Ashutosh and Armaan are sipping coffee.
'Ashu..I am proud of you..meri jaan...I have never expected this kind of a stand from you... excellent'
'Armaan.. maine aise kya kiya..mujhe us waqt jo mann mein aaya tha..I said it'
'Arre.. mere sher..yeh pyar ka natija hai...Nidhi's love has made you stronger shredding all the insecurities you had'
'Nahi.. Armaan.. I must thank someone else'
'who?'
'Mallika...yes Armaan...anjaan mein sahi..by pointing out so many times these kind of questions and creating all those tricky instances, Mallika put me under thorough grind and I am kind of well prepared for all those questions...'
Both Armaan & Ashutosh together...'Jai Ho Mallika'.
@Nidhi's Place:
Nidhi is talking to Anji..she told everything about DB-bashing to Mandira.
Anji is worried for her friend.
'Nidhi..what are you going to do now?'
'I do not know.. But definitely I will go and meet Dr.Ashutosh.. It is important that I must tell him ..how pleased I am for his stand'
'Yes.. Nidhi..I am happy to see how strong and positive you are..but just see that Dr.Mallika wouldnt spoil the mood in case, you are going to Kotnis'
'Anji..in fact I am going to Kotnis only for Mallika.. because, all my positive and strong nature is the result of doing exactly opposite things of what she must be doing or thinking.. it is time to know what her next step is..'
Both Anji & Nidhi together...'Jai Ho Mallika'.
@Kotnis:
Ashutosh talking to baba over phone. Baba felt sorry for yesterday's turn of events.
'Nothing to worry Col.Verma..it is ok'
'No.. everytime it is becoming a habit for us to insult you..first me at the hotel and now bua..'
'No..no..I deserved it for dismissing Nidhi without any reason..if you are Ok with it, I want to correct my self..I want to invite Nidhi back to Kotnis with all the honor'
'Oh..This is very good..Dr.Ashutosh..you are great..you are accepting your faults and trying to correct it..I am proud of you'.
'Definitely it is not me sir..It is Dr.Mallika's suggestion'.
Both Col.Verma & Ashutosh together...'Jai Ho Mallika'.
@Ashutosh's cabin:
Ashutosh and Nidhi are chatting..
'Dr.Ashutosh I am very happy yesterday to see you support Mandira'.
'and Dr. Ashutosh.. I have showed the pendant to Anji today..she too liked it so much and we both were very surprised to see your fine taste'.
'Yeah..I have accompanied Mallika several times when she bought the jewellery..so I picked up taste from her'.
Both Ashutosh & Nidhi together...'Jai Ho Mallika'.
But Mallika not aware of all these happenings..sitting on the couch..closed eyes..a rudraksh mala in hand...chanting..'barah saal..barah saal'...undeterred...