Shackles of Love#8#MG FF Chapters 32-35 - Page 38

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CHAPTER 33:

The one word of truth which had slipped out gave him an inner sense of peace. He finally accepted to himself the violent deluge of feelings he felt for her were different. He wanted to give it a name. But the word 'love' had been wiped off his dictionary a long time ago. Love had been the reason for his downfall, even before he had been born. But it hadn't stopped there, even knowing that there was no such thing as love, he had committed the folly of believing in the falsity when Sameera had come into his life.

He had been head-over-heels in love with her. Had thought that true love could overcome his betrayed destiny, but his fallacy had been rudely shattered. He had cut off from life after Sameera left, betraying him in the worst possible means a woman could ever betray her lover, leaving him once again torn and destroyed. That day he had vowed that the word 'love' would never cross his path again.

And then Geet had come into his life. She made him feel alive again. After Sameera's betrayal he had given up on life. But Geet made him want to live. He couldn't bear to name his evolving feelings for her, it was a curious mixture of attraction, want, need, care, concern and list went on. But whatever it was, it wasn't what Geet expected or wanted. It was most certainly not 'love'.

"Haan, tum yaha reh sakti ho." He completed, realizing too late what he had given away in his trance. Her eyes had hypnotized him into revealing the truth, unable to lie to her anymore, the word had slipped out.

But yes, he could acknowledge to himself that she was special.

His life and been forged in darkness and it would remain there. Geet was a shooting star. Passing through and brightening up his murky life with her presence. But like all shooting starts, she would move on and he would be left as before. He could never think of trying to hold on to her lest his darkness engulfed her totally and she too be doomed to a life in this obscurity which surrounded his future.

But now he needed to backtrack. And fast, before she had time to recover from her shock.

He gathered all his fallen defenses quickly and continued as if nothing earth shattering had happened. "Agar tumhari yahi zid hai to theek hai! You can stay here for the remainder of the time. BUT keep in mind, my words, I don't consider you my wife and I never will."

He watched as her face shattered once again. The happiness changed to a muted pain. The joy was wiped away to reveal a weary acceptance. It was too much for her to bear. Her emotions had been crushed too many times in one day and the gamut of emotions felt had left her feeling drained.

Geet felt her confidence shake once more at his words, but she kept quite. She knew she had a long way to go before he changed his mind. She hadn't expected him to give in so easily. She pondered over his words which he had given away, they had held a world of pain in them. Whatever his past was, it had shattered him too badly for him to give life a chance so easily, to give her a chance so easily. She was willing to wait for the day he accepted her. Till then she would be satisfied with whatever little she had.

Maan, who was in his world, unaware of her thoughts, continued his tirade,"You want to stay here? Well, I have a condition. You will NOT interfere in my life. Tumhe jo karna hai karo. Bas meri zindagi me dakhal andazi mat karna. Warna that would be your last day here! Understood?"

Geet couldn't believe his audacity. He had the nerve to actually go back to the 'You will not interfere in my life!' line after all that had passed between them. He was blowing hot and cold and was putting it all on her? To add to it, he was giving her ultimatums? She saw red and couldn't control her temper.

She advanced on him threateningly, anger visible in every line of her body. The sudden change of her demeanor from hurt to furious startled Maan and he stepped back as a reflex.

She held out her finger threateningly, "What do you think of yourself, Mr. Maan Singh Khurrana? *poke* Jab se mai dekh rahi hu. *poke* You are going on and on and on. *poke* 'Tumhari bhalai' *poke* 'Tumhare hopes' *poke* 'Tumhari expectations'! *poke*Do you even know what they are? *poke* Bas aap assume kar rahe ho."

She jabbed her finger on his chest, pressing the point home.

"Aapko kya lagta hai? *poke*Mai yaha aapke wajah se ruk rahi hu?*poke* Nahi! I want to live here because I don't want to go back to HP.*poke* Samjhe? *poke*I like it here."

She huffed, glaring at him angrily, "Pata nahi aapne aapko ko kya samajhte hai!" *poke**poke**poke*

Geet looked at Maan who was staring at her transfixed to see her sherniavatar. Her sore heart demanded retribution of some kind, even if it was physical. She wanted to hit him on his head to make him forget his pigheadedness, but knew that she would be the one who would be hurt more. He was so hard! Sigh! All hard muscles.

She passed a jaundiced eye behind him and an evil grin lit up her face and before she could think twice about it, she put both her hands on his chest and pushed him, hard.

Splashhh.

Maan's expression as he landed in the water was priceless. She couldn't help but burst out into laughter watching his outraged and incredulous face.

On the other hand, Maan couldn't believe what she had done. She had actually pushed him into the lake, and now she stood there laughing.

"Geeet!!!!!!!" His angry roar brought her out of her mirth and she looked at him in apprehension. One look at his red face and angry eyes made her wish she had resisted the temptation to push him. As he tried to get up and get out of the water, she ran away, afraid he could get out, afraid of the repercussions if he caught her.

Maan looked at her retreating back, caught between wanting to strangle her or laugh with her. Shaking his head at her childishness, he wiped the excess water of his face. He pondered over this enigma which had turned his safe and bland world upside down. Sometimes she acted so maturely but most of the times she was still a kid at heart. She cried over silly things, but had the guts to stand up for what she really believed in.

He brushed off the mud and made his way home, determined to hold himself back at any cost. He needed to stay away from Geet, for both their sakes.

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A couple of days passed by, and on the surface everything was in a state of calm. Both didn't want to shatter the peaceful atmosphere and rock the balance. But the calmness was just on the surface. Both of them were a seething mass of emotions underneath.

Geet tried in her own small ways to get his attention, but he steadfastly ignored any advancement by again burying himself in work. She tried talking sweetly, ignoring, whining, complaining, but nothing seemed to budge her stubborn husband. He had started ignoring her totally now. It was as if she didn't exist.

She had reached the end of her tether now, and just wanted to hit him over the head and get him to at least acknowledge her presence. All her attempts at conversation were also blocked by him. It was like he had built a wall around him again which she just couldn't breach.

Maan was faring no better. Geet's constant attempts to attract him where playing havoc on his senses.

He wanted to keep his emotions in check but living in the same house, it was unavoidable that they meet. He tried all means of maintaining a safe distance, fearful that his seething attraction for her would make him do something that they would both regret later.

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A couple of days later, Geet was passing by Virat's house, on her way to meet Dev, when she saw an angry Sasha leave the house crying. She watched curiously only to see her sitting inside a car and trying to put the keys in the ignition. The tears that were swimming in front of her eyes seemed to make even that simple task difficult.

Alarmed, Geet ran to her shouting, "Sasha! What happened? Where are you going?" On hearing her voice Sasha looked at her with loathing, "It's all because of you! Why have you come here now? Go away!" She screamed and tried to start the car again.

Unable to make sense out of her words, Geet tried to get her to open the door, but Sasha refused to budge. Seeing no other way, as she did not want Sasha to go in this state, Geet ran and sat in the passenger seat, afraid that in her emotional state something might happen to her.

"Ye tum kya bol rahi ho Sasha? What did I do?" Geet asked confused.

Sasha glared at her. This was the woman who had snatched her everything. It was because of her that her Dad was sending her back to the hostel. He had told her that he was doing so because he didn't want her meddling in Maan's life anymore. He had somehow gotten suspicious of her ever since the file incident. She had denied it when he had asked her, but he was not convinced. And now he was sending her away. No amount of pleading or shouting had made him change his decision.

Sasha cast a look of utter hatred at her and blurted out, "First you took away my MK! I love him and he loves me! But you came and took him away!" Geet eyes popped out at the revelation, the distraught girl in front of her was making.

"And now, because of you my Dad is sending me away. He hates me because of you. You are more important to him than his own daughter!" She said on a hysterical note.

"Because of me?"

Amidst all of this, Geet failed to notice that Sasha had started the car and was driving out haphazardly.

Suddenly an oncoming truck from the opposite side made Geet scream out and Sasha turned her attention to the road. She turned the steering and the car went off the road and crashed into another car parked at the side.

The impact threw both of them against the windshield as none were wearing seatbelts, hitting their heads against the dashboard.

Geet immediately turned to ensure that Sasha was unharmed. After ascertaining that Sasha was unscathed, she was about to burst out at her for her sheer stupidity when she saw Sasha trembling and her face as white as a sheet.

"OMG! I don't have a license, if anyone catches me, what will happen. Will they put me in jail?" She blurted out and started crying. Geet looked at her in pity; her anger subsided at the sight of Sasha's tears. Her protective instincts kicking in, she quickly got out of the car, before anyone could see them and opening the driver's side door, pushed Sasha to the passenger side and she herself took the driver's seat.

She could see people approaching them for help and she muttered urgently,"If anyone asks, I was driving the car okay? I have a license. Let me handle this."

Sasha looked at Geet in surprise, not able to believe her ears. Why would Geet take up the blame for her doings? But before she could do anything, they were surrounded by people who started worrying about them.

A traffic policeman came and after noting that there were no casualties, he started reprimanding them for their negligence. The owner of the car which was damaged too came over and started creating a scene.

Afraid, not knowing what to do, Geet called Dev. She knew if she called Maan, there would be hell to pay. And Virat was out of question, she decided looking at the trembling girl beside her. But to her bad luck, Maan and Virat were both present with Dev when she called and they overheard everything.

They arrived almost immediately, concern clearly visible in their faces. Maan rushed over to Geet, "Tum theek ho? Kuch hua to nahi tumhe?"His thudding heart was almost on the verge of collapsing till he saw that she was safe and unharmed. He grabbed her and checked for himself that he was unharmed before turning to Sasha to ascertain that she was unharmed as well.

The policeman, who had been waiting patiently, interrupted them and gave them the details of the accident.

Maan's temper hit the roof when he came to know that Geet was driving that too unsupervised with Sasha in tow. He apologized to the policeman and the driver of the damaged car and promised to make amends.

Glaring at Geet, he grabbed her and dragged her with him, taking her home. Geet silently followed him looking back to give Sasha a reassuring glance.