AS: TOH THIK HAIN...HUM SAB EK BLUETOOTH SE CONNECTED HAIN...YAHA PAR KOI BHI SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY LAGE TOH AAPLOG KO HUME INFORM KARNA HAIN AUR USS AADMI PAR NAZAR RAKHNI HAIN...AGAR HUME BHI KISI PAR SHAK HUA TOH HUM AAP MEIN SE KISIKO SUCHIT KAR DENGE...CLEAR?

EVERYONE: YES SIR...

EVERYONE GOT TO WORK...ALL THE TEAMS WERE STANDING IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND GUIDING THEIR EYES THROUGH THE HALL ROOM...

WAITER: MAM? KUCH LENGI? ( HE ASKED HM )

HM : ( SMILE ) NO THANKS...( SHE LOOKED TOWARDS SS ) KYA HUA SS?

SS : ( COMES CLOSER AND SILENTLY WHISPERS ) MS...MUJHE BAHUT BHUK  LAGI HAIN...PICHLE ADHE GHANTE SE NAZAR RAKH RAHI HU...KUCH MILA BHI NAHI...UPAR SE YEH WAITERS BAAR BAAR AAKAR ACCHA KHANA ANKHON SE SAMNE SE LEJA RAHE HAIN...

HM : ( SHE SMILED AT HER INNOCENCE ) ACCHA THIK HAIN...HUM SIR SE BAAT KARTE HAIN...

HER EYES WERE LOOKING FOR AS WHEN SHE BUMPED INTO HIM...

HM: OH...SORRY, SIR...WOH HUME KUCH IMPORTANT BAAT KARNI THI...

AS : KARAN SE KIJIYE PHIR ? ( IN FLOW FLOW ) 

HM: JI? HAME AAPSE BAAT KARNI HAIN

AS : OHH..WOH HUME LAGA KI AAP BHUL GAYI KI WOH AAPKE TEAM MEMBER HAIN...BOLIYE 

HM : ( LOOKS AT HIM ) PAAS AAIYE ...

AS: JI?

HM: SIR AISE CHILA CHILA KE BOLE KYA? 

AS : ( HE STEPPED FORWARD ) BOLIYE AB?

HM : SIR HUMLOG PICHLE ADHE GHANTE SE NAZAR RAKH RAHE HAIN..KOI SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY NAHI HAIN...PHIR HUM AISE HI KRENGE TOH LOGO KO SHAK HO JAYEGA KI HUM KISI AUR REASON SE AAYE HAIN...TOH HUME BHI KHANA KHA LENA CHAIYE...AUR WESE BHI SS KO BAHUT BHUK LAGI HAIN TOH UNHONE HUMSE REQUEST KI...ISILIYE PUCHNE AAYE HAIN..

AS : AAP SAHI KAH RAHI HM...KARISHMA SINGH AAGE HAIN...HUM UNHE BULATE HAIN AAP BAKI SAB KO BOLIYE KI SEATS LE...KHANA KHA SAKTE HAIN...

SHE GOES AND INFORMS EVERYONE THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE BRUNCH FOOD...THEY SEATED THEMSELVES IN A ROW DINING TABLE...AS CAME WITH KS...KARISHMA SITS BESIDE CC...THERE WERE 2 CHAIRS LEFT BESIDE HM...

AS: KARAN KAHA HAIN?

HM: WASHROOM GAYE HAIN...AAP BAITHIYE SIR..KARAN AATA HI HOGA...

AS SITS LEAVING THE SEAT JUST BESIDE HM...HM ROLLED HER EYES WHILE AS GAZED DOWN...KARAN CAME AND SAT BESIDE HM...THEY BEGAN HAVING THE FOOD...AFTER SOME TIME THE WAITER ARRIVED AND PLACED 2 PASTRY DESSERTS INFRONT OF HM...

HM SMILED AND LOOKED TOWARDS AS...

SS: MS...AAPKE PAAS TOH 2 PASTRY HAIN...DUSRI KISKE LIYE MANGWAYI HAIN?

HM : ( SLIDING THE PLATE TOWARDS KARAN ) KARAN KE LIYE...USSE CHOCOLATE PASTRY WITH CARAMEL TOPPING BAHUT PASAND HAIN...( FEINGED SMILED LOOKING AT AS )

KM: OH...THANKS, A LOT...

AS: AREE WAH...HM KO TOH AAPKI PASAND NA PASAND SAB KUCH KA ANDAZA HAIN... ( HE SMILED LOOKING AT KARAN ) EK KAAM KARTE HAIN...( HE CALLS A WAITER ) DO COLD COFFEE LE AIYE...HUMNE SUNA HAIN KI GERMANY MEIN LOG PASTRY AUR COFFEE LETE HAIN...

CC :  JAISE HUM CHAI BISCUT...KYUN SIR ?

AS : SHAT PRATISHAT...CHALIYE HUM SAB KAAM PAR LAGTE HAIN...

EVERYONE GETS BACK TO THEIR PLACES...HM AND KARAN WERE STILL ON THE DINING TABLE FOR THE DESSERT...

AS: HUM CHALTE HAIN...AAP DONO ENJOY KIJIYE...

KARAN SMILED WHILE HM GREW MORE CURIOUS...SHE WASN'T ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HIS INTENTIONS...

HM : YEH ANUBHAV SIR KO KYA HO GAYA HAIN...PHELE TOH ITNE JEALOUS HO RAHE THE...CHALO WOH NAHI TOH HUME AUR KARAN KO KAREEB LANE KE PICHE KYU PADE HAIN ? HAMARI SAMAJ KE BAHAR HAIN...( ROLLED HER EYES )

KM: OHH( SNAPPING HIS FINGERS )...KYA KHO GAYI...CHALE?

HM MOVED TOWARDS THE WASHROOM...SUDDENLY AS  PULLED HER INSIDE A ROOM...WITH HIS ONE HAND ON HER MOUTH AND ANOTHER ON HER WAIST...HM GULPED...HE STEPPED BACK

AS : HM...HUME AAPKO KUCH BATANA HAIN...YAHA SE KHIDKI KE BAHAR DEKHIYE...DO LOG KUCH BAAT KAR RAHE HAIN...HAME INN PAR SHAK HAIN...AAP INPE NAZAR RAKHIYE..BAHAR BATATE TOH INHE SHAK HO JATA...ISILIYE...

HM MOVED CLOSER TOWARDS AS AND KEPT HER HANDS ON HIS CHEST...AND LOOKED IN HER EYES...HE TOO...FOR A MOMENT...HE QUICKLY RECOVERED

HM : YEH BATANA THA AAPKO...?

AS : JI..

HM : WOH TOH AAP HUME BAHAR ISHAARA KARKE BHI BATA SAKTE THE...BLUETOOTH TOH CONNECT THA NA ? ANDAR KHEECHNE KI KYA JARURAT THI ?

AS : DEKHIYE HASEENA MALLIK AGAR AAPKO BURA LAGA TOH HUME MAAF KAR DIJIYE HAMARA AISA KOI IRADA NAHI THA..AAP JARAHI THI WASHEROOM TOH HUMNE MAUKA DEKHKAR AAPKO BATA DIYA...KOI AUR MAHILA THANA KA HOTA TOH BHI YEHI KARTE

HM TRIED TO CONTROL HER LAUGHTER...SHE WAS TEASING HIM FOR NO REASON...MAYBE HE COULD SAY SOMETHING...SHE THOUGHT...

HM: ACCHA? TOH.....

THE DOOR FLEW OPEN AND KARAN ENTERED...HE WAS SURPRISED AND HM AWAKWARDLY MOVED BACK...

KM : HO GAYA TUM LOGO KA ROMANCE ? TOH BAHAR CHALE ?

AS : KAISI BAATEIN KAR RAHE HO KARAN..? HUME 2 LOGO PAR SHAK HAIN..HUM HM KO UNPE NAZAR RAKHNE KE LIYE BOL RAHE THE...BAHAR BOLTE TOH UN LOGO KO SHAK HOTA

HM : SIR THIK KAH RAHE HAIN..PLEASE KARAN...

KM: ACCHA THIK HAIN BABA...AB CHALE?

WHILE HM HURRIDELY LEFT...AS PATTED ON KARAN'S BACK AND WINKED

AS: KYU MERE BHAI...JALAN?

KM : ( LOOKING SOMEWHERE ELSE ) KU...KUCH BHI...AB CHALO...

AS SMILED AND THEY BOTH LEFT...THE WHOLE TEAM WAS WAITING FOR THEM...HM WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WEARING THE HEELS AS SHE WAS NOT HABITUAL TO IT...SHE WALKED WHILE ADJUSTING HER HEELS...

SHE DISBALANCED AND WAS ABOUT TO FALL WHEN SHE LOOKED FOR AS HAND...HE WALKING BEHIND HER...AS SAW HM FALLING AND PUSHED KARAN TOWARDS HIM...MAKING HER LAND IN HIS ARMS....HM GLARED AT AS

KM : THIK TOH HO NA HASEENA ?

HM: THANK YOU KARAN...HUM THIK HAIN...( LOOKING TOWARDS AS ) PATA NAHI HUM HEELS PHENKAR HI KYU AAYE JAB HUMSE SAMBHALI HI JATI...KISI AUR KO DHAKA MARNA PADTA HAIN SAMBHALNE KE LIYE...

AS LOOKED SIDEWAYS...HM'S PHONE RANG...SHE EXCUSED HERSELF

HM: JAI HIND SIR...BOLIYE...

IG: JAI HIND HM...DRUG CASE PAR AAPKI TEAM KAAM KAR RAHI HAIN...HUM CHAHTE HAIN KI AAP APNE SAATH KISI AUR KO BHI...JO ISS CASE MEIN INVOLVED HAIN USSE LEKAR HAMARE PAAS AIYE...HQ...KUCH DISCUSS KARNA HAIN...IMPORTANT

HM: JI SIR ( SHE SMILED TO HERSELF )

KS: ANU BHAIYA ? KYA CHAL RAHA HAIN YEH SAB ?

AS : AREE BEHNA HUM KARAN KO AHSAAS DILA RAHE HAIN KI WOH HJ SE PYAAR KARTA HAIN...KARREB LA RAHE HAIN TAKI..TAKI HJ KO EK BAAR PHIR PYAAR MEIN THOKAR NA KHANI PADE...EK BAAR PYAAR KARKE KUCH NAHI MILA...PAR DUSRI BAAR HUM AISA NAHI HONGE DENGE...

KS : BHAIYA AAPKI AANKHEIN DEKH KAR TOH NAHI LAGTA ? KHAIR...HUM KYA BOLE ?

AS : KUCH MAT BOLIYE AUR HJ KO UNKI DUSRI KHUSHI DENE MEIN HAMARI MADAAT KARE..

HM: SIR...WOH HUME...IG BULA RAHE HAIN.

AS: ACCHA...TOH JAIYE

HM : ( SIGHED ) HUM DONO KO BULA RAHE HAIN SIR...CHALIYE..

AS : HUMD DONO ?  PAR KYU..

HM : WOH SIR ISS CASE SE 2 LOGO KO BULA RAHE HAIN..IMPORTANT DISCUSSION KE LIYE...TOH CHALIYE..

AS : ( HE CALLS KARAN ) HM...CASE SE 2 LOGO KO BULA RAHE HAIN...HAMARE KHYAAL SE APKO AUR KARAN KO JANA CHAIYE...KARAN DRUGS CASE MEIN BAHUT ANUBHAV RAKHTA HAIN...UNKA JANA BEHTAAR HOGA...

HM'S FACE FELL...WHICH WAS UNNOTICED BY AS...KARAN AND HM LEFT THE BRUNCH HALL AND WERE SITTING IN THE CAR

KM : TUMSE EK PERSONAL SAWAL KARU ?

HM : BOLO ?

KM : TUMNE JAWAB NAHI DIYA THA USS DIN..ABHI TAK TUM JAISI KOI SINGLE KAISE HAIN ?

HM: KARAN YAAR...KAHI BHI TUMHARI FLIRTING SHURU HO JATI HAIN...

KM: AREE SERIOUSLY PUCH RAHA HAIN HU...AB?

HM: TOH...HUM INTEZZAR KAR RAHE THE KISI KA JO HAMARE DIL KE DARWAZE PAR DASTAK DE...KISI NE DI BHI ( SHE SMILED REMEMBERING AS ) AUR HUMNE SHAADI KE BHI SAPNE DEKH LIYE..PAR DASTAK ITNI TEZZ THI KI DIL KA DARWAZA HI TUT GAYA...PHIR AB JAB HUME DARWAZA BANA DIYA HAIN TOH USMAI JISE DASTAK DENI THI WOH PATA  NAHI KAHA CHALA GAYA ? DARWAZE PAR GHANTI LAGANE WALA HI SHAYAD KHO GAYA...

KM : THAT WAS DEEP YARR...BUT TU USSI KE DASTAK KA DUBARA INTEZAR KYU KAR RAHI HAIN...KOI AUR BHI TOH DE SAKTA HAI NA DASTAK ( HE WINKED )

HM :  ( IN MIND ) JISNE PHELI BAAR DASTAK DI...HUMNE DIL USSI KO DE DIYA...WOH NAHI DARWAZA KHATKAYENGE TOH PHIR YEH DIL KA DARWAZA BAND HI RAHEGA....

HM : KUCH BHI KARAN...AUR WESE BHI AB AISA KUCH NAHI HAIN

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