She nodded hr head in no "Only my books and cell phone"
"Ok, I will get it" he needed a reason to go to Sameera's place.
Maan knocked at Sameera's door and Sameera was surprised to see Maan. Ohh he must have been back few hours back and he was here.
Off course what will he talk with that immature girl about his tour.
"Hi Maan, come in. How was the tour?"
"Great.will be great help in my research."
"Ohh come on in, we will sit and discuss. Want some coffe?"
"No Sameera, not now. Actually I am here to get Geet's stuff."
Sameera was disappointed and frustrated to core
"Ohh your princess wife, sent you to bring her stuff just after you are back from tour"
Maan somehow got hint of Sameera really disliking Geet and he was realizing the mistake he had done. He was still upset with her talk with Geet and now she was again on.
Maan respected Sameera as she was a colleague and he did not want to loose his control but Sameera was not making things easier.
"Where are her stuff Sameera, I will just collect" "its Ok, you can take it later, lets talk."
"Yes, I ma here to talk with you too Sameera, but I will collect her stuff first" Sameera burned from inside but led him to where Geet's bag was.
Maan felt bad seeing Geet stuff's just stuffed randomly in her bag. He knew Geet, she was irresponsible, but Sameera could have at least fixed them a little, she was a mature women. It was not a big deal. Maan went ahead and fixed each clothes of Geet properly and placed them nicely in bag. Sameera was looking at how he was doing her clothes, burning from inside. Why have he to do this much.. she thought.
"Maan you have changed a lot, I mean"
Before she could say more Maan said
"Offcourse, I have changed. It is obvious na. I am a married Man now. Geet is in my life now so changes are bound to come. When you marry, you will change too."
"but you do not consider her as wife" That was it, Maan was loosing now
"Sameera, I do not prefer anyone interfering in my personal life and Geet is part of my personal life so please if we keep this topic away from us. I mean we are good friends and lets be that."
Why was he being so possessive of Geet she could not understand but did not like it.
He then was looking for something… "what are you looking for" "there must be big pink teddy.."
"ohh yeah I kept it there" she gave a small laugh "your wife sleep with teddy, I mean really Maan" Maan felt bad as how Rosy was pushed in the corner. Everyway Sameera talked or had dealt with Geet's stuff showed her hatred for Geet.
He did not know after knowing all this if he could really feel friendly with sameera or not and why she hated Geet .
He collected all Geet's stuff and settled on couch "I wanted to ask you something… why did you bring the topic of our marriage being fixed. I mean, we are over it,right?. "
Sameera did not know what to say. In anger and frustration she had blurted it out and now it was getting on her.
"Maan I will get coffee and then we can discuss."
"No Sameera, I want to discuss it now, first. I am wondering, why that topic came in."
"Maan it just slipped from my tongue" "are you sure Sameera. If there is anything else,we can talk. I don't want any such thing to even touch Geet"
Sameera did not want to belive but she could clearly see that Maan was madly in love with Geet. She was fearing to loose even his friendship now.
"We share a mature friendship and I am proud of it. Hope it stays like this always"
Sameera wondered, what was it? A warning ?
"off course Maan, I have nothing else in mind, it just happened, believe me" He smiled "I will take your leave"
But still somewhere he decided to keep Geet away from Sameera.
Maan after having this much in a day was lying on sofa cum bed in his study and then drifted to sleep there.
Evening was now almost over and night entered. Geet came looking for him with notebook in her hand.
But the moment she entered her eyes went on Maan, who was in Deep sleep.His thin material shirt was moving over his body and his hair moving too with the wind.
Geet's speed automatically slowed and she came near to sit beside him in the couch. She just kept looking at him. Deep love flowed in her eyes as she kept looking at his sleeping form.
She then brought her one hand on his face to gently caress it. Maan smiled in his sleep with her soft touch and turned towards her in sleep to get comfortable.
Geet's heart filled with even more love seeing his this small gesture in sleep at her slight touch. Geet in love, her hand moved from his face to his thick hair and then his ears, rubbing it softly.
But her continuous touch, at last broke his sleep. He opened his eyes, to see Geet sitting near him and then realized his hand was on her hand which was near his face on his neck.
"Geet? " he sat down. Geet immediately removed her hand from him, fearing he would be upset, but what came into Maan that he held her hand in mid way and looked at her with smile.
Geet felt ripples as he held her hand and she closed her eyes to feel his touch. "Babaji…" she called within her heart.
Maan himself was getting confused these days. His mind and heart were in big fight. He felt bad as how he was making her wait, as how he have always been pushing her away, first due to his anger with this marriage but these days it was only to preserve her innocence. He feared, the way he felt for her sometimes, he feared if he accept this relation at present her innocence can be broken, his desire could tear apart her innocence and God forbid if something wrong happen then. She was just 18, he will never be able to forgive himself.
Maan knew he was changing, changing due to Geet's presence in his life.
He forwarded his other hand to caress her cheeks… Geet took a deep breath and her heart paced so fast with his one single touch. She closed her feet together and with other free hand held her duppatta tight with near her heart to get hold of her self.
Maan removed his hand slowly from her, but Geet kept looking on the ground for long. Maan too controlled himself after a while.
"Koi baat thi? " Geet was blushing badly and her lips were still shaking, how does she look at him?
Maan gave her time, he knew how madly she loved him. All these things were adding to his confusion.
After a while
"Ji woo.. I came with my queries" "Ok, I will get fresh and we will discuss then. Can you ask Nakul to make coffee for me?"
"Ji" Geet was so much in emotion and she really felt like doing something for Maan.
"Jhalli, you don't know to even make coffee. Unke liye coffee bhi nahi bana saktee" She really wanted to learn something to do, to do for Maan.
Then while having coffee, Maan sat with Geet and helped her with all her queries and explained her things in a way that everything was crystal clear in her mind.
Though she many times got lost in him, but again Maan's stern look would bring her back. He could not bear any nuances during study.
Then when Geet was about to leave
"Geet from tomorrow itself, I am going to be very busy. My research in going to be published and everyone in waiting for it eagerly and then some of my students are in last stage of their research and I will be hell busy with them too"
"Ji"
"You can collect all your queries and we can discuss on Sunday"
Next: Maan get hell busy with his work
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