It was a weekend but Asher was busy in his Office work.
"Acha,Do rupey,Pachaas paise?meaning 2.5*9500 that is.." He started calculating the profit of his shares while looking for the calculator.
'23750'.Out of shock,his mouth was open.Khirid had gone back to reading her magazine(man,doesn't she has anything better to do in her life).He was still calculating whereas she had already answered.True,His MBA from MIT was a total waste of time.Much smarter was the girl who he tought was a small town girl.After ending the call,his whole attention was on her.
"School mein 1 se 20 tak tables yaad karaye jaatey hai.Aap ko 2.5 ka table bhi yaad hai?" he said while giving a smile to her.
"Mein maths mein bohat achi thi.MErey humesha 100 marks aya karte the.Mere baba maths ke teacher the.Humesha maths woh mujhe parhatey the"(Her life coudnt be perfect,Here i spend hours studying maths and still land on a C)
Her intelligence hadn't shocked him as much as this had.She TALKED,She spoke a complete sentence.(AWWW)
"tum kya parh rahi thi?" he asked
"Mein ne is saal BSC ki hai in Maths,physics,[i coudnt get the last subject]
"BSC?BSC kar chukki ho?" he was shocked again and she was shocked seeing his shocked face.[Too much of shock dose,sorry i didnt bother to think of a synonym for shock]
'Yes,why"
"Itni choti si lagti ho.Mujhe laga abhi 3rd year mein admission liya hoga"
"Mein bees saal ki hochuki ho" [Mahira doenst looks like 20]
"Bees saal ki,tab tou tum waqaye bohat bari ho chuki ho" he laughed a little which put Khirid in an akward situation.
"Aggar tumahara maths itna acha hai,tum ne aagey parhney ke baare mein bhi socha hoga".For the first time,Khirid was talking to him.He didnt want to end it so soon so he continued the talk.
"haan mera iraada yahi thi ke Maths mein masters karo gi.Baba ki bhi yahi khwaahish thi leken phir ami bemaar hogaye tou BSC finals mein lag raha tha mein fail hojao gi.Bilkul parh he nahi paaye thi" the sadness in her voice didnt go unnoticed by Ashar.Mayb she was missing her mother's sickness days,He thought.
"leken phir bhi tum achi tarreqe se paas hoye hogi,hena" he said confidently.
"haan,first division aye thi"
"tum apni studies dobara se shuroo kar lo.Ab jab admissions khuley,tou admission masters mein le lena"
Khirid looked at her with a shocked face.Noticing this,he said "Iss mein taajub ki kya baat hai?"
"Mein khush horahi ho"
"acha,pehle baar patta chala hai,Khushi ka izhaar itni hairaani se" (Asher is soo cute)He smiled,got up and f0r the 1st time asked "Light off kardo ya tumhey magazine parhna hai?"
She nodded
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Taken from page 33 & 34 of the novel😊
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