"Hi Mittal, you are late by 3 minutes.", Said Shehnaaz.

"Woah! Look who is talking?" Sidharth glared at her as he occupied the seat infront of her.

"Chillax! I was just pulling your leg Mittal.", She laughed and he stared at her while shaking his head in disgust.

"Ms. Saxena, I was thinking that we can meet in a different place from tomorrow. Where you won't mistake vodka with water and later taunt me saying that you stayed hungry while I ate my food here.", He said.

"I am sorry Mittal. I don't really remember everything that I said the day before yesterday after I mistook the vodka to water. But I was famished and as I said earlier I really can't afford to eat here.", She apologized.

Sidharth was taken aback because today she wasn't taunting even after his taunt.

"Rs. 7,120", he said.

"Huh?", She asked perplexed.

"You made me spend Rs. 7,120 on that day. For Vodka, Wine, Vada Pav and Auto Rickshaw Ride.", He said.

"What? Did I? Arggghhh..", she made a pouty face.

She then pulled out her bag and opened her purse. He was even more surprised because she didn't even ask him for the breakup of the bills. She counted and gave him exactly Rs.7,120.

"Seriously? I don't want this money. All I wanted to show you was if you had instead eaten something that day, you would have saved spending so much.", He said.

"Yeah, I understood. But I still don't want to eat anything here. Take this money. Next time I will make sure to not even drink water from here.", She said.

He looked at the money which she shoved into his hand.

"What? Come on, you have money. Why do you need to act like a miser?", He asks.

"Mittal, I don't always roam with so much money. I had to pay for lehenga today but that shop owner wasn't there, hence I need to pay him tomorrow. And please, I am not miser, I am thrifty. One who uses money carefully and doesn't waste it unnecessarily. When you get better food outside for less than 1/10th of the rate here, why should I eat here?", She said with a smile

He rolled his eyes. The waiter comes and takes Sidharth's order.

"So what about money for lehenga then?", He asked.

"I will postpone it, what if I really don't need to buy it.", She winked.

"Hmm.. By the way Saxena, you seem to be much calm and sober today. I hope you ain't drunk?", He asked.

"No. This is pure me today. I am not irritated today because I have a brilliant plan Mittal to save us from getting married to each other.", She spoke with excitement.

"Really? What is it Saxena? Jumping infront of bus or truck instead of train?", He asked sarcastically.

She frowns and glares at him.

"Mittal just shut your mouth and listen to me else I will throw you infront of train instead.", She said.

He laughs while she stares at him. He looks at her.

**Awww... Mittu.. you look so cute while smiling.. kuchi kuchi kooo..', she says pulling both his cheeks.**

He stops laughing when he remembers her words praising his smile while she was drunk two days earlier.

"What's there to laugh Mittal?", She asked bringing him back from his thoughts.

"Aaaa.. aaa.. If that is your plan than it won't work. Do I look like a lab rat that you can pick me and throw me infront of the train?", He asked. The waiter gets him his drink.

"Argghhh.. Mittal stop annoying me and listen to the idea.", She said.

"Okay, Saxena go on!", He said.

"Right now my entire family is impressed with you. What if they come to know that you aren't a perfect husband material?", She says

"What do you mean?", He asks sipping wine from his glass.

"What if they are told you like boys rather than girls?", She asked.

What?", He spat the wine in shock. A little splash fell on her clothes.

"Yikes, Mittu. What the hell?", She screamed wiping off the wine on her dress with tissue. She bit her tongue on calling him Mittu after realising it. She smells her dress.

"I want to wash this. It stinks.", She says and gets up and goes to the restroom. A waiter comes and cleans up the wine from the table and Sidharth politely apologizes to him.

Shehnaaz comes back from the washroom after cleaning and drying the wine marks from her dress. As she occupied the chair, Sidharth still glared at her for giving such idea.

"You want to prove me gay infront of your family?", He asked still in shock.

She starts laughing uncontrollably.

"Relax Mittal, I was just pulling your leg.", She said laughing.

"So you really don't have an idea to escape the marriage? And Ms. Saxena, stop pulling my leg, I am already 6'2".", He said with a smirk.

"Huh! I do have a plan Mr. Kadoos Mittal. What if my daddu sees you with some other girl? He obviously won't like his granddaughter to marry someone who has an affair outside. So he will call off the marriage.", She says.

"Other girl?", He questions doubtfully.

"Mittal, will just hire some female actor to act like your girlfriend.", She suggests.

"What? What if my daddu comes to know about this? He will disown me. I don't want to be a scapegoat. Instead how if we do it opposite? What if my dadaji, who keeps chanting your name whole day, finds you with some other man? Like that his impression about you will be whitewashed and our marriage as well.", Says Sidharth.

"I am fine with it as far as it works.", Said Shehnaaz.

"Hmm.. if your boyfriend wasn't a loser, then we could have used him itself for this role.", He says nonchalantly.

She glares at him feeling hurt. He looks at her and realises his mistake.

"I am sorry! I just spoke in flow.", He apologized.

"Mittal, I can't arrange an actor or pay for one. Nobody will do it for 100-200. Will have to give in thousands atleast.", She says.

"Saxena, it isn't your headache. I will take care of it. Because it isn't just you but me as well who would be saved from this unwanted marriage.", He says.

He calls up his secretary and asks her to arrange a male actor. He also informs her to not disclose this to anyone.

"Done! I will let you know when I meet the actor.", He says.

"Yay!! That calls for celebration! So lets do cheers.", she says.

He narrows his eyebrows and looks at her.

"Are you going to drink and then take me on a auto ride?", He asks.

She giggles.

"No. You pick up your glass and here is my glass.", She says by lifting an imaginary glass.

"Cheers!!" she says stroking her hands with his hand and then pretends to sip from the imaginary glass.

He stares at her with an unamused expression.

"Yuck, that tastes yuck!", She acts and he rolls his eyes.

"Mittal! Just chill. Once our plan gets successful, we won't ever see each other's face, forget meeting alone like this. So let's just be cordial until then.", She says with a smile.

He stares for a while and then smirks.

"Cheers!", He raises his glass and gulps the wine in it.

"Yeah! That's like it. So Mittal, did you like the auto ride the other day?", She enquires with a cunning smile.

He chuckles.

"Hell! I loved it!", He says and makes a puking face.

She giggles.

"You know what, when I was a kid, I used to get frustrated while waiting for an auto whenever I went out with my parents. I used to tell my dad that one day I will buy my own auto to do away with these problem of waiting for the auto.", She told him excitedly.

"Seriously? Who buys an auto for personal travelling?", He asked amused.

"Exactly! This was my father's reaction as well. He used to say atleast say that you will buy a car. To which I questioned him which one is cheaper? He said auto will be cheaper and probably we can buy 3 autos for price of one car. So I told him that we will buy two auto then, one for us and one for chaachu's family.", She laughs.

He smiles along.

"So this means you are a born miser.", He says.

"Mittal! I am thrifty.", She says sternly.

"Okay, Ms. Thrifty Saxena.", He agrees while placing the credit card into the bill folder.

"That's better!!", She smiles.

"Hmm.. hence after getting drunk you return to your old desire of buying an auto and act as if you own an auto now.", He says.

She giggles. His alarm goes off.

"Time to leave Saxena. Will see you tomorrow but not here. At the place of your convenience. Do message me the address.", He says picking up the credit card from the bill folder and pushing it into his wallet.

"Wow! One auto ride changed your outlook. I am impressed Mittal.", She says.

"Should I ask my driver to drop you home?", He offers.

"No Mittal. I don't want to waste your time as it means money to you. I'll go by bus.", She says.

"Fine, see you", he says as they go their respective way.

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To be continued❤️❤️

Team Mittu and Saxena..😉

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