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hey friends, 😊
thank u for the patient wait..😊
I m sorry.. was really tied up..
m ttrying asap but maybe in a week..😕
Originally posted by: sshirley
hey friends, 😊
thank u for the patient wait..😊I m sorry.. was really tied up..m ttrying asap but maybe in a week..😕
Originally posted by: shobha21
It's okay Shirleyji..don't say sorry please.
Take your time..we can understand.
Episode 3:
As the first scene unfolds, the makeup van is surrounded by press reporters and photographers. Some overzealous reporters see the door slightly open and pull the door wide open suddenly, in hopes of a good juicy scandal and catching the two models red handed.
Ashutosh was totally at ease sipping his coffee, but Nidhi looked up helplessly as the cameras flashed on them and at least a few dozen pictures were clicked before she could even blink. Questions were shot like arrows from all directions:
"What were you both doing in the van?"
"Looks like you managed well before we caught you redhanded"
"Nidhi, are you done with Rohan after all? 5 years is too long a period, isn't it?"
"Is Rohan aware of your relationship?"
"No wonder you both have sizzling chemistry on-screen! Something brewing off-screen too?"
Nidhi grew more and more disturbed with each question and insinuation, while Ashutosh did not even bat an eyelid. He was still calmly sipping his coffee. That is until he heard a request, "Could you please come a bit closer so that we can get a good picture?"
"I would be happy to oblige" said he as he put his arms around a helpless and shocked Nidhi!
She pushed him away angrily, "What do you think you are doing? I just said yes' for a coffee with you ...doesn't mean.."
The journalists caught on, "Coffee?" one asked suggestively.
"A cozy coffee date?" speculated another!
"Sizzling coffee over sizzling..."
"SHUT UP Everyone!" shouted Nidhi angrily.
"Ashutosh, you seem to be quite press friendly, could you please tell us more?"
Ashutosh shrugged and answered casually, "But there is nothing more than the coffee! Unless of course, you want to include ..." he stopped strategically.
"Include what?" the reporters chorused.
He very deliberately picked up a cookie and said with a straight face, "these cookies. Blueberry cookies to be precise!" and bit into the cookie indulgently.
"Oh please Ashutosh, don't joke, tell us, what was brewing over coffee"
Ashutosh took on the airs of someone enjoying the attention, and said conversationally, "what makes you so sure something is actually brewing?"
Nidhi is growing more and more frustrated by the minute. She was resisting the urge to beat a hasty retreat from there, every moment. What has gotten into Ashutosh, she wondered. In spite of the open flirting, he seemed a decent person to her. Was he so hungry for publicity that he would stoop so low?
"Oh please! We have a knack to smell things from far away."
He asked amused, "So, tell me what did you smell here?"
One reporter boldly ventured, "let me guess.. finally NiHan is history and AshNi a reality?"
Ashutosh laughed out aloud while Nidhi shouted determinedly, "NIHAN IS FOREVER!! You get that? And AshNi is just confined to the screen." She pledges to herself that she would never work with this creep again!
"what do you have to say to that, Ashutosh?" asked one reporter.
"How can I contradict such a beautiful lady?" he winks suggestively.
Nidhi throws angry glances at him. He shrugs and says somewhat seriously, "I don't think we need to hide anything, do we Nidhi?"
Someone crooned in a low whistling sound, "Pyaar kiya toh darna kya?.."
"What the heck do you think you are trying to do Ashutosh! This is not funny!", she growled angrily. She then calms down a bit and smiles awkwardly at the press, "Actually we met just for coffee.. you see, we are shooting for an ad and Ashutosh suggested we have coffee together.. so.."
Ashutosh butts in, in a voice that's not convincing, as if trying to validate a fact he did not even know, "oh yes.. oh yes.. I said.. I mean I suggested a coffee date.. uh I mean.." and he stops, giving Nidhi an apologetic look.
Nidhi is totally disgusted with him by now, "You.. You.." and tries to get out from the van.
He holds her hand, "I just don't understand why you don't want to disclose.. see I understand that probably you don't want them to know.. but come on, you cannot hide this fact forever."
Nidhi is literally flabbergasted by now, while the press behave like bees on a pot of honey on smelling some possible hot scoop. They rapidly click pictures and fire away questions in a frenzy.
After their questions and speculations have quitened down some, Ashutosh begins, "I am sorry Nidhi, but I can't let them get away with this kind of wrong impression about me. You are established..but I can't risk my budding career. I can't afford this tag of relationship-breaker at the beginning of my career. So please, I beg you Nidhi - for heaven's sake, tell them the truth."
Break:
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Episode resumes after break:
Nidhi opens her mouth to say something to the press who are waiting like hungry children wait for someone to say Grace' on dinner table, but then decides otherwise and keeps quiet. She realizes Ashutosh would manipulate each word she says.
Seeing the press getting impatient, he sighs exaggeratedly, "well, looks like the lady is too humble to even acknowledge her own deeds. (Nidhi is getting increasingly shocked and looks around helplessly). Looks like I have to be the one to disclose, much as I hesitate. Anyways, we met because she wanted me to take part in a charity program for HFBB and I .."
Though Nidhi is completely surprised and heaves a sigh of relief, no one even notices. The reporters feel as if the rug has been pulled from under their feet. But, the very next moment there are some excited murmurs. Ashutosh says apologetically, "I am extremely sorry Nidhi. I know you had sworn me to confidentiality, but I could not let them print and portray what they were trying to. Please understand, I have a career to make!" all the while, his eyes told her to continue her anger and he nudged her thigh discretely, as if telling her to get off his van.
"Damn you n your blasted career!" she shouted before she got out and walked away from the van.
But the reporters needed to confirm, "HFBB? You mean ..?"
Ashutosh said "Yes, Help the Flower-Buds Blossom which Nidhi has founded and 75% of the donations still come solely from her!"
This was all they needed before they dispersed to compete with one another to be the first to relay the news! Within five minutes, news channels were flooded with news:
"Founder of famous NGO Help the Flower-Buds Blossom better known by its acronym HFBB, working for all-round welfare and development of children, comes to light: Its none other than supermodel Nidhi Verma.
"Nidhi Verma : A beautiful heart inside a beautiful body. Nidhi Verma behind HFBB. Finally after 6 years, HFBB founder known, all thanks to our smart reporters and Ashutosh Mathur."
"Nidhi angry on Ashutosh for disclosing her closely guarded secret."
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For the next few days, Nidhi, Rohan and Ashutosh keep busy with their respective work and can't meet much, except when they have a photo-shoot together. Nidhi and Rohan meet for hurried dinners sometimes but generally have to make do with whatsapp messages and phone conversations.
The morning sun awakes Nidhi and before she opens her eyes groggily and tries to feel Rohan with her hands, but her hands simply encounter the empty bed. She yawns, gets up and looks towards the balcony to find Rohan in his favourite easy chair, earphones on, and his eyes on his I Pad. She shakes her head indulgently and sneaks into the bathroom to freshen up.
Rohan is so engrossed in surfing the news sites, that he gets a little startled, when she suddenly hugs him from behind, before pecking his neck and whispering into his ears, after pulling out his earphone, "A beautiful morning!"
He grins widely before pulling her a little to peck her cheek, "A very beautiful morning to you too, honey"
She orders her coffee over the intercom and settles down in an opposite chair settling her feet over his outstretched ones as usual.
She asks, "What time is your flight?"
"At noon." After a pause, "will miss you so much baby!"
She mock-sulks, "Liar!!! No need to butter me up. I wont hook up with someone else in your absence. I will wait faithfully for you.. hum intezaar karenge tera qayamat tak!!"
He laughs, "Jeez, what b-grade movie did you copy-paste that dia from? Come here!" and he pulls her onto his lap, "still angry?"
"No! I'm very happy that you don't want to take me with you to Sydney, the very place where we fell in love. I m darned please that you prefer to shoot with other lesser known models, when we both got the offer."
Break:
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Episode resumes after break:
Rohan caresses her face and says, "see we went through this before, din't we? You are the country's top model yet so cutely nave, you know? You don't understand the way this industry works. See Nidhi, we are a premium pair and if we are to maintain that, we can't run the risk of overexposure.. our pair needs to look fresh every time we appear on screen.. and just last month, we did that soft-drink ad."
"I know.. and I understand.. but I don't have to be happy about it, right?" she pouts.
He pulls her nose playfully, "Wrong. You have to be happy always .. for me!"
She smiles, and they close in for a kiss when the camera zooms off.
The same evening, on the flight to Manali, Ashutosh and Nidhi were sitting side by side in the business class section. Seeing her totally engrossed in her kindle, Ashutosh does an exaggerated show of smoothing down his clothes and running a hair on his hair with a very serious expression.
Nidhi is puzzled, "What happened? Any problem?"
He nods solemnly, "A big problem! (she raises her eyebrows questioningly) Last I inquired, I was supposed to be quite personable and fun company to ladies! God help me now! What about my image if ladies start preferring their kindle to my company."
She burst out laughing at that and he gives her a mock injured look, at which she says, "okay, I am sorry Sire. I won't disgrace myself by letting go of such an opportunity to have quality time with the best company I can ever get!"
"That's better" he said in the same vein..
After a while, the airhostess comes to take their order for dinner. Ashutosh confidently orders for Nidhi as well as himself.
After she leaves, Nidhi asks, "Now I want my answer! How do you know so much about me? Please now, don't say I love you again. This time, I won't let you get away! I kept my promise and had that cookie that day, and now its your turn to fulfill your promise. How do you know so much about me, how did you even guess what I want to have for dinner right now? No more evading. Out with it...right now!"
Originally posted by: sshirley
Anyone wants to post their ad in my next episode?
(Of course you need to pay the price)
Originally posted by: mudraswathi
Mera ek hai... just check and tell me whether it is OK😳
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