"No way" Nandini said confidently. "Remember Nandini Murthy, Manik Malhotra will never take no for an answer" he said holding her and didn't let her go. "Tho Nandini Murthy bhi kam nahi hai" she said raising her brows. "If you can't give it, I will take it" he said simply. Nyonika came out searching for Manik and Nandini. They heard her taking their names. "Manik, leave me aunty aa jayegi" Nandini pleaded. "Ok go now, but I will definitely take it, you can't ignore" he said. He turned her around. "Manik, what is it now?" she asked him. He put the jasmine flowers in her plat. She smiled looking at it over her shoulders. He kissed her on shoulders and whispered into ear, "Ab bahut khoobsurat lag rahi ho".

Mukti looked stunning her red Kanjivaram saree. Ishitha is happy to look at Mukti as a bride. She puts kaala teeka behind Mukti's ear. "Maa, mujhe bhi lagao na" Ruhi asked her. Ishitha smiled at her while Mukti puts a kaala teeka to Ruhi. Mukti and Abhimanyu exchanged garlands as they sit in the mandap. Abhimanyu looked at Mukti excited to get married while Mukti stole glances. "Kitni kush lag rahi hai na humari Mukti" Ishitha asked Raman. "Yes, ye dono humesha aise hi kush rahe" he said. With everyones' blessings Abhimanyu had tied knot with Mukti forever. They both are declared husband and wife as they got up for pheras. Abhimanyu filled her maang and puts black bead necklace as a sign of their marriage. Ishitha gives toe rings to Abhimanyu. He looked cluelessly at her.

"Mukti ko ye bhi pehnana hai" Ishitha said and he takes it from her. "Ye toe rings hai na, ye kyu ab" he asked her. "Toe rings are also a sign of married woman, isse shaadi mein hi pehnate hai" she told him. "But mangalsutra bhi pehnate hai na, as a sign of married woman, tho ye kyu ma'am?" Navya asked Ishitha. "These toe rings are worn on second finger of both the feet, the second finger is directly connected to woman's uterus. It ensures healthy menstruation" Ishitha told her. "Tho Ishitha ye tumne silver mein kyu karwaye, ye bhi Gold hi le aati" Raman interrupted her. "No, they are made in silver Raman as it is good conductor and flushes out any negativity from the body" she said. "Phir ye dulha ko bhi pehnana hai, as a sign of married man, ladkiyon ke liye hi itne saare signs, Abhi you should wear it too" Manik mocked Abhimanyu. "In ancient times, even men use to wear them but you know as a part of evolution, now men aren't wearing" Ishitha said to Manik. "Ab samaj mein aaya ladkiya purane dino mein neeche kyu dekhthe the, to see whether he is married or not" Cabir commented.

Mukti and Abhimanyu laughed at his comment. "Jaldi pehnao, warna ye Cabir iske aur advantages batayega" Manik said. Abhimanyu took her feet in his hands. He made her wear them. "Ab se ladka ladki ki charon pe" Aryaman whispered to Cabir. Ishitha asked Mukti to take blessings from Abhimanyu touching his feet. "Mom, main ye kyu karu ab?" Mukti asked seeing Abhimanyu happy on listening that she will have to touch his feet. "Tum log ye feminism and I'm a feminist karte ho na, its about equality Mukti. He touched your feet and now its your turn" Ishitha simply shrugged. "Fine" Mukti said as she took blessings from him.

Alya had introduced Sonya to others. "Hey everyone, this is my sister, Sonya" she said. Navya and Cabir wished her. Aryaman and Nandini joined them. "Kab aaye hai aap?" Cabir asked her. "Why should I say that to you?" Sonya seemed not to care. "Ah Alya, I have something to tell you, can you come aside" Cabir said to Alya. "Yeah sure" she went with Cabir. "Alya aapke baare mein bahut bataya hume" Navya said to Sonya.

"Acha kya bataya usne" Sonya asked her. "Nothing just you take care of her so much" Nandini replied to ease the situation. "Alya told you and tum log maan bhi gaye!" Sonya said sarcastically looking at Nandini. Navya and Nandini looked at each other. Alya came back with Cabir. "Di, can we leave now?" she asked. "So finally ye early morning shaadi khatam ho gayi, sure we can leave" Sonya said bye to everyone before leaving. "Yaar kitni ajeeb hai ye, aise lag raha tha ki koi thriller movie ki character se baat kar rahi hu" Navya wondered. "Remember Alya bhi pehle aise hi thi" Aryaman said. "Yeah maybe they're from Ajeeb khaandaan" Cabir narrowed his eyes at the exit when Alya and Sonya left.

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"Nandini, sab set hai?" Cabir asked her in last minute. "Aur kitne baar puchoge?" Nandini is done with him. "Sorry meri maa, wo log aate hi hoga" he said. Aryaman had been shifting Sanju into the general ward from ICU and Navya helped him. Sanju is stable now and regained her consciousness. Mukti had given green signal to shift her into general ward and allowed Aryaman to take care of her now. "Surprise!" Cabir and Nandini opened the door when Aryaman and Navya came there with Sanju on wheel chair. They have decorated the ward beautifully with flowers and balloons with signs of get well soon written all over. Sanju is happy to be back in action and received good wishes from everyone.

"This is so amazing, thank you guys" she said overwhelmed. "Karna hi pada humko trustee jo ho tum humare" Cabir commented and Nandini hit him playfully. "Ab ye sirf trustee nahi kuch special rishta bhi hai isko humse" Nandini raised her brows at Aryaman. He ignored her glares and made Sanju comfortable on the bed. "Maine kabhi nahi socha ki I will get to see you all again, I'm grateful to God" Sanju prayed. "Ab senti mat ho jao, you should rest and tum sab log, baahar aayiye" Aryaman said. "Baahar jaana hai ya aana hai?" Cabir needed clarification. "Bhai, main bhi aa raha hoon" Aryaman said going out with Cabir. Sanju held his hand to stop him. "Kya hum Shaadi kar sakte hai?" she asked all of a sudden.

"Seedha Shaadi ke baat chal raha hai yaha" Cabir whispered to Nandini. "Chup raho tum dono" Navya said to Cabir and Nandini. "Sanju, tum abhi rest karlo na" Aryaman is shocked and didn't know what to reply. "I know ye thoda jaldi ho raha hai, but I need someone in my life whom I can call mine, isliye main uss Rakesh ke saath shaadi ke liye maan gayi aur usne mere saath" she talked continuously and Aryaman stopped her. "Sanju relax hum ye baad mein discuss karenge" he said. "Are you saying no Aryaman? Don't you want to be committed?" she said straight forward.

"Bhai ladki tujhse kuch pooch rahi hai" Cabir said to him. "Of course I am ready to marry you but you should be healthy enough, warna bride to be itni weak nahi ho sakti" he smiled at her. Aryaman hugged her and kissed forehead. Alya came there. "Hi everyone" she wished them. She looked at the decor made in the ward. "I'm sorry Cabir I couldn't come meri di aayi hai na, she wanted me to go out with her" she apologized to her.

"Is it why you took her out in the morning?" Aryaman asked Cabir. "Whoa! Genius and by the way Alya Aryaman ki shaadi fix ho gayi" Cabir said broadly smiling. "Congrats both of you and I'm happy for you Aryaman" she wished them luck. "Acha tum log evening Manik ke ghar aa rahe hai na?" Alya asked.

"But why?" Aryaman asked. "Post wedding rituals" she said. "Ha Nyonika aunty bhi mujhe bulayi thi, usse help karne ke liye" Nandini added. "Manik sir ke ghar mein party hai aur Alya aur Nandini ko invite na kare, aise kabhi ho sakta hai kya?" Cabir said. "Aise kyu bol rahe ho?" Nandini asked. "Because Manik sir hai tho wo Alya ko bulayega and Nyonika aunty, she will surely invite you" she said.

"Ha, Nandini is definitely her favorite" Aryaman agreed with Cabir. "Cabir, do you remember that ek time tha jab we thought Nandini and Manik sir ke beech mein kuch hai and now see everything is changing" Navya spoke. "Yeah mujhe bhi aise hi lagta tha" Cabir added. Nandini and Alya looked at each other. "There's nothing between us" Nandini had to lie.

Alya looked on. "Waise bhi ladies function hoga na hum aake kya karenge tum log jao, Navya, Nandini and Alya" Aryaman said. "Arre Aryaman aise mauke baar baar thodi aayenge, hum bhi chalte hai na" Cabir asked with a puppy face. "Tu drama mat kar hum bhi jayenge" Aryaman said. "Main bhi?" Sanju asked. "No" said all others at once.

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"Aur bhi ek function?" Sonya asked Alya. "Ha di Manik ke ghar pe hi" Alya said getting ready to leave. "Chalo main bhi aaungi phir" she said. "But di" Alya hesitated. "Manik ke ghar wale mujhe kuch nahi kahenge and mujhe bhi usse milna hai, Isse acha mauka kab milega. We can't go all of a sudden and ab tho function bhi hai" Alya is convinced and asked her to come.

"Di, I think you were right about Manik" Alya said as they sat in the car. "I'm always right but how do you know it?" Sonya asked her. "Aaj jab Cabir ne Nandini se pucha ki Manik aur uske beech mein kuch hai tho she said no" Alya said. "Maybe he is doing all this to get you, you never know" Sonya said blindly guessing. "But why does he have to do that?" Alya asked and Sonya smiled.

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"Nandini, tum ye laddoo banao, I will come just now" Nyonika left saying this to Nandini. She makes laddoos in the kitchen when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She was about to scream when Manik closed her mouth with his hand. "It's me Manik" he said. "You've scared me Manik" she gasped. "No you are scaring me" he said back hugging her. "Acha kya bana rahi ho?" he asked her.

"Besan ke laddoo. Aaj muh dikhayi mein ye sweets hi serve kiya jayega" she said. He took one to taste. "How sweet!" he said tasting it. "Hai na!" she said. He pulled her near him and whispered, "Abhi bhi tumhara morning kiss pending hi hai, chahe tho you can make it up for me" he placed an open offer for her. "No" she said. "No mat bolo warna pachtaogi" he warned her.

"Manik and Nandini what are you doing here?" Nyonika had caught them redhandedly. "Aunty wo" she hesitated. "Mom, I was looking over the decoration" Manik quickly said. "Kitchen mein decoration! Seriously Manik?" she asked unbelievably. "Please jaldi jaldi haath chalao tum dono" she said before leaving them. "Tere wajhe se mujhe aaj mom ke saamne embarrassed hona pada" Manik blamed. "What! Mere wajhe se! Agar tum ye sab nahi kiya hota na" she said and is cut off by Nyonika again. "Ab tum dono ladd rahe ho? Manik, Nandini shaadi Mukti aur Abhimanyu ka hua tumhare nahi and Manik please let her work in peace" she sent Manik put. He winked at her and reminded of his kiss.

He saw Alya and Sonya coming. "Hi Alya" he greeted her. She looked at Sonya. "Sonya phir se bore ho gayi hogi na" he asked sarcastically. "Manik actually di wanted to meet aunty and uncle so" Alya said but Manik had cut her off in the middle. "It's OK, acha hua ki tum dono yaha aa gaye, Alya can you please look after the food counter arrangements, you are a pro in it" Manik asked Alya. "Sure" she left.

"Manik, I need to talk to you in private" Sonya said. "Sure, we can go to the garden" he said. "No, we'll go to your room" she said. "My room is filled with all decoration stuff and it's not clean anyway and what can we have to talk so privately" he sighed. "Alya ne bataya ki tum Nandini se pyaar karte ho?" she said. "Alya ne kaha aur tum maan bhi gayi? How strange!" Manik taunted her.

"No, it's not like I believe her. But I just asked" she said. "Is it what you want to ask me?" Manik asked her to come straight to point. "I need Alya to get over you she should forget you and start afresh again" she said. "Yes even I wish the same for her" Manik said. "Then, I have a plan. I will get a guy for Alya, you introduce him as your friend and eventually they'll both fall in love" she said as simple as that. "But Alya knows all my friends" Manik raised a doubt. "Moreover I don't know if she ever love the person you selected for her" he said. "Are you really over Alya? Or you still love her?" she asked narrowing her brows.

"Fine, I'm in. I will help you do that! Happy?" Manik said gritting his teeth.