In Jaigarh Office
Arjun opens abottle of champagne as Brij, Giri, Uday and Manyata rejoice. Brij hands over signed papers to uday “here you go beta, DS’s approval” Uday thanks him. Jaigarh proposed a plan to build palace style hotels around Rajasthan and it needed Royals of the designated areas to approve. Devgarh saw an opportunity to invest and a joint venture - JG Corp was created. After getting necessary government permission weeks back, M and U had started designs for hotels in Jaigarh. Now with DS’s permission Devgarh was officially on the list.
Couple days later:
Unnati walks into Jaigarh penthouse. She sees her dada sitting on the sofa, instructing someone. “wow dada, is this your old guitar?”
“Choti! You are back?”
“jee dada, just returned last night. Thought I come see you today. What are you doing?”
“I had Sid bring my guitar back from Jaigarh palace. Just getting it restrung.”
Unnati was surprised “what’s the special occasion?”
Uday blushes a bit “Oh god dada, blushing?... What is going on?”
“you will find out soon my dear sister”
“oh come on dada tell me... who is she?” she presses
“patience” insists Uday
Unnati finally gave up. She meets with others and heads back to the Devgarh palace to get ready for the party tonight.
The party was very successful – party of the decade for some. The next day, Uday had planned his big surprise for M. The day passed by fast as Uday was busy in arranging everything. Day finally arrived, Isha comes to visit M at the office. She starts to get emotional every few minutes, causing M to be suspicious. “kya huya Isha? Are you sad"
“nai re, I am just happy, these are happy tears”
“happy?.. about?” asks curious M. “Nothing” she says but M keeps asking her. She was about to talk when Sid and Luv join. “she is just messing with you Manyata” says Luv… Seeing a chance, Sid swoops in “actually she didn’t want to tell you” both isha and Luv look at him confused as they were scared he would blow up Uday’s plan, he holds Isha’s hand “that we are going on a date” says Sid then kisses her hand. Isha was taken back and gets scared. She takes her hand out of his grip and runs out. M and Luv felt bad, and Sid was hurt. Putting her hand on his shoulder “she had been through a lot, don’t take it personally” …”ya” Sid says softly and walks out. M finally finds Isha in the cafeteria, she sits down. Being around Rohan is not easy for her and M has been her support. “Sid likes you, why is it so bad?” she doesn’t respond “you need to quit Isha, I know what you are trying to do. Working with him, being around him, you are there waiting for him to love you back but it may never happen. Is this how you want to spend your prime years? You need to move on” M walks away, leaving Isha to think. M goes back to where luv and Sid were.
“im sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt her feeling” says Sid
“its okay, she is just in a bad place right now” comforts M
“chalo you have to go get ready for your date” says Sid releasing he drop the ball. M is surprised “How do you know” she says squinting her eyes at him. “well ..i mean you know because I figured its been while since you both have been out due to the party preparations so I just took a guess you know” M still not fully convinced says “hmmm okay” and leaves…Luv hits Sid playfully, while flashes a smile and says S - “bach gaye”
At Devgarh Palace – M comes home from office. She heads to her room to get dressed. After a while of debating, she decides to wear the dress Uday had gifted on their first so called date… in Boston. “Rajkumariji, aap k liye yeh courier aaya hai” says Seema as she places it on bed and leaves. After couple of hours, M was ready to go. “hmm 30 mins to kill”
Shortly, she leaves for the venue. When she arrives, she sees a beautiful ocean view rooftop restaurant, partially booked for them and closed off for privacy. Their side of the restaurant was decorated very intricately. Band starts playing music when she arrives. There Uday was standing with roses in his hand, as he welcomes her.
“you are late princess and why the frown? Says Uday , M couldn’t get herself to reply “hmm I know how to get rid of this. Look I have a surprise for you” He makes her sit, and then grabs his guitar. He starts to play a tune, recognizing the song a small smirk plays on her face. A recent memory then crosses her mind and a small tear drops from her eye.
Flashback:
“hmm 30 mins to kill”… 'maybe I’ll message Uday to meet early….. calm down Manyata, he is probably busy.' She plops on the bed. She sees the package on her bed and opens it addressed to her from her well-wisher. ‘Hmm must be Uday’ she thinks. She takes out the photos from the envelope with so much excitement. She looked through couple of them confusingly. Until it finally hits her, it was Uday in compromising position with some girl. Her heart shatters in pieces upon realization. She pauses for a second and thinks maybe they are old pics, must be these journalists. She quickly flips the pictures to see them dated recently- to be precise when Uday was in London on business trip few days ago.
Her though breaks and she wipes her tears before Uday could notice.
“ab tum hi ho” he stops playing and sits on his knee “Zindagi ab tum hi ho”
“princess… past few months have been best days and”
“Uday” she interrupts him “before you go further, I have something for you” she hands him an envelope. Waves of shock can be seen on his face, while tears drop from M’s eyes. “no… princess this is not” … she slaps him “baas Udayveer Singh baas, I don’t want any more lies.”
Slap got him riled up for a second but then calms down “I didn’t do anything. I don’t even know what this...” She starts to walks away and he grabs her back “listen to me princess” … “let me go Udayveer”
“no first hear me out” requests Uday... “I was always right, people like never change let alone love. Thanks for helping me realize”
M leaves from there to one of her secret hide out, the beach. She sits there crying her heart out. Meanwhile, uday had gone to the Devgarh palace to talk to her. Not finding her, he calls three people who know about their date - Isha, Luv, and Sid - to inquire. He leaves to hunt her down.
After few hours, M comes back to the Mahal. Isha was waiting for her in her room. Seeing her, M hugs her tight and her tears come back. “baas Manyata, please yaar don’t cry. I am sure everything will be fine. Talk to Uday please”
“he cheated me Isha. He… he broke my heart, I can’t?”
Isha tried her best to calm her down but nothing helped. Meanwhile, Jay who was eavesdropping outside leaves hearing two voices in the hallway. Luv and Sid joined as well. Both try to explain to her to calm down and speak to Uday. “I am sure it’s just miscommunication” says Sid. They go on and on. M had enough “Look me in the eye and tell me you believe he is 100% innocent” tears were falling nonstop from her eyes “tell me” she yells. He wanted to believe none of it was true but he had known him since his first girlfriend. Can someone change so much in such short time? Luv thinks. Can someone like Uday change? He wasn’t sure about any of that but one thing he was sure of was that Uday cared for her as much as his choti…. Luv - “He lo…” she raises her hand to stop him, like a true Royal. Luv was stunned he had never seen this side of her. “don’t say those words. I don’t want to hear them” … “I went against all my beliefs. You know all stuff I heard about him through others, in media but I still gave him the benefit of the doubt, I put my heart out there. for what? So I can be his… his timepass (Luv shakes his head at her comment) .... (M takes in deep breath to calm herself) people like him never change. I have paid the price for my decision. Ab baas, please just let me be …” Sid and Luv knew she wasn’t going to hear anything.
Jay was back to her eavesdropping and very small part of her felt bad. She was lost in her thoughts and did not hear Sid and Luv leave. Isha, who stayed back, believed Uday could never do such thing to her, but doesn’t say anything. M needed some time to calm down before she can think rationally. “baas Manyata” wiping her tears. M breaks down again and hugs Isha tightly.
Luv and Sid who were exiting the room, did not notice Jay. At the same time, Uday comes. They stop him “dekho banna she will not listen” says Luv. “I just want to talk to her” Uday pushes back. “you will make it worse dude, give her some time” Sid adds
Uday soaks in their words as he brushes his hand through his hair out of frustration. He noticed Jay standing quiet and turns to her, scaring her “Jay, please talk to her she listens to you. I would never hurt hear…. I swear I can’t remember anything, (he says stomping his leg) … please just talk to her".. Jay nods her head. Boys take Uday away from there. Jay peaks in and sees the terrible mess of her sister. Guilt spreads through her and she recalls memories of her and Manyata over the years. ‘ no no it’s just infatuation, she will get over it’ thinks Jay
Few days have pass by and Manyata has isolated herself as much as she can. She worked from home to avoid Uday, who tried to talk to her but all in vein. Jay’s guilt increased day by day as she saw her sister in pain. She had enough and decides to talk Meenaxshi.
“Jay what a pleasant surprise! You must be happy huh I heard the arrow had hit at the right spot” says Meenaxshi. “ya actually that’s what I wanted to talk about....I can’t go through with it, I thought he was just messing with my sister, it wasn’t serious. But doesn’t seem like it”. Meenaxshi - “he is just lying, he is good at this. Its better for her to feel the pain now then later when he dumps her…” jay interrupts her “I don’t know Meena, he seemed very genuine plus jiji has been a mess…”
At the same time in Devgarh Mahal, Arjun, who hadn’t talked to his sister in few days goes to meet her. “come in” Says M after she wipes her tears and fixes herself. “hi momo, just wanted to remind you about tomorrow meeting with Aryan Chawdhury.” She nodes yes, Arjun adds “think about it one more time. There is no pressure and if you don’t want to, then I will make sure this does not go anywhere”
“no dada, I am sure” she smiles trying not to breakdown. He sighs and heads toward door. Before leaving he says “You can’t forcefully fall in love… (m looks at her brother) nor can you forcefully fall out of love”.
Back to Meenaxshi house, she tried her best to explain but Jay was adamant to tell M and U the truth and bring them together. “She loves him too Meena. I can’t let my jealously put my own sister through this… she may never love or trust again... lets call jiji and clear it up” says excited Jay as she takes out her phone to call. “I would hang up if I were you sweetie” frustrated Meenaxshi says. Jay looks up to see a gun pointed at her, her phone drops. “what are you doing Meena?”
“do you really think I went through so much trouble (as she throws photos toward jay) so I can hand over Uday to you or that sister of yours?” (Meena laughs) “Uday has been mine since the day I laid my eyes on him. I just needed a dumb lovestruck princess to put my plan in motion, and thank you for playing the part well”. Tears drops nonstop from Jay, she grabs Jay arm with full force and pushes her into a wall. She comes close and says “if you dare ruin my plan. I will eliminate Devgarh family one by one… starting with the precious crowned Prince. So, keep all you know to yourself, understand?” Jay nods her head.
Few weeks pass by, Uday was in his office working. In the past, he had tried to talk to M multiple times but she dismissed him. He stopped after a while, her words hurt him and his ego. Luv and Sid came to his office, they wanted to share a news but didn’t know where to start. “sooo…?” questions Uday “kya huya hai, what did you guys do” he looks up from writing. “woh banna kya hai na” says luv. Sid takes a breath and says “Manyata is getting married”. Uday stops what he is doing and gets up. Luv – “before you do any…” Uday storms out as the other two run after him. At Devgarh palace, Uday goes to M’s room. “what are you trying to prove” M jumps as she hears his voice “nothing, and I have told you before leave me alone”. U – “you are ruining three lives, what…”
“you are the one to preach? Please” she says sarcastically. Angry Uday, grabs her by her arms and pulls her close “baas bahut ho gaya. Aapne bahut bol liya aur humne sun liya” he melts a little seeing her scared and says softly “why are you doing this, just listen to me” M could feel her losing control. Uday was surprised she hadn’t snapped, lately thats all he got from her. He pushes her hair back which breaks M from her thoughts. Her anger spikes and she pushes him “dur raho humse” She goes off on him, hurting his feeling. She adds “humhe Aryan pasand hai aur hum unse hi shaadi karenge.” Uday leaves angry, he passes Arjun in the hall, who had come to that direction due to yelling. Arjun looks at Uday's retreating figure feeling a bit glad as he didn't like the closeness between M and U. Arjun knew U was a good friend, a prince but a player.
The next few weeks were hectic as the Devgarh family prepared for the wedding. Brijraj and DS were beyond happy with this rishta, as Aryan’s father was a well-known and powerful politician. Sid, Luv, and Isha were unhappy with everything going on but couldn’t do much. Uday had temporarily moved to Jaigarh and Kush went along to keep him company. Soon enough wedding day was here.
Being her best friend, she should be up there with M, but stood in a corner. Isha couldn’t do it, she couldn’t get herself to be part of all this, couldn’t see her BFF ruin her own life. 'What has gotten into her? I just can’t let it be, i have to try one last time' She thinks. She rushes upstairs, followed by Sid who notices. Isha flung the door open. Anticipating Isha's wrath, M signals others to leave. "What you are doing is wrong!!!" Isha says almost choking on her withheld tears.
Smirking she gets up and walks toward Isha. As she gets closer "loving him was wrong, and now I am fixing that mistake". Adjusting her heavy dupatta, she heads down to the banquet hall to become Mrs. Manyata Aryan Chowdary. Sid who had followed Isha stood outside the room. M and sid's eye meet and he can see the wall of tears build inside her eyes. As she passes him, he grabs her hand. At that moment, it was getting harder for Manyata to control her emotions. She turns around to see Sid's pleading eyes that was trying to convey the message in his heart that -dont do this to yourself and to him-. M shakes her head no and unable to control anymore a lone tear escapes her eye. With that, Sid releases her hand. M heads down, wiping her tears and controlling her emotions. Sid turns to Isha and says "are you okay?" Breaking down, she runs to Sid and hugs him. He holds her tightly while trying to calm her down.
Wedding was taking place in Mumbai palace per M’s request, she wanted it to be a small affair. Whereas in Jaigarh, Uday was in his room, drowning himself in alcohol. One channel after another he changed but could not run away from it, wedding was hot topic across most channels. Turning off the tv, he throws the remote on the bed and gulps his drink. After a couple of hours, Kush comes to check on him. Kush wanted to leave him alone for a while so Uday can get some space. He knew it was hard for him. Kush knocks but no reply. He opens the door to see Uday passed out. Seeing him, Kush’s heart aches. Just as he was about to pick him up, his phone rings.
“hi bhai” answers Kush. “Hi, how is he doing?” asks Luv
“well… he is passed out in balcony with glass and bottle shattered all over the floor and glass pieces pierced in his hand. Haan he also has high fever ”.... “is he okay?” asks Luv… “doctor ko bhulaya hai humne” replies Kush
“dhayan se suno....” says Luv
Preview of next few Chapter –
Uday was busy with the file in front, when someone knocks his cabin door. “come in”
IT tech says “sir, our investigation is complete. There were two other people who had accessed the document in the past week. Luv Sir and Yuvrani Manyata” Seething Uday gets ups, yelling for his secretary. He adds “Ask Mrs. Chowdary to come to my office…. Immediately”
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“congratulations Mrs. Chowdary , you are expecting” says Doctor sending waves to shock across M’s face.
Jai and Komal were beyond excited. Jay was happy ‘her sister has official moved on in her life and she and her jiju can be happy’
News of Manayat’s pregnancy reaches Uday, who was shocked and heartbroken. Even an ounce of hope he had was now gone.
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“jiji, please I don’t want to hear it. I am coming with you” demand Jay.. “Me too M-bhai” adds Vijay
“what will you do there Jay? and Vijay bhai dada needs you here” asks M… “we will figure it out but first have you decided how will you tell family you are moving to US?” asks Jay… M nods her head no but she will have to think of something as it won’t be easy to convince her family especially Arjun.
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Nikitaparas @Nikitaparas
2 years ago
Amazing Loves the update but manyata should have at least listen to Uday once