Hello ladies!! Here is part 6 for you!! Hope you enjoy this and feel "unusually happy" with the progress! :D
Happy Reading!!
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He was standing in his balcony clenching the railing hard, Purab could tell he was clenching because he could see the taut white knuckles poping out, his brows were scrunched and his expression rebellious. But wasn't saying anything. Purab neared him and reassuringly touched his shoulder.
"Bhai, calm down, we are not letting Pragya di get married to some random guy. You both love each other, no one is going to be able to pull you apart." Purab tells him, but he is beyond understanding. He tells Purab that it wasn't even about Pragya marrying someone else, it was about her going through the painful phase of sitting through the proposal and being the object of a random guys gaze for a while, it infuriated him.
"That's it, we will have to abduct her tomorrow morning" he said turning towards Purab with determination. Purab took a step back. Abduct? Had Abhi lost it he wondered in shock. Abhi seemed to read his mind.
"Listen Purab we don't have a choice, you have no idea how serious this is, Sarla aunty's emotional blackmail has made Fuggy go uptil great length, that's how she ended up marrying me remember? What makes you think she won't again? She might regret but there is no telling and honestly I wont let Sarla aunty push her to her limit this time"
Purab looked at Abhi, his madness was honestly a bit intimidating. But he understood Abhi's worries too, but the issue was, there was nothing really that he could do about it. Obviously getting Pragya di abducted wasn't a solution and it would only complicate their lives further.
"Listen Abhi, how about this - we let Pragya di sit through the proposal and at the end instead of saying no - in which case Sarla aunty will blackmail - let her tell the family she needs two days time to get back with a decision - lets ask her to keep them hanging, that way we buy two days and in between we ll think of something"
Abhi looked outraged at the idea of letting his Fuggy sit through it, but after coaxing for a while, even he realized this was the best way to deal with things.
"Okay she will sit through it, if there is no other choice, but then in these two days, we will elope and quietly get our marriage registered. Then however long this convincing may take, no amount of emotional blackmailing can take Fuggy away from me" finished Abhi.
Once again Purab looked at Abhi in shock and outrage - the Nations Greatest Rockstar will have a Runaway Marriage with his EX_WIFE!?!? Did this even make sense? How was it going to help, would Pragya di agree? These thoughts flooded his head when Abhi dropped the last bomb.
"Oh Purab, no-one will know about it okay. We will quietly get married and come back and continue our respective lives. Then after a few days Pragya can refuse the guy and if Sarla Aunty buys it good, else if she forces her, she can say she is married to me already, that we'll take care as and when it happens. For now I just need Pragya booked with me for life."
Purab wasn't sure if this was the right thing to do, but even he realized it was probably the only thing to do given the circumstances.
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Bulbul was sipping coffee with Purab in a nearby caf, they were both shocked. When Purab told Bulbul about Abhi's plan she had flipped saying her di wouldn't ever agree, but after a lot of coaxing when she agreed and they informed Pragya of the plan, even thpugh she seemed surprised at the idea, but in a mere few minutes of thinking it in her head she agreed. Bulbul had never imagined she could convince her di of this - did being with Abhi mean this much to her? She didn't even think twice before agreeing to hurt her mom and granny so much - she knew her di, if Abhi was anything less than her lifeline, she wouldn't have done it. She smiled tearily and told Purab that di had agreed. Though Purab was shocked too, but he was with Abhi last night and he was already a witness to the strength of their bond - he wasn't AS surprised.
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It was 3.30PM in the afternoon, Pragya was nervously getting ready to meet Harmeet's family as they were due soon. She wished she could talk to Abhi once. She knew she had to act normal and not nervous, one wrong move and daadi's suspicion would grow, then eloping tomorrow wouldn't be possible. She sighed when Bulbul entered her room with a teasing smile. Pragya didn't need to think twice.
"What is it? What does Abhi want you to tell me?" she asked excitedly with eyes shining. Bulbul's smirked changed to adore.
"I quote: All the best my runaway bride. Remember, this show MUST go on. And, I love you."
Pragya blushed, and then soon her goofy smile was back. God it was so hard to control your happiness when you know you are going to get married to the love of your life in oneday's time!! But as he said, this show must go on!
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