AK: Mai aa to gayi yahaan lekin pata nahi sab kaise hoga. Lord Krishna aap mera saath dena.

She headed towards the entrance where she has come to attend the party to find the culprit she was looking for. Before she could further move inside she was stopped by the guards present there.

Guard: Ay kahaan chali andar? Mujhe to nahi lagta yahaan kisi joker ko bulaya gaya hai.

AK: Joker? Mai Joker dikh rahi hun aapko?

She fiercely asked them assuming that they were making fun of her not realising she was there in the joker's costume.

Guard: Ha to joker ke kapde pehen kar joker hi lagogi na, heroine thodi na lagogi.

AK: Haa to hun hi heroine mai, isme lagne wali kya baat hai.

Guard: Kya kaha? Heroine?

She bit her tongue realising the truth she has blurted out.

Guard: Sun lo bhai sab ke sab. Ye Joker heroine hai, phir to pata nahi baaki ke heroines kya honge.

AK: Jab tak aap wo sab sochiye, mai andar jaa kar aati hun.

Guard: Oo aise kaise andar chali Madam. Bin bulaye mehmaan allowed nahi hai yahaan.

AK: Ha to kya hua mujhe invitation nahi mila to? Hun to mai uski dost hi na.

Guard: To dost ko invite koun nahi karta?

AK: Ab mai aapko meri dukh bhari kahaani kya hi sunaun. Usne mujhe propose kiya lekin maine use mana kar diya, us wajah se mera aur uska jhagda ho gaya. Ab jab jhagda ho gaya to usne mujhe invitation bhi nahi diya. Aur ab jaakar mujhe meri galti ka ehsaas ho gaya ki mujhe us jaisa ladka poori duniya me kya, space me bhi nahi milega. Isiliye aa gayi mai use yahaan surprise dene. Ab aap log agar mujhe andar nahi jaane denge na to soch lijiye aapka kya hoga. Aapke Sahab ki hone wali bahu ko rok rahe hai aap, apni apni jaan pyaari hai to jaane dijiye.

Guard: Achha thik hai chali jaana lekin pehle checking hogi.

The female guard who was present checked her and gave a clean chit.

AK: Ho gaya ab mai chalti hun.

Guard: Ruko! Wo box bhi check karna hoga.

AK: Ab kya aap gift box bhi dekhenge? Mere unke liye gift hai, mai ise yahaan nahi kholne wali.

She said holding the box close to her.

Guard: Achha thik hai jao.

She entered inside sighing in relief. She wandered around the hall and hid the box somewhere that it can be out of anyone's sight. As she further moved inside where the party was held she was stopped by one of the persons whom she assumed was the politician.

Mr. Patel: Koun ho tum? Yahaan kyun aayi ho? Aur guard ne tumhe andar kaise aane diya?

AK: Mai.... Wo.... Mai Joker hun. Dikh nahi raha hai kya aapko? Ya aap apna chashma pehenna bhool gaye?

Mr. Patel: Sab dikh raha hai mujhe lekin ye samajh nahi aa raha hai ki tumhe yahaan kisne bulaya hai?

AK: Mujhe bulane ki kya zaroorat. Mai to aise hi aa gayi.

Mr. Patel: Aise kaise aa gayi tum? Yahaan koi tamaasha chal raha hai jo koi bhi muh utha kar aa jayega.

He yelled on her making her flinch back in fear. His son, with his group of friends and the other people present in the party arrived there hearing his loud voice.

Mr. Patel: Tum ne bulaya hai ise?

He asked his son pointing towards Guddan who was sweating in nervousness. She couldn't lose this opportunity of finding that person who is the only one who could make them reach the real culprit of the entire game plan.

"No Dad, maine nahi bulaya hai ise. Waise bhi mai apni hi party me aise ghatiya logon ko bula kar apna mood kharab karna nahi pasand karunga", his son replied while Guddan was thinking all the excuses she could make to stay here for some more time. May be the idea of attending in a joker's costume wasn't a good one.

"Dad, jaldi se ise baahar bheje, mere friends ke saamne meri beizzati ho rahi hai is ki wajah se. Aise logon me na hi aukaat hoti hai aur na hi kaam, to chale aate hai kahin par bhi muh utha kar", he disgustingly said eyeing at Guddan.

"Abey teri to......", Guddan having enough of his nonsense stepped forward fisting her hand to gift him a punch on his face that too on his birthday but was stopped by his father who held her hand and pushed her away. Before she could fall down a pair of arms held her protectively that she very well recognised even when her eyes were closed.

She steadied herself looking at him. She controlled herself not to burst out laughing at him. He was indeed dressed up as a clown. But the other thoughts overcame and she was too overwhelmed knowing that he was here, in that costume, just for her. He was ready to do so even when he doesn't know who she is. She wondered as to what extent he would go when he will find out that she is none other than his Guddan.

"Hainji, kee gal ho gaya hai?", he asked trying to keep his voice stern in punjabi accent.

Mr. Patel: Ab tum kahaan se tapak gaye? Ek kam tha kya jo doosra bhi aa gaya. Abhi ke abhi donon niklon yahaan se warna abhi mai security ko bula kar bahar phenk dunga.

AJ: Arey tussi thand rakho ji. Lassi piyo aur chill karo! Aur ye kee gal hoyi? Aap ne mujhe nahi pehchana? Mujhe? Ab thwadda puttar bada kee ho gaya tuhanu sab ne bhool jaana hai. Hain? Eh changa nahi hai.

(Keep Calm!)
(Now that your son is grown up, you will forget everyone. This is not good)

Mr. Patel: Arey kahin tum wo to nahi jo iske har birthday par aate the?

AJ: Jeh huyi na baat! Tussi mainu bohot changa tarah pehchana hai.

(You very well recognised me)

Mr. Patel: Lekin tumhari awaaz itni badli huyi kyun lag rahi hai?

AJ: Ab aapne itne saal baad meri awaaz suni hai to aapko aisa hi lagega na. Lekin jeh tussi ne changa nahi kiya. Pichle kuchh birthdays se mujhe bhool gaye.

Mr. Patel: Arey ab to ye bada ho gaya. To ab ise kahaan ye Joker me maza aata hai.

AJ: Jaanta hun, isiliye to aaj aaya hun. Ab use Joker me na sahi, apne bachpan me to interest hoga na. To bas, thwadde puttar ki bachpan ki yaadein taaza karne ye Joker phir se yahaan haazir hai ji.

Mr. Patel: Ye baat sahi hai. Tum apni taiyari karo, mai baaki logon se mil kar aata hun.

He was leaving but came back seeing AK who was dumbstruck to find them speaking as if she was non-existent all the time.

Mr. Patel: Aur tum?

AJ: Yeh hamari partner hai. Is ke bina kaise kuchh hoga.

Mr. Patel: Tum par bharosa kar ke ise rehne de raha hun.

He said patting on AJ' s shoulder and left with his men.

She held AJ's hand and moved into the washroom and locked themselves inside it. He was taken aback by her choice for their stay even if it was for a while.

AJ: Tum yahaan kyun aayi ho? Aur agar tumhe aana hi tha to tumhare dimaag me ye Joker ke alaawa aur koi idea nahi aaya? Like seriously, khud to Joker ban hi gayi, saath me mujhe bhi force kiya.

He was scolding her but stopped realising that she was just staring at him.

AJ: Kuchh bologi bhi ya sirf aise hi ghoorte rahogi?

AK: Mujhe nahi pata tha ki aap Joker ban kar apna side business chalate hai. Matlab acting karke, Impressive haan!

AJ: Maine itna sab kuchh kaha aur tumhare dimaag me sirf yehi chal raha tha?

AK: Haan matlab mai to sirf yehi baat nahi jaanti thi. Lagta hai bohot pehle se shuru kiya hoga na aapne? Matlab unka beta to abhi 18 ka hai isiliye aur aapne itne saalon me mujhe bataya nahi kabhi....

AJ: Shut up! Just shut up!

He yelled at her making her shut her mouth as silence covered there.

AJ: Ek to mai tumhari help karne ke liye, is bekaar se Joker ke get up me yahaan aaya hun aur tum ho ki meri us bakwaas kahaani ko sach maan kar mujhse sawaal karke mujhe irritate kar rahi ho.

AK: Haan to mujh par chillane ki zaroorat nahi hai aapko. Mujhe kya pata tha ki aap aise hi kahaani bana rahe hai. Wo to aapki baaton me bohot achhi tarah aa gaye. Mujhe Nautanki kehte hai, khud bhi to itni achhi nautanki kar lete hai. Aaye bade, huh!!!

AJ: Tumhe phir us topic par aane ki zaroorat nahi hai. Tum ye batao ki tum yahaan karne kya aayi ho? Wo bhi is Joker ke getup me?

AK: Mai jo bhi karne aayi hun, aapko kaise pata chala ki mai yahaan hun? Maine to aapko bataya nahi.

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FLASHBACK,

Worker: Madam, birthday party me jo joker ke costumes use huye the wo laundry se aa gaye hai. Kahaan rakhna hai ise?

A worker asked Durga about it that was observed by AK who was passing by from there.

Durga: Tum ise sto.......

AK: Arey arey rukiye. Ye mujhe de dijiye.

She said taking it from his hands making the both look at her amusingly.

Durga: Isse tumhara kya kaam?

AK: Mujhe pehenna hai ise.

Durga: Kya?

AK: Ha... wo.... wo ek scene ke liye mujhe ye chahiye tha. Mai baahar se ise mangane wali thi lekin ab jab ye yahaan hai hi to ise hi use kar lungi.

Durga: Lekin tumhari movie ki to shooting khatam ho chuki hai. Ab kis liye?

AK: Kya Durga ji, aap bhi bohot sawaal karte hai. Kaam hai matlab hai. Mai use karke ise phir se wash karke apako waapas kar dungi.

Durga: Baat wo nahi hai. Wo to bas...

AK: Jo bhi baat ho ham baad me karte hai. Abhi mujhe bohot kaam hai. Ok, bye!

AJ'S ROOM,

AK: Haan to mai aapko kounsa sach me Joker banne ke liye keh rahi hun, bas ye costume pehen kar aapko mere saath aana hai na.

AJ: Mujhe nahi karna matlab nahi karna. Ye baat samajh lo bas.

Here, he was, yet again drowning himself in the thoughts of his love, his life, his wife and then she barged into his room, into his life reminding him of her. Reminding him of his guilt, of his helplessness that he couldn't have her. It was as if he was seeing her infront of her but still couldn't have her, couldn't hold her close to him, couldn't feel her, couldn't touch her and most importantly couldn't have her love again.

All these thoughts of his, lead to nothing but again hurting her by refusing to help her, though unintentionally.

After she left, he again drowned himself in his thoughts. Her words ringing in his ears. Her helpless face flashing infront of his eyes making him regret his behaviour.

He immediately picked the costume and headed outside trying to know where she has left to. He got to know that she has took one of his cars as her car was already taken by Shrestha and Revati who were out for their shopping. He immediately tracked the car's location as every car of the house has a GPS tracker installed in it for security purposes.
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AJ: Mai yahaan jis bhi tariqe se aaya wo matlab nahi rakhta, tum ye bataao tum yahaan karne kya aayi ho?

AK: Aapko nahi batana to mat bataiye lekin ye to bata dijiye ki aap andar kaise aaye?

AJ: Tum sawaal ke badle sawaal kiye ja rahi ho? Jawaab dena bhi hai ya nahi tumhe?

AK: Haan to ye mera last sawaal tha. Aap jawaab de dete to mai bhi aapke sawaal ka jawaab de deti.

AJ: You might know, Money speaks the most that it shuts the mouth of entire world.

AK : Oh! Mere to dimaag me hi nahi aaya ki ye itna simple tha. Maine to pata nahi kya kya nahi kiya andar aane ke liye.

AJ: Ab bata bhi do ki tum andar kyun aana chahti thi?

AK: Is aadmi ko pakadne ke liye.

She showed him the picture of the person who attacked her years back and about whom she saw the article on the news paper.

AJ: Lekin kyun?

AK: Criminal hai isiliye.

AJ: Haan to wo kaam police bhi to kar sakte hai na.

AK: Nahi! Mujhe usse aisi information nikalwani hai jis ki khabar police tak nahi pohonch sakti. Atleast abhi ke liye nahi.

AJ: Kiya kya hai isne?

AK: Wo sab aapko baad me bataungi mai. Abhi ke liye bas aap ko ise pehchaanna hoga aur phir ye jaise hi mile aap mujhe inform karenge aur hame ise yahaan se le jana hoga.

AJ: Pehchaanna kis liye?

AK: Kyunki ye apna appearance change karke yahaan aayega.

AJ: Mujhe kaise pata chalega ki wo koun hai? Maine to ek baar bhi ise in person dekha bhi nahi hai.

AK: Khane me chhupe huye masale pehchaan lete hai na, usi tarah ise bhi pehchaan lijiye. Koi bohot bada kaam nahi diya hai maine aapko.

AJ had enough of her talks and was about to unlock the door of the washroom where they were but she held his hand and stopped him as she remembered the other task she had at her hand.

AK: Mujhe aapko kuchh dena tha.

She acted as if she was performing a magic trick and pulled out her hand with a red rose in it that reminded him of the same moment he had with Guddan. He looked confusingly as to why she was giving him a rose.

AK: Oh, ye kya nikal gaya.

She threw the rose in the dustbin and then performed the same act and this time she took out a gun.

AK: Ye lijiye aapke liye.

AJ: Are you sure tum mujhe ye dena chahti ho?

AK: Haan to aapko kya laga ki mai aapko rose dena chahti thi? Not even in your dreams, Mister.

AJ: Mai koi chhota bachha nahi hun jo tum mujhe ye toy gun de rahi ho. Rakho ise apne paas.

AK: Oh hello! Khilona nahi hai ye. Asli gun hai asli! Josh me hosh kho baith kar ise chala mat dijiye kahin. Warna phir to saari zindagi jail me khana banate rahenge.

AJ: What the hell are you doing with a real gun?

AK: Shh! Chilla kyun rahe hai? Sab ko batana nahi hai ki hamare paas asli gun hai.

AJ: Tumhare paas ye gun aaya kahan se? Abhi ke abhi waapas kar ke aao. It's dangerous!

AK: Calm Down, Ok! Kya keh rahe the aap baahar? Haan, Tussi thand rakho ji. Lassi piyo aur chill karo. Mera hi gun hai, wo bhi license ke saath, so Don't worry.

AJ: License? Iska Matlab tumhe ise shoot karna aata hai?

AK: Ofcourse! Aur isse pehle ki mai aapko isse shoot kar dun, ise achhe se chhupaiye aur baahar party me jaaiye. Remember, gun chalana nahi hai aur na hi ise baahar nikaalna hai. Only if the situation gets out of hand, ham ise darane ke liye use karenge.

AJ nodded agreeing to her words and headed out of the washroom. AK too followed him after a few minutes when she witnessed that the path is clear.

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They were roaming around the entire place and noticing each and every person for any difference in their attire or behaviour. In between they had to entertain the guests that annoyed AJ but he couldn't blame anyone as he came there with his own will.

Just then AJ notices a man who was having overgrown hair and the glasses he was wearing was almost falling every now and then. He was walking as if he wasn't used to any of it. He suspected him to be the one but cannot actually confirm if he would be the person they are looking for. So, he kept an eye on him and noticed the other persons as well. He called AK and informed her about the person he was suspecting. She made sure that she was keeping an eye on him as well.

As time passed by, AK noticed him moving to a corner so she followed him without wasting a single minute. She looked back trying to call AJ but found him busy entertaining guests. She approached him and pulled out his glasses and hair that came out as a wig confirming her suspects. Before he could attack her or do something to protect himself she made him inhale the napkin of chloroform she kept ready at hand.

He fell down on the floor being unconscious. She tried calling AJ but he wasn't receiving the calls as the little children didn't even let him move. Noticing that a few people were about to reach the place she was with the man, she immediately pulled him to a nearby room with great difficulty. She locked the room so that no one enters it by mistake.

After a while, AJ calls AK after finding so many missed calls from her. She informed him about the place where she was there with that person. He hurriedly reached there and was astounded to find him unconscious.

AJ: Kya kiya tumne is ke saath?

AK: Kuchh nahi, bas behosh hai thodi der ke liye. Abhi hame jaldi se ise yahaan se le jaana hoga.

AJ: Lekin main entrance se le jaana mushkil hoga. There are a lot of people.

AK: To maine kab kaha ki ise wahaan se le jaayenge. Maine pata kiya hai ki yahaan ek back door hai jahaan par abhi koi nahi hoga. Aur mujhe wahaan tak jaana ka raasta bhi pata hai, so let's go.

AJ: Kaise kar leti ho ye sab?

He asked unsure about how she can collect information about anything and everything just in a few moments.

AK: Aapne abhi AK ko jaana hi kahaan hai! It's too easy. Just a *wink* you know, and it's all done.

She said winking at him and flipping her hair at the end making him shake his head at her antics.

AJ: Apni ye nautanki band karo aur jaldi karo isse pehle ki koi aur aa jaye yahaan.

AK: Aap iske pair pakad lijiye aur mai haath pakad leti hun.

She said trying to reach out for the person's hands but he lift the person entirely on his shoulders without her help making her gape at him.

AJ: Tumne abhi AJ ko jaana hi kahaan hai!

She rolled her eyes at him and moved forward to guide him towards the backdoor. She asked him to wait there making sure no one sees them. She brought the car and he dumped him in the backseat. They tied his hands and feet in case if he gains his consciousness, he couldn't hurt them. AJ took the driver's seat while AK set the location to the CBI office to make him drive there.

AJ: Bas itne se kaam ke liye tumne mujhe ye Joker jaise ready hone ke liye force kiya?

AK: Haan.

She replied shrugging as if it wasn't a matter of concern.

AJ: Ham kuchh aur bhi plan kar sakte the, other than being a Joker.

AK: Ye choose karne ke liye mere paas teen reasons the. Pehla, ki hamare paas bilkul bhi time nahi tha, aaj subah hi mujhe is party ke baare me pata chala. Doosri baat, mai pehli baar Joker nahi bani, aur jab bhi mai koi kaam ek se zyaada baar kar leti hun to wo mera comfort zone ban jata hai. So it was kind of a simple task for me. Aur teesri baat to sab se zyaada important hai, aapka ye 6 foot ka shareer kisi aur character ke costume me nahi chup sakta tha. Koi bhi aapko aankh band kar ke pehchan leta ki aap Akshat Jindal hai. Isiliye aapke liye to ye perfect tha. Aur aap par bohot achha bhi lag raha tha.

She teased him all the while removing her makeup she has done to look like a Joker.

AJ: It wasn't funny.

AK: Hahha, ye joke bhi nahi tha funny lagne ke liye. It was a fact Mr. Joker.

AJ: Oh please Shut up!

She laughed out teasing him.

AK: Waise Wo Mr. Patel aapki baaton me itni aasani se kaise aa gaye?

AJ: I know him. For his son's birthday party every year, he orders food from our restaurant. Once, I attended one of the parties and met the Joker who happened to be the person I know back then. I just imitated him as he was a Punjabi. So he kind of fell to my words.

She nodded and then opened the chain at the back of her costume to remove it.

AJ: Kya kar rahi ho ye?

He asked averting his eyes from her and focussing on the road.

AK: Kya? Kya sochte hai aap mere baar me, haan? Kapde pehne huye hai maine. Besharam insaan!

She huffed slipping out of the Joker's costume revealing herself in a t-shirt and short jeans.

AJ: So, ab tum bataogi ki tumne ise kis jurm me giraftaar kiya hai?

She rolled her eyes at his choice of words but nevertheless decided to reveal it to him though only to a certain extent.

AK: He is a drug smuggler, teenagers me drug addiction karane ke liye aise parties me bhes badal kar drugs supply karne ke liye aata hai.

AJ: Tum in sab me kyun involve ho rahi ho? You know how much these matters are sensitive.

AK: Mai use is wajah se yahaan nahi le kar aayi hun. Ye to abhi abhi usne ye sab start kiya hai, isse pehle to aur bohot kaand kiye huye hai isne.

AJ: Kya matlab?

AK: Isne ek aur aadmi ke saath milkar 6 saal pehle, kisi ke kehne par ek accident kiya tha. The accident was devastating. Ahaan wasn't born by then, but the doctors said that they have to perform the delivery as it might harm the baby and mother. So, Ahaan was born premature. After his birth, they got to know about the hospital we were in and they came there to attack. Luckily, Ahaan was saved but I wasn't.

AJ looked at her only to find a blank face but he could clearly see how much she was trying to hold herself and even then she continued.

AK: He attacked me on my head. My condition was very critical. I wasn't responding to any of the treatments. The doctors suggested that they should take me to Mumbai for treatment. Kunal Bhai and his family brought me to Mumbai and the treatment started again. I was slowly responding then later, I slipped into coma. After few months, I regained my consciousness but then my mental health was real bad. I was suffering from Psychological Amnesia. I didn't even know who Ahaan was, after waking up from coma. I didn't even remember anything about the accident. It totally wrecked me and the sanity of my mind. After almost a year of the entire fiasco I was back to normal with a stable mind.

AJ: So, that's the reason of the attacks you suffer from even now?

AK: Yeah, it troubles me often. And so to distract myself from it, I wanted to start working and when I went for an interview, mistakenly, I entered the wrong room. That room was where there were auditions going on for a female lead for the show where Karan, my co-actor was the male lead. He was the one who watched my audition clip and assured the entire team that I was best for the role. Such an irony it was, remembering how the same thing happened to me years back when I went to gave an audition for a role but ended up somewhere else.....

She trailed off remembering that she was mistakenly revealing what happened with Guddan.

AJ: What about Ahaan's grandparents?

AK: They were informed that no one survived in the accident which wasn't the truth. They were sent to London where Kunal Bhai's parents are, afraid of the thought that they might be harmed as well. They returned to India, to be more precise Indore, after 6 whole years and they saw my picture on one of the hoardings here which was when they got to know about me and Ahaan.

AJ: It would be not so easy for them as well, to believe that they are having someone whom they actually thought were dead.

His words sank in her, deeper than it should've, making her realise of her truth, the truth of their baby, daughter, Arya.

AJ: But it still doesn't give them the rights to snatch Ahaan from you.

AK: They have all the rights. She is his grandmother.

AJ: And you are his Mother.

AK: Only if I was.

AJ: What???

He asked unsure if what he heard her say was correct or not.

AK: We reached.

She announced getting out of the car. He moved out as well removing his makeup but still in his costume. He saw from a distance how an officer saluted her, and then they had a short conversation. They proceeded towards the car and he took out the man from the backseat with the help of his other men and took him somewhere inside the office. AK guided AJ to a room where he could change his costume.

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AJ was lead to the cabin where AK was there, by an officer. He could hear Karan Ahuja shouting insanely at her. He was mad at how she decided to deal with such a criminal alone without informing anyone of them. He entered and the next moment Kunal entered with a worried expression.

AK: Bhai!

She moved towards him whining how bad his brother was scolding her. He just hugged her and looked for any injuries she might have.

Kunal: Kya zaroorat thi ye sab karne ki? Wo bhi bina kisi ko bataye. You realise how risky it was!

AK: Bhai, kuchh nahi hua na. Aur ye bhi to the mere saath.

Kunal: But still you shouldn't have done that.

Karan A: Ye to apni real life ko bhi wo soap operas samajh kar baithi hai, ki ye us show ki heroine hai aur ye kuchh bhi kar degi. Just give her some piece of mind, Bhai. I am already fed up of her.

AK: You just stop it, okay. Ek to maine tumhari help ki us criminal ko pakadne me aur tum ho ki baaki ka kaam karne ke bajaye ulta mujh par hi gussa kar rahe ho.

Karan A: Then what do you expect from us? Should we reward you with Param Vir Chakra for your bravery.

AK: Ofcourse, you should. Jitna time tum logon ko ye sab planning plotting karne me lagta na utne me maine poore criminal ko hi utha kar yahaan laa diya. You should be grateful for what I did.

Kunal: We are, we absolutely are! But it shouldn't be done at the cost of your life.

AK: Bhai.....

Kunal: No Chhoti, you need to realise this. We can't afford to be on the verge of losing you again.

AK: Ok, I understand.

She said hugging him while he placed a soft kiss on the top of her head.

Kunal: Now promise, you won't perform this kind of stunt again.

AK: I will try.

Kunal: That's not what I asked for. Promise?

AK: Ok, I promise.

Kunal: Good, now what about Ahaan's case? Kuchh hi dinon me hearing hai.

AK: Bhai, wo kya hai na, mujhe bohot neend aa rahi hai, bohot kaam kar liya na aaj. Mai chalti hun, ham phir kabhi baat karte hai. Ok, bye!

She left from there hurriedly not wanting to discuss about the case.

Kunal: Thankyou for being there for her.

He thanked AJ when he saw him following AK after she left. AJ just nodded with a smile and left following her.

AK: You are preparing dinner for me.

He looked at her narrowing his eyes. Normally, a person would request or probably ask to do it but here, the lady sitting next to him was commanding him to do it for her. Not that he could ever object it but still there should be ways, good ways, to approach someone. Well, even when he would be doing it, he isn't going to make it easy, for her.

AJ: Ok!

He agreed making her shocked. She looked at him trying to find if anything was wrong with him as to why he agreed to her without any argument.

AJ: Lekin....

Here comes what she was waiting for.

AJ: Usse pehle tumhe kuchh batana hoga.

AK: Aur mujhe kya batana hoga?

She asked raising her left eyebrow at him.

AJ: How is Ahaana related to you?

Her face expressed how shock she was with it but maintained her calm and looked away. He saw a few pictures of Ahaana in the room he went to change. Some were her solo pictures, some with Kunal and Karan but most of them with AK.

AK: Jis tarah mere liye Ahaan aur Arya hai, usi tarah Ahaana bhi hai. Fark sirf itna hai ki unse pyaar jatati hun, isse pyaar chhupati hun.

He understood the meaning behind the words but failed to understand what the sentence actually meant. She probably use simple words that are easy to understand but when she makes a sentence out of it, the meaning doesn't remain anymore predictable. Sighing, he continued his driving not forcing her to reveal more. She has revealed enough for today was what he thought because he can't even remember the last time she even spoke to him properly. And today she revealed most of it to him with her own will, that made some sense to him about some of the events that happened from the time she is here. He just hoped that maybe, one day, everything would come out clear without anything left to be revealed.

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Look, who's back! Yeah that's me 🙈

Sorry for vanishing from here just like that. I guess it's been more than four months since I last updated. I hope there are still people waiting to read this.

The first reason for my absence was this app that behaves weird at times. I was having issues with this app and when I Uninstalled it, hoping that the problem would resolve after reinstalling but it wasn't even being installed on my phone.

And then I got to know that my finals were preponed when compared to other colleges and universities of the state. So, I had to deal with everything in a short span of time, my assignments, projects, practicals, internship and internals which was the reason I cannot concentrate on writing here. So, I just returned after I completed all my exams so that I don't vanish again for the sake of exams.

Just give me some time and I will update all the other stories that are on hold as well.

Don't forget to share your reviews on this chapter and the upcoming ones.

And I have found that I have many new readers, hope you all are liking my stories as well.

Meet you with another update soon till then...

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