One Shade Darker — a devakshi ff – part 11

               — The Offer —

             I was sooo happy on getting a job here ; it was similar to the happiness we get on achieving a medal in the sports at grade 4 . In fact  ; After a long gap meeting someone new has made me this happy…..!!

” Congo Sona….!! You made it…. I’m soo happy for you… I need a partyyy….!! ” Ele exclaimed with glee when I said her about my job confirmation.

” I too couldn’t believe I made it Ele…..! Sitting in Mr.Sarcastic Dixit’s room ; I had to pinch several times to believe it….. ”
I said keeping the bag down on the couch.

“What did you just say…?? What’s his name….??” Ele was really curious now….!!

” He is my new boss…; Mr.Dev Dixit…..!! The single heir of Dixit property and owner of 14 branches of Fab India….!! ” 
I tried to finish the matter by giving a brief description of him.

” OMG Sona….!! Dev Dixit……!! They are one of the richest families of India , His name is always in News and every magazine mentions him as perfectionist and a workaholic…. He is even too handsome to look  Sona…. ” Ele said in a single breath.

” Yup….; He seemed that way only… Reserved , Cold and money minded…!Today morning instead of asking sorry for bruisnig my moped ; he gave 2000 rupees and walked away as if nothing had happened….!! Those spoilt rich kids…..!! I hate that attitude in them…..!! ” I slowly said revealing the true condition of her favorite moped…!!

” WHAT……!!!!! He bruised my Moped….!! No…..!!” She jumped off the bed and went out to see the state of the tired moped in the shed.

” Don’t worry Ele…; I repaired it on the way back to home… ” I laugh calling her loudly inside and start preparing our evening coffee..

” Sona…. Sona…. Moped Ko chodo…; Dev Babu ke bare me batao…!!” Ele says taking one of the coffee cup with two Cookie’s.

” Dev Babu….!!!! Its sounds sooo funny Ele….!!! By the way….. ; he took an special interview ; which was more like a rapid fire round…. And guess what…. I answered all the questions….!!”

” Wow Sona….. Tu toh ek dum fighter Nikli yaar….!!Acha…..questions kaise tha….??” 

” Saare questions bohot easy the…; Except the last one…. ” I say still remembering how blank I had gone when he asked the last question….

” Question Kya tha….??!!” Ele leans a bit forward to have a deeper look into the changing expression on my face.

” Love….!!”

” Sona…….!! Shottii…..!! Kuch toh hai……!! Aur tumne kya kaha……??”

“Wahi Jo us coffee mug pe likha tha…. ” Love is a burning flame…”
I say blantly to her.

” Sona……; Us Mug ke baare mein itna kyun soch rahi ho……!! Chodo yaar…… Yeh kaise hua…..??  ”
 she asks looking at the fresh red wound near my right hand elbow.

” Its because of your So called Dev Babu….. I fell with a thud on that dirty road and now its hurting me Ele…… I hate patching my skin with these bandages….!! ”
I say rubbing the wound with my left hand.

” Wahhh Sona…; In first meeting only you fell for him…!!”

“Kya….?? ”

” I mean you fell from the moped….; Who knows….!! From Now on….;  you may keep falling again and again…!! ” 

” Tum Kuch bhi sochti ho Ele…; Tumhara aur Dada ka ek hi kaam hi……!! Jab dekho mujhe tease karna……. By the way…..Why will I fall for him…?? ”

           Trust me……..;  I was sooo  unsure on myself when I said this….!! 

” I will be leaving home at 8 itself Ele…; I really don’t want to be late again….!! Else Mr.Dixit will again say some Sarcastic dialogues…..!! ” 

“Fine Sona… I’ll set the alarm…. ” She says and again gets busy chatting with the same guy in Facebook.

            Most of Ele’s relationships are short lived. She is a fun loving girl who never takes anything….; esppecially relationships seriously…….!! But…. It is not the case this time. I know her from years and can say that she has started having feelings for this guy……… I’m sooo happy to see her smiling this way……

        Well…….I have not seen him yet….. But….; I Hope she meets him soon and confess her love for him. 

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           Dev had no idea at what speed his car moved towards the mansion. His impatience grew more and more by every passing minute. He had tightly clutched the steering wheel and was trying to trace out why Nikki has locked herself in the room for the past 2 hours….

            Once reaching the home..; He quickly ascended the stairs which led to her room and knocked it several times. Still there was no response from inside and there was visible fear on Ishwari and mamaji’s face. RadhaRani and mamaji were consoling Ishwari who was continuously crying sitting on the sofa in the living hall helplessly….

” Nikki…. Nikki….. Open the door…!! Kya hua….??!! Please let me in….!! Are you even there….?? Can you listen to us Nikki..?? Maa bhi ro rahi hai bahar….; Please open….. Tumhara bhai se itna gussa ho kya…..?? ” Dev helplessly kept on calling her to open the door.

         Finally she opened the door on listnenig to Dev’s Voice and tightly hugged him breaking down into tears….. Dev have never seen her crying her like that and thought something has really gone wrong….

         Ishwari was relived to see Nikki and made her drink some water and wiped her tears. Dev took her to his room and made her sit on the couch. He really wanted to know what was bothering his lil sister…..

” Nikki…. Ab batao kya hua….??” Dev asked her wiping her tears from his white handkerchief.

“Mujhe shadi nahi karni hai bhaiyaa….I broke up with Rithwik……Saare relatives se kahiye ki shaadi cancel hogaya hai….!!!” Nikki  again broke down into loud tears.

” Are Aise kaise shaadi not happening…..?? Pura Mumbai knowing about tera shaadi….. Kam se kam tumhara bhai ke bare me toh thinkings karo…. ” Radha Rani yelled at a high pitch on already frightened Nikki.

      Dev eye signalled Ishwari to take mami ji outside so that he can talk with Nikki privately. He knew very well that She needed some space to open up with him….

” Aayiye bhabhi…; Hum bahar chalte hai. Bhaiya behen ko Kuch akele me baat karni hai….” Ishwari said mildly taking Radha Rani out of the room.

Dev locked the room and asked Nikki in a calm tone… ” Rithwik ne Kuch kaha kya….?? Tum dono ke beech mein Kuch jaghda hua….?? ” 

” Use Kuch chahiye bhaiyaa…. Its better to break up with him than to compell with this condition of his….. ” Nikki says in a firm tone

” Breakup is not the only solution for all the problems Nikki….Tell me what is Ranveers condition….??” Dev asked in a curious tone.

“He actually wants something in exchange of this marraige bhaiyaa…..”

“Exchange…….??? Like what…..?? If he wants money , cars , flats , farmhouses , diamonds or anything more..; I’m ready to give it to him Nikki….say me clearly what he wants…”

” Its not related to money bhaiyaa….. He wants….. He wants you to marry his sister in exchange of this marraige. I don’t want you to marry someone under pressure. I have been in love and know how much special it to marry someone whom we love….. I don’t want to play with your emotions bhaiyaa and so I broke up with him….” She said sobbingly…

            Ever since Dev’s father has passed away..; He  looked after his only sister like a princess…. She was the queen of the big mansion…. Dev had given her complete freedom and even didn’t scold her when she revealed that she wanted to marry Rithwik…..

        Ishwari and Radha Rani initially were disappointed by Nikki marrying a Facebook friend but were okay with her decision ; when they met him face to face a few days ago…… 

         In turn Nikki was also a sweet sister of Dev. She often adviced Dev not to be a workoholic and have a love life…… She was not pleased with Rithwiks strange condition which made their relationship a mere buisness deal….; and hence had a breakup with him…..

               But Dev was sure that Nikki would not be able to undergo through this phase. In the past 20 years he had never said a NO to his lil sister and he was not one of those who would leave his sister suffering at difficult times….. 

” You trust me right Nikki……??” Dev asked her with a deep tone.

” More than I trust myself ; I trust you bhaiyaa…..” She said promptly.

” I will set all the things right…. And don’t worry I’ll speak with Rithwik and collect details of his sister…..” 

” No bhaiyaa….. You are not doing this….. I don’t want to force you into this unwanted relationship….” Nikki was truely concerned regarding him.

” Don’t worry Nikki…… I’ll just try to collect some formal information about her and if I really feel interested  ; I’ll agree…… Else not….. For Now drop down this matter and C’mon let’s have lunch together……” Dev took Nikki out of his room towards the huge dining table.

            Ishwari , Radha Rani and Mamji had hundreds of questions going on through their mind about the conversation that would have gone in the room upside….. Since Nikki would again get upset if the matter opened up….; The rest of the lunch went on silently with no much conversation from either ends…

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         Dev had no idea what was going on with his life and if his heart really wanted to get into this relationship….. Just a span of past 3 hours has started changing his life in a different direction……

             With all these thoughts running like a maze in his mind….; Dev opened his laptop and quickly  logging to facebook ; checked  Rithwiks profile…. It had sooo many pictures ; most with his London friends and a few family photos….

        Scrolling down through his friends list….; He saw a picture of a girl who seemed familiar and went through her profile…….

         He was shocked to know that the girl is actually Rithwiks own Sister…..!!

“OMG…….!! Not the same girl again…….!! ” Dev huffs and shuts his laptop with a visible despair etched on his face…….



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Why Is dev shocked…??
Why does he say not the same girl again….. ??

Please let me know what you think in the comments below…

Nivu saying bye for now
Loads of love… ??