Mahesh was turning red. He had almost settled everything by not letting both the parties speak. Now he could see his commission being withhold by this nuisance young man. He shouldn't have promised him anything before coming here. He tried every possible way to coax him to say yes. Nothing was working. He had to do something fast before Zain would say no.
"Zain, my dear ! Your girlfriend and you are only going to stay in this house. Outside the house, people will know you as siblings but inside the house, you can do anything you want. No will ask.",he said but before he could continue, Zain interrupted. "People will still doubt. These doors too have ears. What if people come to know that we are not truly siblings.", Zain argued in hush tones. "You are not understanding. Why people will say anything? No one will doubt you are not siblings. Your family will also not doubt. What if someday your family member passes this street and gets to know you are married? Haven't you seen movies? There will lot of brawl. They will get you forcibly married to the girl. You tell me are sure you and your girlfriend want to marry each other in future?", Mahesh said firmly.
Zain looked down. He wasn't sure of the relationship. So was she. They had just started dating since few months. He had no idea about how she was when they got together in one roof. Marriages this days don't survive too long. He was still struggling in his career. There were many more aspects in the relationship which he had to explore. He didn't know whether they were compatible. He hated this.
Pretending to be siblings wasn't bad idea. He would still have time to explore their relationship. If they found it was not working, they could anyway break off. No one would question. No one would find anything. They could move on with life as if nothing happened. "Ok! I am up for it. I will convince Jasmine some how. You finalize the deal.", he said.
Mahesh was elated. As he was about to walk towards the ladies to announce their decision, Zain spoke, "One more thing".Mahesh grunted softly out of frustration. "I want my money back from that fake certificate agent.", Zain said. Mahesh relived a sigh and nodded his head. He walked towards the ladies with excitement. The ladies seemed quiet now. There was some one sided conversation going between them which had ended much before Mahesh had arrived.
Jasmine stared at him with bored eyes. She wanted this end early. She had almost decided to give up the idea of living in with Zain. Usha Tai understood from the excitement of Mahesh that deal was finalized. She felt disappointed. "The deal is finalized. Both the parties are okay with the terms and conditions. So I will get written copy of deal within the end of this week and you pay me the rent and deposit that time. I will give you keys once we have received the payment.", Mahesh said excitedly. He was happy that he was going to get good commission out of this. He was planning already what he was going to do with the money.
(To be continued)
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