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Priya has left her house and shifted to a working women's hostel where one of her friends is already staying.

Shruti: - Hi Priya, I am glad that I got company in hostel. By the way why did you shift to hostel when you have your own house in the same city?

Priya: - Nothing, I just need some space.

Shruti did not question further.

Shruti: - Wow Priya, you have great skills. You have changed this hostel room like a proper home.

Priya smiles at her and continue to arrange her room.

Anshul collects all the information about Priya Sharma and enters into Ram's cabin.

Anshul: - Hello Sir

Ram: - Hello Anshul, you got what I have asked for?

Anshul: - Yes sir.

Ram: - Great, tell me about her details.

Anshul: - Priya Sharma is single and elder daughter of Sudheer and Shipra

Ram: - Sounds great. A big smile flashes over Ram's face knowing Priya's relationship status.

Anshul smiles at his boss's new angle. Ram did not ask him to get the whereabouts of any women till the date apart from his business people. Anshul has paid little more attention in getting the details of Priya sensing the love interest of his boss.

Ram: - Okay, go on.

Anshul: - Her father has expired few years ago and she has been taking care of her family since then. Ayesha is her younger sister and married to Ashwin staying in Sharma house along with their kid.

Ram (Thinks): - Oh I see. I must have seen Ashwin and his kid along with Priya that day in the mall. But that Ashwin doesn't appear to be a nice person. Don't know why?

Anshul: - She goes to NGO regularly and active as a social worker too. Here are the details of her address and company details. He handover the details to Ram. One more thing is she shifted to a hostel recently.

Ram: - Why?

Anshul: - I can get more details if you ask for.

Ram: - No, that's enough. Thank you so much Anshul.

Anshul: - My pleasure sir. Let me take a leave.

Anshul left Ram's cabin.

Vikram knocks on Ram's cabin in sometime.

Vikram: - May I come in?

Ram: - Since when did you need my permission to enter my cabin?

Vikram: - You always complain that I enter without permission.

Vikram enter and take his seat infront of Ram.

Vikram: - Now tell me, have you got any information about that girl?

Ram: - Priya. Her name is Priya

Vikram: - Oh, nice name. Is she married or not?

Ram: - No

Vikram: - Great, so let's do one thing, we go go to her house and talk about the marriage proposal. Why to waste time? Ram Kapoor showing interest on a women is really hardest thing to believe. Before you change your mind we want you to get married to that girl.

Ram: - Not so soon Idiot. Let me first know her personally.

Vikram: - Ok then tell me what's your plan? When are you meeting her?

Ram: - Let me study her before meeting her.

Vikram: - Bravo!!! Ram Kapoor is gonna stalk a women. Sounds interesting.

Ram: - Common Vikram I cannot take risk.

Vikram: - So how are you going to spy on her?

Ram: - Not spy, but haa something like that.

Vikram: - But I still feel we should take a formal marriage proposal to her family and then you both can decide further.

Ram: - No Vikram, after what Niharika did to me, it's hard to believe in someone.

Vikram: - All are not like Niharika.

Ram: - All I want is whoever comes in my life should not be fake.

Vikram: - I really wish Priya have all qualities which you are looking for.

From next day onwards, Ram started following Priya. She goes to her class and comes back to her hostel. Sometimes he saw her doing some shopping. That's it, he didn't get a chance to learn more about her.

Ram remembers Vikram's dialogue: - I told you Ram, nobody do like this. How will you come to know about her without talking to her?

Ram plan and plots on how to know her better.

Next day morning,

Priya wakes up early, freshen up and finish her breakfast before going to her office.

Shipra calls to Priya.

Priya: - Hello Maa

Shipra: - Hello Priya, where are you?

Priya: - Where would I be at this time? Obviously, in office. Tell me what's the matter?

Shipra: - Come back to home.

Priya: - Whose home?

Shipra: - Ours. Why are you talking like that?

Priya: - That is not my home where people don't belive in my words.

Shipra: - Priya stop this non sense and come back to home.

Priya: - No Maa. I am not coming anywhere. Let me live peacefully.

Shipra: - What people will talk about me when they come to know my elder daughter is still unmarried and living separately from me? They will make stories of their own. Don't spoil my reputation.

Priya: - Oh, all this while I am wondering how come you are showering your concern on me. I got the reason now, you are scared about people not concerned about me.

Shipra: - Priya, is this how you speak to your mom?

Priya: - I am sorry Maa. I can't come home and bye I have lots of work to do at office.

Priya hung up the call before Shipra talk something.

Shruti messages to Priya: - Shall we go to pub in the evening?

Priya: - Sorry Shruti I don't like to go to pub.

Shruti calls her immediately.

Shruti: - Hello Priya, why can't you come to pub? It will be fun.

Priya: - No Shruti. I am not a party person.

Shruti: - Ok let's decide in the evening. Come early from the office.

Priya: - Okay. I will try.

Priya focused on her work and completed her tasks before leaving for the day.

In the hostel,

Shruti: - Hey Priya, you are back!

Priya: - Yeah Shruti.

Shruti: - Priya let's go to pub na.

Priya: - Why are you so adamant to go to pub today?

Shruti: - I want to go but I can't go alone.

Priya: - Arey then take any other friend with you who are interested to come.

Shruti: - You are the only friend I have here. Please don't say no.

Priya: - Shruti, I really don't have any interest to go there. I don't feel comfortable in such kind of places.

Shruti: - Did you ever go to pub before?

Priya: - No.

Shruti: - Then how come you say that you don't like it? Experience it first and then tell me. I will never force you again if you don't like this time, deal? Moreover, this is the time to enjoy and celebrate single-hood.

Priya: - Ok deal. We should come back home immediately if I am not comfortable there and you will never force me again.

Shruti: - Sure.

Priya reluctantly agreed after lots of pleadings from Shruti.

Priya changed to white casual shirt and denim jeans.

Priya and Shruti enter into the club. Priya headache start hearing the loud music. She finds it hard to get comfortable with the lighting and smell of alchohol. She finds bit uneasy seeing people dancing forgetting everything in their drunken state.

Priya and Shruti settled at the corner.

Priya: - See, I told you I am not liking this place. Let's go from here as soon as possible.

Shruti: - Okay wait Priya...I'll meet a friend here and then we go from here.

Priya: - Okay, I am waiting here. Come quickly Shruti.

Shruti left from there and Priya is watching people when one guy ask her for a dance which she denies it politely. After few minutes, Shruti joins her with a glass of wine in one hand juice on the other.

Priya: - What is this Shruti?

Shruti: - Orange juice for you and Red wine for me.

Priya: - I don't want anything

Shruti handover the juice to Priya and Said "It is just juice"

Priya sips the juice.

Priya: - Didn't you meet your friend, yet?

Shruti: - She is on the way and will be here in some time.

Priya: - Oh okay.

Shruti: - I am getting a call from her. Let me take go outside and take the call. Nothing is audible here, you wait here for me and I will come back after meeting my friend.

Priya: - Okay. Please come quickly.

On the other side, Vikram and Ram enters the same pub.

Ram: - What is this Vikram? Why do you want to come here?

Vikram: - Let's have some drinks and go home.

Ram: - We can have drinks at home as well.

Vikram: - Neha & I had a fight and I don't want to go home so soon.

Ram: - Then let's go to my home.

Vikram: - Your home is far from here. So let's go now without saying anything.

Ram: - What if I inform Neha about this?

Vikram: - My time will come too. Enjoy your single life, once you get married you will also become like me. That time I will take full advantage of your weakness as well.

Ram: - Oh forget it. I am definitely not going to do like this.

Vikram: - Acha, we will talk about this later after you get married.

Ram: - Not going to happen this way.

Vikram: - You are no exception brother. Every man will experience this struggle after getting married.

Ram makes fun of Vikram while having drinks.

On the other side of the corner, Priya takes few sips of the juice in her hand and feels some kind of dizziness. She feels bit different and decided to leave the place as soon as possible. She take few steps, tries to come out of the crowd and the next moment she trips and expects a bad fall but before that somebody get hold of her.

Ashwin: - Priya!!!He calls her but there is no response from her. Priya is in his arms in unconscious state.

Shruti: - My work is done Ashwin.

Ashwin: - Good job Shruti...you will be paid. Don't worry.

Shruti: - My name should not come.

Ashwin: - Don't worry about it.

Ashwin makes Priya stand on her feet and get hold of her holding shoulder.

Ram and Vikram are enjoying their drinks one after another. Vikram is over excited so he join in the dance area. Ram is watching, smiling at him at the same time he notice a man holding an unconscious lady in his hands.

Ram stops drinking and follow them finding something is not right. He got the biggest shock when he noticed Priya in the same man's arms whom he has seen in the mall. He thinks that man must be Ashwin but his doubts got raised when he see that Aswhin is paying some amount to the bar person and the bar person shows his hand up.

Ram quickly goes behind them.

Before Ram reach the room door was already locked from inside.

Ashwin place Priya on the bed. Seeing her like this his urge for claiming her increased.

Ashwin: - Finally Priya, I will make you mine. From a long time I am waiting for this opportunity.

He slides her hair and caresses her face with back of his hand. He opens his shirt buttons one by one when somebody knock on the door.

Ashwin tried to ignore the knocks but the person is banging on the door.

Ashwin: - Who the f is at the door...He irritatingly open the door.

Ram stands in front of the door.

Ashwin (Angrily):- Who are you and what do you want?

Ram peep inside the room while Ashwin tries to block his view.

Ram push him hardly inside the room and enter along with him. He finds Priya on the bed in unconscious state. Ram's anger reaches its peek. He held him by the collar.

Ram: - What are doing with her?

Ashwin: - Who are you dammit?

Ram hits hards on his face making him bleed from his nose.

Ashwin grabs Ram's collar.

Ashwin: - I will do whatever I want with her who are you to ask me?

Ram could not control his anger anymore and slap him hardly on his cheeks. He continuously slap him until he fell on the floor. Ram again clutch him and pin him to the wall clenching his jaw with hand.

Ram: - Dare you misbehave with her.

Ashwin: - I will not leave you.

Before Ram can catch him and beat him, he ran from there.

Ram looks at Priya and call her but she did not respond. He goes near her cover her properly with blanket.

Ram attends the Vikram's call.

Vikram: - Where did you disappeared Ram?

Ram: - Vikram, you go home I will come later.

Vikram: - But where are you?

Ram: - I can't tell anything right now. Will call you later...bye.

Vikram: - But Ram...

Ram (thinks):- This is not a safe place. I should take her to some other place. Guest house....no Mr. John is staying there...I cannot take her to KM either better I take her to the hotel.

Ram looks at her closely for some time. He never carried any girl in his whole life. He heaves a deep breath and carry her in his arms. Ram brings her down and place her in the back seat of his car. He drives the car and reach a 5-star hotel which he usually visits. He inform the hotel manager, takes the keys and carry her again to the hotel room.

He lay her properly on the bed removing her sandals. He comes out to the balcony attached to the room covering her with quilt.

He comes back to the room after sometime and sleep on the chair watching her sleeping.

Next morning,

Priya slowly open her eyes trying to adjust her sight. Her head is throbbing against her skull. She looks around the place and then she realised she is neither in her home nor in the hostel room. It is a lavish hotel room.

She became scared and immediately tried to get up. Her heart skips a beat when she finds a stranger standing infront of her crossing his hands across the chest. She doesn't remember seeing him before, he is tall, handsome and little healthy. His hair got ruffled and couple of his shirt buttons are undone showing his chest hair. She grabs the blanket till her neck. She finds it hard to speak a word but raise her voice collecting the strength.

All the while he didn't blink his eyes and maintained an eye lock with her.

Priya: - Who are you? Why am I here?