Some of the police procedures may not be accurate, but don't mind me. It's not the police procedures that's the focus, it's getting Prem out.

There's going to be a bit of an argument between Prem and Priya and a bit of an emotional breakdown. Just saying 😕

Read on!! 😊

"Prem, we're going to ask you a few questions about the assault of Rita Singh." Inspector Khan said.

They were sat in a room, opposite each other, where Prem would be asked questions. He wasn't scared or nervous because he knew he was innocent. What he was worried about was how Priya was doing.

"Okay." Prem said.

"So, what time did you go to Rita's house today?" Inspector Khan asked.

"11:00am." Prem answered. Inspector Khan noted that down. He asked,

"Did you go alone?" Prem shook his head,

"No I didn't. My younger brother, Sameer and my two friends, Rahul and Amar came with me. But they were in the car and I went inside Rita's house." He answered.

"Why did you go to Rita's house anyway, and alone as well?" Inspector Khan asked.

"I had to confront her because she's been trying to sabotage my relationship. It was only a verbal confrontation, no violence involved. I had to go alone because that's the only way I could have got answers." Prem answered.

"Okay. See these pictures of Rita. She's been injured brutally." Inspector Khan pointed.

Prem saw the pictures of Rita. Indeed she was brutally injured, with scars on her face and arms. But he did not have any sympathy for her because she has attacked Priya far worse to the point where she was hospitalised and now she's traumatised.

"Inspector, I don't know where these scars came from. As I mentioned before, I did not attack her. What time did the assault take place?" Prem asked, raising one eyebrow.

"3:00pm." Inspector Khan said.

"I left Rita's house at 1:30pm, not once laying a finger." Prem said.

"Take a look at this footage." Inspector Khan showed a video, with Rita being assaulted by someone.

Prem watched and he instantly felt his heart beating rapidly against his ribcage, almost like it would burst out. His fists balled up.

Indeed it showed Rita being assaulted, but by someone who was pretending to be Prem. An imposter. The imposter of Prem wore a green shirt and light blue jeans. Prem wasn't wearing anything like that. This raised suspicion.

"Inspector, how could that possibly be me if I'm not wearing a green shirt and light blue jeans? The outfit I'm wearing now is what I wore to Rita's house." Prem said, motioning to his black leather jacket and jeans.

The police nodded, heavily in thought.

"What were you doing at 3pm today?" He asked.

"I went out with my girlfriend, Priya, Sameer and his girlfriend, Preeti, who is also Priya's sister, Rahul and his girlfriend, Anjali." Prem told. Inspector Khan asked,

"What time did you go?"

"2:30pm." Prem answered.

"Okay this is strange. The evidence doesn't seem to add up. Now looking at everything you've told me, it can't have been you that assaulted Rita." Inspector Khan, rubbing his chin in thought as he looked down at everything he wrote.

"I reckon it's an imposter." Prem said.

"Yes. I think the blame has been put on you." Inspector Khan said.

"I don't like the girl at all. She's my cousin sister and I'm not a fan of her, but I would never assault her." Prem said.

"Why don't you like her?" Inspector Khan asked.

"She's been trying to sabotage my relationship with my girlfriend. Now my girlfriend is traumatised." Prem said, with a sad smile on his face.

"Oh I'm sorry." Inspector Khan said sincerely. Prem smiled.

"Is your girlfriend the one who was crying and hugging you, not wanting you to go?" Inspector Khan asked, with a fond smile.

"Yes she's the one. I hope she's okay." Prem said, thinking deeply about Priya. He knew that Priya was going to blame herself for this. But he will make sure she doesn't.

"Can we take your fingerprint? It's to see whether the fingerprints match on the item used to assault Rita." Inspector Khan asked.

"Oh okay. If that's going to help." Prem said.

They went over to the machine to take Prem's fingerprints. When he took it, the police said,

"Prem, is there anything we can use that proves you didn't assault Rita? Any evidence?"

"Yes. Amar, Rahul and Sameer actually have a footage of the confrontation between me and Rita. If you want, we can get that for you." Prem said.

"That would be great. Tell them to come by tomorrow. Now that I've taken your fingerprints, I'll see if it matches the fingerprints on the item used to assault Rita." Inspector Khan said.

"Okay." Prem replied.

"Okay Prem. We're going to have to keep you here overnight."

Prem rolled his eyes to himself. All he wanted was to cuddle up next to Priya and sleep next to her.

"Okay." Prem said. Inspector Khan led him to a prison cell, where he was told to sleep on the bed.

When Inspector Khan locked him in for the night, Prem sat on the bed and it was so hard and uncomfortable, in comparison to his bed at home.

He took the opportunity to text Amar.

Prem: Hey Amar. You there?

Amar: Hey Prem. What's going on? What happened?

Prem: He asked me a few questions. Someone dressed up as me and assaulted Rita.

Amar: Really? An imposter? I bet Rita planned it.

Prem: Definitely. But you, Rahul and Sameer need to come down to the station to show that footage. That's the proof that will get me out.

Amar: That's what we were all saying. We'll all come down tomorrow.

Prem: He also took my fingerprint to see if it matches the fingerprints on the item used to assault Rita.

Amar: Yaar, I'm sure you'll be off the hook. You've done nothing wrong at all.

Prem: Yeah exactly. This is her way of getting back at me for what I said. But I only spoke the truth.

Amar: Ha! Her ugly and irrelevant ass couldn't deal with it.

Prem: I know. Pathetic.

Prem: How's my Priya?

Amar: She's okay now. She's asleep. She was a crying mess for you and she started blaming herself.

Prem: I knew she would. She's being too hard on herself. It's not any of her fault.

Amar: That's what we told her. She's afraid of losing you, I guess. But we won't let that happen.

Prem: I know. She's safe with me.

Amar: Yeah. Prem, get some sleep now yeah? We'll come tomorrow.

Prem: Okay. Can you bring Priya with you, please? I need to see my princess.

Amar: I was just going to suggest that haha.

Prem: Send my love to her.

Amar: I will. Goodnight.

Prem: Goodnight.

The next morning
12:00pm

"Inspector, this is the footage of the confrontation between Prem and Rita. This will prove he is innocent." Amar said to Inspector Khan. Amar, who was in a yellow shirt with the sleeves rolled up and blue jeans with a belt, sat on the chair opposite the police to show footage.

Priya, Sameer, Amar and Rahul came down to the police station to help get Prem out.

Priya wore a white shalwar dress, with green and red zig zags at the top, and the rest was white, with white leggings and a red and white scarf on the front of her neck. She did her hair in two braids at the top, both joint at the back, and the rest was let out.

Rahul and Sameer were there too. Sameer was sat near Amar on the chair, whilst Rahul and Priya stood up. Rahul stood behind Amar's chair, but Priya was pacing back and forth beside them.

Priya was nervous, but hopeful. She hadn't seen her boyfriend yet, but she was hoping that Prem would be let out today. She missed him so much although it was only for a night.

The police officer watched the footage carefully. They could all hear Prem shouting at Rita, which made Priya's heart flutter and smile. She loved Prem so much, just by hearing Prem tell Rita that he loves her so much and to stop attacking her, made her feel belonged and special.

Inspector Khan skipped through the footage and saw there was no sign of an assault.

"Yes you're right. He is innocent. He hasn't assaulted Rita at all." Inspector Khan said.

"So what does this mean?" Priya asked with hope laced in her voice. Rahul stood behind her and soothingly massaged her shoulders.

"I'll have to see if the fingerprints match between Prem and the item used to assault Rita, first." Inspector Khan responded.

"Okay, Inspector. We will be here." Sameer said. The police officer nodded and went out the room to get the results of the fingerprints.

"You okay, Priya? Rahul asked. Sameer and Amar turned around to face Priya and Rahul.

"Y-yeah. Just thinking whether Prem will be out." She said.

"He'll be out today. Don't worry." Rahul said.

"Yeah. He should be in no time since we know he is innocent." Sameer said.

"Yeah I know. But I just want him back." Priya said in a small voice. "Last night I couldn't sleep without thinking of him. I got more scared and had more nightmares and panic attacks, according to Preeti Didi and Anjali." She added.

"Hey we know it was hard not having Prem around for one night and we will get him back today." Amar comforted. The boys gave her warm and reassuring smiles. She returned a hopeful one.

Inspector Khan walked in with a two sheets of paper on his hands. He sat down after he closed the door and everyone gathered around him.

"Here are the fingerprints. It seems that Prem's fingerprints do not match the fingerprints on the item used to assault Rita." Inspector Khan said.

Amar and Sameer took the two papers close to them, where the four of them could see the fingerprints.

"They don't match at all." Amar said.

"No they don't. It's very different." Sameer said.

"So what does this mean, Inspector?" Priya and Rahul asked.

The police officer smiled,

"We can let him out today." He told them. The four of them smiled and Priya gasped,

"Really?"

"Haan. He's innocent. He has nothing to do with the assault, therefore he's off the hook." Inspector Khan said. Priya beamed with happiness as a smile formed on her face.

"Finally." She said quietly. Rahul, Amar and Sameer saw how happy she was and Rahul took her in a hug.

"Thank you Inspector." Amar said, shaking his hand.

"No problem. But, I do have a favour." He said.

"What is it?" Sameer asked. Priya and Rahul looked at the police officer in curiosity.

"If you can, please do try the imposter or anything that may lead to the imposter." Inspector Khan said.

"Yes of course. We will try our best." Rahul said.

"Okay come and follow me." Inspector Khan said.

They all walked out of the room, and waited outside like Inspector Khan told them. They sat down on the chairs. Amar sat near Priya, whilst Rahul sat near Amar.

Inspector Khan went to get Prem. He went to the cell he was kept in. When he came, he saw Prem sat on the uncomfortable bed.

He unlocked the prison cell and Prem turned to look.

"Prem. You're free to go." He told him.

"You mean, I'm innocent?" He asked, surprise evident in his voice.

"Yes. You're off the hook. Your brother, two friends and girlfriend are waiting for you." Inspector Khan said, smiling.

Prem walked up to him and shook his hand,

"Thank you." He said.

"No problem. Come on, I'll lead the way." Prem followed Inspector Khan to the waiting area.

When he came, a smile appeared on his face when he saw Sameer, Amar, Rahul and Priya. But when he saw Priya, his heart fluttered with fondness. They were engrossed in their pair conversations that they hadn't realised Prem was there.

"Hello guys." He said to get himself heard. The four turned around and instantly they smiled widely and ran up to him,

"Prem!" Priya gasped happily.

"Hey buddy." Rahul and Amar said.

"Hey Prem Baiya." Sameer said happily.

Priya instantly ran and fell into Prem's arms when he got his arms out for her. She buried her face in his warm chest and just let out her tears of relief and happiness. Priya placed both hands on his chest and Prem wrapped his arms around her and cuddled her.

Sameer, Amar and Rahul smiled fondly at the love birds and patted Prem on the back and gently punched his cheek in a friendly manner.

Prem smiled at them and then leaned down to softly kiss Priya on her head. Priya looked up at Prem and smiled through her tears. She giggled cutely and Prem chuckled at her fondly. He wiped her tears with his thumbs and then the love birds looked into eachother's eyes. Then Prem cupped her rosy cheeks and leaned down to close the gap between them in a soft kiss.

Once Prem placed his warm lips on Priya's sweet lips, they felt complete. Their lips moved in a passionate kiss in sync. They felt fireworks and butterflies in their stomach just like their first kiss. After a few seconds, they pulled away and smiled.

"You okay, Princess?" He asked softly. Priya nodded cutely and said,

"Yes, handsome. How about you?"

"I'm good." He said and then looked at the others,

"Thank you guys for coming. It means so much."

"Hey no problem. We said we would get you out." Amar said.

"Yeah we're not going to let Rita win this when you haven't done anything wrong." Sameer said. Priya smiled and caressed Prem's cheek.

"Yeah exactly. But Prem, you look really tired. Your eyes say it all." Rahul said, rubbing his back.

Priya cupped his face and said,

"Jaan, you look so worn out. You haven't eaten anything in the last few hours either."

"Yeah I haven't eaten. And I couldn't sleep because the bed was so uncomfortable." Prem said. Priya smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck to softly hug him. He smiled, hugging her back and placed his chin on her head.

"Let's get home then." Rahul said and they all got out of the police station to Prem's house.

1:30pm

"So what did the police say, Prem Baiya?" Preeti asked, sitting down near Sameer. Sameer wrapped an arm around her.

They decided to eat outside in the garden, where the sun was shining brightly. Ram, Vivek, Anand and Anwar went to work. Sunita and Mamta were in the kitchen.

"I'm clear from the investigation. It must be an imposter that assaulted Rita and I was framed." Prem said before taking a bite out of his favourite halwa that Priya made.

"What really? Who is it? Do you know?" Pritam asked, taking a bite out of the aloo paratha.

"That's what we have to find out, uncle. I hope we can." Rahul said, near Anjali.

Prem fed the last bit of the halwa to Priya lovingly. She took it in her mouth and then chewed slowly. He smiled softly to her and leaned over to kiss her forehead before wrapping his arms around her to bring her closer. She rested her head against Prem's chest and drew patterns on his chest.

"I hope we can. We can't let that bitch win." Simran said, who sat near Rohan.

"I agree. She thinks things will go her way. But no it won't." Neha said, near Amar.

"Prem, how do you feel about all this?" Anjali asked. Priya looked up at him.

"I'm glad I'm clear from the investigation. But I'm just angry how she could just stoop so low." Prem said. Priya caressed his cheek,

"We'll find the imposter, jaan. Don't worry." She told him before softly kissing his cheek.

2:00pm

"Princess, I'm going to have a shower first and then I'll come join you." Prem said to Priya, in the sisters' room.

"Okay Prince." Priya smiled. Prem smiled and softly pecked her lips, grabbing his white tank top and black sweatpants to head to the bathroom.

Priya smiled and fell back on her bed, sighing happily. She felt better, knowing that Prem was innocent.

Suddenly, her happy trail of thoughts were interrupted by a notification on her phone, indicating she received a message. She sat up on the bed and grabbed her phone.

When she pressed the button of her phone, there was a message from the person she thought she wouldn't hear from. She felt panic rush through her body and her heart thump. She knew exactly who it was.

Unknown number: Hey Priya.

Priya: What do you want, Rita?

Priya could feel a sob trying to make its way to her mouth and tears prick from her eyes. They were threatening to spill. Her insecurity and fear took over her and she didn't know what to do. She was frightened of Rita because she was dangerous.

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(+91) 5672 404 150: Look at you getting defensive for him. How sweet are you both.

Priya: I will get defensive for him because he's done nothing wrong. You're just trying to get back at him after that confrontation you deserved.

(+91) 5672 404 150: Hm you can say that. But you think he hasn't done anything wrong?

Priya: I know he hasn't done anything wrong. I know that for sure.

(+91) 5672 404 150: Oh really?

Priya: Yes really.

Priya's heart started beating fast at what Rita was saying. What did she mean when she questioned whether Prem has done anything wrong.

(+91) 5672 404 150: Keeping secrets from eachother in a relationship is not good. But you and Prem won't know that because you kept things away from him at the start.

Priya: I was insecure and you threatened me. Don't you dare question mine and Prem's relationship.

(+91) 5672 404 150: So you don't know then, I'm guessing.

Priya could feel herself tremble in fear and her eyes water, with tears rolling down her rosy cheeks. She was feeling insecure now. What is it that Rita was hunting?

Priya: Know what??

(+91) 5672 404 150: You think your boyfriend is perfect?

Priya stood up and slowly placed back and forth near the white tall closet. She bit her lip to prevent a sob from leaving her mouth.

Priya: Are you saying he isn't the perfect boyfriend?

(+91) 5672 404 150: Yes I am. Once you find out what he did, I don't know what you would think of him.

Priya felt a sob leave her mouth and she felt her back meet the white tall closet.

Priya: What did he do?

(+91) 5672 404 150: Oh I don't think I should tell you.

Priya could feel herself getting angry as more tears rolled down her rosy cheeks.

Priya: Tell me. Now.

(+91) 5672 404 150: Yesterday when he came to mine to confront me, something happened.

Priya's heart rate was beating at a fast rate. She could feel herself getting more scared and insecure.

Priya: What did he do?

(+91) 5672 404 150: He kissed me.

Priya felt a choked sob leave her mouth and her eyes widened in shock. Tears fell rapidly down her rosy cheeks and she started sobbing her heart out. Her breathing pace was getting rather fast.

Priya: No he didn't. He can't have. He can't kiss you when he is in a relationship with me.

Priya: You're lying. Jhoot bol rahi hai! Stop lying, Rita! I know my Prem wouldn't do such a thing.

Priya starred sobbing full of hurt. Questions were swirling in her mind.

(+91) 5672 404 150: I'm not lying.

(+91) 5672 404 150: When I was shouting back at him about something, he came forward and kissed me.

Priya felt her heart sink to the bottom and she sobbed her heart out. She felt deceived by Prem. How could he kiss the girl who has been attacking her to sabotage their relationship?

She threw her phone across the room which landed on the fluffy carpet and let her tears out.

"Priya, I'm back. Can you rub- woah what happened? Prem came in, with only his black sweatpants on. He was topless, showing his abs and six pack. He was carrying his white tank top and the lotion bottle.

When he saw Priya, his face instantly turned into a look of worry. His heart was beating with worry and he was about to go near Priya, when she said harshly,

"Don't come next to me." Then a soft sob left her mouth.

"What? Why, Priya? What's wrong?" Prem asked, raising his eyebrow in confusion.

Priya was sobbing and shaking her head, not bothering to wipe her tears. She looked up at Prem with red and teary eyes and said,

"You're what's wrong." Prem placed his top and the lotion bottle on Sadhana's bed, before shutting the door.

"I'm what's wrong? Priya, what is going on? Why are you crying?" Prem asked with no emotion in his voice.

Priya took a deep breath and asked,

"How could you deceive me like the way you did? You kept something from me. Something big."

"What?" Prem asked.

"You kissed Rita yesterday when she was shouting at you about something!" Priya shouted.

She couldn't think anymore. Things were getting out of hand. Right now all she felt was confused, angry and hurt.

"What? Who told you? Where could you have heard something so silly!" Prem shouted back, getting angry. He didn't know what was happening either and he didn't realise he shouted at the love of his life. Even he was confused.

"Rita told me. The silliest thing is that you kissed the person who is attacking me and sabotaging our relationship. And then you keep it from me and I had to hear it from her, not even from my boyfriend." Priya cried. She started sobbing pathetically with hurt and frustration. Prem sighed,

"Are you seriously listening to yourself, Priya? You actually believe that bitch who I hate with my guts for what she has been trying to do to our relationship, how she's been attacking you." Prem said, void of emotion.

"So why did you kiss her if you hate her so much?" Priya asked, looking up at Prem with hurt in her eyes, her voice not even reaching a whisper.

"Priya, I didn't kiss her when she was shouting at me! She's twisting the truth right now." Prem snapped, throwing his hands up in the air. He frustratingly tugged at his hair.

He knew he had to tell Priya about the secret kiss from the past between him and Rita. That was the truth, the absolute truth. In the confrontation, Rita told Prem about the secret kiss which was a dare, saying that it meant everything to her. Prem defended Priya and said that the kisses he shares with Priya means more to him.

He knew Rita was getting in Priya's mind, to emotionally hurt her. Rita knew Priya was vulnerable and scared and she was just using it to her advantage.

Priya looked at him, wiped her tears and asked,

"What truth, Prem?" Prem looked at her and got his phone out to get the footage of his confrontation with Rita. He handed his phone to Priya.

The room was silent as Priya watched and listened to the confrontation. She was sniffing softly. She carefully heard the story from the past when Prem was dared to kiss Rita on the lips.

But what made her attention draw closer was this;

"Seriously? I completely forgot about that. So that embarrassing, silly and immature kiss made you develop feelings for me that then turned into love?" He looked at Rita with pure disgust and anger.

"Haan. But for me it wasn't embarrassing, silly and immature. For me, it was special and it's something I keep close to my heart as a fond memory. That kiss made me feel wanted, special and cared for." Rita said.

"How could it have been special, make you feel wanted and cared for if it was just a dare! How stupid can you actually be? If it was special, it wouldn't be a dare. We both would have felt something spark in us that would have made us kiss. I didn't even want to kiss you because it was disgusting and wrong to kiss your cousin sister." Prem said in an icy cold tone.

He ran his hands down his face and tugged at his hair.

"Rita, how could you hold a silly kiss from ten years ago in your mind and heart and believe that telling me would convince me to fall for you." He said.

"Because I thought by telling you, you would actually understand. You believe in love, don't you?" Rita asked, with a crack in her voice.

"Yes, I do believe in love. But not love that's selfish and cruel like yours. Your version of love is so selfish and that's why you've been attacking Priya. The love I believe in, is true love. Mine and Priya's love is true love." Prem said.

"How do you know?" Rita asked angrily.

"When I first kissed her, but generally when Priya and I kiss, I could feel the attraction and the sweetness. It's pure, special, magical, tender, captivating, uplifting and many more beautiful things. Destiny brought Priya and I together. When Priya and I kiss, there's butterflies and fireworks in our stomachs and flying around us. That's how I know I love Priya so much." Prem explained harshly, feeling tears gather in his eyes. He needed to keep strong so he breathed in.

Priya looked up at Prem and instantly guilt took over. She basically accused her beloved boyfriend of something he didn't do. Now that she heard what really happened and what Prem said to Rita, she knew that Prem was still by her side.

"Prem." She sobbed his name out as more tears fell out. Guilt and regret was evident in her voice. Prem looked at Priya with tears gathering in his warm brown eyes.

"Hey Priya, don't cry." He said with a crack in his voice, with love and care still evident in his words. He couldn't blame Priya for jumping into conclusions because she was extremely vulnerable and frightened of everything. Rita got inside her head to mess with her, which was only going to make her state worse.

He hated seeing his girlfriend cry. It was just heart breaking. Her sobs instantly did something to his heart.

Priya slid down against the white tall closet and fell to her knees, whilst sobbing softly.

How could I have accused Prem of something that he would never do? She asked herself.

The left side of her white and red patterned dupatta fell off her shoulder, whilst the right one stayed. His phone slid off her right hand and fell on the fluffy carpet.

Right now she just wanted to hide away from the world by letting the carpet suck her in, so she can just cry and sob.

She felt like a complete useless, worthless and pathetic burden in Prem's life.

Now that you've accused him of something he didn't do, you don't deserve him at all. - her daunting conscience told her. This only made the pain in her heart worse and sobs more violent.

"Prem. I'm so s-sorry. I literally a-accused you of s-something that you d-didn't do. I'm s-sorry." She said, her voice above a whisper. Prem shook his head and went over to sit opposite her.

He sat down on the carpet and said,

"Princess, stop it." He held back his tears for Priya's sake. He shook his head as Priya cried more, her sobs getting more violent.

"No. I s-shouldn't have jumped into c-conclusions. It's my f-fault. I s-should not have s-shouted at you." Priya cried, putting her hands on her head as she felt her daunting conscience eat her alive with words.

"No Priya. Stop blaming and being hard on yourself." Prem said kindly.

Priya cried more and suddenly, her breathing was becoming increasingly rapid. She was losing supply of oxygen as more tears rolled down her rosy cheeks. Prem looked at her worried and gasped shocked,

"Priya!" And he swiftly grabbed Priya close to his chest, where he wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back soothingly. Her dupatta fell on the floor, but they didn't care. She rested her head on his chest, her violent sobs had stopped, and now was replaced with small hiccups and she was still finding troubles breathing.

Prem buried his face in her hair and whispered sweet nothings to her,

"Hey Priya, it's okay Shona. Stop crying now, sssshhh." He started placing numerous soft kisses on her head to comfort her.

In those few minutes, Prem continued rubbing her back and whispered sweet nothings for Priya's panic attack to stop. And it did.

Priya rested her head on Prem's chest, with her right hand on Prem's chest too and his head against Priya's head. She pulled her head back, still in his arms, and looked at him with sad and big green eyes. Prem smiled softly at her with adoration and fondness and said,

"Hey." He whispered softly in their romantic bubble, resting his forehead and nose against Priya's. Priya gave a sweet, but nervous smile and replied,

"Hi." Prem cupped Priya's face and asked,

"You okay?"

"No. I don't know. I just don't feel like myself." She said, in a trembly voice. Prem leaned down to place a sweet chaste kiss on her lips and asked,

"Why, sweetheart?"

"I blamed you for something you didn't do. I feel so bad and what was I thinking? I know you wouldn't do something like that. Why did I even think that? What's wrong-" Priya's rambling was interrupted by Prem's tender lips on her soft lips.

Priya's eyes widened when Prem softly and passionately kissed her lips with his eyes closed, but nonetheless responded. She closed her eyes and placed her arms around his neck. Their lips moved in perfect sync, with Priya's salty tears mixing in with the kiss. Prem wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her closer as they continued kissing.

After a few minutes, they pulled away. Priya looked down on the floor, her arms still around Prem's neck and Prem's arms around her waist. He put his forehead against hers as the love birds panted softly to catch their breath.

"Stop blaming yourself and being hard on yourself, Priya. Okay? That was not your fault for thinking that because Rita got inside your mind to mess with you. She knows you're vulnerable and shaken and she's taking that to her advantage. That wasn't your fault." Prem told her softly.

"I guess you're right. Prem, were you going to tell me about the secret kiss?" Priya asked, moving her arms away from his neck and resting her head on his chest.

"I was, Princess, I promise. But I wanted to tell you when I was ready because even I was shocked when I found out. And I knew if I told you now, you would be shaken. I wanted to wait till your state was okay." Prem said.

"Oh Prem." She said and then cuddled more against him. Prem kissed her head and said,

"I would never do anything to hurt or upset you, okay? I love you so much and all I want to do is stay by your side and help you."

"I know. I love and trust you. I'm sorry for snapping and accusing you though. I'm just insecure and scared right now of everything that's happening to me and I'm scared of losing you." She whimpered weakly.

"I know, Shona, I know. You aren't going to lose me. We are in this together. Your battle is my battle too. I'm always going to be here for you." Prem said, kissing her forehead and running his fingers through her beautiful brown hair.

"I love you so much, handsome." Priya said.

"I love you more." Prem replied. "Have a nap with me, please?" Prem asked. Priya looked up at him with her cute green eyes,

"Why?" Priya asked.

"We're both clearly tired and didn't get enough sleep last night. And, it will make you feel better." Prem said, caressing her cheek.

"You're right. I don't mind." She replied. Prem smiled and picked her up in bridal style. Priya wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head against Prem's chest.

Prem carefully placed Priya on one side of the bed. Her head rested on the pilow. Prem closed the curtains on the balcony doors, making the afternoon sun shine through the curtains.

Prem went back over to the bed and got inside the covers near Priya. He draped the pink blanket on them and Priya turned to face him, with him doing the same.

They looked into eachother's eyes and Prem smiled, caressing her cheek.

"I'm not angry at you, Priya. Just know that." He whispered. Priya nodded and shifted closer to snuggle against Prem's topless chest. She traced his abs with her finger and yawned. Prem wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back soothingly, while planting soft kisses on her head.

After a few minutes of comfortable silence, the lovers took a peaceful and loving nap.

8:15pm

Prem slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room. It was dark and already night.

How long were we sleeping for? Prem wondered.

He tried to move, but a weight on his chest prevented him. He looked down and saw Priya practically lying and sleeping on his chest. He smiled and chuckled fondly, before getting his fingers to run through her beautiful brown hair. He leaned down to softly kiss the top of her hair and turned the bedside lamp on.

He grabbed his phone to check the time, but saw a text from Sameer.

Sameer: Hey Prem Baiya. Guess what?

Sameer: Something isn't going to be good.

Prem furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and unlocked his phone to reply. He typed with one hand whilst running his fingers through Priya's hair.

Prem: Kya hua?

Prem: What's going on?

His heart was thumping as Sameer was typing a reply. His fingers stopped its movement on Priya's hair, causing her to stir and whine softly.

"Sorry, Priya. Sssh, Princess, it's okay." He comforted her, planting two soft kisses on her head and continued stroking her hair. His phone pinged with Sameer's reply.

Sameer: Mami Ji is here.

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A/N

Hey everyone! I hope you're all well! ❤

Here is another update of Voh Meri Rajkumari Hai! ❤ Hope you liked it! Vote, comment and enjoy! ❤

We end with a cliffhanger and we will find out more about why Bhagwanti (Rita's aunt) is back in the next chapter!

Shout out to my two readers who are enjoying this story and have been giving lovely comments: bunnythapar and -TiaRoshan ❤

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