*Swathi Pov*

I was still fuming when James started dragging me out of the restaurant and stood there for a second before pushing me in a car.

"How dare he?" I whispered when James started driving and I closed my eyes.

"I was right from the beginning wasn't I? You don't have a filter in your mouth when you get angry." He commented, but I ignored him trying to control my anger.

"Where are you going?" he asked when I started walking towards the main house.

"I will not leave him alone for talking all that rubbish." I replied, not turning around but before I can reach the door he held my waist and dragged me back.

"Didn't you see how upset he was and shocked hearing your words?" he asked, but I fought him as hard as I can.

"That's it!" he said when I punched him and lifted me up as usual before walking to the outhouse.

"Let me go!" I screamed but he just locked the door behind him and walked to the room before throwing me on the bed.

"Talk to him in the morning." He ordered to which I glared.

"I don't care if he is upset and why is he anyway. It's not like he doesn't know what he did. It's just identity, he has no idea about." I pointed out and he sighed.

"He loves you stupid woman. Of course he will be upset." He shouted when I again moved to get down.

"But... but you taunted me saying he doesn't have any such feelings for me anymore in one of our fights." I said frowning.

"He said that, but a few days after our so called water fight, he warned me to stay away from you saying he loves you when we were in the gym." He said and I frowned.

"Is that the reason this week you were never here or never uttered a word?" I asked him thinking he is stupid and he immediately shook his head.

"No! I had other important work." He replied shaking his head.

"I don't care, James. He talked rubbish about my Mom when he is the reason because of which she died." I said hugging myself.

"And you know all this, didn't you? You even knew I planned for his revenge because of which all this grooms reversal occurred? How did you find out? That father of his informed you already or what?" I continued to question and he frowned hearing my words.

"When did you realize?" he asked and I gave a laugh.

"After we had our so called water fight. It seems like, you too don't have a filter in your mouth after getting angry." I replied and he sighed.

"Wait till morning before doing any more nuisance." He ordered and walked out of the room.

After a few minutes, I realized what actually happened today. I groaned covering my face and shook my head.

God! I just blurted out everything to him and now nothing can be done like nothing. How stupid can I even be? I thought groaning more.

Dad will kill me if he finds out what actually happened and actually I will kill myself for being this stupid. I was right from the beginning that I am a very bad spy and good with only those fabrics.

"Realized the result?" I heard the mocking tone and I changed my plan to kill him before killing myself.

"Stop with that groaning and have the food." He said and I looked up to see him placing a plate filled with egg rice.

"From where did you got this?" I asked him, frowning even though my stomach is grumbling.

"Do you want food or details?" he asked back and I calmly had some of it before getting up from the bed.

"It's a good thing you left me some, otherwise I thought I had to sleep with hunger today." He said and I turned to see him finishing the food.

"You should have said that it is for both. It's not like I can read what is in your mind." I mumbled and took out a dress to freshen up.

By the time I returned, he is already sleeping, so I walked out of the room and sat in the living room before my work.

Why... why do I feel his words are more important to be solved than anything else? I thought, rubbing my face and leaned back to the wall.

I just sat there and drifted off into sleep in the middle, but sat straight when I felt sun rays. I glanced at the time to see it is six.

I can't wait anymore, no matter what. I immediately stood up and walked into the room before taking out a dress.

Within a half an hour, I got ready without waking him up and walked out of the house to reach the main one to see one member alert near the door seeing me.

I glared at him, but rang the bell and waited folding my arms. When the doors were not opened after five minutes, I rang it again.

Then after another few minutes, it was opened and I can see Maha standing there still in her yesterday's Saree rubbing her left palm.

"What is it?" I asked, gesturing the hand and she shook her head.

"What are you doing here so early, Di?" she asked, frowning, but I ignored her and walked inside with her following me.

"Where is that Nakul?" I asked and she frowned.

"Call him, Maha. I have to kill him for talking bad about my Mom and Dad." I said and she opened her mouth but stopped hearing footsteps.

"You..." he started to say looking at Maha but stopped looking at me.

"What? Do you think I will sit quietly after you tried to tarnish my Mom's image?" I asked moving near to him but Maha held my hand.

"I said everything that was told by your sister." His words made me step back immediately.

"You are lying!" I accused him, but he shook his head.

"No! Ask her for yourself." He said and I immediately glanced at Maha.

"Tell me he is telling a lie." I demanded her, to which she closed her eyes.

"He is telling the truth." She replied and I fumed at her.

"Why did you lie to him about her? Are you so angry at me that you are bad mouthing about a person who is not here in this world?" I asked not able to think of anything.

"I didn't lie, Di. Mom told me about it." She replied and I groaned, feeling like slapping someone.

"You slapped me." I heard a voice and glanced up to see Nakul staring at Maha.

"Yes!" that's all she said, but I shook my head.

"Let's go! I will ask the person who uttered these words itself about all this." Saying that I held her hand and started dragging her away.

"I am not ready, Di." She complained which I completely ignored.

"You can get ready in our home and we are going in my car." I said but stopped hearing his voice.

"You can't take her like that and can't leave yourself. I need to talk to you both and also with James." Nakul demanded but I stood stiff.

"We will talk after returning." Maha replied and dragged me this time without waiting for a second.

We got in the car at the same time James stepped out of the house with a frown and he glanced at us. He called us, but I ignored him and drove off.

"You actually slapped him?" I asked her frowning when she continued to rub her left palm.

"Yeah!" she replied and I thought maybe she heard what I said, realizing who Nakul actually is because of which she slapped him.

"Why?" I asked even though I got this doubt.

"Just a silly matter." She whispered, making me feel disappointed.

Well, it's just a matter of time before she realizes what Nakul did and maybe she will help us still when she asks for half property when they get divorced. That is also a blow with Dad harming from the business deal which he got in his bag last week.

"Maha! Sweety! Is everything okay?" Mom asked the moment we both walked into the house.

"We have to talk." I said and moved to the study room calling Dad still holding Maha's hand.

We three sat and Dad entered the room within a few minutes and I immediately felt guilty for ruining his plans.

"What happened?" he asked, taking his place.

"I hear a bunch of lies here, Dad. Nakul yesterday said Mom, and you eloped when you were supposed to marry Parvathi Mom. And today he said Maha told him that and she is saying it is true too. Tell her it is a lie." I said, staring at him and he closed his eyes.

"Oh my god! It is true." I whispered when he sat in silence.

"How dare you to cheat on her? And Mom... mom... how can she do that?" I asked feeling a pain and immediately felt a hand on my shoulder.

"No! That is not the complete truth." Mom said and I glanced at her.

"Sathish! Tell her what I can't tell them myself." She added looking at Dad but he frowned.

"You didn't promise but I did. So, tell her." She demanded and he nodded.

"She knew we were going to elope, Sweety. She is the one who made both of us realize what a mistake we will be doing if we not acknowledge something special." He said and I frowned at him.

Then Mom and he started explaining everything along with how Mom made her promise not to tell her parents about her involvement.

"See? Your parents didn't have any fault in this." Mom said, smiling and I held her hand over Maha who is sitting in silence.

"No matter what you lost a child because of us. If we had not done that, then there would not been any pressure on you." Dad suddenly said and I stilled.

"Is that really necessary now?" she asked him frowning.

"Why not? When this is out then why not the main thing. Don't think I can ever forget all that, Paru. You hid that from both of us and we always felt guilty, but other than that some questions too. What would have happened if there was no miscarriage?" he said, standing up and she too did while I gasped and held Maha's hand tightly whose hands are shivering.

"What would have happened? I already told you both this was medical and nothing else. But let me tell you, even if there was a kid, I wouldn't have been happy with you, Sathish. In my heart you are hers already and I wouldn't have been happy. I would have raised my baby myself and I would have found someone who would have accepted me with my kid and I know with assurance that it would have been Rakesh. And I never doubted you both to not support me too. That's all! Our lives didn't change because of me losing a child. They were meant to and they did." She screamed at him and covered her eyes.

"It's in the past. Why did Nakul tell you all this, Sweety?" she asked looking at me.

"He was thinking Maha took a revenge on Mom by doing the same for me like she did for you." I replied and she sighed before glancing at Maha.

"Even I thought the same." She whispered, looking down but Maha stilled.

"I didn't! I didn't do anything for revenge. I did it for my family." Suddenly Maha shouted and stood up before moving to the door but Mom immediately held her.

"I am sorry! I shouldn't have thought of you like that. You loved Maheshwari more than me. And why shouldn't you? She is your second Mom." Mom said hugging her.

"Like you are to me." I mumbled moving towards her and she smiled.

"Maybe I became like that because of this marriage, but Maha became her daughter even before she was born." She said and I frowned at her.

"Okay! I can see I am confusing you." She added, but I shook my head.

"Tell us!" Maha whispered and she did first making us sit back on the chairs.

"Like I said I had this medical condition due to which I was supposed to never get pregnant and I was fine with my husband's love. Then you were born Sweety and we all were happy. However, when you were two years I became pregnant. It was a shock for all of us and more than that I was scared. I was scared to lose this child too. But then your Mom stood beside me. She made sure I did everything that is needed and she took care of you along with me like a kid. And then Maha born, but was weak, which she took care of again as I was also weak with the condition. If not for her, I don't think I would have been alive or Maha. So, in every sense Maha is her daughter too." She calmly explained and I sighed.

"No wonder there is same name." I whispered and she smiled.

"This Nakul seems to be trouble all the time. I have to speed up the process." Dad suddenly said and Maha stiffened while Mom frowned.

"What are you talking about?" Mom asked, frowning at him, but I glanced at Maha to see her looking down.

"I think Maha will explain as it seems she knows." I said, looking at her and she closed her eyes.

"Mom! Nakul is behind the accident." She calmly whispered and Mom stiffened, but slowly blinked the tears away holding Maha's hands.

"When did you learn that?" she asked her.

"When?" Dad repeated and Maha cleared her throat before glancing at me.

"When you both were talking here about your plans." She replied and he stilled.

"What plans? What is going on here?" Mom asked and I glanced at Maha.

"They both are planning to destroy Nakul as a revenge for the accident, Mom. That's why Di wanted to marry him." Maha replied.

"But that was long ago and he was a kid." Mom said, frowning, but her grip on the table tightened.

"That's why she married him." I stated.

"How could you plan all this, Sathish?" Mom asked him.

"I left it! I left at the beginning for the court and accepted the justice which I know is false, but do you know what he is doing? He got into a handful of accidents from the past seven years with his car. How can I sit here when he was creating havoc again and a chance for him to hurt another family? How can I sit back? So, I explained it to Sweety after starting the rivalry with his father and planned all this. Am I wrong after he is continuing his carelessness again?" he asked, raising his voice.

"I never saw him driving." Maha replied and he frowned at her.

"Maybe he got his license cancelled or didn't have one here." I mumbled but she frowned.

"Are you supporting him, Maha?" he asked and she stared at him.

"There is a person who is saying Nakul didn't do the accident but his Mom did. He was supposed to be here and say that to you all before the wedding, but somehow he is running away each time he was caught." She mumbled and one name came to my mind who helped her with all this and that is James.

"Do you believe this person, Maha?" I asked her, but she stayed silent.

"Do you?" Dad asked, but she didn't move.

"Enough! I need to talk to her alone." Mom ordered and I glanced at her surprised hearing such tone, but Dad seems to be like used to this and walked out.

I followed him out and reached the living room where he started pacing. I ignored everything, remembering I need to tell him another thing.

"He knows! He knows about Mom being killed in the accident." I said and he froze in his spot.

"How?" he asked and I calmly explained yesterday's incident.

"How could you do this, Sweety?" he asked in a defeated tone.

"Even if I didn't we were not succeeding with James always behind me already knowing my intentions." I pointed out and he nodded rubbing his forehead.

"I can understand your anger hearing his words." He mumbled and I felt a relief.

"Maybe Maha can help us if we ask her to." I mumbled and he glanced up.

"Maybe not!" he said and I turned to see Mom and she walked out of the study with a peaceful expression and climbing the stairs.

"How could Maha try to sabotage our plan? How could Mom support her now knowing everything?" I asked him, frowning while he stared at them.

"Parvathi always did what she felt right and never depend on the circumstances she is in or anything else. I can say the same for Maha. I don't think we will have any support. At least it is a good thing I already entered his business circle. We will find something and smash it. We waited all these years and we will wait some more. Now, we have to wait for divorce and you can have your life back and Maha too. I shouldn't have involved you in the first place." He replied and I immediately felt hurt.

"I am not incapable of doing something, Dad." I said and he smiled.

"I never said that. I am feeling guilty for all this mess and that's it. But I will do something." He said with strong determination and in that moment I gave my burden to him.

"Okay, Dad! From this moment I will not look for opportunities with everything out. I will hate him and that's all I can do for now. I am sure he is already emotionally hurt. Seems like he still loves me and yesterday he was devastated when I accused him. When I explain our plan he will feel it more. That's all I can do and I will not back out." I said and he frowned, but nodded.

"Make sure he will not harm you." He advised and walked away while I sat down feeling tired suddenly knowing too much all of a sudden.

I thought I was the one who knows everything and Maha was being protected from this but seems like I was wrong again. What did I expect and what happened?

*Maheshwari Pov*

"I didn't know what else to do, Mom. Should I have supported their plans?" I asked when I freshen up and saw Mom sitting on my bed.

"No! You did the right thing, but should have confided in me." She mumbled and I sat beside her.

"I never thought it will be dragged to this much. I thought you will be hurt knowing their plans." I mumbled and she smiled holding my hand.

"I am! What were these two thinking? And what were you thinking? I felt I was most confused young person, but seems like Sweety and you crossed me way back." She said and I placed my head on her shoulder.

"Your Dad would have been proud, Maha." She mumbled and I smiled hearing her words.

"Tell me again what did he do when I got hurt hitting my head to the table." I asked and she suddenly grinned.

"He cleared your wound and then you both sat before the table with you on his lap. He started talking to the table saying what it did was wrong, but then told you your mistake of running. Then he made you move your hand over the place where you got hit by saying it too must have got hurt. So, you apologized for it and promised never to hurt hit and he said then it may never hurt you back." She said and I smiled feeling tears.

"I miss him right now, Mom." I mumbled and she frowned moving my head.

"When did you get hurt?" she asked and I closed my eyes moving to lay my head on her lap.

"A little today morning." I replied and closed my eyes.

"For my words?" she asked and I shook my head.

"No! Way before that and I didn't follow Dad's words. So, I hit it back." I replied and drifted off into sleep.

"Maha! Your phone is ringing continuously along with mine." I heard and groaned before moving to see Di standing beside my bed.

"What?" I asked, sitting up.

"Your husband and my bodyguard are calling us continuously without stopping." She replied and I glanced at the time to see it is afternoon.

"I am hungry!" I mumbled and she smiled.

"Mom is preparing the food. We will have it and then leave." She said and I nodded yawning while she glanced at the pictures on my wall.

"I have seen you caring for him, Maha. Was it really that easy to forget everything he did?" she suddenly asked and I looked away.

"Fine! Come downstairs." Saying that she left while I sighed.

"You must have missed the food there." Mom said smiling at Di.

"Don't worry, Mom. Maha is taking care of me." She said and I laughed along with Mom hearing her words.

"Di is also taking care of me in many things." I said but she frowned.

"I let her down." She mumbled, but I shook my head.

"We shouldn't think of past much. It happened and can't be changed by thinking about it. What matters is what we do in present." Mom said and Di looked at her plate.

"It is not that easy." She mumbled and Mom sighed.

"You should stay away from Nakul." Di said the moment we both sat in the car.

"Why?" I asked her frowning.

"I can see you care for him, Maha. I don't want you to fall for a man who mainly thinks bad about you." She replied and I felt surprised hearing her words.

I thought she would say because of the past, but she is saying something else so I frowned at her.

"Yesterday it was actually as a complaining about you and he went out of his line saying you were being close to James even after knowing he is a married man." She mumbled and I looked outside feeling the pinch of the words.

"He loves you!" I mumbled and she didn't say anything.

"Why are you confident about it?" she asked and I sighed.

"Today morning he said that thinking I am you and then got startled when he realized it is me." I replied.

"You slapped him?" she asked and I nodded.

"He is not worth it, Maha. When he liked me before, I thought he was stupid. But even after knowing your care if he still loves me, then he is nothing but a bastard." She stated and I glanced at her shocked.

"What?" I asked her frowning.

"Yes! I was nothing but a stupid person before him who knows only to bat their eye lashes or to show shyness and that's all and have this heavy make up along with short dresses. Just these made him like me. Now, knowing you he still feels the same shows that he doesn't care what is inside and just cares about outer appearance. You deserve someone else." She replied and I gaped at her.

"You don't think it is true? Do you think after his words too, he is correct for you?" she asked frowning.

"It was my mistake to like him in the first place, Di. I knew from beginning he loves you. He told the same to James before marriage only. It was completely my mistake and I will come out of it. But he must be right for someone. It is not his mistake he fell for you." I replied and she shook her head.

"I can't say anything else." She said and we both fell into silence until we reach the house.

"I need to talk to him before you tell him everything." I mumbled when we saw James walking out of the main house as if someone told him and then I remembered the cameras.

"You can say whatever you want. If I can't see his defeated look, at least now I can see his devastated one when he realizes how he fell for a wrong woman." Saying that Di walked to the house beside me while I left a prayer wishing my family will not be hurt after this truth is revealed.

However, I didn't expect what he did after hearing everything from Di. Like we three must have thought something different with Di expecting devastated face and James something while I expected anger but he gave an unexpected reaction like completely unexpected for all of us.

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