Early in morning when sonakshi woke up she felt two arms wrap around her and a heavy leg slung over her. It was nearly seven o'clock but her body felt so exhausted from all the emotional drama that it felt like she hadn't slept for days. "Wake up. Move away from me" she said pushing him away with all her force.
Dev rolled over and hugged sonakshi, she felt like kicking him out of the bed. "Come out of dream world" she spoke and gave a tight slap on his. He groaned and slowly got up out of the bed, still half asleep. "OK, doll. I love you; have a nice day." He kissed her forehead and got out of the bed, his eyes only half open.
Sonakshi thought dev must have consumed some drugs the previous night.

She was so confused looking at him call her doll. Dev definetly didn't look like a person who will give her Nick names, for her.

Dev walked out of the kitchen and sonakshi went to fresh up. She had to go early to hospital. Within seven thirty sonakshi was out of the Room well dressed up for work.

Dev pushed sonakshi onto one of the kitchen stools, grinning to himself like the cat that got the milk. "Hey, I get to make you breakfast. I hope you like it doll," he chirped.

"You know, it's kind of weird, you being all nice to me over breakfast." She yelled at him. For once sonakshi felt like there was something hidden behind his over pouring love.

"I could be mean to you if you want," dev said walking close to her and decreasing the distance between them. Sonakshi turned to look at him and he brushed her hair behind her ear, his fingers lingering on her cheek, making her blush

"Why do you touch me when you said you hate to touch me?" Sonakshi screamed at dev and took a deep breath. She was somewhere feeling awkward.

""You really are the most beautiful thing in world" he mumbled. Sonakshi's heart skipped a beat at the honesty in his voice, his deep black eyes were burning into her, making her feel like the only girl in the world.

"Should I make a lemon juice for you?" She questioned in a serious tone and checked on him whether he was fine.

"Doll" he grinned.

"I know you're not fine. Take rest" she said and went out of the kitchen without eating the breakfast he prepared for her. Sonakshi understood that she had no time to waste with dev.

It took few minutes for sonakshi to back all her required things. Meanwhile riya woke up and dev also got ready for hospital.

Riya looked at sonakshi and gave a small smile. "Riya I didn't prepare anything today. Can you eat outside?" Soanskhi asked out of concern and riya replied "It's okay bhabhi I will take care."

Dev was waiting for sonakshi to taste the breakfast he made for her but she was still stubborn in eating the food prepared by him.

"You don't eat cereal?" Dev asked, watching sonakshi scoff four slices of toast.

"Are the divorce papers ready?" She threw a quick question to him.
Dev decided not to reply her and remained silent.

"I will again repeat this question tonight. I also want to remind you tomorrow is the last day I'm staying here" she said and walked straight to the car park area.

Adding more to her surprise she noticed a flat car tyre. There was obsolutely no air In the front tyre of her car. She cursed the nitrogen gas, as she was getting late for the hospital. "I can offer guy a ride doll" dev said making sonakshi just stare at him.

"First stop calling me doll. Second I can go by bus. Thank you" she replied and walked out in anger.

Her little brain got really confused by his weird behaviour. She walked few minutes and reached the bus stand, still thinking about dev.

Dev couldn't believe he was going to suffer through watching sonakshi travel in bus. He cursed his stupid idea of punchering her car.

"Riya lock the door properly and leave. Take care. I will talk with you soon" dev spoke in a hurry and rushed to his car. Riya just nodded her head in an understanding.

Dev started his car and went to the busy stop. Sonakshi got inside the bus which will take her to the hospital.

Sonakshi stood in the bus and dev carefully noticed what was happening inside the bus by sitting in his car. Dev literally followed the bus and got furious looking at a guy eyeing his wife. He didn't like her travelling in the bus.

The moment the bus stopped in the next stop dev parked his car near the busy stop and step inside the bus. Dev moved near Sonakshi and held her by her waist closer to his chest. "I hold you like this till we reach the hospital" he whispered in ears. "Can't you leave me free" she yelled on top of her voice. "I'm protecting you, doll" he said almost leaning on her shoulder.

"Get inside my car or else let's go to hospital together in bus" dev spoke and sonakshi turned her face to finally look at him.

"I'm coming with you" she replied him in an angry tone and they both stepped out of the bus.

Dev took a deep breath at the passenger side door of his car. Sonakshi wished she could sit in the backseat, but that would make her look childish. She went ahead and opened the door, sliding into his dark car quickly. Sonakshi finally sat beside dev.

"Put your seat belt" dev demanded, still angry on Sonakshi for not caring about her safety.
She crossed her arms over her chest and gave a humph sound. Her face held a I don't care look. Dev decided to control her with his anger.

"Doll, you have three seconds before my arm becomes your seatbelt." His voice came out low. She hurriedly reached for her seatbelt and snapped it.

Although, from the way he had roughly called her 'Doll', one part of her wanted him to put his arm across her lap.
What the hell is wrong with me? She thought she should be telling him to quit ordering her around.

"You are so bossy." she said to him for which he smiled silently.

"I wouldn't be if you would quit fighting with me, doll" dev said as they finally reached the hospital. Sonakshi didn't say anything to dev but rather ran away from him. She was quick enough to get into the elevator as dev went to park the car.

Sonakshi silently sat in her cabin. "How can someone all of a sudden be too sweet? Is he joking on Me?" She questioned herself and started to attend the patience. Taking a day off just increased her works. Even though she was getting tired, she still managed to have a smile on her lips.

Sonakshi quickly attended all the patience and took few minutes break browsing her phone. She looked at kuhu being online and dailed her. "Are you free?" Sonaskhi asked kuhu as soon as she picked up the call. "Yes sona, I'm going for shopping wanna join Me." She asked her. After few minutes of thinking sonakshi agreed to go for a shopping with kuhu.

Sonakshi was a person who still purchased clothes from goodwill shop. Since childhood as she stayed in orphanage, she was used with the second hand clothes. Now, Sonakshi started to buy new clothes for the small kids in her orphanage centre and distribute it to the small kids but she was still purchasing clothes from the goodwill shop.

The moment sonakshi reached the parking lot she noticed kuhu already present there. "Sonakshi we will have lunch and go for shopping okay." Kuhu said to sonakshi and she just nodded her head. "Kuhu today I didn't come in my car so if possible can you drop me back home in your car?" Sonakshi asked for which kuhu happily agreed and requested sonakshi to enter inside the car.

"Is it possible kuhu like one person always behaves damn rude with you but suddenly behaves too good" sonakshi spoke to kuhu the moment she started her car. "Until and unless you failed to notice that person's kind heart" kuhu replied but sonakshi wasn't satisfied with her answer. The thoughts about dev being too nice to her made her feel completely weird.

After having a lite lunch sonakshi and kuhu decided to leave to the shopping mall. "Coming for today party na?" Kuhu questioned her. "Not still decided kuhu." Sonakshi said and kept her eyes outside the window. "Oh! As dev isn't coming even you don't want to come.can understand that cutie." Kuhu giggled.

"Why he isn't?" Sonakshi questioned to kuhu. "Don't tell me you don't know? When I asked dev today morning he said he has to perform a surgery" kuhu replied her but Sonakshi wasn't satisfied with her answer. No one performs surgery after 6pm. "Are you serious. We don't do surgery after 6 in the evening" sonakshi clarified. "I mean he just said he has work" kuhu said and meanwhile they reached the mall.

Kuhu entered inside a branded shop and sonakshi silently followed her. "Buying for today's party haan?" Sonakshi asked looking at the party wear clothes in the shop. "Yes, out of the tiring work schedule, we don't have time for us" kuhu said and looked at few clothes. Sonakshi was just staring at few clothes which looked really gittery and shining.

Sonakshi watched kuhu hold up a dress. Sonakshi shook her head. "Nope, I don't like it."

Kuhu held up another one. "What do you think?"

Sonakshi squished up her nose. "It's awfully pink..... it will suit you."

Kuhu put it back. "I picked it for you"

Sonakshi shook her head, laughing. She watched kuhu flip through some more clothes. "I basically don't wear these kind of clothes" sonakshi said to kuhu.

"Haan... again this time for the party you want to wear saree" kuhu asked in a sarcastic tone. "Did I say I'm coming for the party" sonakshi gave her a sarcastic smile. "We are going. We are dancing. We are partying and yes this would suit you" kuhu showed a cloth to sonakshi and she nodded her head in a no.

Sonakshi's mouth dropped. "Take that dress Mam" she said.
The dress was plain white yet made from expensive-looking fabric. The thing that shocked sonakshi was it was extremely short and tight looking dress.

Kuhu walked up to her. "Try it on."

Sonakshi shook her head no. "There's no way I could fit into that. I don't prefer this type of clothes kuhu. May be you can try it"

"Come on, sonakshi. I just want to see what it looks like on you. Please?" Kuhu gave sonakshi puppy eyes.

"I rather wrap towel on my body and enter the party hall than spending money on buying these kind of clothes kuhu" sonakshi said but kuhu was never convinced with her answer.

"Okay, come in." After kuhu' s continuous insist sonakshi finally bought the top.

Kuhu gave a smile with pride. Kuhu was waiting to see Sonakshi in such an attire. "Sonakshi let's go to my home and dress up. Okay na" kuhu asked in the bill counter and sonakshi nodded her head.

As soon as they reached home kuhu saw the pink dress she bought for herself. The thin one side sleeve was making her admire the dress. Sonakshi really wasn't interested to wear the dress she bought just for the seek of kuhu.

Here wear this dress bae. I will wait outside. Kuhu said and gave the dress to sonakshi.

"Fine, I'll attempt to fit in it. If I don't like them you take this dress." Sonakshi snatched the dress from her.
Kuhu laughed and walked out of the bedroom and shut the door. "Oh, you can't wear your bra and panties with that dress." she said before completely closing the door.

What? I thought I was just trying it on. Sonakshi said to herself. Sonakshi finally wore the dress.

Sonakshi stuck her legs in the dress and shimmied it up then put her arms through the straps. She smoothed the dress down, noticing it wasn't too short. Short enough. Sonakshi opened the door and kuhu just looked at her.

Kuhu opened the door and entered inside her bedroom a second later. "Oh, my God. It's perfect!"

Kuhu ran over and took sonakshi's hand then dragged her over to her vanity and sat her down.

Sonakshi saw the glint in her eyes. Kuhu was too excited.

"What are you doing now?" Sonakshi asked as kuhu made her sit near the dressing table.

"sona, I have been dying to dress a girl up. Just let me have my fun."

Sonakshi looked at kuhu's puppy-dog eyes again. There was no way she could say no, and as a result, sonakshi decided to be a life-size Barbie doll for kuhu to play with. Sonakshi's brain suddenly stopped. Thinking Why would dev call her doll? What's wrong with him from today a morning? She kept her thoughts on dev and didn't even realise that kuhu finished her make up on her.
After finishing curling sonakshi's hair and doing make up. "He is going to love me for this." Sonakshi looked at kuhu really confused. "What?who is He?" Sonakshi blinked her eyes. "Your husband. He should atleast thank me for this make over" kuhu giggled. Sonakshi held no reaction on her.
Sonakshi gasped at her reflection. Her hair was curled in almost-messy waves, giving her hair a lift. Her makeup was perfectly done with a bold, winged eye and pink lip gloss. Kuhu couldn't resist. The dress was it, perfectly fitting her.

Sonakshi saw herself on tge full length mirror. Seeing it now for the first time, the neck revealed the tops of her breasts, held up nicely with the thin straps. Sonakshi understood now why she couldn't wear anything underneath as the dress was a second skin. Although the material wasn't see-through, you could see the outlines to anything underneath it. Sonakshi had never looked or felt this beautiful in her whole life. Even though she felt little uncomfortable in that dress she decided to keep it on her atleast for kuhu.

"You look gorgeous" kuhu complimented her.

"Thanks to you and the time you spent on helping me get ready. Now you get ready soon lady" sonakshi said and walked out of the Room.

Sonakshi called riya and informed about her going to the party tonight. She also said that might be late too.
After informing riya, she thought about informing dev but stopped all of a sudden. "Anyway he doesn't care about me right" she thought to herself and back spaced the message.

Sonakshi also made up her mind to meet Natasha tonight and collect some more information about mishti. Sonakshi literally wanted them to get back, somewhere her heart wasn't able to look at him killing himself with mishti's memories.

"Let's go sona?" Kuhu asked.

"You look damn.... I can't take my eyes from you" sonakshi said hugging kuhu.

Kuhu wore the pink dress which she bought today. The fitted her really well. It was sticking to her body making her body structure look even more better.

The moment sonakshi and kuhu reached the club, sonakshi was searching and waiting for Natasha.
Sonakshi was dying to meet Natasha and kuhu was dancing happily in the club. "Is kunal coming?" Sonakshi questioned and kuhu nodded in a yes. "May be to take me back to my home and then tomorrow only I'm going to my in laws place" kuhu said still enjoying with the drinks.

The moment dev came to knew about sonakshi was in the club, he decided to join with her.

"Natasha can I speak to you" sonakshi asked as soon she saw her on the dance floor. There were still common people surrounded by then and natasha tried to come closer to Sonakshi moving away from the crowd. "Hi. Sonakshi right? Dev's wife." She said with a smile on her lips and sonakshi nodded her head.
"Tell me what special. Dev didn't come" natasha questioned Sonakshi talking her to the Conner.

"No. Can I meet mishti. I really want to know about her" sonakshi asked making Natasha not knowing how to react.

"How do you know about her? Dev said" Natasha spoke with a straight face.

"I came to know about her myself "

"Sonakshi it's his past. Live a life with him."

"I really want to know about mishti. Now, where is she? Natasha I know how much dev needs her" sonakshi mumbled.

" How are you so sure dev needs her?" Natasha questioned.

"In his heart and mind only she is there. We both have applied for divorce too. I just thought before our separation I can make him get back to his love" before sonakshi could complete her words she almost had tears in her eyes.

"What divorce haan?" Natasha asked shocked.

"Now tell me where is mishti please." Sonakshi pleaded.

"Heaven" Natasha said in the edge of crying.

"I can't get you" Sonakshi told In a soft voice.

"Why don't we date?" A harsh male voice reached sonakshi.

"I'm a married woman" she said and tried to cut him off.

"But I heard your gonna divorce your husband" the random guy was trying to misbehave with her.

When dev reached he couldn't move his body as he stared at the perfection before him. He was watching sonakshi with the longest, sexiest legs in a black dress which should have been illegal to wear. Especially with a tight little ass like that.

Dev noticed a guy pull his doll's hand, his blood started to boil. He walked closer to Natasha and sonakshi. Get off me! Sonakshi was attempting to shove the guy away when she thought she heard natasha yell, "dev"

Sonakshi's eyes were drawn to dev as he started rolling up the sleeves on his black button-down shirt. For some reason, she saw him differently than she usually did in that moment. She didn't understand why, he was there?

His handsome face, the perfect light blonde hair, and the dreamy deep black eyes . He was making it hard for her And the worst part was when dev casually gave her sweet smile. She wasn't able to move her eyes away from him.

He turned up the last bit of his sleeve. "You've got this all wrong, fucker. That's my wife you're holding there, and unfortunately, she will be the last girl you'll be able to hold." dev yelled twisting the person who held sonakshi's hands.

Sonakshi was so shocked to see him call hwe as his wife. Even when kuhu and kunal wedding he treated her as a stranger and today when she stood for her she had no words.

It didn't take long for dev to recover and he instantly grabbed the guy's head and kneed him in the face, making him drop completely to the floor.

Sonakshi hoped it was over but of course, she wasn't that lucky. When dev covered the guy's hand with his shoe, she tried to look away but couldn't seem to. She loved him fighting for her.

Her eyes finally slammed closed at the sound of the bones breaking and the scream of pain.

"Don't ever dare to touch my girl again." dev sounded deadly.

Sonakshi felt like she was watching a horror movie with dev,the psychopath killer.

All sonakshi could see was the man, who misbehaved with her getting scared and run out.

"Stay strong!" sonakshi yelled at herself when dev walked towards her. Dev grabbed sonakshi's jaw, forcing her to look at him. He tugged her chin up a bit more to make her look in his eyes. "You're on fire" dev said rubbing her bottom lip with his thumb.

Before sonakshi could sense anything dev pulled her hands and walked towards the exist of the party hall. "Kunal my car keys" he took the keys and rushed to parking area still holding sonakshi closer to his chest. "What happened?" She whispered. "Too much happened" he yelled at her.

she watched him hold out his keys. "Go get in the car. I'm taking you home." he opened the car door and waited for her. "I can take a bus. Anyway I'm stable enough" she spoke in a soft tone. "Before I fuck you here get inside my car" his tone was too hard for her to give another reply. Sonakshi threw open the door to the backseat on the driver's side and was about to enter but dev stopped her. "I'm not your driver. Sit infront" his attitude was again on top making her close the door in anger and silently sit beside with him a puppy face.

"You're burning this fucking dress when we get home!" dev screamed over and started the car.

"Who are you to order me? I said I'm divorcing you right. You have no more control over me" sonakshi spoke losing her patience. If he cares for her this much. Why does he not treat her a little better? She wondered and dev remained silent. Sonakshi was ignorant to know about dev, she never wanted to learn Why he turned lovely towards her? If it was to get divorced smoothly she was ready to divorce him without taking a penny from him rather than falling for his affection towards her.

Little Sonakshi didn't knew there was someother thoughts running in his mind which will be established as soon as they reach home.

The rest of the way home was silent and could be summed up in one word, awkward. She felt embarrassed to face him with those clothes on her and he felt annoyed to look at other men stare at her.

Dev slowly walked through the house, unable to concentrate. He desperately needed to get himself under control. Sonakshi silently followed dev, adjusting her dress here and there.

The moment sonakshi entered inside the room, dev was quick enough to lock the door behind her which completely left her stunned.

Sonakshi's chest started to quickly rise and fall as he silently stood, watching her. She tried to move her eyes away, but she was afraid of what he would do if she did. He pinned her with the wall. As her hands were above her head she could feel his hot breathe against her neck. His started to become dangerous as they traveled down her body. "Sweetheart, I make it my business when you wear a dress like this-"

She had never felt eyes on her like that before in her life, making her certain she should've been scared of him right then. Sonakshi truly was scared and just wanted to get rid of his hold. "What are you doing to me? You were never with me, when I needed you now don't use me" she yelled him and his hands on her was released.

"Make it a point to listen to me first" he bashed at her.

Her legs began to shake as she backed up another step, trying to keep the distance between them. She had no room left when the backs of her legs hit the bed, causing her to fall.

Sonakshi began to see him differently for the second time that day as she watched him finally close the distance between them. Her chest grew heavy as he stood over her, his legs touching her thighs. She felt like he wasn't the same man who always pushed her away from him. This time it was her turn to not trust him henceforth. He had completely lost her trust on him.

Dev's voice was soft in her ears when he questioned her about from where did she get the dress. "It was completely kuhu's idea. Even I'm bored of wearing the same usual clothes" when sonakshi replied him his eyes were completely glued on her lips. The eyelashes and eyelines made him get lost in her. "Must ask his girl to stay away from mine" he whispered inside his mind making sonakshi curious to know what he just said.

Dev reached out and tilted her chin up with the tip of his finger. "And has a guy ever kissed you doll" his way of asking made her stunned. "No" she whispered. "Good" he gave a evil smiling thinking he could be the one to give her the first kiss.

"Listen doll, if anyone picks these skiny clothes for you I would chop their hands. If you go out wearing these kind of clothes I won't think twice before killing the person who eyes you in this. Kept it in your mind" dev moved his finger up to trace her bottom lip.

"If you go out to party without informing me and end up making some random men misbehave with you. Remember I would claim your virginity. Doll understood?" Sonakshi blinked at him Did he just say that? May be few days back she was actually ready to lose it to him. She wondered still staring at him.

He quickly bent his head close to hers then grabbed the back of her hair to tilt her face higher. "Do you understand?" She didn't reply anything put rather fought with him and pushed herself from his hold.

"I literally don't feel like you care me. You never really loved me to say all these words. You know dev how I feel like. A object which your possesive about. Would it be a day you thought about my problems. Then why the hell you think of me today? What troubles you? Can I say it's just you feel like you own me and no one has rights to touch me. I'm a human I do have emotions just because I'm silent doesn't mean all you did is right." Dev was about to say something to her but she stopped him from uttering a word.

"Don't miss me today and say sorry it happened by a mistake. I can't take that up. I can never fit in your life. It's my bad I just kept trying" she said and walked near her cupboard to take her night dress.

What the fuck is wrong with him? She wondered picking up a dress to wear. Dev struggled to talk to her but she had no ears for him.

When she opened the bathroom door, he asked "doll, are you still a virgin?" There was a evil smile across his lips. "Fuck you, Dev" sonakshi slammed the door behind her.

What the -? She hurt her head with her hand. One thing was sure he's gone crap. She spoke to herself fearing to open the door. "I myself will burn you" she said to the dress which her husband was waiting to burn.

A tear slipped down her cheek.