Shackles of Love#9#MG FF Chapters 36-38 - Page 15

CHAPTER 36:

To say that Geet was shocked would be an understatement.

She shouldn't believe that Maan had just kissed her. That too out in the open, where anyone could have chanced upon them. She looked around immediately to see if anyone else was there, but to her relief, the place was empty. Murmuring a "Shukkar hai Babaji!" she turned back to staring at him, dazed, only to see him leaving, saying nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened, "Call me when you are done. I will come to pick you up!"

Her eyes opened wide at his statement, did she just hear right? Was the dusht danav himself offering to come and pick her up? Confused as she was with his peculiar behavior since morning, she had no answer. She touched her lips, a blush creeping up her cheeks, trying to come to terms with the fact that her husband, who never willingly even looked at her, had kissed her. That too in the open! "Chi chi babaji! Kisi ne dekh liya hota to?" she made a shocked moue.

"Par unhone aisa kiya kyu?" she was bewildered with his sudden volte face. Her musings were brought to a halt when someone pushed her while passing, and muttered a "Sorry" before scurrying inside the office. This made Geet glance at her watch and with a short exclamation, scurried towards the reception to keep her appointment.

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And so Geet went to CE (Chopra Enterprises), gave the interview, her qualifications didn't match, but her dedication and sincerity shone through in her innocent face and ready to please attitude. The CEO was a shrewd woman who could see potential in Geet. She had come a long way in life herself, and knew that degrees and qualifications were not always what makes a person succeed. Plus Geet was young and malleable. Hopefully she would bear her ill temper. Thinking about it, all in all the CEO thought Geet deserved a chance and so she was given a grace of one week, if things worked out, she would be taken on. Geet was thankful to the woman who smiled nicely at her.

Geet was now officially working for Mrs. Chopra as her secretary.

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Even though Geet had got the job, her mind was not on it. She was in a stupor the whole time, thinking about Maan's actions.

She would space out in between, confusion marring her smooth brow. Maan's weird actions since yesterday were making her restless, and she was unable to figure him out.
"Rehne de Geet! Waise bhi wo kya karte hai, kyu karte hai, tujhe kabhi samjha hai kya?"

She was recollecting his possessive kiss of the morning and smiling dreamily to herself, blushing and hitting herself for her silly thoughts. Her day dreaming session was interrupted by Rahul, who had come to congratulate her on her appointment.

"Kya baat hai? Someone seems to be very happy today? And it doesn't seem to me as if it's because of the new job!" He teased, enjoying himself as she turned a bright magenta red.

"Nahi nahi aisa kuch nahi hai!" She stammered, blushing profusely. "Really? To wo jo gaadi me ho raha tha wo kya tha?" said Rahul winking at her.

Geet was stunned and she opened and closed her mouth without a word coming out of her mouth, shaking her head, as if denying what Rahul had seen, "Nahi! Nahi! Rahul Sir, ye aap'."

Rahul burst out into laughter at her state, and finally taking pity on her he said, changing the topic, "Arre yaar! What's this 'Sir' business? You make me feel like I am 40! Rahul hi theek hai!"

"But how can I'"

"Very easily! I am not your boss! Bhabhi is! And since I helped you to get this job, you owe me something right?" Geet nodded hesitantly, not quite sure about his intentions.

Rahul grinned at her transparent face, "Are yaar! Tum ladkiyan na sochti bahoot ho! Flirt nahi kar raha hu tumse! Aur waise bhi after what I saw in the morning, I don't think it would get me anywhere..." He said wriggling his eyebrows at her, making her laugh and blush at the same time.

"So, friends?" He extended his hand for a handshake, and Geet smilingly accepted.

Rahul left her as Mrs. Chopra entered and raised her brows, seeing them laugh. "Kuch nahi Bhabhi! I was just welcoming Geet!" Rahul said sheepishly.

One glare was enough to make him scurry out while Geet pretended to be immersed in her notepad. After giving some files to look through to Geet, she left. Geet being new to this world was confused and decided to ask for help from Rahul. But as she was passing by her bosses' cabin, she was called inside and when she explained her inexperience hesitantly; her boss very kindly explained the procedure to her and guided her as to how the work should be done.

Happy with her boss, Geet left to continue her work, determined not to disappoint the woman who had shown so much confidence and patience towards her.

But a part of her mind was still on Maan's shocking behavior. "Woh to mujhe apni patni mante hi nahi. Fir subah unhone aisa kyu kiya?" Her earlier euphoria was fading away as doubts crept into her mind. Till she got her questions answered, she would not be in peace. And if Maan thought that he could escape with his patent taunts, he had another thinking coming.

"Call karegi inhe meri jooti! Samajhte kya hai apne aapko! Just wait till tonight Mr. Khurrana. You can't have your cake and eat it too. This time you will have to answer my questions, I won't let you escape so easily!"

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Maan reached his office, confused at his own volcanic emotions. He himself didn't know why he had kissed Geet! If that wasn't enough, he couldn't bring it in himself to actually regret his actions. A slight smile highlighted his eyes, if anyone looked closely, unbeknown to Maan.

It had been a severe lapse in his control. And it was going to complicate matters a lot. He was sure he would have to pay for in the evening. Because as far as he knew his wife, she wasn't going to spare him. How would he answer her questions when he had no reply to his own?

When Geet had informed him about the job, he had been miffed, as he had never thought Geet would actually go through with her threat, that too behind his back and without his help. But he had to remain silent as he knew it was his own doing. Had he not lost his temper that day, she wouldn't be doing this now.

And now, he clenched his fists hard, that jerk would be around his wife, eyeing her throughout the day!

He was like the devil himself that day, taking his anger out on anyone unfortunate enough to cross his path. The staff scuttled around cautiously, knowing MSK's temper, though none had a clue as to its cause.

One person who was enjoying this fiasco was Dev. He came to Maan's cabin with the excuse that Naintara and Annie had kept a surprise dinner party for Geet in the evening, and both wanted Maan to bring Geet there. However he didn't miss the chance to get in a few digs at Maan over his 'sudden' meeting in the city.

Luckily for him, he was saved as Annie came at that moment to r to drag him with her to help in the party preparations.

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On the other hand, Geet called Dev to pick her up, unbeknown to Maan.

Dev came to pick her up and brought her directly to his place, where Naintara and Annie had made all the arrangements.

Maan, who was waiting for Geet's call, was shocked and angry to see Geet entering the house with Dev, smiling and chattering away as usual, and then pleasantly shocked at the preparations made by Naintara and Annie. Her eyes became teary and she hugged them both hard, thanking them, her happiness visible in her eyes. Naintara wiped away her tears and admonished her for her tears, while Annie called her a crybaby.

Everyone was happy for Geet, when she revealed about her Boss' clause, congratulating her, except for Maan. He was sulking in one corner, nursing a glass of juice, watching TV, trying his best to ignore the festive atmosphere around.

He glared at Geet angrily, when she passed by, but to his surprise she ignored him outright and went inside the kitchen to help Naintara and Annie with the dinner preparations, irking him more.

The evening was going smoothly over the surface, but two people were a seething mass of emotions. Maan was brooding over the way Geet was hell bent on ignoring him, while Geet was thinking of ways to confront Maan about the kiss.

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Maan was just moving towards the kitchen to grab some water when he overheard Geet's voice.

"Haan Naina Di, unhone meri bahoot help ki. I am so lucky I got such a helpful and patient boss. Mai to darr hi gayee thi, when I saw the workload, par unhone mujhe personally sab samjhaya."

His eyes widened and anger shot up listening to his wife praising that ***%@# Rahul. Jealousy burned in his veins, and what he heard next made him clench the glass in his hand so tight, that it shattered into pieces.

"Haan di! Poora ek ghanta mai unke saath cabin me baithi thi. Apna doosra important kaam chodke wo mujhe help kar'"

*Splattt*

The sound of glass breaking interrupted Geet's gaga session over her new boss, and all three women looked horrified at Maan, whose hand was dripping blood.

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