FF : A fire left beneath the heart- chapter four updated

Soon Simran was shifted to the room. Amba started feeding her khichdi. Simran told Preet that she wanted more sweets. Raj and Rohan looks on while Preet assures Simmi that she'll get her sweets after she eats the khichdi like a good girl. Preet says "Chacha I'll go to the guest house and change". Jagan, in Raj's hearing range tells her "come to your own home bache, why would you live in the guesthouse?". He orders Sukhi to bring Preet's luggage to PH. Raj tries to not feel happy about Preet's living arrangements. Gunjan and Preet leave with Jagan and Sukhi to freshen up leaving Amba with Simran. Amba talk with Rohan politely and inquires where both of them are going to sleep if they stay there at night. Rohan replies they will sit on the bench outside Simran's room. Amba says either Preet or Gunjan will stay with Simran at night and both of them at day. Raj again tries not to feel happy about it. Meanwhile Preet tells Gunjan that she will be the only person to stay at night while one of Jagan's goons act as her bodyguard and stay outside the room. She tells Gunjan her plan to teach Raj a lesson. Gunjan assures her that she will help Preet with her plan. Preet wears a one piece dress that reached her ankles and went to the hospital. ( https://www.instagram.com/p/BbCmbYrhXLj/). Raj didn't see her. Gunjan went first and started discussing with Rohan about making plans to save Simran. "Simmi didi ke liye kuch karna toh padega... Oh God, this idiot... Here Chander is let loose and she is roaming around like a bloody wedding cake" drawing Raj's attention to Preet. Preet was standing there pretending to be disinterested in their conversation while she saw with satisfaction Raj's jaw dropping. He looked away suddenly. He tried to pay attention to what Gunjan was saying but it was difficult as Gunjan always spoke to his brother only and pretended Raj didn't exist. Her dressing style had definitely changed. It was easy hating her when he didn't have to deal with the attraction. He thought. What was she doing now... Away from Gaguwal. The exile had changed her. She wasn't the old girl who freaked when her dupatta slipped. He realized he was staring at her again while she looked at him. Should he smile? What does one say to someone who they are madly attracted to? Sorry, that wasn't the case, was it? He had cheated her. He hardened as he thought of the reason behind it. He was looking at his brother's murderer. She stared at him coldly. They stared at each other with pure hatred. Suddenly Rohan cleared his throat and both looked away. Preet felt that her mission was going to be more difficult than she anticipated. He still held her responsible for Raman's death. But she hadn't missed the desire in his eyes. She still had the same effect on him. "Didi, you go home. I'll take care of Simmi didi". Gunjan nodded. "I think we can take care of Simmi didi... She's a Bajwa bahu..." Raj said, his jaws taut. "Yeah, everyone knows how Bajwas take care of their bahus. No need to bother about my sister" Preet snapped. Finally she was acknowledging his existence. "Besides you don't have much claim on her anymore. Her fiance has said himself that I can take care of her. Toh acha ye hoga ki tum log apne manhoos shakal lekar jao yaha se". Raj didn't know what to reply. Preet went inside to Simran's room. Gunjan went home whereas Raj and Rohan stationed themselves outside the room. Raj found the situation highly uncomfortable. The Pavanya goon who had also situated outside Simmi's room leered at the Bajwa bros. Preet came outside the room to fill the water bottle and Raj felt an electric shock. The nightie she wore now clung to her figure. The overall was loose and he could see each of her curves defined. ( https://www.instagram.com/p/BPd0OlEBMqk/ ). He gulped and looked away. Her hair was loose and it fell on her face and shoulders. She was going to bring trouble if she carries on like this. She was too pretty and these weren't the clothes that you see in a village. But then she is Manpreet Pavanya, former shah. She would shoot anybody who will dare to mess with her. If he wasn't stupid this firecracker would have been waiting for him at his home right now with a nicely cooked meal as his mother would have taught her. He doubted Amba would have taught her cooking. Maybe she wouldn't have been this slim if she was left with him for two years. She would have definitely been a little bit or most probably quite a bit round in the middle. He would have waken up to this lovely face, buried in the pillow beside him. He dozed off on Rohan's shoulder his thoughts changing into dreams.  After a few days he decided that he'll take revenge against Preet again. His father confirmed this whereas Rohan looked pained. "Veere, you're gonna hurt yourself only by hurting her. I have seen in your eyes that you love her". Raj snapped angrily at his brother "just because Simmi didi is innocent doesn't mean her sister also is. She killed my brother. I'll make sure her life is painful". Firstly he scattered glass pieces where she was going to walk. Preet trod on them and screamed and fell down. Her feet were bleeding badly. Harjeet and Mohini who were watching laughed. Raj bend down as if to check on her and smiled cruelly. He pinched her wounds smiling more as she winced. "Arrey, nurse... Zara ointment la dho" he said doing overacting while he pinched her wound again. "Koi, zaroorat nahi... Iska dawa mere pass hai..." she signed her head towards Raj and pulled out a spray from her handbag. She opened her bottle and sprayed it directly into his eyes. Raj howled with pain and scrambled away from her. He was for the first time experiencing girl power : pepper spray.  Preet took the help of Gunjan and went away from there as Rohan dealt with his brother. Another time he paid a bar dancer to dance with him in the corridor of the hospital to the music in the lobby just to make Preet jealous. Instead of getting jealous, Preet along with the entire Pavanya clan howled with laughter as if he was putting on a comedy show. Just as he was about to stop to avoid getting more ridiculed police came and arrested him along with the dancer for public nuisance. A very angry Harjeet had bailed him out making him promise that he won't do such stupid antics again. 

*After 15 days*

 Simran was to be discharged from hospital. Today they held Chander and Simmi's sangeet and sagai at the Shaadi mahal at Gaguwal. Preet wore a very beautiful black suit ( https://www.instagram.com/p/-4IOKmvsC6/) and guys were going gaga over her. She had donned a simple set of diamonds to go with it. ( https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba4My_3ALJm/). Raj tried to crush down the feelings that arose when he saw her. She danced to some item numbers. Then Gunjan came along to show them all a video. Chander and Mohini were accusing each other. Mohini told him that if anyone ever finds out that she killed Raman she'll tell everyone that he gave her the gun to shoot Raman as he was jealous of Raman for getting Simmi's love. There was an uproar at this as Mohini ran out. Raj was feeling numb. He fell on his knees shaking badly. He had flashbacks of their wedding and how he abandoned Preet. He recollected hurting her. He suddenly pulled himself together and went towards Preet who seemed to be like an impassive statue. His tears started flowing through the barrier that stopped them for two years. He stroked her face. Nobody was noticing them in the mayhem. He took a strand of her hair and kissed it. He came close as Preet pushed him away. "Stay away from me!" she said angrily. "Please give me a chance... I know I am not worthy... But please... I really love you... And I know that you still love me" he said wiping his eyes. Preet's eyes were dry and cold. "You're right..." she said. Raj smiled, she was admitting that she loved him still, after everything. "You're really right... You are not worthy of me or my love" Preet said coldly as she turned away from him. "SIMMI..." Amba's scream made both of them turn. Rohan filled Simmi's maang with sindoor and made her wear mangalsutra announcing that nobody will separate them. Raj cursed. His brother had to complicate things right now!!!!! Preet had seen what Raj had failed to see. Chander was trying to do the same with Simran when Rohan intercepted him. Jagan stupidly announced "oh great... Now we again have another Bajwa bahu for a daughter". Amba collapsed onto the floor in dead faint. Preet, Gunjan and Simran rushed to her from three different directions and held her before she hit the floor. ( farz nibhade laadli plays). As they rush Amba to the hospital Rohan explains why he did it to Preet and Gunjan and to his relief they accept him as a brother in law... At the hospital Simran watches as Gunjan and Raavi calls Preet Mannu and hugs her. She says "Mannu..." and feels dizzy. She has a flashback of Amba yelling "Mannu tumhara bhai nahi, tumhari sabse choti behen hai Simmi...". Then she remembers the temple scene before her wedding where she was sitting with her Mannu and telling her "Preet, tu bahut achi hai. Agar tumhari jaga mera koi bhai bhi hota na toh phir bhi mere liye itna nahi karta jitne tune kiya hai". She screams "Mannu..." and Preet rushes to her. Simmi tries to hug Preet but faints into Rohan's waiting arms.