*~Dilemma~* - PRadha FF - part 9 on pg5!

hi everyone. this is my first time writing a fanfic for a hindi serial so please pardon my mistakes if there are any.😆😆

i've also made radha a bit more bolder & sacarstic in this story so that we can feel more chemistry between them.😛 anyways, here goes nothing.

this is after radha & pranay are bound into a loveless marriage. my inspirations are from all the posts made by yuks, sravi & nibs.😃

Part 1

it was a damp morning in Mumbai. radha's mood was as dull as the rolling grey clouds in the angry red sky. she looked over to the driver's seat where pranay was seated. his profile looked blank till he caught her observing him. "checking me out?" he deadpanned, the trademark smirk of his on full display.

radha quickly turned away blushing despite herself. pranay smirked once more before staring the engine of his elegant black Cheverolet. they drove through the slippery roads that led to pranay's & his late wife ishita's sprawling mansion.

as she watched the raindrops slip down the glass window radha traced the trickling reflection of the raindrops on the glass. her eyes immediately fell onto the intricate patterns of wedding mehendi on her hands. this marriage to pranay was on utter compulsion itself. radha never wanted to marry him, not in a million years.

"I've married pranay only because I want my brother avi & my entire family to be happy." radha though to herself while biting back her tears. "why should radha thaai bother about us? we are all nothing to her. avinash you prepare to go to jail!" meghna had pointedly glared at radha.

the events leading to radha's marriage to pranay were a rather unfortunate set. avinash had joined a new company a couple of weeks ago, right after radha's release from prison. he had told his sister that he would work for the family till she found another job.

radha was ecstatic that her brother was finally acting responsible but her happiness was short-lived. within one week into his job avinash had misappropriated more than 20 lakh rupees from the company funds. when questioned about the shameful deed of his avinash had blamed his wife meghna.

he lamented to his radha thaai that the only reason he had to resort to such cheap underhand methods to get money was because meghna insisted on buying the exact same type of diamond necklace she saw her friend mandira wearing at a party.

as usual meghna denied asking avinash for that necklace.

"you can never do anything right." she had hissed at her husband viciously. but what had been done couldn't be undone. avinash's bosses put their foot down & demanded that avinash return the full 20 lakhs to the company & resign from his post or go to prison for embezzling the funds.

and who to come walking through radha's door at that moment but pranay himself. "how dare you enter my house?" radha had lost her cool & yelled at him. pranay however seemed unperturbed about radha's animosity & remained as cool as a cucumber. he didn't look half guilty about the fact that he had framed radha & sent her to prison 2 weeks ago.

pranay had been arrested after radha's acquittal for the murder of ishita but he had somehow managed to turn the tables on the butler john & got away scott free. "we'll meet again soon radha." was all pranay said when he was leaving the court. radha hadn't realised that the 'soon' pranay mentioned would come by so quickly.

pranay immediately shot her his infamous smirk as if reading her mind. "so we meet again radha.. I was missing you already." he mocked at radha knowingly. "why were you afraid that ishita's spirit might bother you? that's why you need my company?" radha retorted back despite herself. pranay looked taken aback for a moment though radha could swear she saw a ghost of a smile play on his lips.

"what do you want pranay? are you going to frame me again in another murder case?" radha's voice was ice cold. "nothing radha! I swear. I happened to hear that your brother was in trouble so I thought I would lend him a helping hand." pranay shot a look towards avi who looked half happy half confused.

"we don't need your help. why are you still hell bent on taking revenge on me?" radha questioned him, her large doe eyes narrowed to mere slits. "me? taking revenge on you? why would I ever do that?" pranay asked her innocently. "stop acting.." radha started to speak again when meghna cut in rudely & enquired on how pranay was proposing to help avi.

"I'll loan him the 20 lakh rupees, interest free. absolutely no strings attached." pranay explained to a delighted meghna. "Avinash!! did you hear that? that means you don't have to go to jail!" meghna shook her shocked husband hard. "NO! no meghna! avinash will not take this man's money. not in a million years." radha emphasised the last sentence with a dramatic pause.

meghna immediately started grumbling about how radha never cared about avinash's or her happiness & how radha was prepared to send her brother to jail because of her pride. "you're not her real brother after all." that last exclaimation of meghna had made radha's eyes well up with unshed tears.

"nehi menghna.. what I wanted to say was.." megnha stopped radha by raising up her hands. "enough radha thaai.. enough is enough! let's go avinash!" she pulled her husband to his feet clumsily. "but where are we going jaan?" avi questioned his fuming wife dumbly. "to the park so we can hang ourselves from the banyan tree!" meghna yelled at her husband impatiently. "oh let's go then." avi started towards the door, not getting meghna's sarcasm at all.

before she left, meghna shot a withering look in radha's direction & radha looked away unable to meet meghna's eyes. pranay watched the little drama unfold out in front of him with a knowing smile. the first part of his plan was working out perfectly. radha was going to fall into his trap again & this time he wasn't let her get away.

Whoohoo!!

FF by Leena!😃 - Will post my comments when I've actually read it!😆

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Omggggggggggggggg!!😲

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That was way to good sweets!👏

Loved how you explained the events leading up to their marriage!😃

Originally posted by: jigglypuff726

"to the park so we can hang ourselves from the banyan tree!" meghna yelled at her husband impatiently. "oh let's go then."

One of the best lines!🤣

And haila; Pranay's smirks!😍

Loved it honey so put the next part up jaldi, jaldi!😉

P.S. Me first!😆

Leena, that was an absolutely amazing start!! 👏 👏 😃

Especially with that smirk...I could completely imagine the car scene 😳 😉

And Avi is hopelessly hilarious...he got himself into more trouble...surprise surprise 😆

And I like it that Radha's a bit bolder...Pranay needs someone who talks back to him 😉

can't wait for the next part 😛

awww.. thanks so much for all your wonderful comments guys!🤗🤗 i really appreciate it & here's part 2 of the story. i hope it's good. not much of PR here but i had to expand the background of radha's parivaar so bear with me.😛

Part 2

"so will you take the money?" pranay asked radha though he knew she would refuse it. they all refuse it first, he thought to himself as radha shot him a glare & turned her face away from him. "fine.. fine radha.. if you don't want the money forget it. good night! we'll surely meet again soon." he winked at her cheekily & was gone in an blink of an eye.

sighing heavily, radha slumped into one of hard rattan chairs that sparsely decorated the living room. she was in a real dilemma. if she took the money for pranay that will mean she would still be in touch with a cold blooded murderer who was ready to send her to jail on behalf of him. if she didn't take the money her beloved brother avinash would have to face a jail term.

as radha sat lost in her own thoughts, aai & dadi returned from the mandhir with yash & anikita. "radha? radha? which great invention are you going to create since you're thinking so much?" radha's good natured dadi teased her. radha hesitated for a moment. she didn't know if it was really a good idea to divulge the fact that avinash could be jailed for siphoning off company funds.

"no dadi.. actually.." radha stopped short as she spotted meghna & avi returning home as well. "you are so useless avinash! and how could you be so dumb? I didn't really mean it when I said we're going to the park to hang ourselves on the banyan tree!" meghna's loud grumbling could be heard even from outside the house.

"looks like jhansi rani is back with her slave.." yash poked fun at his brother & his wife. anikita burst into laughter on hearing that. even aai cracked a small smile but radha didn't feel like laughing. in fact she was more worried of what meghna was going to babble to the rest of the family. meghna immediately ceased her grumbling once she saw the rest of the family & blushed a little as she had obviously been overheard.

"meghna? you're coming from outside? weren't you supposed to be helping radha with the house?" aai questioned her sternly. "i can't help radha thaai with anything. she refuses to help us so why should I help her?" she retorted back loudly. "help? what is she talking about radha?" dadi wanted to know. "nothing dadi. it's just a small matter. you go take a rest. yash, anikita bring dadi to her room." radha instructed her siblings gently. they obeyed though rather reluctantly.

"so what is the problem here?" aai looked back & forth from meghna to radha. radha started to explain but meghna started shedding crocodile tears. "oh aaiiiii…" she sobbed loudly. "jaan.. control yourself.. people might think your husband died or something." avinash tried to comfort her but got a long glare in return.

meghna then related the entire evening's events to aai overly dramatising the incident so much that it seemed as if radha had been the one to ask meghna & avi to commit suicide. "aaiiii.. you tell me.. do you want your son to go to jail? what will happen to his future? what will happen to my future? how will I ever face my bigwig friends?" wailed meghna.

aai shook her head disapprovingly at meghna. "what is the meaning of this meghna? you're more worried about your status in society than your husband?" she looked disgusted at her daughter in-law. "you all always find faults with me only.. why don't you ask your radha on why she won't let us take money from pranay?" meghna pointed furiously at radha before storming off to her room.

"radha thaai.. don't take what meghna said seriously. I'll figure out a way somehow." avi smiled at his sister half heartedly & went to his room as well. radha was having a splitting headache & this entire argument hadn't made it better at all. she suddenly felt a warm comforting hand on her shoulder. she spun around to find aai looking at her seriously.

"radha, I don't want avinash to go to jail but I don't want you to risk your dignity again to ask pranay for the money. you do what you think is right." with that aai retired to her room leaving radha alone with her tumbling thoughts. after pondering for the whole night, radha finally knew what she had to do. "I will not let any of my family members suffer because of my pride." radha told herself firmly before falling into a troubled sleep.

back in his mansion, pranay was relaxing in his rocking chair a drink in one hand. radha was proving to be quite a stubborn woman. he couldn't see it when she & him were on good terms but now that he had offended her, pranay could actually see the headstrong woman radha really was. "I have to avenge my humiliation in court radha.. I will trouble you till I get my revenge.. sorry.." pranay talked to no one in particular.

"your parivaar is your biggest strength but I also know it's your biggest drawback too. you will come running to me tomorrow radha. I know it. I do." he grinned to himself like a madman as the feeling of satisfaction of his plan already being half successful overwhelmed him.

I'm first again!😛

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I loved the small family scenes like Yash making fun of Megs and Dadi teasing Radha👏....Megs and Avi are quite a pair!😆

Uff; Pranay!😵

How about three updates in a day?!😉

I want to see where this FF leads!

I third that!! want to read the next part now 😉

I could imagine Pranay smirking away...and i'm proud of Aai..she's not forcing her decision on Radha...I guess this is hte changed Aai 😛

sorry for the delay in posting up my 3rd part guys. the people in the SP forum are really grilling me so i've to answer those questions first.😃

here comes the 3rd part. comments, critisisms, chappals & flowers are welcome!😆😆

Part 3

the next morning everyone was having breakfast at the joshi household except radha. "it's 8am & radha thaai is still sleeping? honestly I thought she was an early riser." meghna interrupted the peaceful silence at the table. yasha immediately jumped to his elder sister's defence much to meghna's displeasure.

"well radha thaai has to get up everyday at 5am for her work, it's only right that she gets to sleep in late on weekends but you don't wake up till 10am during the weekdays itself." he winked at anikita who in turn giggled loudly. that shut meghna up & she didn't speak a word after that, only pausing to roll her eyes at yash & anikita.

aai & dadi were discussing about the bad weather that had hit Mumbai when avinash surprisingly offered to bring breakfast for radha to her room. "why are you volunteering yourself for such tasks?" meghna hissed at him but avi silenced her. "let it be jaan. at least let me serve her once before i.." he stopped short with such a forlorn expression on his face that even meghna ceased her scolding.

a few minutes later, a frantic avinash rushed up to the dining table & exclaimed that radha was missing. she wasn't in her room nor anywhere else in the house. "don't tell me she went to pranay's house?" aai wondered out aloud before she realised that she had blabbered the matter she was supposed to keep from the dadi & her 2 children.

meanwhile at pranay's mansion, a big fuss was occurring at the front gate. pranay who was having a quiet breakfast was shocked when he heard a commotion at his front gate that early in the morning. "ma'am! you can't go in like that!" the watchman was heard shouting at someone.

"will you just let me in?" a very familiar voice echoed through the empty house. pranay held back a smile as he recognised the owner of the voice. "watchman.. let her in!" pranay yelled at the man. after a while, radha came into the house thoroughly drenched & looking furious.

"why don't you teach your watchman some manners?" radha glared at pranay while trying her best to clean herself up. "I will if you learn some." he retorted back with a deadpan smirk. radha just glared at him & continued to clean herself up. "may I ask what's the reason for this 'surprise' visit?" pranay enquired, amused at the way radha was behaving. this woman was acting as if she was the mistress of the house.

"I wanted to talk to you regarding the matter you came to my house for yesterday.. actually i.. achooo!!" radha's sentence was interrupted by a great big sneeze. "you seem to have caught a cold from the rain. how about some brandy to warm you up?" he offered her a drink cheekily. "no thanks. how do I know you haven't added poison to it?" radha snapped back to which pranay just smirked.

"as I was saying, I came here to talk to you about avinash's problem. would you really loan him the money interest free or is it another scheme of yours to frame me?" radha questioned the man in front of her suspiciously. "I will loan him the money interest free radha but now I've one new condition." he replied back coolly. "but you said no strings attached right?" she looked bewildered.

"that was when I offered you the money yesterday. if you had taken it there & then I wouldn't be putting this condition in front of you." pranay looked straight at radha who then looked slightly miffed. "okay fine. what is your condition?" her tone was frought with resignation. she knew she had to agree to whatever condition pranay put forth as she wanted avinash not to be behind bars.

"you. have. to. marry. me." pranay pronounced each word loudly & clearly. radha's large doe eyes widened in shock as she felt the audacity of the condition pranay had just told her about.

Me first!

[quote=jigglypuff726] "no thanks. how do I know you haven't added poison to it?" radha snapped back to which pranay just smirked.[/quote]

Omg, I laughed so hard when I read this jaan. this part was really awsome. I love this new Yash, who just jups up to Radha's defense. Megs deserves it yaar.

And I love this Radha now. At least shows some angers and fights back.

Pranay smirinking😳😳

Okie, are we getting two intallments again today? (forget the Saat Phere people, we're more important😆)

Yuks