Stop it, you prude!" Jodha yelled a

Stop it, you prude!" Jodha yelled at the crazed guy at their regular bus stop, who was continuously harassing her sister, Shivani. However, he refused to listen to a word and continued to beg her to be his girlfriend. Shivani was getting embarrassed with each passing minute as a crowd had begun gathering around them. The guy was creating a scene as he told the story of how he met Shivani and fell for her at first sight. However, this was not the first time he had openly declared' his love. This entire saga began six months back, when both the sisters resumed college, Shivani for her second year and Jodha for her final year of graduation. The guy had transferred from another college for the second year. As luck would have had it, he was placed in Shivani's class. That fateful day, he caught sight of Shivani and began talking to her. Shivani, too spoke to him, as she didn't want to come across as rude or impolite. As time went by, she became good friends with him, as they shared notes and she helped him study. However, one day, during their study session, he proposed to her out of the blue, saying that he had fallen in love at first sight. Shivani was certainly shocked by his proposal, but politely declined, stating that she had no such feelings towards him and only considered him as a friend. However, the guy didn't give up then. He continued to pursue Shivani even after she had refused him. She didn't take things seriously early on, as she thought he would give up eventually. However, things eventually got out of hand as the guy began following her everywhere. He even managed to track down the route she took home and even found out where she lived. He landed at their doorstep at one instance, after which the watchman of their building was instructed not to let him in the compound. However, he still did not give up after that and continued to follow Shivani everywhere. Shivani was tired of his constant pursuing and tried to change her route to college but no avail. He eventually got hold of the new route she was taking and continued to profess his love for her. Jodha and her family even contemplated filing a police complaint against the errant guy but Shivani refused saying that she didn't want the people in the neighbourhood to know about all this. She continued to go to college whilst undergoing this every day. She would return home every night, and cry to herself alone in the room, wishing for the guy to leave her alone. Jodha had been witnessing this for a long time and couldn't bear her sister suffering like this. So, she decided to go to the same bus stop as her sister that day and confront the guy once and for all, as she knew that he would land up there like he did every morning. "Quit following her!" she yelled again. The guy answered, "No, I won't! I won't stop till she agrees to be my girlfriend!" "Don't you understand? She is not interested!" Jodha yelled again. The guy then went ahead and grabbed Shivani's hand tightly. She urged him to leave it but he just didn't budge and said, "Shivani, I love you! Please be mine! I promise I will keep you happy!" Shivani, yelled, "Leave my hand, Mirza! You are hurting me! And I told you that I am not interested in you! I just see you as a friend!" Mirza, however, didn't pay any heed to what she said and continued to harass her. Jodha lost it at that instant and slapped Mirza hard across his face. The Rajput blood in her couldn't tolerate any more of his antics to trouble her sister. Her ancestors were warriors and had a strong sense of self-worth, much like her. She couldn't bear it that some bugger was trying to trouble and sadden her sister like this. The crowd gasped at the sudden turn of events. The impact of the slap was so much that Mirza bent down, as he touched the cheek where Jodha slapped him. A black coloured bruise had appeared where her hand had landed. He slowly straightened up to see Jodha, who was terribly angry at that point, with her burning gaze directed at him. She yelled, "Don't you dare touch my sister! You don't love her; you are just obsessed with her! Because if you did love her, you wouldn't do things that would make her sad! And lastly, you would respect her decision of not wanting to be with you! Anyways, no one would ever want to be with a creep like you!" The last sentence resonated loudly in Mirza's ears. He couldn't believe that someone had dared to insult him so openly. He belonged to the Mohammed family, one of the richest families in India. They were of royal lineage; direct descendants of the Mughals and very powerful in terms of their economic and political connections. So, Mirza always got what he wanted; money, gadgets and even girls for that matter. Since he was a Mughal, the girls always wanted to be with him. He was never refused by one before. So when he set his sights on Shivani, he wanted her at any cost. However, when Shivani refused his advances, it made him more determined to get an approval from her; even if that meant following and pursuing her endlessly. However, he had not thought in his wildest dreams that he would get slapped today. His own mother had never raised her hand on him, so he was obviously angry at Jodha, as she was the only one who had shown the courage to do so. He wanted to teach Jodha and Shivani both a lesson for their gustaakhi.' However, he restrained himself at that point of time, as Jodha and Shivani proceeded to leave from there. Jodha, however, gave a final warning to him before leaving from there, "If you try to trouble my sister again, I swear I will call the cops! You will surely learn after staying in the lock-up for a night!" Jodha and Shivani both left from there, with the crowd looking at both the sisters leave with their heads held high. Mirza, however, vowed to bend their heads down in shame. He immediately left from there and decided to head to the place where he could feel better. He needed to see his Bhaijaan.



Jalaluddin Mohammed was the proprietor of the Mughal family. He headed all the businesses and managed the entire empire on his own. Earlier, his father was managed the empire, with help from his trusted confidants, Bairam Khan and Maham Anga. However, some years back, due to a minor health scare, his father decided to hand over the reigns to Jalal and he had been managing it ever since. Bairam and Maham assisted him in running the empire, which consisted of businesses such as manufacturing, construction, mining, energy production among other things.



Jalal was in a meeting with some clients from Brazil, when his phone suddenly rang. He excused himself to take the call, as it was from his brother Mirza. He had a smile on his face. Even though Mirza was his cousin, Jalal considered him as his real brother. They were really close and both of them shared everything with each other. He answered his phone.



Jalal - Mirza, kya hua? Why did you call?

Mirza - Bhaijaan, I need to talk to you urgently. Are you free now?

Jalal - Yeah I am almost done with this meeting. Why don't you come over to the office? We can sit and talk comfortably

Mirza - Okay, Bhaijaan. I will reach office in some time

Jalal - Oh yeah, did you get that girl whom you were after? I hope my advice helped you

Mirza - Bhaijaan, I will talk about it once I reach there

Jalal - Okay, come fast

Jalal then hung up the phone and waited for his brother to arrive. He was happy thinking that Mirza finally got what he wanted. Nothing mattered more to him than his brother's happiness.

Mirza finally arrived in Jalal's cabin after half hour. Jalal was ecstatic at his arrival, until he saw the bruise adorning his face. He was shocked to see him in such a condition. Jalal immediately got up and headed towards him with an expression of concern on his face. Mirza told him that he wanted to sit. Jalal agreed immediately and made him sit on the couch. He told one of the peons to get water, as he sat beside Mirza and began enquiring about his condition.

Jalal - Mirza! What happened? And who dared to do this to you!

Mirza (in anger) - Bhaijaan, that Shivani rejected me again! No one has ever rejected Mirza Hakim! Who the hell does she think she is?

Jalal - But Mirza, what exactly happened? Did you do as I told you to?

Mirza - Yes Bhaijaan. I did exactly as you said. I followed her to the bus stop and professed my love for her. However, she rejected me again and that too in front of so many people! And that other b***h crossed all limits today!

Jalal - Mirza, whom are you talking about?

Mirza - Shivani's sister Jodha! She not only publicly insulted me but also slapped me in front of everyone! How dare she do that!

Jalal was shocked and angry to hear what Mirza had told him. He feeling really shocked as someone had dared raise their hand on a Mughal and was angry at that unknown girl Jodha for humiliating not only his brother but the Mughal clan as well. He wanted to meet this girl and show her what mistake she had made in slapping with his brother. The Mughal blood in him vowed to teach her a lesson, as messing with his brother was akin to messing with Jalaluddin Mohammed!

Precap - Jalal meets Jodha and is struck by her beauty.
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Samanika