new SS: Forbidden Love part 11 updated on 7/12 - Page 30

Originally posted by: Aanya_taanu4evr

Cute update! She's getting to him, yay! 😆

xoxo

Aanya

Originally posted by: ninand

superb update.. and loved the last part the best😉... her teasing him by wishing the picture goodnight and then him, dusht daanav😆.. shes got an awesome sense of humor😎

do continue soon !

6.MISJUDGED

It didn't take long for Daadi to interfere again. This time she was not happy with the way they interacted. She said she missed seeing their happiness, the way they were so expressive with their love for each other, was everything all right between them? she wondered aloud. So Maan decided that they needed to act that part to perfection. He learned from Geet that they used to have almost constant physical contact, sometimes holding hand, or hugging or a kiss on the cheek. Acting the part Maan found that the constant touches, the near kisses and hugs were adding to his frustration. But she seemed so casual about it, moving away as soon as Daadi was out of vicinity when he wished to prolong the moment. He was glad about these few days away from her that he had to take for the outstation project. Three days away from her helped to bring his senses under control.

There was an Mr. Tandon's presentation scheduled for the afternoon. His flight had been delayed and there was just about an hour to go before the presentation. Geet was working with him on the Tandon project and he found some of her ideas impressive. He hoped between Geet and Adi they would have everything ready for the presentation. He would just have a chance to glance thru it before the meeting. He frowned as he thought about the slight hesitation in Adi's voice as he had asked about the presentation and hoped everything was fine. Whatever personal issues he had with Geet he found that his earlier opinion that she was inept was proving to be a wrong one. She did handle work and home with efficiency. He especially appreciated her dedication and love towards Daadi.

It didn't take Maan much time to reverse his opinion of Geet. The presentation that he expected to be ready was still incomplete. The staff was still busy compiling the necessary documents. Pinky was running around with printouts and who seeing him promptly dropped them. Adi was furiously working at the computer. He strode over to Geet's cabin, the person who was in charge of getting everything ready in his absence. But she was not to be seen. So he confronted Adi.

"Why is the presentation documents not on my table?"

"Maan Sir!" Adi exclaimed in alarm. "it's getting ready sir... A few minutes..."

"Really?" Maan advanced with his barely controlled anger visible in his expression. "Why is it not in my table. Already? You had three days and it is still not ready?"

"Sorry sir...I wanted to tell you but Geet..."

"Yes, Geet! Why hadn't I thought" his voice dripped with sarcasm "...three days without me and she can't stop from creating problems."

"No ..sir ...actually Geet ..."

"Where is she? Hiding somewhere after making this mess?"

"Checking the slides sir, but..."

"No Adi ..no excuses. When I ask something to be done I want it done...clear. I don't tolerate inefficiency!"

just then Pinky barged in with the files."It's all ready! phew! But adi sir...I just saw Maan sir..." Pinky saw Maan and dumped the files quickly on the table and hurried off by chocking out a "Sorry sir!"

Adi offered one of the files to Maan and said, "It' s ready sir!"

Maan jerked it away from adi's hand and said, "Ten minutes to the scheduled meeting! Wow, Adi you have out done yourself!"

He glanced thru the file and then asked, "And the slides? Do you think Madam Geet would have checked it?"

"Geet took it to the conference room."

"Okay then. Let's see what mess she has created there..."

Maan stalked off to the conference room, with adi in tow. On reaching there, they saw that the slides were being projected one after the other with no one taking any interest in them. Geet was fast asleep with her head on the table.

With barely controlled anger Maan strode forward and tapped on her shoulder. She opened her eyes slightly saw Maan and gave him a pout to complain sleepily, "sone do na , Maan." Her sleep husky voice and the words alluded to something seductive. He heard Adi clear his throat in the background. So he shook her hard almost shouting, "Geet!"

She stood up so fast that , she bumped her head on his. "Ouch" she rubbed her forehead with her hand and looked at Maan accusingly and saw his glare. Immediately she tried to massage his forehead where it had bumped with hers. Maan caught her hand and forcefully pushed her away from him.

"If you have had your beauty sleep can we see to the presentation?" the anger in his eyes made her cringe.

"Maan..." she started, only to have him raise his hand to stop her.

"I don't have time to waste on your excuses! Let us just get it coordinated."

They managed just minutes before Mr. Tandon and his team arrived. It was actually Mr. Rajesh Tandon's grandson Mahindra Tandon who came, because he was taking over the handling of the project. They were impressed with the presentation.

"Mr. Khurana, my grandfather couldn't just stop singing your praises. He was so glad to find his long lost friend and he was most impressed with your wife, Geet. My bachelor state is one of the greatest of my grandfathers woes, so I had thought by praising your wife my grandpa was hinting again. But seeing mrs Khurana, I find that he was not exaggerating at all. Thank you Mrs. Khurana, it was a lovely presentation. I would say perfect, despite difficulties you had encountered. I'm looking forward to working with you."

Geet was so happy with the compliments that she forgot that Maan might still be angry.

"Maan , I'm so relieved that it went well..." her eyes sparkled with her smile as she exclaimed enthusiastically holding him at the elbow.

"Yes!" He said removing her hands. "You should very well be relieved that the clients were late. I gave you just one simple task of compiling the data and you had it in a mess. Then instead of helping others, who were frantically trying to salvage the situation you sneaked of to sleep." His eyes were full of contempt when he looked at her. "I was thinking I had misjudged you ...but no, I was right, you cant do anything correct, only create a mess of the simplest of task."

"Maan, let me..."

"Chup! " he shouted, "I wont tolerate insubordination in my office. Here you are just my employee and a useless one at that. Do you even know how important the deal was for us?"

"Maan..." Geet tried again, extending her hand in pleading.

"I SAID NOT ANOTHER WORD FROM YOU!" he roared. "I must have been delusional when I married someone as irresponsible as you. Get away from my sight!"

tears of humiliation and pain blinding her eyes she almost collided with one of Mr. Tandon's team mate who was standing at the door. It didn't matter, she thought, what was another person, when the whole staff must have heard him shouting at her. in her hurry to escape, she didn't see the approaching car and would have been hit if Mr. Tandon had not pulled her away in time.

Maan couldn't find a chance to apologize to Geet until they had retired for the night. When he had returned home a bit late than usual it was to find they had invited Mr. Tandon for dinner. So he couldn't find an opportunity to talk to her. it was only after he calmed down that Adi explained that due to the collapse of the computer the stored data became inaccessible. It took more than a day to rectify the problem. They, especially Geet had spent two sleepless nights trying to get the presentation ready on time. He had judged her yet again without giving her a chance to explain. She hadn't talked to him directly the entire evening, giving the impression of a good hostess by attending to the guest, "Mahi" as she called him. The smile that she had cast in his direction for Daadi's benefit didn't reach her eyes. Even now she ignored him and the silence in the room screamed of her anguish making him uncomfortable. Yet he couldn't find the will to say that he was sorry.

She went thru' her nighty routine and sat down on the bed, facing away from the couch. Like she did every night she picked up his photo by the night stand to kiss it goodnight. It was something that had always made him irritated, which she was aware of. But this time it filled him with hope. He moved to stand in front of her.

"I'm sorry Geet."

She raised her face to look at him, making the tears that had pooled in her eyes to drop run down her cheek. She brushed it away in defiance and said, " Okay." Then she turned to place the photo back on the night-stand, dismissing him. It felt like a slap on his face, as if his apology didn't matter to her. He felt the stirrings of his temper.

"Okay?"

"Then what else do you want me to do? Dance with joy that Mr. Maan Singh Khurana apologized to me? Should I say I'm eternally grateful for this honour, that you thought I deserved an apology?"

"You know very well I didn't know that there was some problem with the computers. It was because you didn'it think it necessary that I should be informed," his voice raised a notch.

"Exactly it doesn't take you a minute to find me guilty. I had already informed Mahi about the situation and they were ready to take it as much as we could come up with. We even tried postponing it but Mahi have to go back to States tomorrow. Can I please go to sleep now, I haven't slept properly for the last couple of days.

The next few days saw a subdued Geet. She mostly kept to herself, evading his attempts to strike a conversation. Yet she helped him in his act of being the loving couple in front of Daadi, but he could feel the stiffness in her body when they came in contact with his. Though she became okay with others after a couple of days, with him she still remained cold. Finally he couldn't bear her aloofness, when it should really have pleased him. They were back in their room for sleep again.

"Tell me Geet, what should I do o convince you that I meant it when I apologized to you? I'm sorry I shouted at you in front of the staff without letting you explain the situation."

"Really? I know given another opportunity you will do the same all over again. Does my forgiveness really matter to you? There was a time when that was true...there was a time when my pain and honour would have mattered to you..." she took a shuddering breath. "Let go, Maan...I accept your apology."

He caught her hand in his, "No tell me, what do you want me to do? Your wish, my command!" She smiled in disbelief.

"Let us see then, if you can keep your word. Until the time I am with you, until the time Daadi is well ... " she paused as added in her mind, "until the time I make you remember our love,' "...will you fulfill one of my wish every week?"

"I'll give you one wish a day!" Maan declared magnanimously.

Geet laughed at that, shook her head and said teasingly, "I'm not that greedy!"

Maan went back towards the couch with a satisfied smile on his face and thought 'It was good to hear her laugh!'