CHAPTER 5

Shreya was engrossed in her file, but her loose hairs were interrupting her frequently dancing on her face, she tucked her hair behind her ear with one hand holding the file. Daya was busy in his own work when his eyes eventually fell on shreya struggling with her hairs. He could see her in a zoomed view, her large glittering eyes, decorated beautifully with kohl, her soft red lips moving slowly while reading the file. Daya left the computer screen and sat down in a relax position without moving his eyes away from her. Shreya was fed up with her hairs; she took the pen lying on the desk and tucked it in her hair shaping into a bun. She turned and unknowingly her eyes moved to daya's desk, only to find daya already staring at her, as soon their eyes met, daya quickly moved his gaze and pretended to engaged in his work. Shreya blushed slightly as she caught him stealing glances at her, she came on her desk; smiled once again looking at him and engaged herself in her work, still feeling his stare on her.

Daya and shreya's story had still not started but sachin, nikhil and kavin were trying every possible way to impress shreya and win the bet. But shreya was clearly ignoring all of them.

"yaar, college me chutkiyon me ladkiyan pata leta tha main, lekin ye acp sir ki beti, badi hi tough hai yaar." Said kavin keeping his hands in his pockets.

"Beta, ladki tough na ho to patane ka maja hi kya hai, mujhe idea mil gaya hai ki acp sir ki beti ko kaise impress Karna hai."Said sachin with a confident grin.

"Achha, kya idea sir?"Nikhil asked curiously.

"Beta, ladki ko impress Karna hai to pehle uski maa ko impress Karo, aur mujhe pata chal gaya hai ki Mrs. Pradyuman ko kaise impress Karna hai."Sachin said winking at both kavin and nikhil, who were really confused.

Here shreya's mother, Supriya came to visit the temple. She took the plate and came before the idle of God. She closed her eyes and started praying. As she finished her prayer, she opened her eyes, and turned to go, but stopped seeing the young gentleman worshipping the God. The man was about to go, when Supriya stopped him.

"Uh..excuse me.. Aap...?"She began but the man cut her.

"Are Mrs pradyuman, aap yaha, nice to meet you. Aapne pehchana nahi mujhe, Insp. Sachin from Cid."Sachin said joining his hands.

"Oh..han, pehchana, par beta aap yaha? Mandir me ?"She asked surprisingly.

"Ji han, kya main mandir me nahi aa sakta? In fact main to yaha roj aata hu. Bina bhagwan ki pooja kiye mere din ki shuruaat hi nahi hoti."Sachin said pointing at the idle of the God.

Supriya was looking at him in disbelief.

"Are, ye leejiye prasad."Sachin said, and Supriya smiled at him.

"Unbelievable...aap ek cid officer ho, bahut busy rehte hoge, pooja ke liye roj samay kaise nikal lete ho aap?"She asked walking towards the exit along with him.

"Mam, kaisi baate kar rahi hain aap, ye zindagi bhagwan ki di hui hai. Kya unhi ki di hui zindagi se hum unhi ke liye thoda sa waqt nahi nikal sakte?"Said sachin.

"Kya baat hai. Bahut khushi hui mujhe ye dekh kar ki aap jaise log bhi hain is duniya me. Warna aajkal ke bachhe (recalling daya) wo to pooja path ko bakwas samajhte hain. Unke paas bhagawan ki bhakti ke liye samay hi nahi."Said Supriya making a face.

"Mam, apni apni soch hai logo ki, ab hum kisi ko jabardasti to nahi kar sakte na."Said sachin descending down the stairs.

"Beta, aapke parents ne to bahut achhe sansakar diye hain aapko. Aur kaun kaun hai aapki family me?"She asked adjusting her pallu.

"Ji bas maa aur pitaji. Main to duty pe nikal jata hu, bechare wo dono ghar pe baithkar bore hote rehte hain. Humesha mujhse yahi kehte rehte hain ki ek bahu la do. Par kya karu koi achhi ladki milti hi nahi ."sachin said blushing a little.

Supriya smiled, "don't worry beta, aapke liye to ladkiyon ki line lag jayegi. Aakhir aap ke jaise sanskari ladke milte hi kaha hain aajkal."Supriya said smilingly.

"Mam, ab aapne keh diya to koi na koi achhi ladki mil hi jayegi. Achha namaste ab main chalta hu, aagya deejiye, warna late ho jaunga."He said and quickly bent and touched her feet. Supriya was extremely impressed with him.

"Kitna seedha, sachha aur sanskari ladka hai. Bilkul waisa jaisa main apni shreya ke liye chahti hu."She admired sachin and smiled thinking about shreya and blessed him.

As Supriya went, sachin almost jumped in happiness as he knew that he had impressed her. Kavin and nikhil who were hiding behind the car were shocked they came to sachin.

"Kya baat hai sir, maan gaye, shreya ki maa to ekdum lattu hi ho gayi aap par."Said nikhil .

"Han yaar, teer bilkul sahi nishane par laga hai. Ye idea pehle mere dimag me kyun nahi aaya."Said kavin .

Just then they heard a voice they turned and looked in that direction. It was Supriya talking to someone.

"Offo... Maya mujhe tere sath aana hi nahi chahiye tha. Sambhal kar chalana gadi."Said Supriya getting into the car.

"Oh come on didi... Sabko aisa kyun lagta hai ki main achhi gadi nahi chala sakti. Us din us cid wale ne mujhe warning di, aur aaj tum bhi."said Maya starting the car.

Kavin, sachin and nikhil all were listening to them hiding behind a car. Kavin got an idea.

"Oh ye to shreya ki masi hain. Maya auntie. Inhone hi shreya ko paal poskar bada kiya . she is her second mom. To beta sachin tumne shreya ki maa ko impress kiya, ab dekho main uski auntie ko impress karuga. I am sure shreya usi se shadi karegi jise Maya auntie choose karegi. Aur wo hu main."He said raising his collar.

"Kya , aur main kya karuga. Main kise impress karu?"Said nikhil.

"Beta tu rehne de, tujhse nahi ho payega."Said both kavin and sachin and shared a hi-five laughing at nikhil.

Here in bureau shreya waschatting with divya and purvi.

"Purvi, maine suna abhijeet sir has some special feelings for Dr. Tarika. Is it true?"Shreya asked with curiosity.

"Yeah... Its true, everybody knows that. They are in a relationship for almost 5 years and next week unki to engagement bhi hone wali hai."Told purvi excitedly.

"Oh, that's really superb."Shreya said happily."and daya sir, unki bhi koi girlfriend hai?"She asked.

"Are nahi, daya sir to abhi bhi single hain. But tum kyun puch rahi ho? Kahi tum daya sir me interested to nahi, wo itne dashing Jo hain."Said divya winking at shreya.

"Divyaaaa... aisi koi baat nahi hai. Main to bas aise hi puch rahi thi, general information ke liye."Said shreya biting her lips.

"Achha ji...general information? Sab pata hai hume, yaad hai divya daya sir ne kitna romantic gana gaya tha, shreya ki request pe."Said purvi teasingly.

"Han yaad hai aur madam kaise blush kar rahi thi daya sir ko dekh kar."Said divya with a naughty grin.

"Stop it guys! Unhone sirf gana gaya, isme kya badi baat hai. Tum log bhi na baat ko kaha se kaha le ja rahe ho."Shreya said jerking her head.

"Bahut badi baat hai shreya, I think he likes you."Said purvi.

"Purviii ..kuch bhi?"Shreya said hiding her blush.

"Kuch bhi nahi, I can prove it."Said purvi confidently.

"Achha... Wo kaise?"Asked shreya.

"Dekho... Abhi hum logo ko 2 alag alag teams me investigation pe Jana hai. Ek ko daya sir lead kar rahe hain aur dusri ko abhijeet sir. Main jakar unse puchugi ki hum kiska sath jaye, to dekhna daya sir jhat se tumhe apne sath chalne ko bolege."Said purvi excitedly

"No way... Main nahi manti."Shreya said nodding her head.

"Nahi manti, to chalo abhi prove ho jayega."Purvi said and dragged shreya with her.

Here duo were discussing something when purvi, divya and shreya came there.

"Sir, ready to go? Hum puchne aaye the ki hume kiska sath Jana hai?"Purvi asked to abhijeet.

"Abhijeet tum purvi, Freddy aur Vansh ko lekar niklo. Shreya, you come with me. Aur divya jara nikhil ko bhi bhejna."Daya said instantly without looking at shreya.

But shreya was shocked, she looked at purvi and divya, they both were trying to control their smiles. Purvi asked shreya through eyes, "now what say?". Shreya couldn't hide her smile, she looked at daya and blushed.

Shreya went with daya. Nikhil and pankaj were also with them. All the way shreya was continuously stealing glances at him."Does he really like me?"Thought shreya staring at him.

They reached a mall for investigation. Everybody moved in different directions.

Daya was moving ahead when he spotted a young girl around 16-17 years surrounding with some boys. They were teasing her. The girl was looking scared. She was holding a guitar in her hand. Seeing the scenario daya became angry. He moved towards the girl.

"What's the problem? Kyun pareshan kar rahe ho is ladki ko."daya asked folding his sleeves.

But the boys were really wicked. They didn't stop and continued teasing the girl without listening to daya. Now daya became hyper. He slapped them tightly and gave a hard punch on their faces. The girl was too scared now. She tried to stop daya.

"Dekhiye, ruk jaiye, mat mariye inhe, Jane deejiye."She said stopping daya.

But daya didn't listen to her. He kept on beating those boys. One of the boys attacked daya from behind. Daya in order to hit him back snatched the guitar from her hand and hit the boy with it. The next moment her guitar was lying on the floor in two pieces. The boys got scared and ran away. Till now lot of people were gathered there. Shreya, nikhil and pankaj too reached there.

"Sir kya hua?"Asked nikhil.

"Kuch nahi nikhil, kuch badmash is bechari ko sare aam ched rahe the. "said daya pointing at the girl. Who was sobbing silently seeing her broken guitar. Shreya looked at the girl and became shocked.

"Sweety? Tu yaha?"Shreya said and went near her.

Nikhil, pankaj and daya exchanged glances.

"Shreya , you know her?"Asked daya surprisingly.

Sweety hugged shreya and started crying. Shreya consoled her hugging her back. "Sir ye sweety hai, my cousin sister, Maya masi ki beti."Told shreya, "sweety relax, everything is alright."Shreya said patting her head.

"Sweety don't cry, wo sab bhaag gaye."Daya tried to make her calm down.

"Sweety, shhhh...dekh wo sab bhaag gaye, daya sir ne maarkar bhaga diya unhe. Say thank you to him."Shreya said looking at daya.

Sweety separated and burst out on daya,"thank you my foot! di... This man is so cruel. Isne mera guitar Tod diya. He used my guitar to hit them. How can anybody use a musical instrument in any kind of violence? I hate violence, and I hate him too. Aur aap bol rahi ho main ise thank you bolu? Huhh...never ever...I hate him."Yelled sweety holding the two pieces of her guitar.

Daya was shocked so as shreya.

"Sweety... Ye kaisi baate kar rahi hai tu. Daya sir ne jaanboojhkar tera guitar nahi toda. Wo to bas tujhe un badmash ladko se bacha rahe the. Tujhe unhe thanks bolna chahiye aur tu ulta unhi par chilla rahi hai."Shreya said scolding sweety.

"Mujhe un badmasho se bacha rahe the, aise? Itna Tod for karke, itni maar peet aur violence. di aapko pata hai na mujhe violence bilkul pasand nahi. Aur koi mere guitar ko hath bhi lagaye to main bardasht nahi kar pati, aur aapke daya sir ne to mere guitar ke tukde tukde kar diye."She said glaring at daya who was standing there cursing his luck.

"Sweety... Tu galat samajh rahi hai.."Shreya tried to make her understand but sweety glared daya once again and left from there angrily.

Nikhil saw her going."kamaal ki ladki hai shreya ki cousin. Lagta hai shreya isse bahut pyar karti hai. To agar sweety ko impress kar liya jaye to shayad meri baat ban sakti hai. Kabhi guitar bajana sikha tha, shayad aaj hi ke din kaam aane ke liye"He thought and smiled at himself.

Daya felt bad with sweety's behavior and her harsh words. Shreya too was feeling bad for daya. They exchanged glances but said nothing and got busy in their investigation.

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A/N: extremely sorry guys, for such a delayed update, I was too busy.

So, the three officers have planned to impress the three ladies of shreya's family. And all of them hate daya in some or other way. Lets see…kavin, sachin aur nikhil kya karne wale hain ab. Kiski hogi jeet aur kiski hogi haar.

Shreya have started feeling for daya, lekin dareya ki story aage kaise badhegi..ye sab janne ke liye..keep reading…

Love you all…

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