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Surbhi opened the wooden door and stared into the small, yet classy looking bar…There wasn't much of a crowd, but it wasn't completely empty either…. She locates the bar counter …without another moment of thinking, she walks to it and seats herself down onto one of the stools… Her tears were now long gone as well as her disbelief…. All that was left was anger…
Anger on betrayal and anger at her own stupidity. How could she be so stupid?...
Anger on Sidhant…that idiot, stupid, cheat, liar, b*****d ….. 😡😡 wish she cud kill him with her bare hands…for what he had done… 😡😡 after being in relation with her for last 2 years …. & after Breaking her trust…he had the guts to stand in front of her & asking for forgiveness after confessing that he cheated on her…How dare He… 😡😡😡 & asks her to accept him back 😡😡
Why she has been blaming him…she had been stupid herself for not listening to her conscience which warned her many times about Sidhant…
Why couldn't she see what was happening before her eyes? Was it because she didn't want to believe it? Because believing in it would ruin everything? Because it would change her life drastically?
They were supposed to get married in next 2 months…Why cudn't she notice his strange behavior and distant attitude since last few months…
The man she once knew was changing before her eyes….The man she was engaged to for a year was changing completely. He didn't make any plans for outings anymore for them, nor did he call as much or attend his calls, he rarely ever visited, disappeared for visits, made excuses to get out of dinners, and never met eye to her as well. Guilt was present in all of his actions…… & Today….Today ….
Her temper rose again…. 😡😡
Why couldn't she see what was happening before her eyes? Was it because she didn't want to believe it? Because believing in it would ruin everything? Because it would change her life drastically?
They were supposed to get married in next 2 months…Why cudn't she notice his strange behavior and distant attitude since last few months…
The man she once knew was changing before her eyes….The man she was engaged to for a year was changing completely. He didn't make any plans for outings anymore for them, nor did he call as much or attend his calls, he rarely ever visited, disappeared for visits, made excuses to get out of dinners, and never met eye to her as well. Guilt was present in all of his actions…… & Today….Today ….
Her temper rose again…. 😡😡
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As she seats herself on one the stools…..the bartender looks over to her with a level of interest… asks welcomingly, "What will it be, Mam?" 😊
Surbhi automatically "whisky on the rocks"
Bartender gives her a startled look but listens obediently…. leaving her to mope behind and brew in her existing anger.
She misses the stranger beside her, who seats two stools away from her, analyzing her with fascination.His dark eyes rest on her fragile form and he rubs the bottom of his chin with his fingers as he wonders what could possibly have happened to the woman that has caused her to be so distressed…
She misses the stranger beside her, who seats two stools away from her, analyzing her with fascination.His dark eyes rest on her fragile form and he rubs the bottom of his chin with his fingers as he wonders what could possibly have happened to the woman that has caused her to be so distressed…
Surbhi still remembers Sidhant's confession… of how just few hours back he confessed that few months back he got involved withAnita, … she cudn't believe Anita from their own office where they worked & it had been going on since last few months….& she being stupid fool didn't even realised….She felt like banging something on Sid's head…
Last thing she remembers throwing his engagement ring at him and storming off, slamming his apartment door after her…
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Now… What would her parents think now? They are so happy with the thought of them together. The ideal couple, they would call them.…A match made in heaven. If they were meant to be…Surbhi knew Sidhant since college days...& from being friends it was gradual process to fall in love...now she wonders if it was love at all??? if they were perfectly in love then why did he do this to her? Why?...
Her thots broke when the bartender comes back with her drink and hands it over to her… she scrutinizes for a moment until she gives in and takes it into her hand, lifting it to her lips... Before she can even take a sip of the alcoholic beverage…she hears a rumbling, masculine voice….asking humouredly
Voice--Are you sure you want to do that?😛
Startled, Surbhi turns to her side and her eyes land on the figure of the man. Her eyes take in the presence of him… a man…no handsome man…with captivating stormy gray eyes… a strong firm jaw line,… having a swig of his beer and stares at her with his teasing eyes…. For a while she gets slight hypnotized state by his dashingly handsome appearance…. He must be also a heartbreaker, she concludes…Women must probably be throwing themselves on him every minute of the day….All Men are same….she cud feel her anger rising again…
Startled, Surbhi turns to her side and her eyes land on the figure of the man. Her eyes take in the presence of him… a man…no handsome man…with captivating stormy gray eyes… a strong firm jaw line,… having a swig of his beer and stares at her with his teasing eyes…. For a while she gets slight hypnotized state by his dashingly handsome appearance…. He must be also a heartbreaker, she concludes…Women must probably be throwing themselves on him every minute of the day….All Men are same….she cud feel her anger rising again…
Surbhi (stammered)—D -do what?
Raising his brow slightly pointing over to her drink, still held firmly in her slender fingers….Teasing her once again
Raising his brow slightly pointing over to her drink, still held firmly in her slender fingers….Teasing her once again
That' the whiskey… I highly doubt that a small girl like you will be able to contain it in herself'…
This angers Surbhi more… The last she needs is someone to mock her… She has been ridiculed enough….She will not stand anymore, that too, from a complete stranger….
Surbhi (hotly)—Tum hote kaun ho…mujhse poochne wale..😡😡 & For your information, I can have whatever I wish…. I am a grown woman who can take care of herself, thank you. Not a small girl how you put it…
Man chuckling to himself… 😆 takes another sip of his beer….
"I am sorry Miss' Please, carry on'. I do not wish to impose on your choice of beverage' …😆😆
"I am sorry Miss' Please, carry on'. I do not wish to impose on your choice of beverage' …😆😆
Surbhi scowls at him… detesting the mockery in his tone and the twinkle in his gray eyes. She turns to look at her drink, gives it another thorough look, and takes the first sip of it… She immediately spits it out and chokes from the strong acid like quality in it. Her eyes begin to water.
She hears a throaty laughter coming from the stranger and glares at him through her now blinded eyes….
She hears a throaty laughter coming from the stranger and glares at him through her now blinded eyes….
Man is back poking fun at her…😆😆😆
"I am assuming that this is your very first drink'. As it is, you do not seem like a drinker to me'.😆😆
"I am assuming that this is your very first drink'. As it is, you do not seem like a drinker to me'.😆😆
Surbhi wished she would smash that glass of his onto his head….The pompous jerk how dare he poke fun at her?
Surbhi—SO what ?? 😡😡 even if its my first….can u mind your business… 😡😡
Man (smiled)—Well…… if its ur first then you want to pick the right drink…. See what it is that u can handle 😆😆😆
Man (teasing)--Small girl? …😛😛 Why, I thought I was talking to a grown woman just a second ago',"
Surbhi hates how he is getting under her skin and Man is personally loving seeing her getting all riled up the way she is… As for the Man, she is perhaps the only woman he has met that looks beautiful even when angry….
Surbhi (mutters) : I hate you…
He chuckles as if this is the funniest thing he has heard. "You hate me? Already? ' 😆😆😆 Am I really not that good at first impressions? (somberly) let me good with u sweetheart… I'll buy you a drink…. But be warned, it will be nothing on the rocks 😆😆😆
She continues with her glaring& scowling as she watches the man calling out for the bartender for a drink…
Surbhi (irritated)—thank you Sir, but I do not accept drinks from strangers…😡😡😡
Man—Really… & I thot, this is your first drink... And u call me Aryan…😊😊😊 Sir makes me feel old' I know I am nowhere in twenties anymore,(with twinkle in his eyes) but I like to believe that I still have a good few years left in me…😉😆😆
Surbhi is tempted to smile at his sense of humour but she immediately holdsbackreminding herself that he is a stranger, a stranger that is crossing his limits…She however cannot help herself from replying to him, his talks drawing her in…She scrutinizes him curiously with her soft hazel eyes.
Surbhi (bluntly): So, How old are you?
Aryan (grinning)-- How old do you suppose I am? 😃😛
Surbhi: I would have thought you were 23-24… if you hadn't said you were not in your twenties …
Aryan surprises her as she watches him cracking up laughing… 🤣 & sharing with bartender…(proudly) Hey…I just passed as 24 year old….And here I thought that I was doomed an early end…😆😆😆😆
Bartender just joins him in laughter...Surbhi is puzzled by why it is amusing to both men that she had mistaken him as younger… How old is he then really?
Surbhi: whats so funny… 😕😕 What is your real age?
Aryan(controlling his laughter)—34 sweetheart…will be 35 …two months later..
Surbhi (stammers)—B -but you look so young…
They are intervened by bartender placing light beer b/w them…
Aryan—Here u go…sweetheart… (as she drinks…after a pause Aryan popped up the question) So, now tell me….What made you become into a drinker? I am thinking that something very terrible must have happened….otherwise you wouldn't have chosen whiskey for your first drink….
Surbhi…fiddles with bottle… solemnly looks at him… their eyes clashing, and her previous emotions resurface inside of her….
She didn't know what made her do it…. Or why she did it. But the next thing she knew…she was telling the stranger she had just met five minutes ago about the story of her life and the deception she had gotten out of it…
She didn't know what made her do it…. Or why she did it. But the next thing she knew…she was telling the stranger she had just met five minutes ago about the story of her life and the deception she had gotten out of it…
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One Year later
Surbhi can't believe her parents…asking her again to settle down…after knowing she doesn't want to marry…after her experience with Sidhant….she doesn't have courage to handle another relationship…but parents being parents…as stubborn they can be…Her mom had gone emotional blackmailing all the way…& finally she said Yes to meet the boy...she will simply say he didn't liked the boy...atleast it will keep Mom silent for a while...
One Year later
Surbhi can't believe her parents…asking her again to settle down…after knowing she doesn't want to marry…after her experience with Sidhant….she doesn't have courage to handle another relationship…but parents being parents…as stubborn they can be…Her mom had gone emotional blackmailing all the way…& finally she said Yes to meet the boy...she will simply say he didn't liked the boy...atleast it will keep Mom silent for a while...
Surbhi (mumbling to herself as she finished her work)—Milo milo milo…hadh hogayi, Mom bhi na…peeche pad jati hai…jab mujhe shadi nahi karni…toh main ladke se milkar kya karungi…sab ladke ek jaise hote hai…(she cud hear a voice in her heart)
Inner voice—sab nahi hote…some are Good……to be precise one has been too good & sweet to be true…
He has been a true friend for her since the day they have met…The one, who made he cope up the heartbreak... The one who again taught her to trust someone... she still remembers….how she had broken down in front of Aryan…he patiently listened to her…..calmed her down…even dropped her home that night…The first meeting as stranger turned into being friends, also boss-employee... Since she had resigned from her previous job as she didn't want to face Sidhant everyday, Aryan offered to work with him ……& now here she is working with him for past one year…She cant help but accept it to herself that more he knows Aryan more she starts liking him...
He has been a true friend for her since the day they have met…The one, who made he cope up the heartbreak... The one who again taught her to trust someone... she still remembers….how she had broken down in front of Aryan…he patiently listened to her…..calmed her down…even dropped her home that night…The first meeting as stranger turned into being friends, also boss-employee... Since she had resigned from her previous job as she didn't want to face Sidhant everyday, Aryan offered to work with him ……& now here she is working with him for past one year…She cant help but accept it to herself that more he knows Aryan more she starts liking him...
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Surbhi finished compiling answers to the set of questions the magazine had sent for Aryan's interview… alongwith the photographs to be published with it…. Its been one year now that she has been working with him and now almost knows against which answer what he will reply…after compiling the answers…sent it to him for approval…& was almost winding up her work …as she knows if she delays a bit her Mom will eat her head…the boy's parents have selected…is supposed to visit today…
Surbhi…was surprised to see the interview approval coming back instantly… wondering has he even read at all what she has written…. most probably he has not read it even once ….
Surbhi (entering his cabin)—Aryan ek baar dekh toh liya karo…I mean you may not want to say what I have written…
Aryan (without even looking up)—Surbhi u know about my plans, my projects everything, so why should I see… It's a business interview afterall
Surbhi—haan par…questions are answered by Aryan Kapoor…of Kapoor industries…not by Surbhi…Aryan—its one & same thing..
Surbhi (confused)—huh??
Aryan (realizing what he said)—ermm who…I mean…I am paying you well enough so that these things can be taken care of, so why should I bother, it is over a year working & you seem to have picked up your job… I trust you…😊
Surbhi just shook her head…… its impossible to argue with him…she just went back to mail the interview to concerned reporter
Once through, she checked the time in her mobile…already two missed calls from Mom…. She shud leave office in a while…nehi toh ghar me afat toot parega….Usually she returns later than 8pm but today Mom's strict instructions to come early… the boy was working in some financial company... Surbhi hasn't paid attention to what Mom had told abt him… she was least interested…
Her mobile rang, it was her mother again…
Surbhi (pissed off) —Mom…..baar baar yaad dilane ki zarut nahi hai…I am not running away anywhere ...aur abhi sirf 4 baje hai…i will be early maine Aryan ko already bata diya tha … (disconnected the phone)
Aryan –Mujhe kya bataya hai?? 😕
Surbhi—who…actually… I told you today I have guests coming over for dinner, I have to leave office at 5.30 today…
Aryan—tum guests ko weekends pe kyun nahi bulati…😕😕 anyways… u still have time to leave yeh file dekhlena & just brief me about it with a summary… .I have a headache I cannot read each and every comment…
Surbhi—Aryan?? Itni jaldi mujhse nahi hoga…I will be late…aur…
Aryan—Surbhi… you have studied the file many times…ab sirf observations dekhni hai… & u have more than half an hour…its enough time, instead of getting into verbal dual with me, make me the summary before leaving…
Surbhi just gaped at his retreating back….
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Back in cabin…Aryan pondered abt Surbhi's guest tonite…it was his brother in law Vishal who spotted Surbhi in his office & suggested his Mom for his younger brother Aniket…
Surbhi after completing the report…knocked on Aryan's door, he was talking to someone on the phone, at the same time rubbing his forehead… Surbhi just shook her head its routine most of time….he overstresses himself & ends up having headache…as he disconnected phone…. Like usual, handed him the painkiller…
Surbhi (keeping file on desk)-- this is the best I could make in a hurry, you read it…
Aryan (mumbled)—Thanks….
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Ten minutes later, as she reached the lift to leave home… found… Aryan leaning against the wall of the lift …
Aryan—since you are late because of me…….come on I will drop you… also, I want to go home early today…..already my head is splitting and I cannot concentrate anyway…
Throughout journey Surbhi was lost in thots...reminiscing past one year…one year literally flew away, she was busy coping with her new job…Aryan was extremely patient while she coped as it was totally different from her previous job profile..& once she managed, he just started depending on her… few times they travelled together but few times when he went alone… she was woken at the middle of the night for statistics as he was in business meeting with somebody else in the other part of the world...
The car slowed at the turn and stopped, Surbhi gave a surprised look
Aryan--I am sure you can spare some time for a cup of coffee…
Surbhi just nodded…she recognized the place…. It was caf that was another part of the bar where they first met…the caf & bar were separated with a glass wall….
Aryan got two steaming cups of Coffee Latte, their usual….
Aryan(settling down)—So, aaj ka din yaad hai…(looked questioningly at Surbhi) its 14th Feb …..exactly 1 year back we met…
Surbhi (eyes sparkled)—tumhe yaad hai??
Aryan--Of course I do...Don't you?
Surbhi (somberly)—main kaise bhool sakti…afterall I started my life afresh again….& it was all possible because of u… (sighed) par mujhe laga tum bhool gaye hoge…u were so busy today…
Aryan (pondered)--Ek saal kaise beeth gaya pata hi nehi chala...
Surbhi just nodded thoughtfully… They had their coffee in silence looking out at the road…. Silence broke…as Surbhi's phone rang...informed she wud just reach in 5/6 minutes…
Surbhi looked at Aryan also finished his coffee….as they reached the car she was about to go to the other side of the car, Aryan tapped her shoulder...
Aryan (cleared her throat)—ermm…Surbhi…who… (Surbhi gave a confused look) aunty will mind if she has an extra guest for dinner...I mean you already have guests so...
Surbhi –ofcourse not Aryan…it wont be first time u wud be joining for dinner…you are most welcome...chalo…
Aryan (scratched his head added hesitantly )—ermm Surbhi…will it look very odd…if..If I ask for your hand from your father in front of your guests...(Surbhi just gaped at him) kya hua?? Tell me…will it look very odd...
Surbhi just threw her arms around his neck and hugged him...
********The End**********
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