Fated

Epilogue

London. 5 years later.

Sanskar entered the offices of M2W; returning back from an out of town meeting. 

M2W was the name of the architecture consultancy firm that he and Ragini has started, after her masters, with her friend Mark Wright.

Sanskar opened the door to his wife's office, without making much noise. 

He saw her working, completely engrossed in her designs even as she was trying to respond to Mark. 

Mark was in a jolly mood and was guffawing at some joke that Sanskar was sure he had told Ragini himself. 

Sanskar looked at him annoyed. Crumpling a piece of paper that he found nearby, he shot it at Mark, hitting him on the side of his face.

"Bloody hell!" Mark said turning to look at the source of the hit.

Sanskar glared at him.

"Mate!" Mark said with a shrug. "What was I supposed to do?" he asked, "You cannot always get your wife to do what you want; how can you expect me to! As if she is going to listen to me!"

Ragini was amused by their interaction; a smile playing on her lips even as she continued to focus on her work without turning to look at them.

"I went off for that site inspection with one request for you!" Sanskar said glaring at him, "One! One simple request!

"Why do you think I am here keeping an eye on her?" Mark asked before turning to Ragini, "Rags! Don't kill me for this. It is all his doing." 

Mark knew he had to protect himself from any retribution from Ragini and his girlfriend–her best friend–Megan. He could handle Ragini alone, but the two of them together were bad– especially with the third one from their group Cat joined in. 

He turned to Sanskar–the immediate threat–explaining, "You know I was keeping her happy and stress free while you were away." 

"You were supposed to keep her from stressing too much by working continuously," Sanskar pointed out to him.

"Hey, you try doing that!" Mark told him, "You know you could thank me for putting my work aside and sitting with her all this time. I do have that meeting with the Bishops, to go over their plans, this evening. I am going to have to work my ass off, to finish that on time."

"Sanskar! He really wasn't at fault. He tried to stop me from working," Ragini said trying to save Mark.

"Thanks!" Sanskar muttered to Mark, half heartedly

"You are not getting off this easy. I am going to take a long break when Megan and I get married," Mark told him

"You need to pull yourself together to pop the question to her first," Sanskar said, with an amused smile. 

It was a running joke between the rest of the friends–outside of Megan–because he had chickened out of doing it 4 times so far

Mark showed him the finger. "You try facing Megan and daring to ask her"

"One of these days, she is going to propose to you instead!" Sanskar said with a chuckle

"It would save me a hell lot of trouble; I am telling you!" Mark said as he walked out.

He paused near Sanskar for a second before leaving the office. "You know you need the break more than her mate," he said tilting the head towards Ragini, "You are going to drive yourself nuts!"

Sanskar rolled his eyes, but didn't counter. 

He knew he was being a bit hyper – actually more than a bit – but then that was how he always seemed to be when it came to Ragini. He cared enough for her, for both of them and she in turn took enough care of him, for both of them.