"Didn't you say that your maasi was a successful business woman?" Ranbir asked as they came to a stop in front of an apartment.

"Yes. Why are you asking again?" Prachi furrowed her eye brows.

"Then why does she stays in an apartment?" he wondered aloud.

"Because she prefers to lead a simple lifestyle." Prachi explained and rang the door bell.

Disha opened the door and was pleasantly surprised to see them.

"Come in." she ushered them inside happily. "You should have informed me before coming, I would have made arrangements for welcoming you." she said once they were seated comfortably.

"That's the exact reason why we didn't inform you. We know that you would have over prepared things for welcoming us." Shahana chuckled.

"Hey! I don't do that!" Disha pouted. "You are having lunch with me today and I want no arguments from anyone." she declared. "Now, won't you introduce me to your hubbies?"

"Maasi, this is Ranbir. His parents are papa's business partners and close friends. Ranbir, this is our maasi. I have already told you about her." Prachi introduced.

"I have heard about you too. Prachi's choice is good." Disha smiled at him.

"And this is Aryan. He is Abhi uncle's sister and best friend's son. Aryan, this is our cutest maasi." Shahana chirped.

The youngsters were unknown of the fear that this revelation had brought in Disha. "Shahana got married to Alia's son! How did she accept her? I hope she doesn't try to harm Shahana the same way she did to di and me."  she thought.

"What are you thinking maasi?" Shahana's question broke her chain of thoughts.

"I was thinking what to prepare for lunch." she lied.

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Disha was instructing someone over the phone and trying to get something from the top self of the cupboard. She was struggling to reach the shelf when someone brought down the files for her. 

She turned to her side to find Aryan and smiled at him. She finished the call and found him still waiting there.

"Do you need anything?" she asked kindly.

"No aunty. Everyone else is busy so I was wondering if I could sit here with you if you don't get disturbed." he said hesitatingly.

"Of course not. You can sit here." 

Disha began working once again and Aryan got bored. He desperately wanted to begin a conversation with her to get some hints about her relation with Alia, but didn't know how to start it.

Disha noticed him playing with his fingers and smiled. She closed her laptop and looked at him.

"You should have told me if you were getting bored." she said.

"I'm not bored." he tried to lie.

"The fidgeting of your fingers says otherwise." Disha said with her eyebrows raised.

Aryan was surprised at how Disha had noticed the small change in his behavior in a few hours of meeting him for the first time. Even his mother didn't know that he fidgeted with his fingers when he was bored. But then, practically Alia knew nothing much about him.

"What do you want to do?" she asked.

"Let's get to know each other more." he suggested.

They began talking to each other. People tend to get awkward at their first conversation but it seemed as if they had known each other for years. Even Disha was amazed at this fact that she had taken a liking to the son of the woman who had once spoiled her entire life. She would have never guessed him to be the son of that vicious woman if not informed earlier. She enjoyed talking to him. It was as if she was talking to an image of Purab. Aryan had a lot of similarity with Purab.

On the other hand, Aryan was thinking why did his mother hate this benevolent woman. Alia disliked Prachi and Shahana for being middle class but Disha was a successful business woman though she led a simple life.

"Whom are you closest to?" Disha asked in course of their talk.

"My dad. He is the best. We have done a lot of crazy things together." he began happily narrating the various fun filled tales of him and Purab.

"You seem to love him a lot." Disha observed.

"Everyone does. If you meet him, you will also fall in love with him." Aryan said proudly.

Disha felt a lump in her throat at these words. Love.......She had loved Purab once or may be she loved him even now.

"This is my dad." Aryan showed him a picture in his phone.

"Do you know him?" he asked suddenly.

Disha stared at him in surprise. Had Purab told about her to him?

"No. I have never seen him in my life." she replied with a straight face.

"Since you are a business woman, I wondered if you knew him." Aryan explained.

"Excuse me. I'll be back in a minute." Disha left.

"This means aunty knows dad too." Aryan concluded after closely observing Disha's reaction.

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The day ended in fun and frolic with Disha. Even Ranbir had taken a liking towards her. Finally, it was time to leave. All of them took her blessings while she hugged them in return.

While Shahana was about to leave, Disha pulled her aside.

"Don't mind my saying anything, but I consider you as my own daughter, so I will give you an advice." she said.

"Why would I mind anything? I know that whatever you say, it will be for my well-being." Shahana smiled.

"I have noticed that something is not normal between you and Aryan. Your marriage may have not been held under the circumstances we would have liked, but trust me, Aryan is a good guy. Give him a chance and if something is bothering you, talk to him. Sometimes keeping silence leads to misunderstandings and more troubles." Disha spoke with her experience.

"Thank you maasi. I needed this a lot." Shahana was grateful.