Originally posted by: lovereading14
This would actually be lovely to watch!
Imlie, I feel, will really struggle with her feelings because she thought she loved BS-jiju even though it wasn't really 'love'... their whole equation was so platonic. In contrast arylie is all the fire, the passion, the angst. There is attraction.
Once she overcomes the inner struggle it would be a sight to watch her trip over her words, blush and all that while ASR teases and flirts with her once he is assured that she is indeed in love with him.
Manifedsting
Bold : You nailed it. I think it started with idolization from Imlie's part, she admired his principles and his persona plus her conditioning had instilled in her, that husband means your ultimate love and eternal bond so when BS reciprocated, she thought that it would suffice for the lifetime but everything fell apart because in reality, there was no trust and the power dynamics had been too skewed from the beginning. Aditya had always been given a higher platform in respect to her, he and his family had always been "superior". Only after Imlie proved herself again and again, then she got their conditional acceptance that is "ghar ki beti".
Now Aryan, despite him being the CEO, him being shown as vastly rich and having a better social standing, they are still equals because Aryan has always treated her as such and just seen her as her own person and props to Imlie as well in this aspect, she never got intimidated by his status. So the partnership is real. There is angst because they have had their respective traumas and they came out stronger *Imlie is still work in progress but she did go through a lot before as well*. There is a place, beautifully depicted in the Shiddat dance where they connect, their demons melt even if there is no conscious recognition of that fact. They are more similar in core traits as well, doing anything for their family or people they consider close. By Hook or Crook seems to be their motto but Aditya was too barred by his morals in that scenario as well. Baaki attraction and passion pe toh I just might end up writing a book 😆