"Are you sure?........Will she be alone? Okay.... Well done....." Purab was talking to someone on phone.

He smiled a bit as he kept down the phone.

"Who was it, darling?" Alia asked and suddenly back hugged Purab.

"None of your business and please maintain distance." he said pushing her away.

"Purab! Don't forget that I'm your wife."

"Only for the world, but you know that I can't love anyone except Disha." he said and stomped out of the room.

"Disha....Disha and Disha. Why is Ours always chanting her name day and night? Can't he see how much I love him? I'm way better than her......Looks like I'll have to find a permanent solution for her like Bulbul." she muttered.

Unknown to her, Aryan had heard everything.

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Abhi and Pragya were sitting in their room and chatting. Pragya told about Prachi's likes and dislikes to Abhi while he informed Pragya about Rhea's choices.

"Do you know our Prachi has fallen in love." Pragya said excitedly.

"Wow! Even Rhea likes a guy." Abhi exclaimed.

"Who's he?" Pragya asked.

"First you tell...."

"You"

"No you"

"You"

"You"

Finally they decided to tell the name together on the count of three.

"1.....2......3.......Ranbir." both of them shouted and stared at each other in surprise.

"But Ranbir loves Rhea!" Abhi said.

"Who said you? He has proposed Prachi." Pragya was confused more.

"No one told me, I had heard."

"This is confusing. Ranbir can love only one of them..... I think we must not jump to conclusions and ask them." she proposed.

"We will ask them tomorrow." Abhi agreed.

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"Everyone was present for breakfast, except Ranbir and Aryan.

"Where are Ranbir and Aryan? Won't they have breakfast?" Pragya, who was unknown to their habit questioned.

"They must be probably lost in their dreamland......" Vikram commented.

"Don't worry Pragya ji, it's their daily routine." Pallavi smiled.

"This baklu......He will get late for college..... I'm going to wake him up." Prachi said and went to wake up Ranbir.

"Shahana, can you go and wake up Aryan?" Purab said.

"Why does she have to go? Bahadur can also do it?" Alia interrupted.

"As if he will wake up if Bahadur goes....You please go and wake him up else he will be late." Purab said in a tone which bore no arguments.

Shahana went to Aryan's room and found him sleeping peacefully.

"Wake up Aryan, everyone is waiting for you." she called out.

"Let me sleep for five minutes more...." he pleaded.

"Get up....." she urged him again but to no avail.

She choose another method and parted the curtains, letting the sunlight in.

Aryan got disturbed by the sunlight and hence covered his face with his blanket.

Shahana wasn't the one to give up. She snatched Aryan's blanket which made him open his eyes slightly.

"Why are you irritating me..... Let me sleep peacefully......" he muttered and closed his eyes again.

"Purab uncle has ordered me to wake you up. I won't go without doing that..... Such a sleepy head you are!" she scolded.

Aryan didn't give any reply which irritated her even more. Now she was determined to wake him.

"You have 1 minute to get up or be prepared for the worst." she threatened.

"Do as you like." Aryan didn't take her seriously.

"5....4....3...." Shahana began the countdown. "2....1......Splash!" the inevitable happened.

Shahana had poured a pail of water on Aryan. He woke up with a jolt and sat upright. He was completely drenched from the head to toe and was looking scared. His condition was worth watching.

"This....is what.... happens.... when you.... don't listen to me." Shahana spoke in between her laughter.

Aryan glared at Shahana as if to throttle her. But, he had a better idea.
Why not pay her back with her own coin?

Without wasting a minute, he got down from the bed, went to Shahana and picked her up in his arms.

"Wha.... What are you doing?" she stammered.

"Getting my revenge....." Aryan said while walking inside the bathroom with her. He came to a stop in front of the bathtub. There was a mischievous gleam in his eyes.

"Don't do what are you thinking......" Shahana said when she understood his motives.

"But I'll do it....." he said lowering her a bit.

"Please....No.... I already had had a bath....." she pleaded.

Aryan was in no mood to forgive her and threw her into the bathtub which was filled. But, Shahana, who didn't want to go in had clutched Aryan's neck to prevent herself from falling down. This resulted in both of them falling down together into the tub.

They turned to face each other and were lost in the depth of their eyes.

"Aaaah......"

Aryan and Shahana turned to see Ranbir oogling at them. He had heard the noise from his room and had come to check on Aryan.

"What are you doing........ Close the door at least......Wait a minute, you shouldn't be doing this at all...... If you really like each other, get married first and then spend quality time together...... If you are feeling scared to convince your parents, I can help you......Please don't attempt anything before marriage." Ranbir said in one go without listening to what they had to say.

Shahana was blushing hard and Aryan wanted to slap Ranbir to stop him.

"Are you done with your nonsense? It's nothing like what you are imagining. I wanted to take revenge from her but I slipped and both of us fell down together." he explained glaring at him.

"Oh...." Ranbir nodded. "Get ready fast." he said and went away.

Shahana too got up and went to her room for changing her clothes, but not before cursing Aryan.

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Purab was pacing back and forth and glancing at his watch and the door time and again. It was clear that he was waiting for someone.

Just as the hands of the clock indicated 4:00pm, the door opened and a lady entered. She froze in her place upon seeing Purab.

He advanced towards her but she turned to go away. Purab caught her hand and pulled her backward, causing her to collide with his hard chest.

"Leave my hand Purab ji....." she said.

"I won't let you go without listening to me, Disha." he was adamant.

"I don't have time to chat uselessly with strangers."

"Am I a stranger?"

"Yes, you are." Disha said not meeting his eyes.

"I didn't know that you named your company after a stranger." he smirked. "PD stands for Purab Disha, doesn't it?"

"Did you want to say this? Then listen....."

"No. I have something else to say." he interrupted. "Please Disha, try to understand......I didn't cheat you. I was trapped by Alia. I love you." he eyes swelled up with tears.

"OK, let's believe that you are saying the truth. So, why didn't you search for me? Why are you still with her?" she asked angrily.

"I'm bound. It's because of Aryan....."

"Yeah, right. Aryan....... You can't leave Alia because of Aryan. So, what do you want me to do? Have an extramarital affair with you?" she shouted. Purab opened his mouth to say something, but Disha wasn't finished yet. "I'm sorry Mr Purab Khanna, but I'm not that type of woman. I'm pleading you, please don't bother me again. I'm tired of all these fights, threats and conspiracies. I want peace. Don't make my happy life a hell once again." she said with joined hands.

Purab was stunned to say anything. Disha jerked her hand free and walked out of the room angrily.