Morning when Pragya came down she saw the whole family was gathered in the living area and they all were having a nice time. Everyone was almost rolling with laughter and Abhi was quietly looking at them with a smile. She wished Dadi and Abhi's mother's sister (Abhi used to call her Masiji). Dadi asked her to have breakfast as rest of the family already had. As she went near to the dining table, she got an urgent call from the office and she had to immediately leave for the office. She knew that no one was going to bother about her and she had already mentally prepared herself for this ignorance.
Pragya could have come back to MM in the afternoon but there was no point. She decided to stay in the office till 5.
Abhi was not in the room when she reached home, she got freshened up and went down to see others specially Dadi. Mr. Mehra had given her special instruction to take care of her.
Abhi did not come to his room that night also.
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Pragya was the last punishment his father gave to Abhi. Her presence used to not only remind him of his father but also to the fact that a person can go to any length just for power and control. He had no issues with the deal except the child's part. Though he had no expectation from his father but a woman shouldn't have to agree for this. He was sure that he would never bring a child into this matter. He had refused Pragya's idea of IVF for the same reason. Abhi knew that his fight would only turn into an ugly one if he would refuse to have a child with Pragya but he was adamant. This time he didn't want to bow down to any of his father's crazy ideas. He was ready to go to any length.
He did think to dethrone Pragya using other ways but his father had put her among the inner-circle. It was difficult to convince people working for his father for last forty years. Rather than wasting his time to break walls around her, he decided to directly attack on her.
Pragya never had any high regards for Abhi's intellectual levels but after all he was the Chairman of Mehra's Industries. It was Pragya's decision to make Abhi chairman while she worked as CEO. Abhi had no execution powers as of now but his designation and surname was enough to gain all the respect from everywhere.
It was third day after their marriage and Pragya was getting ready for a very important meeting. All the heads of the company were invited including most of the members from board of directors. There were few roadblocks company was dealing with and those matters needed to be resolved on an urgent basis. Abhi came to the room to pick up his Guitar when Pragya asked him if he was also coming for the meeting. Abhi did get the invitation but he shrugged off the idea of seeing himself in a boring office meeting. Pragya was wearing a sari in purple and black shade and suddenly Abhi had urge to see her professional side. He agreed to come.
Pragya and others were struggling for last four hours but nothing concreate solutions were coming out. No solution was good enough to break the dead-locks of problems. Pragya was going out of the conference room to take a tea-break when Abhi entered in the room. After ten minutes, when she entered back, Abhi was leaving.
Thinking how some people are born lucky Pragya entered the room only to be filled up by the solution details that Abhi had suggested.
Bang On. Abhi was indeed his father's son not an adopted one.
She was out of the guilt of being called as Mrs. Abhishek Mehra.
Pragya was amazed by her husband. She was satisfied at her decision to return back all the control to Abhishek once the deal would be over. Abhishek had the born talent to run the business and take decisions as his father told her once. But the only problem was Abhi was not showing any physical interest in her. Pragya knew her boss too well to understand that she would be able to come out of this deal only after a child's birth. She had already decided to leave everything and return back to Delhi with her child once this storm would pass over her life.
But one part of her heart never wanted Abhi to take over the control. Not that Pragya wanted to keep the rein, she was confident to get a good job in Delhi but Abhi always looked happy in his own world of music.
On the other side, Abhi wanted to close Pragya's chapter as soon as possible. It was obvious that she was interested in pregnancy when she spoke about the IVF possibilities. But why she would be interested in returning the properties was puzzling Abhi. He guessed there were some parts of the deal those were deliberately kept hidden from him, could be related to Pragya's benefit. And those would be out only after the birth of their child. He decided to stick to his decision not to bring a child into this mess but at the same time he needed to be physical with her to execute his next plan. He didn't want Pragya to take the matter to his father. He knew if once his father would come to know that, he would definitely be back and Abhi did not want to see his face again, no matter what. He was avoiding going to his room until he was ready to have relationship with her.
Abhi collected some personal information about Pragya. She had only one blood relative, her mother, retired government school teacher, who was living in a small village near Delhi and running a school for poor village kids. Pragya was always the topper and never had any boyfriend. Though Pragya seemed to be very strong emotionally but Abhi had full trust in female hormones and science behind that.
Pragya got to know that Abhi was collecting data about her personal life. She did not know much about him and his silence was making Pragya a bit worried as she did not want to involve her mother or anyone from her life into this mess. She had seen Mr. Mehra to take few unethical steps in the past and she had no idea about Abhi's limits. Now she desperately wanted a physical relationship with Abhi and got over with this deal. She was ready to be served.
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After a couple of days Abhi and Pragya were invited to attend a weekend party at a resort. Their business associates were throwing a party in honor of their wedding. They all were supposed to spend a night at the resort. Pragya was going for such stay-over parties for the first time. She was hesitant but didn't think much because her husband would also be there with her.
Party was in full swing when a drunken person came near to Pragya and on the pretext of offering her a drink; he tried to touch her shoulder. Pragya was already annoyed seeing the escorts around there and this incident irked her more. She left the party and went to her room to sleep. She was slightly upset to think that there was no point of having a male with her. But anyways Pragya wasn't used of being protected by anyone so this incident had not impacted her much and she went to sleep.
Next day morning Pragya woke up to a call from her lawyer. Last night, Abhi had beaten up that guy so badly that he had ended up having four fractures and currently was going through a surgery.
Pragya looked around and found sleeping Abhi on the couch. He was hugging a pillow and sleeping peacefully. Pragya was stunned for few moments and then she wanted to jump and clap, but somehow she controlled her emotions and went to washroom.
While coming back from the resort, Abhi asked driver to stop over a vada-paav joint, a famous one. Pragya saw a small candy shop near to that and she went to buy some of her favorites, the ones that she used to have in Delhi. Abhi came to her and asked her why she was buying for his nephews, they no more eat candies. She replied she wanted for herself and then her face turned into a shade of pink out of embarrassment after seeing Abhi's look. The way Abhi had looked her was enough to make her feel embarrassed for a long time.
Relationship between Abhi and Pragya was at a point where Abhi didn't even like to see Pragya's face or her presence in his life. He was accepting meeting invites, making small talks/discussions with Pragya as required in social gatherings. He was only playing patiently as it was required for his future plans. Pragya was also patient and analyzing Abhi. He was a man of few words, mostly humorous; his one-lines were enough for people to burst out in laughter. At home Pragya had mostly seen him either surrounded with his family members or in his music room. Sudden streaks of his anger were very puzzling for Pragya. And he was yet to come in his room to sleep with her.
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Almost two weeks were over of their marriage when they had to go to attend Abhi's cousin's wedding from his maternal side. It was in a small town in Punjab. Pragya was excited to attend a true Punjabi wedding as her own was just wrapped up in a couple of hours. Wedding functions to be run for whole five days and only Abhi and Pragya were going to attend from Mehra house. She was really looking forward to it and considering it as a break to eat authentic food, enjoy local dance and just chill without any office worries to bother her. She really needed this change but little did she know what she was getting into.
Abhi's maternal aunts were bunch of shameless ladies who were asking her the worst possible sexual questions and teasing her for Abhi. Her face was completely red out of embarrassment. All her excitement for coming to this wedding was vanished in their sexual jokes. She had no one to turn to as the only person she knew there was Abhi. She excused herself to use the washroom to only to be bumped into Abhi with another aunt. His aunt commented on her red face and told Abhi how his new bride was being teased by others. And then she asked Abhi if your wife is happy with your size.
Pragya wore a beautiful pink salwar for the evening function. It was very different from the usual ones she had back at home. She was admiring herself in the mirror when Abhi entered with an old lady. She was Abhi's mother's relative who came from Canada to attend the wedding. She complimented Pragya that she was looking like a beautiful doll and both of them together look really nice. Then she tied a black thread to both Abhi and Pragya to keep them away from evil eyes.
Pragya saw Abhi dancing like a maniac on the dhol beats and making everyone else dance too. Then someone pointed out at Pragya who was standing at a corner and watching the madness. Abhi came to her and when she refused to join, he literally picked her up and brought her to the middle of the stage. Pragya always loved to dance and after some hesitation she also started in full spirit.
That night Pragya wasn't sure if Abhi would be coming in the room. In Mehra Mansion everyone knew their relationship reality so no one was actually bothered by seeing Abhi sleeping in the guest room but here things were different. They both danced together and gave away no sign of their reality to anyone so far. It was early morning when Pragya realized someone's hand on her, Abhi was also sleeping in the same bed. She tried to get up when Abhi opened his eyes lazily. They both looked into each other's eyes for a moment and then Abhi came on top of her and started kissing her neck. In her mind Pragya was ready for all this but still was not able to participate when it was happening for real. This was her first time and the pain was unbearable, much more than she had thought it to be. She asked Abhi to stop but he was still trying to enter till a point when Pragya said PLEASE. He retreated and went to the washroom. When Pragya came out of the washroom Abhi was concerned if she was still in pain.
It was Abhi's first encounter with a woman's body. He had decided his first to be his wife. He never wanted his children to put in a dilemma of knowing his father sleeping with other women that he had to go through during his childhood. He didn't expect her to be a virgin in this era but he didn't want to make a big deal out of it or any of the things related to Pragya. It would only hurt later. He was on a mission to get back his property for his family and then concentrate on his music career in India.
This time his crazy cousin sisters were embarrassing Pragya and her red face was amusing him. He decided to rescue her but he also got trapped in that. They all wanted to see a love bite on her newly married sister-in-law but she was not showing any. Anyways Pragya had none to show them. Abhi rescued her by asking his cousins to decide which place they want to see the love bite and next day morning they would be welcomed to come and check.
That night also Abhi tried, but ended up in the washroom alone to complete the act. He was little annoyed but Pragya had a real thin frame and she was very delicate. He needed to be patient with her.
By the end of the wedding they both were comfortable with each-others socially and physically. Abhi started sleeping in his room after returning back to Mehra Mension. He was yet to get into Pragya.