After lunch time....

Sidharth was in a meeting with the other employees. He was discussing about their new project.

After a few hours of discussion, Sidharth said, "Hope you all understand about this project. We have to work on it."

"Yes Sir." Everybody said.

"Mr. Arora, I have studied you file and I must say it was quite impressive. So I decided that you are leading this project." Sidharth said.

"Ok Sir." Aditya said. Inside he was very happy.

"You all may go now." Sidharth said.

Everybody left his cabin.

Later that evening...

Aditya dropped Dipti home.

"Kya baat hai! You have got the lead. Lagta hai first day hi tumne boss ko impress kar diya." Dipti said while removing her seat belt.

"All thanks to Sana." Aditya said.

"Woh kaha se aayi?"

"Humare naye boss, Sidharth Shukla, woh Sana ko college time se jaante hai. I think they were good friends. Aur Sana ka husband hone ke naate, he gave me this project. Because he can trust me more than the other employees."

"So you think you have got this project because of your wife."

"Partly, it is true. Sana ki wajah se hi sahi mujhe unse conversation karne ka thoda mauka mil gaya. Ab Sidharth Sir aur Sana ke issi jaan pehchaan ka fayda utha ke main easily unka trust gain kar sakta hoon. Phir mujhe promotion milne se koi nahi rok sakta."

"Woh sab toh thik hai, lekin tumhe nahi lagta yeh thoda ajeeb hai? Sirf Sana ki wajah se tumhe project de dena yeh kaunsi baat hui? Kahi yeh rishta kuch zyada hi gehra toh nahi...."

"Come on Dipti! Tum zyada soch rahi ho. Main Sana ko acchi tarah se jaanta hoon. Upar se Sidharth Sir ko dekha hai? He is totally out of her reach. Woh sab chhoro, tumhara ghar aa gaya hai."

Dipti got down. Aditya left with his car.

"Itna trust? I know Aditya, tumhare liye sabse zyada matter karta hai tumhara khud ka reputation. Isliye tum Sana ko divorce nahi de sakte. Lekin agar Sana ki wajah se tumhe society ke samne humiliate hona pade toh? Then you'll definitely throw Sana out of your life. By chance aisa nahi hua, then I have to find another option." Dipti said in her mind.
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Aditya returned home. He was very happy. Sana asked her about the reason of his happiness. He immediately hugged Sana tightly. It was unexpected for Sana.

"Sana main tumhe baata nahi sakta aaj main kitna khush hoon. I got the project because of you." Aditya said.

"Yeh toh acchi baat hai lekin mera iss se kya lena dena..." Sana asked. She was confused but at the same time she was enjoying the moment.

Aditya broke the hug and said, "Tum Sidharth Sir ki dost ho issi liye toh unhone mujhe yeh project diya. Boss ko impress karne ke liye mujhe koi mehnat hi nahi karni padi. Thank you Sana."

Sana smiled sadly. "Reason chahe koi bhi ho. Itne dino baad hi sahi, apne at least mujhe hug toh kiya." She said in her mind.

Suddenly Smrita Ji and Isha came.

"Oye dil khush kar diya tune tune puttar. Rab kare tujhe promotion bhi zaldi mil jaye." Smrita Ji said.

"Zaroor milega Mummy. Aur issi khushi mein aaj hum sab bahar khana khane jaa rahe hai." Aditya said.

"Hum sab kyu? Apne hi toh kaha nah ki Bhabi ki wajah se apko yeh project mila hai. Toh sirf aap dono jaiye. Waise bhi kaafi din hogaye aap log kahi bahar nahi gaye." Isha said.

"Haan Puttar. Isha sahi keh rahi hai." Smrita Ji said.

"Thik hai phir. Main aur Sana hi chalte hai. Sana tum fatafat ready ho jao. Main bhi fresh hoke aata hoon." Aditya said and went to his room.

Sana became happy. After a long time they were going out.

"Bhaiya ka mood aaj accha lag raha hai. Thoda saaj ke jaana. Lagta hai aaj ka date bohut romantic hone wala hai." Isha said.

Sana blushed.

Aditya was changing in the room. Suddenly his phone rang. He received the call and said, "Haan Dipti bolo."

"Baby aaj mere ghar aa jao nah. Hum dono saath mein dinner karte hai." Dipti said.

"Aaj toh nahi ho sakta. Main thoda busy hoon."

At that time Sana came and asked, "Aap abhi tak ready nahi hue?"

"Haan tum jaao. Main aata hoon."

"Ok."

Sana left.

Dipti listened everything and she was fuming in anger.

"Accha toh tum iss mein busy ho?" She said.

"Dipti understand the situation. I have already promised her...."

"Ok, then best of luck. Waise bhi tumhare liye Sana hi zyada important hai."

"It's not like that.... Hello.... Hello..."

The call was cut.

"Shit yaar!" Aditya said in his mind.

Soon they both left and went to a restaurant.

They sat at a table. A beautiful song was playing in the restaurant. Some couple were dancing. Sana smiled looking at them.

"Chaliye nah hum log bhi dance karte hai." Sana said to Aditya who was busy reading the menu card.

"Dance?" Aditya laughed and said, "Dance karna aata bhi hai tumhe?"

"Apne kabhi pucha hi nahi." Sana said which was not heard by Aditya.

After sometime a waiter served their food. Suddenly Aditya's phone rang.

"What happened? Why are you calling me now?" Aditya asked.

"Please come Aditya."

"You know I can't."

"If you don't come now, I will.....I will end my life.... And you'll be responsible for this."

"What?" Aditya shouted.

"Don't do this....I....I am coming..." Aditya cut the call and stood up.

"Kya hua? Any problem?" Sana asked.

"Bohut badi problem ho chuki hai. Mujhe jaana hoga."

"Aap aise kaise jaa sakte hai?"

"Try to understand. Bohut important kaam hai. Main nahi gaya toh problem ho jayegi. Tum... tum ghar chali jaana." Aditya said and left from there.

Sana kept sitting there like a fool.
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At Sidharth's place...

Sidharth opened a box. There were some gifts, letters and albums in it. Sidharth took a letter in his hand and smiled unknowingly.

Flashback

Sidharth was standing outside Sana's classroom. There was a letter in his hand. Suddenly one of his friends tap on his shoulder and said, "Kya soch raha hai bro? Jaa uske desk ke upar yeh letter rakh de. Aur kitne din apne feelings ko aise chupata rahega? Go and give her the letter."

Sidharth nodded. He was about to go, suddenly he turned and said, "Agar usne bura maan liya toh?"

"Arrey iss mein bura maan ne wali kya baat hai? Just go."

"Okay." Sidharth said and entered the empty classroom. He put the letter on Sana's desk and left.

After sometime all the students came including Sana. She found the letter on her desk.

"Yeh kiska hai?" Sana asked the girl who was sitting beside her.

"Tere desk ke upar rakha hai, of course tera hi hoga. Dekh kahi kisi ne love letter toh nahi likha." The girl replied.

Sana was going to unfold the letter.

Suddenly Sidharth said to his friend, "No yaar. I can't do this." And he went to Sana.

"Actually woh...woh mera tha." Sidharth said standing in front of Sana.

"Yeh tumhara hai?" Sana asked showing him the letter.

Sidharth nodded.

Sana gave him the letter.

Sidharth came back to his friend with the letter in his hand.

"Idiot!" His friend said.

Flashback ends...

Sidharth smiled sadly and said, "Kitne letters likhe tumhe, kitne gifts kharide tumhare liye, lekin ek bhi dene ki himmat nahi hui. Aur jab hui tab tak der ho chuki thi. Ek dam last pe aake maine tumhe propose kiya. Uske baad tumhe convince karne ka mauka hi nahi mila. Agar milta toh aaj halat kuch aur hote." Sidharth said in mind.

He started thinking about Sana. He was thinking of the morning. How beautiful she was looking. Her beautiful eyes, her precious smile, everything was coming to his mind. Suddenly the scene of her and Aditya came to his mind. He came back to reality.

"Shit man! You are again thinking about her. She is married. Yeh saare thoughts bhi tere dimaag mein nahi aane chahiye. Aaj Sana ko dekh ke tere dil mein wapas se feelings jaag uthe hai. Lekin yeh galat hai. Tujhe uske bina hi rehna hoga jaise ki ab tak reh raha tha. Woh teri kabhi nahi ho sakti." Sidharth said to himself.

To divert his mind, he started doing office works. While doing that, he found that one of his important files was missing. After a while he remembered that he had left it in the office by mistake.

He went to the office by his car and took the file. Suddenly it started raining. He immediately went inside his car and started driving.

He was returning home. Suddenly he stopped his car after seeing a woman standing on the road. The windows were blurry because of raindrops and he couldn't see the woman properly.

He wiped the windows and saw her face.

"Sana!" Sidharth uttered.

He immediately came out of the car and went near Sana. She was standing in rain all wet and she was crying very much.

"Sana tum ro kyu rahi ho?" Sidharth asked being concerned.

She didn't reply and continued crying. Sidharth had no other option left. He pulled her closer and hugged her tightly to console her. Teardrops fell on his shirt.

It started raining more heavily.
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Will Sidharth be able to reduce Sana's pain?

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