MAHATAB

MUMBAI MERI JAAN

Dhananjay's POV

I wake up to the sound of my alarm.
Turning it off, I get off the bed and head to my ensuite bathroom to freshen up and start my day by hitting the gym.

After training for 2 hours me and Abhimamnyu(My annoying ass cousin and best friend) head out. We go to the nearby Cafe and grab our morning coffee and catch up on each other's life. Even though we are best friends, these days we don't see each other much as I am busy working on a high profile case and he's busy with his new job as the Senior resident .

I look at the watch and see the time it's 9 am already, which means I have to head home now if I want to make it to breakfast on time, otherwise my mother will have my head.

Since it's a Sunday so we have family breakfast every week at 10:30 am . It is made mandatory by mom that all of her children have breakfast with her on Sunday as we all are so busy , this way she can spend time with us and also learn about new developments in our life. Don't get me wrong , I love our family breakfast but ever since I've turned 28 (that is 2 months ago ) , my mother has been pestering me about getting married .

To the world she's the strict and poised director of the Mittal hospital and college but to us she's the most loving and annoying mother.
She has found creative ways to set me up with girls from her social circle, one time she pretended to have had an emergency at the hospital so that I can drop her friend's daughter home. This woman I tell you , she has my best interest at heart but her ways aren't always the best.

It's not that I don't want to get married , I too want to have a family like my parents but all the girls I've met till now are all attracted to me because of my money or the power that my family holds. I don't believe i can fall in love even though growing up I have seen love all around me but I've honestly never had someone love me that way (romantically).I was in a relationship in high school (my first and last relationship) I thought she loved me for me and not because I am' Dhananjay Mittal' but I was proven wrong and ever since then I haven't really been interested in anyone as it is difficult to figure out people's true intentions ,so I stay away from them.

I reach home and head to my room to take a bath and get ready for the day .
By the time I am ready it's 10 05 already so I head out of my house.
My house is a 25 minute drive from my parents house. I get in my Ashton Martin and head for my childhood home.
I reach the Mittal Niwas (Mansion) and park my car and head to the dining room, I am greeted by my entire family . I go and touch my dadu's and dadi's feet first and give them each a hug.
Then I meet my parents and siblings and sit at the table.
Today mum's made Poha (my favorite and a staple jain breakfast), along with Kachori, sandwiches and orange juice tea and coffee.
Mum has also soaked seven almonds for each of us .
Inspite of her busy schedule my mom takes out time for our family and cooks for us every Sunday, it's been like this for as long as I can remember.
I take the soaked almonds first and then take the poha.
During breakfast no one brings out the topic of marriage which is a relief , Apart from the occasional bickering between Rohit and Shaira , the breakfast is uneventful.

After our breakfast we move to the living area , where every Sunday we spend time together as a family. Sunday is a family day and no matter how busy anyone is everyone shows up on Sunday.
It's almost noon , I was sitting with dadu and discussing something when I hear mom ask Rohan , when is Yuvika coming? to which he responds her train was supposed to leave at 12 noon and she'll text him when her train leaves, hearing her name my ears perk up.

Yuvika is my brother's best friend, they have been inseparable since their first day of medical college and now they are finally interns after a stressful fourth year, their result came 3 days ago and Yuvika topped the University again and Rohan was the second topper.
From what I have observed Yuvika is a reserved person unless she's with Rohan or my family , she is another person altogether when she is with my family but for some reason she is reserved around me and doesn't speak much but with Rohan she's a complete chatter box.
I see a hand waving in front of me and that brings me out of my rambling , I look up to see Dadu and Abhimanyu (when did he get here?) Smirking at me , Abhi sits beside me and whispers to Dadu:
" Dekh rahe ho nanu aap , bhabhi ka naam sunte hi unke khalayon mai kho gye janab"
( Nanu look at your whipped grandson After hearing Yuvika's name , he's lost in her thoughts only .")

I glare at them and say aisa kuch nhi hai ,
Bua comes next to dadu and asks kya nhi hai?
I say kuch nhi Bua aapka beta pagal ho gaya hai and I glare at abhi , that shuts him up .

Both Abhi and dadu love to tease me with Yuvika's name because one time my stupid brother had a fight with her and left her stranded somewhere in the rain and I had to pick her up and she was trembling and shaking from cold and that day Rohan earned an earful from me, Ever since that day , Dadu and Abhi think I have feelings for her as they've never seen me so concerned about anyone who's not family.

"I don't know if it's love or not but I do feel a pull towards her and I am attracted to her big beautiful brown eyes."

I am brought back from my thoughts when I hear my phone ring, Checking the caller ID I see it's Mrs. Mridula , my housekeeper. I get up and excuse myself to take the call because Mrs.Mridula wouldn't have called if it wasn't urgent as this is my private cell and only Mrs. Mridula apart from my family has this number.

I answer the call and Mrs. Mridula apologizes for calling me on Sunday as she knows how important Sundays are to our family.
I ask her what's the emergency and she says : There's been an attempted trespassing at my house and the culprit has been caught
I tell her I am on my way and cut the call.

I go inside and tell my family that something has come up and I need to leave , Mum gives me a disapproving look and I tell her it's urgent.
Abhi says he's coming with me , I nod at him and he gets up and we both leave for my house.

Well that was chapter 2 folks , tell me how did you like it ?
And what do you think of Dhananjay.
Don't forget to comment and vote.
I'll see you in the next one .
Ni🖤