Originally posted by: Anusha16
Denial is a river in egypt. And it's also the theme of today's episode.
Arshi in her denial to accept that Ani has moved away from her wants to take revenge on Jhanak and consumes sleeping pills after writing a note blaming Jhanak for everything. Jeezus woman... calm down. Take a chill pill instead k? 
Ani is in denial about he really feels and this shows in how he is desperate to get Arshi back despite knowing the breaking of trust from "cheating" is devastating and is probably the endpoint for them. He is still adamant that this is the only way and prioritizes Jhanak's safety over everything.
Then comes Jhanak's dream which we all speculated in detail about. The nightmare is just her worst possible fears being materialized, evident from the reactions of the family members, Anirudh's staunch support of her, Tejas being unstoppable and her wishing to make repentance for whatever mistake she has committed in breaking Arshi-Ani's relationship by being rude to Anirudh. Her imagination of Tejas just wanting to seek physical pleasure from her even though he keeps declaring of wanting to marry her shows that she is well aware of what kind of Monster he is in her eyes. For once, it was nice to see Tejas shout and be angry lol. Rishi ji's subtle acting does wonders here in inciting fear. The way she looks at Ani as Tejas is dragging her away after giving the wedding invitations shows that despite talking otherwise, she still hopes for Ani rescuing her as always. She is also used to him as a habit, just like he is used to her.
She wakes up from her dream, only to notice Anirudh rushing to her aid, asking her what happened. I agree with a lot of people from here onwards about her accusation of Ani and being rude to him. But would like to give the benefit of the doubt about her behavior due to her projecting her emotions from her nightmare to reality. Following this is a long conversation between them which reveals many important things.
She rudely enquires about why he is here in an unmarried girl's room and insinuates that Ani is Characterless and has ulterior motives. She seems tired and done with all the BS happening in her life and feels utterly defeated and ready to give up her life. She clearly has resentments of being made to act like a doll in everyone's hands and pours everything out to Ani as usual. She is confused as to why he is helping her to this extent and when asking Ani about the same only hears a question in return "Don't you know why?". So, Ani my boy, do you want her to assume that you are doing this out of love for her? Cuz this is what it looks like for her and everyone else. This guy is smart and maneuvers the situation in his favor. Everything that comes after this is another half-truth instead of the correct answer. Even if Jhanak asks the pertinent questions and he mutters answers citing humanity as the basis for everything. He pretends to be ignorant when Jhanak points out the obvious that he gives her special treatment. Enraged Jhanak compares him to Tejas and the conversation spirals down after this. Ani gets rightfully angry but is stunned when Jhanak gives her reasoning. She questions him about the clothes and the photos, but he only asserts that he doesn't want to waste time clearing misconceptions. Jhanak warns him to change his ways as Arshi won't tolerate this and blames him for everything again.
. He asserts himself as right and mentions that Arshi and he have no scope for doubt. He takes a dig that Jhanak always doubts him lol... deep down he wants her to unconditionally trust him. He craves a lot of things from her these days... 
And he is totally possessive of her. He again with full confidence says he will not let anyone else do anything to Jhanak and nothing will happen to her without his wishes. His reply when Jhanak denies his help shows how obsessed and possessive, he is over her. He is ready to fight everyone to moon and back for her. He also doesn't like losing to Tejas. Kya scene chal raha hain yahan?
. Me thinks he hated the part that he left when Jhanak insulted him last time and went with Tejas. He has a grudge on Tejas and doesn't want to let Tejas win. I again agree with @Paula ji here. He has a high degree of self-preservation over Jhanak's well-being and it shows. He needs some character growth to have any LS with Jhanak. Same for her.
Both are in denial about a lot of things. 
In parallel, we have Tanuja and Shristi talking about marriage reversal rasams. Nothing more to say. These people think Jhanak is their property and that they can do anything with it. They plan to get Jhanak married to Tejas, that too in front of Ani. Jokes on you losers... see what he does when this happens. Shristi is at least aware that Ani is not as innocent as it seems, but still curses Jhanak for the same. Really? These idiots are also in denial about the depth of Ani's feelings for Jhanak and think everything will be fine after that. 
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