Meri Jaan

Chapter 1

'LET'S GIVE IT A TRY'

A normal day inside a luxurious mansion comes in the view. The members of the family doing their regular tasks.

The head of the family, Ajay Pratap Singh Rathore walks towards the dining table, all set with the breakfast of the day. He was strict and disciplined man and after the death of his wife some years ago, the dominance of these traits was more prominent.

Yashwant and Chandra Rathore too get settled on their seats. The plates got served and just then Aashay the younger son of the house arrives from behind of Akshat at the stairs who was coming downstairs.

The younger ones got settled and wished everyone a good morning.

Soon everyone started having their meal with a few business talks thrown here and there by Yashwant and Ajay.

Suddenly a sentence caught Akshat's ears as Yashwant spoke.

"Maine ek ladki dekhi h Akshat ke liye. She will be perfect for him and being the daughter in law of Rathores." Akshat's face shot up listening to this. He stayed quite waiting for the conversion to end and get the chance to speak his wish.

"Kise chuna h? Thik toh chuna h na?" Ajay asked in his authoritative voice.

"Ji papa, Mr. Rao yaad hain aapko, jinke baare mein maine shekhar ki shadi se aakar bataya tha? Prabhav Rao hai unka naam, unki iklauti beti h. I think she is a perfect match." Ajay
hummed in approval of his choice.

"Maine parson ke liye socha h to fix a meeting with them. What's say? Kya kehte ho Akshat?" Frozen Akshat shook his head and spoke, "I'll- I'll tell you by the evening."

"Milne mein kya burai h, bohot acchi ladki h, izzatdaar gharaane se hai, perfect toh h, jaisa maine bataya!?" Yash exclaimed.

Akshat clenched his jaw and fisted his palms to control his emotions and said, "ji dad maine suna, mai batata hun shaam tak."

"Rishta accha hai, hamein koi aitraaz ni h." Ajay said to no one in particular, but Akshat did get what he was trying to say.

"I'm done. Thanks." Akshat left wishing everyone for his office.

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AKSHAT'S POV
AT OFFICE

I entered my cabin after attending two meetings and signing deals. Sighing i thought that, oh god, did you see what happened in the morning? Like what was that?! My muscles tensed up thinking about all that, but after a lot of thoughts swarming up in my head i decided i will meet her and guess i didn't have an option to start with.

The knock on the door got me out of my thoughts and Ahaan, my personal secretary came in as i allowed.

"Sir, the clients are here!"
Taking a breath a stood up, "yeah sure, go ahead mai aata hun."

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The office time came to an end and i was off to go back to my home. House actually. I don't feel like home there. But I don't even want to leave because dadi wanted me to stay.

AUTHOR'S POV

"Sab thik karna dadi please, bhagwaan se kehna ab sab thik ho please. Mai Uss ghar mein rehne ki poori koshish karunga dadi par mujhe agar aapka kaha chhodkar jaana pade toh mujhe maaf kar dijiyega please." He remembered his dadi, also prayed to God and left for his place.