14-04-2026, 02:50 PM
Menaka’s heart was no longer in anything. She tried hard to focus on her work at the office, but she met with no success. Fifteen or twenty days had passed since she had resumed coming to the office, yet everything felt like a heavy burden to her. She sat at her desk, idly shuffling through papers, lost in memories of days gone by. She recalled how she had gone with him to sign a deal—leaving as his daughter-in-law, but returning as the queen of his heart. She remembered their first night together in that hotel room... and then their time here... Just then, a thought crossed her mind—the encounter she had had with Mr. Sapru at the airport.
Mr. Sapru! Yes! Why shouldn't she sell her share in the mills to him? Then she could leave this place and move to the city. Rajpura, by now, felt as if it were closing in on her—suffocating her. She immediately spoke to Mr. Seshadri. He, too, thought it was an excellent idea. Menaka hadn't been paying proper attention to her work; while this hadn't caused any losses yet, it certainly could in the future. When the two of them spoke to their German partners, they readily agreed as well.
Menaka immediately set off for Delhi with her mother. When she presented her proposal to Mr. Sapru there, it was as if he had received the very wish he had secretly desired. On the return journey from Delhi, Menaka’s mother headed to her own home, while Menaka herself reached Rajpura just as dusk was falling.
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Mr. Sapru! Yes! Why shouldn't she sell her share in the mills to him? Then she could leave this place and move to the city. Rajpura, by now, felt as if it were closing in on her—suffocating her. She immediately spoke to Mr. Seshadri. He, too, thought it was an excellent idea. Menaka hadn't been paying proper attention to her work; while this hadn't caused any losses yet, it certainly could in the future. When the two of them spoke to their German partners, they readily agreed as well.
Menaka immediately set off for Delhi with her mother. When she presented her proposal to Mr. Sapru there, it was as if he had received the very wish he had secretly desired. On the return journey from Delhi, Menaka’s mother headed to her own home, while Menaka herself reached Rajpura just as dusk was falling.
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