Priya entered her house slamming the door shut behind her. Slumping herself on the sofa, she recollected all the events that happened with her so far today, her blood boiled in anger when Ram's insensible words started ringing in her mind. She wanted to let go of this anger and distract her thoughts but no luck.

"How dare he ask me something like this? What does he think about himself? He might be rich but that does not mean he can talk to me like this. It's my fault that I thought that he would help me out." Priya blabbered herself punching the pillow hard. Shipra noticed Priya was angry about something so she decided to talk to her.

"What happened Priya, why are you so angry?" Shipra asked sitting next to her daughter, keeping a hand on her shoulder.

"Maa, Actually..." Priya suddenly stopped in mid-way. "No maa nothing, work related stress, that's all". Priya lied, as she did not want to upset her mother with the bad news. Shipra's eyes widened.

"You are supposed to meet Natasha's brother today, right? What is his name? Yes, Ram Kapoor. What did he say? Is he going to help us or not?" Shipra asked curiously, which irked Priya. Hearing his name, Priya fumes in anger recollecting the incident. However, she controlled anger diverting her mind to focus on the ways to sort out her problem. She did not want to talk about Ram but here she had to answer her maa or else she would suspect her.

"Oh! Yes, maa I met him today," Priya acted normally as if nothing happened. "But I don't think it's a good idea to take help from Mr. Ram Kapoor. Either way we have to return the money, so it would be good if we take a loan from the bank, Moreover, we do not need to take anybody's favor. Don't worry maa I will try to arrange money for the treatment." Priya explained to Shipra, who is worried.

Shipra heaved a sigh "Ok beta, do what you think is right, okay." Priya could feel how disturbed her mother is. Shipra stood up to leave.

"Maa, don't worry. Everything will be alright." Said Priya holding Shipra's hand. Shipra smiled at her faintly nodding her head.

"Maa I am going to my room." Priya said, as she wanted some time alone to think. She wanted to go through this and let the feeling go away from her mind.

"Do you want Ginger Tea beta. I will prepare it for you," Shipra asked.

"No maa, I just need to take some rest. I'm not feeling well." Priya said before going to her room. Shipra noticed that Priya is worried about her father. She sighed deeply before going to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Throwing her handbag in the chair, she laid on the bed fidgeting with her fingers.

"What does he think of himself? It is my fault that I went there asking for help. He was not only 'Khadus' but disgusting as well. Ram Kapoor the name itself gets on my nerves." Priya's anger was rising every minute and the hatred towards him was increasing.

Priya closed her eyes for some time to relax herself. A knock on the door made her open her eyes, she went to open the door and find her father smiling gently at her. Suddenly her angry face changed into a soft one, all other thoughts discarded seeing his ailing father.

"Papa you here? You could have called me." Priya said in concern. She helped her father to enter inside and sit him comfortably.

"Papa do you need water or something. How are you feeling now?" Priya asked.

"I am fine beta." Sudhir smiled back at her, gesturing to her to sit beside him.

Priya took a seat beside him.

"I could see you are taking a lot of stress about me. Please don't worry much I am alright." Sudhir said, caressing on Priya's head. Priya always felt peace at heart whenever she talked to her father.

"No papa. You have to get well soon if you want me to be stress-free." Priya said by keeping her head on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about me, I am fine." Sudhir said, smiling gently at Priya while Priya felt bad that she could not arrange money for his treatment.

"Ram Kapoor denied to help, right?" asked Sudhir.

Priya raised her head from his shoulder and looked at him. "So what if Ram Kapoor denied to help? I will find out some way. I promise you papa, I will do everything possible, you don't have to worry at all," Priya said confidently taking his hand in her.

"You are troubled because of me. Instead of giving you a good life, I become a burden for you. I am neither a good husband nor a good father". He exhaled deeply with a disappointed face.

"Please stop it papa". A lone tear trickled down her cheeks.

"Please don't say like that Papa. You are my hero; you gave me everything: a good education, values and strength to stand on my feet. You are not only a good husband and great father; you are a very good human being. You are the world to me." Saying this Priya hugged him tightly.

Priya is still worried about how to arrange the money. Priya's restlessness increased with each passing day. Her only hope was the bank loan. She arranged everything that the bank told her to do.

"Miss Sharma I have gone through the details but I am sorry that the bank cannot lend that much loan on the basis of your house papers," Bank Manager said, keeping the file aside.

"Why? I mean I have submitted all the papers," Priya said worriedly and a little irritated as she was doing everything the bank told her to do so.

"Ma'am this is an agreement to sales deed and the bank can give loan on sale deed. Builder NOC  is missing and the biggest thing is society is still not registered in Panchayat". Manager described the problems.

"Not registered? How is this even possible? I think there is some confusion. Sir, I need money urgently and I do not have enough time to do this process all over again. Please understand sir. This is an emergency". Priya is shocked with the new revelation. She was very worried and needed money for her papa's treatment. She was feeling so useless and helpless.

"Miss Sharma, we understand your feeling but banks also have certain norms which should be followed. I am sorry we cannot approve this loan." Manager said, making Priya restless.

"Okay" Priya stood up from the seat having no option left.

''What did they mean they understood how I felt. They had no idea what I was going through. I had done everything the bank asked me to do but every time a new problem coming up.'' Priya was pissed off.

Priya felt depressed as her only hope is out of scope now.

"I can't give up. Papa is counting on me. I will do something, I promise papa," Priya said to herself.

After Priya left, the bank manager then calls Ram Kapoor.

"Hello Sir" the bank manager greeted Ram.

"Did everything go as planned?" asked Ram grinning.

"Yes sir. Everything happened as you said," said the BM.

"Thank you very much. I will transfer the money to you," Ram said.

"Thank you sir" said BM before hanging up the call.

"So, Miss. Sharma. Now you will have to come to me at any cost. I'm waiting for you," said Ram to himself.

In the evening,

Priya was taking her classes to Natasha in the Kapoor Mansion.

"So Priya what happened? What did my brother say? I know he will help you, he has a good heart" said Natasha enthusiastically. Priya raised her brows in wonder not knowing what to say to Natasha.

"Mr. Kapoor, he has fooled Natasha making her believe that he is going to help me." Priya thought.

"Priya I am asking something, what did Bhai say? Is he helping you or not?" asked Natasha, disappointed thinking that her either bhai refused to help her or Priya might have refused because of his absurd behavior.

Just then, Ram came into the room.

"Yes choti, I'm going to help your friend. Right Priya?" he asked with a small smirk at Priya. Priya was disgusted seeing Ram. She gritted her teeth in anger not able to bear his presence around her.

"Bhai, you are the best. Thank you! Thank you!" she ran hugging him tightly.

"See Priya, Bhai will never disappoint you." Said Nuts looking at Priya. Priya was clueless why he was lying and acting to be so good in front of his little sister. Priya glared at Ram.

Natasha was so happy and Priya did not want to ruin their relationship because of her. Therefore, she just smiled back with a forced smile.

After the class Priya was about to leave when she crossed paths with Ram. She turned the other way to go but he just stopped her.

"What do you want Mr. Kapoor?" she asked angrily.

"Just want to know your answer." He smoothly replied.

"I told you already the answer is 'NO,'" Priya sternly said.

"And why did you lie to Natasha? She believed you in everything and you just fooled her?Why are you acting so nice which you are not. You are just a two-faced person, Mr. Kapoor," said Priya, throwing her anger at Ram.

"Oh, really? Then why did you not say anything?" asked Ram.

"If I do tell her, the faith and trust she has in you will blow away. She believes in you and is very happy right now, which is why I did not say anything. Move aside, I am getting late." Priya said before storming out of the place angrily. Ram smirked at her retreating figure.

Two days passed and Priya was still struggling for money. She did everything she could, but nothing worked for her.

Her father's condition was worsening by each passing day. One night Sudhir's condition got serious and he became unconscious.

"Papa, Papa" called Priya in panic.

"Call the ambulance," said Priya. Shipra called the hospital, the ambulance came, and Sudhir was hospitalized. Priya, Shipra. Ayesha and Karthik were waiting outside the room for the doctor.

After 15 min later, the doctor came out and all of them got up from their seats.

"Doctor, what happened?" asked Shipra in Panic.

"His status is really serious so he needs immediate surgery. Therefore, you go to the front table and fill the form. We will be getting ready for the operation," The doctor said. Priya's eyes widened in shock.

"What about the payment?" asked Priya.

"Your payment is already done" the doctor said. Priya looked at him clueless. She wished that Mr. Kapoor has nothing to do with this.

"We did not make the payment," said Shipra.

"W-who made the Payment?" Priya stuttered and narrowed her eyes.

"Mr. Ram Kapoor already paid for the medical bills. Rest of the information you will find from the reception." the doctor left after saying this.

Priya is shocked over what the doctor said. She already knew Ram would do something but she never expected this. She just rooted at one place. She felt her body motionless for a good few minutes. Her worst nightmare is coming true. She bit her lower lip controlling her emotions at what was going to happen next. Her heart was beating faster than ever. Her thoughts are broken by Shipra's voice.

"I knew it. I knew he was going to help. We are so grateful to Ram. I am so happy and we should thank him personally after the surgery. " Shipra said happily. She now has the confidence that her husband is going to be fine. Karthik and Ayesha were also happy.

Priya is numb and unable to react. Though she was happy that her papa was going to come back to normal self, the only thought that came to her was Ram. He looked like a monster to her.

"He is not Ram, he is Ravan." Priya gritted her teeth.

"Priya don't forget to call Mr. Kapoor and thank him personally." Shipra is so thankful to Ram.

Priya said nothing and slowly walked to the reception counter. She inquired about the payment.

"Ma'am Mr. Ram Kapoor paid for the treatment beforehand." Said the woman at the reception counter. She forwards the form to Priya "ma'am please fill the form for the further procedures."

"Di, give it to me. I will fill the form. You go and call Mr. Kapoor and thank him on behalf of us too". Saying this Karthik took the form from Priya's hand. Priya did not say a word since she heard Mr. Kapoor had paid for the amount. A thousand thoughts came to her mind making her restless. More than that a million emotions attacked making her heart sink in fear.

Priya left from there to call Ram. Within two rings, he answered the call.

"Hellooo Miss Sharma, I was waiting for your call," Ram said, stretching his words in joy.

"You feel good when you hurt others right Mr. Kapoor. What do you think about yourself?" Priya raised her voice.

"You called me for saying this. I will answer this tomorrow. First tell me is everything alright with Sudhir ji" Ram shrugged off Priya's questions. She was angry that he got guts to ask this.

"When I already told you I don't want any help then why did you make payment? What do you think about yourself? You have money, you have power means you will do anything? I do not want your help. Do you get that?" Priya spitted her anger. She could hear him smirk at her over call.

"This is not funny Mr. Kapoor. Do not take your life as a monopoly. Please Mr. Kapoor, my family does not know what you are upto. Please spare me from the mess. I really do not want to get into what you are expecting from me. That's not happening." Priya said to him as calmly as possible looking at the surroundings.

"Ok, then do one thing, I will give you one week time period for you to repay the money back to me but if at all you failed to repay me within one week then you have to agree to my condition." Ram said.

Priya felt a bit relieved hearing his words. She does not know how but she has to arrange money within a week otherwise she has to agree with his ridiculous conditions.

"Hello Miss Sharma, are you there? What happened? Got second thoughts?" Ram asked with an evil grin.

"Okay, I am ready for this. I am going to return your money at any cost. I will not entertain your conditions." Priya said confidently.

"By the way, how are you going to pay? As far as I know, your bank loan is also not approved, right?" He asked her.

Priya looked bewildered absorbing what he just said.

"So that means you are the reason why my loan got rejected?" Priya asked in utter shock.

"May be or maybe not." Ram laughed.

"You are playing a very dirty game. Why are you doing this to me, why?" Priya started shredding a few tears. Ram was going away with this and she could not do anything.

"Miss. Sharma, you know very well why I'm doing this, also when I make a decision I fulfill it no matter what." Ram said which made Priya tremble even more. Karthik noticed Priya and went to her.

"Di, what are you doing here? Please do not cry. Nothing will happen to Papa. We should be thankful to Ram sir. See, what he did for us," Karthik said, wiping her tears.

"I am fine Karthik. Please go and be with Mom. I will be back in a few minutes." Priya sent Karthik.

"See Miss Sharma, your brother is also thankful to me." Said Ram with an evil grin.

Without saying anything Priya cut the call. She sat on the bench and Ram's voice echoed her mind. Her head started spinning. She needed to clear her mind and fight back in this situation. Her papa has given her enough strength to do this. She went to the washroom to wash her face. When she came back, she rooted to the spot when she found Ram talking to her Maa, Ayesha and Karthik. She flinched her face seeing  him in front of her.

"Thank you, Mr. Ram Kapoor" said Shipra, holding his hands.

"I did nothing and didn't say thank you.," said Ram.

"Thank you sir" said Ayesha

"Yes we are very grateful for what you did," said Karthik.

"Gentleman first finish your studies, a job at Kapoor industries is waiting for you," said Ram patting on Karthik's shoulder.

Priya was watching blankly at Ram talking to her family members.

"Mr. Kapoor, the last person I would want to see is here at the hospital. Why does he act so good even in front of my family? What does he think about himself?" Priya thought.

"Priya? Why are you standing there, come here." called Shipra. Priya jerked her head. She nodded and half smiled at her maa. Ram turned to face Priya.

"Oh, Miss Priya Sharma. It is so nice to meet you." Ram showed enthusiasm.

"Hi Mr Kapoor" Priya forced a smile at him.

"You look a little worried. Don't worry your father is going to be alright" Ram said, showing sympathy. Priya gritted her teeth.

"NO. I'm fine," said Priya sternly.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Karthik I have booked a VIP room. You can take maa and Ayesha there and take rest," said Ram.

"No. Thanks. I have already booked a room for us." Said Priya, rejecting Ram's offer.

"Miss Sharma I told you already. Your father's treatment is my responsibility" said Ram with a wide smile.

"And you are very special to me and you know the reason." said Ram leaning close to Priya's ears.