Love was never her cup of tea. Her parents have been torturing her, ever since she completed her under graduation . Her house was nothing less than a war zone . Nandini didn't want to marry as of now . Best way to get rid of these stupid questions and situations is to apply for Post graduation . She had to sweat it out to get her beloved parents to agree for the same . Finally she managed to apply MBA in a college not so far from her house . She heaved a sigh as marriage talks are sent to dormant mode at least for two years. The only soul which was as happy as Nandini was her best friend Navya . Why won't she be happy ? She had gotten an escape as well . Now both have joined the same course at same college . The free birds that they're now, not for eternity but at least for the next few days . Speak of the darling devil in her life , the devil makes her presence felt!
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" Hello Navuuu! Whatcha doing haan!?" she chirped .
" Nothing much Nandu. You tell na? Is everything ok at your place? Aunty and Uncle are pretty chilled na? " Nandini could easily sense the nervousness in her voice. Her tone screamed concern. Navya was a darling when it comes to her, main reason why she hadn't felt the need to have a Boy Friend during college.
"Absolutely Navuuu . You don't worry, I'm fine. In fact Papa had asked me to purchase whatever stuffs needed for college. You know what? I've already placed an order in Snapdeal. Given the fact that we have sale at this point of time, I managed to loot whatever I want!"
Nandini beamed as she was more than happy . Who won't be? Specially when we shop to our hearts content .
"Wow Nandu! You're so lucky re. See my state, Dad had asked me to use the same clothes as I spend a lot on accessories and unnecessary things. Seriously? He calls them unnecessary! " Navya let out an angry whimper and earned a sorry chuckle from Nandini .
" Come on Navuuu! You know uncle right? Wait and watch he's going to fill your wardrobe just before our classes start. How much are you gonna bid on this? " And they continued to gossip about anything and everything being the ultimate chatter boxes of their whole college , they hadn't realised that it's been an hour since their gossip session started .
" Ouch!" Nandini let out an painful yelp. "Nandu,you're ok na? What happened? " Navya was a little taken back by the sudden distortion.
"Chill Navuuu, we've been on call more than a hour na, my ear is sweating and it's so hot. Lemme put on my headphone. Just hang on ok?" Nandini rejoined apologetically after hearing Navya's concern filled tone .
"What the hell Nandu? You're careless. Got get it,I'll be waiting." Navya was clearly annoyed by Nandini's carelessness .
"Shit!" Nandini let out a breathy sigh. "Now what Nandu? Don't tell me your ears are bleeding? I know I bore you a lot though!" Navya mocked her for being so sloppy .
"No Navuuu. I had got a missed call from some unknown number. I guess it's the delivery guy from Snapdeal. I got a message earlier telling 'Your order is shipped . It's out for delivery by today' . Let me call the number and sort this out? We will speak later. Bye . Love yaaa" finally their lengthy conversation ended .
//
"Hello? I got a call from this number. Err. I was sceptical whether it was... " she was about to ask whether it was from the delivery guy , but she was greeted by an extremely husky voice .
"Sorry? I don't remember calling this number. Maybe you've reached the wrong person." She was sure that it was the same number. For a moment she thought someone is playing a prank with her.
"Oops. Sorry. I just checked my call log." Now she had given a break to her suspicions.
"Actually, the delivery guy had called you from my phone. So it just slipped off my mind ."
What the hell ? Nandini was raged. How the hell can any delivery person give away a number to some other guy? Wasn't it against the company policies?
"Whattttt?" She screamed enough making Manik jump at his place .
"Calm down please. He had tried calling you from his phone,unfortunately he ran out of credit. So I offered to help him . Nothing serious," she was beyond pissed.
"Is the guy around?" Manik sensed her anger. Her tone actually scared him. "No. He left ,like fifteen minutes back. "
"Thanks!" Her tone meant anything but thanks. Then the line went dead. Manik vaguely remembered the name and address of the person , as he got the sheet from the delivery guy and dialled the number himself. He tried recalling it, but failed. He had experienced something strange. Unusual is the actual word. Maybe this never happens with anyone else. Something did make him think about the owner of such sweet yet angry voice. He developed a sudden urge to see the girl. He blamed his hormones. Being a guy this adventurous kind of things fascinate him a lot. He brushed off his devilish thoughts and began working out. His past time ever since he completed his degree.
Manik was as usual as other guys. Finished his degree with a minimal average and was on search of a job. His parents were ready to get him hitched as soon as he finds a way to feed himself and his would be wife. Everything was planned. But his stars were unfortunate that he had to climb several offices on look out for the job. Nothing went well, yet he had this hope of fulfilling his parents demand.
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Nandini rushed to get the door as soon as she heard it ring. She opened it and saw a guy who was dressed in a tee reading 'Snapdeal'.
"So, you're that intelligent of a person who passed on my number to a complete stranger?" the guy was confused.
"Ma'am? I'm sorry, I don't know what you're telling. I've come to deliver this package to Miss.Nandini Murthy. "
"That's me! And I believe I got a call from an unknown number, on enquiry I found out that a delivery guy had called me from someone else's phone. Coz you were low on credit?" the colour on the guy's face drained. He recalled his past endeavour of reaching Miss.Murthy by calling her from that tall guy's phone. Shit. He was finished. His job is at risk now. He sent silent prayers to his God, if only he could finish this delivery in a silent manner and apologise for his mistake.
" Sorry ma'am , I was so busy with lots of packages that I had to call everyone. That guy is living five minutes away from here, I wanted to make sure if you're at home to make the delivery. " he looked down mortified by his own explanation.
"So you conveniently gave my number to that guy? Or did he bribe you to get a girls number? I'm not gonna leave this here! Give me your identity card. What's your name by the way?" Nandini was angry, but it subsided as she heard him apologise, as for the call she presumed that there's no way she could be disturbed from the guy who she had spoken to. Still she wanted to make sure the guy doesn't repeat his mistakes again.
"Cabir, Cabir Dhawan ma'am . Ma'am I'm extremely sorry, that was unintentional. I promise you that there won't be any issues regarding the call and your number. But please, don't let this happen to me. The only job which I have to feed myself and my family. Here's my personal number, if in case you get any calls as anonymous you can pass it on to me. I do have a sister, I shall deal in my way to get rid of them if there's any." He asserted gaining a small smile form Nandini .
"Thanks for being so considerate Cabir , I liked how you handled the situation, but make sure there's no such happenings in the future. My parcel?" Cabir felt so free as if some burden as left his shoulder. He quietly looked over his bag and delivered the package. Silently he decided not to repeat this ever again.
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Some days later
Manik was bored. He wanted to do something to kill this boredom, or he might go crazy. None of his friends were around. He let his thoughts take over him. Suddenly he got a wild idea after recalling the delivery guy and the sweet call which he received. Grinning wickedly he began searching for the number which led him to the voice of irate girl the other evening. To his luck, his call log wasn't updated and he still had the number. It wasn't that difficult for him to get it as other numbers were stored in his contacts list already .
On having the number, he opened Truecaller an app which he used to look up for the calls. He copy pasted her number in the search bar to try his luck. The recipient bore a name which he liked instantly .
Nandini Murthy .
He had developed a liking at that point only. First her voice, second her name. Maybe he could make a pass? Yet he shall maintain the decency and cross no limits. He had a very good history with girls. His suave words and friendly yet not so flirty behaviour are his added brownie points. He decided, he's gonna go ahead and try his luck.
Manik opened his whatsapp, he wanted to try his luck today. He was lucky enough keeping aside his boredom. Her number popped up in his list. He texted her at once.
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