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PART-2
Ishita and Raman came out of their room to see Simi happily asking Param to come inside.
Param looks at Raman who finally agrees and says that Param can stay in the house and goes back to his room.
Simi eagerly runs to her room to make arrangements for param with neelu's help. Other members leave to their respective rooms too leaving behind Ishita and param in the hall.
Param walks across her giving an evil smile while ishita is determined that she'll expose him soon one day.
That night, ishita cooked Raman's fave dishes as she knew he was still upset with Param's entry in the house.
She waited for Raman while making Ruhi sleep.
Suddenly she heard some vessels noise in the hall do she went to check on only to find Param smelling the dishes she made for Raman.
"Mmm...aapke haathon ki kushboo khaane me jhalak rahi hai Ishita ji. Kabhi humare liye bhi banaya karo."
Ishita gives a disgusted look at him and goes to her room closing the door from inside.
Param smiles to himself saying "kab tak bachoge ishita ji. Abhi toh sirf shuruvaat hai. Picture to abhi baaki hai."
He goes back to sleep in his room with an evil grin.
Few minutes later, ishita comes out of room after assuring that param isn't around. She sits on the dining table waiting for Raman and soon dozes off sitting in the chair with head down on the table.
A sudden sensation of manly touch startled her as she wakesup shivering while murmering "don't dare to touch me param...I'll kill you."
She turns to only find that it wasn't Param but Raman who was standing behind her and kept his hand on her shoulder to wake her up.
Raman was shocked to see Ishita tremble and so vulnerable even in her sleep thinking about Param.
He knew that though she shows to the world and him how strong she is, yet he knew that she is highly vulnerable and scared seeing Param around her in the same house.
She breathed a sigh of relief on finding Raman beside her. She tried to act normal asking him to freshenup while she would warm the food and lay the table.
Raman changed into his night clothes and together they sat down to have their dinner. He kept looking at ishita who was not eating but just swirling the spoon in the plate as if she was lost in some other world.
Raman kept his free hand over hers and squeezed gently bringing her back to her senses.
"Ishita! Kya hua? Khana kaho."
Ishita smiled a little and started eating.
Later, as they were back in their room, ishita got up from her side of the bed and saw Raman and Ruhi sleeping peacefully. She tip toed towards the door and checked if it was locked from inside.
Once she was assured that the door was locked, she walked back to the bed and covered herself with the blanket.
Raman who wokeup sensing her movements, noticed the entire scenario and felt sad for Ishita.
Ishita, main jaanta hu ki iss waqt tumpe kya beet rahi hai shayad iska andaaza bhi main nahi laga sakta. But still you are taking so much risk only for the sake of my sister. How am I to repay you in this life for all that you've done for me and my family? -wondered Raman.
Seeing Ishita stir in her sleep, Raman too was restless. He gently kept his hand across Ruhi on Ishita's shoulder as an assurance that he's with her in her struggle.
Ishita relaxed a bit involuntarily in her sleep on recognizing Raman's gentle touch. She slept peacefully for the rest of the night while Raman kept waking up inbetween to make sure ishita was sleeping comfortably.
Next morning, Ishita was busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen while toshi and mr.Bhalla left to buy vegetables. Simi n Romi were still sleeping.
Ishita went to their room to wake up Raman. It was a holiday for Ruhi so she didn't wake her up.
Raman who didn't sleep properly shouted at her to let him sleep for sometime.
"Raman, uttho bhi. Aaj aapka meeting haina 9baje! Its already 7am baba. Fir mat kehna ki maine uthaya nahi! Main kitchen me jaa rahi hu. Uthjao."
Saying so she left towards the kitchen while Raman sat up in his bed muttering "ufff ye madrasan chain se sone bhi nahi deti hai!"
On the way to kitchen, param collided with her on purpose to touch her in inappropriate manner.
She got angry and warned him "apni hadd me raha karo. Agar ainda mere raaste me galti se bhi aaye, toh Raman jo aapka bura haal karenge so karenge par main bhi aisa sabak sikhaungi ki saath janam tak yaad rakhoge!"
Param moved his steps towards her while she kept backing off. He gave her an evil smile and extended his hands to touch her arm only to be stopped and held by the strong arms of Raman who pushed Ishita behind him safeguarding her while he pushed param away.
Param smiled at Raman saying "Areh saalesahab! Aap to bekaar me apna khoon jala rahe hain. Main to sirf apna chai lene aaya tha. Galti se ishita ji se takragaya."
Raman clenched his teeth holding Param's collar warning him "meri biwi se 10feet ki doori banaye rakhna. Warna beta jo haal tera main karunga na, uske baad chai kya zeher peene ko bhi naseeb nahi hoga! Khabardar jo meri biwi ke aas paas bhi bhatke toh!"
Saying so, Raman held Ishita's hand and took her with him inside their room as Ishita looked on at Raman proudly.
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