Again I maintain he didn't stalk her, or maybe I missed something. He never called her incessantly, tried to meet her constantly, or ever made her feel unsafe. I am not saying that defending him means she loves him, but we know it does ( she said as much when she got in the car with Kairav). He felt like it did, too, then he asked her, and she said she would have done the same for anyone. He didn't push it after that.
And as for is she in love with him or not? I don't understand the question itself. She was shown to be in love from the beginning. Love at first sight exists, and if you don't believe it does, then the premise of the story itself doesn't work. At the end of the day, it's a story, not real life.
Finally, Abhi gaslighting her into revealing her love for him was a bit too much, but I don't think he had any alternative at that point. He was supposed to get married to her sister that day. Whatever past choices they took, at that point, his only option was to get the truth out of her. In any case, the private confession wasn't really that important, cause both of them knew they loved each other. The important part was when Ak ran after Abhi at the mandir and announced her love in front of everyone. He again left her there, he didn't try to gaslight her, tell her he will die if she doesn't confess or anything. That was her choice, and that was the only choice that mattered.
And as to the whole two sisters thing, again, I blame it on itv format. If abhi left both of them alone and found someone else, there would be no story. I am not justifying it, but this is what I expect from itv, so not surprised.
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