@bold: So true....Mithi got comfortable with Malini pretty fast because Malini put on an act of being someone she's not....calling herself Imlie's teacher instantly gave her regard in Mithi's eyes and then Malini continued to leverage that to get to what she wanted.
I'm always struck by the fact that Adi-Imlie have been vilified for so long because they hid the truth of their marriage from Malini but their motivations were always driven more out of concern for her....all they mainly did was tell one lie - they didn't spin fantastical stories daily about made up people and names and they were always uncomfortable with their lies....while Malini's ease with lying and concocting people and names out of thin air is quite breathtaking....she doesn't even feel a bare minimum hesitation before spinning out a new lie.....lol she hardly took a pause before giving a fake name to Mithiš....anyways yeh toh Devi ji ke lies hain toh yeh bhi sab chadhaava hi lagenge logon koš
And it is not like Mithi would have not told the exact same thing had Malini told the truth. She would have given her the same amount of respect or in fact more. Mithi is half in love with Malini already even if it is stemming from guilt over what transpired. She cares for her already. Had Malini accepted she was who she was, Mithi would have done everything she could to alleviate her fears and answer her questions. But no, Malini had to take the cowardās way out by conning her. Unfortunately all this is just going to make her more Devi like later on considering āsacrificeā something something.
Aditya and Imlie will unfortunately always have to bear this cross looks like. Their own conscience will not let them be at peace. And all this for a woman who left her sasural because her husband could not tell the truth or something š¤·š»āāļø

