Next morning,

Preeta went downstairs ready.

Sarla: Beta breakfast..

Preeta: Mumma office mein krlugi.. Late ho rhi hu.. Bye bye.. Love u..

Sarla(smilingly) : Love u too.. Bye..

Preeta left for her office.

Raghuveer: Preeta kaha h..

Sarla: Office ke liye nikal gyi..

Raghuveer: Yeh ladki bhi na.. Itni jaldi..

Sarla: Acha h na.. Iska kaam hi toh ise khushi deta h..

Preeta reached the office. Everybody greeted her as she entered.

Preeta(smilingly) : Good morning.. Morning.. Vishal...Files in Cabin please..

Vishal: Sure mam..Ur coffee?

Preeta(innocently) : Nidhi ko bolo breakfast.. I was late..

Vishal: Done! Nidhi.. Preeta mam ka breakfast..

Preeta entered her cabin and sat on her chair looking for today's schedule.

After sometime, there was a knock on the door.

Preeta: Come in..

Nidhi: Mam, ur breakfast..

Preeta: Ha.. Thank u.. Aaj ki lined up meetings ke slots kaha h..

Nidhi kept her breakfast on table and handed her the schedule.

Preeta looked at it.

Preeta: Next meeting with Mr. Luthra, fine!

She realised something and smiled.

Preeta(in mind) : Pagal ladki.. Har Luthra.. Karan Luthra se related nhi hota h.. But I wish.. Woh hota.. Bajarbattu.. I miss him...

On the other hand,

Karan was talking to Sameer.

Sameer: Mil gya finally aapko mere liye time..

Karan: Mere paas tere liye time hi time h.. Kya kr rha h vse tu aajkal..

Sameer: Filhaal toh mom ki bday party ke liye event managing company se meeting h..

Karan's smile disappeared listening about their mom.

Karan(jerking his thoughts) : Woh sb chod.. Apna khyal rkhio.. Aur koi bhi baat ho..toh main hu..

Sameer: Bhai.. Aap vaapis aa jao na.. Itne mahine hogye h..

Karan: Aajaoga sammy..

Sameer: Aap har baar yehi bolte h.. Iss baar nhi.. Aap mom ki bday party mein aa rhe ho.. Please..

Karan(stern) : Sammy.. I will see to that.. Don't force me..

Sameer: Par bhai..

Karan hanged up.

Sameer(in mind) : Pata nhi kab bhai aur mom ke bich sab theek hoga..

Sameer reached Dreamworld event managing company. He went inside.

Vishal: Good morning sir.. How can I help you?

Sameer: Miss Arora's office.. I have a meeting with her within 5 minutes...

Vishal: Mr. Luthra?

Sameer: Ya...

Vishal: Come.. I will show you the way...

Sameer(in mind) : Company toh achi lag rhi h.. Employees welcoming bhi h.. I think I am at the right place...

He entered the cabin.

Preeta(happily) : Hello Mr. Luthra.. Preeta Arora.. Owner of DreamWorld..

Sameer(forwarding his hand) : Sameer Luthra..

Both shaked hands and sat down.

Preeta: So Mr. Luthra, what can I do for you?

Sameer: Actually its my mom's bday on 20th.. And I want ur company to organise that..

Preeta: Thats great.. At which scale, are u guys celebrating, the details and venue suggestions..

Both started discussing about the party.

Sameer: Great..

Preeta: Thank u very much.. My team will start working on project soon..

Sameer smiled and got up. Mistakenly, the photo frame fell from the table.

Sameer: I am so sorry...

Preeta: Koi baat nhi..

Both bent down to pick it up. It was Shrishti and her photograph.

Sameer: Your sister?

Preeta(smiling) : Ha..

Sameer kept the frame back and saw that she has more photos. Her parents photograph, he smiled but looked at a picture confused and shocked.

Sameer(picking up the frame having preeran's photograph) : Yeh..

Preeta(smilingly) : Yeh... He is my friend.. Karan Luthra.. Captain of Indian Cricket Team.. U must be knowing him..

Sameer(in mind): Bhai ki dost.. Par bhai toh kisi se dosti..

Preeta(confused) : Any problem Mr. Luthra?

Sameer: No..

He kept back the frame.

Sameer: Nice to meet u Preeta.. U can call me Sameer..

Preeta: Nice meeting you Sameer..

Sameer went out of her cabin and called Karan.

Sameer: Bhai..

Karan: Agar tu phirse vaapis aane ka gyaan jhaadne wala h toh main phone cut kr rha hu..

Sameer: Arre nhi.. Aap Preeta Arora ko jaante ho?

Karan: Ha par tu kyu puch rha h..

Sameer: Kya yeh vohi h jin se aap pyaar krte ho?

Karan: Sammy.. Tujhe kya mtlb h..

Sameer: Mtlb ka kya mtlb h.. Puch rha hu..

Karan: Ha krta hu..

Sameer: Bhai.. Yeh bahut achi h..

Karan(smilingly) : I know sammy.. Par tu jyada achai mt dekh.. Kaam hogya toh nikal..

Sameer: Mujhse kyu jal rhe ho.. Main toh aise hi bol rha tha.. Bahut ache se baat krti h isliye..

Karan: Hogya tera?

Sameer: Ha..Jaa rha hu..

Karan: Wait.. Wait.. Wait.. Sammy..

Sameer: Kya hua..

Karan: Ek photo bhejde na..

Sameer: Ab main chup chupke photo khichu..

Karan: Ek.. Please..

Sameer: Ha bhej rha hu.. Bye..

Karan: Bhej diyo pakka.. Bye..

Sameer somehow managed to zoom and click Preeta's photograph from the glass window. Her concentration on her work and a precious smile.

Karan's phone beeped. He opened and looked at the photograph confused.

Karan(shocked): Kitna badal gyi h.. Kapde.. (remembering past) Kaha duppatta hi smbhalti rhti thi... Aaj company smbhal rhi h... I am so proud of u babydoll..

He looked at her smile and smiled a bit sadly.

Karan: I love your smile babydoll.. Par kaash iski wajah main hota..

He remembered his one sided love and kept the phone aside.

Precap

Karan comes back

Preeran(shocked): Tum..

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