As soon as Shlok slipped the ring , Priyal's finger clapping echoed everywhere. Everyone was too happy to see them happy then Priyal too made Shlok wear the ring. Shreya was admiring everything with a sad smile.

Shlok's outfit 👆

Abhay noticed her and went to her. He quietly slipped his hand on her bare waist and she didn't react as she knew that it was Abhay even though she shifted more closer to him.

"What happened sweetheart?" Abhay asked and she shook her head.

"Nothing, it's just I am really happy for both of them, they deserve this happiness" She said softly in a whispering tone.

"Sorry to disturb your beautiful moment love birds, but bhabhi I must say you're looking really pretty" Abhishek said from behind and came to them with his two more friends.

Shreya was wearing a beautiful and heavy embroidered lehenga with some heavy jewelry while Abhay was wearing a dark green outfit with light mirror work.

"Thanks bhaiya..." Shreya replied politely while Abhay cursed them under his breath.

"Btw where is Aanya? I didn't see her in the engagement all the time" Ryan asked and before anyone could reply Abhay passed him a hard glare.

"Stay away from her Ryan otherwise I don't think before breaking your jaw" He said while greeting his teeth.

"Aree bro we all know that your sister's marriage is going to happen with me as your father promised to my father and I am only seeing her from a safe distance. I didn't even talk to her once as per your instructions but I must say she is really cute. I just enjoy seeing her doing the pranks and we both will fit with each other perfectly" Ryan said with a smile like a fool.

"Abhay, don't forget that he is going to be your Brother-in-law so you can't talk to him like that" Abhishek said and warned Abhay who rolled his eyes.

"Aree dude just forget about Aanya and let me focus, waise bhabhi aap itne time tak kha thi I wish ki aap mujhe phele mili hoti toh jaane nahi deta mein apko kabhi." Vishlesh commented and his both friends facepalmed themselves.

( By the way, sister-in-law, where were you for so long, I wish I had met you earlier, I would never have let you go)

Abhay chuckled and gold Shreya more tightly. "The fear of Abhay Singh Rajawat has not disappeared from the market that you talk to his own wife like this in front of him, don't you dare to try me" Abhay warned in a calm tone but this tone and his dangerous talk made her shiver.

His friends rolled their eyes and laughed at his statement while Shreya looked at them confusingly.

"Areee bhabhi it's normal for us, his threats and his anger is just nothing. We even saw his worst side, so no worries," Vishlesh smirked and Abhay threw dangerous glares.

"Shreya, beta come here...." Vaishali called her from behind, she went away to her.

"Can't you shut this fucking mouth of yours Vishlesh??" Abhay said angrily.

"Sorry bro it's just slipped from my tongue" Vishlesh muttered and rubbed the back of his neck.

"But we really need to be careful about this topic in front of our women" Ryan said and looked at Aanya who was standing far away in a light color shimmery lehenga.

"Hopefully you guys can hide it for life time" Shlok said and everyone turned to him.

"Look who's saying....who himself gets scared from our world" Abhishek chucked.

"I don't scared of your so-called mafia world...it's just I don't want to trouble anyone in the family. What if someday something happens to Abhay then who takes care of our family? And one more thing I don't want to do any kind of stabbing to my passion, my work, my family and most importantly my family and my love. Otherwise I also know how to explode bombs, how to shoot and how to torture someone to his death but I do this only for my family if someone will try to hurt my close ones than I am worst than anyone." Shlok gritted his teeth and was about to go away but Ryan held his hand.

"Aree bro why are you getting angry? It's a big day for you so don't spoil your mood"

"Haa yar kya ruthe hue phupha ke jaisi shakal bnai hui hai,"

"Let it be Shlok" Abhay put a hand on shoulder and gave him a calm look, he nodded and went away.

"You guys know that he doesn't like to talk about this matter then why do you guys always drag this thing in front of us again and again" Abhay gritted his teeth and his friends looked Here and there as they knew they made a big mistake this time.

Abhay sighed and remembered how Shlok's parents died in the accident. His father was a mafia leader and his enemies fixed a bomb in the car where Yuvraj was taking his eight month pregnant wife Priya for checkup and Shlok was in school. But suddenly this accident happened and changed his whole life.

As Shlok reached the stage back everyone came and clicked so many pictures with them. After so many pictures when there was nobody left, Shlok excused himself and went to attend a call and Priyal sat on the couch with a fake smile. She noticed that most of the guests were leaving slowly but the smile soon disappeared because she was feeling suffocated.

"Priyal, are you okay right?? Your baby okay" Shreya asked when she saw her in distress she was also feeling suffocated as her lehenga but still she was looking very beautiful in a blue lehenga.

"Yeah I am okay and please don't say this loudly" Priyal said and Shreya bit her tongue and said sorry.

"Btw how's Aanya's baby you guys went together for the check up??" Shreya asked and Priyal nodded her head.

"Aanya and her baby are also okay but right now me and my baby are not okay because we're hungry" Priyal made a pout.

"But we can't eat anything right now otherwise Maa will bury us in the backyard..." Shreya whispered and Priyal made an annoying face.

"What?? But why? I mean here, I am pregnant and dying from hunger, and your lovely mother-in-law will not let us eat..." Priyal said whispering with a fake smile as the people were seeing them.

"Uhh I know it's weird but don't worry and come with me" Shreya grabbed Priyal's hand and took her somewhere.

First they went in the kitchen quietly and Shreya picked some chocolate bars and she hid it in the dupatta and gave Priyal a box she also hid it in her hands as they were about to run away a loud voice stopped them.

"Shreya, Priyal, where are you going??" They heard the voice of Padmini who was wearing a green traditional rajputi dress with heavy jewelry.

"Umm Maa...umm actually Priyal's blouse hook is not getting fixed so I was going to fix it in my room...." Shreya said and Padmini turned her face to the other side.

"How shameless this is...That's why I was saying that you should wear the lehenga which I gave you huh now look what had happened now go fast cover yourself with dupatta" Padmini ordered and they nodded.

As soon as Padmini left Shreya held Priyal's hand and ran to the back side of the palace on the beautiful side where there was a pool surrounded by a green garden.

Shreya made Priyal sit on one stair near the pool and start opening the chocolate bar. Meanwhile Priyal opened the box of steel and found the 'mathri' (flaky biscuit) in the box they both ate.

"Hmmm Shreya, this is so tasty. Who made this?" Priyal moaned.

"Actually in the morning when I met papa he handed me this box and he made it himself just for me but I was so busy in the work so much that I even forgot to have the lunch so when you said you are hungry I thought to come here and enjoy this place." Shreya completed.

"Btw this place is so beautiful..." Priyal saw the two peacocks too.

"Hmmm you know what this is my favorite place in this palace whenever I feel alone I come here and nobody comes here often so I feel safe here too" Shreya shrugged and they both completed their eating and laid on the big stair.

They were staring at the sky constantly without saying anything. The water sound was the only sound there.

"Shreya, I want to tell you something...." Priyal said and she hummed.

"I think I am not pregnant..." As soon as Priyal completed Shreya turned her face quickly towards her.

"What? But how can you say this?" Shreya asked.

"Because I don't feel any changes in my body...like no morning sickness, no change in body wait, no trouble of vomiting or cravings, it's just all going like normal. Even though I get so many comments today that I am getting so thin day by day," Priyal sat in her place and Shreya also sat straight. She placed Priyal's head on her lap.

"Did you check all the reports yourself? Because yours and Aanya's report came together right? And I can see the changes in Aanya like she is hiding this from the family but I noticed she gained her weight even in the morning she vomited like a normal pregnant woman and I even saw her in the kitchen at midnights, then why not you Priyu??" Shreya asked and concern was the only thing written on her face.

"Because there's no baby in my womb... I saw the reports only one time Shreya after that at every check up Shlok comes with me and keep all the reports with him. He even not look concerned about this matter..." Priyal said and looked at Sherya with tension.

"We have to find the truth before your marriage because once your marriage will be done then nothing will happen" Shreya said and Priyal sighed frustratingly.

"But how??--

"Do you have Daksh's number?"

"Yes, but-"

"Then call him here because he is still here in Udaipur and is a gynecologist too. We can take his help" Shreya suggested and before Priyal could reply anything they heard some footsteps.

They turned and found Abhay who was seeing them from the top stair. Priyal got up from her lap and set her dupatta and went away without saying anything but she blinked to Shreya who saw it.

"What are you doing here Shreya??" He asked in a cold and stern voice.

"Umm nothing just talking to Priyal as she was feeling nervous about this marriage stuff and all" Shreya walked to him.

"The whole function is going inside and you came here for talking..are you fucking out of your mind?? Do you know how important it is for you to stay there? You are a queen not the same middle class girl whose functions get over in an hour you have to be present there all the time" Abhay jerked her and her foot was about to slip down but he held her at her place.

"Naa toh zindagi sambhal rahi hai, na Kadam, naa rishte aur na hi zimmedariyan" Abhay left her there and she looked at his back.

"I don't know why I got married to a person who has a personality disorder...he really needs help" Shreya muttered and wiped her tears while rubbing her arm which he jerked roughly.

As soon as Shreya went into the hall she found no one except the family members. She went towards her father who was eating alone on the table she sat beside him. As soon as Aditya saw her he shoved a morsel in her mouth and her eyes got wet. They suddenly remembered their old days and Aditya saw some pain in Shreya's eyes which broke his heart in a million pieces.

Without saying anything Aditya hugged her tightly and Shreya broke into tears she hid her face in his chest and cried loudly. Meanwhile some tears also flowed from his eyes too.

Everyone's attention went to them and they went to them.

"Shreya..." Abhay tried to take her in his arms but Aditya showed him his hand with hard expressions and stopped him at his place.

Abhay fisted his hand and gritted his teeth and controlled his anger.

"Shreya, beta enough now c'mon let's taste your favorite sweet" Aditya broke the hug and wiped her tears but still hiccuping continuously Aditya made her eat the gulab Jamun and they completed the dinner.

But Shreya didn't leave him for a second and put her head on his shoulder. All the time till he went away.

Raman and his family also left but before leaving Raman came to Shreya and took her from Aditya's arms to his and patted her head.

"Bhaisahab we gave you our ladoo (daughter) and we are going to give you our second daughter please take care of them like they are your daughters" Raman joined his hands in front of Vikram and Madhav.

"Aree kaisi baatein karte hai Raman jii we will always take care of them like our own daughters" Madhav said and Raman hugged Sherya and Priyal together chuckled.

"You're saying right but sometimes we actually forget that they not only our daughter-in-law but daughter too just like today you forgot that Shreya didn't eat anything since Tilak...so that's why just reminding you" Raman completed and making all of them shocked except Aditya who also chuckled at his this statement.

After that everyone left for their room. Shreya was also going without saying anything when Madhav said loudly.

"Shreya, come here beta you all too..." As soon as Madhav said this everyone gathered around him.

"Shreya, bacha why didn't you eat anything?? We were busy in some work but still we take care of ourselves right...and you're not a kid beta so that we have to remind you about that food bache if you will not take care about yourself then who will dance in your Brother-in-law's wedding" Madhav patted her head and she chuckled at his last statement.

"Sorry dad but I will take care of this from next time" Shreya said and passed a small smile to him.

"I know that Padmini has denied you eating in front of guests but there's no restrictions from any of our side. If you're hungry then eat whatever you want and wherever you want" Dadi completed and hugged Shreya.

"And one more thing I am not a bad father I am also a good father like Aditya jii but it's just I was busy in the arrangements beta" Madhav said and Shreya said thank you and everyone retired to their room.

As soon as she entered the chamber she directly went to the bathroom ignoring Abhay who was behind her.

She changed into simple pj's and went to the bed while Abhay was busy with a phone call so he didn't notice her.

After 15 minutes of conversation when he cut the call he noticed that Shreya was sleeping quietly at her place. He went to her and gave a gentle kiss on her lips and went to change his clothes.

He silently laid on the bed and saw her back which was facing him. He sighed and slowly slipped his hand under her waist, he pulled her towards him and kissed on her ear softly.

At midnight again someone was there in the chamber. That person again saw them from a safe distance and gritted their teeth.

That person slowly left the room but today was not her day.

"Maa, What were you doing in my room?"

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