Chapter 76 Her past 5

Just then they heard a knock on the door and a person entered through those doors. He was a one fair and a lean guy who is in his early thirties. He looked more like an English man than Indian. Uday and Abhi continued their talk without looking up to him. The man strode towards Abhi and bowed "Good morning boss". He also greeted Uday and the latter nodded in reply to him. Abhi asked without looking up from his laptop "Why were you late John ?". "I am sorry boss. I went to that office to pick up some files regarding something". The man named John again bowed his head and stood next to him. Uday was concerned about Abhi’s popularity being tarnished for this so he continued "But you can’t be reckless, we don’t want others to know about your other identity. You don’t have to involve in it directly." Abhi nodded his head and didn’t say anything, seeing this Uday understood that he shouldn’t continue more not atleast then. He thought he will explain him again later. Abhi asked casually without looking up "So why Manu was so tired and I heard she wasn’t attending college either nowadays". Uday leaned back on the couch casually "Since when did you start gossiping ?" Abhi gave an annoyed looked and Uday smiled mischievously "Don’t tell me that the cold hearted prince is now interested in my personal life." Abhi didn’t reply and continued with his work. Uday gave up and said "As you know I was on leave for the past two days and I made up for all the days as livung as a monk, when I was busy searching for that ba$#@d, I didn’t even get to go home for a few days". Abhi smiled a little and he continued "So did you find him ?" Uday nodded his head with a proud expression on his face and said "when did I ever miss a target?". Abhi nodded again and after a few minutes he looked as if he wanted to discuss something with Uday. Uday was working on his laptop too and was busy noting down something on a piece of paper. John went to his cabin to get back to his work which was just opposite to the reception table. Abhi put down his pen from his hands and said looking at Uday, "Gouthami is coming to Mumbai and she will be here tomorrow night." Uday widened his eyes to hear it "what... I mean why?" Abhi hummed to him said "I think you were so full of yourself that you did to get to observe the face of Rahul this morning". Uday thought for a moment, and Abhi continued "I don’t want her to stay at our place because Shri might feel uncomfortable and tobe frank I am a bit worried about her rude behavior." Uday listened to his friend and Abhi continued "So I thought it would be better if Rahul and Gouthami stay at our new apartment, that way they can also have some privacy and can solve their issues on their own" Uday nodded his head and just then they heard a knock on the door and Naveen entered the room wearing his usual black suit. He greeted both of them and sat on the single seater sofa opposite to Uday. Abhi also came and sat next to Uday on the couch. "Boss you asked me to come here ?" Naveen looked a little bit tired but he looked as handsome as ever. "I heard that you are also in love but your love story is bothering my women so much.Take care of it". Abhi straight away came to the point. Uday was silent and after hearing what Abhi said "What ? you are also in love. Who is that lucky girl ?" Naveen was silent as if he was thinking something and Uday asked "wait ... why is it bothering Shriya ?" Abhi said "because she is Shri’s friend, so she is bothered about her friend". Uday said a long "Ohhhh" and all three of them are silent for a while. Uday was trying to understand the love story, Naveen trying to analyze the situation and thinking about what to do next. Uday said after a while "Congrats bro. But who exactly is she ?" and Abhi replied "The other girl who was silent beside that crazy girl". Uday said "Really. I don’t remember, but anyhow now Abhi don’t have to worry about Shri anymore as you will be there with her all the time because of your girl. " Naveen said with a guilty face "No Uday, it’s because of these feelings, I left my work two times once in restaurant when that ba$#@rd Vishnu messed with madam and the next time at the college entrance a stupid kid bullied madam". Uday said a long "oooooo", he looked concerned and said "forget about that. what happened is happened afterall nothing serious happened in these two incidents. Let the bygones be bygones. " Naveen looked at Abhi and Uday also followed his gaze but Abhi is busy checking his mails on his phone. Uday continued "Do what ever you want to do. Don’t loose your personal life because of work. Maintain both of them and balance them." Naveen was feeling guilty and he was also afraid that his boss might fire him or atleast give a scolding for being careless. But seeing Abhi silent he felt a bit relaxed and heaved a sigh in relief. Naveen nodded his head and left the room. Uday laughed and said "Ohh we have one more couple here". Abhi also smiled hearing this. * * * * * Shriya and Manvi spent the entire day together. Shriya asked Manvi curiously "why are you so tired lately and why aren’t coming to college ?". Manvi blushed hearing this and said "You already heard at the dinning table." "Yeah I heard." Shriya nodded her head feeling a little awkward. Manvi then looked at Shriya and said "Are you expecting me tell you the details?" Shriya was dumbfounded and responded shaking his head vigorously said "no ....no ...I didn’t mean that way." She didn’t know how to respond to her bold question and kept silent. Manvi looked at her and smiled mischievously "So, I can see you have a few doubts regarding this". Shriya looked at her and she felt embarrassed as if she was caught red-handed when she was stealing something. Manvi looked at her with a smile and said "no need to feel shy about anything. It’s not that we have committed a sin."