Here's the next part.. Plz enjoy.. Do ignore the typos and errors..
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" Puja ?? "
Ragini gulps nervously..
Prabha - Haa chalo ab..
(Yeah let's go now..)
She looks at Advay who was already looking at her and pleads him with her eyes..
Ragini - O.. K..
She mumbles out feebly..
They all goes outside to perform the rituals.. Many other ladies were already gathered for the puja..
Prabha prepare a thaali and gives it to ragini..
Prabha - Yeh rahi tumhaari puja ki thaali.. Ab chalo..
(This is you puja's thaali.. Now come..)
She looks at the thaali helplessly and then at advay who was standing beside her..
As usual nothing could be deciphered from his expressions but she wasn't sure that she would be able to live for longer..
The ice demon will definitely eat her alive after the mess she had put him in..
Ragini takes a deep breath and goes towards vat vraksh (banyan tree) with other ladies when prabha call her out..
Prabha - ek minute ruko..
(Wait a minute..)
She closes her eyes tightly
Ragini (in mind ) - now what..??
Asha - kya.. Kya hua maaji..??
(What happened maaji (mother) ??)
Prabha looks ragini up and down..
Prabha - Main janti hu ki aajkal ki ladkiyan puraane saaj shringaar m vishwaas nahi rakhti.. Par aaj toh itna bada din hai aur dekho tumne toh suhaag ki koi bhi nishaani nahi pehni.. Na sindoor laga hai, na hi mangalsutra.. Aise hi puja karogi..?? Jyada kuch nahi toh sindoor hi laga lo..
(I know that nowadays girls don't believe in old school style of dressing..but it's such a big day today and see you haven't adorned a single sign of being married.. No vermillion (sindoor) ,no maglasutra.. You will do puja like this.?? If nothing much then atleast put Sindoor..)
Ragini - S.. Sindoor....??
Ragini gets shocked at this..
Prabha - haa sindoor.. Kya hua..?? Aise kyu dekh rahi ho jaise pehli baar sindoor k baare m suna hai..
(Yes sindoor.... What happened..?? You are looking as if you have heard for the first time about sindoor )
Ragini - Nahi.... Wo hum.. Wo..
(No.. I.. That..)
She looks at Asha helplessly..
Asha - Maaji rehne dijiye na.. Shayad Ragini ko yeh sab pasand na ho.. Aur waise bhi sabki alag alag pasand joti hai aur sabke riwaaz bhi alag hote hai..
(Maaji leave it.. Maybe Ragini doesn't like all these.. And anyways everyone have different choices and different customs..)
Prabha - Arey.. Isme pasand ki baat kaha se aa gayi.. Puja m toh suhagan ko sindoor ko lagaana hi padta hai.. Apne pati k liye itni kharab tabiyat m vrat rakh sakti hai matlab riti riwazo par bharosa toh hai na tumhe.. Phir sindoor se kya takleef aur riwaaz chahe kisi ka bhi ho.. Sindoor toh har ek riwaaz m lagta hi hai.. Isme kya badi baat hai..
(Hey.. But what's about choice in here..?? In puja a married girl has to put sindoor.. If you can fast for her husband in such condition while being sick that means you believe in all these rituals and customs.. Then what's the problem with sindoor and whatever custom it may be, sindoor is put in every custom.. What's a big deal in this..?? )
Prabha looks at advay..
Prabha - Beta jao.... Apni patni ki maang bhar do..
(Beta go.. Fill ur wife's maang (hairline..))
Ragini felt like choking on air hearing this and start coughing..
Prabha - Arey beta kya hua..?? Aisa achanak se.. Abhi tak toh theek thi..
( hey beta what happened..?? Suddenly.. You were fine now..)
Ragini - wo.. Kuch nahi.. Bas aise hi..
(It's nothing.. Just like that..)
Her coughing slowly cones down and she pats on her heart..
She was getting too many shocks for the day..
Prabha looks at her concerned..
Prabha - lagta hai tumhaari tabiyat puri tarah thik nahi huyi.. Beta tum jaldi se apni puja khatam karo aur phir kuch kha lo.. Phir aaram karna.. Aao beta iski maang bhar do..
(Seems like your health hasn't got better completely.. You complete your puja soom and then eat something.. Then take sone rest.. Come beta fill her maang..)
Ragini - Nahi.. Iski kya jarurat hai.. Hum khud hi kar dete hai na..
(No.. What's the need of this.. I will do it myself.. )
Prabha - Are par kyu..?? Pati hai tumhaara, paas m hi hai phir kya jarurat hai.. Aaj k din toh pati k haath se maang bharwaogi.. Savitri ka ashirwaad milega aur tumhaara suhaag sada bana rahega..
(But why..?? He is your husband, standing right there then what's the need.. On such an auspicuous day, your husband will fill your maang and you will get blessimgs from savitri and your married life will be happy forever..)
Ragini felt trapped.. She can't say the truth as they have stretched the act even more .. If earlier they would have felt bad,now it would surely be a betrayal.. But she can't even continue with the act as well..)
Asha - Maaji.. Sindoor..... Haa sindoor toh hai hi nahi..
(Maaji sindoor.. There's is no sindoor..)
Prabha - Pooja ki thaali ma hai na sindoor..
(There is sindoor in puja's thaali..)
Asha - Par usse toh puja hogi na.. Usse pehle toh use nahi kar sakte na..
(But we have to perform puja with that.. It can't be used before that..)..
Prabha - Haa wo toh hai..
(Yes that's right..)
Asha - Haa toh phir rehme dete hai.. Ragini tum aise hi puja kar lo..
(Yes then let it be.. Ragini you perform puja like this only.. )
Ragini takes a breath of relief...
Ragini - Haa.. Haa.. Chalo..
(Yes.. Yes.. Come..)
She holds Asha's hand and moves forward..
Prabha - Ruko..
(Stop..)
Asha and Ragini looks at each other making a crying face..
They slowly turns and looks at prabha..
Ragini/Asha - K.. Kya hua..??
(W.. What happened..?? )
Prabha - Ragini hum mandir k bahar hai.... Pehle mandir m chalte hai.. Waha bhagwan ko arpit kiya hua sindoor hoga.. Bhagwaan k saamne hi sindoor lagwa lena.. Waise bhi bahut kuch hua hai tum dono k saath.. Bhagwaan ka aashirwaad bhi mil jayega..
(Ragini we are outside a temple.. First we will go inside the temple.. There will be sindoor offered to God.. You get sindoor's put in front of God only.. Anyways so much has happened with both of you.. You will get God's blessings as well..)
Ragini/ Asha - Kya??
(What..??)
They shouted out in shock and looks at prabha open mouthed..
Prabha - Haa.. Itna chilla kyu rahi ho par.. Chalo ab.. Jaldi..
(Yes.. Why are you shouting but.. Let's go.. Fast..)
Ragini looks at Asha and having no option they follow behind prabha towards the mandir reluctantly..
Advay was walking beside her silently..
Ragini had said that he doesn't need to lie, he just had to be quiet to let the things flow..
But things had reached at this level.. Shouldn't he say something atleast now..
Advay looks at Ragini..
Advay - Miss gadodia..
Ragini - Shh..
She holds his hand and pulls him down towards her face level..
They both were still walking side by side..
Ragini (whispering to him) - jo bhi bolna hai dheere se bolna plz.. Daantna bhi ho toh plz thoda dheere se..
( whatever you have to say, say it in a low voice.. Even if you want to scold, do it in low voice plz..)
She makes a pleading face at him..
Advay looks at her face and then all around..
Advay ( in a low voice) - I m really not liking kind of mocking rituals like this..
Ragini (gritting jer teeth) - you think I like it..?? I m someone who actually believes in this.. Imagine if you are not comfortable who doesn't believe than how difficult it must be for me..
Advay frowns at her..
Advay - Hey.. I do believe in the rituals ..
Ragini turns and glares at him..
Ragini - Is that the main point here.. ?? Wait.. You do..??
She gets a curious look on her face..
Advay (nodding) - of course.. I m not someone to mock anyone's belief.. And my mom believes in all this so I have immense respect for all the traditions and customs..Especially marriage..
Ragini (confused) - Wait what..?? From where did the marriage came..?? There is no marriage going on here..
Advay - But if I do what prabha ji is saying then there will be a marriage happening here.. Soon..
Ragini widens her eyes in shock..
Ragini (in a panic) - What are you saying..?? What marriage?? Whose marriage..?? Why marriage..?? There is no marriage happening..(she takes a deep breath) Its not like that.. Look I know that it's a debacke but we can just treat it like nothing..
Advay - Nothing..??
Ragini - Yeah.. You know.. It's just an act.. Like they do in those tv dramas and movies.. We can consider it like that.. Right..??
She looks at him hopefully..
He looks at her calmly..
Advay - I m a businessman Miss gadodia, not an actor..
Ragini - Then become an actor for now..
She looks on helplessly..
Ragini - Plz Sir.... For Asha and Suraj.. Plz.. We are in a mess but we can just get it over with .. Plz sir.. They have helped us a lot.. Plz..
Advay keeps looking at her.. Again no change in his expressions..
They have already reached the temple..
They pray and takes God's blessings..
Prabha takes the plate of kumkum placed there and forward it to advay..
Prabha - Yeh lo.. Ragini ki maang bhar do..
(Take this.. Fill ragini's maang..)
Advay looks at it and then takes a pinch in his hand nad gets near to ragini who was looking extremely nervous..
Her heart thudding like a volcano.. She looks to to him..
Advay looks in her eyes calmly and says in a low voice so that only she could hear..
Advay - If I were to actually do something like this Miss gadodia, like putting sindoor in someone's maang then I would do it only for myself and that person, not for anyone else..
Ragini widens her eyes in surprise .. She thought that he is going to back away..
She opens her mouth to convince him when suddenly Advay moves forward and brings his hand towards her head..
Ragini felt like time going still..
All she could feel was a poweder like thing placed on her head.. Some of it falling on her nose..
She felt everything freezing for a moment and slowly bring her hand to touch her head..
She looks at her fingers and saw the red powder on it..
She looks at him stunned.. Unknowingly a tear drops from her eye..
Advay look at her ..His personal assistant.. Miss Ragini Gadodia..The girl who had been with him from more than last 5 years..
The only person aside from his family that he could coexist with for so long..
The only person aside from his family who somehow had managed to stay by his side for this long..
Today she was clad in a beautiful red saree .. It wasn't the first time he was seeing her in traditional but definitely for the first time in saree..
He didn't notice earlier much but for some reason now looking at her clad in that red saree with her partition sneared with red hue of sindoor..
The one which he had put..
He realised that she really looked good....
Not the normal good that anyone with good features and presentable apperance look but different good..
Maybe that's what they call as beautiful..
He keeps looking at her finding it hard to turn his gaze away..
Looking at her hairline covered with sindoor he felt some indescribable thing..
As if some water was poured on ice in his heart and it was melting slowly..
And also his heart reaching his throat and then taking a dive from the throat to his chest back..
Oh.. Maybe he still hasn't recovered from last night.. He must be still stick..
That's why he feels so strange..
Without realizing that its not anything else but some indescribable feelings..
Feelings that has always been foreign to him..
Ragini and Advay keeps looking at each other..
Prabha - dekho kitne sundar lag rahe ho.. Bhagwaan kare tum dono ki jodi sada bani rahe..
(Look how beautiful you are looking.. May God keep both of you together always..)
They both comes out of the trance by her voice and turns to her..
Prabha - Chalo ab.. Puja k liye der ho jayegi..
(Let's go.. We will get late for the puja ..)
They nod and goes outside the temple to worship at banyan tree..
Ragini's gaze falls on the red powder on her fingers and her heart takes a gallop..
She pats her heart to calm herself down..
Ragini - Calm down girl.. Calm down..It's ok.. Just an act.. It's alright.. Take a deep breath..
She takes a deep breath to calm herself down..
She shakes her head to forget everything and let it go..
Finally she felt better..
She follows other ladies to do puja rituals..
She felt really guilty as she had strong belief in all these rituals but she apologized from her heart and prayed to God to consider it as a gratitufe for saving Advay from danger last night..
Although she had no right to do this puja and fast as a wife but she can respect it enough to do everything from heart..
She could consider the fast and puja as a token of thanks to the God for helping them out of dangerous situation..
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After pooja they all were returning.. Asha was beside ragini.. She holds her hand looked apologotically at her..
Asha - I m really very sorry Ragini.. It's all because of me. I shouldn't have forced you to lie.. I m really sorry..
Ragini looked at her regretful face.. She looked extremely guilty..
Ragini - Nahi Asha.. There is no mistake of your's.. Hum samajhte hai.. Kabhi kabhi parivaar k liye, apno k liye hum kuch jhut unse hi bol jaate hai jo humein baad m mushkil m daal dete hai.. Humne khud kayi baar aisa kiya hai.. Kabhi dusro k achche k baare m sochkar aur kabhi apni selfishness k liye.. So I understand.. Just relax.. Jo hona tha ho gaya..
(No Asha.. There is no mistake of your's.. I understand.. Sometimes for our family and loved ones, we lie to them only which later lands us in dilemma's .. I myself have done that many times.. Sometimes thinking about good of others and sometimes for my own selfishness.. So I understand.. Just relax.. Whatever has to happen has happened..)
Asha - But still.. I m feeling so bad.. I thought it would be simply hiding the truth.. I don't understand why everything turned out this way..
Ragini - Tell me about that.. My life turned from Yes Boss to DDLJ and moved to chennai express very quick... Thanks SRK
She rolls her eyes ..
Asha - Hunh..?? What..??
Ragini closes her eyes and shakes her head at her...
Ragini - Nothing.. Let's go....
They all return back to home.. They had some fruits , curd nad other such items to break their fast..
After eating something Ragini felt better.. Advay also ate something after making sure that she was fine..
Ragini was sent back to room to take rest as she really needed it.. Advay was with her..
Before he could say anything...
Ragini - Sorry.. Sorry.. Sorry.. I m really sorry... Please.. Please...... Sorry..
Ragini looks at him apologetically..
Ragini - I m really sorry sir.. All this mess happened.. Honestly I had never expected that things would turn out like this.. I thought it just happen in movies.. Considering my track record I should have known better.. Drama has never worked for me..so so sorry.. Plz.. Plz..
Advay - no need...
Ragini - Plz forgive me.. Sorry .. I m really sorry.. I.... Hey what..?? No need..??
Advay nods his head..
Ragini - Why.. ??
She asks with hesitation..
Advay - Because there is no need to apologize..
Ragini - Uhmm.. So you aren't angry with me..??
Advay - If I was, I wouldn't have waited till now..
Ragini (nodding) - Right.... So..... You aren't going to kill me now, right ??
Advay - What..??
Ragini - Uhmm.. Nothing.. I guess I m going crazy.. I can't wait to get out of here and go back .. My home, my room, my bed, my mag.....
Advay - Don't worry.. I have already called the driver.. He must be here in sometime..
Ragini - Ahhhh.. Thank god..
She takes a breath of relief and sirs on the bed.. Taking a pillow in her lap she leans her head on it and closes her eyes..
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven..
She instantly opens her eyes and looks at Advay who was standing in front looking at her expressionally..
She immediately stands up with open mouth..
Ragini - Sorry Sir.. Sorry... Plz have a seat...
She pats the mattress and arranges the pillow..
Ragini - Plz.. Take a seat..
Advay looks at her..
Advay - You are supposed to take rest.. Not me..
Ragini smiles feeble at him..
Ragini - It's alright Sir.. I m fine..
(Mumbling under the breath) - If you will stand on my head like this I wouldn't be able to take even a breath of relief, how am I suppose to take rest..
Advay - You said something..??
Ragini - Nope.. Not at all..
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Later a car came to pick up Advay And Ragini.. After bidding goodbye to villagsrs and especially Suraj and Asha and expressing a lot of gratitude to them Ragini and Advay returns back to mumbai..
Advay had offered some monetary or other help for suraj's family or villagers but he politely declined .. He was an independent person and himself was well off plus there is no price tag for humanitarian help ..
Advay understanding his feelings didn't insist further but he told them to reach him if and whenever they needed..
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On the way they hardly talked except some work related matters..
After few hours they reach Rana mansion..
Ragini and Advay enters inside.. Shalini was in living room, she saw them and then notices their condition..
Few scratches on Advay's face, pale face of rahi ni, dishevelled condition of both..
She gets worried and goes towards them.
Shalini - Advay, Ragini what happened ?? Tum logo ki aisi halaat..??
(Advay, Ragini what happened?? This condition of both of you..??)
Advay - Nothing mom.. It's nothing to worry about..
Shalini - What nothing..?? Look at you.. You are hurt.. Even she doesn't look good.. What happened..?? You had gone to check your new site..?? Anything happened there..??
Advay - Nothing much mom.. Something just happened..
Ragini looks at him exasperated..
Nothing much?? Really..??
They both could have very well be saying hi to angels right now in heaven. .
Uhhmm.. Yeah yeah.. It could be hell in her case..
Well atleast she doesn't have to tolerate him there.. Phewww....
And then they had to act married ..
Was it all nothing much..??
In what way does his brain even work..??
Shalini - yeah.. That's what I am asking.. What happened..?? Ragini you tell me..
Ragini looks at him hesitantly and then at shalini..
Ragini - Actually Mam when we were returning our car broke and....
She gives her brief description of whatever happened with them.. Of course not including gow they had to pretend to be husband and wife and what all they had to do for that..
Advay was looking at her when she was retelling the events ( in a selective way)
Shalini gets shocked to hear this..
Shalini - What..?? So much happened and you didn't even bother to inform us.. Just called for the car and that's it..??
Advay - We didn't got the time mom..
Shalini ( miffed) - really..?? From yesterday you didn't get the time.. What if something major have happened..??
Advay - Everything turned out ok.. What was the use in worrying you..?? We are ok and infront of you..
Shalini shakes her head in exasperation..
Shalini - What to do with this boy..?? He is impossible.. Anyways.. (She holds ragini's hand) Thank you so much ragini.. You were a saviour for him.. Thank you..
Ragini shakes her head at him..
Ragini - No mam plz.. I did nothing much.. In fact he saved me and it were that couple nad those villagers who helped us .. There is nothing for me to thank for..
Advay - But still.. You were all alone in that precarious situation. L. I understand how scary it could have got for you but you kept your wits and saved my child.. And I m sure this son of mine must not have thanked you yet.. You didn't, right..??
She ask advay... Advay looks at her, then at ragini and tgen doesn't say anything fir sometime..
Shalini gets surprises to see him still not saying anything..
Shalini - What ..?? Why qre you just standing like that..
Advay - I m recalling..
Shalini (confused) - recalling..??
Advay - Yeah.. The incidents from yesterday....you only asked..
After thinking for sometime he nods his head..
Advay - Hmm.. You are right.. I haven't still thanked her..
He looks at ragini..
Advay - Thank you..
While ragini and shalini looks at him gaping..
IS HE SERIOUS..??
WHAT IS HE EVEN..??
Ragini schools her expression and shakes her head..
Ragini - No sir.. Plz don't.. You did much more for me than I did.. I should be the one thanking you.. If you wouldn't have been there with me, it would have been very difficult to handle those guys.. So thank you..
Advay - If I wouldn't have been there then you wouldn't have been there as well..
Uh.. Oh...
If he says it like this..well....
Advay - You were there with me and my responsibility so I did obvious.. Besides you weren't the only one in danger.
Ragini nods at him..
Ragini - It's alright Sir..
Shalini - With God's grace there are still good people out there .. Thank god you got help on time..(she looks at advay) Don't know otherwise what would happened.. Anyways forget the bad things.. You go and get freshen up.. I will get food ready for you..
Advay nods at her..
Shalini - Nad yeah no work for today.. No office.. You take rest..
Advay - But mom..
Shalini - I said what I said..
Advay - But I don't need it.. I m fine..
Shalini - I m your mother.. I know better what you need.. And anyways you are just like a stone but looks at Ragini atleast.. She is a soft petal like girl.. She needs a break.. If you will work today then you will drag this poor girl as well.. Ragini will also get a break today..
Advay - But I have so many appointments scheduled..
Shalini - No arguments..If you will try to act oversmart I m gonna call your bigg boss.. Your father.. Don't forget I m one who rules over the ruler of your company..
Have you seen a angel..?? In reality..??
Ragini was seeing one.. Right now..
She could see the halo on shivani's head..
God bless her boss's mom..
Ragini looks at shalini with complete adoration..
Advay - Fine.. I will do as I say..
Shalini - Good.. Ragini you also stay here for lunch.. I'll prepare guest room for you.. Get freshen up and come down for lunch..
Ragini - No mam.. Plz.. There is no need.. I was just about to go..
Shalini- But why..?? You also had such difficult time.. Don't you live alone.. Who's gonna take care of you there..
Ragini - But mam it's really fine.. You don't need to bother..
Shalini - Whats there to bother..?? All you need to do is freshen up, have your lunch, take some rest and then driver will drop you and from tomorroe you both could get to that robotic existence of yours.
Ragini - But..
Shalini - No arguments.. I m someone who can shut up even this ice box boss of yours..
Oh... This angel is quite scary as well..
Ragini looks at her, then at advay nervously..
She was really hesitant to accept that offer..
Advay saw her expression..
Advay - Stay and take some rest.. You really need it.. Later you can go back..
Ragini looks down and mumbles an ok..
Shalini - great.. Advay you go and pls show her the guest room as well.. I will go in the kitchen..
Saying this she turns to go but then her gaze went to something and she turns back curiously..
Shalini - Ragini..??
Advay and Ragini who were going upstairs turns back to her..
Shalini - What's that..?? Is that sindoor..??
Ragini widens her eyes and touches her forhead immediately..
Ragini - T.. This.. Sindoor..?? No.. No.
Of course not.. No..
Shalini frowns at her..
Shalini - Then what is that..??
Ragini - This.. Uhmm.. ( nervously shwe trues to think ) this.. Yes.. Actually there was pooja going at the home we stayed.. It's kumkum.. I just put kumkum there..
Shalini - Oh.. Alright.
Shrugging she turns nad goes towards the kitchen not thinking much about it. It's very common in many places for girls to put kumkum on their hairline along with forhead..
Anyways she wasn't the one to probe much..
Ragini takes a breath of relief while advay keeps looking at her..
Advay- shall we go..??
Ragini - Hunh..??
She gets startled and noda.. Ragini - Oh yes.. Ofcourse..
They both climb the stairs and comes into the corridor..
Advay looks at her..
Advay - You lie a lot, don't you..??
Ragini turns to him confused at the sudden topic..
Ragini - What..??
Advay - You again lied to mom about whatever happened there..
Ragini looks down embarrased..
Ragini - It wasn't lying.. It was just not saying the truth which is not necessary
Advay - Really..?? You said that earlier as well.. I don't find it much different from lying..
Ragini - It is..
Advay - Really..??
Ragini nods her head in yes..
Ragini - Mam might wouldn't have liked if she will know about our act.. And amyways it doesn't matter.. It's done.. So why to even go there..
Advay - We hided the truth and pretended there so suraj's parents won't feel bad and now we are hiding the truth that we pretended so my parents won't feel bad.. Isn't it quite complicated.. ?? Don't you think that it's much easier to get away with the truth..??
Ragini - uhhbbb..
She doesn't have anything to answer..he is not wrong afterall..
Ragini - Sometimes its not that's easy..
Advay - Maybe.. I wouldn't know that.. I never tried..
He just shrugs nonchalantly..
Advay - Anyways here is your room..
Ragini - Thank you..
She enters inside..
Advay - And yeah mail me my schedule fir tomorrow and all today's meetings that needs to be resceduled..Now that we aren't going to office we need to sort this out..
Ragini face falls at this..
Ragini - Alright Sir
And she slams the door close and leans on it frustrated..
It was supposs to be her break day damnit...
Advay keeps looking at the closed door..
Advay - Is that what they call as closing the door on the face..??
He gives it another look and goes towards his room..
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Later Advay, Ragini and Shalini were having lunch..
Shalini - Ragini plz don't hesitate.. Consider it as your home only.. You both are still weak..
Ragini - It's ok Mam.. Plz don't worry.. I m fine..
Advay - But you really need to eat properly..Even yesterday you didn't have proper dinner..
Shalini - What?? She didn't eat properly.. Why..??
Advay - She was keeping a fast..
Shalini (confused) - Fast..?? In that situation..?? Why..??
Advay - Actually for me.....
He was interrupted but the loud coughing sound coming from ragini.. He looks at her who was coughing fervently and glaring at him.
He frowns at her..
Shalini - Are you ok Ragini.. Waht happened..??
She gives her a glass of water.. Ragini takes a sip..
Ragini - Cough cough.. I.. I am fine...
I just choked on food.. Cough.. Now I m better..
Shalini - Plz be careful..
Ragini nods her head looking down..
Ragini - Yeah..
Shalini - What were you saying advay..??
Advay - What..??
Shalini - About fast..
Advay - Oh.. Actually she kept it for..
Ragini - For us..
Shalini looks at her confused..
Shalini - us..??
Ragini - Yeah.. For sir and me.. I mean to thank god for saving us.. You know in such dangerous situation god helped us .. So I kept a fast as a gratitude.. That's it.. Nothing much..
Shalini - oh.. That's really sweet of you.. But ragini you shouldn't have done it in that condition.. Didn't you faint.. Health is more important..
Ragini - yeah.. I will be careful next time..
She glances at Advay who was looking at her already..
She immediately lowers her eyes and start sipping a glass of juice..
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Shalini after finishing her lunch had gone to take an important call.. Advay and Ragini were still on the table..
Advay looks at her who was silentky eating her food looking down..
Advay - You are a habitual lier..Aren't you..??
Ragini immediately looks up startled..
Ragini (offended) - excuse me..
Advay - You do lie a lot..
Ragini - I have said thta it's not lying, it's....
Advay - This time it wasn't hiding the truth.. This time it was lying.. Distorting the facts and all that stuff..
Ragini realized what he neant and loons down guiltily..
God.. Why is this guy hell bent of proving her to be lier.. ??
He is making it sound as if she is some vamp of a daily Show..
(Cough.. Cough..)
Actually she can't blame him.. She knows why it's like this for him..
He is straight up to the face guy..The one who says the thing the way it is..
Lying comes when we do it for own selfish reason, when we have something to hide, when we are guilty or by thinking about good for others.l or considering their feelings so as not to hurt them..
He never had anything to hide and to think about other's feelings is even more of a far fetched act expected from him..
She wasn't far from the truth when she said that he is like a robot..
He probably doesn't even understand the concept of lying or hiding facts or sometimes the need attached to it compelling people to do it..
She takes a deep breath to calm herself down..
Ragini - Sometimes that's how things ate.. We do things we don't like so that we don't hurt others.. You know it's very true that one lie gives birth to thousand others.. Here is the same case.. Sometimes it's ok to lie if its for the good of others or for their betterment..
Advay - you mean to say that people do it for what they think would be good for others or would be better for them.. Right..??
Ragini looks at him surprised hearing this..
She looks down and nods..
Ragini - you are right.. That's how it is.. But atleast intentions are clear.. As long as you are not harming anyone.. And we are just keeping silent about something..
Advay - As in..??
Ragini - You know even in law they say that silence is not fraud unless there is duty to speak.. So how could we be wrong..?? It's not like we are legally bound or there is any harm..
Advay(nodding) - hmm.. Alright..
Ragini gets shocked at this.
Ragini - What..?? You got convinced..?? Just like that..??
Advay - yeah .. You made a valid point .. Even quoted the law.. So yeah..
Ragini looks at him disbelief...
She had been trying in 10p ways to answer him properly and he got convincec with just a legal provision..
It was that easy.. ??
Damn.... Trying to understand the thought process of this guy would be like hitting head lm the rock..
Advay -Anyways I was just curious.. As long as there's no harm..
Ragini looks at him wide eyed..
curious..??.. Him..?? Does he even know what that is..??
Anyways..... Whatever makes him leave her tail..
She looks at her plate and then she remembers what all she had told him..
Suddenly a forlorn look appeared on her face..
Ragini - I have lied and deceived to harm others..
Advay looks up at her..
She was lost in her thoughts.. She looks at him feeling slightly upset..
Ragini - I haven't always done it thinking good for others but to harm other as well..
Advay - Yeah I kind of got that..
She gets shocked at this..
Ragini - How so..??
Advay - Remember evil step sister of cindrealla..?? To become one I m pretty sure you had to your share of bad stuffs..
Ragini looks down embarrased at this..
Eeks.. How could he say all this so nonchalantly ??
And moreover what was the need for her to share this worh her boss..
Damn the one who mixed up her drink that day..
It's so embarrasing.. His straightforwardness doesn't help either..
She feels guilty..
Ragini - then what do you think..??
Advay - about..??
Ragini - didn't you judge me..??
Advay(frowning) - Am I suppose to..??
Ragini (shrugging) - that's what people normally do.. Judge.. Form opinions etc etc..
Advay gets into thinking..
Advay - Hmm.. You are right.. I m your boss.. I pay you so I m obliged to form an opinion about you..
Ragini - so..?? What do you think..??
Advay - I pay you for the work you do for me and company and that's why my right is limited to judge and form an opinion towards your work ethics, code of conduct and work efficiency only and you are pretty much upto the mark there as per me.. About other things and how you are as a person in your life or what you were, as long as it doesn't effect your work and my company,it's not my business..Being evil step sister or You can go on and be the dwarf from snow White for all I care..
Ragini looks at him open mouthed..
He was going so perfect but no.. He has to go and ruin it all towards the end..
She makes a face and turns away..
Advay - do you do it..??
Ragini (confused) - What..??
Advay - Judge people.. As in judging me..
Ragini looks at him wide eyed and gulps nervously..
Ragini - w..w...what ??uhmm... N... Nope... No.. Of course not.. Pffft...how could I do that.. You are my boss sir.. I would never...
She shakes her head blinking her eyes and looks down guiltily..
Ragini (in a low voice) - why would you ask that..
Advay - Nothing.. Since you asked, I asked back.. Anyways even if you do,it doesn't matter much.. As I said, as long as you do your work efficiently..
Ragini slumped in her seat and looks down..
She couldn't look up and face him after this..
She just wanted earth to split open and her to get buried inside..
Yeah Please go ahead.. Make her feel guilty for being a just normal human being who has a brain ,heart and emotions and who uses theses factors for forming opinions about others..
She looks at him with a side glance in resentment..
Please go ahead Mr Glacier..
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