Was there an uproar? I didn’t know. In fact no one even mentioned these scenes in their episode updates today in this thread.
While I did not see her leaning on him as romantic there certainly is the comfort and companionship of a couple seeking/giving support.
If Abhi and Ak are truly over each other at the moment and have completely moved on then I suppose we should be gearing up for the bloodiest custody battle there is. Let’s wait and watch.
Them being out of love and custody both ave no relation to each other. Its just that abhi mainly stopped thinking about ak after that mandir confrontation. Its not like he don't love her. HC did say in iv that abhi can't move on as he is still in love at this point h has let go of Akshara that's it. If custody battle comes then ie would be of some other reason.

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