Priya came home that night, confused, upset and heartbroken. So much had happened that night and the worst part was losing Prem. Preeti and her parents were already asleep. Preeti was on the bed sleeping. Priya just sat up and the lamp was on. She could not stop thinking of Prem.

There was a photo of her and Prem on the mantelpiece.

She stared at it and smiled. It reminded her of everything she had with Prem. Happiness, closeness, a sacred friendship, a ribbon that tied them together with love. It was something that any girl could ever for, true love. But it was being taken away from her slowly by Rita. A crystal tear fell on the photo and she just breathed quietly. She could not control her emotions.

Preeti woke up in hearing this heartful cry and asked,

"Priya? Kya hua? Why are you awake?" Priya quickly wiped her tears and said,

"I'm not sleepy. I'm sorry if I'm distrubing you. Please sleep Preeti Didi. It's been a long night. I'll be fine."

"No Priya. You need to sleep too. I know you are thinking about Prem Baiya. But Priya, if he was here, he wouldn't want you worrying or crying, but get your princess sleep. So please, sleep." Preeti replied kindly. Priya smiled and nodded because she was right because crying would not help. So Priya lied down and pulled the bed sheet covers over.

The next morning

Prem was asleep quietly in his room which he shared with his brothers. Sadhana's room, that had Priya and Preeti in was empty too. Everyone had already woken up. The room was quiet and the balcony door was open. Vivek's and Sameer's bed was done. Surprisingly, Sameer woke up before Prem. This was unusual because Sameer usually woke up after them all.

The door was ajar. Slowly, someone came in. They tip toed in the room. It was stupid Rita. Why did she come in?
She saw Prem sleeping in awe and wanted to grasp this opportunity to romance him since Priya wasn't in the room.

She sat near Prem. Prem slept straight, not on his sides. Rita towered over him. She smirked and thought

Prem. You are going to be mine. You handsome hunk.

Prem didn't realise it was Rita because he was in a deep prince sleep. He grabbed Rita, unknowingly. Rita thought as she smiled

Oh my god. After Priya leaving him, he is already into me. I'm loving this.

Prem turned to the side with Rita, nearly falling to the floor. Then, suddenly, THUMP! They fell onto the floor. Prem was startled and stood up. He rubbed his head because he banged it quite hard.

Mujhe lagta hai main breakfast table o late ho gaya. (I think I'm late to the breakfast table). Hey Bhagwan, could you not have woken me up nicely rather than a thud?

But then, he saw Rita getting up and he got angry.

"Tum? (You?) Tum yahaan kya kar raho? (What are you doing here?)" Prem asked rudely.

"Kuch nahin." Rita said flirting. She grabbed his top to make Prem come closer to her. "Just thought I'd say good morning to you, handsome hunk." She whispered. Prem was disgusted by her actions and pushed her hard.

"Rita! Would you stop it? What is this nonsense behaviour? What do you think you were doing?" He shouted.

"Prem, why are you shouting? I was just romancing you. Nothing in the morning is better with just me romancing you." Rita said flirtatiously.

"To hell with you! I know you were trying to romance me because my Priya is gone. Which hurts me so much. But ek baath yaad rakna (remember one thing) it is because of you, Priya and Preeti had to leave. So leave me alone, honestly. I have to get to work anyway." Prem said harshly and leaving the room to go to the bathroom.

Rita looked at Prem going.

"Fine. If that's how you will play, Prem, so be it. Lekin, I will snatch you away from Priya because you are mine." She thought to herself.

Prem got changed into his shirt and trousers. He did his tie and went downstairs to have breakfast.

"Good morning Prem Baiya. You woke up late. Later than Sameer Baiya." Simran said pouring a glass of water.

"Haan I know. I was so tired last night." Prem said sitting down.

"Tired of driving Priya and Preeti home or because you couldn't sleep properly? Because you missed Priya?" Sameer asked.

"Sameer, seriously not now yaar. We will be late for work." Prem said biting a toast.

"Sameer, he missed Priya alot. That's why he couldn't sleep." Sadhana said kindly pouring water. "Now shush and eat." She added.

"Vese bhi, what is the bruise on your head, Prem Baiya?" Rohan asked. "Nothing bad happened on the way back home or anything yesterday?" He asked concerned.

The bruise was a little red. Prem touched it and it hurt.

"Ouch!" He cried. "How red is it Bhaijaan?" He asked Anwar who sat next to him.

"Eeesh. That is a bad one." Anwar said. "You need to get that checked, mate. It will get worse." He added.

"Prem, how did you hurt it?" Rahul asked.

Prem had to lie. But only because his parents and the other adults were here. He had to tell Rahul, Anjali, Amar, Neha, Vivek, Sadhana, Simran, Rohan, Sangeeta, Anand, Anwar and Sameer the truth later.

"Umm, I fell down the bed that's how I woke up and hurt." Prem fibbed.

"Oh god. You must have slept well." Amar said.

"A very deep sleep. This is strange." Rahul said.

"That's because he missed Priya. Is it? Oooh." Sameer teased. "Lagta hai, Prem Baiya saw a dream with Priya in it?" He added.

Prem began blushing and looking down.

"Aww Prem Baiya." Sangeeta said and squeezed his cheek.

"Are choro. He must have been dreaming of Priya making his favourite halwa. Right?" Anjali added.

"Well Prem Baiya, you won't have to wait that long. She'll be giving her hand in marriage to you." Anand said.

"Oooh. I hear the wedding bells ringing." Rahul said.

"Saajanji ghar aaye. Saajanji ghar aaye. Dulhan kyun sharmaaye.
Saajanji ghar aaye!" Sameer, Rahul, Anjali, Amar, Anwar, Lalloo, Sangeeta, Anand, Simran and Rohan sang. Sadhana, Chameli and Vivek smiled. Prem began blushing even more.

"No no it's the engagement first." Amar said.

"Wah wah Ramji, jodi kya banaayi. Bhaiya aur bhabhi ko badhaai ho badhaai. Sab rasmon se badi hai jag mein dil se dil ki sagaai!" Rohan and they all sang.

"Are choro guys. That's enough. Wait in a few years time. Let me see Prem." Neha said examining the bruise. When she saw it she was shocked.

"Wow you've done a good job Mister. Dreaming too much, I see. I'll just give you cream to put the pain down and the redness to go. Then your bruise will go." Neha said dabbing cream gently.

"Thanks Neha." He said.

"Um, Neha. Is there a cream to stop redness of blushing to go?" Sameer asked trying hard not to laugh. Neha looked at him and smirked. Prem raised his eyebrows. Simran, Rohan, Anwar, Anand, Anjali and Sangeeta sniggered.

"Kyun? Why do you care?" Neha asked in a sassy tone.

"Because he is blushing alot. By just talking about Priya. Isn't it Romeo?" Rahul said teasing.

"No, there isn't. But I know, as a nurse, that blushing means his love for Priya is strong and it makes his face glow. It means his heart is constantly beating when he thinks about her." Neha replied sitting back down.

"Hey why doesn't that happen with me? Or Rahul? Or Amar? Or Baiya? Or even Rohan? Rohan is the handsome hunk of college." Sameer asked.

"Shut up Sameer Baiya. I don't want to turn into a tomato" Rohan said and threw a tomato at him.

"Are re! Rohan! Where did you find the tomato?" Sangeeta cried laughing.

"Rohan! Behave yourself!" Simran said and smacked him.

Sameer wiped the tomato off his face.

"Acha everyone stop. Why are you bugging Prem?" Mamta said.

"Mummy, do you not know that one day, Prem Baiya's and Priya's heart will be one?" Sangeeta said. Prem blushed even more.

"Sangeeta, I think that's enough now. Prem Baiya has had enough." Sadhana said laughing.

"Exactly. There you go, Prem. Your favourite halwa." Mamta said getting a bowl of delicious halwa.

"Thank you Maa." Prem said nearly taking the bowl but Mamta stopped him and said

"Uh. Aah." Prem opened his mouth and had a bite of the halwa.

"Ohhh." Everyone said.

"Mummy, hum itne se pyar kabhi nahi kilaya. (Mummy, you never fed us with so much love.)" Sangeeta said wrapping her arms around Sameer and Simran. Prem smiled.

"Acha? (Is that so?)" Mamta said.

"Humara paas toh Mami hai. (We have an aunt)." Sameer said hugging his aunt Pooja.

"Aw Mami ki bache. (Aunt's child)." Mamta gave him a bit of halwa in his mouth.

"Lekin, Sameer you're not a fan of halwa." Lalloo said.

"So! Can't I be fed from my mother?" Sameer said.

"You don't have to eat your favourite dish from your mother. Anything means love, you fool." Chameli replied to Lalloo.

Sadhana walked to Prem Baiya with a rose pink paper on her hand.

"Um, Prem Baiya. This is for you." She said handing the paper to him.

"What is this? Who is it from?" He asked.

"I don't know. Open it up." She replied smiling. She knew very well what it was and who it was from.

So Prem opened it up. The table was silent. He read it in his mind.

To Prem

My handsome Prince. How are you? How's everyone and mostly Uncle? Once again, I am sorry for what happened. I know you must be reading this to yourself and asking, why did she leave me? I know, jaan, but we may not physically be together, but our hearts are still together.

I miss you already. It must be empty at home, but it is even more quiet here at home. There is no laughter at home. Just me and Preeti Didi.

I just want to say thank you. Thank you, my handsome Prince. You have given me happiness and taught me how to love. Not family love, romantic love. You've shown me how romantic love makes you strong and capable of doing anything. Without you, I am nothing. So thank you. You've filled my life with happiness and love and you've transformed me into something completely different. I don't remember how I even was before I fell in love with you. Thank you for the necklace. I love it and you didn't have to get it for me. But mostly, I love you so much Prem. I love you, Rajkumar.

Love Priya XOXO ♥️

When Prem read it, he smiled. His face glowed completely.

"What was it? Priya?" Anjali asked.

"Haan, Anjali. Mere pyari Priya." He said.

"Bohot yaad are hain, hai na? (Missing her alot, aren't you?)" Vivek asked putting his hand on Prem's shoulder.

"Haan. I miss her so much. Miss her so much." He said quietly.

"Aww beta, don't worry. She must miss you too." Mamta said squeezing his cheek.

"I miss Preeti too. Such a shame she wouldn't give a letter to me like that. Fancy falling in love with her." Sameer said and Anand laughed.

"Come on Sameer, she still loves you. But Priya may have given the letter to Prem Baiya because of what happened to her yesterday." Neha said.

"Ever since Priya and Preeti left, I feel this house is so empty. I mean, we have Sadhana, but the house is so incomplete without the other two." Ram said.

"It is very empty, you're right. We had so much fun with those two." Chameli said.

"Papa, Priya kept blaming herself for your sudden illness. I tried telling her that she should stop blaming herself, but she couldn't accept it." Prem said.

"Are, Prem beta, tell Priya I'm perfectly fine. I just feel that they both have been gone for a century now." Ram said.

"You're right, Uncle. Tell you what, Prem, pay her a visit today." Rahul said.

"Speaking of visiting, we are going to be late for work." Anjali cried. Anjali, Neha, Prem, Sameer, Rahul, Amar, Vivek, Anand, Anwar and Ram ran out of the house to go work.

Sadhana, Mamta, Sangeeta, Rohan, Simran, Chameli and Lalloo laughed.

Meanwhile, in Priya's and Preeti's house, Priya was getting ready for work. She wore a purple salwar kameez dress that had a few details and did a waterfall like braid on her hair. She let the rest beautifully out.

She tried not to think about what happened yesterday or anything, but have a normal day.

"Hey." Preeti said all ready. Smiling very happily.

"Hey, Preeti Didi." Priya said smiling.

"You know Priya, if you don't feel like going work today because your mood is off, don't go." Preeti said to her younger sister as she put her hands on Priya's shoulders.

"Why would my mood be off, Preeti Didi?" Priya asked kindly.

"Maybe of what happened yesterday at Prem Baiya's house." Preeti replied.

"Honestly, Preeti Didi I'll be fine. Just going to try and have a normal day." She said.

"Okay then. That's the spirit. Let's go now." Preeti said and they both walked out of the house to work, after seeking blessings from their parents.

Preeti went one way to walk,

"Bye Priya. See you at home. Take care." She said.

"Take care Preeti Didi. Tell Neha I said hi." Priya said smiling and she walked off.

As she walked, she began to think about Prem. Wondering what he was doing and how he was. But mostly, was Rita harming him? Her heart began thumping as she crossed the road. Suddenly, something expecting happened.

A group of men were drinking beer and saw Priya walking. They began laughing.

"Oh look who we have. The girl who made her boyfriend's father ill. Hahaha." One of the men laughed and teased.

"Her name is Priya. Her boyfriend's name is Prem. Hahaha." Another man laughed.

"What a couple! That's so nice!" Another man cackled and laughed.

Priya began feeling nervous. Her heart was pumping in fear.

What are they doing to me? Who are these people and why are they picking on me? How do they know what happened? Who told them?

Priya tried to walk past but the other man held her wrist tight. She tried to let go, but they gripped it even more with force.

"Choro mujhe! (Let me go!) Aah!" She cried.

"Why don't you call Prem, huh? Hahaha." The man shouted.

"Or have you broken up with him?" Another man said. "Then live with me. Hahaha." He added.

Priya was feeling nervous. She actually did not know what to do. Then a car halted to a stop when seeing the racket. It was familiar but Priya was scared to even look around. The car was Prem's. He was driving alone to work since the others were in Rahul's car.

He looked at what was going on. He looked carefully at the girl in the purple salwar kameez dress.

Priya tried to let go, but the drunk men kept harassing her.

Who are these men? Are they Rita's men? She thought to herself.

Prem had enough. How dare they do that to Priya? So he got out of the car. He walked over to where it all was happening and he grabbed the two men that twisted Priya's wrists by the crane of their necks.

"Prem?" She said as she looked at Prem with a smile.

"What are you doing here? Hey!" The leader drunk man said as he was ready to punch Prem across the face. But Prem gritted his teeth, and caught the clenched fist and kicked him on the stomach. The man went flying and fell to the ground.

"Is this how you treat an innocent girl in India?" He asked harshly.

"Who are you to get involved? Haha haha." The drunk man who held Priya's wrists cackled.

"Who is she?" Prem asked walking closer to that drunk man and holding his neck.

"Priya." The man replied.

"Haan. She is Priya. Who am I?" Prem replied strangling the other drunk man.

"Prem." He said.

"Who is she to me? Prem asked.

"Your girlfriend." They said in pain.

"Haan, she is. Now leave her alone." Prem shouted and kicked them down.

"Yeh kya badtameezi hai? (What nonsense is this?)" He said angrily.

Priya looked at Prem and smiled. Her face began glowing. Prem looked at her and smiled.

"Hey Priya." He said lovingly. Priya looked at him and ran into his arms to hug him. He kissed her head three times.

"Hi, handsome." She said.

"How are you, my darling?" He asked.

"I'm good, on seeing you. How are you, jaan?" She said smiling and laughing, looking up at him. He looked at her in adoration and fondness.

Prem laughed and kissed her cute button nose. She scrunched her nose cutely,

"I'm great now that I'm seeing you. Let's just walk away from these doofuses, shall we?" So they walked hand in hand over to Prem's car.

"So why did those drunk men harass you?" Prem asked.

"I don't know. But for some reason whatever happened yesterday at your house has become a headline." Priya replied. "But I couldn't care less anyway about that. I didn't do anything anyway yesterday." She said. Prem put his hands on her cheeks and smiled,

"I'm proud of you, Priya. For standing up to yourself about what is right. You are very courageous and you stand up to what you believe. That's why I love you."

"But it couldn't have happened without your support, Prem. It only started happening when I fell in love with you. Thank you." She said.

"Oh yes. Another thing." Prem said and he softly placed a lingering kiss on her forehead.

"What was that about, jaan?" She asked.

"For your letter you gave me. Thank you." He replied looking into her eyes.

"It's okay. It's the least thing I can do to show my appreciation of your love. How is everyone?" She asked.

"Good. And how about everyone at your house? Preeti? Uncle? Kala?" He asked.

"Good. I'm going to be late for work, see you later, Prem." She said getting herself out of his arms. As she was about to go, Prem grabbed her. She found herself in Prem's arms. Her hands on his shoulders and his arms around her. They were looking into eachother's eyes. Prem gave a loving smile and Priya gave a sweet smile. He said,

"Princess, I'll drop you off. It would make me look bad if I don't."

"Aren't you going to be late?" She asked.

"Who cares about me? Imagine something happens to you. You would worry me alot." He said putting his hands on her cheeks.

"Acha is that so?" She asked.

"Haan, you know I hate to see you in danger." Prem said putting his forehead against hers.

"You love me so much, don't you?" Priya said putting her hands on his chest. Prem nodded and smiled. They both looked at each other with fondness, knowing what was going to happen next. They wanted to feel each other's lips. It was a strong and powerful desire.

"I know what you're thinking. Kiss me already, jaan." She whispered closing her eyes.

"How did you know I wanted to kiss you?" He whispered and smiled against her lips. His warm breath across her lips.

"I love you so much to know what you're thinking. Are you going to kiss me or what?" She asked sweetly, getting impatient.

"Patience is key, my love. But I've missed you so much, so let's not waste time." Prem said. They really wanted to kiss eachother, so they wasted no time to smash their lips together.

Their lips immediately moved in sync, as Prem's arms wrapped around her waist and Priya's arms wrapped around his neck, occasionally running her fingers through his styled hair. Their chests were so close together that a paper could not separate them apart. The sound of their lips smacking against eachother was heard and felt, but it was so loud and busy in the streets that nobody heard or took notice of the love birds softly kissing eachother so passionately and lovingly.

They devoured and locked eachother's lips for a good ten minutes. It might be a small duration, but it felt like eternity. They missed eachother so much and this kiss felt amazing.

Their noses brushed against each other. They enjoyed this. They pulled away after a moment to catch their breath.

"Thanks." Priya replied putting her hands on his cheeks. Her eyes then widened in shock. "Prem what happened to your forehead?" Priya asked panicking.

"Stupid wretched bitch tried to romance me whilst I was sleeping and I fell down the bed. I lectured her so much." Prem told.

"Acha. She now thinks doing that will earn your love. Pathetic." Priya said disgusted.

"Don't worry. You have received my love, Priya. You are the only one I will only give my love to. Anyways, let's get to work." Prem said. Priya smiled.

They went into the car and Prem drove off.

A few minutes later, they arrived to Oberoi and Sons Business company. It was only a day ago that Priya went to work but it seemed like one hundred years ago.

"Thank you, jaan. For driving me and saving me." Priya said smiling.

"Your welcome, sanam." Priya was about to leave, but Prem stopped her.

"Princess, I think you're forgetting something." He said. He was referring to a kiss, just a quick one. She smiled and leant forward. She placed her hand on his jaw and softly kissed his lips. After a few seconds, they pulled away.

"Have a great day." He said.

"You too, Prem. I love you." She said and walked out of the car to the building. Prem drove off to work.

"I love you too." He said.

Priya went into the office room and saw the new boss, Vishal Mehta. She forgot about him completely. She began thinking to herself,

Maybe Vishal sir is not that bad, you know. Just because he kissed me the other day doesn't make him bad. He is a friendly guy so I should give him a chance.

"Good morning sir." Priya said happily going to the desk.

"Good morning Priya. How are you today?" He asked.

"I'm good. How are you?" She asked.

"Couldn't be any better." He replied.

She was given the task to send a few emails, so she logged into the computer.

At Prem's house, things began going smoothly. Everyone was doing the housework. Except Rohan.

Sadhana was walking around with a box that had something heavy inside it. She was walking slowly and seemed to struggle.

"Ouch. Ouch." Sadhana cried quietly.

Be strong, Sadhana. It's probably nothing.

But she felt funny. Then Rohan went past her and saw everything.

"Bhabi, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Rohan asked puting his hand on Sadhana's shoulder.

"Yes I'm fine, Rohan. Thanks for asking." Sadhana replied kindly. But it was so obvious that she was not okay.

"Would you like me to help you? Give me the box to carry." Rohan said.

"No no I'll-" Sadhana couldn't finish her sentence because she collapsed onto the floor and fainted.

"BHABI!" Rohan shouted in a fright. He went down onto the floor to try and wake her up. Lalloo and Chameli came and said,

"Kya hua Rohan?"

"Call Aunty! Bhabi fainted." Rohan commanded. Lalloo sat with Rohan to see what was wrong with Sadhana. Chameli went to the kitchen.

"Aunty! Aunty!" Chameli cried alarmed.

"Kya hua Chameli?" Mamta asked.

"Aunty, Bhabi fainted!" Chameli replied. Sangeeta and Simran turned around in shock.

"Kya!" They all shouted. Mamta, Sangeeta and Simran followed Chameli to see where Sadhana fainted.

"Sadhana beta, uto." Mamta said trying to wake her up. But she did not wake up.

"Shall we call Neha or Preeti?" Sangeeta asked.

"Yes. And call Baiya." Rohan suggested. So Sangeeta called Preeti.

"Hello, Preeti." Sangeeta said worrying.

"Hey Sangeeta, kya hua?" Preeti asked.

"Bhabi fainted." Sangeeta replied.

"KYA!" Preeti shouted and she dropped her phone onto her work desk.

The line cut.

"Kya hua Preeti?" Neha asked.

"Jiji fainted." Preeti said panicking. "We must go and check on her!" She panicked even more.

"Acha. Dr Kumar, there's an emergency at home. We must go." Neha told one of their nurse colleagues.

"Okay you may go." Dr Kumar said. So, Preeti and Neha ran home, but they didn't take off their nurse coat because they had their normal clothes underneath and it would be excess. Instead they took resources.

When they arrived home, they saw Vivek and Ram.

"Namaste, Uncle." Preeti greeted Ram in a panicked tone.

"Hello, Preeti. Glad you came on time. Check on bahu (daughter in law)." Ram said. Sadhana was in her room.

They both went upstairs and saw Sadhana on the bed. They began checking up on her.

A few minutes later

Neha came out of the room. She smiled and everyone else looked puzzled.

"Kya hua Neha? Is Sadhana okay?" Vivek asked.

"Please Neha, is there anything wrong with Sadhana?" Mamta asked.

"Don't worry. She's fine. But I have some great news." Neha said.

"Kya!" Simran asked eagerly.

"Bhabi is pregnant." Neha announced. Everyone's face glowed. They smiled brightly.

"You mean...I'm going to be a father?" Vivek asked happily.

Neha nodded and she said,

"Congratulations, Baiya." She shook his hands.

Vivek hugged his father.

"Our grandchild." Mamta cried.

"I have to call Pritam and Bhabi ji. This is great news!" Ram said and he went to call Pritam.

"My first niece or nephew." Simran said hugging Sangeeta.

"We are going to be chachis (aunts), Simran!" Sangeeta cried.

"Okay let's see how Bhabi is then." Rohan said. So, Rohan, Vivek, Simran, Sangeeta, and Mamta went inside with Neha. They saw Preeti and Sadhana on the bed.

Preeti got off the bed and stood near Neha. She was so happy. Neha hugged her.

"Congratulations!" Neha said.

"Sadhana, you scared me so much!" Vivek said sitting next to her and holding her hand.

"I'm sorry Ji. I didn't know I would bring this news." Sadhana said happily.

"Thank you so much. You've made my day." Vivek said. His face glowed and heart beated.

"Ay hay! Yeh kya hora hai? Blushing like Prem Baiya on the breakfast table. Your love for bhabi is growing, baiya." Rohan said. Sangeeta and Simran laughed. Preeti was confused.

"Stop it, Rohan!" Neha said.

"Thank you so much, Sadhana. You've brought great and happy news." Mamta said.

Then, a few other people came to the door. It was Prem, Sameer, Anjali, Amar, Rahul, Anand and Anwar. They cheered when they came in.

"BHABI!" Sameer and Prem shouted and sat on the bed.

"Congratulations." Prem said hugging Sadhana.

"Thank you." Sadhana said.

"Bhabi, we should have a gathering to celebrate this. I'm going to be the choto chacha (younger uncle) whilst Prem Baiya is going to be the bareh chacha (older uncle)." Sameer said.

"Haan! Let's have the party tonight. Invite everyone." Simran said. "Please!" She added.

"That's a good idea, Simran. I'll arrange the food now." Mamta said leaving the kids.

"Of course! This news just made my day!" Anjali said hugging Sadhana.

"We will all be invited." Neha said.

"And Priya. Of course." Chameli said.

"Yes. I forgot to tell you all. She got picked on by drunk men today. Kept harassing her." Prem said.

"What!" Preeti and Sadhana exclaimed.

"For some reason they know about what happened yesterday about Papa. I mean obviously I came on time to save her. She said she didn't care about that because she knows she didn't do anything." Prem said.

"That's good then. Handsome prince to the rescue." Rahul teased.

"Haan! I'm glad she's okay now. But I kind of miss her, but not as much as Bhabi and Prem." Amar said.

"Sadhana beta!" A happy voice cried into the room. They all turned around and saw Sunita and Pritam.

"Maa! Papa!" Sadhana said happily.

"Beti, we came as soon as we heard about your news. May God bless you and Vivek." Sunita said giving Sadhana prasad.

"We are going to have a party tonight, aunty, uncle." Sangeeta said.

"Ooh! Then that means, food." Pritam said wriggling his fingers.

"Well, that is not something new." Anjali said.

"Pritam uncle, can you not just think about food, because it's not the food that's pregnant, it's bhabi." Rahul said.

"Haan." They all agreed.

"Acha. Theek hain. You lot want me to go on a diet." Pritam said.

"Okay let's go. Talk less, our daman (son-in-law) is here. What would he think?" Sunita whispered and took Pritam away.

"Prem Baiya, you haven't told us what really made you get a bruise?" Sameer said.

Everyone agreed.

"Oh yes. Well that stupid Rita came to my room thinking it would be okay to romance me now that Priya isn't in. So when she towered over me, I don't know what happened but we both tumbled. I asked her what she was doing. She was saying I'm just romancing you. But I lectured her, telling her you are only doing it because Priya is gone. But remember Priya and Preeti are gone because of you. Then left her." Prem explained.

"That's so messed up. Why would she do that?" Simran asked.

"She really wants my foot in her throat. Doesn't she have any common sense that's disgusting. Is she a slag!" Rohan said angrily.

"Leave it Rohan. But thanks anyway." Prem said.

"Let's all go outside. It's a beautiful day to celebrate this prestigious news. What do you think, Bauji (bhabi)." Lalloo suggested.

"That's a wonderful idea, Lalloo." Anand said.

"I actually like that." Sadhana said. Vivek and Preeti helped her get off the bed.

"Bhabi, now this pregnancy gives you an excuse not to do housework." Anwar said as they all went outside.

Everyone just laughed.

Please note in this song:

- Prem is Salman Khan as normal. There is an additional role for Sameer. Prem and Sameer are singing.

- Vivek is Mohnish Bahl as normal

- Lalloo is Laxmikant Berde and Chameli is Priya Arun as normal

- Sadhana has the same role as Renuka Shahane

- Ram is Alok Nath as normal

- Additional role for Amar, Rahul, Preeti, Neha, Anjali, Sangeeta, Simran, Rohan, Anand and Anwar

- When Prem (Hum Aapke Hain Koun) watches the wedding video and imagines Nisha (Madhuri Dixit), in the story he will be watching the Karva Chauth Bole Chudiyan dance and imagines Priya. Lalloo will be in the scene too.

- in the beginning and the middle, Prem is singing, when the toys come, Sameer is singing. Sadhana will be carried by Vivek and Prem

After they finished the song, they sat down.

"Bhabi, take all this pregnancy stuff easy." Sangeeta said.

"And don't carry boxes or heavy things." Rohan said and they all laughed.

"Haan, beta. If Rohan asked to help you to carry the box, why didn't you give it?" Sunita asked.

"I don't know Maa." Sadhana said.

"Bhabi, I think you should go to your room to rest for a bit." Amar suggested.

"Haan, it wouldn't be nice to tire you out before the party. So Baiya and Neha can escort you to your room." Simran said.

"Acha. Preeti, call Priya and tell her about all this." Sadhana said leaving with Neha and Vivek to her room. Preeti nodded.

She began excitedly calling Priya.

At Priya's workplace, it was very quiet. The situation that happened yesterday was getting to her mind again. She asked Vishal,

"Sir, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure Priya. What's up?" He said sitting down.

"Well it's kind of something unusual. But anyway, let's say if you were in love with someone, like really and truly, but someone else is trying to break it, because they love the same person as you. What would you do?" She asked.

"Well, I would just confront the love bond breaker. Because, this will and hopefully make the bond breaker stop destroying my relationship. I mean, breaking love is a hateful thing to do. It would spoil someone's relationship and turn it bitter. Love should never turn bitter, so if someone's relationship is on the edge to breaking down, it is one of the lover's job to stop it by confronting the enemy. At the end of the day, it would make you stronger and happier. Perhaps the love bond breaker gets involved in a beautiful relationship because they can't recieve love. Maybe because they don't love others. It's not right for them to get involved at all. Destiny chooses two people to be together. God grants two people love by choosing people who have a good heart, who are kind and gentle. Whose heart is very big and compassionate. Those people are destined to be together and they receive the gift called love." Vishal eloquently and kindly explained. Priya smiled.

"Oh sir. Thank you. That's lovely advice." Priya said.

"Why do you ask? Is something going on?" He asked.

"No no. I was just wondering." Priya said.

"You know Priya, if there are any problems going on, but you are finding it hard to speak to anyone, e.g. a parent, sibling or even the guy you're in a relationship with, you can always tell me. I'm happy to help." Vishal told her and he put his hand on Priya's hand.

Priya began to feel ash in her body. There was this blushing and sizzling sensation that filled her body.

Oh my god. He talks so eloquently about love. His advice is so true. He is such a wonderful man. But, why is he putting his hand on my hand? Priya thought.

"Sure. Sir, have you ever fallen in love?" Priya asked.

"No, Priya. Never. But hopefully one day." He said walking to look out of the window.

"It's very hard to find love. Isn't It?" Priya said.

"It sure is." Vishal said.

"Sir, you are a kind hearted person. You will find love soon." Priya told him.

"Umm I don't know Priya. We will see." Vishal said laughing.

Then, Priya's phone rang. It was Preeti.

"Sorry sir. It's my sister." Priya said.

"No no, it's okay. Receive it." Vishal said laughing.

Priya went outside to talk.

"Hello, Preeti Didi." She said.

"Priya, I've got some great news." Preeti said happily.

"Kya hua? Tell me." Priya said eagerly. Her heart began beating fast.

"Jiji is....." Preeti began.

"Kya hai, Jiji? Oho Preeti Didi, stop it. I'm waiting." Priya said.

"Jiji is pregnant." Preeti said happily.

"Kya! You're kidding me?" Priya happily cried.

"I'm not! She fainted whilst carrying a heavy box and Rohan saw. Sangeeta called me. Neha and I came and checked on her. We found out she's pregnant." Preeti explained.

"That's such lovely news! Did you phone Maa and Papa?" Priya asked.

"Uncle did. We are having a gathering in Prem Baiya's house tonight, so make sure when your shift ends, to COME TO THEIR HOUSE AT 8 SHARP!" Preeti said happily.

"My shift finishes at 7, so I'll try. But I don't want to go because of Rita." Priya said.

"Leave that wretched bitch alone! She doesn't fit into this! This is about our older sister." Preeti said.

"Acha, okay I'll be there. I'll buy a personalised cake on the way there too." Priya said.

"Good idea. Okay, you want to talk to Jiji?" Preeti asked.

"Yes please." Priya replied. Preeti handed the phone to Sadhana.

"Priya, hi!" Sadhana said happily.

"Hello would-be-mother, how are you?" She asked cheerfully.

"Good. How are you?" Sadhana said.

"I'm great to hear about your news. Is it true tonight there will be a gathering at your house?" Priya asked.

"Yes. Make sure you are there. But mostly, I want you to have fun when you come tonight. I don't want you worrying about Rita or anything because this is about me. And this will give an opportunity with Prem Baiya. I will also try and persuade Maa and Papa to let you and Preeti stay." Sadhana explained.

"Okay, thank you. But I'm not sure it would work." Priya said and laughed.

"It will. I'll say I want you two to stay." Sadhana said.

"Acha." Priya replied.

"Oh another thing. I heard what happened this morning with the drunk men harassing you. What happened?" Sadhana asked.

Uh oh. How did she know? Prem must have told her. But she deserves to know. At the end of the day, she's my older sister and there is no hiding from her.

"Oh haan. I guess Prem told you. It was just them harassing me about what happened yesterday about uncle. Prem luckily saved me. But I don't care because I wasn't the one who switched the medicine to Wild Mind." Priya explained.

"What do you mean, Priya? You haven't told me about this." Sadhana asked.

"Well I told Prem. The truth is, it wasn't actually me who switched the medicines, it was Rita. When Preeti Didi and I came home during Prem's performance, I think it was you who told me to go to the kitchen to grab the pain relief medicine. But I didn't know which one it was, so I checked carefully. When I got it, I put it on the table because I wanted to make Prem's favourite halwa. I turned my back and Rita changed the medicine to Wild Mind. And I blindly gave it yo uncle." Priya explained.

"That sneaky bitch! Wait till I catch her! Why didn't you say anything, Priya?" She asked.

"What was the point? It's not like anyone would believe me." Priya replied.

"Hey, we would have. Especially Prem Baiya. I'll drive some sense into Rita and you don't worry. Just come tonight okay?" Sadhana told.

"Thanks Jiji." Priya said.

"See you later tonight." Sadhana said.

"Bye bye." Priya said and she cut the line. Her heart began racing. This news filled her with joy. She was going to be a massi (aunt). She walked back in the room.

"Hey. Was it something serious?" Vishal asked.

"No no it was good news actually. My older sister is pregnant." Priya answered.

"Congratulations. Send her my blessings." Vishal said.

"Of course." Priya said happily. She carried on working.

Meanwhile, Sadhana was resting on her bed. Then Rita came in.

"Hi bhabi." She said happily sitting on her bed.

"Hi." Sadhana said giving no eye contact.

"Congratulations on the news." Rita said.

"Thank you." Sadhana said.

"I hear there's a small party tonight. Can I come?" Rita asked.

"No. Sorry." Sadhana said harshly.

"Kyun? How mean?" Rita moaned.

"You know why?" Sadhana said. "Because of your behaviour towards Priya yesterday. She doesn't even want to come tonight because of you, but I'm making sure. Because she's my sister and for Prem Baiya's sake. And apparently you are in love with Prem Baiya?" Sadhana said.

"Umm. No. Where on earth did you get that idea from?" Rita said.

"Do you take me as a fool?" Sadhana said rudely. Rita became scared.

"Well, I'm sorry. But it's disgusting that you are in love with Prem Baiya because he is your cousin brother. You trying to romance him whilst sleeping - that's disgusting too. He loves Priya so let that be like that. How dare you go in between those two love birds? Why separate love birds?" Sadhana said in a stern voice.

"Bhabi, please." Rita said getting scared.

"And why did you blame Priya for giving the wrong medicine to Uncle?" Sadhana asked.

"How do you know?" Rita asked.

"PRIYA TOLD ME. Rita, you did that so you can get Prem Baiya? It's not going to work because you have no one by your side." Sadhana said harshly.

"Bhabi, please. Don't tell." Rita begged.

"Go away. Don't you harm Priya or come to my small party tonight and make sure your aunt doesn't either." Sadhana said. Rita walked away.

So the stupid Priya told everyone what is going on between me and her? She has got to the point where it will get serious. She will watch out tonight. Rita thought.

That evening 6:30pm

Rita went outside to do something. No one cared as she was not invited. Preeti and Neha were at work still. Their shift was over at 7:15, but the party was due to start at 8:00.

Priya's shift was finishing in half an hour.

"Priya, in half an hour, your shift is over." Vishal said.

"Haan haan. I'll just finish filling this form out." She said. She wrote few things then she would be done.

A few minutes later she was done. It was 6:45.

"Sir, I'm done." Priya said.

"Marvellous. You may go. See you tommorow." Vishal said.

Priya grabbed her bag and said,

"Bye sir. And thank you."

"Anytime, Priya." Vishal replied. Priya left the building. There was still light so Priya was able to go to the bakery to get a personalised cake. She went in the bakery and smelt the sweet aroma of chocolate and vanilla.

"Namaste. How can I help?" The baker asked smiling at Priya.

"Namaste. Can I get a chocolate cake with the message 'Congratulations Vivek and Sadhana' in white icing, please? I'd like it large with 3 layers." Priya asked.

"Of course. That will be 1447.86 rupees." The baker said. "You must have a big family then?" The baker added.

"Haan I do. My sister is pregnant so we are having a gathering." Priya said.

"That's very nice." The baker replied.

Priya got her money ready. She then got a message from Prem.

Prem🤴❤: Hey my Princess. ♥️ are you coming tonight?

Priya👸💕: Yes, my prince. ♥️ are you decorating the house?

Prem🤴❤: yep. ♥️ where are you now?

Priya👸💕: my shift finished at 7, so I'm at the bakery to get a cake.

Prem🤴❤: aww you're so sweet.♥️ I'm sure Baiya and Bhabi will love that.

Priya👸💕: I hope. Jaan I'll see you later ♥️

Prem🤴❤: okay bye ♥️ I love you Priya xxx

Priya👸💕: I love you too Prem ♥️ xxx

The cake was ready. It was the most beautiful cake in the world.

"That's beautiful. Thank you." Priya said handing the money.

"Your welcome." The baker said as she put the cake in a box.

"Thank you. Bye bye." Priya smiled and said.

"Bye." The baker said.

When Priya walked out of the bakery, it was dark. The night sky was royal blue and there was a moon out.

Priya walked quickly to Prem's house, but on her way, there was a dark ghostly figure. It was in a long black cloak. Priya was very scared. Her heart began thumping as she tried to move away. But the figure came closer.

"Koun ho tum? (Who are you?)" Priya stammered as she tried to move back.

All of a sudden the figure grabbed her wrist tightly with force. Then it ran with her. The figure ran with Priya somewhere unknown derelict place, which was spooky.

Who is this person? Where have they taken me? It's dark and it's only 7:10. Preeti Didi and Neha will be on their way home. What shall I do? Priya's mind was full of confusion.

"Where am I? Who are you?" She asked.

The figure took off their hood and to Priya's surprise it was someone she knew....RITA.

"Rita? What are you doing here?" She asked harshly.

"It doesn't matter, Priya. We have some serious talking to do." Rita replied.

"What do you mean? I haven't got anything to do with you." Priya said. Then, Rita put her hands on Priya's neck. She pressed it hard.

"Ouch! RITA! TUM KYA KAR RAHO!" Priya screamed in pain. "CHORO MUJHE!" She screamed even more.

"This is what Rohan and Simran did to me yesterday. So I'll give it to you." Rita said harshly.

"But you're hurting me. Most of the injuries I have is because of you." Priya shouted.

"I don't care about what I do to you, but all I know, is that I will take Prem soon." Rita said.

"Oh so is that why you have got me here? Rita, you know you will never get Prem. He doesn't love you at all." Priya screamed. Rita let go of Priya's neck. Priya coughed blood out.

"You told everyone about my feelings for Prem. You told Bhabi about me switching the medicines. Why! That was supposed to be between us two!" Rita demanded.

"Why should it be between us two? You're just a selfish person who cares about yourself. Rita, you don't get love by breaking other people's relationships. That's not how it works." Priya replied harshly.

"Who says that? Is there a rule about how someone earns love? I only want Prem because I have loved him since childhood. You only knew him a few months ago. I know deserve Prem! But you had to snatch him away, Priya!" Rita shouted.

Priya remembered what Vishal said. She had to confront Rita, like he told her. His words came back to her.

"Maybe it was destiny that chose Prem and I to be together. Destiny chooses two people to be together. God grants two people love by choosing people who have a good heart, who are kind and gentle. Whose heart is very big and compassionate. Who care about others. Those people are destined to be together and they receive the gift called love. That is how Prem and I fell in love. The only problem with you is that you care about yourself, no one else. You think that giving pain can help you receive love. But no. God is watching you, Rita, your every action. I know you will never receive love because of how much pain you've given me. I'm sure Prem wouldn't want you as his lover." Priya demanded as she confronted Rita.

"Prem loves me and only me! And I love him. He doesn't love you at all, Rita." Priya said clutching the necklace he gave her.

Rita gritted her teeth. She became angry. Her face raged with anger. She grabbed a cane. A metal cane. She had no choice. She banged Priya's head with the cane so hard. Priya felt the bang on her head. She banged Priya's right shoulder with the metal cane.

"AAAAHH!" Priya screamed.

Priya put her hand on her head and blood began trickling down her forehead. She got the knife and cut Priya's wrist. She slashed Priya's waist forcefully, making Priya scream in pain. She banged Priya's head once again. Priya collapsed onto the floor and closed her eyes. Rita smirked in triumph, put her hood on and ran away from the place. Priya's forehead and stomach wad bleeding, a pool of blood surrounding her. The blooded knife and metal cane left near her.

At Prem's house, everyone was getting ready. The living room was decorated so beautifully. There were balloons hung up and a banner that said 'Congratulations Vivek and Sadhana'.

"What time is it?" Simran asked.

"It's 7:30. Party starts in half an hour." Amar said.

"Where is Priya? She told me her shift finished at 7, but she went to the bakery." Prem said.

"Preeti and Neha are not even back yet." Sameer said.

"Because of them, the party isn't starting. I want food." Pritam said.

"Pritam uncle, this is both of your daughters and Neha we are talking about. Who cares about food." Amar said. "I'm going to call Neha now." He added dialling Neha's number.

Neha's phone rang.

"Hello, Amar. Kya hua? Is bhabi okay?" She asked.

"Bhabi theek nahi hai. (Bhabi is not okay.) This is her party. Why are you and Preeti taking long? Having tea with the queen?" Amar said. Simran and Sangeeta laughed.

"Amar, calm down. We're not old women, we are nurses. We will be coming to the party soon." Neha said.

"Acha, be quick. We are waiting." He answered.

"Acha, I love you." Neha said.

"I love you too. Bye." Amar said and cut the line.

"I'm getting very worried." Sunita said.

"Don't worry, they should come." Sadhana said. "Let's just sit and chat." She added. So Sadhana, Vivek, Prem, Simran, Sangeeta, Amar, Rahul, Rohan, Anand, Anwar, Chameli and Lalloo sat down and chatted.

Prem began worrying. So he tried calling Priya, but she didn't pick up.

Priya was still lying down, unconscious. Still bleeding. Her kameez drowning with blood. Her phone kept ringing. Then, someone was driving. The person saw someone lying on the floor, injured. It was Vishal. He parked his car and ran to check who it was.

He sat down to examine her, when he saw her, he realised it was Priya. He was shocked and his heart began racing.

"Priya?" He said and he bought Priya closer to him to check if she was still breathing.

"Okay you're breathing. But what happened?" He said and once he took his hand away from her head, Priya's blood was on his fingers. He checked her pulse. But when he saw her wrist, it was cut and started bleeding. Her kameez was leaking with blood. Her forehead was deeply wounded. Her right shoulder was bruised. He realised that she coughed blood out.

"Oh my god. What happened to you?" Vishal said panicking. "I must take you to hospital, Priya. You have serious injuries." He added.

Vishal carried Priya and put her in his car. He took her bag with him in case any phone calls took place. He drove off to hospital quickly. Beads of sweat trickled down his forehead.

Prem and Sameer were getting worried.

"Priya is not even back yet. I tried calling her. She isn't picking up." Prem said worrying.

"Don't worry Prem. It's probably traffic." Vivek said putting his hand on his shoulder.

"Hello, Preeti. Where are you?" Sameer asked.

"I'm coming. Neha and I are just dealing with a patient. Hold on. Start without us. Is Priya here?" Preeti asked on the phone.

"No, Priya isn't here yet. She said her shift was finishing at 7 and she would go to the bakery. But she is not here and it's 7:45." Sameer said.

"It's probably traffic. I need to go I have to deal with the patient. Okay, I love you Sameer." Preeti said and she cut the line.

"I love you too?" Sameer said confused.

Prem kept texting Priya worrying about her. His heart was thumping.

Where are you, my Princess? I'm getting so worried for you. Please come. I'm missing you. Prem thought.

Rita came back home and ran to her room, no one saw her. She stayed in her room.

But Vishal was in a hurry to take Priya to the hospital. Her forehead and wrist was in pain. She kept breathing.

"Don't worry Priya. We are on our way to treat you." Vishal said driving fast.

Priya was horrificly injured. The party was not starting without Priya, Preeti and Neha. But, the party was not the most important thing at the moment, it was Priya. But the family including Prem and Neha and Preeti did not know Priya was injured. Could Vishal get Priya to the hospital on time? Could he save her life? What is going to happen if Priya finds out that Vishal saved her life? Could Priya stay alive? Find out in the next chapter of Voh Meri Rajkumari Hai!

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Hey my fellow Wattpad friends! How are we all? 😄😉

How was the chapter? I didn't want to make it too long so there will be part 1 and 2. Please vote and comment on the chapter. It will mean alot. ♥️♥️ This chapter had its ups and downs. We find out that Sadhana is pregnant, but Priya is injured. How will everyone, especially Prem, Preeti and Sadhana react? Who took their time to watch the Dhiktana song!! It's a classic favourite!! ♥️ Find out in the upcoming chapter.

I'm very excited today. It is the 25th June and it is my favourite actress's birthday Karishma Kapoor!! ♥️♥️♥️ Happy birthday ma'am!! 🎉🎉🎉

In the next chapter it will be dedicated to Karishma Kapoor. It will be a chapter about her. Stay tuned xxx ♥️♥️

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