Trials Of Fire!! IPKKND3 The Untold Saga of Adni_Chapter 19 to 50 - Page 5

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yay another update. wow Neha you gave me unexpected surprises. Love you girl. The update is so beautiful. In all 3 updates you covered all emotions. yes they need long bashing from Nani. yes you showed their natures(impetuous and anger) through out the story. That is the beauty of their characters and you maintain that consistency through out the story 👏 Thanks again for wonderful updates.

Originally posted by: binc0802

I love everything about update. Advay- Chandini convo, Veer - Sikha convo, Pooja happiness, Nani and Aadi anger. Every thing is perfect Neha. From past week, you are surprising me with updates, Thanks so much dear. Love you.

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I was dying to see how the two lovers meet after all the misunderstanding and distance, so loved the updates and the continuity in these updates was an icing on the cake thanks so much for updating at such short notice

Lingering Moments...The Untold Saga...Chapter 33

Advay had hardly walked away when Miku jumped and hugged Naani.

"Thanks Naani, you saved me today!"

Naani hugged him back, "Not me, Miku! Your bhabhi!"

Miku fondly looked at Chandni standing just outside the door "Thanks Bhabhi!"

"Anytime for you, mere bhai!" Chandni beamed but her happiness faded with angry glare of Advay clearly showing his disapproval.

"You are just spoiling him, nothing more!"

He turned back to Miku, "Why do you need saving from me?"

He chided lovingly hitting softly at the back of Miku's head.Then his voice grew serious,

"I only want you to learn to be accountable for your responsibilities. We both carry our father's legacy, Miku! Let's make ourselves capable for that!

And my bro, life doesn't give too many chances... if you exhaust them, one day all of us will hugely repent...I want all of you to understand that." He stared at Chandni.

He turned back to Miku, "Come! Let us go together to Maasi."

Both proceeded together to Maasi.

"Advay, what's happened to you? You went to Allahabad without informing me!" Maasi's tone was accusing, "We could have discussed earlier and utilized this trip properly.

"Maasi, I am sorry about leaving suddenly...but let me tell you, my visit was fruitful...I have kick started the mission..."

He turned to Miku, "You have been introduced as junior mahant who'll actually stay there... yet you'll be kept free to visit Mumbai anytime...and you must! I want you to fully participate in board meetings and stakeholders meetings here...similarly, I will visit Allahabad for all important festivals and poojas."

Maasi beamed as Advay started explaining his mission steps.

"I am using Mamaji as the man to support in our mission. He'll do most of the mediating and interfacing... whenever required he'll liaison with villagers... He'll be my hatchet man!"

Maasi was dismayed at the selection of Mamaji as hatchet man, "That guy? He's not even..." She left the word unsaid.

"No Maasi! Don't say that! He might look physically fragile, but he's got an iron will... Maasi, understand the man...single handed he has raised these three girls since their youth...he was the one who supported Meghna during her pregnancy without letting any other family members or Allahabad villagers know about it...then he supported chandni to put the baby in orphanage under her name...he was the one to defend Chandni in front of Indrani...time and again, he stood up for Chandni against his own sister ... He took firm step against Indrani to have Chandni married to me ...He warned Chandni time and again about her blind faith in Indrani. So he can see beyond anybody's false facade...

And then his not so manly mannerisms make him look non-dangerous... People easily believe him...he has a very innocent expression generally...Because of which he can softly cajole people in doing things for him...Also there will be no grudge or no antagonism when tasks done through him are cruel or unpleasant. I find him the best choice for this mission."

Maasi was happy that Advay had used his shrewd skills of human resource management and was properly planning the revenge for her murdered sister and jijaji.

Miku understood Advay's viewpoint and was impressed by his observation skill and clear objective thinking in making people choice. 'I could worship at his feet'

"Further, Sukhiya will be my khabari(informer). Sukhiya is very poor and from backward class. His position allows him enter anybody's house without making much fuss about it...

My first target is Gangaram, the goldsmith, who put the false defamation on Baba...by the time, I bring him to his end, Sukhiya would have found the other targets... man with the axe, man with the golden tooth and man with that keychain... they will be my next targets."

Maasi's eyes gleamed with satisfaction and genuine happiness as Advay explained his strategy about the goldsmith.

"Bhai, hope there is no risk for you directly in this. You must protect yourself from all dangers." Miku was concerned about his brother's safety.

Advay warmly held his shoulders, "Risk is inherent part of any mission in life, Miku! When I have you, why should I fear? We both together will face risks and manage them. We owe this mission to our parents."

'The konch has been blown, the battle is on!' thought Chandni. She had been worried that Maasi would take out all her anger on Dev. The whole thing had actually been triggered by her. So she wanted to defend Dev and had followed him and Miku to Maasi's room. With respect for their privacy, she had chosen to stay outside the room.

She remembered Geeta shloks(Hymns)

Yada yada hi dharmasya, glanirbhavati Bhaarata

Abhythanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijaamyaham

Paritraanaay sadhunaam vinashay cha dushkritam

Dharmasangsthapanarthay sambhabami yuge yuge

She knew the meaning was actually true for Dev!

Whenever virtue subsides (there is decay of righteousness)and wickedness prevails(there is exaltation of unrighteousness), I manifest Myself. To firmly establish virtue and righteousness, to destroy evil, to save the good I come from Yuga (age) to Yuga.

Pooja was waiting for her Bhaiyya when Chandni returned to her room.

"Arre Di! How are you?" Chandni warmly hugged her.

"You tell me, Chandni! Tumne toh hum sab ki jaan nikaal dee!(You got us worried)"

"I am sorry Di!" Chandni was genuinely repentant of her act.

"It's Ok. It happens, I understand! I am just happy that both you are safe back home." Pooja beamed happily.

"Hi Pooja! How are you?" Advay entered.

"Relieved to see you safe back!" Pooja smiled and hugged him.

"Thanks for noodles you packed, Girlie! Came handy!" Advay winked at Chandni making her blush.

"Voh to mera kaam hai, Bhai! Why thanks for that?"

(It's my job)

"But Bhaiyya...All that happened do you genuinely think was triggered by Chandni or whether deep your heart tells you, it's your own deeds coming back to you!" Pooja's words were serious but genuine. Advay maintained a serious silence.

"Bhaiyya, I had warned you the very first day, not to do anything like this to her. Yet you were hell bent on harassing Chandni. The scorpions, mushrooms in Aadi's food and then that Sasha female...When everything had become well, you still took out every anger of yours on her...Bhaiyya, why don't you understand that a woman's heart is fragile! ...Hugely emotional... you may never realize but each of your act has had a deep impact on her!"

Pooja was speaking vehemently, Shikha's words weighing heavy on her mind.

"Di...bygones are bygones..."Chandni tried intervening to defend Advay.

"No Chandni, let her speak. She's my sister and she has all the right to speak out her heart. She owns a piece of my heart." Advay stopped Chandni and lovingly put an arm around Pooja to calm her. Both smiled at each other.

Chandni's face fell completely. She got a sudden feeling of being shunned out in the brother sister pair so completely engrossed in each other.

What's happening to my heart? On one side, I am extremely proud of him that he did not forget his duties even when his heart was mourning deeply and proved himself a man of action...

and on other side, my heart feels this remorse that each of his relations be it with Miku, be it with Pooja, it's like special between the two and I am not allowed to be part of it, not allowed to speak in the middle. His work is totally out of limits for me...I am outcast from each of his personal spheres...suddenly I feel small...like too small to be important...and it hurts, hurts deep.'

Veer had followed Advay and had watched the interaction from the door. "Till today, I have seen love triangles of different type. Here there is love triangle of one man and two women but of totally different kind! Pooja is scolding Bhai for love of Bhabhi, Bhabhi wants to protect Bhai so she is stopping Pooja, and Bhai stops Bhabhi because he agrees with Pooja! Wow ! what a web of love! Where will I fit?" He joked in his usual style.

"Badmash! Teri masti rukati nahi hai kabhi! Come here." Pooja called him laughing and the trio hugged smiling.

(Rogue! Your mischief doesn't stop ever!)

Chandni stood at side watched with a half smile which didn't quite reach her eyes.

"Bhai, maybe you have forgotten completely but you were supposed to fly on your honeymoon tomorrow." Miku reminded his bro. Advay smiled fondly at Chandni.

"Since, both of you were gone last few days, so Bhai has lots of pending work and he will not go tomorrow. So instead, I have had the tickets postponed by a week. Is that OK, Bhai?"

"Perfect Miku! Good thought and well actioned! I'll get enough time to manage my board members and all stakeholders before I disappear again."

"So Bhai! I am not as irresponsible as you think, ok?" Miku was still sad about Bhai's earlier berating.

Advay ruffled his hair smiling warmly with love, "No, You are not. Absolutely! My point was about accountability not about responsibility! There's a difference, bro! "

Suddenly, he noticed Aadi lingering outside the door hesitantly. Advay walked up to him and pulled him lovingly inside,

"And here comes mera beta Aadi!" Advay pulled Aadi's cheeks. Yet, there was no smile. Advay continued, "And Pooja, you'll not stop us when we go together around Paris having lots of fun, eating only chocolate eclairs and chocolate mousse...French Baguette with hot chocolate! Say what Aadi?"

Now there was a small smile!

"And maybe even try Some French Kiss with French girls...Sansani faila denge!"

Advay teasingly mimicked his actions and Aadi beamed happily... Blushing and hugging his CM happily. Advay hugged him close to his heart relief flooding through him.

"Aaannn! What am I hearing?" Pooja cautioned.

"Oh come on Di! Paris jaane ke baad ek French kiss toh banti hai! Yeh hum mard logon ka moolbhoot hak hai!"Veer shunned out Pooja with teasing smile.

(One french kiss is due when you're in Paris. It's the basic right of us men.)

He went near fruit tray and picked an apple throwing it to Aadi, "Aadi, catch!"

Aadi, now absolutely happy, was just about to sink his teeth into the apple when he heard a shriek.

"No Aadi don't!" It was Chandni with her disdained Eeeww look. "First wash that apple."

"There starts her OCD again. Nothing happens, Aadi! Bindhaas eat!" Advay gave an exasperated sigh teasing and disparaging Chandni and coaxed Aadi. Advay knew his home staff always washed fruits and kept in his bedroom so it was safe. But he didn't want to reveal that...just wanted to tease Chandni."

"No Aadi! Don't! Give it here, I'll wash it for you!" Chandni spread her palm out asking for the apple.

"Aadi, eat bachcha! Your sweet CM has OCD. She sees germs in everything. We must ask her whether she passed 5^th Standard. There are germs in our tummy also. Do we wash our tummy?"

With this comment, Aadi laughed out loud. His CM and Sweet CM were back at their 'Tu tu Main Main' fights...he loved listening to them.

"Maami, you don't know that much also... Ha ha ha!...Buddu Maami!"

Aadi looked like a Catherine wheel, throwing off sparks of happiness in every direction just because his CM was back.

"Aaadi! Maami ko buddu nahi kehate!" Chided Pooja, "And she is right! Wash that apple yourself before putting it in mouth. Our body only has specific germs inside. Outside germs will give you a tummy ache and you'll miss Europe trip. Do you want that?"

"No! Please No!" Aadi ran to Bathroom sink to wash his apple. Everybody laughed at his innocence and dispersed.

When Chandni came back to room, Advay was engrossed deep in his calls. Chandni saw the thoughtful concentration look on his face and knew that something serious was going on in his mind.

Quietly, she kept his green tea next to him and was leaving. He held her by hand and looked at her. There was so much concern, so much love for her that she smiled down at his face and waited. He finished his call and pulled her close.

"Come..." He pulled her in his lap and wrapped an arm around her. With his jerk, her dress got pulled down exposing her right shoulder. Advay couldn't help himself as the pale, smooth skin of her curved bare shoulder called out to him. He kissed her shoulder, floating his hand down under her arm cupping her full mound.

"Chandni, Tumhe khuda ne badi fursad mein banaya hain. Your face, your body, your beautiful back, your hair..." He said breathing deep in her hair nuzzling her neck.

(God has created you taking his own time)

"You have been designed, not just made and God broke the mold after creating you!" He reached inside her dress and caressing the soft smooth creamy skin of her firm roundness and gently teased her rosy tip with a caressing thumb. "You are so exquisite!"

A soft moan erupted from her chest and she threw her head back. Colour rose in her cheeks.

"Tumahre gaal laal ho rahe hain!(Your cheek are red)"

He stroked the flushing skin lightly with the tip of his finger. "I love you! You understand that, right?"

His voice was earnest; he had sensed the half smile on her lips before Aadi came in. He genuinely wanted to convey his love as he continued to caress and knead her flesh. All sense of the world started fading out for her.

He cupped her neck and pulled her back. Still cupping her breast, he began to kiss her, gently tangling his tongue with hers.

Chandni reached over to touch his stressed face and pulled him close for a deeper kiss long enough for his stress to recede. She dragged her lips across his jaw line until she was whispering in his ear. "Shall we?"

Advay pulled back gently, "How I wish I could! But not now! I need to go to office. Lots of matters needing my personal attention. Also need to have all my schedule rearranged with new dates for Europe trip." he spoke with genuine regret.

"Arre but you haven't had lunch." Chandni's countenance fell.

Advay kissed her on lips softly, "NO time for that! I am late as such. I'll have some snacks in office."

"I'll send you tiffin, have that, pleaaase!"Chandni pleaded.

"Ok baba! As such I love your meal, best in the world." He fondly caressed her head and went to ready himself for office.

In office, Advay was just settling in when his Finance director asked for urgent appointment. Advay had known this coming.

His finance director was a strict man. He was very good at his job and especially at maintaining profit margins of the company. He was not going to be happy about the increased cost of village improvement and he was not the type to refrain from hitting at Advay.

There was no point in delaying the inevitable meet. Advay fixed him time at earliest possible in his schedule.

"Good Afternoon, Mr. Raizada. Hope you are well."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Ghosh. I am good, thank you! Please take a seat."

"What's this I am hearing? Your operations team has drawn huge plans for your village improvement... School, college, hospital with latest facilities, water purification plant and what not?...We are running a company here, not doing a child's play." He showed his displeasure clearly with creases on his face and his lips drooping.

"I agree Mr. Ghosh. But the plan stays!" Advay was very calm and very assertive.

"Where's the money going to come from for financing all these?... Operational team just knows to dream...they don't understand the practicalities of balance sheet." Ghosh scorned.

Advay took a pregnant pause and shrugged off his coat as if to formidably chastise...Then he slowly walked to Mr. Ghosh's side. Ghosh stood up but his expression of disapproval remained.

"They are not supposed to, Mr. Ghosh. You have an expert team to manage balance sheet."

"We recently published the diversification news...there's fear in market when your name is suddenly replaced by your family members...now this sudden development...which unit will take the cost?"

"It will be Skytel mostly, the Unit in my wife's name...if needed, we'll draw from other units...regarding the diversification, you know it's expansion strategy so where is the question of fear?"

"There is fear Advay. It's your name that builds reassurance in people's mind."

"That's fine! I am not going anywhere. I am still the CEO."

"Look! This is really not child's play. You know very well that we can't afford this kind of charity. Whatever you do, wherever you take it out from, on consolidation level, it will all ultimately hit our contribution margin."

"I know my bet, Mr. Ghosh. I trust you to use all your finance tricks, I will not let the operations team falter either."

As soon as, Mr. Ghosh left, Advay immediately called his secretary. "Soniya, I want a meeting with all heads of all teams, today!"

"You mean the directors, sir?"

"No! Their right hand men acting as unit heads. In the War Room!"

Advay knew that directors would sit on a pedestal and just put their energies in opposing him draining out his energy in return convincing. He could far more easily, motivate unit heads and get best ideas to kick start the Village development project without affecting his profit margins and share price.

"Yada Yada hi" is a very important script in geeta, the Hindu religious book explaining Karmyog,(Importance of deed). It was used in first episodes for Advay's entry, but later the story got butchered completely and the punishment all became Chandni's doing while Advay just watched. Something very similar had happened in IPK1 also. I hated it in both series. Here, in Untold saga, I am making an effort to bring back the original intended spirit.

This chapter is all about Advay's different facets...

The man loves his family. Yet, he's a strict family head not letting others falter.

Miku is slowly understanding Advay's perspective in everything and learning from it.

Pooja has always been fearless and impartial. Though she has herself suffered injustice in life, she stands up for women.

Aadi loves his CM and couldn't stay angry for too long.

Advay is worried about Chandni's half smile... what's happening in her heart... where will it lead? In near future and in long term?

Advay is not just answerable to his seniors at home but also answerable to his directors in office. He knows his bet, he said. How will he take care of Mr. Ghosh's very correct worry?

Advay is fighting many battles on different fronts... what is happening in Gangaram's case in background?

Keep reading and get your answers. Don't forget to hit LIKE!😊

Lingering moments...the Untold IPK3 Saga...Chapter 34

Same as many of you, I am myself surprised by the back to back updates of this story...maybe it's Barun challenging his own self in his latest Derma...maybe it's this Barunified valentine month of spreading love...or maybe it's just the juncture where this saga has come now, going deeper in the lead pair at the same time expanding smoothly in supporting pairs.

I don't have much chance to know how you silent viewers and visible readers feel, because there are only limited comments from few who have naturally become close to my heart...; but otherwise there's no way to know.

I will very much appreciate your like hits and all the more happy you can make me with your genuine responses.

Till then, since my heart is totally captured by the storm of emotions flowing from different characters, especially the deep pain of true lovers when they are helplessly unable to take their love to next level, I'll continue writing till I can.

The team had already collected in the war room. Some were speculating the whole thing while few others were energetically discussing next steps. Advay entered putting his coat on.

"Hi Guys! Good Afternoon! You know already what you are here for! Our company is taking this new initiative and you people have the ability to make it into a great success. I can only dream, but you can turn dream into a reality!" Advay spoke with enthusiastic emphasis.

The finance team damped the air with skepticism. "Where do we take the money from? It's a big chunk!"

"Come on, man! Does any one of us eat the whole roti(bread) in one single bite? We break it into pieces, right? So both you finance team and operations teams break your finance components, costing components and actual project components into small chunks. Project will happen in stages as the finance comes in. We will start small and then scale big."

"Contribution Margin of SkyTel will falter by around thirty percent with this new cost load. The company cannot survive with such big hit."

"Firstly, let's work at Contribution Margin one and two separate. Check how much cost cutting is feasible at each level of cost overload and save CM...Secondly, use this investment for corporate tax saving. You'll save money in that."

"This is really huge chunk. The tax saving investment part cannot handle it alone."

"I agree! You are the finance experts, manage money from the other accounts we have. Let's not pay anything to politicians this year. We'll tell them, we have finance problems."

"They'll be angry and will harass us through policies in our next ventures."

"They won't dare!"Advay thundered. Then he calmed himself again. "Let's take the bull by the horn! As such, money is going for the country. We pay these people huge money, which more or less completely goes in campaign work alone, nothing for the country GDP improvement. Let's go ahead and reduce that donation for this year. The money will at least reach the right people."

Aman Shastri was operations head. He was Advay's favorite being an enthusiastic positive person,

"Sir, my team working for this project will do the work in overtime hours and not charge anything for it. We'll start a social service initiative, where in good people can put in their free time hours and work on the project. We shall give them benefit in their annual appraisal."

"That's an excellent idea, Aman! Will it work?"

"Let's make it work, Sir. Everybody wants credit in performance appraisal."

Looking at Advay's smile for Aman, the finance man spoke up, "Sir, from finance team we shall have an initiative where one percent salary of each employee in one month, ten percent from Director's salary for that month will be deducted as donation for this project."

"That's very good idea, Bhooshan! But beware of one thing, I don't want it to come as your otherwise compulsory deductions during natural calamities in country. I don't want people's moral going down due to compulsion feeling."

Bhooshan smiled. He very well knew how to manage his show. Just putting Advay's photograph on the mail being sent and making it an earnest urge from him, would do the job. People would voluntarily donate their money...the whole clan... Everybody loved the top boss.

"From my side, I donate my entire CEO salary to this project till it completes. I will work for one rupee per month!" Advay announced.

Everybody banged the tables in applaud of their boss. He was never the man to sit tight himself and watch others slogging. He cared, he participated wholeheartedly, always!

Advay's encouraging spirit spread across all the teams taking all by storm. Enthusiastically, supply head spoke up, "We shall tap suppliers to get all materials at special discounts. We'll leverage our good will with them which they show us though festival gifting."

The marketing head joined in, "This project will not need much campaigning and marketing. Whatever advertising is needed, we shall get it done free of cost through our contracted advertising agency."

"That's it, buddies! I was right when I said you can materialise my dream into fact. I shall take your leave now but I'll appreciate if you work through the details and send me consolidated result of this war room at earliest."

Advay left with a highly satisfied air around him. He knew this project was going to be a success. His father would have patted his back. The thought made his heart smile, the smile surprising his very rational brain!

Naani came to meet Chandni in her room. "Beta Chandni, are you angry because I scolded both you and Chiku?"

"No Naani, of course not! Every word said by you was so true. We did falter... but then what could we do, Naani? We genuinely want a baby."

"But, you'll get one."Naani protested, "Why are you getting disheartened so easily, beta?"

"Naani, somehow matters haven't turned out well for me and Dev. Whatever we have suffered in our youth surely has repercussions on our future...and I don't want Dev to be kept hanging in hope... the pain at the end is much worse." Chandni's throat constricted and she dissolved into uncontrolled tears.

Naani put an encouraging hand on her shoulder, "If you start thinking so, what's the use of your faith, then? You had faith, Chiku would return to you; he came from London for you. You had faith, he would accept you in love; he loves you beyond anybody and anything...aren't all these God's graces to you? Have faith and surrender to him.

I have complete faith in my Siddhivinayak. If you go to his door, he'll never send you back empty handed. Do that child!"

Suddenly Chandni saw a ray of hope and she smiled. Lovingly, she hugged Naani. "Yes Naani, I will go. You also please pray for us."

"All my prayers are for you only, my child."

Advay was very busy with his work when his secretary informed him that some Mr. Pratham was requesting an urgent meeting.

'PP has come to Mumbai to meet me?' Wondered Advay, " Send him in, Soniya." Advay waited speculating purpose of PP's visit in his mind.

PP knocked on the cabin and entered. He looked different than last time. Advay had found his face lighted up in hope then... Now he looked dejected. Almost, lost.

Advay shook hands with him and offered him coffee.

"So tell me, what brings you here."

"Advay, my life has become miserable. From the day we met, Meghna has not even spoken to me. I feel like my life's purpose is lost. Why have you put the restriction on our meeting? It's unjust, you know! I cannot fathom your reason behind it." PP's perturbed state of mind was clearly visible in his tone.

"Just checking your patience, PP." Advay tried soothing him.

"Checking my patience? Against what? Whether I can live without air? Without any food, any drink?"

PP was angry now; but he still needed to plead his case to this man who somehow had control on his love.

"Look Advay, if you are doing this to take revenge on me because I tried pushing Chandni in marriage...it was different, ok?...I don't have any feelings for Chandni now, rather I never had any feelings for her, ever!...I was acting the way I was because I strongly felt, I had bought her off and I had to claim my money...Meghna's and my situation is completely different. We are in love, Advay! You were not even in love with Chandni then!"

"There hasn't been a time when I was not in love with Chandni! I have loved her since before your birth...since before even my birth!"

PP flinched at the assured confidence in Advay's voice hitting him like a slap.

Advay changed the topic, "Were you in Mumbai for some other purpose or came to meet me specifically?"

"Of course, I came to meet you specific. It's the question of my life, my love! Meghna will not listen to any of my plea. You and only you can make her change her mind". PP's agitation increased as no solution seemed to come out despite his painstaking travel all this distance.

"Calm down PP. Just for few more days. I will tell Mamaji my final decision very soon. What are your plans now? Have you come by flight?"

"No, I came in my car... been driving for thirty hours now...just to make you change your mind." PP pleaded his case vehemently.

"Oh! In that case, you must not travel back immediately. As such there is likelihood of riots in the city...some strike is on...Our company has a room booked in one of the most plush nightclubs here. Please stay there and rest yourself. You can go back tomorrow morning."

After PP's leaving, Advay went and stood near his windows looking out on Mumbai's skyline...his favorite place bringing him all the deftness of his brain, taking him to realms of his mind.

In his usual style, he was hitting two birds in one stone. He was buying time to have PP's background check done, his financial stability checked out. Simultaneously, he was purposefully putting PP in place where he could easily get lured. That would prove whether he had truly changed from his heart, his soul.

On Meghna's side, he felt genuine remorse. The sweet girl had refrained from Europe trip just to be with her love and because of Advay's decision, she would not meet with PP while Advay enjoyed with Chandni. He was also impressed that she could have easily defied him, but she had chosen to abide by his words.

I have to do my best for this girl. She deserves it in every way. But how do I? How do I give up that only chance to save Chandni for me if the time comes and I know time will come...even after all my urging, the baby has remained prime importance for her...it would be a crime now to ask her to give up her dream, her only wish...

I could perhaps explain Meghna and let her marry PP without the baby. But then what would Meghna do? After all, PP could not father any child anymore...Wouldn't Meghna's life be pushed in the same valley, where Chandni had fallen currently?

And then, if there was any chance of Chandni accepting any baby in the world as hers, it was this one!... She had already become his mother...held him close to her heart...cried herself with the baby's wail...

Meghna had lived without wanting the motherhood till now...but then she wasn't aware of the baby's existence also...how could one hold that against her...' An absolute imbroglio!

It was well past midnight when Advay finally returned home. Chandni had fallen asleep on the outside couch waiting for him. She had left the light on. Dev realised how tired she must have been to fall asleep while the lights shined bright on her.

Innocent and peaceful, she looked like a love angel. He crouched near her head and softly kissed her cheek, floating a hand over her hair and petting her softly.

She stirred but was in too deep sleep to properly rouse. He actually, physically felt his heart swell with tenderness... with protective instinct...with desire to possess that left him breathless in a moment. He'd never felt this way about anyone before, and the depth of feeling she drew from him consistently surprised him.

Putting the lights off for her comfort, He tiptoed into their room and changed. He ate just one fruit to manage his hunger. He couldn't sleep as there were too many things weighing heavily on his mind.

He went to his trusted guitar. The memories all came back cascading one after the other. He knew, he had Chandni and Miku now as he had once vowed to bring them back from life...he knew, his revenge would soon reach the target...Yet there was no sense of peace, no relief, no contentment...rather a feeling of loss that refused to go away... refused to fade.

Something stirred Chandni to wakefulness. She blinked twice and squinted to check time. 'Why has Dev not yet come back?' As she tried to get up, in the semi darkness, she noticed his shoes discarded near the couch and felt relieved. He must have gone to bed in our room. She tiptoed to the room.

Dev sat on the ground next to the bed... His brow creased in a concentrated frown and his eyes looking out to nothingness...

'Why are his lips drawn in such almost hostile grim line?' Chandni flinched at the pain oozing from his entire frame.

His hands clasped on the guitar but somehow they lacked their regular soothing magic... the music was lost to him.

Standing at the door, Chandni stared at him, silently willing him... to look at her, to absorb life blood from her, to take his alleviation from her.

But he wouldn't...he just wouldn't...It felt like life was lost to him...love was lost to him.

Chandni's heart sank at his perturbed state...She couldn't bear the stillness...the dense poignant silence...it wasn't that she hadn't seen him in nights like this, rather she knew where his heart roamed... what battles he fought in the shattered silence of his heart...but today there was a different shade to his pain, a deeper level to his turmoil...

Somehow, She had to reach him, she had to sooth him...As if pulled into his vortex, she walked up to him and crouched to his level.

"Dev, what happened? Tell me." She urged wanting to pull him out from the vortex, wanting to save him from his current turmoil...but he just sat... without giving any response, without making any muscle movement...

"Dev, when did you return? Why did you not wake me up?"

Still no response... a thoughtfulness to his tension...a very dense tension...like a fog forbidding her from reading his mind...

Feeling helpless, Chandni sat down... all her vulnerabilities crowding on her face...she knew she would strive to make it all ok, take away all his pain but it felt like he didn't want her to do that...as if she was outcast from his pain sphere, too.

Her vulnerability reached through, pierced through all the fog and touched him... almost immediately as it always did!

He watched her silently keeping away his guitar...emptying the space between them, making way for her to come close...in all his deaths, she was the call of life...in all dreadful cold, she was the warm sunshine...making his heart leap by mere thought of her.

Chandni accepted the unsaid invitation gratefully...She leaned further and crouched in his lap...

"You know, Dev?" she urged with the pouted innocence of eight year young self of hers..."you just hold onto your memories...I did it , too...but not like you...you never share...I shared, through my tears, to the waves of the Ganges, to Mamaji, to you through my letters..."

He listened with utmost attention, like an eager pupil, ready to learn, willing to understand.

"The worst part of holding your memories is not the pain...it's the loneliness of it...memories need to be shared, Dev!"

Helpless tears sprung to her eyes, though she didn't want them now. It was his tears that needed wiping...it was his tears that needed to be freed from the confinements of his foreclosed heart.

Without a word, slowly his hand reached out and cupped her cheek, a magnificence in his hold...Pooja's words bringing back all their memories in his mind...he had challenged and teased and provoked and manipulated and fought to bring her to him...And finally when she had been bound to him, he had done every vile thing to push her away, to remove and throw her out from his heart...

Yet she had clung on...with the perseverance of love...with the faith of a lover, "Tumhe meri parva hai(You care for me)..."

And now there couldn't be any more pushing...she was his wife, his life...forever and beyond...For all the wrongs he had done to her till date; now, he had to do right by her...her pain engulfed his heart...he knew she was hurting...from different things...somehow he couldn't watch her so sad...his eyes glimmered with an undercurrent of tender emotion...

Chandni knew now was not the time to ask for permission in his sphere. For now, she had to just take his pain away whatever it was...somehow she knew, it somewhere revolved around their not being able to have a baby...

In a flash, she vowed to herself, she would bring that baby to him...if her womb couldn't make it, she would defy her body and make her heart carry and nourish the baby. She would fight with destiny, argue with Gods, if needed.

With this renewed determination, she reached over to cup his neck and gently pressed her lips on his...Her mouth tentatively tugging his lower lip...urging him to join with her... She dragged her lips across his tense jaw line...then she whispered her loving command in his ear. "Come to bed.

She got up and took his hand and led him to bed, exchanging a saucy smirk of her 'Chandu swag' with him. She moved him to sit on the edge of their bed while she stood before him, pausing.

She pushed the straps of her dress over her shoulders. He watched her dazed, a bemused look in his eyes for his innocent trying to be sensual.

Cornily, she undressed her inner wear...She was aroused enough to want to get it right and yet not adept at exactly the level of raunchiness of an adept Dev-daasi!* Yes, He was Dev and she was his daasi, his slave, a lover's slave!

Her garments pooled at her ankles, leaving her naked. She stood in front of him...happy and innocent and just plain sensual... A girl so in love, a girl who wanted to do things she never imagined even in her wildest thoughts, a girl who wanted to show her man how much he meant to her even if she was embarrassed as hell.

In the semi-darkness of the room, he drank in her tempting curves. "You are all God's talented creative beauty personified." he murmured.

Chandni lowered her eyes and blushed, her toes curled at his sensual scrutiny of her body.

He smiled at her pink cheeks. "Dekho, tumhaare gaal phir se laal ho rahe hai(look, your cheeks are becoming red again)"

She would have otherwise touched them immediately in her natural embarrassment; but now, she took a step closer and pulled one of his hands so it cupped her breast.

He squeezed her softly. "Come, let me hold you!"

Her brows cringed and her lips pouted innocently, "I want you to love me."

He stood up divesting himself of his clothes and moved close to her. Again, cupping her breast, he began to kiss her, gently tangling his tongue with hers.

"I breathe you," he whispered. "You're everything. You're the air." Using deft fingers, he teased her roundness now heavy with desire and planted gentle kisses down her neck, feathering up and down while she urged him on with confident fingers.

Chandni pushed him to recline on his back and straddled his hips. He kissed between her round mounds and took one of her rosy peaks in his mouth as his hand glided down her torso, caressing her skin , igniting her...he spread his hand down to test her.

He released her breast and looked into her eyes shaking his head. "You aren't ready."

"But I want you...I want you to take me..."she persisted.

"I want you, too. But I want to set your body on fire, first."

Chandni's desire to make him forget his pain was countered by Dev's commitment to see that each of their sexual encounters was pleasurable for both of them. He'd rather delay entrance and satisfaction until she was mad with want, rather than speed along before her body was sufficiently aroused.

Dev had come to read her body. It was the sort of knowledge that was at once personal and primary, The mysterious sacred knowledge that a lover had for his beloved!

When they finally came together, she looked down into open chocolate brown eyes, their noses only a whisper apart. Was it desire clouding his eyes or did the pain still linger there?

Whatever Chandni had learnt, she had learnt from her Dev. Now, she put all her knowledge to serve him, to please him... She moved atop him painstakingly slowly, her eyes closing as she focused on the pleasurable sensation, before opening again. It was an intense connection. Dark brown, heavy with emotion, gazed up unblinkingly into wide chestnut black. Every movement, every yearning was reflected between the couple's eyes.

"I love you." He nuzzled her with his nose as she gradually increased her pace...

She'd become addicted to this, to him. She adored the way he looked at her in these intimate moments and the way in which the world fell out of focus around them. She longed to feel him loving her, moving inside her, for he always made her feel beautiful with the honest admission of his love.

A joyful, tender coupling making the marriage more than just a name... Her mangalsootra, the only jewelry on her body at the moment, becoming the true holy bond joining the two as unified Ardhanaareshwar!

Hope you gals enjoyed this update.

In hindi serials, somehow the male leads are all business tycoons but their business acumen is never properly shown...office atmospheres are used only to create drama...in contrast, western movies take the actual and utilise to bring more liveliness, a natural feeling to the entire scenario. Hope you didn't get bored with Advay's war room strategy.

PP is persistent though PPghna love story is at standstill. What will happen in their life further?

Advay is a righteous man. What will be his final decision and what will it do to the mess that he senses?

Chandni has taken the form of 'Shakti' now. She will visit Siddhivinayak and urge to the Elephant god, Gajanan, who's Vighnharta, the remover of obstacles. What will be the outcome of her trial?

*Dev-Daasi context- This is very age old custom in Hindu culture. Temples used to have women who dedicated themselves to God alone! They had importance in ritual functions. Later, with degradation of society morals slowly, these women were used for S*x purpose.

Originally posted by: binc0802

👏 Wow I thoroughly enjoyed update. I love this Advay. Not only Advay, I love all characters. you gave clear view of all characters in one update Neha. Great job. Yes, I am eager to know about Advay plans towards revenge and Chandini's half smile. Also insecurities of Chandini.

Love you Neha for back to back updates.