AKDHA FF -My stolen dreams part 16 updated pg 196, June 30 - Page 38

Story's really good. Loved reading it. Thank you.

Woww buddy it was jst amazing as ever...enjoyed ever bit of the update...
Really happy to know that Jodha has started bonding with the baby...
Jst hate rukaiya and her father..
I loved that part the most where jodha was feeling restless when jalal didn't call her or spoke to her through any medium...
Woohooo dadi is here :-)
plzz continue soon n nxt time pm me too please

Hi loving the story. I just had a suggestion. We would love to see jealous Jalal . Jodha could talk to someone and tell Jalal that she loves him. She could tell Jalal that she wants to marry him after birth of the kid and so after birth she will leave as she is not married to him nor he has any rights on her. This could give Jalal a lesson n he too could realise his feelings. Just a suggestion cause poor Jo is suffering for no fault of hers lol. Want to see Jalal cry a bit too

Originally posted by: karishma.s

Hi loving the story. I just had a suggestion. We would love to see jealous Jalal . Jodha could talk to someone and tell Jalal that she loves him. She could tell Jalal that she wants to marry him after birth of the kid and so after birth she will leave as she is not married to him nor he has any rights on her. This could give Jalal a lesson n he too could realise his feelings. Just a suggestion cause poor Jo is suffering for no fault of hers lol. Want to see Jalal cry a bit too

Originally posted by: ..Prii1994..

This one was actually a big wala Dhamaka Package... 🤣

So many twists n turns in each paragraph...

I was kinda muddled up... Couldn't lose my smile even for a second... 😊

It was truly a master Piece... 👏

Loved it... ❤️

Originally posted by: IgnatiaAkdha11

Hmmm, nice update but I'm so sad bro, why I didn't get pm? Hiks :( hiks :(

And I'm really got mad with d contract,

Jodha don't want physical relationship with jalal, what d means?

So no romance between jo and ja on dis story?

Hahahaha...

Pls update soon and really really hope you will send me pm too..

Originally posted by: ..PT..

Very interesting story.

Ja playing his cards right, hoping that Jo will stay after baby is born.

Jo was ready n so sure of aborting but doesn't go ahead in the end. Already attached to the baby.

Will she keep the baby as she is getting v attached to it, singing n talking n loving it already or will she give it to Ruks n ja to be a selfless mom, thinking of baby's welfare, security n happiness

Originally posted by: deepa_chauhan

Awesum update!
Sorry cant able to do long comment as my exams going on.!
Update nxt part soon...

Originally posted by: Geetbaala

Beautiful update Prema...

Now Jo started missing him...his absence making her hurt.

Soon she realises her feelings for him... And what the... He was partying with his wife...I didn't like him...he was only concerned for his baby...came one day before ultra sonography.

When he realize his true feelings for her...?

Continue soon dear.

Sorry for not sending PM's I don't get much internet time but will when I can ... I hope you'll find this update and reading it will entertain your thoughts ... Thank you for the likes and comments ... and personal PMs requesting updates ...Prema

I am posting without editing, will edit all my stories later when done ...thanks for putting up with errors, typo's etc...when I done writing down all the plots running in my head, I'll begin to edit the stories ...😉

I am giving longer updates as I don't update regularly ...sorry ...😃

Part 6

Jo stayed in her own world as stood quietly watching the interaction between Jalal, and dadimma ...she did not get another private moment to talk to Jalal, Jo wondered why her sister did not come, bags were unloaded, and it wasn't until after dinner that Jalal left, when Jo turned around and saw her dadimma sitting on the couch admiring and smiling at her Jo realizes she had zoned her grandmother out ...thinking of Jalal ... with a soft smile dadimma patted the space next to her on the couch, "come beta, Jodha, it's been so long since I freely talked to my ladli" The second Jo sat next to her her warm arms wrapped around her as Jo suddenly got really emotional and begins crying ... all anger, sadness and fear she had been storing up over the past months poured out of her like a rain storm, her body shuddered as she sobbed, dadimma without saying a word listened rubbing her back holding her tight against her as she cried. As the last of tears and tremors ceased, Jo pulls away wiping her face, eyes and nose, dadimma forces Jo to look at her, holding her gaze smooths hair away from Jo's face, "beti, use the experiences you've had and learn from them, you are going to become a mother soon, don't let hatred be the foundation to recover from the past experiences, what happened between you and Jalal has hurt you a lot, he realizes his mistake too that's why I am here now he wants you to just enjoy your pregnancy without any worries, he wants you to be happy, I came here against your father's wishes because Jalal begged me to come, recharge and find peace in your life, you have to make an effort to achieve peace, it will not fall on your lap no matter how many times you pray and do Pooja, that's all I ask, be sad and grieve if you need to get the ill feelings out of your mind but don't forget to live, you have to find your own path and I know that it is out there within your reach waiting for you" kissing her forehead gives her one last hug "I'm tired beti, I want to take rest" she gets up to leave "your man Jalal is a good person beti, he personally came and spoke to your bhapusa and maasa told them they judged you wrong and requested they send me to be with you ...to give you company as you study...he did not tell them about your pregnancy, your bapusa did not agree and .although he did not agree, I came against his wishes, they would not let your sister come with me"

Jo crawled into bed and when pulling the covers around her, her eyes scanned the familiarity of the room, this was the first time since the night spent with Jalal, the beginning to all her problems ... she entered this bedroom, his bedroom, she stayed in the guest bedroom till her dadi's arrival and was forced to give it to her grandmother by Jalal "my room is a suite with a private sitting area, office and kitchen, an apartment by itself, I can stay with you for the night if needed, maybe not now, but later in pregnancy I will want to stay with you" Jalal had insisted ... her phone binged, thinking abt u and ours J J Jo smiles, she was thinking about him as well, it was from the unknown number, tmrw I asked baba to take dadi grocery shopping and she wants to get some stuff for a arisht guna Pooja for us, we can have our pvt moment to talk GN, don't think too much - J Dadimma's words echoed in her head she was the only person who didn't tell her time will heal, or you are young and life will bounce back, instead she let her cry and encouraged her to think for herself ... right now her brain was mushy with a lot going on, online classes, internet stalking Jalal and Rukiaya, Dadimma's arrival OK GN J Jo texts back and moments later ... Anger, guilt, sadness the unfairness of her life consumed her thoughts once more as tears flowed out she could not help it ...buries her face into the pillow, forcing her to inhale the lingering smell ...this was Jalal's bed and his bed and pillows had adopted his unique scent, a feeling of warmth engulfs her chest feeling a part of him was close to her ... her phone bings again in my office reading pregnancy books ... excited abt tmrw ? Jo thinks for a minutes me not that much ...just tired J few moments later do you want to sleep? Jo smiles and texts back Not really ... Jalal texts back Can we meet I'm tempted to see your dazzling smiile ? she pouts and smiles before texting back Is your wife with you ... Jalal was beginning to enjoy his textersation with Jo No, but that should not bother you.. she is away in Italy for a fashion show th he imagines Jo's face, smirks and chuckles at the irony of the situation, you'll be cheating on your wife J Jalal pauses and thinks, wonders how her smile made him feel better, he texts back not really my baby gives me the right to cheat (smiley faces) with my baby's ammi (smiley faces) Jo stared down at the text trying to decide to answer or not, tears begin floating in her eyes again... I don't know Jalal how do you think this makes me feel? that I am supposed to pretend I am alright hanging around a married man? Jalal's throat tightens with anger, and frustration, she gets emotional quickly, his OB dr friend had told him already about the emotional roller coaster pregnant women go through, hormones etc.., ... C'mon Jodha, don't blindside me... you want answers... well, I don't have them, I don't know what the f**k I am doing, I really don't Jo thinks for sometime and finally text's back, and it is my problem? Jalal waits and texts back I am not good with explanations and logical thinking, go to bed, GN c u tmrw Jo breaths a heavy sigh when her phone goes off she picks up to hear Jalal voice "Jodha, maybe our relation is a mistake I have to go through, maybe it is not a mistake, I don't know, and I don't want to wonder 10 years from now how different my would have been if I did not try" without giving her a chance to reply he hangs up... Jo lays in bed wondering ...she didn't know what their relationship was right now, let alone the future, but she decides not to over analyze and worry about every little action and so it begins ..."no one can change fate ..." her dadimma's words circle her brain as she falls asleep ...

Her grandmother's high pitched bajans rang through her bedroom waking her up causing her to wince, forcing her out of her sleep, she had a busy day ahead, rushes to the bathroom as waves of nausea and dizziness hits hard ...something she had learned to deal with every morning, she joins her dadi by the end of her morning rituals, her life would be changing again, she smiles talking to her grandmother during breakfast ... Soon she was alone waiting for Jalal, looks at her phone, no texts or calls ...keys turning in the lock of the front door snaps her out of her frustrated thoughts when he walks in ... Jo looks at him surprised, gives him a how did you get in kind of look, "I have my own set of keys" he smirks. They look at each other awkwardly ...finally "I see you already had breakfast" he comments heading into the kitchen Jo follows him "did you want eat breakfast?" she asks, he nods, he liked the idea of her serving him breakfast ... "Dadi made puri and" "yeah that's fine" he says eyeing her as she moved around in the kitchen, making her way to the counter sets him up for breakfast ...Jalal steps close behind her, she freezes as his chest lightly touches her back, she turns angrily confused by his sudden action, he was too close to her, his eyelids droop suddenly as he stares at her lips, her heart begins beating hard, her lips begin to tingle as she hold her breath closing her eyes waiting for his lips to touch hers, she was about to protest when she hears him "good morning my precious little one" she opens her eyes to see him slightly crouched in front of her, talking to her flat stomach, looks up "can I touch?" he asks, she nods, giving him a nervous smile, feels his hand on her stomach ...something about his touch was too personal sending a warm rush of thrill along her spine. She hated her body's reaction to his touch, she hated that he could stir up emotions just by standing next to her ... "I remember our contract Jodha, don't worry, I will not pursue a physical relation with you ...unless ofcourse you want me to... and ask me to..." Jo rolls her eyes and despite herself grins ...after breakfast she attempts to ask him why he ignored her but he starts of goin over some of the financials begins to explain money transactions ... 2 million had already been transferred into her account, although Jo protested Jalal insisted "we have a contract and I can't violate it" Still, her mind was elsewhere as he continued, Jo had absolutely no interest in this conversation, she wanted to ask him why he had avoided calling her ... Half-heartedly she mumbles an agreement to whatever he was telling her, he was stubborn as hell she realized "Jalal is this really necessary?" she groans worring about how hard it be to make him take it back ... "Yeah ofcourse" he replies quickly in frustration, then moving around her gets up to get the door when the bell went off, Jalal spent more time talking and flirting with his doctor friend...Dr Shalu "you have lost about 10 pounds Jodha" the doctor said after checking her and went on the explain the importance of eating a well balanced diet "the baby is developing now and if you are not strong you might loose the baby, you are not purposely trying to hurt the baby are you?" Jo gives her an angry smirk shaking her head, leaving an angry Jalal glaring at her, then looks at Jalal, begins flirting again, "the baby is stubborn like you Jalal, lying in an odd position, not allowing me to check if it is a boy or girl, but maybe for next sonogram your baby will cooperate more" His laughter filled the room as they continued teasing each other, Jo just watched the interaction quietly she was beginning to realize just how impossible and arrogantly charming he was ...he was purposely avoiding Jo, by the time Jo changed and came out they were ready to leave, Jalal looks at Jo "Hey I got to go, something important came up, will catch up with you later ..." Jo resists the urge to yell and scream as they leave together ...later he called and talked to dadimma and came for the pooja at the specified time and left almost immediately "Rukiaya is coming home, I'm leaving for Toronto tonight" looking at Jo he explains before leaving ...

Life went on ...one day Jo was online chatting with her sister Sukanya, who introduces her to "a friend of mine didi he is very smart and is a financial planner, he used to work at the NY stock exchange now has his own business" Jo gets interested and slowly gets comfortable talking to him his screenname "mindset"...gradually he pulls her into talking about her financial status and recommends she make some stock purchases, Jo buys into his ideas, once she gets the dividends she could return Jalal's money by the end of her contract, she invests one million dollars and was a nervous wreck thinking Jalal would find out and question her ... when Jalal called to speak with her later that night, "I'm not well Jalal, I am tired and need to rest" she tells him before cutting him off, he calls later and talks with her dadi ...Jo checks her social media and reaches out to Moti, she had missed her best friend and was happy to reconnect with her, she reconnects with a few other friends of hers as well, avoids talking to them about her current location...moti came and visited her at home, when Jalal came to know that Moti visited Jo, he was livid with anger "I told you Jodha and I will not tell you again, we have a contract, you cannot meet up with your old friends, you have to talk to me and get my approval first" he insisted ..."anyway, I'll let it go this time, she can come and go as long as she does not leak our relationship and under all situations do not discuss the conditions of our contract with anyone, even with dadimma" A week later she was online chatting with her new friend, checking the stock market when she realizes her the funds she invested had almost doubled there was an 88% growth in returns, she gets confident and invents more. Jo gets hooked on it ... like a gambler she reinvests under mindset's instructions, listens carefully when her gives her pointer on on what to look for before investing ...Jo gets interested in the business world and addicted to the stock market, realizes Law was not her forte but business, recognizes her passion and flare for it in such a short time ...realizing her potential future, acts on it. She begins looking online for investment opportunities when she comes across a chain of bed and breakfast castles in Europe going out of business, does an indepth analysis sees the goldmine of financial potential, and opportunities for development and growth and decides to invest in it, before investing calls Jalal, emails him without giving the details, he never returned any calls ... Later at night he texted he was busy and will call later ...Jo calls up the owners of the business, an elderly couple who's vision and values Jodha shared and promises to uphold. Promising them to leave the chain under it's current "Le chateau" name but with minor change ... "Le royale chateau" with a change of ownership Jodha would own 75% while the couple retain 25% ... and talks to them personally after days of back and forth discussions, they agree to settle, they ask to meet with Jo, to make final plans to transition ... Jo calls Jalal again, he does not pick up, she texts him emails him but he still does not answer ... Finally he calls her late at night sounding a little drunk and does his routine talk "how are you, how's the baby. let me talk to my baby" Jo tries to talk to him about the business but does not get the time or have the guts to talk to him about the investments she had planned ... She feels guilty to be using the money he gave her... Also he'll come to know that she had been talking to a guy online ...sending each other emails, instant messaging, keeping conversations with him and her sister separate from her real life ...it felt like she was talking to someone who could understand and talk back and be completely unbiased ... It was an odd thing to explain, but talking to him made her day better, it was something she enjoyed and looked forward to every day. She moves forward with the deal ...talks to her bank and comes up with an financial agreement for purchase ...

Days flew by quickly, soon it was time for her next OB dr's visit ... Jalal visited her about once every week, when he came he usually spent about an hour talking with her and dadi before leaving, then occasional texts and calls, nothing very personal...Jo began avoiding Jalal's calls and texts ... giving him the cold treatment a taste of his own treatment ticking him off in the process, today he missed her appointment, he came later that day and met her the penthouse later giving his usual excuses, "I was busy, I got tied down with something that popped up" Jo ignores him " ...well I was wondering if you wanted to catch a movie or maybe go out to dinner" her dadimma encourages her to go with Jalal, recently, dadimma and Jalal had become great friends, she was clean bowled over by his charms and she was always on his side... knowing Jo was upset, Jalal continues to pacify her... Jo too wanted a private moment away from her dadi's watchful eagle eyes, good behavior was his code of conduct in front of dadimma ...she missed his flirty touches ... she wanted to share with him the sex of the baby, wanted to discuss and get his opinion about the bed and breakfast deal she was working on ..."are you sure you want to take me out, it is late, it's almost 10pm, but if you insist" he heard something in her voice at that moment, almost like a sort of cautious hope, he studies her face, she was trying her best to look like the epitome of nonchalance, like she did not care, but the way she kept wringing her hands together told him something different, she refused to meet his eyes instead attempted to focus on her hands. He cajoled a little bit more and she buckled to his wish and soon they were on their way out, once in the elevator "I am surprised by your impromptu desire to take me out today Jalal, you ignore me most of the time, what's special today?" she nudges him, pushing her shoulder gently against his side, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, Jalal watches her closely as he pushed the button on the elevator, "you look sexy without makeup and I am having a hard time trying to resist you and I have an obligation to keep my baby's momma happy" he winks and tells her he was taking her to a club, Abdul had invited him for drinks with a few of his friends ... they were finalizing plans that needed Jalal's presence and decided to take her along ...the elevator door opens with a soft bing, Jalal places his hand to her lower back as he guides her towards his car...Jalal's phone goes off, she sees him talking briefly, looks up at her hanging up says "we'll have to be careful, too many paps out there, Jodha, you'll have to hang around in the background, I don't want you talking to Abdul and I will not be introducing you to my friends" The driver pulls up in front of them, once sitting in the back, she smirks, the tabloids always drew her in, in the past 4 months she was impressed with the number of outlandish gossip and stories she read about Jalal and the scandals, they had even dug up hospital records and published part of it ... the first time she read about him hanging out with Victoria secret models at an after party Jo cried, he had cancelled out from a dinner date he'd promised to take her to ...she didn't know why but felt a heaviness in her heart seeing him with other women ...

On the drive to the club, Jo silently reflected on her relation with Jalal, today he finally came home that too late to pacify a ticked off Jo ...he had missed the doctor's appointment "hey, I'm in town but something important came up" he called her last minute from another private number, suddenly she brakes down, and between sobs tells him why, he tries to explain but she would not have any of it "do you know how hard this is for me Jodha, trying to hide our relationship from everyone, you are the one that does not want to openly acknowledge our relationship" he accused, tearfully she shot back "yeah, that's because after the baby I want to live my life, I don't want to be associated with you ... agreed but on the other hand ... you don't see me everywhere you turn on tabloids with other men do you ...like I see you, I see you on the tabloids always next to some sleezy sex bomb" her voice rising angrily "Jodha, you cannot believe everything you read on tabloids, I really don't care, I can handle being accused, I am desensitizied to all the gossip and tabloids I don't care what they write about me, but I don't want you to go through the roller coaster they'll drag your character through...exploiting your character, and also more importantly that will affect not only you but our baby's as well, I've already told Rukiaya and her father that we don't exist anymore so they will leave you alone, I don't want him to find out about us, he'll destroy you" Jo was looking away as he spoke, if she had only looked at him she would have seen the turmoil he was going though ... "Jalal, I am beginning to hate being pregnant, no matter what,... I am not allowed to do anything on my own, I am forced to live a shut in life, I can't live a normal life, and my dadimma is driving me crazy constantly telling me I am not being reasonable,...I hate my life Jalal" Jalal quietly listens, letting her vent out her feelings ...without arguing... Dr Shalu had already told him about emotional and hormonal havoc pregnant women experience, and he had read about it in the pregnancy books as well ...seeing her all miserable tugged his heart but he had no idea how to make it better ... they arrived at the private club, escorts her to a secluded corner.

Jo looks around see a few couples were on the dance floor, Jalal walks over to the bar to get himself a drink, stops and talks to Abdul, Jo does not recognize the others, ... He came back and sits next to her handing her fresh orange juice "Jodha, this will be the only private time we get to spend with each other until next week, l want to take advantage of it and get to know my baby, I know you are ticked off with me, ticked off being pregnant and ... I'm sorry I missed your appointment today" Pulls her towards his chest, she pushes him away ... He recalls what her dadi told him last week "Jalal, she thinks about you all day and night, waits for your call, I don't know why when you come she becomes distant" They sit in silence while sipped his wine, eventually he felt Jo relax into him, "we are going to have a baby girl" she whispered ... Jalal hugged her immediately, kissing her forehead "I prayed and asked the Almighty to bless my life with a baby girl and He did" then trails his lips slowly along her face to her ears and kissing her ear whispers "Soon we'll be a family, are you ready for that, is that what you want?" Jo tenses up, the reality of her pregnancy was slowly settling in ... her waist had just started expanding, she could not fit into her jeans tonight ..and for the first time Jalal seemed interested in what she wanted ...taking this opportunity Jo tries to talk to him about her business ideas, he listened carefully and blew her off saying "no business is good business if it does not bring you immediate profit, where will get financing to remodel the castles ... "wouldn't it be worth it" she asks tentatively and after a moment of thought answers "probably, but it will take a lot of time and effort probably another year or so and that's a long time in the business world, time is of essence here, time and labor" Jo's excitement faltered and does not push him further, Jalal places his hand over hers laying on her lap "you have been kind of distracted whenever I have come home sometimes even when I call, I have done a lot of thinking Jodha, I can't imagine what it must feel like not to have a say in your own future, I want to be supportive of whatever decisions you take regarding the baby ... even if it is stupid ..." he feels her sigh tilting her head away from him making a lock of hair fall on her face, automatically Jalal's hand reaches out and carefully he tucks it back behind her ear, his hand brushing against her cheeks lightly... Jo blushes and surprises Jalal by leaning into his palm, he meets her gaze "I want you to be happy" her expression softened, seeming content with her situation, that's all he wanted ..."shall we dance?" he asks getting up, she nods and pulls her on her feet taking her to the dance floor, stops by the DJ first and slowly wraps his hands around her waist pulling her back against his chest, she nestles her head against his neck, whispers in her ear "the most important relationship in my life right now is my life with my soon to come daughter and her mother ...thank you for being here for me ...for my baby girl ... I want to" the music starts and...as the music started he slowly begins guiding her to move, holding her hips ... to the slow beats of "mast magan" They were lost in each other's embrace his protective hands stayed loosely against her ... Many eyes watched them ... One pair of eyes recorded their moment of bliss ... his next words broke her heart for even thinking of leaving him "you give me something to look forward to, a reason to want to get up in the morning, a reason to want to live, to work, no competition to succeed ... Something... someone to live for, until you, I had not thought twice about life" his hands tighten on her belly "my two reasons ...you are just beginning to show Jodha, at this stage you should feel the baby move..." Jo shocked the hell out of Jalal suddenly by turning around and kissing him on his lips ...pulls away before he realized what was happening and looks into his eyes for the longest time, her eyes searched his for the what he did not know but he hoped she finds whatever she was looking for ... he hoped she could see how much he cared, how much he needed her and wants her...

They completely avoided the subject of what happened at the club the following day or any day after ... Jo knew Jalal was drinking that night ...neither of them bring it up again ...Jo was happy, it was a subject she did not want to deal with ... her feelings ... After calling and persistently bugging him, Jalal agrees to let her go out of the house but is was only after she agreed to his conditions, first, no staying our longer than an hour, second, my staff will accompany you always, you cannot leave without them under any conditions...third, you have to discuss and plan your outing with me first ... Jo agrees to heavy security presence, she notices atleast 3 guys hovering close by, every time she had to leave the building ... Jodha was only introduced to Akram ...he was Jalal's "most trusted personal bodyguard" was assigned to Jodha after he made it very clear he did not like her going out but was only allowing her to do so to keep her happy ... enjoying her new privileges ...Jo meets Moti at a cafe' a few blocks from her house, "Jodha you look angry and stressed out, you need to release some of that pent up anger" Moti tells her "I am beginning to hate being pregnant Moti, I have a fear that I am falling in love with my baby and might not want to give her up ... and my life will be ruined again" she sobs ... "I feel guilty ... Guilty for stringing him along ... encouraging him and forcing him to have a relationship with his wife when he was wanting a relationship with me and now ..." Moti just listened silently leaning across the tiny table holding her hand... comforting and encouraging Jo as she vented ... "you two should be talking and sorting out your issues before the baby is born ... and make sure the logical side of your brain is still working when you talk to him" she warns ... In the far corner of the cafe Rukiaya was sitting talking to her father casually having a conversation when her eyes fall on Jodha, recognizes her almost immediately ...Jodha had disappeared from the radar post abortion drama leaving a ticked off Jalal ... she looks around and notices Jalal's ex bodyguard sitting behind Jodha ...she was about to get and talk to him when Jodha gets up, begins walking towards the bathroom ...Akram immediately gets up too and walks toward the restrooms, hovers near the doors...what a coincidence she smirks ... Rukiaya quickly ducks down in her cubicle not wanting to be seen by him, she moves till she was partially hidden, and watches as Jodha returned and continued talking to the same woman ... Ruks recalls what Jalal had told her his bodyguard "he wanted a year off the job to start a family, so I had to let him go ... they have been trying to start and family and it's only fair Ruks" Ruks smirks recalling their conversation and slowly the puzzle was beginning to fall into place... remembers the necklace... his attachment to the feminine J necklace her wore around his neck, that ring ...no matter what she told or how she begged Jalal refused to take off the J ring from his pinky finger she even told him it looked gay, the tabloids made fun of his sense of jewelry fashion he still refused to take it off, figures it probably belonged to Jodha... "I hate her Rukiaya, she aborted my baby against my wishes, she left me no choice but to pay her expenses and settle by paying her off a large sum of money buying her silence, we are done, lets not talk about her anymore, let's talk about us" His words haunted her brain as she watched Jodha, Jalal was playing a dangerous game and she was ready to challenge him, after the Jodha pregnancy issue happened "you should consider having your own child, if anything could separate you both it would be his heir from another women" her father had insisted ...Ruks agreed with him, she had watched excitement and pain on Jalal's face when he had talked about the baby, infact today she was sitting in the cafe with her father after meeting with a fertility specialist in NY arranged by her dad...she snaps out of her thought when Jodha stands up, immediately Jalal's bodyguard stood up and walks towards the door, Jodha's tiny belly was showing inspite of the loose white sweater she wore, she had a glow on her face as she leaned forward and shook the hands of the woman she was talking to then rests her hand on her stomach ...allows the woman to touch her stomach as well then leaves... Jodha is still pregnant and Jalal knows it ...he has his bodyguard protecting her ... Her mind begins actions of its own ... Ruks watches as Jo exits through the door, the Akram follows her, a white car pulls up he holds the door for Jodha and gets into the front seat as it pulls away...

Jo leaves the Cafe and heads straight to the bank, was getting out of the car, feels dizzy and sits back taking a deep breath, as the wave of dizziness passes, looks up and seen Mirza walking out of the bank talking on his cell phone, he paused and looked towards her car, then walks away ...Jo goes into the office and comes back about 20 minutes later and tells Akram "bhai, please wait in the bank, I have to use the ladies room, I'll be back" she begins to walk away, stops, turns around and walks back to him "and promise me you'll not tell Jalal I came to the bank today ... he'll be mad if he comes to know I was out of the house, walking the streets of NY for more than an hour when I should be home taking rest" In reality, today she was here to sign the final settlement papers for her business venture ... In the beginning Jo was afraid to trust her online friend with financial and personal details, but true to his word he had worked with the bank and lawyers ...and was very open with her as he helped and guided her every step of the way in setting up a business account with the bank, then by registering her business venture under the name "JM Empire" a name coined in by her online friend. the bank and the settlement firm was located in the same building and it was easy to trick Akram. When Jo returned to the bank about an hour later, a fuming profusely sweating Akram was relieved to see her, he quickly pulls out his phone talks to Jalal and hands her the phone "where the hell did you go?" Jo tells him off "I don't have the freedom to do anything, I came to take money to give for charity at the temple" she begins to sob knowing her Jalal's weakness... "okay, okay, don't cry and get emotional, I'm sorry, I was worried for your health and the baby ..." He tells her he is Australia on business "almost done, can't wait to meet feel my little kick boxer ..." Jo was surprised, Jalal has talked to her doctor this morning ...because she is the only one who knew Jo had begun to feel the baby movements, last night she had felt weird fluttering sensation and she called her doctor immediately about it, after listening to her Shalu reassured her she was fine "it's the baby, she's getting bigger and her moving is what you feel" ... She did not share this news even with her dadi because she wanted to surprise Jalal when she met him next ...