AFTERNOON

"i have reached home and i will...."sanskar was talking on phone as he entered inside his room but stopped at front seeing the situation.maids of the houses were sitting everyone in room,someone on floor,someone on bed with swara and all of them were completely immersed in movie which was playing on LCD on wall.their heads turned toward him when he opened the door and their face expressions changed.

All maids get up next instant and start leaving the room.

"good afternoon sir..."

"good afternoon sir..."

"good afternoon sir...."

every maid greeted before stepping out from room,sanskar looks at swara who was pausing the movie.sanskar cancels the call and closed the door when every maid left.

"what were they doing here?..."sanskar asked, while looking for a file on table.

"watching movie with me...."swara said in simple tone,making sanskar looked at her.

"don't look at me like this,i was getting bore and there is no fun to watch movie alone..."swara said and giggled a little seeing his face expressions.sanskar looks back at files,picks up one file and walks back toward door.swara stops him before he could open the door.

"don't scold them...."swara said and he looked at her,she gives him a small requesting smile.sanskar sighed and leaves from there.

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NIGHT

Swara knocks at sanskar's study door and opens it a little.sanskar gets surprise a little seeing her coming there and sign her to come.swara goes inside and sits on chair beside table.before she could have said anything,sanskar's mobile starts ringing.

"five minute....."sanskar said while looking at screen,swara nodded and he attended the call.swara starts waiting for his call to get finish but his call gets longer as he opened few files.swara shakes her head,picks up a pen and paper from his table,writes something on it and leaves.

Sanskar's call gets finished after sometime.he felt bad,seeing the empty chair then looks at paper and picks it up.

"TOMORROW I HAVE DANCE COMPETITION.....IF YOU CAN MAKE TIME THEN COME BEFORE 8,MEDIA WILL GET A NEWS IF YOU WILL NOT COME."

"dance competition?...."sanskar muttered in confused tone.

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NEXT DAY

"chachi i will not get late.....don't worry,i am coming"swara said on phone and was going to open door hurriedly when sanskar opens it from other side,swara staggers back as door strikes to her and she was going to fall down when sanskar holds her from waist quickly.swara holds his coat from shoulder in tight fists and looks at him with wild scared eyes.

Sanskar looks at her scare face and felt his heart beat increased.she was wearing beautiful pink dress.her hair were open with small bread on head which was making her very cute.they share a very long romantic eye-lock.

"breathe...."sanskar said with smile.swara blinks her eyes then takes as she had held it,sanskar smiles grew and he makes her stand carefully.

"i thought you will not come...."swara said while picking her mobile from ground.

"are you not getting late..."sanskar asked rather than giving her answer.swara looks at time on mobile and nodes vigorously.sanskar smiled.

"lets go...."

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Sanskar stops car and swara quickly comes out and closed the door and tried to walk hurriedly but stopped and looks back.her dress was stuck in door,she quickly moves back and attaches her back with car.Sanskar looks at her with quizzical eyes,for standing there.

"5 minutes....i am coming."swara said,he nodes and walks inside.swara quickly looks back and start pulling her dress.

"not here....not now"swara cursed on her dress while pulling her dress.she keeps on struggling to get it out when someone pats on her shoulder.swara looks back and her cheeks gets red seeing sanskar.

"you name is getting announced...."sanskar said in plain tone,insert key in key hole and opens the door.

"is it?..."swara asked in shocked tone,holds her lengha with both hands and runs inside.sanskar chuckled,closed the door and went inside.

Swara stands in middle of stage as lights went dim in hall and she dance beautifully on 'dewani mastani" song.(sanskar's condition think himself) after performance she sits between sanskar and her family(chachi,chachi,her brothers and cousin sisters).swara greets her family then gets sad,not seeing her father.sanskar notices this.

"what's wrong?..."sanskar asked,seeing her face getting dim.swara looks at him and shakes her head.

"nothing...."

sanskar keeps silent at her answer then looks at his wrist watch.

"i have important meeting...i will get going now."sanskar said,swara nodes at that,sanskar gets up,greets everyone and leaves.

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"chachi! 2nd position is also good...."swara keeps hand on her chachi's shoulder from back as she and her family walks out after ending of competition.chachi slaps on her hand,making her remove it.

"don't talk to me....i always got 1st position in every competition then how can you,my student can come 2nd."chachi said in scolding tone.

"chachi i didn't practice..."

"why didn't you practice?....do you think this competition is joke."chachi said and glares at her.swara opens her mouth to say something but her brothers(three) moves her behind them.

"how can you compare her with yourself...."her one brother(neil) asked in shocked tone.

"you are madhuri dixit of our family....."her second brother(kunj)asked.chachi gets happy at their praise while girls(swara's cousins and chachi's three daughters(ragini,kavita and pari) pressed their lips.

'by the way...how many competition you have won?"her third brother(vishal) asked.

"i am wining competitions from my childhood...."chachi said in proud voice.

"wah! wah!..."trio brothers said in loud voice.swara keeps hand on mouth.

"i was 16 when first time took part in competition at that time...."before she could have completed her sentence and boys started praising her.

"wah! wah!..."boy said again in loud voice,then released that they made mistake.

"you trio are making fun of me?..."chachi gives them death glare and forwards to take their class,trio quickly runs and hides behind swara.

"chachi chachi please...."swara said while protecting her naughty younger brothers.

"because of only you...they have become so mannerless."chachi glares at swara,for taking their side.swara smiles at that.

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NIGHT

Swara was preparing coffee for herself,late night when sanskar comes there and stops for a second,looks at his wrist watch then shook his head and moves toward cabinet to take out things to make coffee for himself.

"you are again not getting sleep..."sanskar asked while preparing coffee,standing beside her at very small distance.

"no...."swara said with the hint of sadness.

"why again?..."sanskar asked while looking at face deeply,swara released a suffering breath.

"my insomnia gets bed at new places or when i am tensed..."swara said in simple voice picks up her coffee mug and tried to leave when sanskar holds her wrist.

"why are you worried?..."sanskar asked in concerned tone.swara looks at his hand with which he was holding her wrist.he leaves it silently.

"my father is still upset from me..."swara said sadly,puts back mug on slab and laid against kitchen counter with both hands on her either sides.

"why is he upset?..."

"he didn't want me to do this contract marriage therefore...."

"your father knows that this marriage is business contract?...'sanskar asked in shocked tone.swara bites her tongue and looks at him.

"your coffee is boiling..."swara said quickly and fills his mug with coffee and tried to leave but sanskar holds her hand.

'don't you think there is something you should tell me..."sanskar said with narrowed eyes,swara looks at him with worried face then nodded slowly.

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Swara and sanskar were standing in terrace with coffee mugs in hand.

"who else know about it?..."sanskar asked while taking a sip of coffee.

"chacha ji..."swara said while biting her inner cheek.

"and?..."

"chachi..."

sanskar looks at her with glaring eyes,swara gives him a small sheepish smile.

"do you have a single idea....the more people will know it,there are more chances to get it leaked and what will happen it."

"how would i took such a big decision without my family consent?....."swara asked,annoyed with his glaring eyes.sanskar opens his mouth to say something but swara spoke before him.

"and more than you my family don't want this news to get leaked......"swara said while making cute pout.

"why are they so worried?....what loss will they get?"sanskar asked with raised eye brow.

"who will marry me after knowing that i agreed to do a contract marriage?...therefore they are worried."swara said,shakes her head a little and took a sip of her coffee.sanskar stares at her face for a long time.

"then why did you agreed for this contract...."sanskar asked in deep tone,swara looks at him and both share a long deep eye lock,trying to know each other from inside.

"why did you?.."swara asked instead of giving him answer.

"because of my business....it is my first priority."

"and my first priority is my family and mother needed this contract....."swara said while looking straight in his eyes then keeps cup on table and leaves from there.sanskar looks forward and thinks about swara.

"how did a girl like you got trapped in this hell...."sanskar muttered,feeling angry for unknown reason.

TO BE CONTINUED..........