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d word love u jaan, calmed maan a litle and finally he fell asleep..
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when geet checked her cell in d morning, she smiling noticing missed calls n msgs from maan, last night, she didn't even know when she reached home and slept, she was too tired and was feeling dizzy, and was still feeling it, she thought of telling maan about d fainting but den thought he vil be worried unneccessarily...she was misisng him so much and his call and massages really did great job on her lips...she smiled widely and called maan..
maan was busy in his work out when he heard d cell ringing, a smile formed on his lips very well knowing who could it be, he instantly ran and received d call, "haan geet"
geet smiled, still rolling on d bed, "maan wo me kal bahot thak gayi thi to mujhe pata hi nahi chala apne kab call kiya tha.."
maan shook his head, he could hear d sound of ruffing n fuffing and understood, his mishty was probably feeling too lazy to get up, "i guessed dat, r u still feeling tired.."
"nahi, me abhi thik hun" geet tried to sound fresh, when she was still yawning..
maan wasn't convinved, he very well knew, how much he tired her ystrday,d sound of yawns cleared his doubts, "tum ek kaam karo, take a day off today..u vil be fresh tomrow for d party.."
geet thought for a min, she was truly feeling tired and sleepy, "but i vil miss u.."
maan smiled, coz same was his condition, he was misisng her so much from ystrday, and he didn't even get to spend much time wid her thanks to neeva, and top of a day off, he vil miss her like hell, but her health was also important, "jaan, i vil come to meet u in d evening, thik hai.."
geet liked d idea, "thik hai.."
"achha ab tum thodi der aur so jao, i hav to get ready for office.." maan said, not wanting to strech more and let her sleep peacefully, if he would talk more, he vil go creazy and might land up at her home instead of office, and today, he had an imp meeting..
geet smiled, "achha suno.."
maan mumbled, "hmm.."
"ku chi ku.." wid dat geet blushed, biting her tongue and cut d call..
maan was left surprised n confused on d other side, ku chi ku, now wats dat...but she blushed, what could it mean probably..oughh dis gal vil serioully drive him creazy..
he called her again, he hav to know d meaning right away, but geet didn't pick..
maan rolled his eyes and texted her, "jaan, what does dat mean.."
geet smiled cutely and texted back, "sham ko bataungi..bye.."
maan hit d cell his forehead wid a smile and get back to freshen up..
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d day was seemingly boring without geet, maan hav become so used to see geet in every few min dat not having her closer aftr so much of days, he remained restless and off d whole days, he walked into her cbin, trying to feel her presence, wlaking into can teen, pantry, every place at her memory carved dere, he thought of calling her but den decided not to disturb her, she might be still sleeping...
nisha, adi and neeva finished most of arrangement of d party and reported deir work to maan,
d day passed slowly without any interest...
neeva came to know geet ahd taken a day off, she was worried if geet still not feeling well and instantly called her..
"hello geet"
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d office hrs were coming to end when nisha finished d file, she had given and went to adi's cabin
"may i come in sir"
"yes" adi replied
nisha put d file on d desk, "adi sir wo file.."
"hmm" adi replied in monologue
nisha was confused if he was upset wid her for ystrday's issue of her bursting on him..
"adi sir"
"yes"
nisha cleared her throat, "im sorry for ystrday.."
"its ok" adi replied, still didn't give her a single glance..
nisha was angry now, attitude, mujhe attitude dikha rahe hai, me hi idiot hun, jo mafi mangne chali aayi..
she was still rooted on her place
"anything else.." adi asked
nisha made face, "sir r u upset wid me.."
"no..n u can leave now."
dat angered her more and she stormed out
adi still remained lost in his work
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maan's patience finally came to end wid d finishing hour of office, he couldn't believe he didn't see her since more dan 24hrs, d thought was dreading, he hurriedly walked out of office and made his way to geet's home only to be welcomed by rano
"arre maan bete aao, andar aao.."
maan walked in but dod notice her pale face, "maa kya huva, aap etni udas kyu lag rahi hai.."
rano smiled weakly, "kuchh nahi beta, thodasa headache hai bas.."
"kya.." he made her sit beside him, "aur aap aise yahan se wahan ghum rahi hai, aap jake aaram kijiye, abhi.."
rano patted his cheak, "hum thik hai, beta aap yahan kaise.."
maan looked at her confused, she neved asked dis question b4 as she knew he comes to meet geet at any time..
"maa wo me geet se milne.."
"geet se.." rano looked at him surprised, "beta, par wo to ghar pe nahi hai, usne aapko bataya nahi ?.."
maan's face turned white as like all d colors were drained off, "ghar pe nahi hai, matlab, kahan gayi geet.."
rano smiled litle confused wid his expressions, "uski kisi dost ka phone aaya tha, toh woh chali gayi, bahot waqt hogaya, usse gaye, ab tak to aajana chahiye tha, par abhi tak.."
"ohh" maan mumbled wondering, who is dis frnd she went to meet ??, and why is she not back yet ??, she knew he is cuming to meet her..., is she alright ??, she was already so tired from ystrday, why did she go out instead of resting, ye ladki bhi na, meri ek bata nahi sunti..
he sighed and instantly called her cell, but it was switched off, he tried again but d same ..
he took a deep breath and calmed himself, why is he getting so worried for such a small thing, may be uske frnd ne rok liya hoga aur isliye wok ruk gayi hogi, pata nahi usne lunch bhi kiya hoga ya nahi..
"maa, kya wo lunch karke gayi ?"
rano sighed, "nahi beta, humne kaha usse, par wo sunti kaha hai.."
maan was more worried now, "kaunsi dost ka call aaya tha, kya usne koi nama bataya apko ??.."
rano tried to remember, "umm, nahi beta, wo me kitchen me thi, usne hall se kuchh badbada aur chali gayi..dnt worry beta, wo aajayegi.."
but she suddenly remembered panditji's words of deir life being in danger, she started sweat in fear..
maan looked at her startled, "ma akya huva, r u ok..why r u sweating so much.."
"wo thik to hogi na, " rano looked at maan wid relucant hopes..
maan feared dose expressions, his hearts felt a sudden fear, "maa relax, wo bilkul thik hogi, meri geet ko kabhi bhi kuchh nahi ho sakta.."
rano's eyes filled in tears, "tum jake usse dekho na, ke wo thik hai ya nahi, aur apna bhi khayal rakhna beta.."
maan hugged her closer, "maa aap aise kyu dar rahi hai, sab thik hai, trust me.."
rano nodded and maan walked out...
maan called every1 in d gang but no1 knew about geet, he sighed and went to khurana mansion, he straight away went to annie if she knows but neither she knew nor any1 else, where can she go , who frnd is dis, usne lunch bhi kiya hoga ya nahi, ek to uski tabiyat bhi thik nahi thi, godd,,, mujhe aaj office jana hi nahi chahiye tha usse chhodke, he regreted his decision, but den sumwhere he knew, he might over reacting, she might be wid her sum frnds...or sumthing..
he still kept calling her but it was switched off all d time, maan's patience was giving up and his restless was increasing every damn second...
"ohh god, jaan, kahan ho tum, "
his voiced almost cracked in pain..
he suddenly remembered about bodyguards, he instantly called dem
bodyguard received, "yes sir.."
maan impatiently, "give phone to geet.."
body guard instantly gave phone to geet
" maan.."
maan closed his eyes as a tear rolled down and he felt his heart started beating once again..
"jaan where r u, honey.."
"maan.."
"haa jaan, bolo na, i was so worried for u, where r u now.."
"me ghar pohoch rahi hun.."
maan sighed in relief, "dnt u ever do dat, u scared me so much jaan.."
"maan.."
maan was painfully longing to hear her voice, her origional voice, dis voice wasn't his geet voice, it flt like she is still dizzy and so her voice
"did u hav lunch, r u ok now, why ur cell was switched off.."
"maan.."
maan took a deep breath, wat is happening, why dis sudden scaring atmosphere got created between dem, why he is still in fear, why is he still longing...
"geet, shona bolo na kuchh.."
"maan.."
maan almost clucthed d phone to ear, "haan baby, do u want me to come dere.."
"i want u now.."
maan felt a sudden pain in her voice, he hurriedly reached for keys and almost ran out..
"im coming jaan, just few minutes.."
" I want U "
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dadi maa saw maan running downstairs and looked at him shocked, she was about to call maan whwre her cell rang, it was rano...
dadi relucantly picked up, "haan rano.."
rano was in tears, "maaji wo.."
dadi suddenly caught up her voice, "rano, kya baat hai, sab thik hai na...maan bhi aise bhagte huye chale gaye.."
rano in tears, "wo geet, abhi tak ghar nahi aayi hai, maan bete bhi pareshan ho rahe hai..mujhe bahot darr lag raha hai.."
dadi maa was herelf started to scare now, d words of panditji bout maan n geet's life being in danger, started to haunt her..
"rano, himmat se kaam lo, kuchh nahi hoga, maan gaya hai bahar abhi, sab thik hoga, calm down.."
"ji.." rano sumhow wiped her tears, "ji me rakhti hun.."
"thik hai, apna khayal rakhna, aur geet ke aate hi hume phone karna.."
dadi cut d call and took d deep breath, babaji, is duniya me chahe jo ho, par maan ki geet ya geet ke maan ko kuch mat hone dena, dono bachhe bardasht nahi kar payenge, mere maan ko badi mushkil se apni zindagi me pyar mila hai, uske pyar ki raksha karna aur uski bhi..
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maan ran into handa mansion only to find geet sleeping on a banch in d garden, he ran upto her and found her in sleep, he instabntly picked her up in his arms and walked in..
rano was 1st shocked to see geet like dat but maan signalled her not to say anything or geet vil wake up..
he took her directly to her room, shutting d door behind and placed her gently on bed, geet clutched her arms around his neck and pulled him closer, it was not in maan's capability to stop her or take his hand away, he was dreading in fear of her sudden behaviour, he instantly layed beside her and took her close in his arms, keeping her hidden into his embrace, hidden from all d pain, hidden from entire earth, hidden from all d fears, hidden from everything dat vil hurt her...
she clunged into him and burried her face into his neck while his hands kept carrasing her back and hairs as well his lips kept pecking her here n dere, making sure she is fine...
why he feared all of sudden he didn't know, but it was a horrible moment, he felt like he is loosing her or sumthing, he pulled her even closer wid d thought, shona, he mumbled gently trying to feel her...why her voice was so cracked like she was in pain, why she sounded so desperate when she said she want him den and dere, why she was worried, where had she gon,e why she slept on d bench and not walked into house, he needed to know d answers of all his questiosn but as of now, his jaan needed him and no way he vil let her sleep alone..
not wanting to think of anything else but her at dat moment, he threw away her dupatta and cuddled her more into till her skin was glued into him, his leg went around her waist to put his body weight on her and keep her tight in his embrace, he hugged tighter and fell into sleep wid a whisper..
"d fears of loosing u, breaks me jaan.."
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