Radhe Krishna

At night

All joined at dinner table even Ragini and Karan, all got surprised by seeing them except trio ladies who were aware of their arrival.

Aashi was sleeping due to tired as she was playing for long time so she slept early. Pari put her to sleep in their room and came down. Maid served them dinner and all started to have.

Ragini and Karan exchanged quick glance at each other and then Ragini looked at Laksha in questionable eyes but Laksha also shrugged his shoulders as he even didn't have little idea about what was happening.

Ap and Sujata looked at each other face who were sitting opposite to each other beside their respective husbands.

"Ragini beta" AP called her getting everyone attention. Ragini looked at her while stopping her eating.

"Ji Maa..."Ragini smiled at her while lifting her head from plate.

"I want to ask you something" AP said with little smile.

"Ji Maa, you can ask anything what you want then why are you seeking permission?" Ragini said with assuring smile.

"How about Sara?" Ap asked while looking at Ragini with smiling face. All turned towards AP listening her. DP looked AP with confusion that why she was asking about Sara. All were looking at them curiously like what was going on there.

Ragini looked at AP with confusing eyes and eyed everyone and then took deep breathe while closing her eyes and looked at AP because she got a little idea about why she was asking about Sara.

"Maa, till now in these 15 days which I came to know about I will tell you. She is such pure soul, innocent girl and never dare to hurt anyone. Loves children so much as well as respects elder. She doesn't have defect in her but she feels low herself when someone talk about her being naive and about her appearance which they failed to see how beautiful she is from inside. She is orphan Maa and she faced a lot in her life that she forgot how to smile and love which she is craving for long time" Ragini told her with faint smile. One tear escaped from her eyes which she quickly wiped them off.

"It doesn't matter to us Ragini if she is orphan or not but we want a girl who loves this family as hers and bind all relations with her love. I know she will take care of our son and about her appearance, she is beautiful from inside, it's doesn't matter of outer beauty. Outer beauty which fades away for time being but inner beauty is all we want" AP said with bright smile.

"Yes Ragini beta, we liked Sara for our Sanskar but once we want to ask everyone opinion so called you both here to tell about her then only they can get assurance about Sara" Sujata said while looking at all.

"What, Bhai marriage?" Laksha was the one who shouted loudly in hearing about Sanskar's marriage.

"Lucky" Adarsh smacked his arm to come into his sense.

Laksha looked at all faces who were looking at him like what! "sorry" he smiled sheepishly bending his head down. All were in bit of shock listening them except elders and Ragini as she guessed it when AP asked about Sara.

"I know Maa, she is the best, he is lucky to get her as a wife whom she will marry. She will be the best daughter in law, sister in law, sister, and most importantly she will be best wife for Bhai" Ragini said with bright smile looking at all "I told what I know about her, then rest of all left on you" Ragini told them with sign.

"Yes Maa, Even I also agree with Ragini" Karan added to her further.

"Even we also agree" Parish and Uttara told their approval.

Ap and Sujata looked at their respective husband for answer even all were waiting for their answer curiously.

DP looked at Ram for answer. Ram blinked his eyes to tell answer.

"You all are this much confident and happy for this relation so we don't have any problem" DP told them and looked at their happy face which instantly brighten up by listening his answer. "But" he stopped and looked at AP.

"But, what papa?" Laksha asked instantly with eagerly.

"Will Sara agree for this marriage? How about her? Do you think she will agree easily?" DP asked them and all face fell down by listening him. Yes! they didn't think about her.

"We will make her agree, I know she will definitely agree" Sujata said with confidence.

"Sujata, don't do that. on't impose on her to accept for marriage because everyone has right to live their life like they want so we can't bind her in this relation forcefully" Ram told his perception.

Sujata's face fell listening him as she really liked Sara so much but she couldn't impose her decision on someone else.

"Suju Mom, if you give me some time I will try to talk with Sara about this" Ragini said while thinking something.

"Ragini beta, it's not good you to ask her about Sanskar. It's our duty to ask her right?" Ap said to her.

"Yes Maa, but I am not asking about Sanskar Bhai. I will ask about her view about marriage and try to know about her if she likes someone or not" Ragini said while making all smile and all elders nodded their head in understanding.

After dinner all left to their respective rooms. Ragini and Karan left to their Malhotra Mansion.

Malhotra Mansion

Ragini was lying on bed and thinking about today's conversation in Maheswari Mansion. She got up and still half lying on bed, took out her mobile from side table and called Riya.

After three ring Riya received Ragini's call.

"Hi Ragini, how are you?" Riya asked from other side.

"I am fine Riya, how are you?" Ragini asked her back.

"Even I am also fine" Riya replied with smile.

"Riya, can I ask you something?" Ragini asked her directly as she doesn't like to make puzzle.

"Ya sure Ragini, why are you asking me? You can ask me anything" Riya said with smile.

"You know our boss and his family right?" Ragini asked her.

"Yes, they are good" Riya replied with smile yet confusingly as why she was asking this question suddenly.

"They wished Sara's hand for our boss" Ragini said making Riya gasp in shock.

Riya got shock listening as well as stood like a statue.

"Ragini, you are not joking right?" Riya asked not able to believe her what she heard just now.

"No Riya, it's true" Ragini said again with confident voice.

"I can't believe this Ragini? They are rich people and how...?" She was cut off by Ragini.

"That doesn't matter to them Riya. They just want daughter for their house who can love their family as her own and I am also thinking about Sara, she is the best for Bhai and even Bhai will take care of her like she wants" Ragini said to her.

"But Ragini...?

"I know Riya, what are you trying to say. About Sanskar Bhai? He is the best son and brother anyone can get and I know he will be best husband also. I am seeing him since birth Riya, he loves his family a lot and can do anything for them. It's just that he doesn't show openly" Ragini said with assurance tone.

"After listening you, I am sure they are good people and your Bhai also but what about Sara? will she agree?" Riya said her while thinking about Sara's reaction.

"First you tell me, do you agree for this alliance?" Ragini asked making Riya dumbfound because she didn't expected that Ragini will ask her.

"Yes of course Ragini, I just want Sara to get happiness in her life. I don't want her to suffer anymore" Riya said instantly without second thought because she came to know about Ragini in just two meetings and this decision also good for Sara because she could trust Ragini on this.

"Thank you Riya, it will be easy for me to make Sara agree for marriage" Ragini said with bright smile.

"But how you are going to ask her? You know that she is scared of your boss without seeing him" Riya said while laughing out by remembering Sara's reaction.

"For that only I called you, How to ask her?" Ragini told her while making sad pout.

"Ok, do one thing" Riya said after thinking for a while.

"Ya, tell" Ragini sat on bed to hear with all ear.

"You tell them to talk with Sara directly and rest will leave on me but don't tell her that you told me about this matter" Riya said with smile while making plan to convince Sara.

"If she won't agree then?" Ragini asked her while biting her nails in tension.

"You just do what I said then I will talk to her" Riya said while assuring her.

"Ok, I am believing you" Ragini said to her still unsure about Sara's acceptance.

"Ok baba, you don't take tension and once they talked, for the next minute I will talk to her" Riya said with assuring tone.

"Ok, good night Riya" Ragini said bidding bye to her.

"Good night" Riya wished and both hang up the call.

Jan 16 2023

Sara was working at her table. Ragini approached her and stood beside her. Sara looked up by feeling someone's presence and smiled at her by seeing Ragini.

"Sara, did you see the time? It's 1.30 pm" Ragini asked her while showing her wrist watch.

Sara bit her tongue for forgetting.

"Two minutes, I will be there" Sara said while making puppy face.

"Ok, come soon" Ragini said and went towards her cabin.

Sara closed the system and moved towards Ragini's cabin.

Sara entered inside Ragini's cabin after knocking.

"How many times I told you, not to knock door while coming inside" Ragini said while getting up from her chair.

"It's common sense while entering someone's room, we should knock" Sara said with smile on which Ragini signed seeing her this much innocent..

"Ok come, I am very hungry" Ragini said and ran towards couch to open her lunch box and Sara also joined her.

Both are having lunch with ravishing the taste of carrot Halwa.

Ragini looked at Sara who was having lunch happily. She chose this as a perfect time.

"Sara, what you think about your marriage?" Ragini asked Sara while eyeing her with corner of eyes but still having lunch.
Sara stopped eating and looked at Ragini.

"My marriage?"Sara asked confused face.

"Yes, your marriage? have you ever thought about it?" Ragini asked while turning towards Sara.

"No Ragini, I never thought about my life, I am just following happily wherever it is taking me. I left all my decisions on God and moreover who will marry me?" Sara said and chuckled at last line.

"Why? No will marry you? Everyone wants a girl like you as their life partner. Who will rejects you, they are biggest fool in this world. He will be very lucky to get a gem like you" Ragini said with smile.

Sara smiled listening her "I don't know Ragini, he will be lucky or not but I don't think anyone wants to marry me" Sara said and again started to have Halwa ignoring Ragini's words.

"You again came there, why? What defect you have so that he can't agree to marry you?" Ragini said with annoy.

"What defect? see me properly Ragini. All like modern girl not traditional girl like me" Sara tried to point out about this useless conversation.

"Ok, tell me about your dream boy" Ragini asked her on which Sara looked at her with unbelievable look.

"Don't look at me like that I know every girl has some dreams about their life partner" Ragini said while chuckling.

Sara kept her fingers below chin like thinking something and turned towards Ragini who was looking at her with curious eyes.

"Hmm, I don't have a big dreams but he would be nice and polite towards me and take care of me like true life partner" Sara said with shy smile.

Ragini smiled listening her "What about love?" Ragini asked still looking at her.

Listening her Sara's face fell down "I don't know about love, will he loves me like you all do?" Sara said with making pout.

Ragini laughed out seeing her cute pout "Why not? He will love you so much. You will see yourself only" Ragini said while pulling her cheeks.

"Ahhhh!! Ragu" Sara winced in pain while rubbing her cheeks with angry pout.

Ragini laughed out seeing her cute angry face.

"Ok. Now finish this quickly" Ragini said while eating her Halwa. Sara nodded her head and started to eat.

Jan 14 2023
Sunshine orphanage

It was Sunday as office holiday. Sara was playing with children in the orphanage garden.

Suddenly one car came inside the orphanage gaining everyone's attention. Sara looked at that direction and got happy yet surprised by seeing Ap, Dp and Ram, Sujata getting down from the car. Sara with Shanti Maa cane towards them.

"Namaste Uncle and Aunty" Sara greeted to AP and DP and then Sujata, Ram.

"Namaste beta" They greeted back with smile.

"Maa, they are our boss family" Sara introduced everyone to Shanti Maa.

"Namaste" Shanti Maa greeted them with warm smile.

"Sara told a lot about you" Shanti Maa said while looking at Sara on which all smiled at her.

"Please come inside" Shanti Maa said with smile.

"Yes surely we will before that we want to talk with Sara. If you don't have any problem, can we talk with her?" Ap asked her politely with smile.

"Ya of course, Sara beta take them to our back garden of orphanage" Shanti Maa told her on which Sara nodded her head in yes and lead them to back of orphanage.

Sara told them to sit on bench which was opposite to each other and she also sat at another bench. It's look like she was interrogated by them.

All settled on bench and Sara was looking nervous as she was thinking what they want to talk with her that too in person as far she knew she didn't have that much closeness with them. Her thoughts were broken by Dp.

"Sara beta" Dp called her with calm yet soft tone.

"Ji" Sara replied nervously.

"We don't know it's correct or wrong to ask you about this matter" DP said while looking at Sara making her look puzzled.

Sara looked at them with confused face to understand what they were talking and about which matter but she kept quite to say them further.

"We liked you so much so we want to ask your hand for our son Sanskar" Ap said while leaving bomb on Sara's head. Sara got shock by listening them and she looked at them with shocked face as she heard it right or wrong.

"We know beta, you don't know anything about our son but we will give assurance that he will become good life partner and husband. If you have any doubt then you can ask Ragini and Karan" Ap finished her talk.

"We are not forcing you, if you want to marry our son then let us know your decision and if your answer is no then also we are ok with it and decision is fully rest on you" Ram said with small smile..

"Uncle you know I don't have family and I am orphan, don't have a status. You are big people and girl like me to your daughter in law?" Sara said with low tone as still thinking how could they chosoe a orphan girl for billionaire son who was hearthrob and dream boy of every girl. So many girls family were standing in quee to give their daughters hand for him but they were asking orphan girl for their son, it still made her more confuse.

Sujata got from her seat, went to Sara and sat beside. She kept her hand on Sara's shoulder "I know what you are thinking? We are rich people, so many family wants to give their daughter to our son but why we are asking you right?" Sujata asked Sara on which Sara looked at her with jerk. Yes she was also thinking the same.
Sujata smiled and took her hands in her hand "Status and family back ground doesn't matter to us, what matter is person how she is! we just want a daughter to our family who will love family like her own. I know you will love everyone with open heart. Don't think that we are pitying you. No never! You are a strong and brave girl. It's just we liked you in the first meeting only and all our family members also likes you so much that you will become best life partner for our son and about our son he looks angry and rude from outside but his heart is pure as gold, he loves his family so much that he can do anything for them" Sujata said with hoping tone while trying to convey her message.

"You can tell your decision later beta. It's positive or negative, we are happy with that" DP said while getting from his seat.

"Does your son knows about this?" Sara asked after getting little courage and confidence as she still in shock as well as in dilemma to do what?

"He left his marriage decision on us beta. He agreed to marry but we didn't tell him about girl" Ap said while caressing her one cheek. Sara looked at her with blank face.

"Hmm..Uncle , Aunty....I need some time to think about this" Sara asked on which DP told her to take as much as time she wants.

They bid bye to her by saying they will come again.

At night

Sara was sitting on bed while thinking about morning talk with Maheswari's. She was not getting what to do? She was not a girl who would agree easily by seeing their status. She also have some dreams about her marriage even she knew that they will never become true but now everything was coming like her dream but she fell in great dilemma to accept or not. First of all she didn't know much about them and secondly they were asking her to marry her boss, the one of most arrogant and rude, strict boss Mr. Sanskar Maheswari, everyone's dream man. She was still not able to believe this truth.

She came out of her thoughts by listening mobile ringtone.
Sara's face brighten up by seeing caller ID as it's from Riya and she immediately received it.

"Hello Riya" Sara said with chirpy tone.

"Hello...How are you?" Riya asked from another side.

"I am good, what about you?" Sara asked her.

"I am also good. Everything is fine here" Riya said with smile.

"Hmm..good"

"Now tell me, everything is fine there?" Riya asked her.

"Hmm, everything is fine" Sara said with bit sad tone. Riya guessed it by her tone that something must be bothering her.

"Sara, what happened? You sounds low and sad "Riya asked her concernly.

Sara took a deep breathe and told about Maheswari's marriage proposal for their son.

"Wow Sara congratulations" Riya said while exclaiming in happiness like she was hearing first time.

"Riya" Sara said annoyingly.

"What?" You know everyone wants to marry him but you are getting chance to marry that handsome. You should say yes" Riya said making Sara get more annoy by her answer.

"Riya, they are rich people, did you see I am orphan. How can they like a orphan girl for their son? Are girls left short in the world to marry him? Why me?" Sara asked her what was rotating in her mind since morning.

Riya laughed listening her "Buddhu! they liked you because seeing your kind, humble and loving nature. They are good family as far as I heard about them and even you also saw them how they are! then why are you taking tension about this small matter?" Riya asked her with calm tone.

"Riya, matter is not about me? But about boss. Really did he agree?" Sara asked her while biting her nails.

"They said he left his marriage decisions on his parents then he must be agreed to marry whom they will choose right?" Riya asked her.

"If he rejects after knowing about me?"Sara asked her again while thinking about Sanskar.

"They told right that he will marry whomever they will choose and moreover he knew that his family choise right person that's why he left his marriage decesion on his family" Riya tried to make her understand.

"Yes" Sara replied with unsure voice.

Riya got that she was still not convinced so she asked "Ok, do one thing. You trust Ragini right? How about you to ask Ragini regarding this matter, your all confusion will get clear" Riya suggested her giving best idea.

"Yes, you are correct" Sara said with smile..

After talking for sometime they hang up the call. Sara thought to ask Ragini about this matter tomorrow.

London

Sanskar was coming out from the college administration office as he didn't get anything about Siya so he was returning with frustration and suddenly someone called him from behind.

"Sanskar"

Sanskar turned and got surprised to see that person, that person came towards him with fast pace.

"What a pleasant surprise?" That person said and hugged Sanskar tightly even Sanskar also hugged him back.

"Hey how are you? When you came to London?" He asked while breaking hug.

"I am fine Arav. I came here four days back because of conference. How are you ?" Sanskar asked him with light smile.

"I am also fine. You didn't inform me anything right? So you forgot about me already" Arav asked him with fake anger.

"It's nothing like Arav, just got busy in work" Sanskar didn't know what to tell him.

Arav was a college friend also close friend of Sanskar and Jay.

"It's ok, I can understand how much busy person you are"Arav laughed out by seeing his face.

"What are you doing in London?" Sanskar asked after a while.

"I joined as a assistant lecture in this college only" Arav said with smile. "I am very happy to see you after long time. Ha where is Jay? Idiot even he forgot that he has friend here and suddenly disapread without informing or telling anything" Arav said with little anger on Jay But Sanskar eyes filled with tears by listening Jay's name. He stopped in his track as both were moving towards parking lot. Arav turned back and saw Sanskar who stopped at back.

"Sanskar, what happened?" Arav asked him by seeing him standing there.

Sanskar came into sense and nodded his head in no and came towards him.

Sanskar thought for a minute and turned towards Arav.

"Arav, you are working here since you completed PG right?" Sanskar asked him on which Arav nodded his head in yes.

"Can I ask you something?" Sanskar asked him with the thought that he might be known about it.

"Ya of course you can ask anything? Why are seeking permission?" Arav said with smile.

Sanskar smiled sadly. Arav was noticing him since he met .He was wondering seeing this Sanskar and that college days Sanskar that what must have changed in these two and half year.

"Do you know Siya right?" Sanskar asked him looking at his face who was walking beside him.

Arav stopped and looked at Sanskar with confused face.

"Yes, of course I know her. I need to take class both of them. They disapread without telling me anything. After getting their love they didn't bother to inform me that they were leaving London. Just disappeared suddenly. No contact and no calls " Arav said with frustratedly yet angrily.

Sanskar got shock and looked at him with jerk.

"What did you say?" Sanskar asked him again to confirm as what he heard was right or wrong.

Arav looked at his serious and confused face "Yes after confessing their love they told me that they are going to meet you and after that I don't know what happened. You also disappeared and I am seeing you now only otherthan hearing your name in news" Arav said leaving bomb on Sanskar.

"Who told you this?" Sanskar asked in eager to know further.

"Siya only as I called her for asking about project details and I knew she was going to propose Jay" Arav said to him. Sanskar rooted in his place listening him and knowing another half truth.

"Then who killed Jay and where is Siya now?" Sanskar asked blankly looking at Arav with absent mind.

"What?" Arav shouted in shock listening Sanskar.
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To be continued.

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