Dino reached late in his apartment after the Previn and Uvika wedding hullabaloo. He slumped on the couch and tried to rearrange the pieces which they discussed about Prisha's kidnapping alongwith the recent changes in Sanal's behaviour.

Maybe Benisha was right, somebody was trying to destroy the family image or worst destroy the family itself.

He contacted Vinay to convey his thoughts, but his call went to voicemail.

He thought to tell Vinay on Monday post the meeting. Especially when Sanal would be around.

Varma residence

Prisha bid her byes to her family even after Sharanya insisted her to stay back.

But Prisha said that Vinay wanted to visit the mentor who would guide her for her music course abroad.

"Kanna, I still don't understand why you want to take up this course?! I mean you have your MBA degree. You can try in your in-laws office itself," Sharanya caressed her daughters hair who ridiculed at her mother's blunt words.

"I don't think Appa will let me work there. Especially when Sanal is..." She looked down trying to control her tears at the mention of the one person who managed to break her heart multiple times.

"Then, work in some other office! Your Appa has a lot of contacts, right? tell him to help you, hm?"

Sharanya didn't want her daughter to chase behind something that would only waste her time and efforts to no gains.

"Kanna! Let's go," Vinay came towards the mother-daughter duo to take back his precious. Sharanya gave a cold look to Vinay who ignored her, taking his precious daughter with him.

Prisha smiled at his words and left from her family residence.

Menon residence

Sanal was trying to forget the incidence thatalmost made him lose his frustration on her. His hands shaked badly to which he massagedthem. 

Flashback

"Mr. Sanal? we are ready for the meeting. Shall we go?" Prerna waltzed her way into the Director's cabin while glancing through her iPad.

Sanal hummed and closed his laptop. He was about to take his phone, when he saw Prerna slip on the wet floor.

He caught her in nick of the time, to not let her fall by holding her waist.

He saw the way Prerna caught hold of his shoulders and was smiling quite lustily at him.

He disgusted at her unwanted advances. He tried to straighten up but she held him tight, saying

"Softly, Mr. Sanal! I am a fragile girl! I am not used to roughness! *giggles*" Prerna spoke in her flirtatious voice tensing Sanal who avoided her eyes.

He let go of her at her shameless words and straightened his attire. He gritted his teeth and sternly ordered her to move to the meeting.

Prerna managed to balance herself in her 7-inch heels, slightly angered but she saw how her little plan was working.

She smiled in her little victory and knew exactly how to trap the director fully.

End of Flashback

SoVin Industries Ltd.

Vinay told his secretary to arrange the conference. As he wanted Prisha to understand the challenges she would face in going ahead with her dream course.

"Mrs. Rodriguez! Please come in," Vinay extended his hands for a professional handshake with Mrs. Rodriguez, Prisha's mentor.

He then invited her to the conference room to give her presentation on the dos and don'ts of the music course in Sydney for Prisha.

Conference room

Prisha was rubbing her hands together and trying to calm herself. She had dreamt of this for so long. And finally, she would achieve it, thanks to her Appa.

"Prisha? Is it?" Prisha got up from her seat at her name call.

She gave a handshake to her mentor and smiled at her Appa.

The trio – Vinay, Prisha and Vinay's secretary, seated themselves and were watching the presentation given by Mrs. Rodriguez.

Vinay loved the fact that Prisha showered the mentor with her queries as in to clear her doubts about the university and the course.

She was asking even the simplest of the doubts which were patiently answered by Mrs. Rodriguez.

After the presentation, Prisha thanked the mentor for her fortitude to answer her questions.

Vinay told that they would go ahead with the course and Prisha would join the next batch asap.

"But, Mr. Nair, she has to be in campus for the course. I am sorry the university does not allow correspondence facilities for this specific course!" Mrs. Rodriguez explained the dilemma after Prisha asked her for the study materials of the course.

Vinay looked at Prisha who was in a fix as she didn't want to stay away from her loving family.

Vinay assured the mentor that they would convey their affirmation after discussing with the family.

After few days,

Sanal was working with Dino on the commencement of the classes that they had scheduled for the new batch in their SmartArt of Business School.

After an hour, Dino was advising his assistant in his cabin, to arrange the tutors on their strict schedule without fail.

As he walked across the corridor he heard laughing sounds from the coffee room. He thought it would be some employees, but then he heard a familiar voice.

As he opened the door, he was shocked to see the sight in front of him.

Sanal was laughing mildly with his new assistant at her probably some joke.

He didn't even notice Dino enter the coffee room and eyeing them suspiciously, especially the new assistant.

Prerna then saw Dino and straightened herself, looking down confirming Dino's suspicion.

"Oh, Dino! Come, have some coffee. Oh, you didn't meet Prerna, right? This is Prerna, my new assistant and Prerna, this is Dino, my partner..." Sanal introduced them to each other, making Dino surprised at his jolly nature. Dino didn't bother to react in any manner to the unwanted intrusion of an assistant. He could smell her treachery from just gazing at her shaky, suspicious eyes.

Dino rejected his coffee offer and resumed to do his work.

Before, moving out of the coffee room, he heard the similar carefree laughter of his bestie who for that moment forgot his Prisha.

Nair Residence

Prisha's room

One day, as Prisha was keeping her clothes in the closet, she heard her phone ding with the message from Ms. Rodriguez.

She picked it and saw that her mentor had messaged regarding her final decision for the course.

She tried calling Vinay but his phone was getting engaged. So, she thought to meet him personally and discuss with him.

Sanal's cabin

Sanal was explaining to Prerna about his abroad visit for their business promotion and telling her to contact their agency abroad for the same.

Prerna was sitting beside Sanal who was scrolling through his laptop. As he didn't notice, Prerna to almost sit in his lap at the ploy of understanding his instructions.

Prisha reached the SoVin industries to talk to Vinay about the course.

She informed the receptionist who recognised her from the last time she came for the meeting.

She told her that Vinay was attending a meeting in the adjacent building and would be available after 20 minutes.

She got out of the elevator and went towards the cabin which was instructed by the receptionist.

The cabin door was closed, so she waited for her Appa to come out of the meeting.

*laughter*

She heard a similar laughter of the one person she thought had only anger for her.

She didn't want to go in his cabin but she heard another female laughter which intrigued her.

She slowly moved towards the cabin trying to negate her thoughts.

Her trembling hands reached the door knob and opened it slowly.

The scene in front of her shattered her already broken heart.

Sanal was smiling with Prerna who was laughing heartily clutching his biceps trying to close in to him more than she was. Sanal scrunched his eyebrows at her touch and removed her hand not liking her closeness.

Sanal then moved his vision to the door thinking his CFO to enter as he had fixed a meeting with him.

But he was surprised to see her after so long in the most pathetic state he has ever seen her.

He smirked at her state knowing the false image of a heartbroken soul that she was carrying for his family.

He then did something she never imagined him to do.

Sanal grabbed Prerna's hands softly, making her get up from her seat.

"Um...Prerna you have something on your cheeks," saying so Sanal tried to touch her cheeks which she wanted for so long.

She smiled at his advances which pleased her so much that she moved in more closer to him.

They were close enough to smell each other's breath, which is what Sanal wanted to trigger Prisha.

Prisha watched the entire scenario with a still expression and saw that her Sanal was not the person in the cabin but a person trying to anger her with his betrayal. She didn't bother to ask him anything as he was not going to deny any of his actions.

Sanal saw that Prisha had moved out of the cabin without uttering a single word, which gained him the reaction that he wanted from her. He rejoiced internally at his success and liked the way she got hurt by his bold move.

He then pushed Prerna away from him as her presence would always suffocate him. He moved out of his cabin saying some random excuse.

'I should check on our baby...' he thought and ran outside to at least enquire about his child.

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