You know one would easily think that breaking up = out of that space completely. Alas , it is not. I have friends who have broken up, years have passed..and yet that lingering feelings (of love(?), bitterness, hope) are very much present. It's been..what..few months since Imlie mustered the courage to walk away. Except for the initial weeks where she could breathe and distract herself with work, when has she not been pulled back into that frame? Terrorist, rescue mission, losing the T house, Aparnas's one day heart attack, Malini 's pardafash..& now AKT trying to woo her & remind her of the special sindoor. Imlie is very much in limbo. She does not harbor any special feelings for AKT..that she has repeatedly stated. But thats the easy part. Like out of sight, out of mind. The next process is tougher.. of actually analyzing your relationship, how (& if) you could have salvaged it, is the relationship important enough to be given another chance...and what does she actually expect from a relationship. Removing Malini won't make things right.it just showed she was right all along. She doesn't believe in marriage, she said that to AKT. But when he proposed to her in the office, she didn't repeat those words. If she was so sure of her stand..she would have. Simple truth..she is disappointed with AKT, not disgusted with him (like many of us are 😂). I don't think.she even trusts herself to make the right decisions. To completely topple the scales, in comes ASR with his "giving you a choice, but I and the audience know it aint). It has rattled her completely. Relationships doesn't work that way. Give her something..anything to cling on.