"Sir!Would you like to have some tea or coffee?"The airhostess asked very politely to a person who was sleeping by covering his face with the magazine.He removed the magazine very slowly from his face and said,"One black tea with one spoonful of sugar."While the airhostess was pouring the tea,he leaned towards her a bit and with a very low voice asked,"Do you know why?"She asked,"Why Sir?"He very cutely smiled and replied,"Because she loves it."The airhostess smiled and served the tea and went to attend the other passengers.While he was having the tea,the crew made an announcement that the flight will be landing within a few minutes and requested the passengers to fasten their seat belts.His heart started beating fast.He put his hand on his chest and took a deep breath and smiled.When the flight landed,the airhostess opened the door for the departure of the passengers.The person put on his jacket and lifted his travel bag upto his shoulder.As soon as he stepped outside at the face of the stairs,he stretched his hands and shouted,"GOOD MOOORNIIING INDIA AND MUMBAI TOO."He smelled the fresh air,"Haaye re mere desh ki dharti tere khushboo ki baat hi kuch aur hai.Phir se mujhe gale lagaake apna banaale."When he entered the airport,his tall gymmed body with equally complementing black jeans,jacket and white T - Shirt has already started gathering attention and making many feet slip and creating disturbances in their work.When he opened his sunglasses,his green deep eyes' charming looks were piercing many hearts and raising their heartbeats but on the contrary,to many people he was appearing as a green eyed demon.He was enjoying all the activities that were disturbed by his presence.He just curved his lips a bit but this curve was killing many people.He claimed his luggage and after completing all the formalities,he looked at his Branded Australian Wrist Watch which reminded him of some sweet memories. He started walking outside to get his vehicle.While walking,he said in his mind,"Main wapas aa gaya hu.Main aa raha hu tumhaare paas aur is baar main hamare bich ki duriyo ko hamesha ke liye meeta dunga.Ye vaada hai mera."He had a smile on his face.
As he stepped outside the airport,he looked around and found that a man,with a driver's attire was standing with a board in his hand on which his name was written.He moved towards the man and introduced himself.The driver greeted him and while putting his luggage inside the car,he said,"Vo sorry Sirji,sahab yaha aapko lene ke liye apne PA ko bhejne waale the lekin kisi kaam ke vajah se vo nehi aa paaye par vo aapko aapke apartment ke saamne mil jaayenge ghar ki chaabiyo ke saath."The person replied with a smile,"Koi baat nehi dost bare bare shehro mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hai."When he was about to enter the car,he suddenly saw a flower shop on the other side of the road.He asked the driver to wait for sometime and crossed the road to enter the shop.The shop was owned by an old foreigner lady.She greeted him and asked,"Which flower do you want?"The person said,"A beautiful red rose surrounded by a bunch of lilies."The woman made that kind of a small bouquet and handed it over to him.He smelled them deeply with a smile.The woman asked,"This must be for a very beautiful lady whom you like very much."He replied,"Yes she is very beautiful but I don't like her."The woman gave a confusing look.Seeing this he smiled,"I love her!!"and winked.He left for the car.On his way,he took out his wallet and opened it.It contained a photo.Addressing the photo,"Pata hai tumhaare is bichaare shona pe na abhi bhi larkiya marti hai.Par main na tumhaare is photo ke alava kisi aur ke taraf aakh uthaake bhi nehi dekhta aur na kisi aur ke baare mein sochta hu.Sachchi! Tumhaari kasam.By you!"He pulled the skin of his throat.He continued,"Iam sure tum abhi bhi bilkul bhi nehi badli hogi.Pehle jaisi hi gussewaali aur nakchari hogi aur jalkukri bhi.Kyu hai na?"He smiled and kissed the photo and put the wallet inside.The driver while driving asked,"Sirjee kya aap Mumbai mein pehli baar aaye ho?"He replied,"Ha aur kya aap yaha kaafi saalo se rehte ho?"The driver replied,"Ha Sirjee.Aapko pata hai is Mumbai mein jo bhi aata hai na,yeh sheher un sabko apna banaa leti hai."The person said looking outside the window at the city,"Ha bhaai isiliye to yaha aaya hu taaki ye sheher mujhe bhi apnaa le"and murmured,"Aur saath saath vo bhi."As they were passing by The Arabian Sea,the driver said,"Pata hai Sirjee yaha sab kehte hai ke raaste ke us paar divaar ke upar khare hoke samandar ke taraf muh karke chilla ke agar kisiko ko kuch bolo to vo baat seedha uske dil pe dastak deti hai."The person was amused,"Really?Sach mein aisa hota hai?Ye to bohot bariya hai."He thought for a second and asked the driver to stop the car.He got out and climbed the wall.He put his hands on both the sides of his mouth and shouted :-
"MUMBAI CAN YOU HEAR ME?
MERA YE PAIGAAM US TAK POHOCHANA KE
I LOVE YOU!
I LOVE YOU A LOT!
MAIN TUMSE BOHOT PYAR KARTA HU!
BOHOT ZYAADA PYAR!
TUM SUN RAHI HO?
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH ANANYAAA!"
Ananya woke up in her bed like an alarm.Her heart was bumping too loudly and very fast.She took a deep breath to slow down her pulses.She put her hand on her chest and said,"Mujhe aisa kyu lagaa jaise kisine mera naam liya."She suddenly noticed that she was sleeping by holding the photo.She asked looking at the photo,"Mujhe aisa kyu laga jaise tumne mera naam liya.Mujhe pukaara.Tumhara mere kareeb hone ka ehsaas mere dil mein har pal barta kyu ja raha hai?"She kept the photo aside and held her head tightly with her fingers and prayed to God,"O God main ye jo sab soch rahi hu please usey sach mat hone dena please God I beg of you."But somewhere inside very deep in her heart,she wanted her thinking to come true.She looked at the time in her mobile,it was 9 am.She exclaimed,"Oh s**t!Subhe ke nau baj gaye hai aur main abhi bhi so rahi hu?"Suddenly,she remembered that the reporter,about whom her editor mentioned will be coming to her office today.She hurriedly went to the washroom to get ready.After being properly dressed up for her office,she took up her mobile.She saw that there were 15 missed calls of Rohit.She disappointedly said,"Oh God!Rohit ne 15 baar phone kiya!Aur phone silent pe hone ke vajah se mujhe pata bhi nehi chala.Pata nehi Rohit ki kya haalat ho rahi hogi?Vo bichaara to abhi tak paagal hi ho chuka hoga."While locking the front door from outside,she called him back.After picking up the phone,Rohit almost barked at her,"15 baar!15 baar phone karne ke baad ab tumhe fursat mili hai mujhe waapas phone karne ki?Vo reporter aane aur mere jaane se pehle hi ye haal hai to jab vo aayega aur main jaaunga tab to pata nehi mera kya hoga?"Ananya sat on a taxi by that time but didn't utter a single word and was fully enjoying his jealousy.He again shouted patiencelessly,"Ab chup kyu ho?Kuch bolo?Tabse main hi bake jaa raha hu."Ananya laughed for sometime and replied,"Kya bolu?Tum bolne ka mauka doge tab to bolungi na?Achcha bolo itni baar kyu phone kiya tha?"Rohit cooled down a bit but mockingly said,"Aaj vo tumhara reporter partner aanewala hai na to usi silsilay mein tumhe to aaj office jaldi pohochna hoga vahi yaad dilaane ke liye phone kiya tha."Ananya said,"Mujhe yaad hai aur main abhi taxi mein hi hu aur 5-10 minute mein office pohoch jaaungi.Ok aur kuch?"Rohit replied,"Ha!!"with a pause,"I love you!"Ananya replied,"Ok bye!"She cut the phone.As soon as she reached her office,she went straight towards her cabin.After keeping her bag,she came to the editor's room and found Rohit sitting there.She greeted both and sat on the chair.Avasthi said,"Vo reporter abhi 10-15 minute mein yaha aa jaayenge."She surprisingly asked,"Par Sir aapne to kaha tha ke vo dupeher ko aayenge?"Avasthi replied,"Ha par unki flight on time thi to unhone kaha ke vo abhi aayenge.I liked his working spirit.Itne tiresome journey ke bad bhi unhone ek second bhi waste nehi karna chaha aur seedhe apne kaam pe lag gaye."Ananya mockingly said,"Aap kal se unki bari taarif kiye jaa rahe hai Sir,kahi unke aate hi aap hume to nehi bhul jaayenge?"Avasthi laughed loudly,"Now I smell jealousy here.Aur tum dono ko bhul jaau meri aisi himmat?Mujhe apna akhbaar bandh karwana hai kya?" ohit and Ananya too laughed.
Ananya was drinking water in the editor's room when the peon reported that the new reporter has arrived.The person from the airport came out of the car and stepped into the stairs of the office.As soon as he stepped,Ananya's heart bumped high as if it will come out and as a result some water from the glass in her hand accidentally spilled and she started coughing.Rohit cared her and rubbed her back.With concern,he asked,"Kya hua?Tum thik to ho na?"Ananya assured him,"Kuch nehi.Main thik hu."But she thought,"Aisa to mere saath tabhi hota hai jab vo mere aas paas ho."Suddenly Avasthi got up from his seat and said,"Lo vo aa gaye."Both Rohit and Ananya got up too.But before theycould turn,Avasthi stretching his hand said,"Welcome to India and welcome to the family of THE MUMBAI TIMES , MR AKASH SALUJA." Hearing the name,Ananya turned with a jerk towards the door.She was deadly shocked to find her worstest nightmare (or the most beautiful dream) to come true in front of her eyes.The glass from her hand slipped and crashed on the ground with that deadly look of him accompanied by that killer smile which was continuously inspecting her physical structure and which also reminded her of all her shattered dreams.
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