Agar trp milegi tho feelings bhi aa jayenge. Of course in the beginning in yrkkh also they may not have planned for abhinav to have feelings. This is daily soap not movie or limited series
Abhinav had feelings from beginning. They never planned on Akshara reciprocating. But they dropped Garima from writing team and got in Zama who did not believe it was right to send back Akshara to her abusers.
Tbh Akshara reciprocated like 7 months into leap. She just refused to go back to Manyu and break Navs heart.
Idhar 7 month show hi nahi bachega for all this bakwaas.