Ch 5 - Ep 5 - Ordinary life
Rahul was present in front of Shefali.
After listening to him, Shefali turned her eyes away and started to leave from there but Rahul got down from the car, increased the speed of his steps and stood in front of her.
Shefali said in a stern voice "What do you want?"
Rahul said, "I just told you that I want to tell you something about Kartik Mittal."
Shefali stood up with her hands folded and said, "Tell me what you want to say?"
Rahul said, "Look, don't misunderstand me. I knew at first sight that you are a good girl. That's why I have come to tell you the truth about Kartik. I know you are not his girlfriend. He brought you just to make me jealous. Am I right?"
Shefali glared at him and said, "What have you come here to say? Say it clearly!"
Rahul said, "Karthik might not have told you, but I want to tell you that he used to work as a waiter in a hot bistro bar. But seeing his stubborn attitude, the owner of the bar threw him out."
Shefali looked at him angrily and started moving ahead without saying anything.
Seeing that his words had no effect on her, Rahul once again started following her and said in a slightly louder voice, "Keep listening to the truth about Karthik and Shannon, you should also know what the relationship was between them. I am sure Karthik would not have told you this as well."
Hearing Shannon's name, Shefali stopped for a moment.
Rahul started thinking in his mind, "Karthik was acting like a hero, now I will tell you what Rahul is."
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On the other end,
After coming out of the hospital, Kartik told Neel about all the problems of Shefali. After listening to him, Neel said to Kartik, "I am thinking that after seeing Shefali in trouble, you bought the hospital. Now I feel sorry for Citibank. I am sure your next victim is going to be Citibank."
Saying this he started laughing.
Karthik patted him on the head and said, "For now, I am going to hunt you."
Saying this, Kartik started shaking him by holding his neck and then both of them started laughing, just like real brothers.
After some time his car stopped in front of the palace.
Neel got out of the car and said in a jocular manner, "Welcome Prince, please come to your palace!"
Karthik smiled and came out of the car.
As soon as both of them reached the living room, Uncle Chauhan was already present there.
Seeing them, Karthik looked at the time on his watch and said in surprise, "Uncle, it's 3:00 in the night and you haven't slept yet."
Uncle stood up from his seat after seeing him and said, "Prince, if you want, you can tell me, you bought City Line Hospital in just 15 minutes, was there any big reason behind it?"
Kartik nodded yes to his question and said, "My friend's father is admitted there. Due to non-payment of hospital bed fees, he was left like an animal on the top floor of the hospital. When I reached there, I saw that the condition of many patients was very bad. The staff and the doctors there had lost all their humanity. In return, the doctors there were talking rudely to a good girl in exchange for treating her father! Is this right uncle?"
Chauhan uncle was listening to Kartik very carefully, he took a deep breath and shook his head.
Karthik continued his talk and said, "Doctors are like second God for us. But because of some bad doctors, all the doctors get a bad name, that is why I bought that hospital."
A sense of relief had appeared on Uncle Chauhan's face.
He looked at Karthik and said 'Prince, I am proud of you and if you don't mind, I would like to tell you something'
Karthik nodded yes.
Uncle Chauhan continued his talk and said, "It is a matter of joy for the entire Mittal family that you were the adopted son of your parents, their blood is not running in your veins. I hope you will turn out to be even better than them."
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On the other end,
On hearing Shannon's name, Shefali turned towards Rahul and said, "Who? Shannon?"
Rahul said with innocence on his face, "Shannon is the most beautiful girl in our college. You must have seen her with me today."
Hearing her name, Shefali shrugged her shoulders and said, "ohhh she is a very rude and arrogant girl and I don't think Kartik would be interested in such girls."
Saying this, she once again turned to leave, but before that Rahul said, "Before you go, please listen to me, Kartik had proposed to Shannon on his knees in front of the entire college."
He started exaggerating things and said, "Karthik did a very wrong thing with Shannon. He took advantage of the poor girl's trust."
Shefali thought for a while and said, "What did Karthik do?"
Rahul said softly, "I cheated on her. After spending many nights with her, when he got bored of Shannon, he left her."
After some thought, Shifali said, "Karthik cannot do this."
Rahul smiled and said, "I explained it to Shannon as well and she said the same thing. Now see what she is going through."
Seeing Shefali getting trapped in his words, Rahul further said, "I would say this to you, stay away from this Karthik, he wants only one thing from every girl. Trapping them emotionally, supporting them, spending the night with them is his first hobby, and every girl in our college knows about this hobby of his."
Shefali was listening to him silently.
Rahul continued his talk and said, "In return, he will want the same from you too. After satisfying you, he will try to come closer to you. That is why Shannon's behaviour is so rude with him. See that you are not the one after that."
After hearing all this, Shifali got frightened and went away from there quietly.
After she left, Rahul started laughing loudly and patting his shoulder said, "Rahul you are a genius, you became the villain even in the poor guy's new love story."
Saying this he started laughing once again.
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At Mittal Palace, Kartik said to Uncle "Uncle I wanted to tell you that Neil and I will not stay here in the palace."
Hearing his words, Neel started looking at him in surprise with his mouth wide open. And coming close to him, he whispered, "Brother, what has happened to you? If we don't stay here, where will we stay?"
Uncle Chauhan was also looking at him with questioning eyes.
Karthik thought for a while and said, "My studies are still pending and I want to complete them by staying in the hostel."
Uncle replied, "Prince, you can complete your studies by staying here also."
Karthik said, "It would be better if you arrange a hostel for me."
"Okay, let's see!" Uncle Chauhan told him. Neel was shocked to hear this! And everyone went to sleep.
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Karthik was present in his bedroom with Neil.
Neil was lying on the bed with his hands spread out and he said to Karthik, "Friend, can I tell you something?"
Karthik was watching his mobile on the other side of the bed.
Not getting any response from Karthik, Neil said in his own style, "Yaar, I really liked this girl Shefali, she is so simple and silent."
Continuing his talk, Neel said, "Did you see the faces of Rahul and Shannon today? They both won't be able to sleep tonight. Shannon was looking at Shefali with wide open eyes. Friend, I have seen all this happening only in movies till now but I am seeing all this happening with you in real life. Friend, really, fate can take a new turn at any time."
After saying this Neel started looking at Karthik. Karthik was just listening to him.
Then after thinking for a while, Neel said, "Friend, you should continue this hi-hello relationship with Shefali."
Karthik shook his head and said, "I told you, we are just friends!"
Neil snatched the mobile from her hand and said, "I will WhatsApp her right now."
Karthik immediately told him, "No brother, don't do this, please!"
Neil said laughingly, "I knew you would say this, that's why I already sent you a message from your phone!"
Kartik started staring at her with his eyes widened.
Ignoring him a little, Neel said, "What! Don't give that look, your brother knows everything."
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The next day,
Shefali's father was admitted to a special ward. A nurse was also present with her father. After listening to Rahul last night, Shefali was remembering the moments spent with Kartik. Her heart was not ready to believe Rahul's words, but Rahul's words were not coming out of her mind.
Shefali talking to herself said, "Is Kartik really like Rahul told me?"
Then answering her own questions she said, "But why am I thinking so much about him, it has been such a short time since I met him. He is a billionaire, so he can do anything to me, what does it matter to me?"
She was lost in her thoughts when suddenly the nurse's voice drew her attention, "Mam, I am leaving!"
"Yes, that's okay," said Shefali.
After the nurse left, Shefali again got lost in the thoughts of Kartik. Talking to herself, she said, "Maybe Rahul is telling the truth. First Kartik will win my trust and then he will do the same thing with me as he did with Shannon and I will never let this happen, never."
After a while, Shefali saw a WhatsApp notification. It was a message from Karthik. She felt happy for a moment after reading it. Then she remembered what Rahul had said.
Talking to herself she said, "I will soon return all of Karthik's money to him. I don't need any help from him."
Thinking this he did not reply to the message.
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Kartik and Neel were present at the dining table with Uncle Chauhan in the palace.
Uncle Chauhan looked at Kartik and said, "Prince, your hostel arrangements have been made. We have taken a special hostel room for both of you."
After listening to him, Karthik said, "We don't need a special room, we want an ordinary room."
Uncle Chauhan thought for a while and said, "Prince, can I know the reason for your doing this?"
Neil was looking at Kartik with his eyes narrowed in anger and was abusing him in his mind.
Karthik said, "In these six and a half years, I have learnt to fight problems. I agree that my parents threw me out of the house, but this is what taught me how important an ordinary life is. And anyway, I don't want people to suddenly start looking at me from a different perspective, or for anyone to know my truth. College life has its own thing."
Neel was staring at him with his mouth wide open.
Uncle Chauhan said in surprise, "And who will take care of all your property and money, Prince? And the work?"
Karthik smiled and said, "Uncle, I said that I will live a simple life but I did not say that I will not fulfill my responsibilities."
Saying this, Kartik stood up from his chair and patted Neel on the head and said, "Come on, aren't you getting late for college today?"
Uncle Chauhan looked at Kartik and said, "An ordinary room will be arranged for you before you reach college and I am very happy that I am getting a chance to work with you."
Kartik smiled in response and left for college with Neil. They booked a taxi for college and Neil elbowed Kartik and said, "I have never seen a man like you friend!! We were staying in a palace but you wanted an ordinary room in college."
Saying this, he started looking out of the taxi angrily.
In response, Karthik said, "You know, by living this life we will get to know the real thinking of people."
Neil said angrily, "I don't want to know what people think. You have a lot of property and a royal lifestyle, then why should we go for an ordinary life?!"
Kartik started smiling after listening to her and replied, "You will know it yourself with time!"
In some time both of them reached the college. As soon as they reached their hostel room, they saw that two boys were already present there.
Neil went inside and told them, "We both have taken the room."
In response, one of the boys said arrogantly, "Are you a prince that you will stay alone in this room? This room will be shared by 5 people, don't you know that?!"
Neil looked at Karthik in surprise.
Karthik leisurely walked towards the corner bed and started setting his bag in the small cupboard kept there.
Seeing this, Neel came to Kartik and muttered, "Long live Young Prince, how are you feeling? After coming to such a luxurious bedroom, I hope you will not feel any lack in your ordinary life!"
Hearing Neel's words, the boys present there and Kartik started laughing at him.
Neil looked at those boys and said, "Sure, laugh at me, because this is my friend Kartik. Because of whom I fell from the sky to the ground, laugh at me."
By saying this he was getting irritated with Karthik.
Meanwhile, Kartik's mobile rang. As soon as Kartik took the mobile out of his pocket, he saw Uncle Chauhan's name displayed on the screen.
When Kartik received the call, Uncle Chauhan said from the other side, "Prince, I have called you to tell you that we have bought City Line Hospital, but there is a big problem with it."