Devakshi FF: Reaching Out

Chapter 5

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Sonakshi couldn't believe her luck.

Out of all the people in this whole wide world, that man had to be Devrath Dixit. Her landlord. But then she wasn't surprised. Her luck was terrible. These things were not new to her. And once again, her luck had pushed her into an extremely annoying situation. As she yelled at her luck in her mind, Tina said, "Achha Sir, Dr. Bose, main chalti hoon. Aap log baatein kijiye." With that Tina conveniently escaped having no idea about the situation she was leaving these two people in.

Sonakshi internally screamed at Tina to stay a bit longer, but outside she didn't say a word. Even though Tina had left five minutes ago, neither Dev nor Sonakshi moved from their places. They were both looking at each other but there was pin drop silence. Every second Sonakshi's apprehension increased slightly and at one point she thought that she would explode out of tension. Not being able to take it anymore she began, "Dekhiye Mr. Dixit-" But Dev didn't let her finish what she was saying. He took a step forward towards Sonakshi, with that same calculative look in his eye and Sonakshi immediately snapped her mouth shut. "Toh aap hai Dr. Bose." Dev spoke in that same calm, ice-cold tone she had heard him use at the restaurant.

Sonakshi wanted to make a run for the door but she would never let him realise that. She squared her shoulders and said, "Haan. I am Dr. Sonakshi Bose. Nice to meet you" and she extended her hand for him to shake it. If somebody saw Sonakshi at this moment they would think that she was extremely confident and not the least bit intimidated by the man in front of her. But only the people who knew her like the back of their hand would figure out that it took her a lot of courage to do what she was doing then. Dev look at her hand once and then looked back up at her face. Then slowly took her hand and shook it. But his grip on her hand was firm. Like steel. Sonakshi knew there was no escape now.

Continuing to grip her hand he said, " Is this a habit of yours? Ki aap kisiko pehli baar milke hi unsey jagdha karte hai? By assuming things?" Though Dev's face was impassive Sonakshi knew that it was a taunt thrown at her. And rightly so. She shouldn't have reacted like that. So she took a deep breath and said, "Dekhiye, I'm sorry. Uss din jo hua, ussey bhool jaiye." Dev loosened his grip on her hand and said, "Yeh bhi aapki habit hi hogi, kyunki kisisey bhi milkey uspar chillane ke baad apko apologise toh karna ho hota hoga, hai naah?" Sonakshi's anger flared, "Mr. Dixit, mujhsey ekbaar galti hui hai. Ussey aap kaise judge kar saktey hai ki meri personality kaisi hai?" Dev took a step back and picked up a file that he had left on the table. "Theek waise hi jaise aapney mere barey me assume kiya tha Dr. Bose." Sonakshi gaped at him. This man was something else.

Sonakshi always had this idea that because she was a psychiatrist, she always had a upper hand when she met people. She could read them, quite easily. So she always knew how to behave with them. But here, that was not the case at all. This man had come right up and caught her off guard. Everytime she met him, her analysis would be proven wrong. That had never happened before and it irked her greatly. Two encounters and she knew that Mr. Devrath Dixit was an entirely new ballgame altogether. And for once, she didn't know how to play it.

As Dev made his way towards the staircase he told Sonakshi, "Main subah jaldi office jata hoon and raat ko der se aata hoon." Stopping in front of the staircase he turned to Sonakshi and said, "Beheter yahi hoga ki aap apney life me busy rahey and main apney. I don't like disturbances." Sonakshi furrowed her brows in irritation and said, "Mujhey bhi aapke kaam me dhakal dene ka koi shauk nahin hai. It's better that we stay out of each other's way." Dev narrowed his eyes, "Exactly. Mujhey khushi hui ki aapko baat ek baar me hi samajh me aa gayi. Nahin toh pata nahin iske baarey me bhi aap kya kya soch leti aur phir chillati." Sonakshi had this immense urge to pick up the vase nearest to her and throw it at Dev. But she took a deep breath and calmed herself, while Dev observed her. Then he turned around and climbed up the stairs. Halfway up he stopped again and said, "Aur haan Dr. Bose!"