Sana: By the way where are you staying in Bengaluru?
Sid: Aaa.. I don't know! Suggest me a cheap and best place to stay.
Sana: Hmmm.. Cheap and best! How about NIMHANS?
Sid: Woah!! Never heard of this group of hotels. By the name itself it looks posh. Are you sure it's cheap and best?
Sana: Ofcourse, infact it's free stay with food plus I will also get money for leads.
Sid: What? Is it like dharamshala or public shelter? Why do they pay for leads?
Sana: Yes, it's government funded. They pay for leads because they care for safety of people.
Sid: Wow! Sounds so cool. Do I need to show them an ID card or something?
Sana: No, you just need to tell them that you are mad. They will admit you at once.
Sid: Huh? (confused)
Sana: (giggles) National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) in another words mental hospital.
Sid: What?
Sana: What else? You just took your bag and came to meet me to Bengaluru? You could've told me before itself that you stay at Delhi. Why did you take so much trouble?
Sid: (frowns) Because eversince I heard my girlfriend's voice over the phone, I desperately wanted to meet her.
Sana blushes and excuses herself to make a phone call just to avoid his eye contact which made her blush harder.
Flashback:
(Taj Vivanta's dinning hall)
Sidharth: It was nice meeting you Mr. Srinivas. Gujral Group of Industries is very keen on working with you and we would guarantee you that you wouldn't repent working with us.
Srinivas: Pleasure is ours to be associated with the renowned company like yours. Good night Mr. Sidharth.
They shake hands before concluding the dinner meeting.
Nikhil: Congratulations Sidharth. You just cracked a huge contract.
Sidharth: I never give up until I achieve it. That's the reason why our company is far from competition for our rivals. They can't even dream getting closer to us in business. By-the-way, you have been really good and I am impressed.
Nikhil: Thank you Sidharth. That means a lot as it's coming from your mouth.
Sidharth: We won't need the buffer day for this project. Cancel the day after tomorrow's flight and book a flight for tomorrow morning at 11 to Delhi.
Sidharth's P.A.: Sure Sir. Will get it done right away.
Nikhil: Sidharth, I know you like partying. Shall we celebrate this deal.
Sidharth: I don't know anyone here so you will have take me to a pub. I'll change and come back.
Nikhil: Sure.
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Sidharth wakes up to a phone call. It was Nikhil. He receives the call still lying in his bed.
Nikhil: Good Morning Sidharth. We need to start for the airport. I thought of waking you up since you were highly intoxicated last night when I dropped you to the hotel.
Sidharth: Thanks Nikhil. Aaaa.. my head.. That was over my limit last night. I can't even remember how I landed up in my room.
Nikhil: I dropped you at the hotel and the hotel staff escorted you to the room. Will meet you at 8:45am outside.
Sidharth: Thank you.
He disconnects the call and throws the phone and spreads his arms to lie back again for sometime when he feels that he wasn't alone in the bed. He looks to his side and finds Sanya.
Sidharth: What the hell? What is she doing here? (Shakes her) Ms. Sanya.. Sanya..
Sanya wakes up and looks at him.
Sidharth: What are you doing in my bed?
Sanya: Huh? Don't you remember anything that happened last night?
Sidharth: What? No! What happened last night?
Sanya: I got the job immediately on your referral yesterday so I wanted to thank you. Since I am leaving today itself, I thought of thanking you as once I go back to Delhi, we may never meet as you belong to high society.
I waited for you to arrive last night. When you arrived at the reception, you were leaning onto a hotel staff, I ran upto you and supported the other side to drop you until your room.
I thought I will leave you a thank you note and while I was writing a note, you pulled me into your arms and praised my beauty and then suddenly you started to kiss me and we made love. At first, I resisted you but then gave up as you said you like me and as you said you saved my life and that I owe it to you.
Sidharth: What? That's rubbish. I can't believe this happened.
Sanya: (taken aback) I belong to a middle class family, this isn't something which happens with us everyday. It may be very trivial for you but it means us our life. But I don't have any proof so I am at fault. You can't even remember anything being intoxicated. Bye!
She covered herself in duvet before picking up her clothes from ground and changed in bathroom. She then walked out of the room.
He tried shrugging off the matter and got ready himself and boarded the flight. He again crossed ways with her in the flight as she was sitting in the economy class with her mother.
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It had been 6 months for the incident when he saw her in head office again. He was shocked to see her with vermilion in the partition of her hair and a baby bump.
Sidharth: Who is she? (Pointing out a finger at her)
P.A.: She is Sanya, Mrs. Gujral's personal secretary.
Sidharth: (shocked) What? Since when?
P.A.: Since last 6 months Sir.
Sidharth: But I've never seen her.
P.A.: Mrs. Gujral was at the other office since 6 months so she was there itself. She had visited few times to this office earlier as well. But from now she will be here in this office as Mrs. Gujral has moved here.
Sidharth: Can you ask her to see me in my cabin please?
P.A.: Sure Sir.
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Sanya enters the cabin.
Sanya: Excuse me Sir. I was told you wanted to meet me.
Sidharth: Hmmm. Come in. So Sanya, you got married and congratulations on your baby. I feel so relieved.
Sanya: Why do you feel relieved?
Sidharth: Because after that "middle class" and "it means us life" lecture I somewhere had started feeling guilty. Now that you've moved on, I feel relieved.
Sanya: You never believed me then why the guilt? This vermilion is just a way to stop people from questioning my baby bump. I am not married and this baby bump is your gift.
Sidharth: (shocked) What?
Sanya: But don't worry, nobody will know about this. Afterall you saved my life and this is what I owed you. I paid heavily for my life. Until I learnt that I was expecting this and decided to abort, the doctor denied to perform operation as it was a threat to my life. My mother died of heart attack after learning about this and my father disowned me. I wish, you hadn't saved me that day from drowning.
Sidharth was numb. He didn't know what to say.
Sanya: Do you have any instructions for me or can I leave? I can't hold back tears for long.
Sidharth nodded and she left. He held his head in his hands in tension. He got up from his seat and looked outside through the glass. She went into the washroom and after sometime came out started the work in silent. Next two days he kept observing her.
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Sidharth knocks at the door.
Mrs. Gujral: Come in.
Sidharth looked at Sanya who was writing something. She excuses herself and leaves the cabin.
Sidharth: Mom, I want to marry Sanya.
Mrs. Gujral looked at him in shock.
Mrs. Gujral: What? I never knew you have such a bad taste in jokes.
Sidharth: It's not a joke mom.
Mrs. Gujral: Well in that case I think you should get your eyesight checked. Didn't you see that vermilion in the partition of her hair and that baby bump?
Sidharth: She is unmarried and that baby is mine.
Mrs. Gujral: Are you serious? Because I really am not mood for such pranks.
Sidharth: I was in denial myself when she told me since it happened when I was intoxicated and I didn't remember anything what happened.
Mrs. Gujral: May be she is lying and trying to frame you since you are a sole heir to this entire business empire.
Sidharth: I think she isn't lying else she would have maligned my image by now or blackmailed me to get the money.
Mrs. Gujral: Before deciding on anything we need to confirm with a fetal DNA test. Hold on, will ask my source to get it confirmed when she visits the doctor for routine checkup. But seriously, if this is true and it's disgusting. I feel ashamed of you.
He hung his head in shame and went out of the cabin.
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Mrs. Gujral: The DNA report says it is your child, Sidharth. How can you be so careless? This will ruin your father's entire lifetime's efforts. I was so proud of you but you too turned out to be like your biological mother who was so irresponsible that she left you and your father and ran away with her lover. I feel pity for Sanya for what and all she went through and still silently bearing your child alone. How will you compensate her for what has already happened? Will she forgive you even if you marry her now? Will she trust you as a husband?
Sidharth: I will talk to her and convince her.
The mere comparison of him with his biological mother hurts him. It wasn't less than a curse to him. He was determined to marry her at any cost to prove his responsibility.
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Sidharth: Sanya, I want to marry you and give my name to the child in your womb.
Sanya: Oh really? Don't you need a proof that it is your child?
Sidharth: I already have the proof, the DNA test.
Sanya: What? You got the DNA test without my permission?
Sidharth: Aaa.. aaa.. yes.
Sanya: So it's just an error rectification from your end. The main essence of a relationship, trust is no where between us. You didn't trust my words. How do I trust you that tomorrow you won't kick me out again?
Sidharth: You have my word, it won't happen.
Sanya: From what I have observed, you don't seem to stick to your words.
Sidharth: Sanya, I can write my entire estate and property in your name to prove that I am not irresponsible.
Sanya: Really, then go ahead. (Sarcastically)
He felt challenged and he never liked losing. The next movement he called the lawyer and transferred his entire property in her name.
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Sidharth: Here Sanya, that's the property transfer document. Now, do you believe me? Will you marry me now?
Sanya: Thank you Sidharth. But I can't marry you since I am already married. Meet my husband, Nikhil Chauhan.
Sidharth: Nikhil? When did you marry her?
Nikhil: (laughs) Even before you met her.
Sidharth: You both framed me into this?
Nikhil: Not really. She is the master mind.
Sidharth was shocked to see Mrs. Gujral.
Sidharth: Mom, what is all this?
Mrs. Gujral: I am sorry my child. I framed you. I was helpless. (Smirks) Nikhil is my son. Illegitimate child. But he is my flesh and blood. I wanted him to enjoy everything which you enjoy. So I had to do this. Now this entire estate belongs to my son, Nikhil and daughter-in-law, Sanya.
He was shattered. He genuinely kept her above his own biological mother and trusted her. He had been cheated by a person close to his heart. He found it was baseless to argue with her. He had lost everything today money, fame, and his only relationship after his late dad.
Flashback ends..
Sana: Helloooo.. Where are you lost? Guess what!! I've managed to arrange a place for you to stay.
Sid: Okay! (Low and sad tone)
Sana: Hmm.. aren't you happy? Don't worry, it's not at NIMHANS. It's at my own house. You are staying with me.
Sid: (smiles) Huh? Really? You trust me so much that you will allow me to stay with you?
Sana: Don't scare me with such questions. Besides, I trust my boyfriend who travelled so far for me without even thinking where he would stay. You trusted me as well, didn't you?
Sid: (nods yes) You have the answers ready always.
Sana: Always!! (Lifts her imaginary collar)
He chuckles.
Even after getting cheated a big time, I trust a total stranger. I don't even have an ounce of doubt on her. Likewise she trusts me the same way and this feeling gives me an immense happiness.
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To be continued.. ❤️❤️