You are right -- They DIDN'T say that. Sorry. I am assuming that cause Dev's mother did not quite behave like Maan's stepmom. More like Maan's Nanny, or something.
So here's a possibility (which tracks the story of Pride and Prejudice which our cousin says this story reminds her of for some reason). Vicky is Maan's younger brother. And their mother died giving birth to him. And their father hired Dev's mother to be their nanny. And she had this son (Dev). Maan maybe got along with Dev very well as a child. And maybe Dev was always a charming snake and charmed Maan's father. Who then adopted Dev.
And then Sameera came and seduced Maan's father, and dumped him after getting all his wealth, saying that she could not possibly spend all her youth on looking after two or three children. And Maan's father was so shattered that he killed himself. Maan would have worshipped his father and was shattered. But he was the man (and Maan! 😳) of his house, and was more like his strong Daadi than his father. And worked and worked to get really rich, defying all the odds. But he always carried the scars of how his father was destroyed by a younger woman (oh, and Geet is much younger to him too!).
And we think that NainTAR wanted to get married to Maan for his wealth also. But he would not even LOOKED at her. So she is a woman scorned. And swore to get Maan's money. And is using Dev to do it.
Phew!
This doesn't have anything to do with Geet and SABSE parayi. But you had asked why we thought Dev was adopted. That was it. 😆
-- A&N (writing from a cousin's account)
lol i love the story you made up! you should post it on the FB page from the CVs
i was kind of confused with the adopted thing lol
but wow that was amazing! lets see what the CVs have in mind hopefully sameera is not an ex :)
and the way naintara looks at maan obviously shows that she has something for that man
but thanks for clearing that up =D
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