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"Because I LOVE YOU." Abhi said and Pragya was standing there blinking her eyes.

"What?" Pragya asked softly.

"I'm in Love with you, Pragya..." Pragya was startled. "I'm in love with you for a very long time, but it took me a long time to realize it." Abhi said, looking into Pragya's eyes. These are the words that she wanted to hear. Now, can she accept it?

"As truth to be told, I was afraid about falling in love with you after what happened to Maya. I tried to control my feelings, but I realized that I can't hide them anymore. For the past two years, I made myself a rock. You are the one, who gave made me alive again. The feeling of you leaving me is killing me. Whenever I see you with Viraj, all I want to do is to punch his face until I break it. I can never accept the fact that he is your husband and he is the one who is going to get your love. It has to be me." Pragya was standing there, as tears were flowing from her eyes.

"I want you in my life Pragya and I won't lose you." Abhi said, cupping her face and Pragya was standing there dumbstruck, hearing his confession.

"When I wake up in the morning, I want to wake up by your side and when I sleep at night, I want to sleep cuddling to you. I want to spend my entire life with you by my side. I want to do everything you like, I want to bring all your wishes to come true. I always want to see you smiling and I would do anything it takes to get that smile on your face. I want to love you all my life." Abhi said emotionally.

Abhi cupped her face, wiping her tears. "I want all of your love for myself. I can't take the risk of losing you Pragya." Abhi said and placed a deep kiss on her forehead. "I know that I have pushed you into a most helpless situation. Even though I want you so badly, whatever your decision is going to be, I will respect it." Abhi said and went from there, looking at her for one last time.

Once Abhi went, Pragya sits down as tears were flowing from her eyes. What is she going to do now? On one side, it's Viraj whom she loved once. Her first love, her husband. And on the other side, it's Abhi, with whom she feels home and with whom she developed love recently. Whom she would choose? Whom she would let down?

She felt a hand on her shoulder. Pragya turned and saw Sarla, standing beside her with a worried face. "What happened beta? Why are you crying?" Sarla asked, sitting beside her.

"I'm fine ma." Pragya said, wiping her tears. "It's nothing. I had a fight with Viraj. That's all."

"What is it about?"

"He wants to move out. And..."

"And you don't want." Sarla said smiling.

"No ma. I want to. I spoke to Abhi about it." Pragya said and felt Sarla's hand caressing her head.

"I know that you love Abhi, Pragya." Pragya was shocked, hearing it.

"No ma, it's nothing like that." Pragya lied and Sarla smiled.

"You don't have to lie Pragya. There is nothing wrong with loving someone and moving on in your life. I can understand. When Viraj was dead, you were broken and I used to pray to God for a good life for you. You deserve it beta. When I saw Abhi and you together, I understood that you both are destined to be together. Both of you went through terrible times and you both found solace in each other. I was happy for you both. But it became complicated when Viraj came back." Sarla said, Pragya lay on her lap, and breaks into a sob.

"Thank you for understanding me ma." Pragya said crying.

"You don't have to hide your feelings because of Viraj, Pragya. Tell Viraj about your feelings. He will be disappointed, but will understand." Sarla said.

"Will it be right ma?" Pragya asked, getting up from her lap.

"Hiding your feelings will only be wrong. Confessing it. Viraj deserves to know." Sarla said.

'Yes, Viraj deserves the truth. I can't continue this complicated relationship. It's not good for both for us.' Pragya thought determinedly.

Next Morning

Pragya was doing her morning routine when Viraj entered the room. She saw guilt and regret on his face. "I'm sorry for being a rude jerk Pragya." Viraj said nervously and Pragya smiled.

"It's okay. You were right."

"No, I shouldn't have shouted at you. I was wrong." Viraj said, holding her shoulder and she nods. "So, to make up for it, let's go for a date. Just a coffee shop nearby." Viraj said.

Pragya was hesitant at first. But then she thought that this would be her best chance to tell him the truth. "Okay, let's go. I will get ready." Pragya said and Viraj smiled and went from there.

With a confused face, Pragya walked out of her room. While she was walking towards the kitchen, she bumped into Abhi. "Oh, I'm sorry." Pragya said and stopped, seeing Abhi, all got ready.

"I don't mind." Abhi said with a smile.

"Are you going somewhere?" Pragya asked.

"I have an investigation to make." Abhi said and Pragya nods. Before she could go, he held her hand and pulled her towards him.

Pragya was staring at him, whereas Abhi smiled. "I have something to give you." Abhi said and lifts her hand. He wears a ring for her, whereas she was stunned, seeing it.

"Why are you giving me this?" Pragya asked.

"This has a GPS tracking chip. I want you to wear it so that I can find you if you get kidnapped."

"I'm not going to get kidnapped again." Pragya said with an angry pout and Abhi chuckled, seeing her.

"And I won't allow you to get kidnapped." Abhi said and went from there. Once he was you of the sight, Pragya smiles, seeing the ring he gave.

Gaurav squeezed his eyes and opened them. He looked around the place and saw Abhi and Ravi standing in front of him with a glare. He looked at him and tried to remove the rope from his hands. "Ahhh..." Gaurav screams as he felt an electric shock.

"Don't try to escape. It won't happen." Abhi said.

Breathing heavily, Gaurav looked at Nikkil, who was tied up beside him tiredly. "Who are you all? Why are you keeping us here?" He asked nervously.

"You are Gaurav right?" Abhi asked.

"Yes..."

"What were you doing at the party? What is your connection with Nikkil?" Abhi asked, showing the remote control.

"Please don't do anything. I will tell you the truth." Gaurav said and Nikkil mentally smatched himself. "I'm Gaurav Thapar. I and Nikkil started this organ trade together and I'm his partner. So, if you want to arrest me, do it." Gaurav said, trying to act brave but failed miserably.

"Why are you telling as if you are reciting a poem? Doesn't he?" Ravi asked with a weird look.

"I just asked you about yesterday's incident. Why are you telling me all this?" Abhi asked suspiciously.

"You got what you want. Now just go with it." Gaurav said on the verge of crying.

'If he didn't stop speaking, I'm gonna kill him.' Nikkil thought.

"Do I look like an idiot?" Abhi asked and Gaurav shooks his head. "Okay. Is this confession is yours or this is what Viraj asked you to tell me?" Abhi asked and Nikkil was shocked hearing it. First time Abhi saw fear in his eyes and smirks. "Do you think that I can't find you and your brother's plan?"

In a Cafe

"What do you want to drink? Let me guess, Cupertino?" Viraj asked and Pragya nods. He placed the order to the waiter and turned his grace towards Pragya. "I'm happy that finally without any interruption, I can spend some time with my wife." Pragya's face became pale, hearing the word "Wife". But she plastered a smile.

Soon the waiter placed the coffee in front of them and both starts to drink.

"Viraj, there is something you need to know." Pragya started.

"Ya, tell me."

"When I heard that you were dead, I was totally broken. It was too painful and I thought that my life ended."

"I know Pragya and I'm sorry. I should have been with you, but things became upside down." Viraj said.

"I can understand. But that's not the matter. After two years, one-night Nikkil tried to misbehave with me, that time only I met Abhi. He came there to save me." Anger engulfed Viraj, but he fake a smile. "He came to know about this organ trade and saved me. Nikkil did many attempts to kidnap me, but Abhi is the one who saved and protected me. He kept me and Ma in his house for protection. That time only I learned about his wife's death and it was terrible." Pragya said emotionally and Viraj kept silent.

"We consoled each other and without my knowledge, I started to move on. I fell in love with Abhi. But I didn't confess him. And after you came back, I thought that I can forget it and move on, but I realized that I can't do it. I love Abhi, Viraj and if I continue this relationship with the love I have for Abhi, then it's wrong. You don't deserve it. So, I'm sorry. Let's get separated." Pragya finished and looked into Viraj, who was sitting there emotionlessly.

"I'm sorry Viraj."

Viraj left a breath, sadly. "It's okay, Pragya. I can understand." Viraj said with a sad smile. "After all these years, I came with the hope that I would be reunited with you. But when it didn't happen, I'm a little hurt. But I can understand your place. It's okay." Viraj said genuinely and Pragya smiled with tears in her eyes.

"Thank you." Pragya said.

"No problem. I hope at least we can be friends." Viraj said and Pragya nods.

"What the hell is happening here?" Ravi asked shockingly.

"I told you I didn't believe that bastard. I never had believed him." Abhi said and turned towards Gaurav. "Now, let's come to the point. You have two options. One, tell me the truth or, look at his fingers." Gaurav looked at Nikkil's fingers and was horrified, seeing one finger missing.

"He will kill my family." Gaurav said, and now tears were flowing from his eyes.

"Your family will be safe, I promise you. Now, tell me the truth." Abhi said.

Gaurav saw Abhi and Ravi, who gave him assuring look. Taking a deep breath, he told them the truth. "Yes, it's Viraj. He is the head of this organ trade and Nikkil is his partner. They are doing this for the past seven years secretly." Abhi and Ravi were taken aback, hearing it. "Two years before, I went to a conference where I met Viraj and Nikkil again. We met after a very long time, so we went to a bar together. That time, I saw Viraj speaking with some stranger and I eavesdropped on everything. They were speaking about selling a girl's organ. I tried to alert the police, but before that Nikkil saw me and caught me. They kept me in prison for years and made the world believe that I was dead."

Abhi's face became harder, whereas Ravi was shocked, hearing it.

"It's a lot to take in. He is such a criminal bastard." Ravi said.

"So, let me guess. As Nikkil is missing, he wants you to take the blame and get surrender so that it would be easy for him to find Nikkil. I'm right?" Abhi asked and Gaurav nods.

"Abhi, let's not waste time. Come, let's go and arrest that bastard. How dare he?" Ravi said angrily.

Abhi took his mobile and dialed Khanna. "Khanna, where is Viraj?"

"He is not home sir."

Abhi was taken aback. "What? Where the hell is he?"

"I saw him going out along with Pragya mam." Abhi's blood drained from his face, hearing it.

"Have you gone mad? How can you let her go out?" Abhi shouted and Ravi turned towards him, hearing his voice.

"I'm sorry sir. As they are husband and wife, I wasn't able to stop them."

"Fuck..." Abhi hung the call.

"What happened?" Ravi asked.

"That bastard got alert. He took Pragya along with him." Abhi said.

"Shit. First, call her." Ravi said and Abhi immediately dialed Pragya's number.

Viraj went to pay the bill, whereas Pragya was sitting alone. Her lips curved to a smile, seeing Abhi's number.

"Hello DCP sir." Pragya attended the call.

"Where are you Pragya?"

"I and Viraj came to the nearby cafe. Why Abhi? Is there any problem?" Pragya got tense hearing his voice.

"Is he is near you?"

"No."

"Listen to me carefully. Viraj is not like you think. He is the main head of the organ trade and the man we were looking for. Just get the hell out of there. Get auto and go home and call me. Do it now. Immediately." Pragya's breath hitched, hearing it.

"You are mistaken." Pragya said in a low voice, nervously. 

"I'm 1000 percent sure. Now get the hell out of there." Abhi shouted.

Pragya slowly got up from her seat, having the phone still on her ears. Abhi was still on the line. Slowly she tried to go out from there. Before she could go, Viraj suddenly came in front of her, making Pragya jump.

"Where are you going, leaving me?" Viraj asked and he understood, seeing her mobile and her nervous face. "So, you know. He told you." Viraj said and Pragya gulped.

Viraj took the phone from her hand casually and kept it on his ears. "Too late DCP. Now she is all mine." Viraj said with a smirk and throws it on the dustbin.

"Shit," Abhi shouted, hearing his voice.

To be Continued...

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