Chapter Twenty- One: What's Cooking?!
"Rishi Sir!!!!! You are
joking...Please say Yes...Pleaseee!!!!!!!!"
"Then in that case, No Geet Mam! You
don't have an appointment with Maan Sir today!"
"Why not today Rishi Sir??? Has he
got clients from Mars????!!!!" asked Geet in disbelief
"Then in that case, Sorry Geet Mam, Khurana
Constructions strictly signs deals with proper humans from Earth!"
"Wow! That will be the opening
sentence of my project!!!!!!!!Thank you! " snorted Geet, sarcastically!
Geet rang off in a huff!
Now that is what is called a perfect plan
being ruined! As there were no lectures to attend after the break in college, Geet
expected to start her project right away but now since there was no appointment
with Maan, she knew she won't be entertained in AR!
"Babaji! You must have opened a
popcorn shop by now na??!!!! " cribbed Geet, "I know Maanji is deliberately
doing all this!!!!After all his quota of planting obstacles on my path is not
over yet!!!!!!"
Geet had to do away with her grumblings
when the prof entered the class!
Khurana Constructions
Time did not have wings...not at all...Maan
had serious issues with the soul who quoted that time had speed...Although the day
in office was turning out to be busy as always, still Maan felt that the hands
of the clock were too stubborn to move...And no! He did not purposely refuse to
have an appointment with Geet...Infact he direly wanted her with him...But
because of his Dad he had to let go of the thought of meeting Geet...
That day, Vikrant had come to office to
attend the Board of Directors meeting with Maan. Also he was suspicious that
something was definitely wrong with his angry-young-man son...Maan strongly had
the feeling that if Geet came to KC, he (Maan) would surely be distracted from
work which would strengthen his dad's suspicions!
After the BOD meeting got over, Maan was
in his cabin when his phone rang & the caller name brought a well-deserved
smirk on his face...
Before he could speak, the oppressed
caller from the other end blasted in his ears so much so that Maan had to
distance his ears from his phone!
"Mr Maan Singh Khurana , what do you
think of yourself haan?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My mistake that I put up with your
attitude problem & seeked an appointment but no! you are not even willing
to meet me!!!!!!!!!!! Ek toh KC is such a giant company & the time given
for research is very less aur upar se you are showing your
nakhraas!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ridiculous!!!!!!!"
Geet yelled in one breath! Maan smirked
hearing her breathing heavily!
"Can I speak something in my
defence?" he asked calmly.
"You should!!!!" she snapped!
"Aww...I didn't expect you to miss me
so much!! Mera dil toh garden garden ho gaya! Oh by the way, today is your
holiday as I am in no mood to trouble you!"
His velvety voice enraged her more!
"Listen Mister!!!! I am talking about
my project & I'm not at all missing you, understand?!!!!!!"
"Aww...Mera dil baadal baadal ho gaya
Geet!!!"he pretended to be hurt, actually he was hurt but he didn't make
it evident!
"Then in that case, I have to
reconsider my decision of having an appointment with you tomorrow for the
project! Haan but if would like to have a cup of coffee with me, then you are
most welcome today itself!"
His mischievous voice made Geet pout
ruefully!
"Babaji ! Inka kuch nahi ho
sakta!!!!!"
He heard her rambling!
"D-Dekhiye---"
Maan saw Vikrant entering the cabin so he
cut the call which shocked Geet to no ends!
"Maan...Are you alright????"
asked Vikrant surprised, "It's very weird to say this to you but...You
seem so"lost!"
"Y-Yeah Dad! I'm lost in work! So much
work! I-I have called an HOD meeting today...I mean tomorrow!! L-Lots of
work!"
Vikrant was even more surprised to see his
son stammering!
"Anyways,Since the BOD meet is over,
I am leaving! You take care of yourself beta!"
Maan nodded. Vikrant left.
Maan sighed!
On the other front, there was some another
khayali pulav cooking in Geet's head!
"Hwww!!!!!!!!! Maani cut my call!!!!
Why did he cut my call????Unhone pehle aisa kabhi bhi nahi kiya...Babaji, did I
blast on him too much?? I shouldn't have done that, hai na Babaji??"wondered a worried Geet
"See, there is no point in panicking!
You must right now go to AR & see whether Maan thik hai ya nahi, hai na?
Lets go!"
Geet hurried to office. The security
stopped her at the gates but she was in no mood to listen! They knew who she
was & so let her in! But that horrified the receptionist to the roots!
"Mam Please! Try to understand! You
can't meet Maan Sir without an appointment! My job will go!!"
She almost ran behind Geet but Geet did
not listen!
"Your job won't go! Pakka promise
because I don't need an appointment to meet Maan!"
Geet's running feet came to a standstill
& she was left wide-eyed when she saw Maan with a young female client in
the formal lounge! It seemed as though their conversation was over & they
shook hands...! Though their handshake was very formal, Geet did not like it at
all!
Maan was startled to see Geet standing at
a distance with a sullen face! She then traced her steps to his cabin. The
client left after which Maan too walked in his cabin.
"Who gave you these flowers?"
asked Geet eyeing the bouquet in his hand.
"The client gave it to me. She has a
really good business sense, I must say! It will be great to work with someone
like her!"
That did not go down well with Geet though
he said it in thorough professional manner!
"Yeah Yeah why not!!!! Babaji, he must
have cut my call because of her, hai na?!!!!!"
Maan was unaware of what Geet was thinking
as she was able to mask herself effectively!
"Waise if you want these flowers, you
can take it. They are of zero use to me." said Maan while sitting behind
his desk.
"No! Why should I take it! She
brought it for you na so you only keep! After all, she is very talented as you
said!!!!" said she pretending to be unperturbed but in mind she wanted to
murder the client for giving Maan flowers!
The manner in which she spoke puzzled Maan!
" Since you have landed over here,
lets talk about your project!" he said earnestly.
"Dekhiye, don't change the topic! I
have not come here for the project but to----" she stalled abruptly, "to ask why you cut my call
because you never do that!"
Geet completed her say in her mind!
Maan watched her with twinkling eyes. She
threw her gaze all across the cabin but not at him!
"To drink coffee with me?" he
asked roguishly.
"N-N-N-N-No!!! I came here
to...to..." Geet looked all around her, mentally searching for a
convenient lie! "Yes!!! I-I came here t-to i-inspect whether K-KC is
there in r-reality or is it just an i-illusion to the eyes...! H-Haan! W-Woh
kya hai n-na, b-before s-starting any project, one must conduct a s-site
visit...! S-S-So... "
Her entire loophole explanation was full
of stammering which left Maan completely amused! Geet realized she messed up
everything! She mentally smacked her head!!!
"Geet!!!!!!!!! Your this statement
will be quoted in the Gunnies Book of World Records as The Most Lamest Excuse'
!!!!!!!!!"
She stood glancing sideways! Maan advanced
towards her while she stepped backward...
"O...kay? So now if you are "enlightened" by the Almighty that KC is a huge reality, will you care to put forth
your "real” intentions of landing here?" asked Maan, smirking!
"W-W-W-W-Woh...I-I-I----"
Her heart throbbed as he inched closer...
At that precise moment Rishi entered the
cabin! Maan gave him a rueful look & the poor terrified fellow realized
that he hadn't knocked!
"Then in that case, S-S-S-Sorry
S-S-S-S-S-S--"
Rishi was about to scurry out but Geet
stopped him! After all, Geet got a proper excuse to dodge Maan's question!
"Rishi Sir wait!!!!!"
Geet ran towards him which was not taken
graciously by Maan! Rishi saw that his Boss was balefully looking at him!
Rishi adjusted his spectacles but glanced
sideways not looking at Geet!
"Maan! I came to office today so that
I can say sorry to Rishi Sir for being slightly rude over the phone in the
morning! Sorry Rishi Sir!!!!!"
Geet made a puppy face fluttering her
innocent eyelashes at Rishi! He did not look at her as he saw Maan's terror
looks at him through the corner of his eye!
"Rishi Leave!!!!!!"
Scared, he hurried out hearing Maan's cold
voice!
Maan then yanked her towards him. Her
hands unconsciously began adjusting on his shoulders. After a whole morning
wait...finally...finally she was there...with him...close to him...Geet found
his intense dark eyes staring at her...Her breaths halted when he brought his
face closer to her...She closed her eyes managing her galloping heart beats as
she felt the edge of his nose trailing down her cheeks. He was hopelessly
drowned in her so much so that he didn't even know when he lost control on his
own self. Her mind went black feeling his intoxicating breaths all over her
face. She was on the verge of moaning when he slowly reached her ears &
whispered huskily...
"Let's make your project
over a mug of coffee!"
Her trance broke hearing him. She
was shocked at their closeness & at once distanced from him. She was uet
again confused & flustered!
"H-Have you i-invented some n-new
c-coffee plant that you are so hell bent on sipping coffee with me?!!!!!"
she snapped bluntly.
Maan smirked!
"Aww...Chalo thik hai! Lets postpone
coffee & seriously discuss about your project!"
"Zarurat nahi!!!!!"
"I am serious really!" he tried
to make her understand.
"Forget it!!!!"
"I am extremely serious Geet---"
But she had already walked out of the
cabin! Maan was left puzzled by her odd behavior!
Hostel
It was late evening & Geet was pacing
to & fro in her room.
"Geet! What on earth had happened to
you???!!!! Maan had literally agreed to start with the project par nahi you
foolishly refused!!!! Why the hell did you refuse???!!!!!"
Geet sat down chiding! Actually, she
somewhere knew why she had refused...
"Geet, was Mt Everest on the verge of
falling down because he cut your one call? No na? Then why are you so much
affected????!!!"
Her phone rang bringing her out from her
thoughts...Her heart missed a beat when she saw the caller name...But she once
again recollected how he had cut her phone...Geet decided to ignore his call
but the very next second she answered it!
"Thinking about me?" came his
velvety voice.
"My mind doesn't gets salary &
bonus to keep thinking about you always!!!" she said dryly.
"Whoa! So you're angry with me just
because I didn't trouble you much today, right?" he asked mischievously.
Geet frowned.
"Dekhiya aap---"
Maan had to yet again cut the call when he
saw Dadima entering his room! Geet again
misunderstood him & was shocked!
"He again disconnected my
call???!!!!!"
Geet dialed his number again but he again
cut it as Nani was still around!
"Maan aisa kyun kar rahe hain???!!! I think I'm not
relevant to him!!!!!"
Angry & hurt, Geet tried to sleep
roughly pulling the blanket over her...
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