A man was sitting on the couch looking into his friend's face with a perplex expression, "what you want me to marry again?"

"Haan Laksh, I want you to get married again. Just think about your current situation." His friend wasn't alone, even his family was dragging him to this.

"Laksh Beta, Rehan isn't wrong. Mehek is gone, how long will you wait?"

Laksh shook his head, "I'm a father, who will marry me and accept my child as hers?"

This was a big point, being a father it isn't easy to find a woman, who will accept the child and love it as her own.

"Well if you don't mind, I do have someone," Rehan was scared as it's a very delicate subject, "listen her name is Ragini, but..."

Everyone was looking at him, "but what?" They asked and he lowered his gaze.

"She is a divorced woman, not only this she is a runaway."

Laksh shook his head, "a runaway? What you mean with this?"

"Divorced? Why she is divorced what had happened to her?" Laksh mother asked suspiciously.

"She runaway from home to marry the guy she loved. But he only took her for his own advantage, as far as I know. After their marriage she lived with him and his family, but she was threatened wrong, they abused her. She regretted her decision and returned home, her father helped her in taking legal action against her husband and in-law's. Now she is at her father's house, alone."

Laksh nodded, "so her crime was loving the wrong man and trusting him blindly. This kinda reminds me on myself."

"At least meet her once," Rehan was insisting them to think of it just once, as even she deserves a second chance.

Laksh nodded, "fine, we will meet her."

Rehan was happy, "I will inform them."

Laksh hold him back, "don't tell him anything yet, let me first see her and figure out, who and how she is. Find an excuse to meet them."

Rehan nodded, he understood the decision of his friend, it's a decision which can effect his child's life.

"You don't worry, he is my Father's friend. I often go there to meet him, next time I will take you along with me. They won't mind."

Laksh agreed and very soon they met them.

"Uncle this is Laksh my friend and he is Uncle Sheikh."

Laksh greeted him, "Salam."

"Wasalam, come inside."

They were sitting on the couch and talking about usual stuff, Laksh wasn't much interested and looked around, when his gaze fall on the woman.

"This is a cruel world," she was reading an article about domestic violence, "I'm so glad they I had someone on my side."

"Ragini stop reading all those shitty things, come here and have a chat with us."

Ragini put the newspaper, she saw him, "Rehan when you come?"

Rehan shrugs, "well just 5 minutes or so? By the way that's my friend, Laksh. Laksh that is Ragini my beautiful friend."

Both greeted each other and she left them alone, just to come back with tea and snacks. Ragini was serving, when Laksh stood up.

"Rehan, it's okay."

Rehan was numb, "what you mean, Yes or no?"

"Yes," he excused himself as his pager vibrates, "I have to leave but Rehan will tell you everything."

Laksh left and both were looking at Rehan, who was smiling like mad.

"Good News, Laksh and Ragini's wedding, what say?"

Ragini was shocked, "what?"

Rehan hold her hand, "Ragini please he is a good guy, his wife left him with a child. He is independent and knows about you, I told him everything and he is ready to accept you, u hope you are ready to accept him too? Uncle please think about it once." Rehab stood up and left from there, he told them everything about Laksh before leaving.

Ragini was quiet, she didn't rejected the proposal neither did she agreed, this time she gave her father the right to decide about her life, "Abbu I once failed, I don't want to repeat the mistake."

Her father caresses her head, "I heard good things about him, like you he too deserves a second chance. I will agree to this alliance."

Ragini obeyed to the decision of her father.

Laksh and Ragini got married through the Nikaah.

Ragini was sitting on the bed, she didn't had thought about anything and was wondering that everyone in the family was so nice toward her.

Laksh entered the room, he was holding a child about a year old.

Ragini was smiling looking at them, "what is his name?"

Laksh sat next to her on the bed, "Raheel."

Raheel was in half sleep, blinking with his eyes and yawning.

Ragini took him in her hands, "Hay so cute."

"He will stay here and sleep between us. He can't sleep without me."

Laksh left to changed, Ragini places him in the middle of the bed, softly tapping on his belly, she was humming.

Laksh saw them and smiled looking at them. It was the right decision.

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Raaz-e-Ulfat - Secret of Love