PART III

Meanwhile, in Khanna mansion, Avni was wondering what was happening in the station. Did she unintentionally put  Neil into a real embarrassing situation?  After all, being embarrassed in front of your family and in front of your colleagues were two very different things! She thought to herself ' ab kya? Jo ho gaya so ho gaya,  jyad se jyada wo bohot naaraaz hoga ; to mana lungi!'

That evening, when neil returned,  nothing seemed out of ordinary. He came in and didn't show any sign of anger or irritation. He simply came in, and told her " avni, please ek cup coffee bana do, me freshen up ho jata hu." she nodded at him and went to prepare the coffee.

Neil went upto their room, quickly changed into his track pants and waited by the door for any hint of his wife's appearance. As soon as he heard the footsteps, he quickly and rather comically, went to the opposite side of their room and stood in front of  the window, his back facing the door and glued his phone to his ear. Pretending to be on a call he spoke, rather clearly " ha bhaiya, 25 red roses. Long stemed. Dekhna fresh honey chahiye. Roses uske favourite hai!"

Avni heard him and thought to herself ' roses!25! Strange. Shayad mere liye ho. How sweet. Par mere favourite to lilies hai. Shayad bebe k liye! Par... bebe ko to orchids pasand hai. Pata nai kya chalta rehta hai iske dimag me.'

She cleared her throat and gave him the coffee mug, while he quietly kept his phone back into his pocket. He took the mug without acknowledging her, went to the sofa, opened his laptop and started working. 

Not being able to hold back anymore, avni asked him " office me din kaisa tha?"

He didn't even lift his eyes from the screen and replied " regular, kuch khaas nahi."

Avni was a little taken aback by this utter nonchalance. She was expecting anger or irritation. But what she got was a big fat zero. Nada. She thought to herself ' dd se poochu ki mera prank work kiya kya. Nahi, awkward ho jayega.'

Neil thought ' aur soch me doobo wifey, tumpar prank karne k liye kuch bada hi socha hai mene. Chote mote pranks karna neil khanna ka style nai hai.'

***** 

That night when avni returned to their room after changing her clothes, she found neil sitting on their bed continuously typing on the pgone. She asked him once or twice but all she got were vague responses. Tired, she slept beside him and looked at him once, and wondered ' kal raat k baad, aese kyu behave kar raha hai ye, ek kiss to chodo, dekha tak nai mujhe' she gave an audible sigh and Closed her eyes. 

Neil saw her and thought ' wifey, text to me dd ko kar raha hu kaam ke silsile me, par tumhe pata nai lagne dunga!' he said to her "good night,wifey" and she mumbled one back. She placed her hand on his stomach and decided to sleep.  

When half an hour later, neil was still texting, she decided she had had enough.  " so jao na neil, kab tak phone me ghuse rahoge?"

He pretended he didn't hear her and said " tum soi nai ab tak?" without taking his eyes from the phone.

Not getting the attention she deserved,  and getting angrier by the minute, she removed her hand from his waist, turned to the opposite side and slept. 

Seeing her like this, for once neil thought that it was enough. He could be cuddling with her right now. But then he was rather enjoying making her angry too. She looked so pretty when she was angry. ' ye to bas shuruwat hai wifey' he thought.  He closed his phone. Made sure it had a password on it, and slept too.

*****

Next morning, when avni was in the bathroom neil did 2 things

1) he took out a shirt, similar to the one he was wearing, from the cupboard and placed it in his office bag

2) he removed the magazine,  yes the same magazine which was on his office table, and placed it on the coffee table of his room.

He was going to take 1 step at a time. Part 2 of his plan was in action

He smirked at his own self and said: "get ready wifey,you have no idea what is coming up for you?"

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That is it for today guys.

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