Let's step inside the story...     

 Bulbul and Purab were not in the state to say anything because what they heard just now is beyond their imagination. Purab can’t able to believe that his best friend whom he thought as his own brother is hided his love from him, but now he hided that he married to the girl whom Purab thought as his own elder sister. For bulbul, she feels like whom she thought as innocent and sweet sister is no more innocent, now her sister is bold enough to hide many important things of her life from her family.                        

Abhi and Pragya were become more tensed after noticing their expression, Rabul’s face became pale but when they noticed Alia and Priya, their face has a glint of sadness but more than that their eyes showed happiness.                       

 “Errr…Can anyone say something?”, asked Abhi worriedly.              

   Bulbul and Purab throws daggers through their eyes after hearing his words, but Alia broke the heavy silence and says with most excited voice, “To say the truth, I am really very happy. It’s a recent trend to do secret marriage, it will be awesome experience to talk about their wedding if someone asked”.                       

 Bulbul just keep glaring at her from the beginning, in addition to her Purab too joined in her glaring session. Abhi felt little relief because he knows if his sister is convinced with this, he can able to somehow convince his parents too. Alia looked at her mother to say a word. 

 “What to say, Abhi? You followed your father’s trait”, says Priya with a hint of smile.                       

 “What do you mean? Does Ram uncle know this?”, asked purab horrified. 
                      
“You stupid, maybe her husband too married her like this, without their families wish or without their awareness”, replied bulbul unbelievably.             

 “Is that true?”, asked Pragya finally unable to ignore the fact.

"Yeah, he just kidnapped me on the day of my marriage with someone else”, replied Priya.                     

“Wow, awesome. Why you didn’t tell us about this?”, asked alia.              

 “Excuse me, can we solve the issue for what we are here. We both thought they just hided their love, but now we get to know not only love they hided their marriage too”, says bulbul angrily.

 “How can you, Abhi? And Pragya di, you too. What happened to you both? First hided your love, now marriage too. What will happen if your mom get to know this? What will Ram uncle think about you both? Leave about Abhi, what will he think about you Pragya di? Already your mom don’t like Abhi, now in addition to all… this secret marriage”, scolded Purab furiously.

“Wait Purab, there must be some reason”, justifies alia.                

“Whatever it is, now I doubt whether she is my sister or not. The sister, in whom I found my another mom, in whom I found my first friend, whom I trusted the most, who taught me to stay strong, who taught me not to lie. Now everything has changed, now I understood that CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT. She has changed, you changed my sister like this Mr. Abhishek prem Mehra”, accused bulbul in flaring anger.               

“Bulbul, you can’t…”, before Pragya could complete bulbul cuts her off and says, “I know what I am speaking, he is the reason behind everything and this is the truth. Now you don’t interfere, already you did many things”.                        

 “I already warned you not to talk with my Bhabhi in that tone Ms. Bulbul. Then I don’t know that they both are married but now I know that she is officially my Bhabhi. So if you give her respect then it will be better for you”, says alia with same anger.                     

“What is your problem? I am talking with my sister, you don’t interfere”, said bulbul furiously.                     

“Now she is my sister in law, I don’t care how you are behaving with my brother, but you should give respect to my Bhabhi. Got it”, replied alia.              

“You two, please stop it. Bulbul, why are you arguing with her and alia don’t forget she maybe your Bhabhi but before that she is bulbul’s sister”, scolds Purab angrily.         

Abhi and Pragya become more worried seeing their argument, their fear increased when they thought about Pragya’s mother’s and abhi’s dad’s reaction. Both looked at each other not knowing what to do to settle down the things which is collapsed because of their marriage… secret marriage.              

 “Atleast now, will you both care to explain the reason which made you to have secret wedding and when this all happened?”, asked Purab.              

 “Ok, we get married before 3months on Pragya’s birthday”, said Abhi. 

 “If I was not wrong, she was in her college trip that time to guide students. She was in Manali then”, said bulbul.
                
 “Yes, I went there to meet her”, replied Abhi.                  

“What is the reason, abhi? Because you very well know that I and alia supported you, is that because Pragya’s mom?”, asked Priya.               

“Yes, she is one of the reason”, said Pragya.                   

“What mom did? Wait… wait, your wedding was called off 3weeks before your birthday, right?? Why didn’t you tell us then that you love someone? Why you agreed for that wedding?”, asked bulbul.                

“What??? Wedding??? Why didn’t you tell us bhai?”, asked alia in shock. 

“Stop, enough of you all. Answer for a question itself is a question. Abhi, please tell us everything clearly”, asked Purab who is completely pissed off with the continuous quarrel.                    

Abhi takes a deep breath, looks at Pragya and he says, “She agreed for that wedding, because we thought only about your mom’s happiness then. If Pragya will marry a person of her mom’s choice then her mom will be happy. Before her engagement, Pragya tried to tell her about our love but before that her mom told that she is happy because Pragya is going to get a life which she deserves and she don’t want any argument regarding that alliance. Then we mutually decided to break our relationship. After that we neither met each other nor talked, that made me to realize how much she is important in my life. Then accidentally one day I met that groom in one of my client’s office, I got to know that he came there to leak some important project details of his company to their rival company. The very next day, exactly 3days after their engagement I heard the news of his arrest. Immediately I called Pragya, she didn’t attend but I tried continuously. At last I decided to meet her, we met a week after that broken engagement. Then I decided to talk with her mom, as usual pragya didn’t agree. Even she said that she don’t want to hurt neither her mom nor me. It took really long to convince her”.                 

Pragya continues, “Then mom decided to divert my mood from that broken engagement, so she agreed for that college trip to Manali. I went there without informing him, but somehow he get to know that and came there too, to convince me. It was a 1week trip, he stayed there at some hotel nearby our camp. (with soft chuckle she continued) He tried some funny ways too, to convince me, at last he kidnapped me on my birthday and asked me to marry him that too then, at that instant. I shouted at him, tried to explain him but he said that he is bearing me too much without any proper relationship and even he said that again my mom will try to tie me up with someone else and if that happens then he will murder that person. Then if court decided to hang him for his deeds, he will tell them that I am also involved in this crime and they will hang me too” 

Abhi chuckled while thinking about that and continues, “Even I said her that I don’t want to die at this young age, because of her crime and also said that I don’t care about her life so she have to save me from all this. If all this happened then people will call us as murderers and all will humiliate our families too. If she don’t want all this to happen then she had to marry me and save all of us. Even if she didn't agree then too I will not leave her to live peacefully, I said I will protest infront of her house with the support of media. Even if she tries to commit suicide because of my torture then too I will follow her as a ghost.”  

 “Then she agreed to you, am I right?”, asked alia.              

 “No…”, replied abhi.  

 “Then what? How cutely you asked her to marry you? Why are you so tough Pragya?”, asked Priya. 

“Then how you married her?”, asked bulbul.                  

“After lot of pleadings and blackmails, she asked me a single question. ‘What will I do if she never agree to marry me, Even after her mom agree with us?’ I just said I will forcefully marry her and after that there is no choice left for her other than bearing me for her whole life”, said abhi with a soft chuckle.                     
“Did she agreed after that?”, asked Purab.                  

“Yes…”, said Pragya.  

To be continued… 

With love, 

Sweety