In the evening all gather for Fatima's mehndi ceremony and Eid.

"Mubarak ho Junaid Saheb!",

greets Naushad reaching him wearing a cream coloured kurta-pajama and shaking hands with him.

"Thank you!",

he accepts the compliment, laughing and blushing.

"Eid mubarak!",

wishes Mr. Junaid and embraces Naushad into a warm hug.

As soon as Naushad hugs him, his eyes falls on Meher standing at a corner. He keeps staring her, his eyes reflecting his innate feelings for her. But he also notices how exhausted she looks!

Meher's eyes happen to fall on Naushad and her heart skips a beat on discovering him staring her. She manages to read his emotions transmitted by his eyes, very well. But that skips her heartbeat again and she could feel her legs turning jelly. Already having almost zero stamina and this feeling he is ushering towards her, becomes too much for her to handle. But thank goodness she manages to stand erect still, somehow!

Meher becomes the first one to lower her eyes. But that doesn't make Naushad to lower his. It was only when Mr. Junaid unwraps his arms from around Naushad that Naushad finally looks away from her.

Meher goes to her sisters and sits with them slowly and exhales, thinking that finally she can sit. The dress; the makeup although she has kept them light and minimal, but her state doesn't allow her to endure the weight of even that much and hence she is getting tired again and again in short spans.

Her eyes on their own accord go towards Naushad who according to her was looking charming. She couldn't help but take her eyes again and again towards him. Naushad senses her eyes on him and looks towards her. Their eyes meet! This skips Meher's heartbeat and she quickly lowers her eyes.

All enjoy and dance. Meher's mother drags Meher to dance despite her constant refrains. Meher stands in the middle and claps her hands as a gesture of showing her happiness but inside she feels nothing but tiredness!

Meher's mother then goes to Naushad, forcing him to dance. This she does to bring Meher and Naushad closer to each other emotionally. Naushad doesn't refrain out of politeness and hesitation, but she drags him and takes him to Meher. Doing so she goes to her other daughters.

Naushad stares Meher, smiling, lovingly. As Meher turns and discovers Naushad standing in front of her and smiling at her, her heart skips a beat and she gets another anxiety attack. This worries Naushad.

Meher gets away, Naushad follows to take care of her. They reach a secluded area.

Calling her several times from behind,

"Meher....",

he reaches her.

"It's a panic attack, just relax!",

he tells her and tries to calm her down by his words. But nothing seems to help her.

"Breath easy!",

he guides.

Unable to resist himself from helping her properly, Naushad holds her by her upper arms!

His sudden touch sends shivers down her spine. As if it's a reflex action she quickly shrugs off his hands, her breath shallow.

"Mujhe chu... chu mat!",

she orders, anxiety taking a toll on her.

Saying so she leaves quickly, getting as much away from him as possible!

As for Naushad, it wasn't easy to take the decision to touch her. The kinda relationship they share there is this constant hesitation from both the sides. But still at this moment he kept all his hesitation at bay and tried helping her. And despite doing that he got bashed by her, it broke his heart. But nevertheless he let it go. What broke his heart all the more and he couldn't let it go is - her condition!

Her resisting him affected him so much that he went back home and finished almost one full bottle of drink, thinking about her constantly! His eyes turn teary!

It's when next morning Naushad's Aapi comes and wakes him up that he returns to his senses. Freshening up they sit together in the garden outside and he dictates his story about Meher to his Aapi. He suddenly gets an idea and getting excited asks his Aapi,

"Aapi aaj shaam ko uske khala ka nikah hai!"

He requests her,

"Aap please mere saath chalengi?"

She readily agrees!

~*~*~

In the evening

They all have gala time, enjoying the nikah. Naushad steals glances of Meher, standing away from her yet in front. He notices how she is refraining from looking towards him. Why is she doing so? Is she fine? She is not well still, he could make out by her appearance but is that bad? Why is she not discussing it with him? All these thoughts frustrate Naushad.

Fine! If she doesn't want to talk, then be it that way but he wants to talk to her! Therefore, he'll take the initiative to reach her and talk.

Reaching her from behind, he takes her by surprise and whispers to her,

"Kya hum do (2) minute baat kar sakte hain?"

She gets frustrated. This was the last thing she wanted to do - talk to him!

Knowing that he won't listen to her denial, she obliges and walks with him to get done with this!

Getting to a secluded area, Meher requests him, yet showing herself to be stern,

"Please mera peecha karna band kijiye!"

Naushad doesn't mind it as if he hasn't heard her at all and keeps staring her without blinking.

"Kabse mujhe ghur rahe hain!",

she accuses him, looking towards him.

"I am sorry main...",

begins Naushad staring her still, then lowers his eyes for fraction of seconds then look back towards her again and continues,

"...main koshish kar raha hun!"

"Iss tarah mera peecha karna... mujhe ghurna... mujhse baat karne ki koshish karna... please stop it!",

she says, looking away, showing herself to be literally fed up of him.

"Kya baat hai Meher?",

he finally asks!

"Main... main ye seh nahi pa rahi!",

she manages to say through her choked throat.

"Please... mujhe akela chor dijiye!",

saying so she walks to leave that his question arrests her at her place,

"Kaise?"

Sighing, he continues,

"Meher maine kayi saal iss khauf mein... iss darr mein guzare hain ke main kahin dubara khud ko na kho baithun!"

Walking towards her, he says,

"Zindagi ne jo zakhm diye, maine kabhi unhe bharne nahi diya."

"Unn zakhmon par koi malham na laga de isliye kabhi kisi ko kareeb aney ki ijazzat hi nahi di!",

he says, walking past her and standing a little forward to her.

"Phir... tum mili! Aur na jane kahan se uss darr se ladne ki mujh mein taqat ki aa gayi",

he confesses without looking towards her, standing adjacent to her but maintaining distance.

"Sirf tumhari wajah se!",

he confesses.

This touches Meher's heart she shuts her eyes and bends her head, controlling her tears.

"Meher... main khud ko rok nahi pa raha hun!",

he confesses, feeling the anxiety again, never looking towards her.

Meher wipes off the drop of tear that escaped her eye.

Facing Meher, he says confidently,

"Shayad rokna hi nahi chahta!"

Meher looks towards him and with that one look unknowingly she puts in front of Naushad her innate feelings for him!

"Main janta hun main ab tak bohot hi batsaluk, badmizaj, arrogant, khadoos insaan ki tarah se pesh aya hun... lekin, kya tum mujhe ek mauka de sakti ho? Taki main bhi tumhare zehn mein wohi khoobsurat jagah bana sakun, jo tumne mere dil mein bana di hai?",

he says, staring her throughout.

Meher feels uncomfortable throughout!

"Bus ek mauka... please Meher! Aur haan koi zabardasti... koi obligation nahi hai...",

Naushad makes it clear.

Meher intervenes,

"Main... main iss waqt iss sawal ka jawab dene ke halat mein nahi hun, please.",

she says, looking towards him, rubbing off her tears.

Before he could say anything, she turns and begins to leave.

"Meher....",

he calls after her but she doesn't stop.

He walks after her, chasing her. He calls again,

"Meher..."

They reach in the ground where the party is going in full swing.

"Meher please meri baat sunno!",

he calls her.

Meher stops and turns to look towards him and in a hushed voice tells him,

"Dr. Rizvi aap samajh kyun nahi rahe hain? Kuch taqleefein hain jinka apse koi taluqat nahi hai!",

saying so she turns to leave that Naushad speaks up again,

"Tum kisi aur ko chahti ho!",

he says more than asks!

This makes Meher to turn and look at him. This comes as a shock for her!

"Ji???",

she asks, shocked.

"Ji nahi!",

she looks straight into his eyes.

"Bilkul bhi nahi!",

she says confidently, her eyes still into his!

He accepts that and asks politely,

"To fir kya dikkat hai?"

Meher decides to throw light on the issue. If not everything but something she can always share with Naushad!

Hesitantly, lowering her eyes, she tells him,

"Ek... ek waqt tha jab meri zindagi mein koi tha!"

Naushad hears her patiently.

"Lekin wo khatam ho chuka tha!",

she assures him.

"Par..."

Naushad intervenes,

"Par shayad, uss kitab ke kuch panne dobara khule hain."

Meher gets nervous, he is taking it all wrong. She tells him,

"Nahi... aisa nahi hai..."

But someone's voice intervenes her!

"To ye hain apki marham!"

Meher turns to know who said that.

As soon as she turns not only the speaker but the listener - Meher too gets shocked on witnessing each other! Blood drains out of Meher's face!

"Aapi... a...",

Naushad blushes.

But what comes next shocks him!

"Tum???",

says Naushad's sister, her brows knit together. Through her expression it is clear that she is not at all happy finding Meher there! Especially because her brother is considering her to be his beloved forever!

It comes as a shock for Meher too! Not only her presence but her husband's presence there too, standing behind Naushad's aapi!

It's none other than the culprit who is behind Meher's current state - Irfan!

"Aap dono ek dusre ko jante hain?",

asks Naushad, feeling relaxed and elated.

"Bohot achi tarah!",

says Naushad's Aapi, glaring Meher head to toe.

This surprises Naushad!

"Mere shauhar kafi nahi the tumhare liye? Jo ab tumhari tabahi nazar humare bhai jaan par bhi daal rahi ho?",

accuses Naushad's Aapi.

Meher endures all the insult, bowing her head.

"Aapi!",

scolds Naushad, trying to stop her from saying so.

Walking forward, Naushad scolds her further, keeping his voice low, but anxiety high,

"Kya keh rahi hain aap?"

Then she turns to address her husband standing behind him,

"Aur aap? Isliye yahan aney ke liye itne bechain ho rahe the? Iske liye?",

she scolds him.

Naushad stares his Aapi confused and disbelieved.

"Zahir si baat hai ye zaleel kissa Aligarh University mein khatam nahi hua!",

accuses Naushad's Aapi.

This makes Naushad to turn and look towards Meher and he finds her standing there bowing her head, guilt visible in her eyes.

Turning back to address Naushad, her Aapi drags a shocked Naushad's attention by saying,

"Nahi bhaijaan, ye nahi! Iss daldal se aap durr rahiye!"

Meher of course feels humiliated and offended.

Naushad turns again to look towards Meher in utter disbelief! Why is she not protesting? - he wonders.

"Iska koi zameer nahi hai.",

adds his Aapi.

Naushad finds himself in dilemma! Whom to believe and whom to disbelieve? Both are close to him. Both means so much to him.

And as if Irfan gets a great opportunity to escape from the situation without getting punished, that filthy thing shows his guts to taunt and scold Meher and hence showcasing to the world how she is the one after him and it's not the other way around! That instead of her, he is the victim! And instead of him, she is the culprit! He scolds her, taunts her,

"Khush?"

"Yahi chahti thi na tum?",

he asks her, humiliating her in front of all and showing himself to be the victim of her black magic on him!

"Humare khushi mein darar dalke khush ho?",

he asks her, loud and clear.

Meher knits her brows all the more, staring Irfan in disbelief! To what extent can this guy show his inhumane self??

"Shifrat mujhe yahan ana parha tha kyunki isne mujhe dhamkana shuru kar diya!",

lies Irfan with full confidence.

His saying lie with such confidence, irks Meher!

Pointing him with her index finger she shouts whilst crying,

"Jhoot! Ye... ye jhoot bol rahe hain!",

she addresses both Naushad and Shifrat.

Naushad turns to look towards Meher, shocked! He knits his brows all the more. His heart wants to believe her but his trust on his family is also strong! Deep down he knows Meher could never lie to him; but the thought that why would his family lie to him, makes him to fall in dilemma!

"Aligarh University ke DM ko sub kuch batane ki dhamki nahi di thi?",

he accuses her fearlessly.

This comes as yet another shock for Meher! To what more extent can this creature go to show himself innocent in front of the world?

"Kya??? Maine konsi dhamki di?",

asks Meher looking towards him, unable to believe that he actually is creating such rubbish stories!

"Balki kuch mahino se... ye mere peeche parhe hue hain!!",

says Meher, crying, looking towards Naushad and his Aapi.

"Iske phone calls maine lene band kar diye to... gunde bhej diye isne.",

says Irfan, turning towards Shifrat, showing his bruised face.

Naushad feels shattered! The life he dreamt to spend with Meher broke into pieces within moments. This wasn't what he expected the events to turn out to be like. Never!

He misinterpreted a woman again! Being a doctor the fabulous IQ level he possesses seems to be of no use today.

"Nahi! Maine aisa kuch nahi kiya hai, please mera yakeen maniye!",

says Meher, shaking her head into negative, crying, trying to make Naushad and Shifqat believe her.

"Main aap dono ko sub kuch batana chahta tha lekin isne mujhe aur mere career ko khatam karne ki dhamki di!",

Irfan doesn't stop weaving the web of his lies! His wife glares Meher.

"I was trapped!",

he adds further, trapping Meher all the more with the web of his words.

"Ye... ye sub jhoot bol rahe hain! Ek ek... ek ek labz jhoot hai!",

Meher tries to make them believe, pointing her index finger towards the culprit, crying.

Naushad stares her still unable to understand whom to believe.

"Inhone mujhe dhamkaya... Mere... Mere saath zabardasti kari hai inhone!",

spits out Meher, bearing immense hurt and pain in her heart.

This shocks Naushad all the more! The thought that he forced her, makes Naushad to stare his brother in law, shocked!

"Dr. Rizvi, Shifrat, please... mera yakeen maniye, main apse such keh rahi hun.",

she pleads them.

Pointing him with her index finger, Meher cries and says,

"Ye insaan wo nahi hai jo apko dikhta hai!"

She looks towards Naushad and says,

"Please... Dr. Rizvi aap to yakeen maniye!"

Naushad stares her with throbbing heart and unable to decide what to do, whom to believe!

"Please...",

pleads Meher, crying.

Naushad finally speaks, lower his eyes, his state is that of shock and disbelief,

"Nahi Meher...",

he shakes his head into negative, his eyes still lowered,

"Tum yakeen ke layak nahi ho!",

this he says, keeping in mind the past records of her family, whom he once considered to be low class people.

Unable to make him believe her and also unable to endure his distrust in her, all hell breaks loose and she shouts as high as she could, caring no more about the world, after all if when the trust of whom means the world to her is not trusting her, so why should she care about what the world thinks about her now?

"HE RAPED ME NAUSHAD!!!!"

"He raped me!!!",

she repeats lowering her voice out of helplessness and exhaustion.

Now this shakes Naushad to the core!!! He looks towards Irfan in utter disbelief, shocked! Irfan staring Naushad, shakes his heading into negative, indicating him that she is lying. The floor seems to slip by his feet for the second time within a short span of time. The whole world seems to be revolving around his eyes! His mind goes blank. He fails to imagine his brother in law with whom he has spent quality time, can do this to anyone.... to Meher....! He slowly looks towards his Aapi, and finds her eyes reflecting her disbelief in Meher.

With a throbbing heart; his eyes brimming with tears, he again looks towards Meher, shocked!

"Abhi do (2) din bhi nahi hue hain! Iss aadmi ne... apne hi kamre mein... iss... jaanwar ne mere saath kya kiya hai!!!",

cries Meher, it takes all her physical and mental strength; courage, to spit out these words in front of the world; in front of her family; in front of Naushad!

At this moment seeing Meher going weak, her family runs to her and her mother hugs her,

"Meherrr...!!"

Irfan, the culprit who has no shame in him, still shows his guts to retort back and make all believe that it's Meher who is at guilt,

"Ek aurat ho kar itni gir sakti ho Meher? Ki apni izzat bhi neelam kar di?"

"Tum jaisa galeez insaan hi izzat ki neelami ki baat kar sakta hai!",

retorts back Jannat, staring straight into his eyes.

By then their Khala too with her husband reach there to witness all this.

"Aur isse kisi gundo ne nahi mara tha, maine mara tha!",

Jannat makes it clear, without any hesitation or regret, what so ever!

"Apni behn ke liye, jo ki bohot kam tha!",

she shouts, feeling the adrenaline rush. As if if Irfan speaks a word further she might end up beating him to death!

While they all indulge in this fight, Naushad hearing everything quietly, finally speaks up, getting into a decision.

"Ainda mere khandan ke kareeb koi nahi jayega!",

his eyes lowered but determined! His voice too reflects his determination. His unwavering voice tells how nothing can change his decision!

Meher's mother glare Naushad.

"Mera dawa bilkul sahi tha! Mirza khandaan ki makkari se mujhe yahi umeed thi!",

says Naushad, spitting venom through his words, never looking towards Meher and her family.

At this Meher's mother leaves Meher, glaring Naushad throughout. And slap him tight across his face! Her anger is not only because Naushad talked ill about her family but also because he broke her trust in him. She considered him to be a good man and was looking forward to an alliance between Meher and Naushad. Nothing hurts the most than breaking of trust!

Trust has been broken on either sides! According to Naushad, Meher - a Mirza girl, broke his trust and according to Meher's mother, Naushad broke her trust!

"Khabardar!",

she warns him.

"Iss paaq bachi par ilzaam lagane ki na to kisi ki haisiyat hai aur na kisi ka haq!"

Naushad lowers his eyes feeling ashamed and out of respect for Meher's mother. How much he might say ill about Mirza women, but deep down he does respect them all!

This decision he took out of the feeling that he has been betrayed yet again by the one he dared to love again! His broken heart is making his thoughts irrational.

When his family talks ill about Meher he gets inclined towards them, thinking - why would his own family lie to him? And when Meher's family make him learn that he is no one to say ill about them, he gets inclined towards them, thinking - no one would dare to slap someone in front of all if she is not confident about herself and her dear ones!

Can we blame him for thinking so? A person whose heart has been broken by his own wife, went aloof and started hating all the feelings that ushered him to the feeling of love; loathe all fluttery feelings that love gives oneself. Like a breeze Meher entered his life without knocking, and sprinkled the fragrance of love. The freshness of her, despite being vulnerable herself gave Naushad hope to love and be loved again! It wasn't easy for him to take this step; to allow his heart to go to a direction which he has abandoned long ago. But she made him to change his thoughts regarding love! And now that he has finally believed her; hell he has even confessed about it, suddenly he gets the second big shock of his life, first being - his wife betrayal, Meher has betrayed him too! Where does the difference lie between Meher and Arwa now?

Why should he forgive her when he hasn't forgiven Arwa ever? Women are all same - characterless! A woman does not understand the juzzbaatt of the man who loves her! They just know to play with the juzzbaatt of others, especially when it comes to Mirza women!

At this moment juzzbaatt of everyone present there is overflowing. The Mirza family's juzzbaatt is that of hatred towards Naushad, well truth be told it's way more than their hatred towards Irfan! Because they had put Naushad at a high place in their hearts and he with his few words shattered everything!

Naushad's sister's juzzbaatt is of hatred too towards Meher!

Naushad's juzzbaatt is of betrayal from Meher's side.

Meher's juzzbaatt is of betrayal too! Naushad doesn't trust him! How could she expect his faith and trust on her? How? Why did she give him high importance in her life? Why?

As much difficult was it for Naushad to lay trust on Meher, after his wife's betrayal, it was difficult for Meher too to trust another man after  facing a severe heartbreak herself!

Meher's whole family reach her!

Her mother shouts,

"Aur aap subko sharminda hona chahiye subko!"

Meher cries bitterly, hiding behind her mother.

"Jannat, apno ke liye jhoot bolna achi baat hai. Par kisi galat baat par parda dalna, ye acha nahi hai!",

says Jannat.

All turn to look towards her.

"Yahi bola tha na apne?",

asks Jannat, standing in front of Meher.

This shocks everyone! Meher stares Jannat knitting her brows, unable to understand what is she talking about.

Naushad stares Jannat, shocked!

"Meher ne apse koi jhoot nahi bola. Haan baat chupayi thi kyunki kisi aurat ke liye ye asaan nahi hota ke wo apne bitter past ke barey mein itni easily bata de.",

retorts Jannat.

"Par apne kya kiya? Jhooti humdardi dikhayi? Aur ab jab suchhai apke samne ayi aur apke khandan ka koi gunehgar bann kar samne aya to apka bharosa Meher par se ek minute mein uth gaya?",

asks Jannat, confidently.

Naushad stares her, not blaming her for saying so. Each word of this incident is making him to ponder into the situation all the more!

"Dr. Rizvi mujhe pehle afsos hota tha ke apni biwi ne aap jaise ek ache insaan ko chor diya."

At this Naushad knits his brows all the more, hurt.

"Par ab mehsus ho raha hai ke galti apki biwi ki nahi hai, galti apki hai, aap kisi par bharosa karna seekh hi nahi paye shayad. Kya pata apki biwi khud kisi aur ke saath chali gayi ya apke shaq karne ki aadat se tang ho kar apko chor kar akele kahin aur zindagi basa rahi hai!",

shouts Jannat, without any regrets of having said that!

"Apse judi jo afwah hai that you murdered your wife! May be, may be you didn't murder your wife but this I am sure you must have murdered her feelings for you brutally!",

Naushad gets shocked by Jannat's bold words.

Meher doesn't remain unaffected too!

"Jannat!",

she scolds her.

"Seriously Badi? Tum ab bhi inka saath de rahi ho?",

asks Jannat, turning to look towards Meher in utter disbelief.

Naushad stares Meher too!

Naushad's sister takes him along with her and they leave.

Meher stares a going away Naushad, crying with all her heart! Her pain of his leaving her amidst the chaos and not staying at her side pierces her heart. She cries bitterly. Waiting for him to at least look at her for once. The more he takes the steps away from her the more her heart runs to him but she remains stuck at her place, feeling helpless! Not having courage!

Naushad turns to look at Meher, not really wanting to leave her. His heart divided into two, one shocked and hating her for his betrayal. And the other half, craving to be with her despite her betrayal! Meher crying non stop stares him throughout, pleading him through her eyes to stop and trust her!

"Janey do badi, jo tumhe itna bhi na samajh sakey wo tumhe samajhne ke layak hi nahi hai!",

says Jannat, giving strength to Meher through her words.

Unable to endure this Meher runs away crying. Her mother calls after her but Jannat asks her mother to let Meher stay alone for sometime! Her mother breaks into tears in Jannat's arms.

After sometime they get to know that there is a curfew alert and they need to leave. Meher's family gets tensed about Meher.