Hi friends. I am back with the update. This update doesn’t have much of IshOm, but it is required for the flow of the story. Hope you don’t get bored reading this.
Chapter-38
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Shivaay reached Oberoi mansion after dropping Ishanya at her house and having lunch together. The day had turned to early evening. He saw that his bade-papa is in the house and he knew that he would leave for hotel in a couple of hours to be with Svetlana.
He called Omkara to tell him to come fast as he has to announce something. But first he decided to talk to dadi about this matter. He went to his dadi’s room. She was sitting on the recliner and reading something.
“Dadi.” Shivaay called her from the door step.
“Are, billu puttar, aja, andar aaja.” She said looking at him.
He came and kneeled down infront of her placing his head on her lap.
“Has something gone wrong?” she asked caressing his hair.
“Dadi, for the first time, my dil and dimaak are saying the same thing. Should I follow it?” he asked her.
“Ofcourse you should.” She replied.
He looked up at her and said, “Dadi, I don’t want to marry tia. We cannot be happy with each other, my heart and brain says it.”
Dadi looked at him, her experienced eyes were seeing her grandson’s distress. Shivaay after a very long time looked like her billu, who is not business minded.
“Do as your heart says.” She replied to him placing a palm on his cheek.
“Thank you dadi.” He said now being surer about his decision.
“Please, come down. I am going to announce this to everyone.” He said and stood up to leave.
Dadi is happy that finally Shivaay had started to accept his feelings and not masking them for business.
In the main hall of Oberoi mansion everyone are present there as requested by Shivaay. He came downstairs with dadi.
“What happened Shivaay, why have you called everyone here?” Omkara asked.
“I will tell you.” He replied and went to his bade-papa and papa who were standing beside each other.
“papa, bade papa. I want to tell you that, I don’t want to marry tia.” He said shocking everyone.
“Oh! My Mata!! What are you saying Shivaay?” his mother pinky exclaimed in shock.
“I don’t want to marry tia.” He said looking at his mother and then looked at his bade papa saying, “and I am not going to marry her no matter what.”
“Had tia too said the same?” pinky asked him.
“No mom, it is my decision.” He replied.
Shakti was about to tell something but tej asked before him, “Is this your final decision, Shivaay?”
“Yes.” He said with confidence. Tej observed the confidence and finality in his voice and he knew that he can’t make him change his decision now and they don’t have any professional reasons to force or pressurize Shivaay as they have the ‘menbou’ project in their hands and it became its market value doubled after the news fiasco of Ishanya. So, tej has no reason to force Shivaay when he is so sure about what he wants.
“You know kapoors will become our business rivals again after this, right?” Tej asked him.
“Yes, bade papa. But you don’t worry I have a solution for this. They won’t turn our rivals or enemies even if they don’t remain our friends.” He said in his attitude.
“Well, then. It’s your life. It’s up to you. Whatever you think good for you.” He said shocking everyone by agreeing to Shivaay.
“But, bhaiyya. What will kapoors say? They will think that now as we have ‘Menbou’ project in our hand we thought their alliance is not important for us and breaking it, it will stain our reputation.” Shakti said his point.
“You guys are thinking about business and reputation and not your son and his feelings?!!” dadi exclaimed.
“I expected this from Tej but you too shakti?” dadi asked him.
“But maa, what is reason to break his relation? I am thinking about him only, he likes tia….” He was saying but gets cut in the middle by Shivaay saying, “No papa, I don’t like tia. I cannot stay happy with her. All these days I was trying to maintain relation with her for the sake of business but I can’t anymore.” He explained to shakti and became calm hearing his son’s true feelings. He sensed that he can’t be happy with tia.
“Oh! My Mata, Shivaay had you fought with tia? If there is any problem try solving it by talking. Why are talking about canceling the marriage? She asked.
“Ma, there isn’t any problem. It’s just that I realized that I can’t be happy with tia and can’t keep her happy too. Please understand, ma.” He tried to explain his mother.
“I don’t want to listen anything, whatever be the problem solve it but I am not letting this alliance break.” Pinky said and turned her face aside without understanding her son’s feelings.
“Pinky, try to understand what Shivaay is saying, when he is saying he doesn’t want to marry tia, why are you pressurizing him?” Janvi tried to explain pinky but she said, “You stay calm, bhabhi. This is about my son’s matter. Khud ki bacchon ki toh parwah nahi karti, badi aayi mujhe mere bacchon ke baarein mein batane.” She said in low voice but audible to everyone.
Janvi got hurt by this and Omkara too but they hadn’t said anything. Shivaay said, “Mom, why are you taking the topic in different tangent?”
“And please, understand I am not happy with tia.” He pleaded to her.
“Pinky, I am the head of this family. And I am deciding that this marriage won’t happen.” Dadi said intertwining seeing that pinky does not understanding Shivaay.
“maji, how can you say this? Atleast tell him to take time to think.” She replied to dadi.
“Shivaay, beta, you should not hurry while taking decisions of life like this. Take your time, think again and then decide. Give a second chance to tia.” Pinky said trying to convince Shivaay.
“Ma, not just second, I have given third and fourth chances too. Now I don’t have any patience to give another chance.” Shivaay said in his anger.
“pinky, let it be. If Shivaay doesn’t want to get marry to tia, we should not force him. It is about his life.” Shakti said trying to make pinky understand.
“aap chup hi rehiye ji, khud ki zindagi ki koi decision li hai kabhi?” she snapped at him.
“enough now, ma. I am not going to marry tia. That’s final.” Shivaay yelled and went from there leaving pinky who was shocked and started to act like crying to make everyone agree with her but one by one left the place leaving her behind and the younger O’bros’ went to Shivaay.
Shivaay was at the pool side and OmRu joined him. Seeing them Shivaay asked, “now, you both want to convince me?”
“Me? No! Infact I am happy that you have rejected that lady baba. I was tolerating her just for you.” Rudra said making them smile.
“Seriously Shivaay, I am happy that finally you realized that your life is above the business.” Omkara said surprising Shivaay.
“So, let’s make a moment on this note.” Rudra said and opened his arms for hug. The trio hugged together.
“By the way, how did you wake-up suddenly and see the logic?” Omkara asked Shivaay after breaking the hug.
“The credit goes to Ishanya.” He said surprising his brothers.
“Slapping fairy? How?” Rudra asked.
“She had seen me distress with tia. She only made me realize what I really want.” He said to them.
“Thanks to her, now I don’t have to tolerate that lady baba.” Rudra said joking.
But Omkara turned silent hearing this. He doesn’t know why but suddenly he got scared, very scared that he is going to lose something very dear to him. He got confused by his feelings. But he is restless to know one thing. He decided to ask Shivaay directly.
“Rudra, please do a work for me. I forgot to tell the helper to place statues in setting sun you please go and tell him and see that he does it.” Omkara said to Rudra in urgency to make him go from there so he can talk to Shivaay alone. Rudra went from there pouting.
As soon as Rudra went Omkara asked, “Shivaay, once you have asked me to be honest with you about my feelings for Ishanya. Now I am asking you please be honest and tell me.” He asked him directly.
Shivaay could sense desperateness in his voice but he is confused at his question so he asked, “what should I answer you with honesty?”
Omkara took a deep breath and asked, “do you like Ishanya, have started falling for her? Is that why you have canceled your alliance with tia? Please answer me truthfully.” He asked all the questions roaming in his mind.
“Omkara relax, why are getting impatient?” he asked.
“Just answer me Shivaay.” He asked again.
“No, my bro. I don’t have that kind of feelings for Ishanya. I regard her as my friend, best friend. And my relation, I mean, my friendship with Ishanya doesn’t have anything to do with breaking alliance with tia.” He answered him.
“Are you saying truth Shivaay?”Omkara asked him.
“Yes ofcourse, why are you doubting my answer?” Shivaay asked.
“Because of your closeness with her. I didn’t see you this close with any girl. Please think and answer me Shivaay.” He asked him.
“No, there is nothing to think. We are friends and I regard her as my best friend. I don’t have anything else for her in my mind.” Shivaay said making Omkara breath in relief.
“But why were being so desperate to know this?” Shivaay asked Omkara.
“because I ……. I ……..” he stammered.
“Tell me, what you?” Shivaay asked
“Honestly, I don’t know. May be I got worried for you.” Omkara replied.
“Don’t worry for me brother. Everything is alright.” Shivaay said smiling at him.
They both hugged each other. Just then Rudra came there and saw them hugging. “what is this a moment without me?” Rudra whined.
“arey, cry baby, aajao.” Omkara said and the trio hugged each other.
At night Omkara is in the garden, sitting on the bench trying to sketch something, but he couldn’t able to decide what to draw. Whenever he closes his eyes to imagine something
Ishanya’s face flashes in front of him. He got irritated about it.
‘What has happened to me? Why can’t I able to think anything other than her? What magic she did on me that I become restless for her? Wants to spend every minute with her? I thought I like her. But it does not seem just ‘like’ to me anymore. It is something else. The pain for her, this restlessness is not because of liking. I had few relationships earlier, they never made me feel like this. What is this feeling? Whatever they are I have to erase them or else I will become mad for sure.’ he thought to himself.
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