Shackles of Love#30#MG new thread - Page 47

CHAPTER 68:

As soon as they finished dinner, Annie hurriedly got up and pulled Geet with her, "Chalo Geet, tumhe drawing karna hai na? I want to see your boss ka sketch." But Maan caught her other hand and pulled her towards him, glaring at Annie, "Koi sketch-wetch nahi karna hai ise!"

Annie smirked, "Kyu Veerji? Aapko lagta hai ke Geet acchi artist nahi hai? Use drawing nahi aati?" She said trying to rile up Geet and it worked. Geet, who was annoyed at Maan already, sprang up, "Mai abhi prove karti hu mai kitni acchi artist hu!" she snapped. "Yaha kisi ko galat fehmi hai ke bas wo hi ek mahaan artist hai aur sab kuch unhe hi aata hai!" and looked challengingly at Maan.

There was no way on earth Maan was going to let her make a caricature which he was sure he wouldn't be able to live down once Annie got her hands on it. He thought quickly and tried to divert her attention, "Are Geet, pehle dessert to kha lo. Fir aaram se apni kalakari dikhati rehna." He smiled at her making her suspicious.

However, the word dessert put Geet in a dilemma, after all dessert was dessert, she thought, licking her lips.

Seeing that she was wavering, he added, "Naintara ne apna special wala caramel custard banaya hai!"

Geet's eyes shone and her mouth watered, "Whoaa! Caramel pudding? Sacchi? Naina di I lovee you!" she squealed and went to hug Naintara.

Seeing her plan going down the drain, Annie tried to get her attention, but Geet was lost in her pudding dreams, "Nahi Annie aaramse. Itni jaldi kya hai? Pehle pudding. Wo kha ke aur energy aayegi aur drawing acchi hogi." She said dreamily, making Maan give Annie a winning smirk while she sulked.

Shaking her head at their nautanki, Naintara got up to bring in the dessert. Maan knew he had to do something fast, before Geet finished her dessert, but couldn't come up with anything.

He saw her dreamily savoring her dessert, oohing and aahing in pleasure, making his thoughts run wild. With great difficulty, he garnered them into some semblance of order, and brought his mind in focus.

Getting no way no start, Maan turned to her with a mocking smile, "Itni chup kyu ho? Tumhare Einstein wale dimaag me kuch chal raha hai kya?"

Geet paused in mid bite, glaring at him over her plate, "Ek to mai aapse naaraz hu, aur mujhe manane ke bajai aap mujhe aur taunt maar rahe ho!" she fumed. "Mujhe aapse baat hi nahi karni hai."

"Mai kab se to mana raha hu tumhe, lekin tum ho ke maanti hi nahi!" Maan made a baby face.

"Accha?" She mocked, "Kaise? Roz roz blue shirts pehanke?"

Annie overheard this and started laughing, "Ohh? Isiliye Veerji aaj kal blue brigade pe hai kya? I was wondering ye aapko hua kya hai."

Maan was already irritated with everyone's laughter filled glances to him since dinner and now Geet was giving Annie more ammunition to bug him. He had to do something fast before she opened any more secrets and ruined his reputation for ever, he groaned. He turned to Annie and taunted, "Annie, now what can I do if your Bhabhi likes me in blue only? She wants me to dress up only in blue. Aaj kal use sab kuch blue blue chahiye. Mai to bas ek agyakari pati ki tarah apni biwi ki maange poori kar raha hu." Geet looked on in disbelief as he spewed those lies, getting angrier by the minute.

"Ye aap kya bole ja rahe ho?" she said embarrassed.

"Ye to had hai, jab mai ghussa karta hu, to mujhe chod ke chali jaati ho. Abhi maine socha strategy change kar lu aur ek henpecked husband ban jau to ab isme tumhe kya problem hai Geet?" he asked piously.

She tried to protest but he continued, "Aur to aur, abhi just for you I gave the order to get our room painted blue and change the entire dcor to blue. I even thought of getting the car repainted blue. But I guess tumhari Bhabhi ke liye mai jitna bhi karu isko pasand hi nahi aata" He finished in a remorseful tone.

As he took a breather in his monologue, Annie said in a mocking whisper, "Accha? Geet ko sab kuch blue pasand hai?"

"Off course!" Maan grinned and winked.

"Only yesterday she wanted to see a movie, aur use BLUEEE film dekhna tha….." Maan said devilishly, making Geet turn totally red in anger at his lies, while everyone else stared at Geet in astonishment with an incredible expression that was somewhat a mixture of shock, amusement and disbelief.

"Mai to inse baat bhi nahi kar rahi hu, Babaji! Aur dekhiye, ye kitna jhooth pe jhooth bol rahe hai? maine kab koi movie ki demand ki? Ek to mujhe Batman dekhne nahi le gaye, upar se abhi khud ko accha batane ke liye Jhooth bole jaa rahe hai! Batman na sahi, BLUE hi dikha dete!" she cribbed.

Arjun and Dev coughed while Naintara and Annie were scandalized, "Geet tum…" was all she could gasp confusing Geet, "Waise aap sab aise kyu dekh rahe ho? Us film me burai kya hai? Haan sab ne usme kapde thode kam pehne hai, par movie to achi hai na?"

All eyes pooped out at her scandalous statement while Maan himself stared her with eyes as large as saucers!

"Isme itni hairani ki kya baat hai?" she queried innocently, "Mai HP me rehti thi, koi chote gaon me nahi ke mai wo movie bhi na dekh pao! Haan agar ghar me kisi ko pata chalta to humari taange tod deni thi, isliye maine aur Rajji ne chup ke dekhi thi, meri ek saheli ke ghar pe."

"You mean you have actually seen such movies? Aur Rajji ne bhi?" Maan asked her unable to believe his ears. Dev and Arjun suddenly seemed too fascinated with the mosaic pattern on the wall and started to discuss it like it was a masterpiece adaptation of Picasso. Naintara and Annie looked to and fro from Maan to Geet with their jaws hanging to the floor!

Geet was pissed off now by everyone's looks and conduct, "Ek baar bola na dekhi hai! Ghadi ghadi kyu pooch rahe ho? Akshay Kumar ki picture ho aur mai na dekhu, aisa ho sakta hai kya?" she shot back in irritation, only to see all of the looks on everyone's faces going from weird to weirder.

They all looked at each other, glaring and cursing the other.

Maan released a deep breath of relief, he didn't even know he had been holding. Dev and Arjun kicked each other's butt mentally while Naintara chided Annie through her eyes who in reply just squinted her eyes and placed her hands on her waist. A moment passed before Geet spoke again, "Aap sab ko hua kya hai?" and they all burst out laughing at her antics. "Aap sab mujhpe has rahe ho?" she asked suspiciously.

"Nahi Geet ye tum pe nahi balki tumhari baton pe has rahe hai!" Maan said mischievously.

Annoyed, she got up, "Mai jaa rahi hu! Mujhe nahi rehna yaha. Aap sab milke meri khilli uda rahe ho."

"Are Geet suno to…" Maan called out which she ignored and ran out of Naintara's house leaving behind the sound of everyone's laughter. Annie tried to call her, dismayed at losing the chance but Maan caught her and closed her mouth before she could call out to Geet laughing as Annie struggled to free herself from his grip.

After she left, Annie glared at him angrily while he just gave her a winsome look, "Maan Singh Khurrana se jeetna aasaan nahi hai Annie, even if you are my sister!" He teased and tweaked her nose.

Annie pouted and turned away, but she wasn't about to let him go so easily, "Ha! Veerji, aapko mai nahi to kya, Geet to hara sakti hai na! The hawt and happening Maan Singh Khurrana ko unki biwi ne Uncle Scrooge bana diya!" Annie taunted, "Kya Veerji, aapse ye ummeed nahi thi."

"Annie!" He gritted out through clenched teeth, which she ignored, "Apni hi biwi ko nahi mana paye! Chi chi! Log kya kahenge agar kisi ne suna."

Maan glared, "Aisa nahi hai. Wo maan gayee hai bas thoda natak kar rahi hai."

"Accha? Mujhe to aisa nahi laga. Aur abhi to tapmaan aur badh gaya hai! Kya zaroorat thi itna chedne ki?" Naintara teased.

"Ye tumne usse nahi kaha jab tum log use apni bakwaas ideas me shai de rahe the." He snapped!

"Bakwaas?" Naintara pealed in laughter, "You have to admit Veerji, she got you good. Bina dekhe bahoot khoob pehchana aapko usne." And she doubled over, "Uncle Scrooge!"

Annie hi fi-ed her, "Aisa sirf Geet hi soch sakti hai!" laughing with her.

"Waise Maan, apni bachi kuhci izzat bachane ke chaakar me tumne Geet ko aur naraaz kar diya." Arjun smirked.

"Abhi kya karoge?" Dev asked, "Jis halat me wo gayee hai, itni jaldi manegi nahi! Aur tum shukar manao use tumhari blue film ka joke wo nahi samjha! Warna Geet ke Babaji bhi tumhe usse bacha nahi pate!" Dev laughed.

"Mere pass ek idea hai." Annie jumped excitedly. Maan looked at her expectantly but then made a long face, "Mujhe tumhara koi bakwaas idea nahi chahiye. Mai khud use mana loonga."

"Veerji, aapko Geet ko isi saal me manana hai na?" Annie arched her brow, then without waiting for an answer continued, "Aap na use ek letter likh do sorry bolne. Mujhe pata hai aapki akad aapko wo shabd verbally to kehne nahi degi." Everyone chuckled with Annie and agreed while Maan fumed and then mumbled a bit too loudly, "Aisa nahi hai! Maine use sorry bhi bola."

"What? The great Maan Singh Khurrana ne sorry bola? Wo bhi ek lakdi ko? Maanna padega, kuch to baat hai Geet me." Dev added his two cents, after feigning shock.

"Bas ho gaya? Mai bhi jaa raha hu." Maan got up, having had enough mortification for a day, but Annie pulled him down and made him sit back, thinking "Itni asaani se nahi Veerji. Abhi to mazaa aa raha hai." Her evil mind had come up with a wicked idea and she wasn't about to let it go waste.

"Arre Veerji, aap bhi na. Hum aapki madad kar rahe hai aur aap humpe hi baras rahe ho."

"Dikh raha hai mujhe kaun kiski madad kar raha hai." Maan gritted out angrily. Annie hurriedly changed the subject before he got wilder and left without listening to her.

"Accha chodiye ye sab, ek baat batayiye, Geet loves songs hai na?"

"Haan. She keeps listening to them entire day. I think music is her passion." Naintara butted in, and then corrected herself, "After eating and talking that is!"

Maan rolled his eyes, knowing better, "Nope her most favorite time pass is driving me insane!" he cribbed silently, while maintaining a firm look at Annie, "And your point is?"

"My point is very simple. Maine ek baar TV pe dekha tha, heroine hero se naraaz ho jaati hai, so to make her feel special, the hero makes a CD with a few special songs, dedicating it to her, with a few words of his own interspersed to admit his feelings."

"Kya bakwaas idea hai!" Maan jeered.

"Aapme na ROMANCE ka R bhi nahi hai! Mera idea ekdum hit hai. Abhi hero itna kuch karega to heroine ko to melt hona hi padega na?" She turned to the others to garner support.

"Mujhe to Annie ka idea fit laga Maan." Dev praised, and Naintara added, "Haan Veerji aap yehi kariye, Geet zaroor maan jayegi."

"Tumhare bakwaas ideas apne paas hi rakho."

"Hawww! Aapne mera idea bakwaas kaha? Aapke blue shirt wale idea se to better hi hai!" Annie shot back, mortifying him.

Arjun butted in before things escalated, "Maan tumhe jana nahi hai? Geet's been gone for an hour now. Kahi aur naraaz na ho jaye."

"Hmmm. I was just leaving anyways." He stated and got up, hugging them all before making his way back to his apartment. Before he left, Annie screamed, "Ek baar wapas soch lijiye, warna next Holi tak aap bas try hi marte rahoge!" while Maan turned and passed her a quelling glance.

He hoped Geet had cooled down by now and stepped into the house cautiously. The house was silent, so he went into the bedroom only to find her sleeping there peacefully.

In her hand was her phone and the earphones in her ears suggested that she had gone to sleep while listening to some music. How in the world could anyone sleep with sound blaring in their ears was beyond him, but he had seen her do it before too.

He gently eased out the earphones and switched off her phone. Unable to help himself, he sat by her side just gazing at her, his finger going out to put a strand of hair behind her ear which was falling on her face.

"Maybe Annie's idea isn't so bad." He thought it over while he went to shower and change, before slipping into bed. As if she sensed him nearby in her sleep, Geet of her own accord turned around and burrowed herself into his warmth like she had been doing the past week.

This was the moment Maan waited for the entire day and cherished the entire night. It gave him hope that she loved him, in spite of her off hand behavior during the day. In sleep when her barriers were down, she searched him out like a moth to the flame.

He leaned into her and gently pecked on her forehead before pulling her more snugly against himself and closed his eyes, trying to ignore her proximity and his body's traitorous reaction to it. "If only you knew Geet, this is a bigger punishment for me than any other you could ever contemplate!" he bemoaned.

But he wouldn't miss this serene intimacy for anything in the world.

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While on the other side, after Maan left, Annie smirked evilly. Arjun saw his wife and was suspicious, "Annie are you up to something?"

"Me?" She asked innocently, "Mai kya kar sakti hu?"

"Tumhare irade theek nahi lag rahe hume." Naintara seconded Arjun, narrowing her eyes at her tone.

"Mere irade kabhi theek hote hai kya Naina di?" she laughed, "Aap bas side me popcorn aur pepsi leke baitho and enjoy the show!"

All three shared a knowing look and then shook their heads, after all who could stop Annie when she had her mind set on something.

"Poor Maan!" whispered Arjun while Dev prayed, "Geet ke Babaji, use bacha lena!"

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Precap:

Maan ka plan ke Annie ka😲

Author's Note :