Randheer was busy reading his letters to Ranjhan. Amrit had handed over the letter box to him and had also promised him to write a reply to each of those. As he kissed the last one, a loud tap on the table disturbed his mood. He looked up to find Amrit arranging the water jug on the sidetable.
Their eyes met. His soft ones met her flustered orbs.
"Gentleman!" She said, fuming. His eyebrows arched up, questioning her statement.
"Gentleman samjha tha aapko!"
He got up and kept the letters aside.
"Huh?"
"Aapko meri kahaniyon ka nayak ka bol diya, apne aap ko cinema ka hero samjhne lage?"
She turned around, and hid her smile, which was getting harder to suppress.
"Amrit, main sach bol raha hoon. Farooq ne hi mujhpar haath uthaya tha pehle aur phir woh Vashma..."
"Vashma? Vashma ke saath aap kar kya rahe the? Haan? Mere saath toh kabhi sher-o-shayri nahi ki aajtak?" She made a pout-face.
As much as Randheer was loving this possessive side of hers, he didn't like those tones of doubt.
"Amrit, mera yakeen...."
"Yeh dekho, kinna sonna damaad paaya hai hum sab ne. Pehle bahar gharwaali ki saheli ke saath chedchad, ab yahan... haaye tauba."
Mogar cursed her luck and her lord yet again.
Randheer opened his mouth to speak but Amrit jumped into his defence.
"Bua ji, yeh baat toh main bhi jaanti hoon aur aap bhi, ke Randheer ji aisa sapne mein bhi nahi kar sakte. Toh phir apna waqt kyun barbaad karna?"
"Aur mainu ek gall dasso, Farooq aur Abrar Baig Manzil ki pichli gali mein kaise pohoche? Bata doon main Bauji ko? Ki mujhse zyaada toh aapki nazar hai Randheer ji par."
Mogar's mouth went wide open in shock and she left the place immediately.
Amrit turned around to find Randheer smiling back at him. "Accha toh meri taang kheechi jaa rahi thi."
He tried to act miffed but her coy smile washed the resolve away.
He lifted up her chin and looked at those innocent little eyes staring back to him with all the love in the world.
"Bharose ki toh koi baat hi nahi hai...
Khudse zyaada aap par hai naaz,
Aur yahi hai iss Ranjhan aur Amrit ka pehla aur aakhri raaz."
She said.
He laughed at the adorableness she had in her words.
"Maine faisla kar liya hai, aajke baad na toh Maine aage kya hoga, iske baare mein sochna hai, naa hi apni kismat par shak karna hai. Main aapki kitni ho sake itni madad karna chahti hoon, taaki..."
He kept his finger on her lips.
"Bass. Ab aur mujhe kuch nahi sunna." He said.
"Par ek baar toh batao. Yeh Uday ko itna gussa sirf is liye aaya tha ki Farooq ne mujhe itni zor se maara?" He spoke dramatically, wanting to know the truth.
She laughed and pulled his nose, startling him completely.
"Nahi ji, Uday veerji toh, toh... Vashma se pyaar karte hain..." she smiled and ran away, as soon as she heard her Bauji's footsteps nearby.
...
Mahi.
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