"Samajha kya hai apne aap ko ?"

'It's important'.... 'don't argue'....'find it' .... she recalled his every word.

"My foot .... mai uss kamre mein do bara kabhi nahi jaungi..... jo chahe karle"Suman punched her pillow in a smouldering temper.In the next moment she thrown her most adorable pinkish heart shaped pillow on the floor .

Some one took the pillow.

"That file is really very important ..... agar aap thodi si kast karenge to company ka 150 crore ka deal bach sakti hai..."Shravan teased her while he observing her room not paying enough attention.

His word gave her a sudden jerk on her head.
"Oh no.... meri baat sunli kya?" Suman jumped from her bed.

"Nahi to... kuch bola aapne?" But Still his face was same as before just like a plain sheet.

But his eyes.... May be they said something.

"Uff Sumo...."now she curshed herself silently" tu uske bare mei sochna bandh kar. khud to do minute ke liye chup nahi reh sakti ... akeli hi baatein karte rehti hai."

"Main.... mai .... aa rahi hu..." Suman somehow completed her sentence.

" Better"he turned his giant structure and left her room.

"Ugg.... yeh kaha phas gayi mai ?" She said irritatingly.

Suman couldn't understand what did she do now ? Finally she gave up and ran behind him.

They both searched the file every corner of the room but it vanished just like a magic. Suman didn't find it and actually she couldn't understand which file Shravan needed.

After fifteen minutes later Shravan's room looked like a mess. Shravan didn't utter a word but there was a
curl ,right in the middle of his forehead..... which was enough to gave Suman a horrifying sencasion.

May be Shravan was trying to asking her more but he was stop when Ramnath entered the room with a grey shed file in his hand.

"Kya baat hai? "Ramnath asked them with a worried expression. "tum log itne pareshan kyu lag rahe ho ?"

"Suman tu abhi tak soye nahi beta? "Ramnath asked Sumon.

Suman and Shravan both looked at each other. They both noticed the file in Ramnath's hand.

Shravan answered first"Dad hum woh file dundh rahe the . kal ke deal ki bare mei...."

"Aree... tum log iss file ko dund rahe the " Ramnath said embarrassingly.

"Sorry,sorry ... "

"woh Mehta Saab ne deal ki code ke bare mein kuch puch raha tha. Iss liye main yeh file apni room mein le gaya tha. Take it "Ramnath forward the file in front of Shravan."Kal se hi office join karoge ? Do din rest kar leta to acha hota ."

"Nahi dad... Mr. Browne ki sath yeh deal bhut important hai and I know him from London. He is very well disciplined man. Main yeh deal haat se Jane nahi de sakta. If we get the deal ,we made 26% profit in this year and it's urgent for our company ."Shravan said confidently.

"Ok.... jo tumhe thik lage. Lekin mujhe thodi rest chahiye.Mr. Browne ki sath kal ki jo meeting hai woh tum hi handle kar lena. Main unse baad mein meet kar lunga."Ramnath said.

"Thik hai Dad ... but mujhe lagta hai ki aapko thoroughly sab check kar lena chahiye.... aap kal please Arora uncle ke paas chale jaiye." Shravan pleaded.

"Ha jaunga ,tu fikar maat kar "Ramnath smiled to see his concern.

"Suman tu ja ..subha college hai na."Ramnath observed the silence between them.

"Jii papa"Suman left the room as soon as possible.

She reached her room and locked the door. She thrown herself in the bed. Her tears made their own way. She couldn't understand...... what was her fault?

"Kitna ghussa,thaa vo..." a tear rolled down her cheek and she didn't care anymore.

"File papa ne le gaya..... to iss mein mera kya kasoor."Suman covered her head with a pillow and squeezed her eyelids tightly . Her tears of rain and runny nose wet her pillow continuesly. Soon she felt her body relaxing . Her sobbing ceased ,and she felt in to a deep slumber.

Next morning Suman went to her college half hour early from her regular time. She couldn't concentrated anything. When Shilesh sir gave his lecture about Fashion illustrations and Design, Suman basically lost in her own world. Neha warned Suman to control her watery eyes but Suman was not in a state to understand her surroundings very well. Still she was in a little trance for what happened to her yesterday.

"Suman .... daffer tu itni mei hi rona dhona kyu shuru kar di ?" Neha scolding Suman with lot's of care. She really love her. " Sumo vo Itna din baad aaya hai... usse waqt to de teri pyar ko mehsoos karne ... nahi madam ko pehle hi Pati ka pyar chahiye. " Neha tried to make her cheerful.

"Neha .... tu nahi samjhegi yaar. usse lagta hai ki main uska ghar ki caretaker hu... sidhe sidhe naukrani nahi bula saki to yeh naam de di" her eyes became moist.

"Aisa bola usne...?"Neha asked surprisingly. "Bhut galad baat boldi. Tu to janshi ki Rani hai .... hai na ?kuch bolne se pehle hi tera tap khul jati hai."

"Tu...... tu jaa yaha se ... "Suman said angrily and changed her seat with another student. " pehle tu decide karle ki tu kiski side pe hai?mujhe nahi chahiye aise dost ."

"Arey tu to such mein naraz ho gayi. Sumo sunna.. Tu kahe to main uncle ko bolu ?"Neha asked Suman seriously. "Papa bolenge to....."

"Nahi nahi ..... kabhi nahi. Dimag kharab ho gayi hai tera. "Suman interrupt her ."Papa ko iss bare mei kabhi patah nahi chalna chahiye"

"Koi kuch bhi kare ya kahe mai Mr.Ramnath Malhotra ki beti hu aur hamesha rahungi........" she said confidently.

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"Suman tu hosh mein hai ya nahi" Pushkar asked Suman.

"Tu..... kab aaya....?"asked Suman with smile.

"Five minutes pehle . Lekin tujhe hua Kya hai.... kab se bula raha hu." asked Pushkar.

"Woh main ek article lekar soch rahi thi to dhyan nahi de payi ... sorry." She trying her best to hide her tension from him. But Pushkar knew her very well.

"Baat kya hai ? Tera andar kuch bhut bada gadbad chal rahi hai. Teri dono aankhe yeh phoolon ki tarah lal lal kyu hai ?" Pushkar asked her."Tu ro rahi thi..... ya abhi bhi kuch chub rahi hai hamesha ki tarah."

"Pushkar woh Shravan aaya tha."Suman told him.

"Tha matlab.... " he frowned. "Kidhar chala gaya ?"

"Ohho... tha matlab hai... "said Suman.

"To iss mein pareshan hone ki kya baat hai? "Pushkar asked her with a smirk.

"Pushkar woh Shravan hai"Suman said annoyingly.

"Haan to maine kab kaha ki woh Ra.One hai. Waise SRK acting bahut acha kya tha uss mein ..hain na?" Pushkar smiled.

"Tujhe sunna hain ya nahi?"Suman said with a angry look.

"Arey ha baba main to majak kar raha tha. Mujhe malum hain Mr.Shravan...... tera eklauta pati."Pushkar suppressed his smile.

"Pushkar tu aise...." Suman punched him softly on his arm.

"Acha acha thik hai .... bol kya Kia tera London return ne"Pushkar tried to be serious."main good boy banke sun raha hu."

"Woh mujhe aur Aarish ko Delhi le jana chahta hai"Suman said to him.

"Kyaaa .....?"Pushkar imaginary jumped from the chair."Itna bada khus khabri tu mujhe aise chuhe jaise muh banake kyu de rahi hai ...... tujhe to aab tak beauty parler chale jaana chahiye tha. Finally....you are together."

"Tu jaisa soch raha hai aisa kuch nahi hai ."Suman said him.

"Mai samjha nahi"now pushkar was confused .

"Woh Papa ka halat acha nahi hai Pushkar. Unka Heart ka operation karna jaruri hain. Lekin papa mere bagair operation nahi karega to iss liye" Suman said him .

"Hmm" now Pushkar felt the seriousness about the matter.

"Aur Aarish?"

"Woh to keh raha tha ki.... he will manage everything.... aage patah nahi . I am confused pushkar... Aarish ko lekar mei ... koi gadbad hui to "Her face showed her anxious condition.

"Lekin aab main Papa ko aur dukh nahi de sakti . Main kya karu Pushkar?"Suman asked helplessly. She really needed his advice.

"Jo tera dil kahe or yeh baat main seriously keh raha hu. Dekh mujhe lagta hai ki tujhe jana chahiye. Tere liye bhi aur Aarish ke liye bhi. Aarish ko papa ki jarurat hai Sumo."Pushkar knew everything what happened with her. He knew that his fragile friend need his support.

"Aab decision teri hai . Anyway mai ja raha hu ... kal sham tak main aur Preeti laut aayenge. Aur haan" he pointed his finger at her "main hamesha teri sath hu .... remember that."

Suman's face lighten with a smile . Pushkar was her another close friend from college . He joined their group from second year. Without Pushkar only Neha knew her address.

Hmmm... May be Shravan get her address from Neha. Shravan searched her .... was it good or bad ?

Suman felt a urge to touch the face she loved forever. But she couldn't display her emotions before him. No ..... she never showed her miserable life in front of this heartless person.

Really ......

A heartless person ? ? ?

Sumo you also took some wrong steps and you couldn't deny this .Her inner mind taunted her. Her beautiful eyes prepared again for raining heavily.

Why Their story became so complicated. Why they were not normal just like other couples?

After her mother's death Ramnath protected her as an umbrella. He covered her from all evil things. But there was point when every girl choose her own shelter.... her shelter was not good enough ... it was a quicksand .

Suman lost again in her memory lane.

Shravan this ruthless person took all her self-possession. This arrogant guy pulled her just like a magnet.every where she felt his magnetic attraction around her.

Suman returned home with lot of pressure from college . She needed three practical sheets ready for the next day. She was suffering a bad headache too. So she went to the kitchen for a cup of tea. She was trying her best to avoid Shravan . She didnt want her humiliate more. But she didn't find any sign of him. She met Rachna in kitchen.

"Kya kar rahi hai aap ?"Suman asked Rachna.

"Pehle bata aaj tu itni late kyu aayi ?" Rachna asked

"Vo kuch kaam thi" said Sumo."Aaj lunch mai kya hai ?" She checked the food items to open the lids.

"Sirf yahi ... aur kuch Nahi?"Suman couldn't hide her curiosity.

"Kyu tujhe kuch aur chahiye?"Rachna asked her.

"Nahi nahi ... mujhe kuch nahi chahiye... lekin ye to hum roz Khate hai... Kuch special nahi banaya uske liye ... I mean Shravan ke liye?" asked Suman.

"Special to tab banata na jab woh ghar par khana khate. Subha saat baje ghar se nikal gaya hai abhi tak lauta hi nahi..." said Rachna.

"Abhi tak ghar nahi lauta" Sumam felt sad.But next moment she scolding her for missing him.

When she passing through the dinning, their new cordless phone rang twice. She picked up the phone and some one asked her for Shravan with a dominating voice.

Who was She?..........

"Hello! Shravan.." a unknown lady voice asked for him from the another side of the phone.

"Ji aap kaun bol rahi hai." asked Suman with lot of curiosity.

"Shravan ko phone do" A Lady voice told Sumon without answering.

"Excuse me"Suman answered her in a quizzical tone.

"Where is Shravan?"Lady asked her.

"I don't know" said Suman.

"Shravan had no sister then who are You?" the unknown lady asked Suman.

"Excuse me.. it's none of your business aur woh abhi tak ghar nahi aaya.... "Suman answered her.

"Dekho .... jab woh ghar aaye to bolna ki Naina ne usse bhut miss ki " That lady cut the call.

Beep ... beep... beep....

"Miss him "Suman rooted there for a couple of minute.

There was a burning sensation increased in her heart which was enough to burned the cooler weather of autumn. Her work sheets were fell on the table carelessly. She didn't even touch one of them.

This word 'miss' made her insane. Why she miss him ?Who was she ? How much she know about Shravan? How close they were? What happened if .......

If he loved her?

No....

She never heard it from papa. But if, if he hide it from papa too.

She was only 15 when papa said his expectation from them. From that day she set her mind for him . The seed Ramnath sowed in her heart, that plant already spreading it's branches and leaves...... Now it was immpossible for her to return back from there.

But it was also true...... in these ten years Shravan never care for her,even didn't talk to her. He totally forget her.But her shameless heart, carried a thousand pounds jealous ball on it. May be she was going to be die in jealousy.

Suman continuesly walking from upstairs to downstairs. It was almost 11:30 and there was no sign of him. Suman went out of the house and walking towards the main gate.

"Acha hua ki aunty zinda nahi hai ... Nahi to unhe jeene thori de te unka yeh ladla beta. Bara bajne ko ja raha hai ..... sab so gaye hai, lekin abhi tak uss laat sahab koi naam o nissan nahi hai."She continuously talking to herself.

A sound caught her attention. Yes there was the red wine BMW ,which one he used from yesterday. Suman swiftly covered herself behind the side wall of the entrance before the watchman open the main gate.

Shravan directly went to his room. Suman went to the kitchen and reheat the food . She served the food on the table and ready to vanish from there.

Shravan changed his cloth. After that he went to Ramnath's room . Ramnath fell in to a deep sleep. Shravan kept his thick-lensed glasses on the nearest tea table. There was a book on his chest and a table lamp guarding him as a faithful sentry. Shravan removed the book and switched off the table lamp.He covered Ramnath with a blanket and went out from there.

Shravan faced Suman when he was coming towards to the dinning room. He rolled up his sleeves and it was exposing his well- shaped arms. He stongly maintained his body. Suman sighed ... no Sumo didn't looked at him with your greedy eyes.

"Woh tujhe apna naukarani samajh ti hai." Sumon warned herself again.

When Sumon removed her eyes from his hand his eyes met her . It widened a bit and Suman missed a beat in her heart. How could anyone had too much power ? Why she was so weak? Why everything made her fall for him ..... Suman felt pity for her own fate.

"Tera kuch nahi ho sakti" Suman said herself in her thought.

"Itni obsession achi nahi hai" he amused with a glint.

"Uuuu....."Suman gulped. She was surprised to see his smiling face.

"May be he got the deal"Sumon said herself.

"Sab ne kha li" Shravan pulled a chair.

"Haa ... haan" she mumbled to lowering her gaze.

"Maine pucha sab ne kha li? " He asked again.

"Hu" she tried to avoid his question.

"Waise lag nahi raha he ." he grinned at her .

Suman looked at him secretly. She stood silently behind a chair.

"Main kha lunga .... don't worry.." said Shravan.

"Worry kyu nahi"Suman said closing her eyes in frastation. "Iss ghar ki caretaker jo hu." Her voice was cracking in pain.

Hearing her voice Shravan bowed down his head but there was a pinch of smile made his face more handsome. "So, still you are angry on me."

Suman didn't answer. How easily he said it. Couldn't she expect a minimal apology from him.

Suman served food on his plate but without taking his plate Shravan took her hand on his palm.

"Aap.... aap kya kar rahe ho ?" Suman asked him surprisingly.

Shravan indicated her to sat down beside her. He noticed her shocked expression. She kept her head low avoiding his eyes.

"Please meri taraf dekho Sumon."he insisted her."mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai"

"I know...... it will be hurting you for life time because papa give you the assurance of our marriage but I am really very very sorry." he said and pinched the bridge of his nose with hesitation.

"I don't love you and I don't think I ever will because I love someone else." his words slipped out to made her petrified.

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