Episode-54

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Next Morning:
Kartik has an early morning meeting in the office. So he was in a hurry. He told Naira that he won't be able to drop her as he is already late.

That's when Naira suggested him that she will drop him and take the Car with herself to her office.

Meanwhile In the Car,
Naira: Kartik, I will come to pick you up today.
Kartik: No need Naira. Waise bhi tum mujhse pehle aa jaati ho...mujhe late hoga aaj...Main Papa ya Chachu k saath aa jaunga.
Naira: Okay, as you say.
Till the mean time, Kartik's office arrived and he bid a good bye to her saying "Drive safely..Take care."

It was lunch hour and after completing her lunch, she called Kartik...
Naira: Hi, How was your meeting?
Kartik: We Cracked the deal....
Naira: Wow!! Congratulations....
Kartik: Thank you. By the way aaj tumhe meri yaad kahan se aa gayi?
Naira(slightly blushing): Tum toh aise bol rahe ho jaise mujhe kabhi tumhari yaad aati hi nahi.
Kartik: Ohhh!! Toh you mean to say that you miss me?
Before Naira could answer him, he cut the call saying "Naira, my clients are here...Talk to you later."

And the phone disconnected.

Naira's P.O.V (Being wondered)
Bye bole bina hi cut kar diya...lagta hai, Janab kuch jyada hi buzy ho gye hain. Yahan main usse miss kar rahi hun aur ek woh hai jiske paas 2minute ka bhi mere liye time nahi hai....

And instantly her mind got stuck between Gayu's words and accordingly, she starts recalling all that Gayu suggested her to do so.

She was reminiscing thoroughly saying "Kya Gayu di Jo keh rahi thi, mujhe woh karna chahiye? Kal bhi Kartik mere close aane ki koshish kar raha tha par shayad mere uncomfortable ho jaane ki wajah se woh apni feelings dikha nahi paa raha....

Par kal for the first time mujhe aisa kyun laga that the way he wanted me, even I wanted him the same...may be the inner fear inside me is stopping me to proceed further.

By he is my Husband then why doesn't he show his any right on me?

Even I wanted to surrender myself to him but what is that which is stopping me from pursuing it further....

Even yesterday, when I refused him, why did he instantly agreed with me? Why didn't he force me? Does he respect me so much that he don't wanna go against my will for once?

And her chain of thoughts were broken by a sudden knock on the door where a Peon was standing with a file in his hand.

Realising the place she chuckled on her thoughts that what was she upto and that to even in an unexpected place and an unexpected time as well and allowed the Peon to come inside.

It was 6 in the evening when she was leaving from the office. Suddenly an urgent work had been handed over to her which she couldn't refuse.

It took her more than 3 hours to complete the work and she didn't realize the time which showed 09:15 ie she was very late, almost everyone and left the office except the few ones.

After a while, grabbing har handbag and car keys, she left from the office.

Meanwhile, on the way back to home, her Car got stopped and was not starting. She keeps on trying but all her efforts went in vain.

She tried to call Kartik but his phone was unreachable.

After waiting for almost half n hour, she got lift by her friend cum colleague 'Nikhil'.

Nikhil was going back to home through office. When he saw Naira standing alone on the road searching for cabs, he suddenly halted his Car and came out asking about the matter.

To which she briefly explained the whole matter to him and he suggested her that he would drop her home.

While on the way Naira was again n again checking the time as it was for the first time she was so late. She tried to call Kartik again n again but as usual his phone was out of reachable.

So she called up Swarna to inform about her whereabouts and she also informed her that her Car got broke down. So his friend is dropping her home.

In Goenka Villa,
Kartik, Manish and Akhilesh were back home. Swarna handed over a glass of water to everyone whereas Kartik's eyes were searching for Naira.

When Swarna informed him about Naira's Car break down and her coming home with her friend, he started dialing Naira's contact number and just then she entered with Nikhil.

Manish: Naira, Tum theek toh ho na beta?
Naira: Jee papa. Main bilkul thik hun.

Naira introduced Nikhil to everyone as her friend cum colleague. He took everyone's blessings. Everyone thanked him for dropping Naira safely at home except Kartik.

While he was leaving for Singhania Sadan, Manish told him to stay and have dinner with them as it was already the Dinner Time...
Nikhil: No, No...Uncle. It's okay. Mujhe abhi bhuk nahi hai. Aap log continue kijiye.
Manish: Aise kaise bhuk nahi hai...Raat ke 10:30 baj rahe hain...Dinner time almost over ho chuka hai...Come on...I won't listen to you. You have to have dinner with us.

Everyone was forcing him to have dinner with them then atlast when Naira insisted saying "Please Nikhil sab itna force kar rhein hain toh kar lo na."

And as soon as she requested, Nikhil.agreed to have dinner with them. This incident didn't get un-noticed by Kartik. He was feeling bit insecure before everyone.

After having Dinner, Nikhil bid good- bye to everyone and all left for their respective rooms.

In KAIRA Room:
Naira was in washroom when Kartik was waiting for her to join. He was struggling with many questions in his mind.

As soon as she came, Kartik started putting bundle of questions before her,
Kartik: Naira, tum mujhe bhi toh call kar Sakti thi na jab Car kharab hui toh? Main aa jaata tumhe pick karne.
Naira: Kartik, maine pehle tumhe hi call kiya that but tumhara phone un-reachable bata raha tha.
Kartik: Par mere Phone mein toh full coverage show kar raha tha...Phir aise-kaise call nahi laga.
Naira: Mujhe nahi pata..But I tried calling you many times.
Wait, I can show you my call log....
Kartik: Arre, Nahi nahi Naira...Mera woh matlab nahi tha...I trust you. Main toh bas aise hi concerned tha tumhaare liye...That's it.

He tried to avoid his insecurities. Yet he was behaving as a normal person but somewhere a little closeness of him with his wife was pinching him inside his head.

After few minutes of silence, he again spoke "Tumne mujhe kabhi bataya nahi ki Nikhil tumhaare office mein work karta hai?"

Naira: Nahi bataya...(Giving a thought)
Shayad bhool gayi hongi. Warna isme chupaane waali kya baat hai...pehle mujhe bhi kahan pata tha...woh toh jab main last day lunch k liye jaa rahi thi tab we got bump into each other that he also works in the same company but in the New York branch.  Philhaal woh yahan training period k liye aaya hua hai.
Kartik: Hmm...

Giving a thought in mind he said "Itni jaruri baat batana kaise bhool Sakti ho tum Naira."

Naira(While Shaking him): Kya soch rahe ho..chalo mujhe bahut neend aa rahi hai...bahut hectic day tha aaj ka.

She wished him Good Night While taking her side of the bed and switching off the lights.

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