FF: M&G - Protect The Boss 1 - Page 20

Sasha was furious.

Dev was perplexed.

Maan was amused.

Geet was annoyed that her beloved ice cream had gone to waste.

"Can you not see where you're going!" Sasha screeched, yelping & fussing as she pulled tissues out of her bag to wipe the mess away.

"What are you doing here anyway?" Maan asked, his gaze shifting from Dev to Sasha, which didn't go unnoticed by Dev.

"Work," Dev said, a hint of smugness & inferiority in his voice. Maan wanted to slap the smirk off his face.

Sasha sneered at Geet. "I can see you're very busy today, Miss Handa," she spat, remembering the time she had seen them together at the cafe. "You & Maan seem to spending a lot of time together lately."

Dev's jaw flinched as Geet blinked in horror. Maan, sensing her uncomfortableness, stepped in.

"We were celebrating my successful meeting," he said, flicking his gaze to Dev & holding his stare. Geet noticed the tension between the cousins & wondered what kind of war zone she had unknowingly stepped into.

She laughed nervously. "Shall we go on the bumper rides?" she asked Maan, turning to face him. "We don't want to waste all day stood here."

"Are you not even going to apologise for ruining my shirt?! This was from a boutique-"

Geet shrugged. "Soz, I guess. It wasn't that nice anyway. No offence."

Watching Maan & Geet walk away together, Dev clenched his fists. "Geet, wait!" he called out, & she turned back.

Sasha still had the dirty tissue in her hand, her mouth agape.

"I think I'll join you on the bumper rides."

"Dev, what about seeing the plot of land?" Sasha asked through gritted teeth.

"We've got plenty of time to see it," he said, before walking away. She huffed as she threw the tissue in her bag & reluctantly followed.

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Geet settled into a pink bumper car, her favourite colour. She was like a child in a sweet shop, beaming with glee as she ran her hands around the wheel.

Maan settled into one of the cars beside her & admired her expression, the way she smiled lit up her entire face like a ray of sunshine. This wasn't one of her polite smiles, it was a geniune smile, & he was grateful that he was here to witness it.

Dev had also noticed the radiating Geet, watching the way a strand curly lock from her messy bun swayed back & forth as she looked around at her surroundings. His gaze shifted past her, over her shoulder to Maan, who had noticed where Dev's attention had been and smirked as the cars began to start up. Maan smirked as he gripped the wheel; Dev returned the smirk once more as his foot hovered dangerously over the pedal.

With the sound of a horn, the Khurana men were off, involved in a race of their own. Geet was lagging behind, unable to control her car. A small boy stuck his tongue out at her as he overtook her.

"Oye, how rude!" she called, but her voice was scarcely heard over the loud hubbub of the music & the ride.

"Go left, left!" she ordered the wheel as she slid across the floor.

Maan was a few feet ahead of Dev, & loving it.

"Time to show him who's the future boss," his mouth pulled up into a lethal side smile as he swerved around the corner, but clipped it as he was going too fast; allowing Dev to lead ahead.

"You may be faster, but I have the skills that you lack," Dev stated proudly as he picked up the pace, turning back to see Maan was beginning to catch up on him.

Geet's poor car had been swirling around in a 360 motion for too long; she felt dizzy & weak. She tried calling out to the controller, but he was too busy cheering his own son on - the rude boy from earlier.

Placing a hand on her head, she stepped out of the car, attempting to straighten herself up, before she met the cool black floor.

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The first thing she felt were droplets of water on her face. Geet always imagined what the afterlife would be like, but she hadn't expected droplets of water to greet her on her first moment away from the earth.

"Babaji, how did you know I was thirsty?" she whispered, her eyes still closed.

"What the freaking hell is she on about?!"

The banshee's voice made her realise she was still very much alive. Slowly, she opened her eyes to see a worried Maan & Dev, & an even more annoyed looking Sasha, whose face was contorted in an expression of boredom & intolerance.

"Are you ok?" Maan asked. Dev offered her the bottle of water; she smiled a thankyou before taking it & gulping half of it.

"What happened?" she asked, wiping the back of her mouth with her hand as she sat up slowly.

"I think the bumper car made you dizzy, you fainted & fell to the floor," Dev explained.

"Oh," was all she managed to say. "I don't think driving is for me. Maybe that's why I failed my test 15 times, before I gave up..."

Dev & Sasha exchanged a surprised glance. Maan, who looked confused himself, was about to question her on her driving further when Geet stood herself up.

"Anyway, I digress. I'm starving, is there any food around here?"

"Maybe you should wait a while, you just woke up from passing out," Maan explained.

"The Handa belly waits for nothing."

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Maan & Geet sat on one side of the cafe booth, keeping their distance, with Dev & Sasha on the other - so that Dev was opposite Geet & Sasha was opposite Maan.

Maan had to avoid Sasha's flirty looks that she was sending his way & focused on shredding the napkin in front of him instead.

Dev looked out of the window & wished he hadn't agreed to accompany Sasha to see the plot of land, which they still hadn't gotten round to viewing.

Sasha made a mental bet in her head to see which of the Khurana brothers she could seduce first.

Geet tucked into the most delicious club sandwich she'd ever had, slurping her orange juice occassionally as she pleased, what she called affectionately, the Handa belly. She was famished.

Dev would have been fascinated by her if she wasn't so unladylike when it came to eating. He realised on a whole, she wasn't ladylike at all; she was just herself, not bothering about impressions or assumptions of others. Like a breath of fresh air.

After feeling fully satisfied, Geet decided a trip to the bathroom to check her apperance was needed. Besides, the table was so awkwardly silent, she wanted to get away from the tension for a while.

She got up & brushed past Maan but stumbled on the table leg & fell backwards - landing in his lap.

Maan was taken aback by her promixity, & mesmerised at how she was even more stunning when she was so close to him...

"Uh oh," Geet mumbled, and lurched forward as her stomach did flips. Subsequently, her face landed in Maan's shoulder.

Then she puked all over him.

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