Ram said it and he does it. Let not the cleanest way, but he was forced. Priya herself, the circumstances around and the tension between them, with which Ram can no longer fight. He wants Priya by his side, he wants his daughter by his side. Forever and ever. The gesture that Priya made, grabbing Ram’s hand, she was looking for the support of a loved one, what she would say later, angry at Ram’s act, should not turn him away from the real thing that he felt from her in this gesture and drunken words, tears and weakness, entrusted only to him and no one else. Sandy's words about how Priya feels about Ram were not from the ceiling, they are very real. Priya and Ram trust and seek each other's support, just as they did when they first began to recognize and experience mutual warmth. It has grown into them forever.
They will figure it out while the bad manipulators touch their child with stories about fasting. Again Karwachauth, again fasting and misunderstandings built between Ram and Priya. And again, they will eventually lead to the best. Two lovers always break each other's fast, don't they?
And Ishaan's confession will add spice and pain to this, but the Moon knows who she is connecting and why.