Meanwhile they reached office parking. Raveesh parked the car and they started walking. Raveesh saw that sonal is not listening to him, instead busy with her phone. She just break the conversation with danish by saying
Sonal : abhi main office mein pahunch gayi hu, baad mein baat karti hu
Danish : thik hai mam jaisa aap bolo ( with naughty smile ). Waise aaj aap cab par jaoge ? agar jana hua toh book mat kijiyega. Mujhe batana main aa jaunga.
Sonal : nahi its ok. Bye bye
Danish : bye mam, free hokar msg kijiyega.
Idhar office mein raveesh sonal se baat karne ki koshish jaari rakhta hai par sonal har bar usko ignore karti hai. At last she accepted his apology but with strict warning that ye aakhiri baar maaf kar rahi hu. No such dramas again. He gave her a rose with box of chocolates as a token of apology. And says
Hey my love i am very sorry , this wud not be happen again.
Everything seems fine now for sonal. Smile comes back on her rosy lips.
EVENING
Now as she reached home shruti was waiting for her to give her some news about her trip she's planning with her office friends. Shruti was very excited for the trip. Now as she told her sister about that, sonal reaction was of mixed feelings. She was happy for her as well as little uncomfy to send her with friends. Moreover she was thinking that she also have to stay alone for some days in flat lonely. Both sisters chit chatting with each other about the plan , place shruti’s going and some other stuff, suddenly phone beeps. A watsaap notification…..
Danish : hello mam , free nahi hue kya?
Sonal : hi, just reached home. Hey and mam bolne ki jarurat nahi hai. My name is sonal. Wahi bula sakte ho aap
Danish : very nice name mam, lekin mam hi bulana thik rahega mere khyaal se.
Sonal : nahi aisa nahi hai
Danish : toh fir aap bhi mujhe name se bulaoge ? promise me
Now sonal was in her actual zone, his mind start processing all the drama happened till now. His name just strikes in her conscious mind “DANISH” . a married man in his mid 40’s named danish smiled at me like a young teenager smiled at his crush. Why? Thinks sonal. And why i liked that? A little though, but why? Her thoughts merged with voice of shruti who calling her to have tea. Sonal now sipping her tea and again thinking her actions. Why i started the chat on the first place… is that care which he was shown drawing my attention to him?
Phone beeps again…
Danish : kya hua sonal mam. Promise nahi karna kya? Dekhiye aap promise kijiye aur mujhe mere name se bulaiye. Fir main aapko kuch bataunga.
Sonal regains her senses and saw the message…
Sonal : boliye kya batana hai aapko
Danish : pehle name se boliye please
Sonal : nahi aap kaafi bade hain merese , main aise nahi bula sakti
Danish : yahi toh problem hai sonal ji, zada sochte
I hain aap. Maine dekha uss din bhi kaise wo sir pareshan kar rahe the aapko par aap zada kuch nai bol paa rahi thi. Aap zada mat socha kijiye.
Sonal : nahi aisa toh kuch nhi hai, bas main thodi introvert hu
Danish : jaisa aapko thik lage sonal ji, waise hum sab kahin na kahin zindagi ki bhagdaud mein pareshani jhelte hai. Meri wife ne bhi kaafi sunaya mujhe par chalta hai.
Sonal : kya sunaya?
Danish : wo sab jaane dijiye. Fir kabhi jarur bataunga.
Sonal : aap aur kya batane wale the?
Danish : bas aise hi zindagi jo chal rahi hai usme kabhi akelapan mehsoos hota hai…shayad aapko bhi. Mera ghar , cab sab loan par hai. Aise hi mehnat karke pet paal lete hain. Ek beta hai wo bhi ab college jaane wala hai. Inn sab tensions mein jab maine aapko aur sir ko dekha toh laga sab kuch na kuch pareshan hi hain.
Sonal : hmm yhi life hai danish ji
Danish : ,.' ka shukar hai aapke muh se mera naam toh nikla ?
Sonal : haha acha ji
Danish : ek baat aur, jab maine aapko last time dekha tha tab meri sabhi tension uss pal ke liye gayab si hogyi thi. Thank you sonal ji. Waise aap hain bahut khoobsurat. Masha,.' nazar na lage.
Sonal ( slightly smiling) : thanks
Sonal is now getting into the trap of Danish.
Danish : sach bol raha hu sonal ji main. Aur maine dekha aapne sec 62 ke liye book kiya tha cab. So aap wahin rehte ho?
Sonal restrain herself from getting this conversation to move further as she is not wanted to share her location to a not so known person but her hands keeps on the way of her heart .
Sonal : yes
Danish : main bhi wahin rehta hu ji. Aap shayad green olive society mein rehti hongi
Sonal : aapko kaise maalum?
Danish : wahan aas pass ek hi jagah aapke layak hai ;) toh guess kiya.
Sonal : hehe
Danish : main bilkul aapki society ke saamne wale quaters mein rehta hu apni choti family ke sath.
Sonal : hmm
Danish : arey sonal ji pareshan mat ho aap..main kabhi tang nahi karunga aapko. ( with naughty smile on his lips as he has some other plans)
Bas haan kabhi mauka mil jaye aapko dekhne ka to kal raat ki tarah kuch der ke liye tension mukt ho jaunga ?
Sonal ab sochne lagti hai ki ye sab kya ho raha hai, kyu ho raha hai and why she's ok with it. Is shes missing something from life? A friend? Or a person whos cares for her as a guardian and act as a friend too who praise her beauty too. Thinking this she types a msg
Sonal : nahi danish ji wo baat nahi hai. You looks like a good guy. Now i have to go. Catch you later.
Danish : good bye sonal.
Danish ne thodi himmat dikhayi n ji ke bina sonal likha. Ab wo bhi plan ke agle part ki tyari karne laga tha. Udhar shruti 2 din baad hafte ke liye bahar ghumne jaane wali thi..sonal aur raveesh ka rishta bhi thik ho chuka tha.
To be continued….