Once Ram left, Priya sat down quietly thinking about what Ram just said.

Priya knew that she was engrossed in thinking about Riya and ended up neglecting her sons. She's in a trauma & depression but there's nothing wrong in what Ram said.

It took her for quite some time to compose herself before she decided to talk to her kids. She cannot regret losing her sons by staying away from them for Riya.

She must stay strong enough to deal with her feelings and not let Ishaan & Ayaan suffer due to her condition.

Slowly, Priya walked out of the room only to find Ishaan & Ayaan in the living room.

Ishaan & Ayaan looked at Priya before they looked at each other. Ayaan quickly got hold of Ishaan's hand when Priya started to move towards them.

Ishaan & Ayaan were clueless when Priya came in front of them before kneeling down to their level.

Priya's eyes were swollen and red due to continuous crying. She quickly wiped off her fresh tears before she smiled softly at them.

Priya could see the excitement & happiness in Ishaan & Ayaan's eyes as they watched her closely.

"Ishaan" saying this she caressed on Ishaan's cheeks. She then looked at Ayaan and caressed his cheeks. "Ayaan".

"Mumma!" They called her in unison.

She could not hold back any longer as tears trickled down her cheeks as she waited too long for this moment. Though it was not as expected, she broke down completely, taking them in her warm embrace.

Priya kissed Ishaan & Ayaan several times pouring her love over them. She kept herself away from her sons all these days which made her shower her immense love on them.

"I am so sorry. Mumma is too bad to stay away from you. Please forgive me." Priya cried her heart out while holding them close to her chest.

All her pent-up emotions rushed out of her. She kept apologizing for letting her sons go-through a lot.

"Mumma, please do not cry. Riya will be fine." Saying this Ishaan & Ayaan wiped her tears with their tiny hands.

Priya was surprised. "How do you know about Riya?"

"Papa told us that Riya is our baby sister and you are sad because Riya is not well." Ishaan informed.

Priya understood and looked at her sons in a loving manner.

"Riya will get well soon. Please don't cry, Mumma." Ayaan said.

Quickly composing herself, Priya held them in front of her before wiping her tears.

"Mumma is not crying anymore, okay." Priya assured them seeing them sad.

Ishaan & Ayaan nodded their heads in agreement.

"We missed you so much, Mumma." Ishaan said.

"Where did you go all these days?" Ayaan asked.

"I missed you guys as well. I am so sorry for staying away from you." Priya replied.

"Will you leave us again?" Ishaan asked worriedly.

Ayaan looked at her with a pity face.

"No...never! I will never go away from you from now onwards." Priya answered, which made the kids visibly happy.

"Promise?" Ishaan & Ayaan asked excitedly.

"Promise." Priya replied before taking them in a tight hug.

On the other side,

Ram went to the office and sat in his cabin before Vikram knocked on the door.

"Ram, what are you doing here? I told you I will take care of the office activities." Vikram was surprised to see Ram in the office.

"It's okay, Vikram." Ram replied plainly.

"How can you leave Priya alone? You are supposed to be at home taking care of Priya & kids. Just remember, Niharika is still out and she can do anything with Priya & kids" Vikram said.

"I know but I have made the arrangements for their security. They are safe at home." Ram said and looked away.

Realizing something might have happened with him, Vikram asked, "Did you get any information yet?"

Ram nodded his head in negation. "But I know Sid very well that he will not harm my daughter if he wants to be alive." Ram said confidently.

"That's true." Vikram agreed.

"Sid will get bail and he will be in custody for 2 more days." Ram said.

Ram continued, "I will deal with Sid in my way if he does not provide us the details about Riya. He will see the other side of me if he does not utter anything in our favor and he knows about me very well." Ram said determinedly.

Vikram nodded and thought for a while.

"Do you have any clue about Juhi? I feel suspicious about her sudden disappearance and it looks like she's part of Niharika & Sid's master plan." Vikram said.

"I did not get any information about Juhi since she left. I am just waiting for Sid's custody to get over so that I can deal with him." Ram replied.

Vikram nodded.

"I cannot believe that I fell into my step-family's trap like this. I am ready to give everything to them for my daughter. I just need my family's safety, nothing else matters to me." Ram replied.

"Let's hope that we get some leads soon." Vikram said.

After a while, Vikram asked, "What about Priya?"

"I do not know yaar. Priya is still not ready to mingle with Ishaan & Ayaan. I could not see kids suffering so I had to be harsh with Priya. I gave her time till evening, let us see what happens." Ram sighed deeply.

"Don't worry, she will understand." Vikram said.

Ram wanted to go home & be there with Priya but he wanted to wait till night hoping to get some positive response from Priya.

In Priya's flat,

Kids were elated to speak to their mother after a long time. They tried to share everything with their mother. Priya was patiently hearing their stories while masking her sadness she had for Riya.

Suddenly, Priya remembers Ram talking about Juhi taking care of him & kids.

"Where is Juhi Aunty? Is she waiting for you both at home?" Priya asked.

Ishaan & Ayaan looked at each other cluelessly before looking at Priya.

"We don't know." Ishaan pouted.

"Okay." Priya replied.

"Mumma, please don't go anywhere. We don't like Juhi Aunty at all. She used to scold and scare us when Papa was not around." Ishaan said, which made Priya shocked.

Priya felt so bad. "Mumma will not go anywhere, don't worry, okay." Saying this Priya hugged them.

A random thought creeped in her mind making her unsettled.

After a while, Priya asked, "Did you guys eat anything?"

"No." Ayaan replied.

"Okay, let me prepare some food." Priya smiled at them.

Priya continued, "What do you like to eat?" Priya asked Ishaan & Ayaan.

"Chocolates." Ayaan screamed.

"Ice-cream." Ishaan replied.

"Oh, god!" Priya exclaimed. "You will get these after your dinner. Tell me, what do you want to have for dinner?" Priya asked.

Ayaan tapped his finger on his chin for a second before saying, "Aloo-Parantha."

"Whatever you prepare." Ishaan replied.

"Okay, let's get started." Priya replied.

While Priya moved to the kitchen, "Mumma, we will also help you." Ishaan & Ayaan also followed her.

Priya turned around and smiled at them. "Thank you so much but just sit here and talk while I prepare Aloo-Paratha for you." Saying this she picked Ishaan & Ayaan one by one and made them sit on the kitchen counter.

Kids were talking about random things and Priya smiled with their cute little talks. She misses them so much these days.

Though Riya's thoughts kept lingering in her mind, she didn't want to spoil her kids' mood.

Moments later,

"Aloo-Parantha is ready." Priya said, serving them on plates.

"Yayy!" Kids said in unison.

"Mumma will feed you today, okay." Priya said, earning bright smiles from Ishaan and Ayaan. They have been craving for their mother's love and finally, today they get to spend quality time with their mother.

Priya fed Ishaan & Ayaan with her own hands and felt so content spending time with her sons.

Priya again started to think about Riya and lost in her trance.

"Mumma!" Ayaan called her seeing her lost in thoughts.

"Haa." Priya came back to her senses.

"Mumma, why are you not eating?" Ishaan asked.

"I will eat once Papa comes home." Priya replied.

After dinner, Priya spent some time with kids before tucking them to sleep.

After a while, Ram was back home late at night. He was scared to think about what could be Priya's decision. He cannot just leave her here and move to KM with kids even though her decision is not in his favor.

With so many disturbing thoughts running in his mind, Ram entered the house.

Switching on the lights, he went straight into Priya's room and found it empty.

He then walked towards the kids' room and found Priya sitting in the middle of the bed while Ishaan & Ayaan were sleeping peacefully on either side of Priya.

Priya was sitting with her back resting on the head rest while caressing her kids' forehead.

Ram's eyes got moistened with the view in front of him as he was desperately waiting for this moment.

Priya's eyes fell on him and she slowly got down the bed and moved towards him.

"They slept already?" Ram said.

Priya nodded and walked out of the kids' room along with Ram.

Ram took her in his tight embrace pouring out his emotions. His eyes brimmed and he was so happy that Priya started to talk to kids and take care of them.

Priya didn't respond to the hug but remained still.

Breaking the hug, Ram asked. "Did you have your dinner?"

"No." Priya replied.

"Give me 10 mins. I will freshen up and let's eat together." Ram said.

"I need to talk to you. Let's go to my room." Priya said.

Ram nodded and followed her.

"This is not right. You should go to Kapoor Mansion." Priya said, gazing at the floor.

"What?" Ram almost screamed.

"You said, Juhi is in your life after I left." Priya said.

"Seriously? I mean, do you really buy that?" Ram asked in utter shock.

Ram continued, "Juhi meant nothing to me. Let alone giving her your place. She was just there as a caretaker for our kids but I wanted to hurt you so I just lied about her importance in my life. I was so angry seeing you with Ved and I just came up with this only to hurt you." Ram explained to her.

Cupping her face, Ram said, "I only love you, only you, till my last breath." Saying he kissed on her forehead.

Their eyes got moistened by looking into each other's eyes.

Priya was happy to learn this and at the same time she got suspicious about Juhi.

"Where is Juhi now?" Priya asked.

Ram looked at her and asked, "Why do you ask about her? She left the house all of the sudden."

"Can I see her picture?" Priya asked.

Ram pulled out his mobile and said. "Sure. Let me check."

Scrolling through the pictures, Ram found a picture of Juhi at a kids' birthday event.

Ram forwarded his mobile to Priya.

"There she is!" Ram said, earning a shocking gasp from Priya.

Priya couldn't believe her eyes when her eyes fell on Shivani's picture.

"She is Shivani!" Priya was shocked.

"What?" Ram said.

"Yes, I told you about Shivani, right. She's the one!" Priya was confused.

"I can't believe this. She trapped you as Shivani and tricked me with a different name." Ram realized.

"It means she's been with you and kids since my kidnap?" Priya covered her mouth.

"Yes. She used to take care of Ishaan & Ayaan and slowly acted like a member in our family. I started to believe in her lies too." Ram felt so cheated.

"I cannot even imagine our kids were with Shivani aka Juhi. She could have harmed our sons as well." Priya got worried.

"It's such a big trap by Niharika & Sid. Luckily, she did not get a chance to harm our sons." Ram said.

Priya was hell scared.

Ram hugged Priya and consoled her saying, "Don't panic! Everything will be alright."

Moments later, Ram got freshen up and Ram and Priya were sitting next to each other.

"By the way, so good to have your handmade paranthas after a long time." Ram said.

"Ayaan asked for it." Priya replied.

"Yeah, he likes it very much." Ram said.

Priya served him dinner before serving her plate.

Ram stopped her and said, "Let's have it in one plate. I will feed you."

Priya said nothing.

Ram feed her and they finished their dinner in silence.