Part-3
Ragini was burning with jealously that she couldn't sleep anymore. She had done all the things that one shouldn't do, but still it was of no use. Laksh was still in love with swara, no matter how much ever she tried to create misunderstanding between them. The only way she could be with laksh till the end was by removing swara from her path. This way laksh will never learn the truth and will remain with her till the end. She was just tossing around in the bed. All her dreams came crashing the previous day in the room. She couldn't take her relationship to the next level. But still she had chance. The one thing she had to do was try to stop swara from exposing the truth. She was confident that swara would never be able to find any proof against her. This gave her some relief. Moreover she was laksh's wife now and no one can separate her from him even after the truth gets exposed. She had achieved her goal of becoming laksh's life partner. With this thought she tried to sleep.
Sanskaar pretended to be asleep when swara came into the room. She lied down in the bed and after a while he could hear sniffling sound. He guessed that she must be crying again. He couldn't do anything. He was feeling so helpless. He wanted to reach out to her and console her but swara would not allow that. Even though they both had become friends she never tried to share her feelings with him and always had a protective layer over her heart which he couldn't break. The only thing he could do right now to bring back the smile on her face was by helping her to expose ragini's truth and finally unite her parents. He wanted to do that so badly.
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Morning:
Laksh woke up with a start. He dint know when he had fallen asleep on the dining table. Thank god, the elders had gone to some temple, or else there would have been a great hungama in the morn, if anyone had seen him sleeping there. He sensed a blanket around him. He was puzzled of who would have done that and came to a conclusion that ragini would have done that and dismissed that thought.
Swara came out with wet hair from bathroom. She was drying her hair and sanskaar woke up from his sleep and the saw her with the dryer. He couldn't take his eyes off her. He was just staring at her. At this time, swara noticed him that he was awake.
Swara: "tum utt gayi... let me go and bring tea for u" and left the room.
Before he could utter his response she left the room.
Sanskaar: "she never waits for my response." and tossed around in the couch again. He thought "hmmm she was looking beautiful" and tried to get rid of it as it was affecting him.
All of them except swara, ragini, sanskaar and laksh had gone to the temple.
Swara went into the kitchen. She had kind of learnt to make proper tea by now. She took the cup with her and when she came out of the kitchen she ran into ragini. She didn't want to talk to her anymore. But ragini was standing in her way.
Ragz: "I have told u numerous times swara, don't try to break my relationship with laksh. You ll never succeed in it."
Swara: "ragini, sach mein, do u have any partial amnesia or any selective hearing impairment??"
Ragini gave her a "kyun" look.
Swara: "becoz, I guess, i have told u numerous time that I am least bothered abt u and your relationship with laksh. I am here just to reunite my parents and to expose your truth. I hope u heard it this time. Don't bother me again with same dialogues. please" and rolled her eyes, just to irritate ragini.
And swara left the place. Ragini went blank at swara's response and was literally fuming.
After swara left the kitchen, she was preoccupied with thoughts and as she was absent minded she bumped into laksh when turning around in the corridor and the tea poured over both of them. She swiftly took her hand to wipe off the tea from his hand and shirt and for a moment both forgot everything and he was concerned abt whether she had got any burn becoz of it.
Laksh: "shona, shouldn't u have been more careful?"
Swara: "sorry laksh, I just..." only at this time both realized their words and moved away from each other. They didn't even meet each other's eyes and left the place to their respective rooms.
Swara entered the room empty handed, to Sanskaar's surprise.
Sansk: "u went down to bring tea right?? Kya tum, Meri taraf se meri chai pi liya?" with a teasing smile. Only after a minute he noticed her face. "What happened? Are u alright?" noticing her dress with tea stains, with a start.
Swara: "am okay sanskaar. It just happened by accident."
Sansk: "u didn't get burnt rgt? If so, show me, I ll put some ointment for u" and grabbed her hand to see.
Swara: "it's okay sanskaar. I am okay. I didn't get burnt. Okay."
After a moment, S: "Go and get ready. Is it not getting late for u to go to office? Papa, dad and adarsh bhaiyaa sab mandhir gayi hai, so I guess it would be better if u would go to office today." With a tone which sounded like reprimanding him.
Sansk: "hmmm fine then. Okay swara madam. Even before u said it, I was also thinking the same thing."
He got ready to go to office. Both laksh and sanskaar left for the office.
After finishing all works, ragini returned to her room and found laksh's shirt with the tea stain in the tub. She could imagine what could have happened. She started crying. She took her phone and dialed her dadi's number.
It would take another day for the family members to arrive home, so ragini and swara handled the affairs of home. The regular watchman was not feeling well so he had arranged for a proxy in place of him. Since the khakha has been working at their house for years, they trusted him. Laksh and sanskaar reached home at 6pm.
Ragini was already manipulating in her mind as of how to send swara out of the house.
Laksh and sanskaar went to their rooms to freshen up. The door bell rang.
Swara went to open the door. She was thinking abt who it might be cauz everyone would return only by tom and was damn surprised when she saw who it was. It was omi.
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