Preeti got irritated seeing Naina pacing here and there in tension without uttering a word for so long... she stops her holding from shoulder giving a stern look asking, "now what?" she knew whenever Naina landed up in any issue with Sameer she always behaves like this... if Sameer is strict and arrogant than she is way too stubborn to accept his demands... a perfect couple...

Naina replied in irritation, "yaar ab Mr Maheshwari ko ek marriage reception mein jaana hai... aur Mr Zille illahi Shahenshah e Sameer Maheshwari ji ne achanak se farmaan jaari kiya hai ki yeh kaneez bhi unke saath jaayegi..." she said dramatically making her laugh loudly...

Getting hard glares from Naina she raised her brows asking, "toh problem kya hai... chali jaa na..."

Naina sits on chair making pity face, "par yaar mein aise toh nahin jaa sakti na, office ke kapdo mein... kya karun kuchh samajh nahin aa raha... yeh hamesha achanak se order de dene ki aadat na ek din meri jaan le legi... bas bol diya aur saari duniya inka hukum poora karein... aisa nahin hota na..." she said getting irritated as she cannot go with him in office wear dress... even if she go back home to change she doesn't have any dress fit to accompany him in such a lavish party... nor she has enough budget to buy an exclusive party dress...

Preeti said giving an idea, "dekh mere paas kuchh sarees or lehenga hai... tu jaanti hai mujhe shok nahin par Mummy Papa hamesha mere liye kharidate rehte the... mere liye na sahi par unki doosri beti ke liye kaam aa jaayenge aaj... tu mere saath ghar chal aur khud un mein se ek dress pasand kar le... phir vahin se ready hokar party mein chali jaana... dekhna aaj mein khud tujhe apne haathon se ready karungi ki Mr CEO ke hosh udd jayenge..."

Naina having no other option agreed to her... she came back to her floor and seeing Sameer busy in meeting left with Preeti after informing to Pandit... Pandit instantly arrange a car for them to drop at Preeti's house and assure that after office they will come personally to pick her up...

Reaching at Preeti's house, the moment they stepped out from car, saw few men were waiting for them at building's entrance...

One of them approached towards them saying, "Madam humein Mr Maheshwari ne bheja hai yeh saari dresses and accessories lekar... yeh sab haamre showroom ke best designs hai aap ismein se select kar lijiye..." he said politely showing packets in his hand...

Naina about to deny him, when Preeti stops her, "Naina, kyun mana kar rahi hai... aaj tu inhi mein se pehanegi..." she took the dresses and went upstairs dragging her along with...

Naina, "yaar par mujhe achchha nahin lagta kisi ki help lena... teri baat alag hai par yeh dresses dekh kitni expensive hai... mein yeh nahin accept kar sakti..."

Preeti hit on her head, "dekh tu bakwaas mat kar... bechare itni mehanat kar rahe hai aur tu hai ki ego issue lekar baithi hai... agar ek husband apni wife ke liye kuchh kharidata hai toh usey ehsaan nahin kehte... samjhi..."

Naina said slowly lowering her eyes, "yaar baat ego ki nahin hai... mujhe bhi achchha lagta hai jab koi haq se aapke liye, aapki Khushi ke liye kuchh kare... par abhi hamare beech aisa kuchh nahin hai... aur unhone kabhi kuchh nahin kaha aisa... tujhe pata hai na do din pehle kya hua tha... phir aaj yeh sab..." though she had already forgiven him but still feels hesitate to take his help...

Preeti keep her finger on her lips, "shhh... chup biklul... jab tu umhein maaf kar chuki hai toh phir yeh jhijhak bhi mat rakh apne dil mein... agar aaj tumhare beech sab theek nahin hai toh aage nahin hoga aisa kyun sochna... jaise tu unse pyaar karti hai agar voh karein toh yeh galat kyun... aur nahin kaha toh waqt aane par kah bhi denge... vaise bhi tu hi kehti hai na ki tere voh sabse alag hai toh phir yeh pyaar jataane ka idea bhi toh alag hi hoga na..."

Naina laughed slowly replying, "alag nahin weird hai... Mr Weird Maheshwai aur unke pyaar dikhane ke weird styles..."

Preeti opened all bags showing so many exclusive dresses from which finally, Naina chose to wear a wine color lehenga with off shoulder blouse with all matching accessories... they returned all other dresses back to the person...

Preeti helped her to quickly get dressed up in the selected dress... with light make-up, she insists to keep her hair open with light curls at the end...

Sameer finishing meeting asked Pandit, "have you sent the parcels...?"

Pandit replied, "bhej diya and don't worry, maine Preeti ko pehle hi bol diya tha varna tu jaanta hai voh vaapas bhej deti... vaise tum donon ka yeh bina bole ek dusre ke liye sab kuchh karna bak tak chalega... hamesha meri jaan sukhaate rehte ho... khud nahin kah sakta tha ki dresses tu ne pasand ki hai..."

Sameer replied making faces, "haan... aur jaise voh maan jaati... tujhe nahin pata kitna dimaag chalata hai aisi baaton mein uska... ek naam lene ke liye toh itne dinon se tadpa rahi hai par majaal hai munh se mera naam le le... saath chalane ke liye bhi kitna naatak kiya hai puchh mat... par ab dekh mein kya karta hun... naam toh sun kar hi rahunga uske munh se... usi ne kaha hai na ki mein bohot ziddi hoon toh ab usey meri zid toh manani hi padegi... just wait Mrs Maheshwari..." he said with a naughty smile on his face...

Pandit laughed, "yeh shaadi ke baad nok jhonk vala chori chhupe romance ka bhi alag hi maja hai... lage raho donon... aakhir hai toh teri hi dream girl, tujhse kam kaise ho sakti hai... you two are perfectly same..."

Sameer decides to wear wine color suit and soon after changing their dresses, they both left to pick her up from Preeti's house...

Pandit informing him about Kamya's visit to their office said, "vaise ek baat manani padegi, Naina dil se chaahe kitni bhi soft ho par apne rishtey nibhane jaanti hai... usey auron ki tarah gussa karna, cheekhna chillana nahin aata par sahi baat shai samay par bol hi deti hai, jaise aaj Kamya ko kaha... auron ki toh chhod usne office mein hamare guards tak ki insult nahin hone di... she is so sweet yaar..."

Sameer's face tensed looking outside, "I don't know yaar... I mean teri baaton se lagta hai ki voh ab Kamya par trust nahin karti lekin uska dil kitna udaas hoga yeh soch kar hi bura lag raha hai... pata nahin mein usey iss takleef se kaise bachaunga ... kisi ka vishwas jab tootata hai toh kitna dard hota hai mein samajh sakta hoon... aaj phir ek baar mere apne ko iss dard se gujarna pad raha hai aur mein kuchh nahin kar paa raha..." his eyes turned wet feeling her pain and missing the most important person in his life...

Pandit, "par Sameer ab iss mein hum kuchh nahin kar sakte... bas uska saath de sakte hai aur ab achchha hai ki voh Kamya ki baaton par jyaada trust nahin karti... uska sach jaan kar jis tarah aaj usne tere par trust kiya aur baat maani, I think voh samajh gayi hai ki yeh dosti ek naatak aur dikhawa tha..."

Sameer smiled faintly wiping his eyes, "hmm... Naina ka toh theek hai par Kamya par mujhe bilkul bharosa nahin... voh chup rehne walon mein se nahin... aaj Naina ne jo usase kaha hai uske baad voh kya karegi bas vahi tension ho rahi hai... jitni Naina masoom hai Kamya utani hi ghatiya hai... bas Naina ko koi dard na ho yehi koshish rahegi..."

While talking they reach at Preeti's house and waited for Naina to come down... Sameer was busy in his phone when saw her coming towards car... phone slipped from his hand with a mere glimpse of her... his breath was taken away by her when he saw her coming towards him walking slowly holding lehenga slightly up from her hand... her one glance was good enough for him to lose all his sanity... Naina was looking breathtaking beautiful in lehenga and again co-incidentally they were twinning in same color...

Pandit sitting at driving seat turned back teasing him, "Sameer, aaj toh mujhe lagta hai meri behen ko teri hi nazar na lag jaaye... aur please ab usey ghurna bandh kar... bechari darr jaayegi..." he laughed making fun of him...

Sameer said totally lost ignoring his teasing, "why the hell she has to look so beautiful... sabki najare aaj issi par hongi yaar... reception mein jaana jaruri hai kya..." he looked at her giving the most pity look making Pandit laughed loudly...

Saying bye to Preeti, Naina opened the car and sits next to him... he was awestruck seeing her as it's first time she was dressed in a party ethnic wear... it was completely different from her usual wear... the dress and color decided was complimented her fair skin... her natural beauty already made his heartbeat unevenly, capturing his heart and now dressed up with make-up was taking his breathe...

Naina avoiding his gaze keep looking outside whereas Sameer's eyes were glued on her only... he inhaled deeply and surprisingly his nostrils were filled with her lavender scent arousing his desires to pull her in his embrace... it was getting hard for him to keep himself in control... he mentally cursed himself for agreeing Sunaina to attend her reception rather spending some time alone with Naina...

कुछ अपना अंदाज हैं कुछ मौसम रंगीन हैं,

तारीफ करूँ या चुप रहूँ जुर्म दोनो ही संगीन हैं...

सताते है हमें तो हुस्न के मालिक

औरों से तो हम नज़र भी नहीं मिलाते

On the other hand, Naina was getting impatient expecting him to utter a word... in her entire life she had never dressed up like this and attend such social gatherings... she was hell confused getting his mute torture and cursed Preeti in mind for agreeing her to dress like this... she turned once to see him staring her with lots of unsaid emotions in his eyes... his bright gaze rested on her face with a blissful smile on his face... he couldn't bear to shift his loving gaze from her face for a second giving her a relief... they both smiled at each other, their unspoken answer shining in their eyes...

To ease her nervousness, she pulled out her mobile texted to Preeti...

Naina - you said he will be shocked but seems he got electric shock 😜

Preeti – sweety lagta hai hosh udd gaye Mr CEO ke 😂😂

Naina – hosh hi nahin lagta hai tote kabutar sab udd gaye 🤣🤣

Preeti – Bechare... kahin attack na aa jaaye, sambhal lena 🤣😜😝

Naina - 🤣🤪🤪

Reaching venue, they went inside... reception was already started... the moment they entered, Sameer and Pandit got encircled with so many friends, mostly from their college time... since after his accident he never met with any of them nor joined any such gathering to meet his old friends... seeing him there after a long time, he gets surrounded by his friends suddenly leaving Naina alone...

Naina alone walked ahead feeling slightly nervous but did not fail to notice how big and beautifully decorated the venue was... she had never been to such function earlier... people were seated on their tables making conversations while some were standing or dancing on the floor... no doubts the function was full of rich and elegant people, yet nobody looked familiar for her...

She walked towards an empty corner table and took a seat, occupied herself on her phone avoiding awkwardness... Naina feeling bit lost suddenly felt a soft tap on her shoulder...

She turned and smiled to see Sunaina standing there with a handsome guy... she was looking absolute gorgeous with her newlywed look... the guy standing beside her is looking handsome with a dashing personality... a perfect match...

Naina was about to give a formal handshake but instead Sunaina pulled her into a bone crushing hug, "wow Naina... thank you thank you so much for coming... it really means a lot for me... you look so pretty... mujhe laga aaj bhi Sameer dhokha de dega..."

She introduced to the young man standing beside her to Naina, "inse milo, mere husband Kabir... hum sab college mein ek saath hi the... pehle dost aur ab life partner..."

Naina congratulate them both, "it's really nice meeting you both... congratulations for your wedding..." Kabir chatted for a minute with them and left to meet other guests leaving the girls alone for their talk...

Sunaina sits with her telling her all the rituals and fun time they had during their wedding ceremonies, "I missed you both so much during all rituals... tum logon ko aana chahiye tha... Sameer toh shuru se hi iss shor sharabe se dur bilkul shaant rehta hai par tumhein bohot maja aata sabse mil kar... hum sab khoob masti karte... pata nahin tum uss bore ko kaise jhelti ho..."

"shaadi ke baad bhi sudharna mat... jab dekho meri buraai karti rehti hai..." they turned to see Sameer coming towards them...

Sunaina laughed and stood to hug him but he seized her hand in between, "gale apne pati ko lagaya kar... kitni baar mana kiya hai na..." he said with a slight frown on his face...

Sunaina laughed pulling his cheeks, "tu bhi kabhi nahin sudharega... majaal hai kisi ladki ko haath tak lagane diya ho aaj tak, gale lagana toh dur ki baat hai... yaar ab toh meri shaadi bhi ho gayi, ab tujhe kis baat ka darr... aur tujhe yahaan kaun sa teri biwi dekh rahi hai jo itna darrta hai..." she said with a naughty smile...

Sameer chocked his throat looking at Naina and coughed badly... Naina with a worried look stood and forward him water caressing his back... Sunaina smiled sheepishly winking to him whispered slowly, "hmm... lagta hai meri baat se jhatka lag gaya... kuchh raaj hai kya, abhi bhi bata de...."

Sameer getting calm glared her, "tu chup karegi ki nahin... pata nahin Kabir kaise jhelata hai tujhe..."

Kabir joined them laughing, "yaar ab tu nahin maana toh mujhe sambhalna pada... aur kisi ke bas ka kahaan iss musibat ko jhelna... unique piece hai apne aap mein hi..." they both laughed giving hi-fi to each other teasing to Sunaina...

Sunaina stomped her feet making cute grumpy face, "kitne bure ho na donon... ek ne dil toda aur dusra shaadi ke agle din musibat kah raha hai... dekh liya Naina, shaadi ke baad pati kitni jaldi badal jaate hai... jab tumhari ho na toh dhyaan rakhna kahin inke jaisa nalayak na palle pad jaaye..."

Kabir pulled her in a side hug, "ab musibat ho ya nahin, zindagi bhar ka saath toh nibhaana hi hai... wada jo kiya hai..." he kissed on her forehead lovingly...

Naina looked them smilingly seeing their cute, lovely bonding... trying to hold back her tears Naina make an excuse and hurriedly left for washroom... Sameer surprised seeing her sudden change in expression... feels bit restless seeing her going away from him....

Sunaina seeing Sameer lost asked, "yaar... ab toh bata de, kya maajra hai... sab dikhta hai ki kaise teri najre uss par se hatati hi nahin ek minute ke liye bhi... poori party mein tujhe aur koi nahin dikhayi de raha... aur yeh mat kehna ki assistant hai... itni bhi andhi nahin hun mein..."

Sameer smiled looking down, "pehle usey toh bata dun, duniya ko batane mein waqt hai... jab tak uske dil ka haal nahin jaan leta kuchh nahin kah sakta..."

कुछ रिश्ते बहुत रूहानी होते हैं...

अपनेपन का शोर नहीं मचाया करते...

Sunaina exclaimed happily, "wow... matlab, Maheshwari ko pyaar ho hi gaya... par sach kahun, you are very lucky... she is so pretty and innocent... mujhe toh pehli baar hi pasand aa gayi thi... seems you too are perfect for each other..." she said with a genuine smile on her face, feeling happy for her friend...

Sameer smiled caressing her head, "meri chhod aur apni bata... tu khush hai na Kabir ke saath... I know maine kabhi tujhe seriously nahin liya par jaanta hun tujhe kahin na kahin hurt jaroor kiya hai... par mein tera dil kabhi dukhana nahin chahta tha... tu hamesha se meri dost rahi hai aur rahegi par tere liye kabhi aisa kuchh mehsoos nahin kar paaya jo Naina ke liye... usmein kuchh toh baat hai jo usey poori duniya se alag karti hai..." while taking her name, his eyes were dazzling showing his immense love for her...

Sunaina smiled genuinely, "jaanti hun... aur sach kahun Naina ke aage mujhe bhi lagta hai mera koi chance nahin... ab samajh aaya ki tujhe life mein kya chahiye tha, teri najare kiska intzaar kar rahi thi... bas ab jaldi se usey apne dil ki baat bata de toh jhat se tumhari bhi shehnai bajwa denge... wada hai teri shaadi mein sabse jyaada mein hi dance karne wali hun... kya dhamaal machega tu rok bhi nahin payega mujhe... vaise bhi har ladki ka sapna hota hai ki uski shaadi dhoom dhaam se ho, ab sab teri tarah bore toh nahin hote na..." she said laughing to tease him...

Sameer realized suddenly what Naina must have felt now seeing all this... she must be missing the important phase of her life...

In washroom, Naina wiped her tears composing herself, "shaadi ki yeh rasmein toh maine kabhi mehsoos hi nahin ki... kitne khush hai sab yahaan... mujhe yun sabke beech se nahin aana chahiye tha... yeh khushiyaan meri kismat mein hi nahin thi... aur meri wajah se Sameerji ki shaadi bhi iss tarah court mein huyi... mein hi unke laayak nahin... unke liye toh koi pyaari si Sunaina jaisi life partner honi chahiye thi... jo unke status aur level ko match karti ho... unke sab doston ke beech mein kahin bhi fit nahin hoti..."

Sameer was waiting for her to come back when Pandit joined him sitting at round table with few of their old friends and chatted... but her presence killing him by passing minute... he was all lost when suddenly feel silence at their table... he lifted his eyes seeing all his friends looking at one direction...

Naina came out from washroom and stepped towards the table he was sitting... the moment she reached near all his friends got dumbfound seeing a pretty beautiful lady standing close to them... one of their friends stood, stepped ahead towards Naina forwarding his hand, "hi beautiful, sorry maine aapko pehchaana nahin..."

The moment Sameer's eyes struck on her gloomy face plastered with a fake smile just to show off, his heart shattered into pieces... before he come out from his shock, his friend asked her identity... seeing Sameer lost in replying to his friends Pandit said instantly pulling Naina into a brotherly hug, "guys, meet Naina, my little sister..." he introduces Naina to all their friends as his sister... Sameer jolted seeing Naina's expectant eyes making him shocked and guilty more...

All his friends spoke for few minutes with her and left with Pandit to have some drinks leaving Naina Sameer alone at table... Sameer staring her face keenly asked, "you okay... kuchh pareshaan lag rahi ho..."

Naina smiled, "nahin toh... I am perfectly fine... infact, I am happy to come here... aapko pata hai mein pehli baar kisi shaadi mein aayi hun... thanks for taking me here..."

Sameer stunned hearing her, "kya matlab... I mean tum kabhi kisi shaadi mein nahin gayi..."

Naina replied calmly, "nahin... voh actually mere parents bohot possessive hai mujhe lekar... unhein mera kahin bhi aana jaana pasand nahin tha... bas school, college aur baad mein office... yun social gathering aur relatives ke yahaan kabhi nahin gayi mein..."

Sameer remain quiet when Naina said, "yeh sab kitna excited hota hai na... Sunainaji was telling me about all rituals, fun masti time they had... aapko aana chahiye tha unki shaadi ki rasmon mein... aapki dost aapko kitna miss kar rahi thi..."

Sameer said instantly, "par mein bhi apni dost ke saath hi tha... usey dukh dekar akele kaise enjoy karne aa jaata..." he said looking into her eyes...

Naina realized he was talking about last few days which went so stressful for both of them... her face turned gloomy but changing her expression she said, "Sunainaji kitni pyaari lag rahi hai na... I mean Kabirji aur voh ek saath kitne khush hai... I just pray ki voh hamesha aise hi khush rahe..."

Naina said with a genuine smile on her face whereas Sameer felt guilty for ruining her happiness... he was so lost seeing her sad face that didn't let her even introduce with his friends with her real identity...

Sameer bring Naina at reception with him to make her happy, to give her feeling of their togetherness but realize she is even more hurt because of him... though she never complaint but deep inside he finds himself guilty seeing her smile lost from her pretty face...

He was all lost in hearing her praising about the venue, decoration, about Sunaina and Kabir when suddenly his eyes lit up with an idea to lift her mood...

Next update by tomorrow... enjoy your weekend