At the Mehra conglomerates...
Yuvrag sat on his chair, in his new office, as soon as he was announced as the acting chief executive officer (CEO), he moved from his former office to Purhab's, his father's used to be office.
Office hours were over, there was no new contracts that Mehra conglomerates was bidding for, just existing ones that were currently maintained. As a result of this, everyone including the board of directors had gone home.
Those left were the security guard and his secretary who he had asked to go home but she was still around tidying up her desk. She looked at the time, it was 8pm.
She decided to check up on her boss and inform him that she was leaving for home. She always had a thing for him but he had never for once looked her way.
As she went closer to the door of his office, her heart skipped a bit. Yuvrag was not the one to request for tea or coffee, he liked water. So she took a bottle with her to put it in his office fridge.
She decided to take that bottle of water to have an excuse to stay longer inside his office. As at the moment, her work was done and all files to be signed by Yuvrag were with him, so she couldn't have used that as an excuse to be around his office longer.
She knocked at Yuvrag's door twice and came in. She didn't wait for a response from him, in the past she did but he had given her permission to come in immediately after she knocks, except when she knows he is in a meeting.
Evening sir, she said as she entered. Call me Yuvi. It's okay Alvni, I have no problem with that, Yuvrag paused and continued. I have always told you this but you like sir a whole lot right? Yuvrag asked.
As soon as Yuvrag asked, Alvni was shocked and replied shyly, sir, I mean Yuvi, I don't like sir a lot. But you prefer to use the word sir a lot even when I asked you to call me Yuvi. And you say you don't like the word sir a lot! Yuvi replied.
Initially, Alvni had thought Yuvrag had noticed she has feelings for him, but she now understood he was asking if she liked the word sir a lot and not him the sir in particular.
With a little disappointment in her eyes but not enough for Yuvrag to notice, she replied, sir, it's because am used to calling my boss sir. I don't find it comfortable to call him by his first name. But now you are really insisting I would call you Yuvi.
Good Alvni, you should do that from now on but not when staffs are around, only when we alone. As soon as Alvni heard the word alone, her mind drifted to loveland, where she is in ecstasy with the man she wishes to behold.
Alvni, you are here to? Yuvrag asked. Alvni was in loveland, she didn't hear until Yuvrag called her name a couple more times. Yes sir, I mean Yuvi, Alvni replied as soon as she snapped out of her loveland.
You are here for? Yuvrag asked her again. I came to stock your fridge with this additional bottle of water and to inform you I was leaving the office and going home, Alvni replied.
Alright and while you at it, please pass me the file on top of the table close to the fridge. Alright sir, would do. Alvni did as told, left his office and went home.
Yuvrag looked at the file currently in his hands. It was the file that father Ritz had handed over to him, he wanted to study it some more and discuss the offer with the board of directors the next day. He studied the file for half an hour before he packed up and went home.
At the Mehra Mansion...
Yuvrag walked in holding his brief case. He looked at the used to be lively Mansion, which is now cold because of the loss of Uncle Mehra. He felt very sad, not because uncle Mehra has passed on, nor because the house was cold but because he couldn't bring his wife home to keep him company. He missed her and their bed so much.
His parents and grandparents had already had early dinner and was in their rooms. He went upstairs to his room, freshened up and came back downstairs to have his own dinner. After his meal he went back upstairs and continued studying the Ritz project proposal file.
At the Ritz Mansion....
Natasha looked at the text books and lecture notes in her hand, she has been so busy romancing her husband Yuvrag in the past few weeks that she didn't bother to pay attention to her school work. Tests were fast approaching and in the coming months, semester exams will follow.
She had a lot to catch up on, she was very stressed out just by thinking about it. But each time she reminisced her love making with her husband, her nerves would calm down and she would be able to concentrate again.
What she did later on was read for a while and reminisce her memorable sweet moments with her husband at intervals without waiting to get stressed out first or boredd because of reading.
Meanwhile at the Delhi University....
Desha had just finished a conference call with her friends who lived on campus. After the conference call, her friends chit chatted a little while before studying.
Anytime Desha stayed over on campus, she always encouraged them to study while she studied herself and led by example. They studied for so long that they had no interest in going out to hang out at their favorite hanging spot on campus.
They studied not for few hours long but the whole night until it was day break. It was already morning when they dozed off and woke up at noon to start their day. They did not have morning lectures, their lectures start in the afternoon that day.
Meanwhile at Shruti Arora's friends house...
Shruti Arora was teeing with her friends in the garden while Sonal, Jasmine were upstairs in the house with Zara, Shruti Arora's friends daughter room.
They had just come up after greeting the ladies who were teeing below in the garden. The girls were having fun, they talked about educational topics as well as topics that had to do with work, life and romance.
Speaking of romance, do you know today is the wedding ceremony of the famous business tycoon, the CEO of Bhatt Conglomerates, Ravi Bhatt's daughter Sunita?
Sunita is marrying her long time boyfriend....before she could finish the sentence, Sonal interrupted and said, yes weddings are very nice but do you know what is also nice? a day at the spa, so why don't we proceed to the spa now instead of later.
Sonal, we can always do spa later, let's hear this gist about this famous wedding that mysteriously I didn't hear about, the one Zara is about to tell us, Jasmine replied.
Come on Jass, we can always hear it later, let's go to the spa, up come on hear we go, Zara you too, won't take no for an answer, Sonal urged the girls.
Sonal, this is unlike you, you usually the first to talk about love stories to me, and you suddenly acting so strange and you sound as though you hiding something from me. Are you hiding anything from me? Jasmine asked.
And come to think of it, you are in the media, works for big time Mehra TV, it's so strange that you don't know anything about this big juicy news, Jasmine reasoned and said to Sonal.
Come on girl spill, what are you hiding from me? Jasmine asked Sonal. Before Jasmine could respond, Zara thinking she would save the day continued with her wedding gist.
She spoke up and said, Sunita Bhatt is getting married to her long time boyfriend Rohit Burih, the wedding is currently taking place in Bombay at the Bhatt Mansion. It is a trending entertainment news, it has been on for about two weeks now.
The first week was all about their engagement and how they met, this week is all about the main event. All media and print outlets carried it, even the Mehra TV you were taking about few minutes ago.
Hold on, I will put on the TV, their wedding should be on, while she stood up to put on the TV in the room she continued, it's also all over the internet. The couple is very sweet, she smiled while saying that.
Initially when Zara mentioned Sunita and Rohit Burih, her mind did not click that it was her Rohit, she just thought it was just a coincidence Sunita's husband has same name as her to be husband.
Not until she heard the wedding was in Bombay at the Bhatt's Mansion and that Mehra TV carried it, her body began to shake. As she looked at Sonal with questionable eyes she still hoped it was not her Rohit who was the groom.
Jasmine looked at her best friend and prayed inwardly that she takes Rohit's betrayal well. She wished she had not invited Jasmine to tea here with her mum, but it was too late now. Sooner or later Jasmine was going to find out anyway but she wanted it to be later. Not now that she is still fragile.
As soon as the TV came on, and Zara happily tuned in to one of the channels that was airing the wedding live, Jasmine's body suddenly became very hot, her body shook more, tears began to flow freely from her eyes.
She couldn't cry out, as she stood up out of shock, she collapsed and fell down on the hard ground with a hard crash. Jasmine, Sonal called and ran to her friend, her heart ached. Zara did same and was wondering why Jasmine suddenly collapsed after she put on the TV.
While Sonal held her friend Jasmine, she spoke to Zara to call the ambulance and inform their mums about the whole situation. Zara ran as fast as her legs could carry her and did exactly as Sonal had asked.
At Delhi hospital....
Jasmine was still unconscious at the emergency ward, oxygen pipes were placed in her two nostrils. Sonal and her mum were outside. As Sonal cried for her friend, her mum Shruti comforted her, dear don't cry please, my heart breaks when I see you cry. Don't worry she would be fine. The doctors are taking good care of her.
As she comforted Sonal, she also wanted to know what really happened that the lively Jasmine suddenly collapsed but she thought it best to ask Sonal about it later when she is calm but in the mean time she suggested gently. Sonal dear, I think we should contact her family now, to inform them of the situation with Jasmine.
With tears still in her eyes she replied, mum Jasmine's family are currently not around, everyone travelled to Saudi Arabia for the wedding ceremony of her cousin, Satish. His bride hails from there. The only ones left at the Mansion are the maids and guards.
Jasmine would have gone with them, but we were at the military base at that time, the wedding was a sudden development, the priest had approved the auspicious day. There was no way Jasmine would have made it in time from the military base.
But I could give her brother Ajay, a call, the soldier at dad's military base. He is in India, he can make it in time to come see his sister, I hope dad approves. Well he would dear, because of what happened to mum, may her soul rest in peace, dad doesn't joke with the health of a hospital patient, Shruti replied.
You know what dear, I would help you call dad, you really don't sound very well. I don't want him to panic and mistake you for the hospital patient. Sonal smiled and Shruti was pleased she was able to cheer her daughter up even if it's just little.