaan to pray to find an appropriate match for Riddhima, he had only and only Armaan on his mind.

Loud ring tone of his mobile broke his chain of thoughts and he got up to go to his room.

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Dadi, Omang, Aarti and Armaan came back from Aradhyapur on Monday morning. Atul went to pick them from the Airport. Armaan told them that he is going straight to the office, but Aarti reprimanded him asking him to take a break sometimes. This time, he agreed without anymore ruckus. They went to their home and Atul left for work in a while.

After reaching home, Armaan went to drop off Vaibhav to his school, then came back and worked out for an hour. He did his breakfast followed by spending some time with his family. Then he retired to his room and spent most time there sleeping. He picked up Vaibhav from his school in the afternoon, where he also got to meet his yet another fan, Yash. Yash and Vaibhav asked him to go to McDonalds, so he happily took them there. The three of them also messed up and played in a Local park near Yash's house before Armaan dropped Yash his home and then coming back his to his own with Vaibhav.

Anjali noticed that Armaan was unusually calm all day. He sat with Vaibhav making him finish his homework which wasn't a common thing he does when two of them were together. Mostly, whenever Armaan was on leave from his work, they would either prefer to play some games or busy in planning and executing their grisly pranks making other's go crazy.

But today, as she watched him sitting with Vaibhav while he did his homework, she wondered what has gotten over him? Of course she was surprised when Atul informed her about Armaan accompanying Omang, Dadi and Aarti to Aradhyapur, but she had no idea it was just a small part of something she is missing out on.

Armaan wasn't the one who will stay so calm if asked to do something against his wish. He might not yell or throw tantrums like many, but his behaviour is more than enough to tell others that he is not happy to do something he doesn't want to. Everyone knows this about him, and never had they tried to enforce him in such situation except his marriage concerns. His family always has to force him into things in this regard.

Anjali wanted to talk to Omang and Aarti about this, but she didn't get chance to do so coz of house chores. Like Omang, even she decided not to speak to Armaan directly about it. Armaan can easily slip away from their hands, but Atul can dig him better. Maybe Atul is a better person for that, she thought.

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Rahul and Riddhima came to know that Armaan is on leave for the day. It was a big surprise for the whole office that Armaan has decided to take a casual leave like this, coz being a workaholic, he has never done that earlier, unless its an emergency.

Omang as usual might or might not come. Everyone knew he don't come everyday. Riddhima was rather disappointed to find that Omang has not come. She had something to talk about.

As usual, Riddhima got Armaan's cabin organized and went back to her cabin. She cancelled all the appointments Armaan had on that day and refixed them. She finished her work in few hours and decided to relax for a while. But then getting a call from Ashraya's site, she left in an office cab informing Atul about it.

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When Atul came back home, Omang called him to discuss Armaan's behaviour again. But they had to put the discussion on the back seat since Armaan walked in to talk to Atul about Office.

While conversing about work, even Atul noticed something different about Armaan's behaviour. He saw Armaan smiling in between from time to time. Armaan stayed oblivious of the fact that he is being watched.

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On Tuesday, Armaan went back to work like before. Finishing up his post arrival tasks, he went straight to Worker's colony site to check the work progress. Riddhima wasn't with him as she was to stay with Atul for Ashraya's work.

Soon after, Riddhima's work finished up and she decided to check if Omang has come. Since Omang has not come she went back to her cabin. 

Sitting in her chair, she closed her eyes once to relax when her work finished.

As soon as her eyelids dropped, a familiar silhouette appeared. Her eyes unlocked with a jerk as she looked around to see if he is actually there... but he wasn't... She sighed and scratched her brow in confusion. "Wo to yahan nahin hai... phir?"

Then sitting back resting her back on chair support, she closed her eyes again. Again the same face appeared in her vision. He was wearing the same outfit which he wore on Friday Evening. Same Tuxedo, same pair of trousers, same gray shirt with black tie. She saw him removing his Tuxedo Jacket and place it on the bar counter. Then, in the next bit he was dancing with the bunch of sexy girls and handsome boys.

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Armaan returned from his site-inspection a little after Riddhima finished her work and sat relaxing in her chair.

"Mr. Sodhi, I think this looks fine, but still, I have to get the quality of your product checked by my concern department." Armaan said as he inspected the sample of high-tension thick cotton rope, that Sodhi has shown him. He was standing with Sodhi, the rope manufacturer in front of the elevator door waiting for it to open.

When Armaan went to inspect the progress of the Site-work, Sodhi who has come there with the samples of ropes of different thicknesses to show it to the Site Supervisor was chatting with the Supervisor, but seeing Armaan there he was excited to show his product directly to the big boss. Taking the samples he walked to Armaan, but he was too busy with his inspection. Sodhi followed Armaan all over the place till he was done with the inspection.

Once Armaan was freed with his chore, Sodhi has almost pounced on him to show the samples. Armaan was initially a little bemused with the way he was following him and then jumped in front of him from nowhere, but after Sodhi's continuous requests, he reluctantly agreed to see his product. He told Sodhi that he should speak to the concerned person incharge regarding all this and asked Sodhi to come to the office. Sodhi was delighted with that, so he has tailing Armaan's car from site and as soon as they entered building he requested Armaan to check his product himself atleast for once. Armaan sighed and asked him to show it to him.

Factually, the construction department of Marvels has ordered some high-strength ropes for the site work. The ropes were used in multiple ways by the labors working on the site. It was used to tie the supports for roofing and concreting, for the safety of the labors that work on high elevations and have to hang down the building for several tasks and many other purposes.

Although it was a very small thing to be handled by the owner of such a big company and Armaan was not supposed to handle the issue, but sometimes he himself prefer to take care of the safety related stuff, even if they are of very little importance. To him the safety of his work-force is of the utmost priority. And since these ropes play an important part in safety of his people, he has agreed to see the sample himself.

"No Problem sir, you can get it checked with anyone you want. In fact I will leave the sample here with you. I can assure you sir, we provide the best ropes with finest quality which no other manufacturer can provide. We will be highly obliged to offer our products to such a prestigious company like yours sir." He boasted trying to flatter Armaan.

"I am sure you do Mr. Sodhi." The elevator's door opened "You can speak to our Site Safety Incharge. He is on the 3^rd floor. And, for the rest, our receptionist is there." He pointed towards the receptionist sitting in the entry hallway, "Now if you could please excuse me." Armaan smiled politely and entered the elevator leaving Sodhi waving him good-bye.

As the elevator door closed, Armaan shook his head. Its not a new thing when people would insist him to see their work or products. He has dedicated employees to look after such things and everyone knows it that these sort of small things aren't not handled by the Owner himself, but still the vendors never leave a single chance to try their luck to speak to Armaan Malik, even if its comes out to be fruitless for them. After all who wants to leave a chance to be an acquaintance with the emperor of the biggest business house of the country?

He sighed as the door opened and entered his cabin. Looking around through his well organized cabin he smiled. It indicated that Riddhima has come to the office already. As he removed his Jacket he realized that by mistake he has also brought the rope sample with him.

"Ye mere paas kaise rah gayi?" he muttered. Placing the sample on his table, he removed his jacket and stretched his arms above his head.

Then as he sat on the chair, his slipped into Riddhima's thoughts. He wasn't thinking about anything in specific, but was just smiling. He glanced towards her cabin, the blinds were closed. Then looking at the rope sample lying on his table, he thought about something. Picking up the rope he got up and walked to her cabin.

He stood in front of her door and knocked it. Being the boss, it was unusual for him to do that coz otherwise he used to call her instead of going to her cabin, but he still waited for her response. When she didn't respond, he knocked again. Again no response. Is she not inside? He pondered. Then reluctantly, he opened the door and entered her cabin.

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Riddhima was still in her state of reverie. She recalled how Armaan had danced effortlessly with the huge bunch of girls and boys. She knew that Armaan Malik, the Chairperson and Owner of 'The Marvels', is a big personality and not to mention extraordinarily conspicuous in the business world, but she had no idea of his popularity among the locals. It surprised her to see that he is equally famed among other people as well, even though they are strangers to him.

This was an absolutely new side of Armaan she witnessed. The Armaan she knew is an arrogant, high-headed, perfectionist businessman, who is also her boss. A man who never leaves a chance to tease her, who always looks ahead to find ways to Arghhh her. Yes he is a dominating boss who loves yelling at people if they make mistakes, even if they are elders.

But somewhere she knew it that besides being a stiff-headed businessman, he is also a considerate human being. She was aware of this coz of some of her earlier experiences with him, especially the one at Ashraya when they played Cricket with orphan kids. He was so sweet and affectionate towards them.

Talks about his generous nature towards his employees whenever they are in need isn't something new. A few times she heard it from Jullie, Sunaina and other staff members about him helping some of the needy employees through money and in other ways. His cushy rapport with junior and low grade staff was evident by his day-to-day conduct. He greeted everyone in the same warm way, no matter which designation they belong to.

Also, the Diwali present he has given to his workers is immensely appreciative. Riddhima might have not met many businessmen or have had a link with them, but her knowledge isn't limited. She knows most things about almost every known businessman in the industry. Her interest in books and business magazines has awarded her this feature. And as per her knowledge she knows it, that nobody has ever gifted such practically useful gift in return to one's services.

There is no argument or stipulations to ask why his workers, subordinates and colleagues respect him so much. Armaan Malik has always taken best care of his work-force. In her short profile as his ES-PA, she has witnessed numerous times that he is a hard-core businessman, who knows how to make money from everything, yet he is very compassionate human being. He is one of those very few people who can turn a 'stone' into gold with just one touch, but who always prefer to keep 'flowers' as they are.

So overall, till now all Riddhima knew about him was that he was a great businessman and caring boss. She knew nothing about his personal life. She was unaware of his exact relationship with Atul and his family. Her encounter with him on previous Friday has added more to her knowledge about his personality.

Riddhima never knew that Armaan was so popular among the strangers, especially girls. Yes she had seen him flirting with a girl when had gone for the presentation of Jacob-lines, but her brain never registered it that way. At that time, what all bothered her was his carelessness about his stuff and his usual stupid humorous blows to irritate her. She never thought Armaan would be such a musical and fun loving person, coz all she had seen was a workaholic Armaan Malik.

This experience has shown her how powerful his persona, his social stature is, that even the strong, undefeatable monster-looking bouncers of the Disco behave like scrawny lambs just by hearing his name. She amused remembering bouncer's feeble expressions when they requested her not to complain about their misbehavior. They looked so vulnerable and fragile, just like helpless stupid 'bahu' (the so-called central characters) who is abused by her saas in Ekta Kapoor's Daily soaps.

She chuckled in her half-sleep state imagining a scene where one of those bouncers is wearing a saree with his head covered by saree's pallu, his hair had a small red mark which looks like sindoor (damn, its even useless to call it sindoor as its just 2 millimeter sized almost invisible thin line on his forehead positioned between his hair's mid-partition). She saw Armaan standing in front wearing a saree as well with a hunter in his right hand and his right leg placed on a coffee table, his other hand resting on his hips.

In the scene the bouncer is sitting on his knees holding Armaan's foot and is saying,

"'Sir-saasuma', please don't complaint to my 'boss-pati' about my mistake."

Armaan laughed evilly, "Huhuhahahaha..." and kicked the bouncer-bahu, making him fall back and then the bouncer-bahu turns thrice making a typical 'atyachaar ki maari dukhi bahu' while a ***DHANG-DHANG-SHWISH-SHWISH-SWISH*** sort of background sound effect is played at almost deafening volume as the camera panned from up to down, right to left then left to right finally stopping on bouncer's pitiful face.

Then Armaan says in a very dramatic way, "Karamjala bouncer-bahu aaj to main tujhe chod deta hu, lekin agli baar agar galati hui to teri choti..." he then sees the bouncer touching at his short hair and passing Armaan a confusing look, to which Armaan corrects himself, "...Baal to tere hain nahin, choti kya khaak hogi. Tere in ghaas-phus jaise, range hue baalo mein fevi-quick daal dunga..." with that Armaan pulls a long braid from his own back flaunting it to the bouncer while twirling it haughtily.

The bouncer then looks away with gallons of tear flowing from his overly kohled eyes. He wipes his eyes and drags his body towards Armaan still sitting on the floor and grips his leg again and replies "Thankyou Sir-saasuma, main aapko aage se shikaayat ka koi mauka nahin dunga." His crocodile tears flow down his over-makeuped hairy-chubby cheeks revealing its true colors.

"HA-HA-HA-HA-HA..." Armaan just laughs and kicking him again goes away holding his hunter with one hand and twirling his long braid with other. The bouncer starts wailing loudly again as soon as Armaan disappears. Then getting up, he picks up an emptied cup of tea and soccer, and goes into the Kitchen.

Riddhima squirmed in her chair giggling as her dream continued, oblivious of the fact that she was being watched. Her glasses were as usual in distorted position tilting on one side with her hair loosely covering half of her face. Her dupatta covered her body safely.

Armaan held the self-closing door as he entered her cabin. He saw her sitting in her chair with her head turned on the other side. 'If she is here then why didn't she respond?' He closed the door carefully not making any noise and walked to her.

He tossed the rope sample on his shoulder and called her softly, "Riddhima" she didn't reply and just squirmed in her chair. His brow furrowed seeing her sleeping soundlessly.

'Oh, so Madam Gupta is busy with her beauty sleep... in her office... during office hours. Wonderful... Simply Wonderful.' His evil side was back in action. 'Lets show Miss. Riddhima Gupta, the only ES-PA to the chairman of Marvels, what are the consequences of sleeping during office hours.'

Armaan bend down and opened his mouth to yell at her, but stopped when she turned a little straight and he saw her smiling with her eyes closed. He stood back straight thinking she is awake, but then realized she is smiling in her sleep.

'Is she watching a dream?' He looked at her face carefully as she twisted her head away once again. Then she started giggling again. 'Yeah... She 'IS' watching a dream.' He placed his hand on the table and bend over keeping some distance from her.

He glanced at her face again and his fell on her soft lips stretch wide and then parting a little as she yet giggled again. 'Lovely... her laughter is so harmonious and pure just like a small kid', he thought. A few strands of hair were falling on her cheek bothering her. He felt the need to shove them away. Mechanically he leaned closer over her to do so while she turned once more giggling louder. Armaan jerked back to reality from his almost illusory state.

Standing straight he looked around thinking what to do. He called her name again, "Riddhima..." then he clapped lightly near her ear, "Riddhima..." she responded only by shoving his hands away. It made him sulk, "Ahh... kya karun? How do I wake her up?" he mumbled. Then bending over her again, he clapped loudly calling her name once again, "Riddhima."

Riddhima heard someone calling her name. She twisted a little away, then hearing a clattering sound as if someone clapping in her ear, she slapped the thing away. A little later, she heard her name again, this time louder accompanied by the same clapping sound. She frowned and slowly opened her eyes. Finding someone close to her she screamed, "Aaaaaaaaaa..."

"Ouch..." Armaan pulled himself back to save his ear from deafening and looked at her still yelling, "SHUT UP." He yelled to stop her.

Riddhima stopped immediately and stood up from her chair, "S-sir..." she fumbled looking down letting him continue.

"Haan main... Are you nuts or something?" he scoffed.

"What?" she looked up.

"Ye... phir se WHAT... maine pucha tum pagal to nahin ho or have you pledged to make me a deaf." He said rubbing his ear.

She looked at him and then his ear realizing that she has yelled in his ear, "Oh, I am sorry sir. But you were so close... so when I..." she stopped as he glared at her.

"So? What do think I should have done? Stood here all day waiting for Miss. Gupta to finish her beauty sleep and wake up whenever you want as per your wish." He replied sarcastically. "Oh, wait, I am sure then you must be expecting ME to ask YOU 'Ma'am did you sleep well and cozy? Shall I bring you a cup of coffee, or is that tea you want Ma'am?'..."

"No, its not like that." She retorted.

"Then what is it like?"

"N... nothing." She tried to let go, but he wasn't in a mood to let her go.

"Alright, then I probably disturbed you beauty sleep, isnt it? Shall I arrange a pillow for you ma'am, so that you can relax properly?" he said scornfully sugar-coating his words and folding his hands over his chest.

"I said I am sorry." She mumbled loudly.

"Oh really, I am highly obliged. Thank you soooo much Miss. Gupta, thank you for saying this 'S' word 'sorry'. I disturbed your day-dream and you are still being sorry... WOW..." he made a mockingly pleasant face.

Hearing the word, 'day-dream' she remembered again what was she dreaming. A smirk spitted out of her mouth while her hand went up to covered her mouth automatically to stop her from laughing.

"What? Now what is that smirk for? Do I look like a clown or some stupid comedian from one of those disgusting... saas-bahu daily soap of yours?"

Thats it, "Daily soap..." she couldn't stop herself this time and started laughing, "Saas-bahu... OMG... Daily soap... Saas-Bahu..." she laughed again while Armaan glared at her. So she held herself once again and looked down to avoid seeing him.

"You know what, I think you really need assistance..." as she looked up confusingly he added "...Psychiatric Assistance. And go to... to the pit hole... both of you... you as well as your prince-charming whoever's reveries were keeping you so occupied." With that he turned around and walked back into his cabin opening and then closing the door loudly.

Riddhima saw him turn away and then the door closing. Then it strikes her, what she has just seen. A Rope... a rope was hanging on Armaan's back. She covered her mouth tightly once again in order to stop her mirth as she imagined a long braid of hair hanging on his back instead of that rope. Unfortunately she couldn't stop herself from laughing. She laughed louder now. But she didn't want herself to fall into any trouble, so she ran out of her cabin and went straight to the Girl's Restroom.

In the restroom, closing the door behind her, she once again started cackling, her voice getting louder and louder. "Daily soap... Saas-bahu" she held her stomach aching from amusement, "OMG, Daily soap... and... and Saas0bahu... Mr.Irritating wants to dump me into the pit hole... with the person I was seeing. Idiot doesn't know that it was HIM I was seeing... ha-ha..." she continued laughing for a while.

A few minutes later, she managed to stop herself. Then straightening herself, she stood up and washed her face which had turned red by laughing so much and walked back into her cabin.

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"Damn..." he cursed slamming the door on his back as he left Riddhima's cabin. Walking to his desk he frowned as his foot hit the visitor's chair. "Ahh..." he kicked the chair in frustration. Sitting in his chair he rubbed his foot. "What was it? Why was she laughing? And why did I even go to her cabin? Mera dimaag kharaab hua tha." he started speaking to himself, "Naa mera kyun dimaag kharaab hua ismein, maine kya kiya?"

He stood up and placing his hands on his hips walked towards the couch, "Ye ladki pagal hai, she is mad, totally mad... I mean she was sleeping in the office during office hours and when I demand explanation, she LAUGHS. She laughs as if I am some stupid looking idiot camel or... or giraffe... or-or a... arghhh... see now I cant even recall the name of that thing..." he groaned.