As the family were engrossed in their talks, the maid came into the living room announcing about a nurse from the hospital come for the test.

Prisha looked over the people and excused herself, as it was for taking the blood sample for the next stage of Nimya's treatment process.

The nurse smiled while prepping Prisha sitting on the couch relaxed. Sharanya was caressing her daughter's hair and smiled that her daughter was able to prove her worth in the family again.

The nurse scrunched her brows and thought to take a glance at the name of the donor.

"...Mrs. Nair, right?..." as the nurse asked Sharanya looked over her daughter who corrected the nurse stating that she was Prisha Sanal Menon – Mrs. Menon.

"...um...but...it says here that the blood sample of Mrs. Nair needs to be collected for the process..." The nurse showed her the document which had the name etched underneath the tag donor.

Prisha got shocked reading the name along with Sharanya who looked over the person mentioned as the donor.

The family by this time, looked over the chaos being evident from the nurse's voice.

Prisha's pupil shaked at knowing that it was not her but...

"..." The nurse looked over the family and moved to them asking for a Mrs. Mrunal Rajeev Nair.

Mrunal got tensed at her name being called for the blood sample. She looked over the family member who themselves were perplexed.

Finally, she saw the way Rajeev was poker faced and could only screw his brows, not able to fully understand the mix-up.

The nurse took her blood sample, thanking Mrunal and went outside the house.

Prisha was not able to take the way things turned out and jogged out of the living room, in tears.

Deepika smiled while caressing her daughter's hair who couldn't understand the situation.

Sonia came to her and cupped Mrunal's face hugging mumbling softly only to her "...my Nimya will be blessed to have your DNA in her veins..."

Mrunal felt her eyes widened at her words and glanced at Rajeev who knew the consequences of being the donor.

It means...

In the garden area

Prisha couldn't stop crying at her helplessness of not able to be the donor for Nimya. Sanal came to her and hugged her who wept on his shoulders.

"...why?...why Sunny?...why am I not the one?...I mean I have given everything for this family...isn't it my destiny to help them...when...it's not fair?!!!..."

Sanal chuckled replying "...maybe...god would have thought that this time...you need rest...and maybe give the chance to someone else...who is not as good as you...but palpable...hm?"

Prisha backed thinking over his words and spoke with her broken words "...you think so?..."

"...I know so...and besides...you know how much stress you will have to endure...as it is...honey...you are over working yourself out...you need rest...hm?" Sanal assured her heartbroken self to move away from her obsession of always being the saviour to the family.

Prisha hummed in agreement and rested her head on his beating heart who just pecked her hairs.

But Sanal internally knew the actual pain that would follow if at all Mrunal had to be the donor.

Coz, from the looks of it; the case was not solved with her being the main perpetuator.

It was a roller coaster ride for all of them, especially Rajeev and Mrunal.

Rajeev's room

He couldn't understand how could his wife be the donor when in the test results it was mentioned as Prisha.

'...Did she intentionally do the mix-up?...God!!...I am thinking too much!...' he brushed his hair back not able to stop his splitting headache.

"..Raj?!..." Mrunal called him while standing across the room, making him angry and rush back to her scared self.

"...did you deliberately do the mix-up, huh?...tell me!..." Mrunal got scared of his glaring eyes questioning her cluelessness, clutching her arm rather tightly.

".... N...No!!...why would I do that?!!...I came to know just now...like everyone else...Raj...how could I?..." she asked him who thought that it was true, as why would she do it.

He backed looking at her scared self, remorseful and muttered sorry to her. Before Mrunal could pacify him, he rushed out in a hurry.

The library room,

As he searched the internet on the HLA process and the selection of the donor for the stem plant transplantation, it confirmed him about the actuality of the treatment.

After getting double confirmation from the doctor too, he couldn't understand how things were not working in his accord.

He didn't want this now. Not when their relationship was at a standstill, with the ongoing twist and tale of the Papi case.

He rubbed his face out of frustration from the different sides of his life, which was slowly taking over of his sanity.

The whole week some of the family members were in a nervous breakdown after the news of Mrunal being the donor for Nimya's treatments.

The most disheartened was Sharanya who accused Mrunal of foul play who didn't want her daughter – Prisha's happiness.

Sonia and Latha tried their level best to make her understand that Mrunal was herself not aware of being the donor. But the mother didn't agree to their words and went ahead with her investigation from the doctor itself, which was a double shocker for her.

The hospital

Rajeev was sitting on the chair beside Mrunal in the gynaecologist cabin for their discussion regarding the process for the stem transplant.

Both were avoiding their presence, more being Rajeev who felt awkward in the doctor's cabin. Mrunal was smiling at his behaviour who shift his body weight from one arm to another, murmuring 'where the hell is the doctor?!'

"..." He looked at her when she stretched the water sipper to him, who immediately took it to calm his nerves.

"..Thanks..." She smiled at his shaky pupils and replied "...don't worry...everything will be fine..."

As she touched his restless hands on his thighs, he glanced over her slender enamelled fingers moving softly over his, making a small smile appear on his face.

"...Mrs. Nair...can I have a word with you?..." the doctor called her who nodded her head and went inside the examination room.

After a minute, Rajeev saw a rather sad looking Mrunal coming out and sitting beside him.

"...is everything fine?!!..." as she was about to reply.

"...everything is fine...um...just...how long have you both been married?..." the doctor's question made Rajeev reply with hesitation

"...three months..."

"...hm?....and how many times have you been intimate?...um..." The doctor signalled Rajeev whose eyes widened and glanced at Mrunal who was keeping her head down.

"..."

"...well...if you need the process to begin...I suggest that you can plan accordingly...well, Mrs. Nair I have already guided you on how to recognise your ovulation period...and...you can try to conceive...accordingly...hm?" the doctor professionally explained to the couple who just wanted to run out of the cabin asap.

As Mrunal sat in the car, she saw that Rajeev was still outside the car getting restless, again.

"...what happened?..." she peeped out of the car window asking him who jerked at her call and started to rub his forehead on trying to blurt out the words from his mouth.

"..I...I...um...have to go to a ....um...meeting...in the office..." He managed to lie to her who thought for a while and asked

"...at 6 in the evening?...but the office closes at 5?...doesn't it?..." her questions made him sweat with a possible way to escape her mesmerising almond wide eyes.

'...oh no!...don't come out!...' the thought of her near him was making all kinds of animals dance in his stomach.

Mrunal checked his temperature feeling his forehead which was sweating badly, and murmured "...you don't have a fever?...then...what is it?...I mean if you have any uneasiness...we are in the hospital...we can show to some specialist...hm?..."

"..." she started to feel his whole face which couldn't take her closeness.

"...no!...I am fine...I told you...it's a meeting...well...um...it's not in the office...it's in a hotel...yeah!..." saying so he made her get back in the car and told her to not worry who had only sad eyes for him.

"...I will be fine, hm?" he caressed her cheeks who finally gave him a satisfied smile.

"...don't be too late?..." she caught hold of his hands who nodded at her worry.

Ping!

He checked his phone for the message from the Panthera who called him for an urgent meeting in the HQ.

Nair Mansion

"...Chech?!...how are you now?...." Mrunal asked Prisha whose smile faded away seeing her approach her for a hug.

She quietly accepted her hug with a little smile and replied that now she was fine.

Bidding bye to Reena, Prisha moved out giving a poker face to Mrunal who only cared for Rajeev's Prisha Chech.

"..Aunty...can I have a word with you?...if you don't mind?!...." Reena halted her steps and nodded her head to the tentative Mrunal.

Both sat on the garden table area, having their tea, when Reena asked the girl about the issue.

"...um...aunty?...actually...um...I was little...hesitant to tell you this...but I can't tell this to Mom...as she might get worried..." Mrunal was rubbing her fingers on the teacup, making Reena clutch her hands softly.

"...aunty...since my wedding with Akash...we were...um...he was...um..." she got up and moved away from the table out of her fear to share an intricate nightmarish detail of her previous marriage.

"...Buji...I won't tell anyone, if you want..." Reena caressed her shoulders who looked back with a smile at getting the promise.

After listening to Mrunal explain the rugged way that Akash treated her during their intimate moment, only made Reena clutch the awkward feeling girl's hands.

"...honey...*chuckle*...it is nothing to worry about...I am pretty sure that it would not affect your current marriage life with Raj...I mean he loves you...from day one...and regarding your brief relationship with Akash...that's your past...honey don't let your past ruin your present...

there is a reason we call it a present, because it's a gift from god...which you can't refuse....hm?" Reena then hugged the naïve girl who was relaxed after her talk with the aunt who only wanted happiness in the new couple's life.

"...and moreover, Buji ...what happened with Akash and his untreated behaviour with you...I am not going to ask on why it was...until you feel the need to share it with me...But I can vouch for our children that they are not barbaric but being bought up in a very calm, strict, and obedient family...they know the value of an individual's personal space...

and have you not noticed...how well they behave so lovingly with each other and are so obedient and well-mannered with outsiders...hm?" Reena continued to express the scared wife of a mafia Capo who was privy to frightening tales about mafia and their way of an animalistic lifestyle.

Mrunal hummed in agreement and was softly hugged by Reena who murmured '...*sigh*...stupid girl...the boy loves you...if we all can see it...why can't you?!!...' making Mrunal nod with a smile.

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