In Morning Arjun wake up first and the sight he saw made his breath stuck in his throat while his heartbeat increased as he saw Riya sleeping peaceful in awkward position half lying half sitting on bed beside him, her one hand is on his arm and her other hand is on his head. Arjun understood what would happened last night as he know it's normal for him whenever he sleep in this house where Roshini was mudered he would woke up screaming her name so same would happened last night also and Riya came here but he is happy to got a peaceful sleep after many years without woken up in mid night so he thanked Riya in his heart.
Arjun got up and sit on bed before making her sleep on bed properly without waking her up. He stare at her sleeping face which has pout because of her hairs which is falling on her face disturbing her sleep. He tug her falling hairs behind her ears and watch her pout change into smile in her sleep, her smile made his lips curve into small smile too.
He got up from bed, cover her before going in bathroom taking his clothes with him. After having quick bath and freshen up he came out of bathroom in changed clothes and wet hairs, he dried his damp hairs with towel before turning towards bed. He saw her still sleeping there like a baby cuddled in her blanket, he smiled and went out of the room for making breakfast.
While making breakfast ready on dining table he remembered her dimple smile which got lost after...
FLASHBACK
Arjun shout irritated "Rathod" everyone got silent, Rathod also become serious after hearing Arjun's shout. Arjun said "I have a plan we have to follow it." Everyone nod while Rathod asked "Plan hai kya?" Arjun said "Dekho I think Riya parents either Riya ko unse chupana chahte hai ya unlogon ne Riya ko dur rakhne ko kahan hoga. So humein Kisi Mr and Mrs Mukherjee ko unke contact se kuch time ke liye Bahar laaker unse poochna hoga after that we can do anything." Everyone nod while Chotu asked "but Sir kaise hum unhe wahan se ya unlogon dur laayenge."
Arjun didn't replied his answer instead he said "Sam mujhe yahan se discharge kraao.. Aj hi." Riya got shocked and said getting tensed "par sir Abhi ap..." Arjun cut her in mid saying "No Riya I m fine aur humein tumhare parents se Kal hi baat krni hogi without any delay isliye mujhe yahan se Bahar nikalna hi hoga. Already humein teen din ho chuke hain tumhare parents se mile hue and we don't know wo log Kon hai? kya chahte hain? aur kab se tumhre Ghar par hai? We can't take risk anymore already kaafi late ho chuka hai." Saying so he tried get up from bed but stopped by Riya's hand on his arm which was stopping him from getting up. Riya said firmly " theek hai Sir but Abhi nhi. Pehle doctor apko krenge and if he allowed you to go then we take you out." Arjun tried saying sternly "Riya..." But cutted by Riya this time her voice was more stern n firm than Arjun and she said "Nhi sir. Hum apko yahan se le jaayenge first doctor apko check krenge tab but till then you to lay here only. Ap already weak hain or.. I mean humein Kal plan follow krna haina? We have whole evening and night it's noon right now. After meeting doctor you can check out from here in evening also. So please SIR." Arjun sigh defeatedly and lay down while others eyes were pop out and jaws were touching ground seeing something talking to Arjun like this that to a woman and Arjun defeatedly follow her instructions but Shree chotu and Rathod came out of their trance soon as they know what was there in between them so trio smiled While Ayesha Sakshi and Liza were so shocked. Soon as per Riya's order doctor came in and check Arjun while Arjun warn and pleading doctor to let him go right now through eyes only as Riya was standing there beside doctor so he didn't threaten him.
After check up doctor told Riya that he is much better not perfectly fine at all as he is weak and his wound didn't heel right out so he has to take rest even after getting discharge from here if you guys can take care of him and made him take rest than you can discharge him. This disturb both Riya n Arjun as they know neither Arjun will rely on Riya as already they are facing lots of awkwardness and aren't in terms of friends too nor Arjun have any who could take care of him out of here. But to their rescue Rathod said firmly to doctor bringing Arjun n Riya out of their thoughts "Don't worry doctor. We will take care of him and I will tie him to the bed to make him rest without letting him get out of bed." This make both of them sigh as they Rathod isn't going to left his best friend for any seconds now and will take care of him.
So that evening Arjun got discharged and went to Rathod's house with everyone. Rathod already prepared a bedroom for Arjun and led him in. Everyone sit in the same bedroom after Arjun got settled on bed. They discussed the plan that they will called Mr and Mrs Mukherjee to a small dinner party at restaurant stating themselves as relatives which Riya told that Mr Sharma's family is one relatives of her family which isn't close to and they were already settled in USA. So they can tell Mr and Mrs Mukherjee that Mr Sharma's family came to India for few works n want to meet at dinner for some business related help so goons weren't reject them to go as they (team) stated Mukherjee's that they will give them a big amount for this and all then they can get to know what's the matter from Mr and Mrs Mukherjee in between their talk. After discussing and making arrangements everyone ready leave so chotu take Sakshi n Liza with them where as shree left for arranging something for their plan while Ayesha n Rathod went out of room to talk each other alone leaving Riya alone standing in the room beside bed with Arjun sitting on bed, she said breaking the silence after few minutes "umm.. Sir apki medicines ka time hogya. Here it is.please have it." Saying this she pass him his pills. Arjun nod taking medicines and gulp it down his throat with a glass of water in one go while Riya made faces as if she has chewed most bitter medicine. Arjun saw her face after putting the glass down of bedside stand and couldn't help but smirk seeing her making disgusting face on medicines and asked playfully "what happened Riya? Tum tou aisi shakal bnaa rhi ho like Mai koi dawa nhi cockroach khaa rha Hun?" Riya eyes became wide as she imagine him eating cockroach instead of medicines and she shrieked loudly yelling "eewww" And that's it for Arjun as he know she imagine him doing that and start laughing holding his stomach. While seeing him laughing made Riya froze as she mesmerized by his laughing face which she saw for the first time and feel happy as she was the reason of his laugh. (Yup she saw him laughing or smiling first time here and second time in the pic with roshini.) After few seconds of laugh realisation dawn upon him and he stop laughing seeing everywhere but her as he know what she must be thinking so to not face any further awkward situation he declared announcing to noone particular in room that he is going to sleep by saying "I think dawa ka asar horha hai. I m feeling sleepy." And try to lay down himself but Riya help him in lying down on bed and covered him as she know he didn't want to talk on this subject which she herself don't want to talk as it maybe bring sadness to him. She turned to left when he said slowly "Good night Riya." Riya smiled at this and replied "Good night Sir." and she saw him drifted into sleep as due to the effect of medicine.
She switched off the light and went out of the room where Shree came back after doing his arrangements and waiting for Ayesha to come. She went to him and ask "Kya hua?" He replied with a wink "Ayesha free hi nhi ho paarhi hai. Rathod sir ptaa nhi Kya kr rhe hai." Riya's eyes wide became wide understanding his meaning and she was about to say something when she heard "kyu Kya hua shree? Liza ke Ghar Jana hain kya?" Rathod said coming towards them with Ayesha. Shree was speechless at that thinking how Rathod knew that as shree himself and Liza didn't tell this to anybody. But then try to composed himself thinking maybe Rathod is just saying randomly so he replied to Rathod "No Sir. Why should I would ever want to go to that lizard Sir.? I'm already tolerating her in office hours why would I want to meet her again?" Riya didn't tolerate this and said sternly "Shree please. Aisi koi baat jokingly bhi mat bolo Liza ki absence mei jo use hurt kare aur baad mei tumhe regret karna padhe. Samjhe tum?"
Listening her stern voice atmosphere tensed so Rathod think to lighten the atmosphere and said playfully "lo Shree tumhare liye Ayesha ko jaldi chodh rha Hun. Happy? Chalo tumlog niklo hume kal bohut kam krna hai aur mujhe Sona bhi hai. So good night and good bye to all of you." Saying so he eyed Ayesha to help him. Ayesha understand and drag shree and Riya out of Rathod's house saying "guys I think Hume Rathod sir ki baat maan leni chahiye. Dekho wo Kal raat bhi hospital mei the aur soye bhi nhi honge aur phir..." Her sentence got cut in mid by loud hooting "OOOHH!!!!" Which followed by teasing round And Rathod and Ayesha got success in lighten the atmosphere.
Next day, they got success in meeting Mukherjees in Imperial restaurant and everyone goes there in disguise to meet Mukherjees and seeing Riya even after in her disguise Mrs Mukherjee's eyes welled up as she called choking "Riyuu.." Riya came and hug her mother tightly and controlling the urge of crying whispered in her ears "Maa please ap Hume btaayein Kya ho rha hai ye sab. Don't think of lying we know everything Maa. please. We are here to help you. Tell us." And parted from hug. Mr Mukherjee didn't seem to understand so Shree went near him saying loudly in American accent "Oh Uncle Mukherjee!" And then whispering in Mr Mukherjee's ears fastly about who are they and they are here to help them.
After understanding everything all settled on the reserved table in private room and Shree hacked every cameras and cellphones so noone know what's going in this private dinner. Then Mr Mukherjee told that some unknown goons which first they (Mukherjees) thought was small roadside gundays entered house and threat to don't try to run or even call anyone without their knowledge. But later Mrs Mukherjee heard them talking to their boss about something which conclude that they aren't any normal goons they are some type of terrorist or they are helping terrorist as they are planning to destroy something big which cause our country badly and Mr Mukherjee also add that they got to know about Sikander's encounter as it caused them (goons) a big loss. Mr Mukherjee said finishing "and they did know that we had a daughter who martyred in saving many people so noone even think to doubt them being in Mukherjee House. Isliye jab shree be Hume call kiya tha they asked Kon hai Shree? Humne btaaya humari beti ka dost hai tou unhe Hume baat krne ko kaha so that Shree ko shak na hojaye aur phir Shree ne btaya ke Riya is alive and they are in hospital and we can come and meet her. Us time humari saans ruk Gyi thi kyunki wo log hamari har baat sun rhe the lekin wo log bhool gye the ki Riya humari beti ka Naam hai aur Shree ka baat krne ke tareeke se unhe laga Riya uski kuch lagti hogi aur unhone woh log humein milaane le gye lekin hume darr tha that humari beti me baare mei ptaa chal gaya unhe tou Riya ko khatra ho sakta hai aur agar ko ptaa Chala tou woh humare liye pareshan hogi isliye humne Riya ko ap Sab ke samne hurt kiya taaki wo humse dur chali jaye kyunki hume yakin tha ki ap log uski family ho aur hamesha uska saath denge. Hume maaf krde Riyu..Mera baccha." Mr Mukherjee said last line joining his hand for apology which Riya responded hugging him saying "please papa aisa kabhi mat krna. Even I apologise to you too for thinking that you both did this to me even after knowing ap log kabhi kr hi nhi sakte. sorry papa sorry mumma."
After few seconds "Mr Mukherjee ap logon kabhi koi particular date ya time ke bare mei unlogon ko baat krte hue suna? Or about any place.?" Everyone heard Arjun's voice from Shree's phone as Arjun chotu n Sakshi was at Rathod's house because Arjun isn't that well so he was listening every conversation from Shree's phone and spoke first time till now. Mr Mukherjee said after thinking few moments "Nahi koi particular date time ya place tou nhi suna but haan ek baar Maine suna do goon aapas mei baat kr rhe the. Ek ne kaha Ghar jana maa ki tabiyat khraab hai tou doosra Keh rha tha pareshan mat ho agle mahine ki hi tou baat hai bas. or yeh baat Maine 5 din pehle Suni thi." Arjun said getting alert "Matlab unlogon ka Jo bhi plan hai wo agle mahine ka ya iss mahine ki last date ka hai. Means hamare paas time Kam hai. Sam hume kaise bhi krke Ghar mei ghusna hoga but bina unke shak hue like Mr Mukherjee ki beti ka Riya ka unse milna ya.." his sentence cut in mid as Mrs Mukherjee yell with tears flowing "Nahi!! Nahi wo log bohut khatarnak hai. Maaf krna Arjun beta lekin Mai apni ko phir se nhi khona chahti hun. Riya humse dur rhe humein bardasht hai lekin use phir Kuch hogya tou nhi nhi." Riya said "Mumma mujhe Kuch nhi hoga. Aur waise bhi hum aisehi tou nhi baith sakte hainna jab hume ptaa hai ki hamare country ke khilaf Kuch saazish horhi hai or maa Mai waise..." But her sentence cut by Mr Mukherjee this time "nhi beta hum nhi bardasht kr sakte hain." He turn towards Rathod knowing very well talking to Riya n making her understand is useless. He said to Rathod "ACP Rathod ap humari baat samajh rhe hai na. Hum Riya ko phir se Kuch nhi hone de sakte hain. Ap tou please hamari baat Samajhne ki koshish kriye. Hum apke haath chodhte hain. Plea..." His sentence cut in mid by a voice "Iski koi zaroorat nhi hai Mr Mukherjee hum apki baat samajhte hai." Came Arjun voice from phone. Mr and Mrs Mukherjee sigh in relief.while Riya Sam Shree and Ayesha got confused that what happened to Arjun. After few seconds paused Arjun spoke again "Mr Mukherjee is right Riya wahan nhi jayegi that's final. Sam I want to talk to you." Shree said "one sec" and put off the speaker of his mobile and give it to Rathod. Taking mobile in his hand Rathod walk little away from and speak on phone "What is this Arjun ? Agar Riya wahan nhi jayegi tou kaise hoga? Tum..." But stop in mid hearing Arjun's words Sam gasped and froze in his place.
After one long minute of shock Sam gather himself and asked in disbelief "W..wh..what?" Arjun said again "Sam I want to marry Riya ."
"Arjun Sir"
FLASHBACK end..
Arjun comes out of his thoughts by the touch of a hand on his arm and by a loud voice "Arjun sir".
He turn and saw Riya standing there all clean n freshed and ready for office.
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