Manmarziya

Chapter 4

Vishakha and Roop shared a look, gulping slowly Vishakha stepped forward feeling terror running down her body.

"Veer ji, this- ah- i... " Roop could not think of any excuse at the moment. It was like, this moment was the end of both of them. 

Yuvraj raised his eyebrows and at the same time Vansh  entered the room,

Vishakha opened her mouth to say something when Vansh interrupted her,

" No need to lie, we know what is 'that' doing in your room".

Yuvraj sighed and said,

" Tum dono ko kya lagta hai , abhi tak tum dono ka bhanda phuta kaise nahi" 

( what do you both think? how has this little secret of yours is not revealed yet?)

Both of them squinted their eyebrows ,then shared a look. Vishakha  could not help but ask,

" You knew about this veer ji?"

Keeping the ghungroo back in its place he replied, 

" I am your elder brother, I know what's going inside your minds- he looked at Roop and then at Vishakha- and in your hearts"

Vishakha immediately lowered her gaze. Vansh looked at her for a while but when she made eye contact with him, he looked away saying.

" Roop, Try to be careful. You both are saved because it's Yuvraaj who found it out here. suppose it had been someone else then? You both would have been dead by now. 

Yuvraj agreed saying " He is correct, if it had been someone else then god knows what would have happened.

"Veer ji" Roop called and Yuvraj looked at her 

" Are you both not angry at us?" 

" Why should we be?" he kept his hand on her head and continued

"Sirf ek kala hai, Gunah nahi, Lekin ye sirf hum samjhte hai , log nahi , "

( it's an art, not a crime.  we understand that but society does not )

After that, they all settled on their mattress and got ready to sleep.

Roop and Vishakha were on one mattress and Vansh and Yuvraj were on the other one placed a little away from the girls.

It was past midnight but sleep was nowhere near Vishakha. She kept tossing and turning, her mind was stuck on what Yuvraj told her.

"Even Yuvraj Veer ji knows", Vishakha thought to herself " But this Vansh is not ready to acknowledge it". she huffed and closed her eyes.

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Roop was helping her mother prepare lunch in the kitchen when Yuvraj entered the house asking for Kajri, the house help.

" What happened Yuvraj?" Sulekha asked Yuvraj and instructed Roop to call Kajri who was on the terrace with the bucket of cloths.

"Bua ji, New tenants are going to shift soon. The house needs a little cleaning "

Sulekha nodded and asked, " Who are they?".

Yuvraj shifted on his legs and smiled lightly " A Man and his daughter".

 Sulekha furrowed her eyebrows but nodded soon.

she offered him to have lunch there but he politely refused saying he had some work in the press.