Nithya was sitting in the club alongwith her friends and was chatting with them playing poker.

"Neetu, when are you going to call us home for a kitty party? It has been so long since we had one in the Joshi house!!" One of her friends complained glancing at her.

Nithya just hummed in agreement and continued her playing.

Her friends looked at each other and wondered why their ever-perky Neetu was so down.

One of them gathered the courage and asked her to which she spoke that her family members were looking for a prospectus bride for their elder son.

Her friends were happy for her except one.

They shared their knowledge and information about their known people for a bride for Harish.

By afternoon, all of them bid bye for the day.

"Neetu, I hope you are not going to do what I think you are?" Her best friend Usha asked her.

Nithya huffed looking down and said.

"Yes, I am going to get him hitch with her. No doubt about it," Usha smirked at her answer.

"She is a wild fire matched to his personality. Hemant would never forgive you if he finds out your plan to ruin his beloved son more," Usha was aware of the havoc that her friend would cause with just the snap of her finger.

Nithya smiled evilly at her and walked off to her home.

In the park

Rashmi was eating the peanuts in her hands and watching her friend gazing at the sky.

"After two weeks, it is her wedding," Rashmi wiped her hands and caressed his shoulders.

"You should go," Rashmi told him to which he huffed negating her words.

"She would be worried and won't be happy. So...it is better that I don't attend this wedding."

Rashmi asked him what he was planning to tell her about his absence.

He informed her that he had already booked two tickets to Australia during the wedding.

Rashmi got confused at who was accompanying him during the invite.

He told her that she was.

She ran behind him to cancel the tickets to which he gave deaf ears.

Joshi residence

Hardik and Sanya walked in the living room and saw Nithya on the couch.

Sanya wished her which Nithya royally ignored and continued to scroll through her phone.

Hardik told her to join him in Harshvardhan's room for discussion.

"Neetu, we should visit the Barve house to congratulate Pia," Nithya immediately got up nodding her head in agreement. It was kind of a thrill for her to insinuate Pia and her family with the mention of Harish and their lose at not being a part of the royal Joshi family.

So, they decided to pay the Barve family a visit to wish them for their beloved Pia's marriage.

In the evening,

Brave house

The family was tired after the wedding shopping.

Radhika told her husband to call the Priest for the final items list required for the wedding rituals.

Pradeep saw Pia walking in the house with a tensed face and stopped her from moving forward.

Pia excused saying that it was official problem, which was a minor thing.

Radhika looked at her daughter saying an easy lie which her husband believed.

She thought to talk to her later in the night.

Pia's room

"I was right, Someone switched his tablets. I am really angry now. Why do they want to torture him like this?!!!" She was frustrated at the reveal and immediately called Rashmi to convey her.

"This is sick! We need to stop this asap! This has gone too far! Pia meet me tomorrow in the mall. I will tell you what we can do, hm?" Pia agreed to her advice and kept the call.

Rashmi's office

She banged the phone loudly and brushed her hands on her hair.

She thought of the situation and decided to take severe action against the culprit in the most gruesome way.

She called Harish telling him what Pia had told her. Harish told her that they should book a police complaint and let them do their work.

In a way, it was essential but Rashmi was sure that they would alert the culprit if they did.

Next morning

Barve Residence

Pia came out to the living room thinking deeply on who would be doing this. And why were so desperate to ruin Shri's life in such a gruesome manner?

She heard the usual tone of talking and cursed herself for coming out of her room.

But then they had already seen her.

"Prathibha, come darling. We were waiting for you," Nithya called her in her usual honeyed voice, irritating the people present there.

"Dear, this is for you," Saying so, Nithya handed her a huge gift box which she took after taking the permission from her mother.

Radhika was finding it odd for her daughter who had to go through this torture.

She knew that Nithya would land up with her husband to wish their daughter. But it didn't expect her to come early in the morning.

After chatting for a while, Hemant explained that they would take their leave as he had a meeting to attend.

While leaving, Nithya turned abruptly at the doorstep and suddenly hugged Pia.

"Hope you would get the love that you didn't get from Harish. Abhi will keep you happy. I guarantee you that. He is my boy," Nithya whispered those words to her, audible only to her.

As she backed, Pia gave a confused look to Nithya who just patted her cheeks lovingly.

Dheer Pvt. Ltd.

Abhishek was instructing his secretary to move the meeting in the afternoon as he had his final wedding dress trials in the evening.

His mother called him to remind him of the same.

He would pick Pia from her workplace and then leave for the boutique.

"Come in," he kept the call with his mother after assuring him that he would surely take Pia for a surprise dinner after the boutique visit.

"Sir, your tickets to Australia," Abhishek checked the same and told his assistant to extend the hotel booking to two days more.

His assistant complied and left his cabin.

"*Sigh* I will show you what is paradise, mon ange!" he smiled thinking of Pia and their trip to Australia after marriage.

Two days before the wedding

Pia was sitting with Lucky who was managing to bring her the cold drink swimming across the crowd of people in the hall.

"Thanks, Lucky! I was parched," she sipped the juice and looked at her friend who was trying to understand her henna design.

"What are looking at? Do you want to put some?" Pia told him who looked up and tsked.

"I am searching for Abhi's name. You know to ease his work of searching for it during your first night," Pia smacked his hand at his brash words with an angry look.

"What!! I am helping your husband! Dumbo," Lucky low screamed rubbing his paining arm looking sad.

Priyanka was talking to her relatives and putting a check on her son who was playing carelessly on the patio.

Since it was the night time and the pool was not covered. Her motherly instinct was rising seeing him so close to the pool.

Splash!

Everyone rushed to the pool after hearing the water splashing sound.

Ankush fell in the pool and was struggling to come out for air.

Priyanka ran to get in the pool but before she could dive in.

Splash!

She saw her son being picked and was pulled by her husband.

Akash was thankful that Ankush was not able to swallow too much of water. But for safety purpose, he took him to the ER, just in case.

Harish wiped his face and was handed a towel by the servant.

Pia saw him striding towards her. Lucky was happy that he had come to the bride's house to bless his friend.

Somehow Lucky was more fond of Shri than Abhishek.

He didn't convey his feelings to Pia about his thoughts about her fiancé. As he didn't want to jinx her with unwanted thoughts.

Lucky observed that Abhishek was too friendly and too loving towards Pia. He was always aware of her location most of the time.

Like the one time, he and Pia had gone to the café to chill and chat. He was spotted in the nearby surrounding and would apparently pick Pia with some random excuse.

The other day, they had gone shopping for Lucky's suit that he would wear for the wedding.

Abhishek showed up outside the shopping mall, waiting for his fiancé to drop her home.

Lucky suspected him to be too possessive unlike Shri.

He wanted Pia to somehow ditch Abhishek and get back to her Shri.

But God has his own set of plans for everyone.

Priyanka was worried sitting on the bed caressing Ankush's hair. She was initially scared for her son, but she saw how Shri jumped in time to save Ankush. She was thankful to him and wanted to convey it to him personally.

But when they returned from the hospital after checking Ankush for any injuries.

Harish had already left.

Akash told her that he would meet him and thank him personally.

Ankush had no injuries and was sleeping tired on his bed.

Pia's room

Pia was moving her legs up and down, sleeping on her tummy. She rested her chin on her wrist and noticed how dark her henna had turned showing the deep love that her Abhishek has for her.

Pia was softly rubbing her almost dried henna and trying to sleep.

She wished to have the perfect married life for herself with Abhishek.

She also prayed for a perfect life partner for Harish. The one who would make him happy and bless him with all her caring and love for him.

She slept dreaming and hoped that God would fulfil her wish.

The next day

Joshi Residence

The family members were getting ready to move to the reception hall for the reception party.

Abhishek and his family had suggested for a reception the previous day. As he had planned to leave for his honeymoon the wedding day itself.

Agreeing to his demands, both the families moved the reception one day before the wedding.

Himanshu and Naina were as usual playing and teasing each other.

"Aha! You lost again! Bro, seriously you need to build your thumb muscles. You are the worst thumb wrestler!" Naina tease her brother who started to ruin her hair which she had spent an hour to tie it.

Hearing their scream, Hardik signalled them to behave and told them to move in the car for their departure to the venue.

The reception hall

Radhika Barve was welcoming the guest and engaging them in the hall. Priyanka was instructing the cater boys to attend to the guests with the refreshments and help them to take their respective seats.

Akash was conversing with their relatives carrying a sleepy Ankush on his shoulders. 

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