Hola People! Hope you are doing fine.. So this time I came here with an OS on Avneil.. Last day in the newspaper I came across the news of a single father and how after a long time he got united with his new born twins.. So thought of trying the plot on Avneil.. Hope you will like it.. And those who are waiting for 'Saath Chalna Yunhi', I will soon update that.. Please tap on the star button below and share your feedback through the comment section.. Looking forward to your response.. Silent readers please ek vote daal dena!
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Hey, This  is Neil Khanna.. Yes, you guessed it right.. I am the one who make it every second day in the Forbes list of rich man in and around  the globe for being the most successful business tycoon.. But my  personal life  had been a  mystery   to the prying eyes of the media and a question which I have been successfully dodging for a long span of time.. Maybe I am being blessed with lots of cuss words from you people for this. *smiles*

So today I thought of lifting up my 'MounVrat' on this 'India wants to Know wala Question'. Let me start it from the scratch and in the meantime you Guyz tie your seat belts tight to witness another version of Neil Khanna..

I have been known to the world as a rich, arrogant robotic person, devoid of any human emotion, and the one who can spend hours engrossed in the thick pile of files. True that I am a workaholic person but that had always acted as my avenue of diversion from problems.. But this weird NK also has a sweet family backing him through his thick and thin..

My bebe, my loving grandmother, my secret keeper, my best friend-the person who I can always bank upon whenever I am confused about life. Next comes my mom, the one whose warm touches on my head calms every nerve and her lap is the most safest place I can hide myself in.. Though her weird nickname "Tillu" irks me at times but still she always make it upto me with her yummy dishes and ofcourse her world famous champi,the ultimate stress reliever.. Then comes my Dad, Mr prakash Khanna,my inspiration, the one who showed me light through the darkest lane of life.. This man has been the tree whose support has kept me afloat in the problems of life.

Life with this three was good till I entered the top business school in Mumbai by grabbing the first rank-A step towards my dream,my family's dream.

There I met a girl named Mihika Sen. She had been my junior in school who I had came across a couple of times during cultural fest but never got the chance to interact. I guess destiny had better plans for us.. We bonded with each other on the very first day and eventually fell in love..Her father was my father's childhood friend, so both the families gelled up really quick, giving a green signal to our relationship.. Immediately after completion of our studies we got hitched in a private affair with the love and blessings of our families. Life after marriage both personally and professionally ran on good tracks till our 2nd anniversary..We have been trying for a baby since long but the situation was not in our favour. Every morning I found her curled up in bed or sitting on the toilet seat, with a pale tear strained face and the pregnancy kit in her hand.

We decided to visit the doctor with the hope for a recovery but little did we knew what was awaiting  us.. The words of the doctor still keeps ringing in my ear-"Sorry Mr Khanna but your wife is unfitted to conceive a child. She is physically too weak for this and even though in future she becomes pregnant, it will be fatal for her health.. Take care of her cause in this moment, she needs your care and love."

Mihika was shattered to pieces and so was me..This news affected our relation as well.. She grew cranky and short tempered.. Often we used to fight on unnecessary issues and the beautiful bond of marriage seemed more of a forceful bond to both of us.. I started spending more time within the four walls of my office.. Trust me that corporate  building gave me more peace than my own room could.. I felt suffocated..

But suddenly one day we got the news that Me and Mihika  are pregnant.. I didn't knew whether I should be happy for this or should I be worried for Mihika and the baby to come.. Mihika knew about the doctor's warning but she was adamant to have the baby.. I tried to make her understand but it lead to worse fights between us.. On her 4th month , Mihika got a sharp pain in her abdomen and we rushed her to the hospital. And after a prolonged battle between life and death, Mihika breathed her last.. I lost my unborn child and My loving wife..

I stood on the brink of something I couldn't put into words. The weight of everything seemed to press upon my shoulder  and I struggled to take a single step forward.. Yet I tried but the more I moved, the more the pain grew, the more darkness engulfed me in its greyish blanket. Tears? They were long forgotten.

My rivals took this as an opportunity and started spreading rumours that I murdered my wife. This was the last nail in the coffin.. I locked myself up in the room and rarely interacted with anyone.
After many days of trial, finally I came around with the support of my family fit and fine.. Not that I have forgotten everything but I tried to plaster a fake happiness for the sake of my family..

But it  seemed God had more things in store for me.. One fine day, I came across a leaflet lying on my couch, unattended and in a dismayed condition. It was on 'surrogacy' , something about which I had a rough idea. I did my share of research and then I contacted my childhood buddy Dr Karan Kapoor for further information. He said how surrogacy is becoming the new trend in the medical history by fulfilling the dream of many aspiring parents. The thought of having a child of  my own filled my otherwise void life with a feeling of hope.

Honestly, I was worried about my family's reaction and how will I break the news to them.. After Mihika, they wanted me to get remarried and start anew. And now in the midst of all this if I say I opt to become a single parent, how will they react? But to my utter surprise, they agreed making me feel blessed for having such an understanding family..

I informed my decision to Karan and together we started searching for a donor. After coming across many mothers, I met a girl.. Her name was Avni.. She was a girl of 24 or 25 as I guessed that time with a way too lean figure. Her body was an abstract sculpture of bones, thinly wrapped in parchment skin. Soft wisps of her black hair swept past her ears, caressing her creamy white skin on her cheeks, neck, jaw and her eyes - the most attractive part among her features.. Ever since she entered the room, she was looking down but I could sense a fear, a nervousness that surrounded the beautiful soul.. And when she looked up and we had an eye contact , I could read those suffering, loneliness, pain - all kind of deep seated emotions that she has hidden in her eyes.

She was a mystery, a deep mystery. I could hear my instinct screaming that yes she is the one.. After few medical tests which were needed, both of us signed the dotted lines on the contact papers.

Months passed and now Avni is 6 months pregnant with my little heart growing in her womb.. Initially she said that she can manage on her own but me and my family continously insisted her to stay with us and she hesitantly agreed. The reason being two-I don't want to miss the stages of my little baby's growth, and secondly I felt an unknown attraction towards Avni. I felt myself at peace, whenever she was around. Could you believe if I say, Neil khanna started spending for time in home with her family rather than those bunch of files? Weird Right!

I was Changing, May be for good.. Avni was changing me. I enjoyed her late night cravings, her demands for late night walks on the empty streets of the city, and her jump between being a mature woman in a moment and an unmature child on the other .. Yeah yeah Mai janta hu ki yeh Mood Swings hai..Despite all this, I knew there was  a long story that Avni was hiding behind  those smiles. I never forced her but I want to be the healer of her wounds.I wanted to break the wall that she has built around her..

One fine day, we went to Worli Sea Link  which happened to be her favourite place in Mumbai. Both of us sat there in silence gazing on the waves that kissed the boulders with the star studded sky above it. Suddenly I felt my muscular arms being wrapped with the soft ones of her and her head rested on my broad shoulders.

I was shocked as it happened for the very first time but I knew she needed me to nurture her soul. My hands landed on her silky hair and started caressing them.

Flashback :

"Neil", Avni muttered softly, audible only to her immediate audience.

"Yes, Avni. Tumhe kuch chahiye? Tabiyat theek hai na yah Phir you are again feeling uneasy."

"No I am alright. Mujhe tumse kuch kehena hai.."

"Haa bolo Avni." I knew she was opening up, the thing which I have waited for long.

"Tum humesha se janna chahete theh na ki why I am reserved, kyun mai khud ko sabse chupa ke rakhti hu but Neil mai humesha se aisi nahi thi.. Yeh Duniya ne mujhe bana diya, halat ne mujhe tor diya.
Meri bhi ek family thi - Ma, Papa aur ek chota sa bhai.. Meri papa ek private company mai job karte theh aur usise humara guzara ho jata tha.. Shayed ek luxurious life nahi tha  par ek sukoon tha, pyar tha.. Sab kuch sahi Jaa raha tha mere 10th bday tak-It was the most cursed day of my life. Ek car accident mai I lost my brother and dad. I felt I lost my world..  Meri Maa toot gayi thi Neil, she went Numb, she neither cried nor she spoke anything. She sat in one corner of room holding our family frame. Aur uss bakt ek das saal ki Bachhi baas apna happy family toote huea dekhti gayi. Usse pata nahi tha ki woh apne ma ko sambhale yah Phir papa aur bhai ko khone ka gaam mai roye.

Kuch dino baad Ma aur Mai ek dusre ke liye  jeene  lage. Hum Guwahati chor diye and we shifted to Pune. Waha pae ek chota sa flat rent leke rehene lage. Mumma started working in a local parlour. Jitna paisa woh kamati thi aur papa ke savings se humara ghar chalta tha.. Par shayed bhagwan ko meri aansu sabse zyada pyaari thi.. My mom, the only family I had was diagonised with breast cancer and she was in her last stage.. She had only a couple of days to live  and she wanted me to get married so that I can be happy and safe in her absence.. Mere liye yeh sab itna achanak tha na Neil ki mai kya karu samaj nahi aya..

Neil mai tab 20 saal ki thi..Mere bhi kuch sapne theh jisse jeene ke chah dil ke kisi kone mai rehe gaya.. I got married to a stranger, who was the son of my father's best friend. Till 7 - 8 months life seemed good with my new family, my husband and in-laws were nice people.. But again destiny played its cruel game, my husband lost his job and being unable to bare the frustration he took away his life. At that time I was pregnant with our first child. Sabko laga I was the one who was responsible. I was tortured by my in laws both physically and mentally. They accused me that the baby I was having in my womb belong to some other person and probably my husband knew about that..

Neil mai nirdosh thi par  the rebellious Avni in me was dead.The new submissive me kept on accepting the pain silently.. Depression has cast a gloom all over my inner soul and I began to ruminate on the fact that maybe the flaw lies in me.. They showed me no mercy..

Par ek din achanak, they tried to burn me alive and that was the day I broke all ties with them.. Maine ghar chor diya. I left everything.. I was 5 months pregnant then.. Iss seher mai mera koi apna nahi tha, mai nahi janti thi ki mujhe kaha jana chahiye.. Achanak my Lower abdomen started paining immensely  and whole of my saree got blood cladded.. Kuch log mujhe hospital leke gaye and there I got the news that I lost the last hope of my existence, I lost my baby, I couldn't save the innocent life in me,I was shattered.. At that point of time, Ali, my childhood buddy who worked  in that hospital, helped me out of that depressing state.. He took me to his home, where he lived with his wife and one year old daughter. Had it been not them, I would have ended my life.. Soon after some days, I shifted to Mumbai with the excuse that I got a job, however, the reality was I didn't wanted myself to be a burden on them. I came here and saw a torn leaflet stating about surrogacy..

My mind at that time was numb. I didn't knew what I was doing.. I called on that number and after few days I was asked to visit the office.. Iske baad ka toh apko pata hai! "

She paused for a second.. The tears that she was long holding back trailed down her cheeks. Neil held her close and kept her head on his chest letting her pour out the emotions.

After a few seconds when he felt she was okay Neil asked " Avni, ghar chale? I think it's late!"

"Neil" Avni held his hand, "Meri taraf dekho"..

Neil :"Kya hua Avni?" he said while looking everywhere but her. He knew one look at her face and he will surely break down. He knew something was definitely disturbing her but never ever in his dreams had he imagined that she has such an excruciating past life.

Avni :" Yeh aansu", she wiped the drop of tear that landed on his cheeks.  "Rona toh mujhe chahiye par tum mere gam mai aansu baha rahe ho? Aisa kyun?"

Neil :"Itne andhero mai bhi tumne meri aansu pehchan liye na Avni?"  he looked straight into her eyes, letting it witness the strong woman sitting infront of him..

Neil :"Agar mai ek sawal puchu tumse, sach sach jawab dogi?"

Avni :"Aur nahi di toh?" she giggled..

Neil :"Nahi di toh humari love story adhuri rehe jayegi!"
His answer startled her and she snapped her eyes towards him.. The eyelock they shared spoke loads more than words can ever express.. The Hazel brown orbs of his showed an essence of love and warmth.. And her deep beautiful eyes were heavy with unshed tears.. Their soul longed for each other..

Neil :"Avni duniya mujhe kahi Saare nam o se bulate hai. Mai rude hu, Mai selfish hu, mujhe emotions ki kadar nahi, mujhe family ka meaning nahi pata, mujhe Sirf paiso se pyaar hai.. Par Avni kisine mere andar chupe hua ek dari, sehmi si Neil khanna ko nahi dekha.. Haa sahi suna tumne 'The Neil Khanna ' is a nervous person in real life.. He is afraid to loose his family, he is freaking afraid to loose his loved one,he is freaking afraid to face this society..

But Avni tum peheli Insaan thi after Mihika passed away who saw the real Neil khanna behind this Fake one aur tumhi woh peheli Insaan thi jisne mujhe as Neil  jeena sikhaya, not as Neil Khanna,the corporate climber . Mai badalne laga hu Avni aur mujhe yeh badalna behyad pasand hai.. Mere andar ka daar tumne nikala hai..

I know I have no right to stop you and make you stay with me forever, par Avni I can't hold my feelings for long.. I LOVE YOU Avni. "

Avni stood still. Her brain took some time to register the words.. Was she dreaming? The person whom she felt for but was afraid to confess, is right here blurting out his feelings.. She knew this is wrong, she knew the society will again give her names for trapping a rich man but her heart knew that this time, may be for the first time she was taking the right decision for herself.

Avni :"Neil! Ek time tha jab mujhe samaj kya kehta hai usse takleef hota tha and honestly maine jab yeh way chose kiya to earn my living, I was afraid.. Par Neil tumne aur tumhari Family ne itna pyaar diya, shayed mujhe kabhi mumma papa ki kami feel hi nahi hui.. One side of heart knew that I have to leave this place sooner or later whereas the other one hoped kash mai yaha humesha rehe pati.. Neil I don't know if its wrong or right but aaj peheli baar mai khud ke liye Sochna chahungi. I really want to grow older with you.. I Love you Neil. "

Both of their vision got blurred as streams of tear gushed down their cheeks.. Neil embraced her in his arms and they close their eyes.. Both their breath were shaking..

" Thank You " Avni said..

" For what? "Neil muttered. His voice low and husky.

" For accepting this broken girl ",her voice wavers, exhilarated from the tension between them. He pulled her closer and their lips met - sealing the magic moment with its charm.. His warmer lips caused wonders on her softer ones and a euphoric bliss wrapped their souls.. A sermon of peace careesed their wounds..

Flashback ends

Soon after our confession, we sat their in silence. Neither she spoke, nor me. Two broken souls have now found their missing puzzle..
After Mihika's death, I thought I won't remarry, let alone falling in love. Though I am not a fan of Romantic Pieces, but I have heard people saying Love transcends all limits and It can happen any time any where, may be for a second time.. Yes, I got my love once again.. God certainly had better plans for me and me being a selfish kid kept on blaming him for my past wounds. Won't you ask me the best thing about Avni? She never tried to snatch Mihika's place from my life. Mihika will forever be my first wife and first love but Avni is my best friend, my soul mate.. No one can take her place from my life. Okay okay enough of my wife's praising.. Zaida karungi toh meri beautiful wife ko nazar lag jayegi..

You must be wondering why all of a sudden today I chose to narrate my love life.. Its because today me and Avni got married with the blessings of our family and after some hours, she will delivering our first sign of love. Amazing right! Right now, I m sitting outside the OT, waiting for the doctor to come out and congratulate me with the best words a person can hear "Congratulations Mr khanna.. You have been blessed with a healthy baby and both the mother and baby are doing fine.."

Hope my love story didn't bore you people and I hope you liked this new Neil khanna - 'Avni ki Neilu' as she likes me to be addressed. Keep me, my wife and our little baby in your prayers so that we can handle this new responsibility of parenthood well..

So signing off,

With love
Neil Khanna..

After typing the last word, Neil slipped the phone in his pocket and rested his back on the sofa in the waiting room.. His eyes fixed on the red light of the operation theatre, waiting eagerly to hold his baby and his wife in his arms - and together embark on a journey of happiness..

Kaisa laga? Zaida bore toh nhai kiya na! Okay so anyone up for an AdIza OS /TS? If interested then stay tuned!