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Bela could not control her excitememt after cutting Mahir's call. The smile grazing on her lips refused to leave her face even after an hour. She started dreaming about her future with Mahir not knowing the hurdles that was about to be thrown her way. 

"Just a few more days Mahir ji and then there will be nothing stop me from confessing my love for you." Bela whispered looking at Mahir' photo on her phone.

She smiled looking at her phone like an idiot not knowing her happiness would be soon wiped off. She kept her phone on the table and went to freshen up. However before she could enter the bathroom her phone rang making her stop in her tracks. She looked at the caller id and frowned seeing her mother's name on it.

"Why is maa calling me now? I have already told her that I will reach home only on saturday, then why is she calling now?"  Bela thought to herself looking at the name of the caller.

Not wanting to keep her mother waiting Bela attended the call.

"Hello."

"Where were you Bela? I have calling on your phone for the past twenty minutes and now you are attending. What work were you so busy that you were ignoring your mother's call?" Janvi literally barked through the phone making Bela gulp.

"Maa I was in the bathroom. I didn't hear my phone ringing. Sorry that I kept you waiting." Bela apologized even though she was of no fault. 

"Hmm. Anyway Bela I called you inform you that you are returning home today itself and not on saturday."

"But maa-" 

"No buts and ifs I have sent Babbal to pick you up. You are ending your stay at the hostel and returning home today itself. Hope I am clear Bela." Janvi said cutting off Bela's words.

"Yes Mom."

"Good. Babbal will reach there in an hour or half. I want you to be ready by then, pack all your things while comming because you are not returning there."

"Yes Mom." 

"Ok then I am cutting the call. Will see you soon then." Janvi cut the call without even waiting for Bela's reply.

Bela looked at her phone and sighed in disappointment. Her plan to stay in the hostel till saturday got cancelled just because her mother, whom she never in her entire life seemed to excited to have her home.

'Something is not right.' Her heart and mind kept whispering to her.

~*~

Bela walked inside her house to find some guests sitting in the hall chatting with her parents. Seeing her walking in her mother got up from the sofa and moved towards her. And even before she could open her mouth to ask the matter her mother dragged her towards the couple who were sitting on the sofa. 

"Andyji Sumitraji this is my daughter Bela and Bela this is Mr Andy Sehgal and Mrs Sumitra Sehgal." Janvi introduced Bela to the couple and vice versa. 

"Nice to meet you Mr and Mrs Sehgal." Bela murmured with a smile not undertanding what was happening around her.

"Oh Bela dear please no formalities between us afterall we are going to be a family soon." Sumitra said giving a hug to her.

Bela looked at her surprised not understanding the meaning behind her words. Sumitra understood that Bela didn't get what she was talking about seeing her facial expression.

"Didn't you inform her Janviji?" Sumitra asked Bela's mother confused.

"No Sumitra, Bela was having her finals and we didn't want her to lose focus on studies thinking about marriage and all." Janvi said with a fake smile while her eyes spit fire on Bela.

'Marriage?' Bela felt her heart beat increasing and her palms started becoming sweety.

"Ok then Janviji I myself will introduce Bela to my son, her future husband." Sumitra said putting side hugging Bela.

'Future husband.' Bela felt dizzy hearing the very common yet very rare terms used by her.

"Bela dear this is Rocky Sehgal, my elder son, your future husband." Sumitra said pointing at Rocky who was sitting on the coach adjacent to the one her husband was sitting on. 

"Hi Bela." He waved with a smile. No words formed on her mouth so she nodded at his with a tight smile. 

"And the one sitting on his right is my youngest son Yuvi and the one on the left is my second son Mahir." Sumitra introduced her to the other two sitting beside her so called husband. 

"Hi Bhabhi." Yuvi excitedly greeted her. She nodded in acknowledgement.

But what made Bela's heart froze was the emotionless Mahir sitting beside Rocky. Bela felt all her dreams and happiness crash down before her. Her eyes filled with unshed tears seeing the pain and betrayal in Mahir's eyes.

Mahir nodded his head at her in a greeting manner making her heart clench. Not wanting to make a scene Bela gave him a forced smile. 

"Don't mind Mahir, Bela. He doesn't talk to people much." Sumitra said patting Bela's shoulder.

Not knowing what to say Bela gave her a forced smile, "Its ok aunty, I understand." Bela said looking at Mahir. What she said was true. No one could understand Mahir like she do. 

"Aunty? Call me maa or mom Bela like Rocky does. Now we are a family so no more formalities between us Bela."

"Ji aunt- mom."

Not wanting to breakdown before all the people in the house Bela excused herself and went to her room lying about wanting to freshen up. But the moment Bela entered her room, she broke down completely.

~*~

2 Days Later

"Mahir ji please stop. Please hear me out. Please." Bela begged as followed Mahir through the empty corridor of his office.

"Bela please leave. I don't want to hear anything." Mahir said.

"Mahir please listen to me I sear I didn't know about the marriage proposal. If I knew about this then I would have surely said no even before meeting." Bela ranted trying to hold Mahir's hand.

"Bela please I don't want to hear anything because honestly I don't care. It's your life and I am no one to decide how your life goes, whom you marries and all." Mahir said trying to remove her hand from his.

"Mahir ji please don't say like that. You are my life and you have every right to decide how my life goes." 

"Bela please stop your blabbering and go back home, I have lots of work pending to complete."

"Mahirji I'm not blabbering. You are my life. I love you so much that I can't imagine a life without. Please understand me Mahirji."

"Bela what are you saying?" Mahir looked shocked at Bela's sudden proposal.

His heart jumped in joy and a small smile spread on his lips however it was soon wiped off when he remembered about what happened two days before in Bela's house.

"I'm saying the truth Mahirji, I love you. I have always loved you and I can't stop myself from loving you. I love you more than anyone in this world." She whispered hugging him.

For a moment everything felt right to Mahir. He forwarded his hands to hug Bela but stopped himself remembering his family. With an expressionless face he pulled away from the hug and looked at the crying Bela. He felt his heart breaking into pieces seeing her crying.

"Bela what do you think you are doing? How can you just proclaim your love for me when you are already engaged to marry my brother? What will people say when you see me and you in this inappropriate position? Just go back home Bela." He said in a cold voice.

"Mahir I don't care what others think about me anymore. I can't leave without you. Please don't do this to me, to us." She begged.

"Bela first of all there is no us it is and will always be you and me. You were a good friend of mine and I have never seen you in a romantic way. I don't love you Bela in a romantic way rather in a friendly way." Mahir said with a bleeding heart.

"No I don't believe you. I know you love me Mahirji. I have felt it please don't lie to me Mahirji." She screamed in agony.

"I don't love you Bela, it is the truth which you have to accept. Moreover you are going to be my brother's wife and there will be no relation between us other than that. And what you feel for me is not love Bela it is just attraction and with time it will fade away. You will eventually fall in love with Bhai and leave a happy life with him." 

"Why are you lying again and again Mahirji?" She asked tiredly.

"I'm not lying Bela and it is better if you forget me and move on with Bhai." He said.

"Mahirji-"

"Bela please don't say anything, just go back home. I don't want anyone to misunderstand us." 

Finally accepting defeat Bela said, "I know you Mahirji. I can understand you better than anyone and I can't ignore the pain you have in your eyes since the moment the marriage talks came up. I know it hurt you to see me with your brother and I understand there is something stopping you from confessing your love for me."

"Bela listen-" 

"Let me complete Mahirji. So for your happiness I'm will marry your brother. But listen this Mahirji I will never be able to become a complete wife to him. He will have my body and mind but it will be always you who will have my soul and heart. It will always be you Mahirji. You know what Mahirji due to your this stuborness you are going to destroy the lives of three people. Mine, yours and your brother's. Just so you know, I will always be waiting for you." Bela said with a sad smile. 

She moved towards him and pressed a kiss on his cheeks before walking away, wiping her tears. Mahir looked at Bela's disappering figure with a broken heart. 

He did what he swore he would never do. 

He broke the heart of the girl he loved with all his heart.

~*~

Hi guys,

Hope you all liked this update.

So now the whole past is revealed. 

So next chapter there will be a plot twist and maybe it will reveal the real face of Rocky.

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