Ragini was lost in the thoughts of Laksh when she had reached home. While her parents and sister asked about her meeting with the groom, Ragini didn't tell them about Laksh's arrival instead of the groom. She just said that she will tell everything in detail afterwards. With that, she went inside her room and decided to sleep for a while. But sleep was away from her. She sighed and started to read a book to block out the thoughts of Laksh.

At night about 11:30 pm,

Ragini went to the terrace and saw Swara was talking to someone on the phone happily. She thought it might be her fiancé, Sanskar. She went back to her room. That's when she realized that they four are interconnected, Swara-Sanskar and Ragini-Laksh. There was some bonding among the four which always bound them together at last. She wanted to believe that like Swara was meant for Sanskar, she was meant for Laksh. But then, something in her is not convinced.

The previous rejections, the cancelled engagement, and Laksh's confession was repeatedly running inside her brain. She was confused. She felt weak. She wanted to break down. She felt like everything around her was surrounded by a huge white fog where she was left alone. She wanted to do the next right thing and find an exit. But she didn't know where it was.

She didn't know what to choose. She didn't know which decision takes away the huge burden from her heart. She didn't know who will help her in it. She didn't know how she will end up if she takes the wrong decision. She wanted to stand up and dare to make a decision and can face the consequences but something is holding her back.

Laksh had confessed his love. But how can someone fall in love with someone, about whom they don't know anything from inside their heart. Laksh had said that he had seen her at 4 incidents but at only one place, he could speak to her. So how could he fall in love, within that span of time. Is he so easy to fall in love or is she so easy to be fall in love for? She didn't know!

Yes, his confession did things inside her but that doesn't mean that she should also return his feelings, which she doubts. 'How can he fall for me so easily?' 'He knows nothing about me!' 'He also has confessed his love for someone in an interview which he didn't clear it to her till now.'

'I am so confused!' Ragini thought and falls on her bed. Her hidden tears fall down freely. She was mentally and emotionally drained. She just wanted to shut everything out of her life and breath a fresh air. But no! She is stuck in this fog till she finds her groom, she thought sarcastically.

"These rejections, these confusions, his confession, where are they leading me to?" Ragini wondered loudly while letting out her tears.

"To me!"

Ragini heard someone saying behind her. She thought it was her own mind fooling but then when she realized whose voice it is, she turned around to find the man of her sleepless nights.

"Laksh" She whispered while he stood there studying her face.

"Those rejections, the cancelled engagements happened to lead you to me because you are meant for me, Ragini!" Laksh said in hoarse tone making Ragini shiver.

"What are you doing here?" Ragini asked after composing herself.

"I wanted to make things right, Ragini!" Laksh said and sighed before close to her. "Enough of this play, Ragini. Let's just confess each other's feeling and live happily!"

He said making Ragini frown. She turned her back towards him and moved towards the window while Laksh looked at her every action.

"At least tell me, what's stopping you from accepting me? What's your confusion you were talking about?" Laksh asked impatiently. He wanted to wait patiently and court her properly but then he feared that her family might convince her and get her married to someone else. So, he rushed towards her house and jumped into her room through her window. Tonight, he is going out of the room only after making her confess her feelings for him, he decided and determined to make it true.

But Ragini ignored his question and asked suddenly "Are you even real? Or is it my mind playing games with me?" She questioned herself.

Laksh rolled his eyes and went towards her. He noticed the moonlight caressing her skin making her glow like a moon princess. He gulped at the sight. He looked into her sparkling eyes and brushed away her tears. Her lips trembled at his touch which he noticed. He smiled and leaned his head towards her while she looked at him dumb folded. His hot breath fanned on her lips making them go dry. He took his hand and slowly tucked her hair behind her ear while moving towards her ear and whispering "Hey SuperHero!"

He moved away from her to look at her face gone red and her eyes widen in surprise. "So now you tell me, am I here for real?" He asked mischievously.

"You read my letters?" Ragini asked innocently with her still wide eyes.

Laksh smiled and moved away from her. He took some bag near her table which she didn't realize that he had brought it with him while entering her room. He took out some papers and spread them on her table.

"You remember these?" Laksh asked with a smirk while Ragini's eyes grew even wider.

"My letters" She whispered while a small smile formed on her lips. "You read my letters daily?" She asked him excitedly with a glow on her face. Laksh was happy to see her smile. Her smile made him smile.

"Not daily. But in one night, on my birthday night." Laksh said and looked at the letters lovingly. "You know, your letters made my day. Your sweet words and cute gifts turned my worst day into the best day of my life."

Ragini's cheeks go red hearing him speaking about her letters for which she was dying from the start. She wanted to ask him more but words failed her at that moment.

Laksh looked up at Ragini. She was standing at one corner of the table while he was at another corner. The table lamp was on while her honey-coated letters spread on the table connecting them. 'Letters Happened!' He thought.

"You have a unique idea of revealing your name!" Laksh continued knowing that it's his time to talk. He smiled and picked up the letters which ends up with her name. "Ragini Gaddodia" He read her name making her feel goosebumps all over her body.

"I had a crush on you as 'Anarkali girl'. The incidents I have said this morning were all the moments I had saw you as 'Anarkali girl', my crush." Laksh said and smiled at her while Ragini was crimson now. 'He had a crush on me?' She thought to herself while he continued "But as Ragini, I saw you through these letters."

He traced a finger through her words on the letter while he continued "I saw your care, kindness, innocence, beauty of your heart through these letters. You don't know me, but still, you cared for me and encouraged me through your words. Your every word was a pillar for me to man-up and clear the misunderstanding with my brother, Sanskar. You called me a SuperHero in every letter saying I have saved your life which I don't know how, but the real hero is you, Ragini. You made me the hero on screen but you are the hero of my life."

"I fell for you through these letters. I may also be wrong for feeling so strong for the person who cared for me. But I didn't care because this feeling is new to me. Feeling of someone caring for me is very much new to me." Laksh sighed and closed his eyes while leaning his back on the table and crossing his arms on his chest. "I lost my parents when I was 7. I was pushed into an orphanage, where I have seen you a few days before, by my relatives to get my father's properties. Though I was educated, taken care, being disciplined, something was missing in my life, I felt that. And later I found that it's love; Love of a mother, love of a father. I longed for it, Ragini. So, when someone showered me with it, I couldn't help but being thirsty for more. I wanted more of it Ragini. So, I decided to move towards it and here I am..." He opened his eyes and looked at her. Pain and longing were evident in his eyes. She wanted to make them go but before she could do that, Laksh continued "Standing in front of you, wanting you to confess your love for me."

Ragini lowered her eyes but Laksh continued "And don't dare to deny it Ragini. I had saw it in your eyes. Your admiration and love for me. I don't know why you are denying it. Please reveal your confusion so that I can help you to come out of it. Also, I want to know, why you had always said that I am a lifesaver?"

Ragini knows that it's her turn to open up. She wanted to say many things and so she did from the very start. "Laksh, the first moment I saw you may not be a pleasant memory for anyone but it is to me." She took a deep breath to reveal it to him. "I was about to end my life on that day." She heard a sharp intake of breath but still, she continued "I was upset with all that's happening around me, Laksh. I wanted to end the pain, so I took that stupid decision. But saved my life."

She then said how she switched on the TV and watched his serial while Laksh was listening to her silently. "I wanted to thank you for what you have done without even realizing. So only, I had started to write the letters. But I didn't hear any reply so I was upset. I didn't know what I was expecting that time, but I was upset. So, I asked my friend's help through whom I got your address. And she advised me to continued writing until I feel bored, so I did it." Ragini said and sighed in relief that she had opened up, at least half of the things.

"So, you were bored when you wrote the last letter and you wanted to end this bond forever. And so, you have written that you are married?" Laksh asked in a cold tone while Ragini gulped remembering what she had written on the last letter. But then, she straightened up and asked with a straight face,

"Before explaining that part, you tell me, you have given an interview that you are in love and you are rumoured to be dating your co-actor, Smriti. So, what am I doing in between you and her?"

Laksh kept looking at her face and started to laugh out loud. "Oh god, you are so funny, Ragini!" He muttered in between his laughs and tried to sober up. When he looked up at her he knows that he was in danger.

"I am still waiting!" Ragini said with her hands crossed across her chest and with a straight face. Laksh sighed and shook his head to be set his serious mode. Once he was back to his form, he started to speak.

"How can you believe rumours, Ragini?" Laksh asked and sighed while continuing "Yes, I have said that 'I am in love' but I didn't mention the name, right? Also about the rumours, you have to remember one thing Ragini, 'Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots'. And I am not calling you an idiot because I can understand your confusions here. I had given that interview, the day after my birthday, i.e. after reading your letters and came to know that there is a Ragini in my life. But about the rumours, it's common that my fans love our on-screen chemistry and want us to be together in real life too. But we have different destiny which they couldn't accept. So, the rumours like these are spreading."

"Ragini, I am an actor. Controversies, rumours, news, flashes and public are all a part of my life. I can understand that you are new to this. But to survive here, I want you to trust me. Just trust me and my words and that's how we can be happy in this type of life." Laksh finished and waited for Ragini's answers.

"I was scared," Ragini whispered. Her eyes moved here and there revealing her insecurity and fear. "I was scared that I would end up being hurt and broken. And so, I wanted to save myself. The first step is to push you away from my life and the result was that last letter. I hated myself for writing that but my fear won my heart. I decided to be away from you. But..." She looked up at him and found him looking at her with his intense stare.

"You appeared in my life. I don't know if you are a beautiful nightmare or dangerous daydream. I was scared to even decide what to do but then I realized something." Ragini said and sighed.

She took a step closer while placing a hand on his hand which was now on the letters on the table. She squeezed his hand lightly feeling his warmth spread on her cold skin. She could also feel his shiver like she felt when their skin met. She looked up to find him taking a step closer while his eyes were looking at her hopefully. She smiled like assuring that his hope is not going to fail.

"I was miserable without you. I was nothing without you. The pain and dilemma was too much to take. And I know this moment that, I am ready to fight anything to be with you. Your presence gives me that strength. You are my courage and I want you with me always."

"Laksh, I love you!"

Ragini finished her sentence without any hesitation. Her voice was clear like her determination. She wants to be with this man till her last breath and she was ready to take anything that life puts on her path in achieving him. She suddenly felt the white fog had disappeared from her surroundings. She feels like she had done something good for herself for the first time and she didn't worry about the consequences. 

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