"Ka...Kartik p...party wali raat ko kisine meri drink spike ki thi a..aur fir uske baad kya hua mujhe kuch yaad nahi hai (Sonu started sobbing) aur fir dusre din mujhe kisine message kiya tha aur uss message mein meri kuch photos thi, aur ab woh ladka mujhe blackmail kar rah hai..."

Sonu was now crying badly while Kartik was just numb, he couldn't process anything he just heard. His sister whom he loved most in the world was going through so much and he couldn't even figure out that she was upset. Kartik saw her crying badly and gave her a tight hug...

"Sonu tu itna sab aakele seh rahi thi, ek baar bhi meri yaad nahi aayi kya tujhe?"

Kartik said while controlling his tears.

"Kaise batati Kartik yeh meri hi galti thi mujhe nahi jaana chahiye tha, it's my mistake"...Sonu said while crying badly.

"Chup hoja pagal hai kya?? Aisa kuch nahi hai, ab tu bilkul bhi tension mat le main hu na, main sab sambhal lunga"

Kartik said as he tore the hug and wiped her tears...

"Accha ab rona band kar puri ki puri bhutni lag rahi hai..."

"Shut up cheapda kahika!!"...said Sonu

They both heard a knock on the door and Sonu quickly wiped her tears. The person entered the room and it was Dadi. Kartik and Sonu looked at each other and were really scared that what if Dadi heard everything...

"Chal Sonu tujhe pandit ji bula rahe hai, muhurat ka time ho gaya hai, khotte tu jaa aur Ahaan ko bula pata nahi kaha hai"

Dadi said to which both Kartik and Sonu sighed in relief as she didn't heard anything. Sonu went with Dadi and Kartik went to find Ahaan...

"Yeh bhai achanak se kaha chale gaye? Abhi tak toh yahi the pata nahi ab kaha hai, Sonu ke saath saath Ishqi ki bhi toh shaadi hai aur dono abhi tak denial mein hai!!"

Kartik said to himself as he still roamed around the resort looking for Ahaan.

"Minki bhai se puchta hu shayad unhe pata ho bhai kaha hai"

Kartik thought and then went straight Mayank's room. He entered the room and saw that no one was there, Kartik was about to go outside but then he saw a phone on the bed, the phone was already opened. Kartik picked it up and started was shocked to see Sonu's photos on the phone, he carefully examined the phone...

"Yeh phone toh maine Minki bhai ke paas dekha tha matlab...par woh aisa kyu karenge? Mujhe Sonu se baat karni hi hogi"

Kartik immediately went near the area where the Mandap was set up. He went near Sonu who was sitting in mandap while pandit ji was chanting some Mantras and the rituals were yet to start. Kartik slowly told her everything he saw. Sonu was in utter shock, she couldn't believe what she just heard. It was Mayank all this time who was doing this. She felt many emotions, she was angry at Mayank that how could he stoop so low and do such a shameful and nasty act. She was emotional after thinking about Ishqi, Ishqi was the only one who stood by her side when she had no one else. She felt scared after thinking about everyone's reaction, especially Ahaan's and Sarla's...

Sonu was totally lost in her thoughts, Kartik shooked her a couple of times which broke her trance.

"Sonu mujhe sab kuch bata de, trust me main sab thik kar dunga"

Kartik said in low voice so that only she could hear him. Sonu gathered all her strength after listening to him and told him everything about her and Mayank's  relationship and even that he was still not over her. Now everything made sense...

"Sonu tu bilkul chinta mat kar, main kuch karta hu"

By saying this Kartik went somewhere...

"Yeh bhai kaha hai, abhi jab unki sabse zyada zarurat hai toh gayab hai, uss Mayank ko toh main chodunga nahi. Oh God kya karu??"

As Kartik was thinking all this a message popped on his phone. He opened it was was shocked. The message was from Ahaan and it said...

"Kartik you were right, tu sahi tha I actually really love Ishqi. Main aur Ishqi bhaag gaye hai. Tum sabko bata dena ke meri bohot important meeting hai issliye Sonu ki shaadi ko mat rokna, main jald hi wapas aajaunga."

"Oh God saare shock aaj hi mil rahe hai. Ek taraf bhai aur Ishqi bhaag gaye hai aur dusri taraf yeh Mayank..."

Just then Kartik thought of an idea and went straight towards the reception...

Meanwhile in Mandap...

Now the marriage rituals were about to start so Massi went to bring Ishqi from her room but she was missing. Massi started panicking and went to Suman and told her everything. Sarla saw them whispering and knew that something was fishy...

"Kya hua ji, Ishqi kaha hai? Jaldi laiye usse shaadi ka muhurat nikala jaa raha hai"

Sarla said with a grin as she already knew that something was really wrong.

"Ji...ji woh Ish...Ishqi uske room mein nahi hai..."

Said Massi hesitantly...

"Lo ji maine kaha tha na yeh ladki sahi nahi hai par aap logo ne toh meri ek baat nahi maani ab dekho ladki bhaag gayi shaadi se, pata nahi akele bhaagi hai ya kisi ladke ke saath"...said Sarla

"Dekhiye Sarla ji aisa nahi hai shayad koi galat femi hui hai"...said Suman

"Yeh Ishqi pata nahi kaha chali gayi, iss ladki ko main chodunga nahi bas ek baar shaadi ho jaane do fir saari cheezo ka badla lunga. Sirf ussi ki wajahse aaj Sonu kis shaadi Raj se ho rahi hai..."

Mayank thought to himself. His trance broke when he heard Sarla shouting...

"Dekhiye ji iss sadak chaap ladki ko toh koi aajeeb harkat karni hi thi ab uss dou taake ki ladki ke liye main aapne Raj ki shaadi nahi rukwa sakti"

Meanwhile one of Mayank's friends came near him and whispered something...

"Par aunty ji Ahaan bhi toh nahi dikh raha na toh hum kaise shaadi shuru kar sakte hai..."

Mayank said while trying to convince Sarla not to start the wedding. Kartik immediately knew he was doing it intentionally so that Sonu won't marry Raj.

"Pakka Mayank ke iss dost ne kaha hoga ke uska phone room mein nahi hai issliye yeh Mayank natak kar raha hai, main aaj Sonu ki shaadi karvake rahunga."

Kartik thought to himself and said...

"Minki bhai, Bhaiyya ne mujhe bataya hai ke unki bohot important meeting aagayi hai, woh thodi hi der mein free hojayenge aur hame join karenge. Unhone kaha hai ke pandit ji ko vidhi (ritual) shuru karne ko boldo kyuki woh nahi chahte ke accha muhurat nikala jaaye"

"Aisa kya kaam hai Ahaan ko jo uski behen ki shaadi se badh kar hai??"...said Dadi.

Kartik mentally facepalmed himself and then went near Dadi and whispered...

"Dadi bhai ko kuch kaam hai aur aap yeh shaadi hone dijiye na warna Sarla aunty aur bhi siyappe karti hi rahegi aur Sonu ki shaadi mein problem aajayegi"

Dadi thought that he was right as she too wanted her granddaughter's wedding to go smoothly without any unwanted drama. So she just quietly agreed and the pandit ji started the rituals while Massi was just crying and Mayank's dad was amking some calls trying to find where Ishqi is...

"Kuch toh gadbad hai, Ishqi aur Ahaan saath mein gayab hai, matlab kahi..."

Rhea thought and then went near her parents and told them about everything that how Kartik teases Ahaan and Ishqi and how he is overprotective about Ishqi.

"Hmm toh yeh baat hai, don't worry beta main apne aadmiyo ko batata hu unn dono ko dhundne ke liye"

Viren said as he went to a side and called someone. Whilst Sonu messaged Ishqi everything about Mayank being that guy who molested her.

Meanwhile with Ishqaan...

Ahaan and Ishqi entered the temple and Ahaan went somewhere. Ahaan came after a while holding two garlands of flowers while Ishqi's eyes widened...

"Chalo..."

Ahaan held her hand and took her inside the temple...

>>>>>TO BE CONTINUED<<<<<

That's it for today. Sorry if anything was way too unreal. I know i haven't written Ishqaaan scenes but those will come in next part and also these scenes were necessary to include so just hope you liked it!!

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