Preeti: Yes he was. At least not Arrogant like you are. You know Yuvraj never tortured Chanchan.
Shravan: What The Hell.!! You mean I tortured you? (He placed the glass on the table without checking if it was properly placed on the table or not)
Preeti: Not just torture. Mental Torture. (She almost smiled seeing aside making sure he doesn’t understand she was just playing with him.)
Shravan: And what about the torture that you do on me?
Preeti: Now don’t backfire on me Shravan. I never did anything that can hurt you.
Shravan: Really??? Do you even realize you Snore at night? And that only deprives me of Sleep. (He lied to her and she took it seriously)
Preeti : Haawww. I Snore at night?? But Mumma didn’t tell me anytime. (She nervously looked at him almost feeling sorry)
He was enjoying this moment. At least that smile and that fighting back attitude was back on his wife’s face. He was about to pick the Glass again, but it slipped from his fingers and fell down, spilling some drink on her Dress too.
Shravan: Damm!! Your dress.!! Go and get it cleaned.
Preeti got up from the Chair and searched for the Hotel Washroom . A waiter guided her and she went towards the direction. The moment she opened the door she felt something wrong. She wasn’t sure what made her feel so. She walked inside and there she stood Numb seeing the Lady whom she considered to have ruined her past life. Yuvraj’s Mother Maasa standing before the mirror and wiping her face with the Napkin.
Preeti dropped the Mobile phone from her hand and hit her back to the Washroom door which surely made a little sound and that caught the attention of Mrs Khushboo Ahuja( Mother of Raaghav Ahuja ) too.
Mrs Khushboo Ahuja (Maasa) was in a Traditional Saree and heavy jewelry adoring her features. Nobody would say she was a Widow. She had worn a Dark Blue Saree and she truly looked like little Scary for innocent Preeti. The moment she heard the noise of the door, she turned back to see only to find Preeti almost shivering seeing her.
Mrs Ahuja: Are you Alright Dear?
She said taking a step towards her. But Preeti couldn’t utter a word. She just rushed outside the washroom. She came almost running to Shravan who was totally confused seeing her like this. He got up from the chair and then took her in his arms.
Shravan: Preeti?? What happened? Why are you shivering??
Preeti: Let’s go from here Shravan. Please.
Shravan: Kya?? And the food??
Preeti (She almost pulled Shravan with her and he had no option but to walk): I am no more hungry.
Shravan just paid some cash at the counter and then walked with his wife outside. He could feel something major wrong with her. The moment they reached the parking, he stopped her and then made her turn to him.
Shravan: Okay. Now will you please tell me what’s wrong?
Preeti (Pulling Shravan to walk): Will talk at home. Just come from here.
Shravan (Stopping her again): No way. I won’t till you tell me what happened in that washroom??
Preeti: (In anger): Don’t you understand I am scared Shravan. I do not wish to stay here any longer. Just get me back home. Will you??
Shravan could see she was really not in a mood to talk. So he decided to give her some time to get relaxed and may be then she would herself tell him everything. He made her sit inside their Car and drove from that place.
Mehra House - US
Shravan gave her some water to drink. They were sitting on the Couch and he was still waiting for Preeti to calm down and tell him What the matter was. She wasn’t able to think anything straight. Did she really saw Maasa there?? That too in US? Ohh Yes. She remembered Suraj had told her that Maasa is in US still and would be coming to India in few days. Which means it was possible that the lady whom Preeti saw in the washroom was Maasa. How can she forget that face? The same face which almost had taken her nights Sleep these days. And after knowing her past clearly from Suraj , she had started fearing her more. She was still shivering and Shravan covered her with A Shawl. She took it on her and then rubbed her hands for some heat.
Shravan: Should I On the heater?? (He asked tucking her hair locks behind her ears)
She nodded a No and made him sit beside her. He thought something and to make her mood better he thought of cracking some joke.
Shravan: By Any chance did you see yourself in the Mirror of that Washroom and hence all Scared??? (He said almost controlling his laugh)
She hit once on his chest and then leaned her head.
Preeti: Shravan. I saw her there.
Shravan: Her??
Preeti: Maasa.
Shravan was just blank now. Maasa?? Which means Raaghav's mother according to the current Life. Damm.!!! The more he tried to get Preeti away from all this, the more the past followed them. He was about to tell something when his mobile started ringing. Preeti moved aside so that he could check whose call it was.
Shravan: It’s Urgent. Can you give me 5 minutes?? I will be back.
Preeti nodded a Yes. He took the phone and left for the other room and the same moment the doorbell rang. The maids opened the door and then one of them came inside.
Maid: Maam. Someone has come to see you.
Preeti: Me?? Okay. Get them seated. I am coming.
Saying that Preeti took the Shawl off her and walked behind the Maid to the Living room. The moment she entered this room , she felt the same unpleasing air.
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Maid: Maam. Someone has come to see you.
Preeti: Me?? Okay. Get them seated. I am coming.
Saying that Preeti took the Shawl off her and walked behind the Maid to the Living room. The moment she entered this room , she felt the same unpleasing air. She felt the same inside her which she felt in that Washroom sometime back. She just erased all such weird thoughts from her mind and then came inside the living room where she saw someone already sitting on the Couch, facing her back to her.
Preeti: Yes.
She said waiting for this person to get up and introduce herself and it did happen in the next minutes. The lady dressed in Dark Blue Saree and heavy jewelry on her (Mrs Khushboo Ahuja ) got up and turned to face Preeti who once again was shocked to see her. She smiled at Preeti and then extended her Mobile Phone which Preeti had dropped in the washroom of the Restaurant.
Khushboo: You forgot this in the Washroom. !!! (She smiled at her and that smile was so damm scary.)
Preeti continued staring at Mrs Khushboo with some blank expressions on her face .
Khushboo: Take it dear. !!!
That words almost made her jerk on the spot and her hands shivered while she moved them to take her phone.
Preeti : (Still scared ): Thaa.Thankk You.
Khusboo: Mention Not.!!! I am Khushboo Ahuja by the way. Won’t you ask me to Sit and have some Hot tea?? I left my Lunch for returning this to you.
Preeti (Faking a smile): Yeah. I mean. Please sit.
Khushboo took her seat back on Couch and then started scanning the house. Preeti asked her maid to call Shravan down saying "They have a Guest" and then also asked her to make Tea . The maid left and Preeti still stood uncomfortable before her.
Khushboo: What are you standing for?? Grab your Seat Preeti.!!! (She commanded and Preeti looked surprised at her)
Preeti: How . do. you . know my name??
Khushboo: (Laughing aloud): I know what your name was in the last birth too.!! (She laughed again and Preeti gulped her nervousness). Sorry. I mean. Sometimes I really Crack bad jokes. It’s so obvious from your Phone that your name is Preeti. Check the Wall paper. It’s your pic with your name at the side.
Preeti still couldnt register if she lied to her ?? If She is Maasa only then does she remembers their past??? She had no clue. She waited for her husband to come down. May be then she would get some support and strength to face this lady. The Maid came and served Khushboo the Tea and then left. Preeti still was standing and didn’t get the courage to sit there.
Khus
hboo: Nice House Preeti. Must say you have a good taste of interiors .
Preeti: Thanks.
Thats when Shravan walked down and he too saw his wife standing before a lady. He didn’t see the ladies face. He walked to Preeti and then stood next to her. He could feel her all cold and he was worried.
Shravan: Preeti. You should be sitting . You aren’t well still.
Preeti was little better that her husband was now with her. Without any further delay, she turned her husband holding his hand to face Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja and then introduced him to her.
Preeti (To Shravan): Our Guest . Mrs Khushboo Ahuja.
The moment Shravan saw Khushboo, he felt something pricking his heart. That face of hers was so known. The only word that his mind was hinting him when he saw her was " MAASA". He knew this lady. Yes he did know her. She was related to him. He was lost in a world that he never had lived before yet he felt he was driven in the past. The past where he was this Lady's Son. A Son who always obeyed her. A Son who could do anything on her One command. A Son who could give his life for her. But not his Love. His thoughts were disturbed when Preeti shook him .
Preeti: Shravan. What happened?
Shravan (Coning back to his senses): Uhh!!! Nothing. (He looked at Mrs Khushboo Ahuja who was now standing once again to greet Shravan.).
Khushboo: Nice meeting you Shravan. So you know me haan??
Shravan was still little blank. He didn’t know why his mind believed what his heart tried to tell him the instant he saw this lady before him.
Khushboo: Seeing you two like this, I am little worried now. Am I looking that Scary for you two to be so serious??? Is my Make up little over??
Preeti : (Trying to ease the moment): No. Aunty. We just . We just felt we know you. !! (She said purposely to know what would be Khushboo's reactions)
Khushboo: (Smiling): Of course you guys know me. I am Raaghav's Mother. Now dont ask me who is Raaghav.
Shravan's head was aching. He was still feeling some uneasiness inside him. He was still seeing some Blur images of this lady before him with him when he was young. But how is that possible. He had never met her till now. Then why?? Was she the same "MAASA" which Preeti was trying to tell him she met in the washroom?? He had so many questions in his mind. He couldnt wait there any longer. He just excused and left the room at once. Preeti could feel he was feeling something different. Thats the reason he couldnt wait there. She wanted to follow him and be with him . Ask him what was wrong, but Maasa being here, she couldnt do that.
Khushboo: What happened to him?? Ohh Gosh!!! You guys are scaring me now. Anyways. I think I should leave now.
Preeti didn’t Stop her either. She just looked at her with a Blank Expressions. Khushboo got up to leave. She walked to the door and then turned behind. She saw Preeti still blank and rooted at the spot. Thats what she had imagined her situation to be. All shaken seeing her before her. Preeti's expressions were clearly hinting Khushboo that she did remember a lot about their past. But Shravan. Khushboo found him disturbed. As if he was trying to recollect something and wasnt able to get the answers. This meant he was still unaware of all these things which was in one way good for her. After all if he regains his Past memories, then he would never let her and Raaghav come close to his family.
She smiled at herself. Her mission to Mehra House was successful. She was here to know how much this couple knew about her and here she came to know their exact level of knowledge. She was Psychologist. She was very good in reading faces and studying what’s in their mind. Infact she had gained this knowledge right from her birth. She herself didn’t knew how and why, till the day when her first Son Raaghav was born to her. She used to see some flashes of a Family in a Big Palace where she too was a part of that family. And these short flashes started taking the shape of a Perfect Complete Picture when Raaghav was born. She recollected everything she missed to know. Years passed and she fed the same to her Son too. Why she did this?? Did she even know if such a family even existed now, she had no idea. After much investigation, she could finally find this family who had changed their last name and adopted the name "Khurana" . But that never changed their Past life. The past still followed them and that’s how Mrs Khusboo Ahuja finally thought of fulfilling the wish of hers which she could never do it in the last birth. Getting her Son married to the Same girl whom he wished to in his past birth. And there she started keeping an eye on this family, sitting in US herself. She always had visions of her Sons Yuvraj and Raaghav. And after seeing the Yuvraj on TV addressed as Shravan Singh Khurana , she was sure that both her Sons looked the same like they did in their past birth. She only couldnt remember how Chanchan looked and she was still waiting for that girl to come in Yuvraj's life. And there she came. But Mrs. Khushboo was late. She directly came to know this when the Media announced his marriage. Seeing the Picture of his wife Preeti Mehra, Maasa could finally remember Chanchan 's face too.
But then it was late. She couldnt stop Chanchan from getting bonded to Yuvraj for her next births. Chanchan and Yuvraj had already taken their Vows and were deeply tied to one another. All her efforts to remember her past and then teach the same to Raaghav too just looked unfruitful which she never wanted to. So now she thought of entering their lives once again making sure she Plays her Cards. If Chanchan cannot be her Son's Wife, then she cannot be with Shravan too.
The moment Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja left the place , Preeti rushed to her Room and pushed the door open to see where Shravan was. She saw him standing at the Window and looking outside. He was fighting a War with his Mind and Heart. He wasn’t able to digest the things that just happened with him and Preeti here. She came and touched his arms to support him and he turned back to see her.
Preeti: You Okay??
Shravan didn’t reply anything to her. He kept looking in her eyes trying to get some answers from her. But Preeti couldnt see him like this. She wanted to know what was he thinking.? What was it that he felt after seeing Maasa here?? Was he getting any visions of their Past birth? She had so many questions in her mind for him but he was just staring at her all lost.
She cuddled into him and he couldnt do anything. He just kept staring at a place for some time and then moved her away from him and walked down. Preeti was truly in a need to know what was going in his mind. She tried following him but he took his Car and drove outside the gates. Preeti knew he needed sometime alone to understand what was happening. May be now he would try to see things from her perspective too.
Next Morning
Preeti had waited for him the last night till almost 2:00am and she herself didn’t know when she dozed off. The next morning when she got up, he wasn’t beside her and there she remembered how he had left her alone. She rushed down to ask her maids about him and there they informed her that he was in the House Gym . She was surprised to know this. It wasn’t a time when he would be in Gym she thought. She opened the Gym door and found him exercising with the Dumbbells. She was for the first time seeing him doing this. He was always a person who would do a Jog early morning and also some Push ups. But today Dumbbells?? Was he Okay. She entered inside and then called him in a low tone.
Preeti: Shravan?
Shravan stopped and turned his face towards her. His eyes were all red as he couldnt get proper sleep the last night, yet he showed no signs of resting.
Preeti: Uhh!! You fine??
She was waiting to hear something from him and there he finally answered.
Shravan: Get Dressed. We have an important meeting today.
Preeti: Meeting?? With whom??
Shravan (Keeping the Dumbbells down and wiping his sweat from the Towel): YOu will know that in a while.
Saying that he got up and left the Gym.
Part 34
Preeti had no idea where her husband was taking her. She was silently sitting in the Car and waiting to understand what was happening. Was Shravan remembering something from the past by any chance?? He wasn’t talking to her at all since he had met Maa
sa the last night. What was going in his mind?? She wanted to know each and everything in detail but she was afraid too. She didn’t know if she should be again taking out Maasa's topic or not?? What if he gets pissed?? What if she is thinking too much on this. May be he was in some other tensions and she is taking it to be Maasa's problems? She wasn’t sure of anything. That’s when Shravan drove his car inside the Gates of a big Mansion . He parked the Car and then got down. She too got down immediately
Preeti: Shravan. Where are we?
Shravan didn’t speak anything. He held her hand and then started walking to the main door. She was more confused now. They reached the Main door which was already opened and then finally entered inside. The house was huge and almost looked like it was owned by some famous rich family. She questioned Shravan once again but he didn’t answer what was needed.
Shravan: Some more minutes and you will know.
He left her hand and that’s when she saw the same lady who was the reason for her worries, walking down the stairs. Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja was waiting for this couple to come to her place . She was been informed by Shravan the last night that he needs to meet her and fix Raaghav and Radhika's wedding soon. She walked down smiling at this couple as if she always wished them to be like this. Together. How sickk!!!!
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