Next day , Sharanya came to Maya's house ....... After knocking a servant came and open the door let her in ...... She saw that maya was coming out from her room ...... Sharanya gives an warm smile to her maya just reciprocated slightly just for her sake ....... Sharanya felt that something is wrong with maya but too scared to ask her  ......she was keeping breakfast on the table maya came and ate silently not even sparing a glance at her  ....... Somewhere it irked Sharanya ....... Not being able to hold anymore she asks .......

Sharanya : kya hua mam ! ...... Uhh ..... I mean aapki tabiyat toh thik hai na ? ..... Asks in a concerned tone ... Maya just nods looking down at the plate ...... She slightly frowned at her reaction ....... Kuch aur baat hai ? ...... Maya slowly averted her gaze from plate to her ....... Gulping her salaiva she continued ...... Nahi mam ! ...... Aap ..... Kuch thik nahi lagra hai ? ....... Isiliye ....... Says slowly making an puppy face ....... Maya feels the concern in her voice and eyes ........

Maya : tumhe meri fikr hai ? ....... Asks bluntly ....... Sharanya nods her head postively with an worried face making  maya do forget everything for a second  smile a little inwardly ....... composing it she says ....... Tum uss vyombedi se kya baat kar rahi thi ! ....... making Sharanya frown a little thinking about what made her ask about vyom out of no where ....... As she had no idea about the cold war between them ......

Sharanya : bas aise hi ! ......

Maya : kaha na usse dur rehne ko ! ...... Sharanya looks at maya confusingly ......

Sharanya : nahi mam woh .... Vyom sir .... Meri college ki bahar the ... Vyom aur achanak se waha aayi unhone mujhe dekha aur hum aise hi .... Maya cuts her in the middle showing her hand and says ......

Maya : ye nahi pocha ki waha kya ho rahi thi ! ...... Maine ye pucha ki ... Usse dur raho ! .... Her words were low yet firm ...... Sharanya could feel the tension in her voice ..... Involuntarily her hands start to tremble ...... Maya notice that sighing mentally and says ..... See ! ..... Maine usse dur rehne ko isiliye keh rahi hoon kyunki ... Jo bhi tumhare saath kiya woh sab sun ne ki baad woh tumhe aise milna mujhe acha nahi lagta ..... Bcoz .... I care for u ! .... kal mein jo bhi hua usse badal nahi sakti ... Par aage sirf woh bedi nahi ... Kisiko bhi tumse batameezi kya uchi awaz mein baat bhi nahi karne dungi ..... Sharanya simply staring at her failed to notice the unknown anger spitting in her words ...... Not knowing what to say she just nods with an smile ...... Making maya anger vain in no time ...... Somehow she felt satisfied thinking  that she won't talk to vyom hereafter ...... Letting out an small smirk she got up from her table gives an warm smile to Sharanya ... Sharanya also reciprocated the same but nervously .... Pura din ghar pe rehne ki zarurat nahi ... Main yaha nahi rahunga toh tum yaha kya karogi ... Agar college jaana ho ya kahi bhar jaana ho toh jao !... Tum bas inko instructions dedo ki kya karna hai sab !... Woh kar lenge !.... Don't stress much ... Maya said with tone full of care ...

Sharanya : stress ki baat nahi mam !... Yahi toh mera kaam hai aur ... Mujhe aapkeliye karna acha lagta hai !... Maya felt all overwhelmed by her words ... Never in her whole life someone ever care to look at her with an matter of concern ... But even though she was getting paid for what she's doing her care and concern feels priceless .... She felt being seen , being concerned through someone... It feels surreal ...  she's feeling all these things for first ever time ... She feels like wanting more ... Hiding up all these  just say bye and went to office .... After that sharanya called her friend to inform that she's coming to college .....

Here maya was busy working in her office cabin ... Hearing a knock She says come in ... She looks at the person with utmost shock for couple of minutes ... Hearing the soft voice from opposite she blinked her eyes ... It was Sharanya ! ... Who was standing there with that ever warming smile she saw that she was holding some basket in her hands ...

Maya : come in ! ... She came inside ... T.. tum yaha ?!... She asks her in both shock and excitement ... Sharanya looks here and there for a second and says ...

Sharanya : main college ja rahi thi ... Raaste mein aapka office tha na !... Isiliye socha ki khud hi lunch dedu !... Says with an small smile .... Maya smiles at her words rubbing the edge of the nose and says ...

Maya : kab clg jaana hai ?... Sharanya looks at her watch and says ...

Sharanya: 2 baje ...

Maya: saath mein lunch kare ?... asks out of no where making Sharanya looks at her blankly ....

Sharanya : uhh.. no mam !... It's k ...

Maya : mere saath time spend karna acha nahi lagta ?... Sharanya's eyes went wide hearing that ....

Sharanya : nahi nahi mam !... Actually !... Woh !... She looks maya not knowing what to say ... Maya looks at her blankly .... Khana  sirf aapkeliye pack ki honge ... Toh main kaise aapke saath khana share kar sakti hoon ?... She says making an puppy face making maya chuckle at her unknowingly .... She feel like pinching her cheeks .... her innocence is wat she's been yearning to witness all her life ... Now she feels like she wants to cherish , nuture and protect her innocence at all cost .... She feels like keeping her with herself all the time ... Sniffing a little she says ...

Maya : kehte hai bhatke khane se rishta badta hai !... Ho sakte hai ki iss mein khana sirf mereliye hi ho !... Par mujhe tumhare saath share karne mein koi problem nahi hai !... Sharanya looks at maya think for a second and nods yes making maya smile wide .... She went and come up with two plates served for maya and herself ... While eating Sharanya was talking non stop to maya telling about her hillarious memories in college ... Making maya laugh like anything ... for once even she choked her food bcoz of over laughing .... Sharanya patted her back softly made her drink water ... and says ...

Sharanya : lagta hai aapko koi yaad kar ra hai !...

Maya : mujhe yaad karne keliye koi nahi hai !... Maya says casually making Sharanya stop at her place ... She cursed herself mentally and says ...

Sharanya : am .. am sorry mam !...

Maya : it's k !... Says with an slight smile ....

To light the environment she continued her blabbering once again ... Maya was so busy in listening to her talks that she even forget to eat her food ... But Sharanya completed her food and casually look at her watch it was almost  1'o clock she gives an ultimate dramatic shock look at maya and says ....

Sharanya : mam mujhe bohot late ho gaya hai kya main ja sakta hoon ?... Maya just nods she went hurriedly .... And maya thinks about the whole scenario ... Especially how she laughed that it ending up chocking her food .... she may said it casually but that's what the actual truth ... She has no one to remember !... Not even by mistakenly ... and also she never had a reason to smile like this ... She liked it !... Unknowingly she start's to make place in Maya's heart ... Her presence feels like an bundle of joy ... And that's what gonna make Sharanya pay heavy for ...

Here Sharanya came out of her clg at evening with her friends ... She stop on her way ... Look upto see vyom was standing infront of her with hands in his pocket ... Sharanya looks at vyom shockingly ...

Sharanya : s..s.. sir aap !... Calls him with  nervous smile .... but vyom was looking at her blankly without saying anything ... Making it akward for her !... S.. sir .. rr.. !... Calls him again ... He didn't bulge ...

Vyom : mujhe tumse baat karni hai !... Says out of no where ... Sharanya think for a second and nods yes ... He went to take his car and comeback with his car opened the door for her ... She sat beside him ... Both of them didn't say a word ... But vyom keep stealing glances at her ... After 40 minutes of travel both reached an huge mansion ... Both of them get down ... Sharanya look at the mansion with confused yet wondering eyes which took literally minutes to have an whole look at the overall view of the mansion ... Vyom hold her wrist took her inside ... There what she saw made her mouth hung down ... Th whole mansion looked like no less than a palace ... Every single thing screams royalty ... Lights and everything were too bright that she has to adjust her sight ... She turned to see vyom was looking at her blankly ...

Sharanya : ye !...

Vyom : mera ghar hai !... Says blankly ... She looks here and there and asks ...

Sharanya : koi aur dikhayi nahi de ra hai ?...  I mean aapki family ?...

Vyom : parivaar hai !... Phir bhi akela hoon !... Says blankly ... Then only she remembered that day vicky's conversation with her !... realising her mistake she facepalmed Mentally ....

Sharanya : Am ... Sorry sir !... Vyom just look down ...

Vyom : Tumhe pata hai ki maine tumse dosti ka farmayish kyu rakha ?.... Sharanya nods no blankly ... Kyunki bachpan se lekar aaj tak meri zindagi sirf akelepan mein guzar gayi thi !... meri parivaar bohot bada hai !... Mom , dad , chacha , chachi , bhai , behn sab hai !... Par sab apni life mein busy hai !... Mom dad ko business hi pehla hai !... Business ki baad unki social life ... In do cheezon ke saamne unko main kabhi dikhayi nahi diya !... Kabhi kabhi mujhe lagne lagta hai ki kya unko yaad hai ki unka koi beta bhi hai !... Phir bhi unse kuch nahi keh paya !...  Bachpan se meri har zarurat ko puri karne keliye maids hai , Butlers hai !.... par ... Jo mere liye sab se zyada zaruri hai woh aaj tak sirf zaruri bankar hi reh gaya !... Sharanya looks at him curiously ... PYAAR !... chahe mein pyaar ke peeche kitna bhi bhago woh mujhse aur dur bhaag jata hai !... isiliye ek umar ki baad pyaar ka umeed hi chod diya ... Apni sari zindagi  studies aur business par hi guzar gaya ... Kaam mein itna ghum gaya ki ... Pyaar , dosti in sab ka matlab bhi kabhi jaan nahi paya !... Ek pathar ki tarah raha !... Par ... Jab tumhe pehli baar dekha ... Tum mujhe daant rahi thi !... Says with an chuckle .... Meri carelessness ko dekhar !... Tumhe nahi pata ki main kaun hoon !... tumhari dhyaan sirf iss mein tha ki mujhe kuch na hojaye !.... tumhe meri fikr thi bas !... Jis care aur concern ko main bhul chuka tha !... Tumne uska ehsaas phir se meri dil mein jagaya !....
Phir tumse baat karne ko mila ... Log hamesha mujhse dar ke dur raha kar the thi par tum !... Tum mujhe datne lagi bin kucha jane !... Acha lgta tha mujhe !...
Man karta tha ki tumhe apne paas rakho ... Apni saath rakho ... Jab mujhe pata chala ki tumhe kaam zarurat hai ... Isiliye tumhari ghar pe woh appoinment letter le aaya ... Par Jab tumne mana kiya ... mujhe .. mujhe samajh nahi aa ra tha ki main kya karu ?... Mujhe nahi pata ki aur on ko kaise treat kiya jata hai !... Mujhe sirf logon ko order dena aata hai !... Phir mujhe samajh aaya ki maine kitni badi galti ki and trust me ... Uska afsoos aaj bhi hai mujhe ! ....
Phir bohot koshish karne ki baad tum mujhse baatein karne lagi !...  jitna tumhe dekha , jaana ek baat toh pakka samjh gayi !... ki tum baki duniya se alag ho !...  farishta ho tum !... Jiski zindagi mein bhi jaogi chahe woh insaan kitni bhi andhere mein kyu na ho !... Tumhari roshini un saare andero ko dur kar dega !... jaise ki meri zindagi mein hua tha !... Is ek mahine mein jitna waqt tumhari saath bitaya ek .... Ek sapne ki tarah tha mereliye !... kushi kushi je ra tha !... Hasna , khelna , mile jhule baatein karna !... Apni duniya mein kho baithna ... Yeh sab kuch bohot acha lagne laga !.... Par Jab yeh sapne tuta !... matlab tum meri zindagi se dur jaane lagi tab se phir se un andhero ne aake mujhe pakad liya !... While saying that his eyes were glistening voice were broken badly .... Isiliye baar baar aake tumse dosti ka farmayish rakha !... Par tum !... kuch nahi bola !... Tumne uss din sirf naam keliye maaf kiya na mujhe ?... Sharanya nods like no .... isiliye ki ek mahine toh uska saath guzarna padega agar maaf nahi toh koi nahi tamasha karega ... Sharanya nods like no .... Toh main kya samjhu ?... Asks with an desperate eyes ... haan manti hoon mujhse galti ho gayi hai !... Kint baar maafi mangi hai bolo main maangungi har baar mangungi  par ... aise muh modke meri dil mat todo Sharanya !... Asks in a pleading tone making Sharanya almost tear up .....

Sharqnya : am ... Am really sorry sir ... Woh ... Words were trembling ... Woh actually ... Sniffs ... Maya mam ne kaha aapse dur rehne ko !... Hearing that vyom's eyes turn cold didn't show up on his face ... i knew it !... Vyom says in mind ... Woh aapse naraz hai ... Woh bhi meri vajah se !... Uss baat ka guilt aaj bhi hai meri dil mein ...
Isiliye aapse baat nahi kar paya !... Vyom hold her hand softly and says ....

Vyom : dekho Sharanya !... Woh maya mujhpe gussa kare ya nafrat mujhe koi farak nahi padta !... Farak tab padta hai jab tum mujhse nazar andaaz karti ho !... Tum maya Mehrotra ka sirf employee ho !....  Koi Gulam nahi !... Jo uski har baat ko hukum samjh ke uski hisab se rehne ko !... Tum apni zindagi jiyogi !..  apni hisab se rahogi Tumhari dil jo kare tum bas wahi karogi !... Kyunki Yeh tumhari zindagi hai !... ek boss apni employee ko kis daire mein itna hak jatati hai !... Tum ... Usse thoda duri banayi rakho wahi tumhare liye acha hai !...

Sharanya : nahi nahi sir !... Maya mam ... Thoda serious type ka hai par ... Dils se bohot acha hai !... She says softly trying to defend maya ... Which irked vyom to the core ... Wiping of all these he says

Vyom : acha listen ... Chahe woh ache ho sakti hai ... Par humari bich jo bhi ho ra hai uska faisla woh le ... Mujhe acha nahi lagta ... Tum batao !... Tumhari dil mein kya hai ?... Forwading his one hand and asks ... Tum mujhe apna dost banana chahti ho ya ... Gulping hard he says ... Nahi ?... Which merely sounds like a whisper ... Deep down vyom's heart badly wishing her to says yes ... She saw vyom how hopefully he was looking at her patiently waiting for her answer ... By every passing second vyom's heart start to pound rapidly ... Making him almost sweat ... He feels like his whole life depend on the one word that going to spill from her lips ... he felt an hold on his hand which wraps his hand softly ... Look down to see it was Sharanya ... Look upto see ... Sharanya looking at him smilingly and says ...

Sharanya : main aapki dosti kabul karta hoon !... Vyom's heart skipped a beat hearing that. ... He looks at her with an wide eyes and opened mouth ... Out of no where he just hugged her tightly .... And says ... Thankyou !.. thankyou !.. god knows how many times he thanked her .... Sharanya also hugs back after composing herself ... Meanwhile Vicky was watching the whole scenario from far ... Having an confused face ... Neither he looks happy or sad. ... An confused yet scared face ...

Vicky : aakho ke saamne jo ho ra hai usse dekh ke hasu ya rou ?... Says himself looks down ... let out an sigh and says ... Vyom sir ko pehli baar kush hote huye dekh ra hoon ... Haste huye dekh ra hoon !... kisi ko apnaye huye dekh ra hoon !... Aaj Tak jitne bhi log unki zindagi mein aaye the ... Un sab ko apna koi matlabi tha !... Chahe unki sage parivaar kyun na ho !... Kabhi unhe kisi insaan keliye tadapte huye nahi dekha !... Jab tak tum nahi thi unki zindagi mein !... Tum aayi ... Unke saath rahi ... Sab badal diya unhe badal diya !... Pata nahi ye badlaav sab ko ache ki taraf le jayega ya ... He couldn't complete his words went back silently ...

Vyom broke the hug cupped her cheeks and says ....

Vyom : thankyou Sharanya !... Smilingly ... Thankyou so so much !... Sharanya let out an chuckle and says ...

Sharanya : kitni baar thankyou bolenge aap !...

Vyom : u never know Sharanya ... Tumne mujhe kya di hai !.... and trust me main na tujhe kabhi afsos ka ya shikayat ka moka nahi dungi !... Humari dosti ko bohot sambhalke rakhungi !... Looks at her for a second and says ... Agar kabhi mujhse koi galati ho gayi toh !... Naraz hoke dosti nahi todoge !... Balke ... Tum hi sudharoge meri galati ko !.... Sharanya chuckled and gives an positive nod ... Tumhari hak Banta hai !...

Sharanya : ok sir !... Vyom looks at her with an blank face ... Sharanya noded her head like ' kya ' ....

Vyom : sir !... asks unsurely ... Hum dost hai abhi !... Vyom bolo ... Sharanya looks at vyom shockingly ... Vyom nods like no and says ..... Dekho ! Tumhara koi bahana nahi chalega main tumhara boss tha !... Ab na tum meri employee na main tumhara boss .... Abhi Rishta badal chuka hai ... isiliye tum mujhe naam se hi bulaoge !... Vyom says in a fake strict tone ... Making Sharanya look at vyom an puppy face ... Then Sharanya nods yes ...

Sharanya : thik hai vyom !... The way she called his name vyom's breath got hitched ... He felt something so surreal ... vyom smiles widely and nodded in agree ...

Vyom : kya hum kahi bhar chale ?... He asks out of no where !... Sharanya looks at him blankly ... Aaj itni kushi ki din hai .. isse toh manana tha na !... Asks like a curious kid who couldn't hold up his excitement ... They were about to go suddenly Vicky came running from upstairs with an heavy breathes calling sir !... Loudly ... Both of them stop on their places turn to see Vicky ....  He asks ?... Kya Vicky ?...

Vicky : sir ... Woh ... 3 baje aapko Kapoor's ke saath meeting hai .... Woh yaad dilane aaya !... Vyom thinks and says ...

Vyom : hum office jake pehle meeting karte hai !... Hearing that Vicky just nods outside and let out an long mental sigh ...

Then three  of them were going to office ... Vyom made Sharanya wait on his cabin and went to meeting .... Vicky and vyom were on meeting ... When vyom was too engrossed in meeting ... He left the place silently ... Hearing a knock Sharanya says come in ...

Sharanya : Vicky ?... Looks at him shockingly ... Meeting tha na !... Meeting chod ke yaha kya kar rahi ho !... Vicky close the door looks at Sharanya with an serious eyes ...

Vicky : kya tum sach mein vyom sir ko apna dost banayi ?... Sharanya looks at him blankly ....  And nods yes .... Vicky just close his eyes gulping hard ....

Sharanya : kyu Vicky ?... Tumhe mujh pe bharosa nahi hai ya meri dosti par !... Ya tumhe aisa lagta hai ki main vyom sir ki dost ban ne ka barabari nahi hoon ?...

Vicky : baat woh nahi hai jo tum samajh rahi ho !... Maine ye pucha ki ... Looks at her blankly for a second and says ... Tumne .. dosti kyu kabul ki ?...

Sharanya : she looks at him with an confused face and says ... Kyu matlab ... Aaj se pehle unhone kahi baar pucha ...  kabhi jawab nahi de payi !... Par aaj diya !... Woh hamari sir hai dosti hi toh ki hai unse ... Uskeliye tum kyu itna pareshan ho ri ho ?...
Vicky looks at her with an unexplainable face rubbing his forhead and says in his mind ....

Vicky : mujhe bhi nahi pata ki kyu ?.... Main sirf yeh chahta hoon ki ... Jo bhi baat meri dil mein ho ... Woh bas jhut nikle bas !...

To be continued ................. ❤️

Very sorry for the short update 🥺❤️