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Dev reached home in a relaxed and jubilant mood. Ishwari was shocked to see her 'seedha-saadha' boy whistling away and twirling his car keys on his finger as he went up the stairs.

"Dev!" Ishwari called him from behind

Dev turned around and grinned, "yes mom? Koi important baat?" and continued to whistle joyfully.

"Tere liye kai naye rishte aaye hain, neeche aakar ladkiyon ki photos dekh le mere saath.....sab ki kundaliyan bhi match karti hain tere saath," she ordered.

Dev stopped whistling and looked at her, "iski koi zaroorat nahin hai mom......I know who I want to marry!" he turned around and ran to his room.

Ishwari was stunned; she had never seen such attitude from him, "zaroor kisi ne kaala jadoo kiya hai mere bete par," she followed him upstairs and barged into his room, 'Dev!"

Dev was rocking away to some music playing on his computer; he paused the music and gave her a stern look, "MOM! Can you please knock on my door before barging in? I'm not a schoolboy any longer!"

"Dev! Yeh kya pagalpan hai? Main teri maa hoon...tujhe janam diya hai maine....aur yeh gaana bajaana kyon ho raha hai is ghar mein?" Ishwari yelled

"Yes mom, aap meri maa hain, bhagwan nahin! I love music and I am good at it! If I live in this house, I should have some freedom to do what I enjoy!" he retorted back. Ishwari was really taken aback; she was sure someone was influencing her son in a negative way.

"Dev! Music se tere dimaag par bura asar padta hai, iss liye beta tujhe music se door rehna chaahiye," Ishwari tried to explain calmly.

"WRONG! Mom you are wrong! Since I have found out that I can sing so well and enjoy music, I feel much happier and relaxed....as if my life has completely changed....I am sorry mom, music is here to stay with me.....aur agar aapko pasand nahin hai, toh aap mat suniye," he said firmly.

Ishwari gnashed her teeth in anger and then asked, "who is responsible for this change in you?" she was fearful that Fareeda might be back in his life.

Dev smiled, "hai ek ladki mom.....I love her a lot...I want to marry her."

Ishwari was a little relieved that it was a girl, and not her old enemy, Fareeda, "kya naam hai uska?"

"Mom....you won't believe it.....yaad hai aapko Mr Bose ki beti, Sonakshi? Jis se pehle shaadi ki baat hui thi? Hamari KUNDALI bhi MATCH karti thi?" Dev emphasized on the matching of the horoscopes, "it is the same girl."

Ishwari was pleasantly surprised, "really? Tujhe kahan mili wo?"

"Sapno mein," he said dreamily and chuckled, "nahin mom...she works with me at the office....isn't it a coincidence?"

Ishwari was relieved now, "lagta hai kismat mein hi tha tum dono ka rishta.....theek hai   main aaj hi tere dad se baat karti hoon."

As Ishwari turned around to leave, Dev stopped her, "Mom.....remember bachpan mein meri ek dadi hoti thi?"

Ishwari stiffened at the mention of dadi, she lied, "dadi? Nahin toh...teri dadi toh meri shaadi se pehle hi guzar chuki thi."

"Nahin mom! Not dad's mother. Ek aur dadi.......she was an older lady who used to sing to me.....kahan hai wo? I want to meet her again," Dev held his mom with her shoulders.

"Dev.....you are mistaken son.....aisi koi dadi nahin thi teri zindagi mein.....mujhe kuch kaam hai.....main chalti hoon," Ishwari left his room without giving him a chance to ask any more questions.

Dev said to himself, "Ok mom....if you don't remember, I will ask dad and Prithvi....they might remember.....and of course Sonakshi knows her too."

Ishwari went downstairs and called Vicky, "haan Vicky bete....yeh Dev ko aaj kal kya ho gaya hai?"

Vicky answered, "aunty...wo aaj kal bahut khush rehta hai.....iska ek secret hai."

"Sonakshi?" she asked to confirm, as she was still suspicious that Fareeda had something to do with Dev's sudden interest in music.

"Yes aunty......wo hamare office mein hi kaam karti hai.....aap milengi usses?" Vicky asked

"Main jaanti hoon usse...achha yeh bataa, aur toh koi nahin mila na Dev ko?" Ishwari asked hesitantly

"Koi aur? Nahin aunty....wo aaj kal zyaada time Sonakshi ke saath hi rehta hai," Vicky reassured Ishwari as they hung up.

NEXT MORNING:

Samaira impressed the professor with her perfect lip-sync job with the cassette recorder hidden in her kurta the next morning. She was relieved when she saw a smile on Prof. Mathur's face once her performance ended.

"Very good Sonakshi! You have redeemed yourself by the performance......ab kal Raag bhairavi mein gaana," the professor smiled at her to Samaira's dismay. Poor thing had practiced lip syncing the difficult music piece all night; she would have to do the same exercise once again? She decided that she was going to get a 'throat infection' the next day- enough was enough! At least, she had saved her sister from flunking the class.

Sonakshi went to dadi's house but was disappointed to see a lock on the door. A neighbor told her that dadi had gone to Lucknow to visit a distant cousin. Unfortunately, there was no contact information available on her. Sonakshi dialed Iqbal's number in the hope that he might pick it up that day, but as usual it was of no use. In fact the message said, "THIS MOBILE NUMBER IS NO LONGER IN USE." Iqbal used to carry 2 mobiles- one to be used for Iqbal for Rehaan and his contacts and the other to be used as Vicky. Now that Rehaan ceased to exist, he had stopped using that number. Sonakshi was convinced that Iqbal had something to do with Rehaan's 'accident' and 'disappearance' and that is why he was absconding or hiding somewhere. She was really upset with Iqbal and decided to file a report with the police.

After reporting Iqbal to the police, she went to the beach house. She cleaned up the house, just like it was hers now. She felt that she completely belonged to Rehaan and it was her right to take care of his things like a wife would normally do.

As she waited around, she thought about her sister, Samaira, "Samaira mere liye kitna kuch karti hai....I am so lucky to have a sister like her......kaash main bhi uske liye kuch kar sakti....yaad aaya! Us budhhu ne abhi tak apne mann ki baat Dev ko nahin kahi.....chalo main aaj uski taraf se letter likhti hoon aur uske office mein drop kar deti hoon.....she will really be surprised."

So, Sonakshi took out a paper and wrote down

Dev,
I have wanted to express myself for a long time, but have not yet mustered the courage to do so. I have really enjoyed working with you and never realized that in this short span of time that I have known you, I have really started liking and admiring you. We have a very beautiful friendship between us and this beautiful relationship has taken another form in my heart. You might not share the same feelings about me, but I thought I would write down my feelings as I am too shy to express myself openly. I think I have fallen in love with you. If you feel the same way about me, just place a rose on my desk with a little note and if you don't, please forgive me for being so forthcoming and ignore this note. I would understand and trust me that would never affect our friendship in any way.

Sonakshi re-read the letter, folded it and put it in her purse. She changed into Samaira's clothes- a long skirt and blouse like her sister wore to work and headed for her office.

Sonakshi was surprised when everyone at the office greeted her as "Hi Sonakshi! Kaisi ho? Chot theek ho gayi? We missed you!" Sonakshi was really confused, 'toh kya Samaira yahan Sonakshi ke naam se kaam karti hai? Lekin kyun? Uske naam mein kya problem hai? Kahin Dev bhi toh usse Sonakshi ke naam se nahin jaanta?"

People at the office were surprised when Sonakshi asked for directions to her 'own office.'

Sonakshi finally saw Samaira's cabin- the sign outside said 'Sonakshi Bose'

Sonakshi was initially upset, but she remembered how she had used Samaira's name when she had met Rehaan, "ho sakta hai uski bhi koi zarrorat ho." Samaira's desk was a mess just like her closet and desk was at home. Sonakshi shook her head and cleaned up just like she usually did at home, "yeh ladki kabhi nahin sudhregi!" After cleaning up, she decided to finally surprise Samaira's boss, "Dev sochega ki Samaira kaam par wapas aa gayi hai."

Sonakshi walked out of Samaira's cabin and looked around for Dev's office.

Finally, she saw the sign- Dev Dixit- outside an impressive looking room.

She knocked at the door, "may I come in sir?"

Dev had his back to the door as he was on a call; he just gestured with his finger to let the person at the door in.

Sonakshi walked in hesitantly and stood waiting for him. His broad back looked so familiar to her, "lagta hai kahin dekha hai Dev ko?"

Sonakshi took out the letter and placed it on his desk gently; she took a pen and wrote- FROM SONAKSHI as she thought Dev knew Samaira as Sonakshi!

She was bent over, when a hand grabbed hers, "caught you!"

Sonakshi looked up and was SHOCKED AT WHAT SHE SAW: AAP?

Dev smiled at her and grabbed the letter. He unfolded the letter and read it.

Sonakshi stared at him in disbelief- aisa nahin ho sakta! Yeh pakka koi sapna hai! Dev aur Rehaan? She closed her eyes, hoping that it was just a nightmare. How could that be? Flashes of her and Rehaan making love in the beach house pierced her mind....NO....NO....that was not possible....main shayad Rehaan ke pyaar mein pagal ho gayi hoon....mujhey har jagah wo hi dikhte hain!

As she stood there with her eyes closed, hoping that she was just imagining, he grabbed her waist from behind and kissed her neck- yes it was him!

"Kya tumhey abhi bhi mere pyaar par doubt hai Sonakshi? What's up with this letter ? I think we are way beyond the friendship stage," he crawled his fingers under her top and caressed her naval area. Sonakshi stiffened at his touch; she was disgusted at herself, how could she ever do that? She had betrayed her sister, the person who had done so much for her and she had back stabbed her?

Sonakshi pulled away, she did not want to reveal her true identity to him, "main chalti hoon....yahan office mein yeh sab theek nahin lagta," she did not give him a chance and ran out the door. Dev smiled, "God!! Why does she shy away this much now??.....But I love that about her......sweetheart you deserve a full bouquet of roses....just not one rose on your desk," he called the flower shop and ordered a dozen roses. He took out a note and wrote- WILL YOU MARRY ME? And decided to leave the note on her desk with the bouquet.

Sonakshi ran out the hallway in a hurry, disgusted, heartbroken and very very guilty! As she ran out, she bumped into a man. She looked up and was stunned. The man said, "Hi Sonakshi! Good to see you back."

"Iqbal bhai? Aap yahan?" Sonakshi was horrified.
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Precap- Sonakshi gets to know everything!!!

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