Ramona was worried upon seeing her daughter's condition - Mahira had cried and screamed and thrown things around the room in anger and had hurt herself in the process. Ramona had tired to calm her down and had even suggested that they leave Luthra house immediately seeing as Karan had refused to marry Mahira and staying in Luthra house would only cause her more hurt. This in turn had angered Mahira further and her hatred for Preeta had only increased.

She was angry at Preeta for existing and Sherlyn had taken full advantage of the situation to stir further. She had convinced Ramona not to leave and also not to mention Karan's decision to the family, although reluctantly Ramona had agreed to stay.

Sherlyn had calmed Mahira down and advised her to wait till the family came home. She was sure that Karan wouldn't have mentioned anything to his family and even if he did she knew Kareena Bua would never allow it! Although she too agreed that Preeta was becoming a threat and they would have to think of something to ensure that Karan married Mahira.

The trio agreed to discuss the matter later in the night when everyone was home and asleep at Sherlyn's recommendation. She thought that there was too much of a risk of the family coming home and someone overhearing their plans if they continued the discussion at the present time and she also needed time to think of a plan.

Mahira had hugged her and conveyed her gratitude to Sherlyn for supporting her and Ramona too had praised Sherlyn's efforts. Little did they know that Sherlyn wasn't doing anything for them... she was doing everything for herself... There was no way she was going to let Preeta Arora into Luthra house again! She thought to herself, because the truth was that she was not only jealous of Preeta Arora but she also feared her!

A short while later

Sherlyn and Ramona were sitting in the living room when the Luthra's returned from the party. As they walked into the house Kareena started moaning

"Yeh log samaj te kya hai aapne aap ko?!"

Not getting the response she wanted from the family annoyed her further but she persisted "I mean how dare they! Unhe samaj nahi aata ke woh middle class Preeta iss ghar ki bahu kabhi nahi ban sakti!"

"Bua! Please!" Rishabh said in frustration

"What please? Tumne sunna nahi unn logo ne kya kaha? Aur woh bhi ek baar nahi baar baar!" she huffed

"Lekin baat toh saach hai nah?" Rakhee stated annoyed at Kareena's constant ranting

"Bhabhi!?"

"Ha Kareena Di... Baat toh unhone saach hi kahi hai, Karan aur Preeta ki Jodi mujhe pahele se pasaand hai! Lekin aapne hamisha aapni chaliyi hai mere beto ki zindagi main..."

"Yeh tu kya kahe rahi hai Rakhee? Karan ki shadhi Mahira se ho rahi hai aur woh bhi humari marzi se..."

"Nahi mummyji... humari marzi se nahi! Kareena Di aur aapki marzi se!"

The two women looked at her stunned

"Rakhee yeh tu kya kahe rahi hai!" Ramona interrupted but Rakhee didn't bother replying instead she looked at her Mother-in-Law in the eyes and continued

"Mahira aap ki passand hai... Kareena Di ki passand hai... lekin meri passand kabhi nahi hogi! Mere liye meri pahali aur akhri passand Preeta hai!" she turned to Kareena "Aur yeh baat toh aap pahele se ganti hai Di... Agaar aap Rishabh ke liye Sherlyn ka rishta na lati toh mein usski shadhi Preeta se karadeti."

Karan who had been parking the car caught the last bit of the conversation, he looked at his mother stunned but he wasn't the only one – Rishabh too looked at his mother in shock.

"Mom?" Karan questioned, his heart beats racing and panic clouding his features. As he moved closer to the group the panic slowly turned to anger at the thought that his mother had intended to get his babydoll married to his brother. Rakhee and Rishabh smiled understanding his anger as his possessiveness for Preeta but Kareena thought otherwise

"Dekho na Karan, Bhabhi kaisi baate kar rahi hai? Rishabh aur Pree..."

"No!" he snapped not letting Kareena finish. Instead of feeling insulted Kareena smirked thinking that Karan would support her and reprimand his mother but how wrong she was!

"Preeta 'Karan' Luthra!" he stated looking at his mother daring her to say otherwise. While Kareena and Dadi stared at him trying to understand the undercurrent to his words Rakhee smiled at the way he staked his claim.

"Yeh kya bakwaas kar rahe ho Karan? Uss middle class larki ka naam aapne naam ke saath kyun jor rahe ho?" Kareena questioned worried that Ramona would get offended.

"Bua aa..." he began

Realising this might give Karan the perfect opportunity to tell his family that he was calling off his wedding with Mahira, Sherlyn quickly took change of the situation

"Bua, Mummyji... raat bohot ho gaiyi hai hum saab kal baat karte hai!"

"Nahi Sher..." Kareena tried to protest wanting to get to the bottom of things immediately

"Bua dekhiye na... woh... ha woh Dadi kitna thak gaiyi hai" she gestured to Bani who was hurting seeing her family arguing. Assuming that it was Sherlyn's motive to disperse the argument and to stop Karan from saying something that would upset Ramona and in turn Mahira, Bani played along,

"Ha, Sherlyn sahi kahe rahi hai! Mein bohot thak gaiyi hoon aur mere pair mein bhi bohot dard ho raha hai, toh mujhe..."

"Dadi aapko dard ho raha hai? Aap ne pehele kyun nahi kaha?" Rishabh panicked

"Ha Mom aap upaar chaliye aur aaram kariye. Bhabhi woh..."

"Ha Di, aap mummyji ko upar lejaiye mein unke liye gharam doodh le ke aati hoon

...And just like that Sherlyn achieved her motive of distracting the Luthra's from their discussion!

As the Luthra's made their way up the stairs fussing over Bani Luthra, Mahira who had been observing the drama from the upstairs balcony moved into her room before anyone saw her. Her anger which had only slightly dimmed earlier was once again ignited... It was all Preeta's fault she thought!

How dare Rakhee Aunty say that she wanted Preeta as a daughter-in-law and that she Mahira wasn't her choice! how dare she say! Mahira thought to herself. She paced her room in anger waiting for Sherlyn and her mother deciding that she would not sleep without finding a permanent solution to this bloody problem called Preeta Arora!

In the meantime

Someone entered their room and after carefully closing their door they moved into the bathroom with their phone. Having been caught once they though it was best to take extra precautions!

"Hello love" The person on the other end of the phone answered at the first ring as if they were waiting for this very phone call.

"Someone seems to be in a good mood!" the resident of Luthra house stated

"Shouldn't I be?"

Laughing the resident of Luthra house replied "Well I guess you have a reason to be happy since I spared some time from my busy schedule to call you"

"Ahn ha" came the reply followed by a chuckle

"Fun and games a part... I need to tell you something"

Hearing the sudden seriousness in the voice of the caller the individual that received the call also become serious "Is everything okay? Are you okay?"

"Calm down... I'm fine... it's... it's just that more people have found out about the plan!"

"Hmmmm..."

"What do you mean hmmmm? Are you not worried that things will come out before we achieve our goal? That things will go wrong?"

"You stress too much love."

"I..."

"No seriously... you need to relax; nothing will go wrong"

"How do you know that? You don't even know who else has found out!"

"Sameer and Rakhee Aunty" was the reply

"How?"

"Come on love you know me; besides I was at the function today and I also know who got engaged" the individual laughed thinking about the events of the evening.

The caller too smiled thinking about what they had achieved and also thinking about Sameer's shocked reactions.

"Listen love, I think it's good that Sameer and Rakhee Aunty have found out. I was actually thinking that they have been punished enough... and you yourself said that they have both started sticking up for what they feel is right rather than standing around watching their family treat others like crap!"

"Your right" the caller smiled "You won't believe what happened when we got home..." and with that the caller went on to explain how Rakhee stated clearly that she wanted Preeta to be her Daughter-in-Law in front of the whole family. They also explained Karan's jealousy and possessiveness when Rakhee mentioned that had Rishabh not agreed to marry Sherlyn, then she would have got Rishabh and Preeta married.

The duo laughed at Karan's state but both agreed that for what he had done he deserved to suffer some more! With that they disconnected the call.

A few hours later

Sherlyn waited until she was sure that Rishabh was asleep before slowing sneaking out of bed and making her way to Mahira's room.

As she entered, Mahira who was still pacing stopped to look at her and Ramona who had been sitting on her daughters bed sighed in relief.

"Kitni dair lagadi tumne Sherlyn!" Mahira snapped

Sherlyn not liking the way Mahira was speaking to her snapped back in the same tone "Mujhe Rishabhji ke soone ka intazaar karna paara isliye dair lagaiyi! Lekin agar tumhe meri help ki zaroorat nahi hai mein ja sakti hoon!"

Ramona stepped in to calm the situation down before one of the only people in the house that was supporting her daughter turned against her

"Mahira beta relax, Sherlyn tumhari madaat kar rahi hai..." Mahira looked at her ready to argue but Ramona continued not giving her the chance "Ha mein janti hoon ke tumhe tension ho rahi hai lekin beta agar woh pahele aati tho shayad Rishabh usse hazaar saval karta... khair yeh chodo aur batho yanhan" she guided Mahira to the bed and made her sit and then turned to Sherlyn asking her to come and join them.

Sherlyn who was mentally cursing Mahira smiled and moved to join the duo. She knew that as much as she disliked Mahira she needed her to defeat Preeta!

"Toh Sherlyn beta tumne kuch soocha?" Ramona asked in a sugary sweat voice

"Aunty meine yeh to nahi soocha ke yeh kaise karenge lekin mujhe lagta hai ke hume Preeta ko saab ki nazaro mein girana hoga"

"Yeh toh tumne already try karliya hai!" Snapped Mahira "Lekin usska faiyda kya huwa? Kuch waqt ke liye saab theek tha aur dheere dheere woh larki phirse saab ke dil mein aapne liye jagha bana rahi hai"

Sherlyn rolled her eyes but keeping a calm façade she replied "Mera matlab iss parivaar se nahi hai"

This intrigued Mahira but she wasn't really sure how this would help her so she asked "Lekin iss mein hamara kya faiyda?"

Sherlyn grinned "Preeta Arora... Bohot ghuroor hai usse aapni izaat aur character ko le kar, aur usse zyada usski maa ko! Agar hum aisa kuch kare jise log uske naam pe thuke tho woh khud kisi ko aapna muh nahi dikah payegi aur aapne aap Luthra's se, aur khas kar ke Karan se dur ho jaiyegi! Upar se Uski Maa ko lagega key eh saab Luthra's ne kiya hai toh woh Preeta ko yahan kabhi nahi aane degi!"

Mahira liked the sound of that and a malicious smile clouded her face almost making her look crazy.

"Lekin mujhe yeh samaj nahi aaraha ke hum yeh karenge kaise?" Sherlyn said in frustration

"Mujhe paata hai! Wait..." Mahira said pulling out her phone and dialling a number. She had a conversation with the person on the other end of the phone and then coming to an agreement disconnected. She followed up by doing something on her phone and then looked at Sherlyn

"Wah Mahira too good!" Sherlyn praised

"Aab dekhti hoon ke woh middle class larki mere Karan se dur kaise nahi rahti!" she laughed turning to hug her mother in excitement. When Ramona didn't share the same enthusiasm Mahira asked "Mom aap khush nahi hai?"

"Mahira woh..."

"Kya huva Aunty?" Sherlyn to asked seeing the tension on Ramona's face

"Woh mein sooch rahi thi ke... ke kya yeh sahi hai? I mean ke woh ek larki hai, aur aise kisi paar..."

"Oh come on Mom! Woh larki mujse meri khushi cheen rahi hai aur aap meri Mom ho ke uski side le rahi hai!"

"Nahi Mahira mein..."

"Aunty Mahira sahi kahe rahi hai... Aap uss Preeta ki chinta choriye woh tho hai hi ghatiya! Aap nahi janti meri shadhi se pahele woh Rishabhji ke peeche pari thi aur aab Karan ke! Aisi ghatiya larkiyo ke saath aisa hi hona chaahiye!"

Ramona once again looked at Mahira and then back at Sherlyn before reluctantly nodding in agreement. Mahira grinned and looking at Sherlyn gushed about how she couldn't wait for the morning that would forever taint Preeta's life!

While the trio continued to discuss their plans they failed to realised that they were being observed from the time Sherlyn entered the room.