Ram was sitting alone devastated in his room looking nowhere in particular. His eyes got blurred due to moisture in his eyes. Thousands of thoughts running through his brain making him unsettle. His mind completely occupied with Priya, a mere thought of Priya with anyone else is unbearable to him.

"No, this can't be true. Priya would never get married to someone else. Priya is mine, only mine! No one else has any right on her." Ram said to himself trying to stabilize his distressed mind.

"Chotti hides the truth from me even after knowing that how desperately I'm finding Priya but she didn't tell me. Priya also did not want to meet me even though she knew about Peehu and meeting her daily. One day she just runs away from us and then sudden she comes and meet Peehu secretly? This is not done, I need to talk to her tomorrow at any cost. I know, initially, I did play with Priya's emotions but I am completely changed now. I deserve to know what I did wrong and what the reason behind her sudden disappearance was." Ram said, clenching his jaw.

Ram had a sleepless night as he was desperately waiting to meet Priya early tomorrow.

Next morning, Ram quickly got ready and joined the rest of the family members at the breakfast table.

"Peehu finish your breakfast quickly, I will drop you to the school today." said Ram anxiously. Natasha did not dare to speak anything or make eye contact with him.

"Papa, we still have a lot of time to go to the school." Peehu said innocently.

"Peehu, get ready quickly." Ram said strictly.

"Are you going to meet Priya Miss today?" asked Peehu excitedly.

Hearing 'Priya' a cold shiver ran through his body with anticipation.

"Yes, Peehu." Ram said.

"Yay!" said Peehu joyfully.

"Peehu, go and sit in the car. Papa will come soon" Ram said to Peehu. Peehu agreed and ran toward the car.

Ram made his way towards Natasha with a serious expression on his face. Natasha looked at him nervously.

"Chotti, let bygones, be bygones. I do not want you to come in between Priya and me. Look I know you love me very much but this is regarding me and Priya and I do not like if anybody interfere in between us and take decisions on my behalf. This is my life and I know how to take it forward. I would be happy if you will stay away from all these things. I don't want to be rude but please it's a request don't interfere in this matter again." Ram said very calmly with a glint of warning.

Natasha nodded her head and did not dare to say anything.

Ram left for school along with Peehu.

On the other side,

Priya resigned her job at school as she can't take any risk of going near Ram as she doesn't want to let Ram know about twins.

"I am so sorry Peehu, I cannot meet you daily but I will make sure I will find a way to meet you somehow. I cannot trouble you anymore, your papa will not let me meet you if he comes to know about me. Whenever I see you, I can't stop myself but I always forget that I have no legal right over you Peehu. At least I am happy to know that everybody is taking good care of you. I don't know how Ram will react when he gets to know about us meeting daily." Priya sighed deeply and decided to stay away from Peehu.

Priya entered the room and looked at the twins sleeping peacefully.

"Ram will definitely snatch away Aryan and Amaira if he comes to know that he is the father of them. I cannot lose you both too." Priya thought looking at the twins.

"Aryan, Amaira come on get up. You will be late to the school." Said Priya patting them softly.

Aryan lazily opened his eyes and closed immediately when the light rays hit on his face. He snuggled close to Priya, hugging her by the tummy.

"Mumma I don't want to go to the school today." Said Aryan sleepily.

"What happened? Aren't you the one who likes to go to school?" Priya asked, raising her brows. Priya shook him a little.

"Who goes to the school every day?" Aryan sulked.

"Look at Amaira, she never complain to go to the school." Priya said, caressing Amaira's hair, who just opened her eyes slowly.

Amaira turned her face towards Priya.

"Mumma, I'm sleepy too. I don't even want to go to school today." Grumbled Amaira in her sleepy tone.

"What happened to both of you today?" asked Priya surprisingly.

"Mumma please! Mumma please! Pretty please!" Aryan and Amaira keep on saying in unison with their innocent voices and Priya couldn't say no to them this time.

"Ok fine, but only for today, tomorrow no excuses okay?" Priya finally agreed and warned them sweetly.

"Yay!" both squealed in joy.

Aryan and Amaira encircled their hand around Priya's neck, jumping on her making Priya fall on the bed resting on her back.

"Thank you Mumma! You are the best." Amaira and Aryan kissed on Priya's cheeks from either side lying on Priya.

"You naughty kids! Mumma is best for you, only when she lets you not go to the school?" Priya asked, narrowing her brows.

"No Mumma! You are always the best Mumma." Twins hugged Priya tightly while she kissed on both of their foreheads.

"Mumma is not the best, your elder sister is suffering due to me." Tears trickled down from the corner of her eyes and she quickly wiped them away before kids witnessed her crying.

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Ram parked the car in the school parking area. He stepped out of the car and took Peehu inside the school holding her hand. His heart was pounding against his ribcage with each passing second. He became anxious to see Priya and confront her.

Ram sent Peehu to the classroom. Ram entered the Principal's room when he couldn't get a glimpse of Priya.

"Surprised to see you here Mr Kapoor, anything important? Please take your seat." Principal asked the purpose of the sudden visit.

"Actually, I am here to meet Peehu's class teacher." Ram settled in the seat opposite to her and forced a smile covering his anxiousness.

"Oh! So you are here to meet Ms Priya Sharma." Said Principal. Ram nodded his head nervously.

"Sorry to disappoint you, I got her resignation email in the morning itself. I was surprised when I got the mail but I don't think we'll be seeing her soon." Principal said.

Hearing this Ram became disheartened. Dropping his shoulders dejectedly, he sighed in disbelief.

He was so anxious to meet her, talk to her and ask her so many things face to face but his hopes collapsed in no time.

"We have a replacement teacher Ms Nisha, you can meet her if you want." Principal said.

"No, I want to meet Priya only. Can you please give me her address?" Ram asked, maintaining a neutral expression on his face.

"I am sorry Mr. Kapoor we cannot share any personal information of any of the staff. If you want, I can give you her mobile number." Principal denied it clearly.

"Ma'am try to understand that I need to meet her urgently." Ram pleaded to her softly.

"Sorry Mr. Kapoor, without her consent I cannot share her personal details." Principal denied his request again.

This time Ram loses his patience. He stood up from his chair in a swift motion.

"What is your problem? I told you that I need to meet her at any cost. Why do you have a problem giving her address?" shouted Ram clenching his teeth.

"Calm down Mr. Kapoor. Please sit. Even if she is not teaching here, we cannot share anybody's personal information. Let me first talk to her." Principal tried to make him understand.

"This is regarding Peehu and it's really very urgent. I request you please." Ram pleaded, controlling his anger.

After a lot of trials, Ram finally got Priya's address. Without wasting a minute, Ram set off to Priya's place. Waiting at the traffic signal never seemed so long, he started tapping his fingertips nervously on the steering. He accelerated the vehicle as soon as the signal turned green and reached Priya's address.

Ram became impatient to wait any longer to meet Priya after a long time. He did not know what to talk to her, his mind was completely blank.

Showing the address at the entrance, the guard noted the name and car number before allowing the vehicle inside the colony. He entered the building after parking his car impatiently. To his utter bad luck, the lift was found out of order.

Cursing his fate, he climbed up to 7th floor of the building without having any choice. He was sweating and huffing badly while climbing the staircase.

His blood pressure shot up with each step he took towards Priya's flat number.

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Priya was teaching both Aryan and Amaira while the kids sulked as they had to study even when they were at home.

"Finish this work before I come back." Priya told them before entering the kitchen.

Within a few seconds, Aryan and Amaira started fighting and screaming at each other.

"Oh god! What happened to you both? You people started fighting while I was away for a few seconds?" Priya came back to them hearing their screaming voices.

"Look Mumma, Aryan snatched my Doremon eraser." Amaira complained to Priya.

"Aryan, why are you taking her eraser? Return it to her." Priya glared at Aryan.

"Mumma, she took my pencil. Tell her to give it back to me." Aryan pulled his pencil from Amaira's hand. Amaira started crying badly.

"Don't cry Amaira." Priya tried to stop Amaira but she wasn't listening.

"Aryan, don't do that. She will give it back to you." Priya had a tough time to deal with both.

At last Ram reached on the desired floor. He inhaled sharply before pressing the doorbell, he waited restlessly for the door to open. Priya heard the calling bell.

"Daija must have come. Mumma is coming back in a while. Both of you stop fighting and finish your work." Priya instructs them.

"And Aryan no fighting, else Mumma will beat you" Warned Priya and went to open the door.

Ram's breathing went erratic with each passing second.