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Sidharth serves curry into Sana's plate from the buffet counter while Sana places rotis into his plate. They both go and occupy the empty seat.

Sana: Waise aapke itne bade mansion mein sirf aap aur Adi dono hi rehte ho?

Sidharth: Nahi, mom bhi hai but abhi woh U.S. gayi huyi hai apni behan ke pass. Aur.. Dad ko guzare 5 saal ho gaye, tab se main hi pura empire sambhaalta hoon.

Sana: Hmm.. Ab toh Adi bhi aapki help karta hai na? Usne bataya tha mujhe.

Sidharth nods in agreement as he didn't wanted to talk about Adi.

Sana: Aap Ruhi ke ghar Diwali party main aa rahe ho? Ruhi ne Adi ko invite kiya tha. Usne kaha tha ki uske bhai aapko invite karne wale hai.

Sidharth: Ruhi.. uska surname kya hai?

Sana: Dixit.. Ruhi Dixit..

Sidharth: Hmmm.. Jay Dixit ke naam se invitation dekha tha maine shayad. Usne office mein bheja tha. Tum jaa rahi ho uske ghar?

Sana: Haan, wo meri cousin hai toh mujhe jana padega.

Sidharth: Tab toh hum phir milne waale hai.

His thoughts:
Maine uss invitation ko ignore kar diya tha. Waise bhi main Jay Dixit ko itne achche se nahi jaanta ki aise hi ek invite pe chala jau... But ek baar phir tumse mulaaqat karne ka yahi bahana sahi.. mujhe toh bas tumhaare saath samay bitaana hai

Sana: Haan. Waise kya Adi ko aapke gate crash ka pata hai?

Sidharth: Nahi, kisi ko bhi nahi pata ki main gate crash karta hoon. Tum bhi mat batana.

Sana: Main kyu batau usko? Aapke secret mein hi meri bhi secret hai. Warna uske saath mujhe meri gate crash ki baat bhi batani padegi Adi ko. (Giggles)

Sidharth's thoughts:
Harr baat mein Adi.. Adi.. Adi.. Isko harr baat mein Aditya ko beech mein lana zaruri hai kya? Maana ki woh mera bhai hai but sirf hum dono ki baat karne mein kya problem hai isko?

Wahi toh Sidharth, kahi yeh usse pyaar toh nahi karti? Socho!! Kya tumhare saamne jitna Adi Adi kiya, utna Aditya ke saamne Sidharth Sidharth karti hogi kya?

Nahi.. pyaar nahi karti hogi Aditya se, sirf friends honge. Ussey jyada milti hai toh uske baare mein baat karti hai. Aur mere baare mein Aditya se kaise baat karegi? Aditya toh jaanta bhi nahi ki main aur Sana uske ghar aane se pehle se hi ek dusre ko jaante the.

Haan, par aise toh tumhara time bhi Aditya hi le raha hai. Sana ka pura attention bhi ussi ko mil raha hai.

Sana: Aaj phir koi office ki tension hai kya? Kitne lost lag rahe hai.

Sidharth: (frustrated) Kya fark padta hai kisiko mere tensions aur feelings se? Ghar mein bada hoon toh kya mujhe attention aur pyaar ki zarurat nahi hai? Main kuch expect karta hoon toh galat hai kya?

Sana: (confused) Sidhaarthh!! Kya ho gaya aapko? Maine kuch galat keh diya kya? Main aapki baat samajhi nahi.

Sidharth: Wahi toh problem hai. Mujhe koi samajhta hi nahi. Meri kisiko padhi hi nahi hai.

Sana didn't know what to speak as his words were not making any sense to her. All she knew was something was troubling him. He munched on his food looking elsewhere lost in his thoughts while she looked at him in silence.

Sidharth: Mera ho gaya. Main envelope deke aata hoon. (He got up with his plate)

Sana: Mera bhi ho gaya. Kyuki main invited hoon, main bhi chalti hoon aapke saath. (She got up)

He nods and they both go up to the stage to wish the bride and groom. They clicked a picture together and descended from the stage.

Sidharth was still lost in his thoughts and she quietly observed him.

Sana: Long walk ke liye time nahi hai mere pass but ek chotu sa walk pe chale?

Sidharth looked at her in surprise. He smilingly agreed. They leave the hall and start walking. There was a silence for a long time between the two.

Sana: (speaks up) Aapne woh kahawat suni hai 'Apna haath Jagannath'. Jagannath, woh jo pure jag pe raaj karta hai. Toh apni khushi apne haath main hoti hai. Kisi aur ko apni life control karne dene se apni khushiyaan bhi dusron pe depend ho jaati hai. Mujhe nahi pata ki aapko kya tension hai but khush rehna bas aapke haat main hai.

Sidharth looked at her in surprise. He was fighting a war inside. A war between choosing his happiness or giving up for his brother's. His desires to be happy was overpowering which caused him to feel guilty everytime he took a step towards his happiness.

Her words gave him a message that nobody will think of his happiness but himself. So he was right to think about his happiness.

Sana: (pulled him closer with all the force) Sidhaarthh...

He looked at her and then at the car which pulled a sudden brake very close to him. He was so lost that he didn't realise he was walking on the edge of the road rather than the footpath. Sana ran to the driver's door.

Sana: (hit the door with palm and yelled) Oye! Dekh ke gaadi nahi chala sakte kya?

Man: (came out) Sorry Mam but meri koi galti nahi hai. Sir khudh beech sadak chal rahe the..

Sana: Achcha? Sach mein tumhaari koi galati nahi hai?

Man: Nahi..

Sana: Tumhari speed kya thi jab tumne brake maara?

Man: (fumbles) aa.. aaa.. limit mein hi thi.

Sana: Achcha mujhe sikhaoge ab? Maana mein sadak par chalne wali hoon but speed ka gyaan hai mujhe. Tumhari gaadi ki speed uss board pe likhe limit se double thi. Tumne toh bhoopu bhi nahi bajaaya aur jab yeh brake pull kiya gaadi bahut jyada drag huyi hai jiske nishaan bhi road pe aa gaye hai. Toh chalo aur police ko prove karo ki tumhari koi galati nahi hai.

Sidharth: (holds her arms) Sana leave it.

Man: Mam please police nahi. Sir toh sahi salamat hai na. Toh police kyu? Please mam.

Sana: (glares at Sidharth and then at the man) Rukhiye Sidharth.. Oye, sahi salamat hai ka kya matlab? Kuch hone ka wait karna tha kya? Main tumhe chodd dungi toh tum kal kisi aur ko maar doge. Chalo thaane..

Sidharth: Sana, choddo na yaar.

Sana: Bola na chup rahiye. Woh apni galati maanne ke bajai humari galati gina raha hai.

Man: Sir sir, I am extremely sorry Sir. Aage se nahi hogi aisi galati. Main khabhi speed limit se jyada nahi chalaunga. Please sir, mam ko samjhaaiye sir. (He pleads)

Sidharth: Sana thoda iddar aao tum.

He pulls her to the side and gestures the man to leave with his hand. The man starts the car and drives. Sana turns around and looks at him in anger.

Sana: Oye.. oyee.. rukh jaa teri..

She runs behind and clicks the picture of his car's number plate with her phone.

Sana: Aapko samajh mein nahi aata? Bhaag gaya na woh ab. (She looks at the picture) Arey yaar, mere phone ki picture quality bhi kharab hai upar se andhera bhi ho rakha hai. Aapki wajah se bhaag gaya wo.. (annoyed)

Sidharth: Sana, kyu itna hyper ho rahi ho? Zara thande dimaag se socho, main koi aam insaan nahi hoon. Police mein jaaunga toh hazar sawaal karenge jiska jawab puri duniyaan ko pata chal jayega. Phir gate crash ki baat, hum dono ka link up aur pata nahi kya kya likhenge media mein. Tumhe pata hai na ki main media se dur rehta hoon. Isiliye itna bada empire hone ke bawajood mujhe log pehchante nahi hai. Mere key employees ko hi sirf media cover karti hai.

Sana: Aap na apna muh band hi rakho. Itni reputation ki chinta thi toh gate crash kyu karte hai? Upar se kis lok mein doobe sadak pe chal rahe the ki car nazar tak nahi aa rahi thi aapko. Aapko kuch ho jata toh?

His mind was stuck at the last sentence.

Sidharth: Ho jata toh?

Sana: (glares at him) Aaa.. aaa.. Toh kya? Media waale mera kachumar nikaal dete. Aapka aur mera gate crash ka baanda phoot jata aur ye short walk ka idea mera tha toh shayad aapke gharwale bhi mujhe dosh dete.

Sidharth: (smiles) Nakhre toh madam ke abhi bhi full on hai. (Murmurs)

Sana: Kya kaha aapne? Yeh aise daant dabaakar kya kehte ho jo saamne wala samajh hi nahi paata..

Sidharth: Kuch nahi kaha Sherawali Maate. Chalo ab main tumko hostel tak drop karta hoon. (Folded hands)

Sana: Koi zarurat nahi hai, aapko khudh driver ki zarurat hai, pata nahi kya sochte rehte hai. Kahi aapne kisi pe gaadi thokh di toh?

Sidharth: Driver hai mere paas.. Wedding venue ke paas hi khada hai. Ek call pe yaha aa jayega. Chalo.

She nods. He calls the driver and they drive to her hostel. She gets down from the car.

Sana: Toh Diwali party mein milte hai.

Sidharth: Hmm.. that's next week? Beech mein milne ke chances nahi hai kya?

Sana: (Smiles) Aapko apni kismat pe bharosa nahi raha kya? (Teases him with her tongue out and winks) Bye..

Sidharth smiles looking at her departing figure.

Sidharth: Mansion. (Instructs driver)

She waves here hands standing near the gate.
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She immediately picked up a yellow pages book and hid her face in between when she saw Hrithik walking towards Shweta's cubicle.

Hrithik: Shweta, I need the budget vs. interim forecast file of all the departments. Get it asap to my desk.

Shweta nods and he turns to leave but then he realizes that the girl holding yellow pages book was holding it upside down. He turns back and gestures Shweta to be quiet. He stands infront of the girl without making any noise.

She lowers the book thinking he was gone but when she finds him infront, she shuts her eyes and bites her tongue out of fear.

Hrithik: Come to my cabin. Now!

She nods and follows him nervously. They both go inside the cabin.

"Uss din ke lift ke incident ke liye sorry Sir", she speaks in low voice.

"Tumhe kya lagta hai I haven't been observing you. Itna bada company chalata hoon toh mere company mein kya ho raha hai iski khabar hai mujhe. Ab tumhe darna band kar dena chahiye. Kaam pe concentrate karo.", He says.

She nods with a puppy face.

"Shweta ki jagah I want you to present the budget vs. forecast file. You aren't going home unless you get it today." He says.

She agrees and walks out of the cabin. Hrithik smiles after she leaves. She completes the file with great difficulty as she was still not so well aware of handling the system and application. By the time she finished it, it was late evening. All the automatic smart lights were off except for her cubical and his cabin.

She picks up the laptop and walks towards his cabin. The lights on her way turns on as she walks.

"Excuse me Sir"

"Come in"

"Sorry Sir, I am done with the file. Thoda time jyada lag gaya."

"Nevermind, I value the quality of work. Okay start explaining quickly the key points."

She starts explaining and he nods while looking at her. He was lost looking at her after sometime rather than listening to what she was telling.

"Beautiful!!"

"Huh? Sir?"

"Aa... I mean.. beautifully explained"

"Thank you Sir. Can I leave Sir?"

"It's too late. I will drop you and before you start giving reasons stating main chali jaungi, aap kyu takleef karte ho stuff; you are my employee and I asked you to stay back until you finish the job so it's my responsibility to think of your safety as well. Get your bag quickly."

She nods and runs to her cubicle. She packs her bag and comes back. They speak throughout the way until he drops her safely.

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