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Neil walked out of the commissioner's cabin after putting down his papers or resignation. He had a sense of satisfaction and pride on his face when he came out as he was content with his decision and the work he has done for his nation being an able ACP.

Just when he was about to step outside the office, he heard few constables murmur about him from behind which made him stop from going further.

"Neil sir naukri chod rahe hai.. pata hai kyu? Kisi mission pe nakabil the kya ?" One of them asked another constable who replied,

"Arre nai uss ladki ki wajah se shayad... kabhi kabhi aati thi na station pe... sahab live in relationship mein the uske sath...na jaane kaise shadi ke bina ek hi ghar mein..." Before he could complete his sentence...Neil was standing right in front of him, glaring with wide eyes and this made him stop his gossip abruptly.

"Shinde...ek baat batao ? Mujhse aur mere relationship se kisi ko nuksaan hua hai kya? Mumbai police ko kisi bhi tarah ki takleef hui hai ? Ya phir bhukamp aa gaya hai just because mein ek ladki ke sath ek hi ghar mein reh raha hu bina shadi kiye?" Neil asked in a sarcastic manner almost screwing the hell out of his subordinates.

"Voh...eh...voh aisa nai...hai sir..." the constable stammered to speak.

"Toh kaisa hai batao ? Koi bhi apne marzi se apne tareeke se nai jee sakta kya? Na jaane kab aise gandi soch badlegi iss desh mein..!" Neil shrugged off in frustration and walked off towards his car.

He sat inside and banged on the steering...

"Aaj iss constable ka muh band kar liya...mom se lad bhi li...par kis kis ko samjahunga !! Ab bas my decision to move to Amsterdam was correct... yeh job relieving ka process aur visa ka mamla khatm hone ke baad toh ek minute bhi nahi rehna hai mujhe aur Avni ko yaha...!!" He mumbled to himself firmly and drove off towards Avni's office.

Upon reaching near her office, Neil called up Avni.

"Out of your office right now..." Neil spoke precisely without even saying a Hello and cut the call.

Avni knew the moment he spoke that he was absolutely irked with something... she just replied "5 mins..." and cut the call.

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Avni came down her office after 20 minutes...she ran across the road and got into the car panting heavily.

"Uff...god...so sorry baby. Just when I was about to leave, Zara got me to sign few more papers, it was urgent. Moreover, Lift was under maintenance so I ran down from the 8th floor...neeche aate hi security ramu kaka baat karne lage and u couldn't even dodge him in between...husshhh...I need some water !" Avni spoke non stop, simultaneously keeping her laptop in the back seat of the car and tying her hair up.

Neil just looked her with a blank expression all the while she spoke. If he was normal, he'd have grabbed her in his arms right when she raised her hands to tie up her hair ignoring the fact that she was late.. he loved to see her do that..and adding on to it, she looked too cute to resist when she spoke non stop like an express train without a pause.

But now, Mr Khanna was in an unstable mood...all he did was hand her a water bottle and start the car.

Avni drank the water and realised that Neil hadn't spoken a word even after 2 minutes into the drive.

"Neil... I'm sorry na..why are u so mum now ? By the way you seemed irritated on phone too...what's with it?" Avni tried to enquire as she placed her palm on his shoulder.

Neil gave her a stare and looked ahead as he turned the steering to his right.

"Neeeiiilll... ab bata bhi do ! I can't take your silence. Tu jaanta hai.." Avni nagged a bit louder now.

Neil suddenly pressed his legs against the clutch and the break to get his car halt with a bang !

"Avni... you said 5 mins ! But turn up after 20 minutes !! Tujhe lagta hai ki tere alava mera koi kaam hai hi nahi ?! That too when you knew very well that I was frustrated on the phone call itself...sab log aisa kyu lightly le leto ho mujhe yar?!" Neil bursted out his anger as he banged the steering wheel yet again.

Avni's eyes widened and filled tears immediately..Her lips trembled and ears became pink too cuz of his unexpected reaction... just for being late by 20 mins he overreacted so much ? No this can't be the reason she thought. Because she had made him wait even longer in the past outside her office,sometimes 2 hours and he used to wait without complaining. Neil never behaved this way with her unless and until it was something serious bothering him.

Avni understood his plight... she kept quiet without uttering a word. Neil pressed his palms on his face and wiped his eyes.

He turned to Avni and cupped her face in his palms... "I'm... I'm... extremely sorry jaan...I... I got carried away. Mujhe aisa gussa nai karna chahiye tha tujhpe..." he kissed her forehead.

Avni held his palms which still cupped her face, and looked into his eyes...

"Kya hua Neil ? You know that you will be fine only after sharing with me...hai na?" Avni asked like she's talking to a small child.

"Hmm...voh Avni...I put down my resignation papers. I felt satisfied and proud that jitne bhi time meine police service mei kaam kiya hai I did my best...I gave my heart and soul to this job. Actually No..it was never a job for me...it was always my duty. But coming out of the office to hear my colleagues gossip shit about us and my profession..i felt sick. Bohat bura laga ki meine itni gandi soch rakhne walon ke sath kaam kiya.. aur toh aur tu jaanti hai na mom kitni naraaz hai mujhse ? She stopped talking to me once I told her about us moving to Amsterdam and our decision of not getting married! All these rushed my mind at once and I wasn't able to react normally baby, I'm so sorry..." Neil expressed his inner turmoil to Avni and hugged her.

Avni hugged him back and said "Neil...you don't have to do all this for me. You can stay here with Shwetha aunty and Prakash uncle, continue your career...you can get any girl to marry and stay happy like a normal person. you really don't need to face so much only for my sake and my stupid conditions..." her eyes flooded with tears as she spoke and drenched his shirt on the shoulders.

"Ssshhh...not again...we've had this conversation of parting ways and all N number of times... mad girl you are baby ! You think I'll be happy without you? All this is nothing... tere liye jaan de sakta hu... wait no...woh kya dialogue tha...ummm...ya.. it's Tere liye jaan de bhi sakta hu aur le bhi sakta hu...! Haha I love you way too much to let you go Avni..."

Neil tried to lighten her mood by cracking a dumb joke...and kisses her neck to calm her down. And yes ! His comfort could actually calm her and bring her back to normal. She also kissed his neck... and hugged tight.

They moved apart after minute. Avni smiled...Neil smiled... they drove off.

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"Avni akka...Avni akka... are you there ?" (Note : Akka means Didi in Telugu)

Avni and Neil were in the kitchen busy preparing their lunch when they heard a voice from the hall...Avni stopped chopping the chicken and looked at Neil.

"Lo Neil... aa gayi teri deewani..." Avni made an annoyed face as she poked Neil on his biceps and walked towards the hall whereas Neil made a cute little sad face when she teased him.

"Hi Avantika...how come you are here early in the morning?" Avni enquired the girl who was already in their hall and called out to her earlier.

"Voh...voh...dosa...mumma...jeeju..." Avantika said in puzzles as she peeped her neck and looked all over the house instead of answering Avni properly.

"Avvaannttiikaaa..." Avni nagged her name in a sarcastic way to draw her attention who was busy in scanning the whole house. And when she had her attention she asked squinting her eyes...

"Kya bole ja rahi ho ? What's dosa, mumma, jeeju ?"

"Voh sorry, I wanted to say that mumma has sent dosa for you and jeeju... Aapne bola tha ki aap chicken curry bana rahe ho aaj toh mumma ne yeh bheja hai.. dosa with chicken curry will be yummy for breakfast...!" Avantika replied in all excitement.

"Oh achha... Thank you and thanks to aunty ki voh humare bare mein itna sochti hai... fine then you can leave... mujhe kitchen mein kaam hai.." Avni took the hot box of dosa and turned to go completely ignoring Avantika...

"Voh akka... jeeju kahi dikhayi nai de rahe hai ?" Finally Avantika asked her most favourite question while yet again peeping around and scanning the house to search him.

"Hein ? Look here, Neil is busy in the kitchen... he's helping me so he's not going to come out any time soon...anything else ?" Avni asked sternly this time.

"Eh eh No... nothing... I'll leave then...!" Avantika muttered to herself but well audible to Avni and left making a sad face.

Avni went into the kitchen to find Neil laughing hard holding his tummy...

"Neil..! What's so funny ?" Avni asked in a serious tone.

"Hahaahahahhah Avni... you...hahahha...so jealous !! Baby hahahhaha... oh God ! Hahahhaha...!" Neil continuously laughed so much that he wasn't able to speak up...

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