19. Business Calls

"Phone uta yaar" Nidhi's disappointed tone caught Dev's attention.

"All ok?"

"Navya phone nahi uta rahi hain, shaadi ke functions main vo help karne vali thi, par beethe kuch dino se baath bhi nahi kar rahi hain dang se, har time phone busy hi hota hain" Nidhi pointed out at Navya's odd behaviour.

"Kahi vo rumors sach tho nahi hain na" Dev wondered.

Nidhi - Aap seedhi baath kariye na.

Dev - Shubman bhi phone nahi uta tha hain, aur suna hain vo dono aaj kal bahot saath rehte hain.

Nidhi - Aane do dono ko shaadi main, agar ye sach nikla na tho un dono ki kher nahi.

Navya called Nidhi back after an hour.

Nidhi - Tho yaad aagayi meri

Navya - Drama bandh kar, roj tho baath hoti hain fir kyu ro rahi hain.

Nidhi - Rona iss baath ka hain ki jabdin bhar tumhara phone busy aata hain tho mujhe bhar poor masaledaar gossip kyu nahi mil rahi.

Navya - Business calls hain, usme kya gossip.

Nidhi - But I have this strong feeling that you are hiding something from me.

Navya - Nidhiiii focus on your wedding plzz. So batao hume kal shopping ke liye kab milna hain.

Nidhi - Kab subah ghar aajaana, saath main chalte hain.

Navya - Sure, kal milte hain. Bye.

Nidhi - Bye.

"Din bhar business calls huh..."

"Chup raho. Tumhara naam bhi liya tho usko sab pata chal jayega" she explained.

"Tho chalnedona. Tum apne ek dost ko dusre dost ke baare main nahi bata sakti kya, aur aisa kya chupana hain..."

"Princy boy, bade innocent ban rahe ho" Navya said.

"Main innocent hi hu" stated Shubman.

"Hum jitne logo ko jaante hain na usme aadhe se zyada log tho wait kar rahe hain, for us to get into a relationship" started Navya. "And Nidhi can easily read between the lines, wo baath ka bathangad bana degi"

"Tho tum sirf bhabhi se kuch chupa rahi ho ya... Mujhseee bhii"

Navya - Shopping pe chaloge hamare saath.

Shubman - Topic change karne ka artist main hu, tum try mat karna. Koi baath hain kya.

Navya - Koi baath nahi hain, agar hogi tho time ane par batha dungi.

"Matlab koi tho baath hain" he muttered.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nidhi was devastated. She just received the information that she could not meet Dev after her haldi ceremony. She sat at her place waiting for Navya to show up.

"Ek jagah tik kyu nahi sakti yeh ladki" Nidhi was annoyed at this point. Her best friend was supposed to be by her side. But she was busy being the responsible one.

"Kaise bhai ho tum, aalsi kahike" Pallavi yelled at Krish.

"Navya kar rahi hain na sara kaam" Krish argued and walked away to grab a snack.

Nidhi saw Navya and Shubman approach her. They were laughing about something.

"Ab chup chap yaha yaha baito, aur log hain yaha pe, thoda enjoy karnese koi tumhe Ms. perfect ke tag se hata nahi dega" Shubman ordered and Navya sat next to Nidhi like an obedient child.

"Pehli baar Navya ko koi order de raha hain, bhyy wahh!" Nidhi commented.

"Tu badi khush ho rahi hain" Krish interfered. "Ladkewalo ke taraf se ho na tum yaha kya kar rahe ho ".

"Dev ne bhabhi ko ye dene keliye kaha hain" Shubman gave Nidhi a box wrapped in a sheet with heart printed on it. "Main chalta hu, we are going home together right "

"Yup" Navya nodded and he left.