If Abhira is supposed to be the next ship, the only way it would seem natural, is if Akshara redeems herself when it comes to believing Abhi. She was also on the cliff and saw the same things as BP, and she knows from day 1 what kind of person Abhimanyu is, she knows he saves life by giving his all, and the only time she sort of got angry on him was when the machines caught fire, and that time also she said his "laparwahi" , she knew it can never be deliberate.
When Muskaan does this, I was Akshara to stand by Abhimanyu and say this to her and BP, that she knows Abhimanyu as a person and he would never do what you guys are accusing him of. She has only mistrusted him till now, even when he was trying to get Abhir to reduce his temper on Akshara and Abhinav, it was her and her pati handling the situation that made Abhir so uncomfortable because they painted Abhimanyu the boogeyman even before the custody started. Abhimanyu has shown complete trust in Akshara throughout this journey, yes he didn't trust her when it came to legal action, but then she was the first one to threaten, so it seems a natural jump.
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