Niharika and Juhi's conversation,

"When are we executing our final part of our plan?" Juhi asked Niharika.

"Patience, lady! Ram is not like his father whom we can easily manipulate. If we kidnap Priya all of the sudden, he will find her out wherever we hide her. We should manipulate the situations in such a way that he should believe that Priya is having an affair with someone and she left the house willingly. We have already planted a seed of suspicion; we just have to wait for the right opportunity to execute the rest of the plan." Niharika smirked.

"I am already excited about this." Juhi said excitedly.

"I am also excited but we should make sure that we don't commit any mistakes or leave any trials behind." Niharika stated.

"You can trust me on this." Juhi said, confidently. Niharika nodded.

"Once we kidnap Priya, I will make sure to get her property in my name. Then you have to enter Ram's life as Juhi and earn his complete trust when he's in a vulnerable state. I want to ruin his life completely after getting the entire Kapoor kingdom in my own hands. My son and I should be the sole owners of the whole Kapoor Empire." Niharika said, evilly.

Juhi smiled and nodded her head in agreement.

"Don't worry, you will get a handsome amount too." Niharika added, looking at Juhi.

"Ma'am, do you have a backup plan if anything goes out of the plan?" Juhi asked.

"Don't worry about that. Ram will never be able to know about our plan and in case the kidnap plan doesn't work then we will frame Ashwin into this conspiracy." Niharika and Juhi grinned evilly.

"When are you meeting with Priya?" Niharika asked.

"It's difficult to meet Priya these days since Ram's back but I will find an opportunity soon." Juhi replied.

"Good, keep me posted." Niharika said.

"Sure, ma'am." Juhi responded.

**********

A few days later,

Though Ram doesn't like Priya to text her friend regularly, he decided to not to make a fuss about it every time. Priya was also not going out frequently, understanding Ram's insecurities.

She was paying more attention to Ram & kids and the couple even visited Doctor for their next baby planning.

Ram being Ram needs his wife's complete attention to himself.

Life was going great for them with their non-stop banters, fights, parenthood and love.

*******

"Ram, I am thinking of going out and meeting my friend tomorrow." Priya told Ram, while sitting next to him on the bed.

"Why?" Ram asked, turning his face towards her.

"Why means? It's been quite some time since I met Shivani and she wants to meet me too." Priya said.

"Oh!" Ram thought for a while before saying, "Let's do one thing, I don't have much work tomorrow so why don't you introduce me to your friend?"

"Why do you want to meet her?" Priya asked with a confused frown.

"Why not? I want to see who's spoiling my wife." Ram said, playfully.

"Come on, no one is spoiling me!" Priya chided.

"Oh, really? How many times have I snatched your mobile when you were not paying attention to me? How many times have I asked you to come to the office? You chose to go out with your friend in your free time instead." Ram complained.

"You are thinking too much." Priya stated.

"No, I am not. Are you going to let me meet your friend or not?" Ram asked.

"Okay fine. I will inform her." Priya said.

"No, don't inform anyone. Let that be a surprise meeting." Ram said.

Priya looked at him suspiciously. "Something must be cooking in your mind."

"You are thinking too much now." Ram replied.

"Let's see." Priya replied.

"Enough of discussing others let's discuss about our future kid." Ram started to nuzzle her neck.

"How quickly you change the topic!" Priya exclaimed.

Ram smirked and asked, "Did you think about the name yet?" Ram came on top of her.

"Oh god! What should I do with this man?" Priya said dramatically.

"You should romance with your man without wasting any time." Ram said while rubbing his nose on the tip of her nose.

"Oh, really?" Priya asked, grabbing his arms.

"Hell, yes! No second thoughts!" Ram kissed her passionately. They kissed like passionate lovers and engrossed in solving their love puzzle.

The next day, Ram & Priya reached the coffee shop where Priya and Shivani were supposed to meet.

After waiting for quite some time, Ram asked Priya, "Where is your friend?"

"I am not sure; she should be anytime soon. Let me call her." Priya said.

Priya dialed Shivani's number but the call went unanswered.

Little did they know, Juhi was already alerted when she got a glimpse of Ram accompanying Priya.

Juhi thanked her stars for saving her from not coming under Ram's radar. She has a plan ahead to come closer to Ram as Juhi.

Moments later, Priya received a text on her mobile.

"I am so sorry, Priya. I have a family emergency today and I am afraid I cannot meet you today." Shivani texted Priya.

Turning towards Ram, Priya said, "Ram, my friend is not able to make it for today. She has a family emergency it seems."

"Oh!" Ram thought for a brief moment, feeling suspicious. "Looks like your friend wants to escape from my vicinity." Said Ram.

"Why do you say that? Are you still suspicious about my friend?" Priya was pissed off.

"It's not what I meant." Ram tried to explain but Priya stood up from her seat and walked out of the café.

"Priya, wait." Ram called her but she stormed out of the place. Ram followed Priya as she left in anger.

Juhi called Niharika and explained the narrow escape today.

"Just be very careful, you shouldn't come in front of Ram. Ram should believe that there is no one called Shivani and all the time Priya was lying about her boyfriend Sanjay." Niharika said.

"Sure, ma'am. I will take care of that." Juhi replied.

"Make sure you meet Priya soon so that we can execute the final part of the plan." Niharika said.

"Leave that on me, ma'am." Juhi said, confidently.

After that day, Shivani called Priya and cooked up some story about a family emergency due to which she couldn't make it to meet her. Priya believed her words.

*********

After a few days,

Shivani called Priya and they discussed random things and Priya happened to share about Ram's birthday and her plans.

"What did you plan for your husband's birthday then?" Shivani sounded excited.

Priya sighed deeply and said, "Whatever I plan, he gets to know very easily. But I really want to throw a surprise party for him this time."

Shivani's lips twisted upwards in an evil grin. "Yeah, he should be really very surprised."

"I don't know how. I will talk to him about this." Priya said.

"Yes, you should. You have all the rights to plan a surprise for him. I am sure he will agree if you talk to him. He might agree to let you go and plan things according to your wish. Let's meet, I am more than happy to help you with this." Shivani encouraged Priya to talk to Ram about letting her go out.

After hanging up the call with Priya, Shivani called Niharika and informed about their conversation.

Niharika and Shivani were very happy and excited as they plotted their plan.

*********

Ram was getting ready to go to the office.

Priya fed breakfast to the twins and came back to their room.

Finding Ram tying his tie in front of the mirror, Priya walked towards him before hugging him tightly from behind.

"Looks like someone is in a good mood today!" Ram exclaimed, leaving the tie hanging loose around his neck.

Losing her grip around him, Priya said, "Not really but you can make it better for sure." Priya's words made him turn around to face her.

"Indeed!" Ram said while snaking his hands around her, pulling her closer to him.

"It's not what I meant." Priya's eyes met his eyes. "I will ask you something and you shouldn't say 'no'." said Priya.

Ram raised his brows in a confused frown. "What is that?"

Looking into his brown eyes, Priya started to fasten his tie. "I want to go outside for some important work without the guards around me."

"Hell, No!" Ram clearly denied.

"Please Ram, I want to plan a surprise for your birthday and whatever I do, you will know. Just this time, allow me, please." Priya asked in a pleading tone.

"You don't have to plan anything. You are enough for me; I don't need any surprise gifts or anything." Ram said.

"Come on! You always give surprises to me and I even want to plan some surprises for you. What's wrong with that?" Priya was getting angry.

"There is nothing wrong but there is no need as such. Why don't you understand, Priya?" Ram raised his voice a bit.

"Why don't you understand for once?" Priya was annoyed completely and pushed him back.

"Priya, just stop this discussion right now." Ram stated clearly.

"Everything happens according to you. There is no freedom for me." Priya was pissed off with his bossy nature.

"Don't even get into that track again." Ram warned her.

"Okay fine. I won't even step out of this room from now onwards, will that make you happy?" Priya had tears in her eyes.

"When did I say that?" Ram shrugged his shoulders.

"You don't have to say that but your actions clearly do." Priya moved away from him and stood near the window.

Ram exhaled deeply and he checked the time on his watch. He was running late to the meeting but he cannot just leave his wife all sulky in the early morning.

He can't just focus on anything else if his wife's not in a good mood.

Ram saw her wiping off her tears while staring out of the window.

"Priya!!!" He called her from behind but she didn't budge.

"Listen!" He tried to turn her around but she resisted.

"Angry bird!!!!" saying this, he hugged her from behind while resting his chin on her shoulder.

Priya made futile attempts to come out of his grip.

"So, you are not talking to me?" Ram asked.

Priya shook her head sideways.

"Why do you have to be so stubborn all the time?" Ram asked.

"Look who is saying this!" Priya scoffed.

Ram turned her around and asked, "Do you really have to go?"

Priya nodded her head in positive.

"No other way?" Ram asked.

Priya shook her head in a negation with a sulking face.

Exhaling deeply, Ram said, "Okay fine!"

Priya's face was lit when Ram agreed.

"But only for this time. You finish your things, come back home early and give me a call." Ram said, strongly.

"Agreed!" Priya hugged him tightly.

"Do you really have to do this?" Ram asked her one more time.

"Yes! Trust me, you are going to remember my surprise for a lifetime." Priya said, proudly.

"I hope so!" Ram said.

"Thank you!" Priya thanked him for agreeing to her.

"Thank you is not enough, darling!" Ram said, looking down at her.

Ram was taken aback when Priya tiptoed and locked his lips with hers.

Priya's fingers ran into his hair while his hands were roaming on her bare back. The kiss was a quick but intense one. Ram left for his office after bidding bye to her.

If only they had known that it could be their last kiss, they wouldn't have left each other's lips.

If only they had known they were going to separate, they wouldn't have parted from the hug.

If only they had known that it could be their last moment, their eyes wouldn't have left each other even for a moment.

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