At night,

Ishaan & Ayaan wanted a bed time story and Priya agreed and told a story until they fell asleep. Kids slept holding their mother on either side. They have soft smiles on their lips as they cuddle close to their mom. Priya was silently watching Ishaan & Ayaan sleeping soundly. She leaned and planted kisses on Ishaan & Ayaan's forehead before lying beside them.

Ram went to their room to check on them and stood there watching them sleeping. A small smile formed on his face seeing the kids with their mother after a long gap.

Without making any noise, Ram closed the door and went to the other room to sleep.

After turning and tossing in his bed, Ram was unable to catch some sleep as his mind was stuck in his daughters' thoughts. He's so worried about Riya and also frustrated with himself for not finding his daughter.

Sleep was the last thing for him. His mind & heart were in stress.

Suddenly he heard some whimpering sounds and he got down the bed before moving out of the room.

Ram sighed deeply seeing Priya curling up on the sofa and weeping badly. She was trying hard not to make any noise.

"Priyaaa...!" His voice turned deep seeing her like that.

Priya looked at him with her teary eyes and looked at him in a helpless state.

Ram didn't know how to calm her down but he just walked towards her and sat down beside her. He doesn't have any words to utter which would soothe her immense pain. The only thing he could do was to be there with her and hold her hand to ensure that she's not alone in this.

Sometimes silence speaks volumes!

Ram held her close to him and wrapped his hands around her while rubbing his palm over her back. "Calm down, Priya."

Priya burst into tears as she held him tightly. His eyes also clouded with tears seeing her cry.

They stayed in that position for a quiet some time before Ram took her to the room asking her to get some rest as she was very weak.

Ram & Priya were lying next to each other. Ram's hand wrapped around her while she was resting her head on his chest.

The room is filled with complete silence and they can hear each other's heartbeats.

Firstly, they were separated due to lots of conspiracies and finally when they met, they were unable to enjoy the moment of togetherness since their daughter was missing.

These two lovers are in each other's arms, they wanted to share about their feelings and emotions they have been carrying all along but they couldn't speak anything as their mind was totally occupied with Riya's thoughts.

He let out a gasp as he watched Priya crying silently.

Without uttering anything, Ram tightened his grip around her trying to console her.

That night passed in sheer silence.

The next morning,

Ram stirred from his sleep and his hand ran on the other side of the bed for Priya. Finding it empty, he opened his eyes and looked for Priya.

He came out of the room and saw Priya was making something in the kitchen.

"Priya, what are you doing?" Ram asked.

Priya turned to face him and said, "I am just preparing cake."

"Cake? For?" Ram asked with a confused face.

Priya with a heavy heart said, "It's Riya's 1st birthday today."

Ram did not know how to react and just stood there looking at Priya with a sad face.

"Priya..." Ram tried to say something.

"I know Riya is not here but the least I can do is this." Priya's eyes got moistened.

Priya said, "We will celebrate her birthday grandly when she is back. She must be fine and she will be back to us, right?"

Ram didn't say anything.

Getting no response from him, Priya held his hand. "Ram, please say something." Priya asked, slightly jerking his hand.

Ram nodded his head and said, "Yes."

"But when? Days are passing but we are unable to find her. When are we going to see her again?" Priya asked impatiently.

Ram did not have a proper answer for it.

"Say something, Ram." Priya asked.

Ram didn't respond. Getting hold of his collar, Priya asked, "Why is god punishing us like this? I want my daughter back." Saying this Priya hugged him tightly and her tears slowly started rolling down her cheeks.

Ram tried to console her but she is beyond consolable.

Ishaan & Ayaan came towards them running cheerfully. "Good morning, Mumma and Good morning, Papa." Ishaan & Ayaan greeted them.

Priya broke the hug and quickly wiped off her tears before her sons noticed them.

Ram & Priya greeted them back.

Ram lifted kids and made them sit on the kitchen slab.

Looking at the cake, Kids got excited. "Wow, cake!"

"Mumma, can we have this?" Ayaan asked.

"Sure." Priya smiled.

Ishaan & Ayaan attacked the cake with their poking fingers before licking the cake off their fingers.

"Wow, yummy!" Ishaan & Ayaan were delighted. Ram smiled looking at the cutie pies.

"Go and freshen up. You can have the cake later." Priya said.

They agreed and left from there after Ram helped them get down the floor.

Once the kids left, Priya turned to leave but Ram held her wrist and said, "Priya, let's go home."

Priya looked at Ram and said, "Ram, we need to go to hospital today to see Maa." Priya said.

"Sure, we can go." Ram replied. "And, we can go to the Kapoor Mansion after meeting Maa." Ram tried to get some response from Priya.

"What happened? Why are you quiet?" Ram asked with worried lines on his forehead.

"I want to meet Siddhant once." Priya said, ignoring his questions.

"Why?" Ram asked.

"I need to talk to him about Riya." Priya said.

Ram thought for a moment and said, "Sure."

"What about going back to Kapoor Mansion?" Ram stressed about it.

Priya stood there without any response and avoided looking into his eyes.

"Why are you not responding?" Ram asked.

"Ram, please. Let's not discuss this now." Priya was not ready.

"But why? Don't you want to come back to your house?" Ram tried to make her understand.

"Ram, please." Priya said.

Ram moved close and cupped her face while making her look directly into his eyes. "Don't you trust me?"

"You are misunderstanding." Priya replied.

"Tell me, why do you have a problem coming back to Kapoor Mansion?" Ram asked with a confused frown on his face.

"After whatever happened, I cannot convince myself to go back to Kapoor Mansion. In fact, I am afraid, what if Niharika comes up with a new plan to harm us or kids." Priya blurted out her insecurities.

Ram took a moment and looked at her distressed face before taking her hands in his both hands.

Slowly running his thumbs over knuckles, Ram said, "Do not worry about anything. Our home will be safer for all of us than here. I made all the arrangements. Nothing bad will happen from now onwards."

"Ram, please try to understand. This house holds a lot of memories of Riya. I cannot leave this place." Priya said.

"I promise I will get back our Riya and we will have a lot of memories of all of us in our Kapoor Mansion. You don't have to settle down with mere memories, we will find Riya and stay happy with our kids but just give me some time." Ram said in a pleading tone.

Priya looked at him and slightly opened her mouth to say something when he stopped her. "Please do not deny, Priya. Please." Ram pleaded with her while ensuring her that everything will be okay.

Priya slowly nodded her head in positive thinking for a moment.

"Thank you so much." Ram hugged her tightly.

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At Kapoor Mansion,

Ram & Priya along with Ishaan & Ayaan reached Kapoor Mansion. As soon as Priya stepped out of the car, her memories popped up in her mind. She had to quit the thought of coming back to KM after her kidnap. Her eyes glistened seeing her home after a long time.

Vikram & Neha were present at the door to welcome Priya.

Neha hugged Priya and said, "Welcome back home, Priya." Vikram also greeted her.

Priya smiled back at them mimicking a thank you.

Priya stepped inside the Kapoor Mansion and looked at everyone. She could not find Dadi anywhere.

"Where is Dadi?" Priya asked.

"Dadi went to Amritsar after Juhi came to the KM. I have informed Dadi about you, she's delighted and wanted to come back soon to meet you." Ram explained.

Priya nodded in understanding.

Ram's phone started to ring and he took out his phone from the pocket.

"Hello!" Ram responded to the call while Priya was looking at him. Only one-sided conversation is audible to her.

"Is it? I will come right away. Thanks for informing." Ram replied before hanging up the call.

"What happened? Who called?" Priya asked impatiently.

"Inspector has called to inform me that Sid wants to speak to me." Ram answered and turned to Vikram and said, "Let's go, Vikram."

Priya interrupted saying, "I want to come with you."

Ram looked at her and nodded his head in agreement.

"Hopefully, we get our Riya back." Neha prayed to the god. A ray of hope seeped inside their mind, and they all hoped & prayed for the same.

"Neha, please take care of Ishaan & Ayaan." Ram said.

"Sure, don't worry about them." Neha replied.

Ram, Priya & Vikram headed to the Police station to meet Sid.