Thanks guys for your support ..!!!

Sometimes,  when you are or experience something really real , it makes you want to stop pretending.. It makes you want to get away from everything that is false , whether it is innocently and harmlessly or something more serious , like your marriage.. It happened to Abhi..!!!

Abhi was thinking about his life which recently got messed up by marrying Pragya, few months before. He was sitting beside her like a man who was not him before meeting her. The Abhishek Mehra,  who just cares about his career , about his values doesn't know how he got changed that too for a girl , whom he hated once.

" I don't know what you are doing to me , but I can tell one thing that I can't be a better person for you..!! You are innocent, just being like whom you are , you only know how to show your love but I am not like you..!! I fear what will happen if I show my anger on you..!! I can't see you getting hurt " he holds her hand taking in his and gently caressed her knuckles continuing " because of me..!!" Abhi speaks to himself knowing very well that pragya is not hearing him.

" Bhai.." Aliya comes in holding her breath inside their room after they came back from the airport. " Sorry..!! Actually we didn't expected that dadi will come and unfortunately we have to go and receive her..." aliya tells seeing her bhai holding Pragya's hand.

Abhi gets up from there, placing Pragya's hand softly on the bed with lots of tension in his head. He has to find what actually happened and how pragya ended up in the swimming pool.

" Bhai..!! Dadi is calling you as she wants to meet you..!! I will take care of pragya di..!!" Aliya tells gently pating his shoulder and settles beside pragya caressing her cheek.

" Okay..!! Take care of her..!!" Abhi tells leaving from there taking a last glance on his fragile wife and closed the door properly after exiting his room.

The whole Mehra mansion was bursting out in laughter as dadi was teasing everyone mainly her son , Ram. Vivaan too joined with her and complaints about purab for pushing him into the swimming pool.

" Ram.. I know you love to eat tasty food but be in your limits , otherwise you gonna burst like a balloon.." dadi teases him as purab gave a hi-fi laughing aloud.

" Ma.. why you are teasing me infront of our kids..!! And that too infront of this guy..!!" Ram tells throwing the cushion on him as vivaan catches it at the right time.

"Ram papa..Dadi is not cooking any stories..!! She is right..! You have to control yourself..!! Better join in my gym from tomorrow..!!"he tells with a teasing smile as ram beats him softly . They turned their attention towards abhi who was rushing down the stairs.

" Welcome back home dadi...!!" Abhi tells taking blessings from dadi as she gently placed her one hand on his head and the other to make him stand straight before her.

" Come sit beside me..! !" Tells Dadi moving a little aside giving him space to sit beside her. But Abhi was not in mood to speak with anyone as his mind wants to be alone with pragya. He doesn't know what magic she did to him as he is still in the spell bound of her thoughts.

" How is Pragya beta,  Abhi..? What happened to her ? You didn't informed anything and took her to your room..!! Is everything alright ?" Asked priya even though she very well know that abhi is going to answer her properly. But the tension and panic in his face clearly explains his care or may be love towards pragya.

" What happened to pragya..? " they heard a sharp voice as everyone turned towards the door to see Neil and ragini standing there along with bulbul.

" What happened Abhi beta ..? Where is Pragya ? " asked ragini , her eyes filled with tears. Hearing no response from the mehra's , she turns to Neil who supports her by holding her shoulders to calm down. " Neil,  why you are so silent..?I want to meet pragya now..!!" She shouts as all could see a pure mother's love in her eyes.

" Ragini aunty..!! Pragya is fine !! She is sleeping due to the effect of medicines..!!! " Abhi said as aliya comes down with a rush.

" Bhai...!! Pragya bhabhi wants to meet you..!! She opened her eyes and is asking about you..!!" Aliya tells coming towards them and got blessings from Neil and ragini.

Tanu comes out of her room hearing aliya's voice which explains how much happy she is and thinks to check prgaya and urges to know how suddenly she drowned in the pool.

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" I don't know how she got escaped !! Thank god , no one noticed me..!!" A man in his late twenties enters inside a dark room speaking to someone through the phone.

" But I almost reached her right..!! Will kill her for sure..!!! To teach that Abhishek Mehra..!! You don't worry..!!" He tells ending the call and switches on all the lights as the room lights up with luxury things stuffed inside it.

There was a long , large portrait of a girl whose lower part is clearly visible in that dim light of that one side of room who was standing there having a flower crown on her head and was looking curious with a small smile on her face. He traced the picture and he lits a candle showing her face with sudden brightness and id turns out to be pragya.

" I will not leave you pragya.!! You have to die to make that Abhi suffer in same pain which I am undergoing these years.

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" pragya beta...!!" Pragya heard ragini's voice when she was exclaiming what happned to her as she was happily playing with abhi and his cousins. Her heart felt light and unknown happiness engulfs her when she sees her mother and father standing near the door.

" Mumma....!!! Papaa ....! !" She squeals like a kid and gets up from the bed pacing towards them removing the blanket from her. Everyone looked at her wearing abhi's t-shirt with a confused look as abhi groans getting highly embarrassed infront of the family again by his immature wife.

" Di... what are you wearing..?" Bulbul was the one who snapped the question first and abhi mentally cursed his sali for the first time for draining all the attention towards them. So abhi... when did you started to accept her as your sali? It means you are ready to move on with pragya..!! Accepting what may be your consequence..? What happned to your values..? Your morals..?

" Its not important bulbul..!! Pragya beta..how are you feeling now..?!!" Neil interrupts and caresses her face who gently tugged to his dad feeling the warmth of his presence after few days. Neil could understand abhi feeling uncomfortable of their questions and stares and tried to divert them.

" I am fine papa..!!!" She said and ragini hugs her tightly kissing her hair by patting gently on her back. It explains how much ragini had missed her lovely daughter after she got married.

" Full of family drama's ...!!" Tanu mutters which was quite audible to aliya who glared at her in anger.

" Will you just keep quite..!! No one is pleased to have you here..!! If you are that much irritated of this so called drama... then please leave from here..!!" Aliya tells with a warning look.

" I should be quite until pragya opens her mouth and how dare she is wearing his shirt.. I gonna kill her for this..!! Is that abhi too started to have feelings for this stupid girl..!! No it should not be...!! It's not good for me..." thought tanu folding her hands across her chest trying to act as if she is worried.

" Pragya di... you were in abhi's room right when we are playing hide and seek and then how did you ended up in the swimming pool...!!" Asked purab looking worried for pragya. Ragini made her to sit and bulbul gives her a glass of water.

" woh me..." she sips the water feeling thirsty and clears her throat saying " I was hiding behind the door but when I saw someone standing near the pool with a big beautiful teddy bear like tinku.. I thought to check it whether it's mine..and when I reached down , I couldnt find anyone.. !! And suddenly..." her breath heaved as once more the incident played in her mind " someone from back pushed me into the pool..." she said gulping the water fastly as her throat drains again and felt her heart beating fast against her chest , remembering the scene again and again.

" Do you have any sense? Whether a person will put their life in danger for a teddy bear..!!!" Abhi scowls after hearing her words saying " I would have brought you tons of them.. what's the need to jump inside! !"  Dadi eyes at priya and winks at her as everyone could understand his care behind his anger.

"Leave it..!! You take care pragya beta... Abhi..!!" Dadi tells pragya and turns towards abhi after earning a slight nod from her and says " you have to take of our bahu and if she complains that you are not taking care of her na.. then you have to face my wrath!! So better take good care of her..!!" She finishes asking everyone to come with her and Abhi with the defeated look sees pragya giggling and trying to control her laugh.

After everyone leaves from there;  Abhi closed the door with the thud sound as pragya suppress her smile and looks at him innocently.

" Are you laughing at me..? Am I looking like a joker to you..?" He asked walking towards her and settles beside her gently moving her one leg on the other.

" Oouch..You are hurting me..!!" Pragya tells shifting aside to let him sit comfortable. " I don't think you know how to joke !!" She tells gazing at him with a smirked face.

" What you mean..?" He quirks at her by raising his eyebrows in anger.

" look...!! " she points at his face continuing " You dont even have the face to make others smile..!! Then how can you conclude that you are joker ..! ! " she asked with a serious tone and it was abhi's turn to smirk at her.

" You dont know how I make others happy..!!" He tells setting up his hand free in the air and Pragya felt it fishy.

" Arey.... Look there , a golden crow...!! " squeals abhi pointing towards the window behind her. Pragya turns without even registering the words properly in her mind and the next moment , she is laughing aloud like a mad as abhi tickles her hard.

She tries to stop him and it goes in vain when he holds her both hands in his one hand and the other tinkling her hardly as she finds difficult to breathe. His hold was strong around her wrist and she closed her eyes not able to get rid off him.

" I know how to make others to laugh like I am doing it to you...!!" Abhi tells pulling her closer to him as pragya laughs loudly and whispers " please..lea..ve...meeee"she cried not able to take his teasing.

He held her in his hold ; close to him and both were trying to breathe normally , Abhi asks her " Will you comment on me again..?" He asked as she hung her head back as abhi held not letting her to fall down. His one hand covered her back side of the head properly and the other settled at the back of her waist. He realised that she was sitting on his lap , close to him as he could hear her heavy heartbeat and muffling voice of thanking god.

" No...I swear..!!" She held out her hand in apologizing way by keeping her head against his chest to make her normal.

Without his knowledge,  he gently pins her hair strands behind her left ear as she looks at him with an intense gaze. She was never close with anyone this much , not even with her father and felt sudden concious all over her body.

" I wish to see this smile forever..!!" He whispers and runs his finger around nape of her neck without his sense as her closeness starts to affect him.

" What you are doing..?" She stammerd sensing his hot breath near her lips and moved back a little with fear whether he might hurt her.

Abhi looked at her in shock and helps her to sit beside him avoiding her gaze on her. He doesn't know how he got this much close to her even after knowing that she can't reciprocate it back to him.

Pragya flustered a smile and looks down at her fingers and suddenly a question popped into her mind.

" Why I am wearing your t-shirt..?" She asked trying to pull it down as it barely shows her long skinny legs.

" woh....!!" He looks at her and continues " I can't find any of your dresses inside my wardrobe !!! " Abhi couldn't complete his words and turned his gaze away from her.

" Are you mad ?How could you find my dresses in your dresser when all of my clothes are in aliya's room...!!" She says laughing at him poking is shoulders with her index finger.

That's it...!! Abhi gets up from the bed suddenly and it made pragya di jump out of nervousness. She sees the same Abhi who took his anger on her during that party.

" Yes...I am mad...because I am speaking with you right..!! Caring for you right..!!" He comes close to her and cages in his arms making her to stand and looks into her eyes. " What have you done to me..?  " he gently stroked her cheeks and continues " I was not like this before..!! Your presence really affects me..!! Why I am falling for you even after knowing that you are the one who destroyed my fame..my career! !" He asked releasing her from his arms and gently pushes her back.

But pragya didn't expected it and falls on the bed as his gentle push was hard and quick to react.

" I don't want to see your face...! !" He tells stepping out from the room. He doesn't even know why he reacted with pragya all of the sudden.. it is because she made fun on him.. or because he thinks she doesn't deserves to be his wife..!!

Pragya sat back on the bed with a shock expression because she was confused about abhi's behaviour. Till last minute , he was laughing with her and what happened to him all of the sudden?  It brought an unknown fear inside her.

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Abhi enters aliya's room when he saw purab , disha,  aliya and vivaan were already present and was looking at something in laptop.

" Bhai...look here... some one is pushing pragya di inside the swimming pool...!!" Tells aliya taking Abhi inside and closes the door properly as no one should hear it.

Abhi was not in the mood to think about this as he wants to be alone.

" that guy is wearing a hoodie jacket and hence we can't see his face...! !" Purab tells zooming out the picture .

" Guys.... please..." abhi shouts as everyone looks at him " I am just tired of thinking about this..!! I came here not to talk about this..." Abhi tells by inserting his fingers inside his pocket.

" then...?" Aliya asked seeing some tension in Abhi's face.

" I came here to inform that , I am leaving Mumbai today to attend an important meeting in Delhi...!! Will be back in two days.. You all should take care of pragya...!!" Abhi tells looking at them with the tired look.

" Abhi..!! You dont worry..!!I will attend it..!!" Purab said while abhi stopped him.

" No...!! I need a break from this chaos... better you be with your sister...!!" Tells Abhi leaving from there.

He knew within short span of time , how pragya had became everyone's first priority including him. He very well know that purab can take care of her better than him in his absence. He will never deny that she is not important to him but he needs to think about this relation before falling in love with her.......

To be continued...

What will happen next..?

Will abhi able to save pragya from his enemy..?

Will he start to realise his feelings for pragya ?

What will be pragya's reaction..? Can she love him back..?

By aditi.