It had been a week since Riya-Sid's divorce and discussion and things were not looking good for the Kohli family. Everyone, but the blinded and unwell mother of two, Pallavi Kohli, knew who was responsible for this. Yet, her husband, Vikram Kohli, didn't even have an ounce of courage to reveal it to her - her health was already deteriorating, he couldn't even imagine what would happen to her, and him, if he dared to accuse her beloved daughter-in-law, Riya.

Meanwhile, Sid was getting more and more frustrated by the day, lashing out Riya way more than he used to, in fact, he even raised his hand on her.

"When will you be ready?! It's a been a whole week since I told you! I need to get rid of her as soon as possible, you know Jaan doesn't like things to be delayed!" Sid shouted, to his secretary cum best friend. His face flushed slightly when he saw the frightened look on her face.

"I- sorry. It's just that you know how irritating that Riya is! She instantly starts shedding crocodile tears, especially in front of Chachi ji for she trusts a lot. And yesterday, she did the most annoying thing ever!" Sid sighed as he recalled the irritation that both he and Ranbir felt when the witch began to put on her act again.

Flashback

"Dida! Vikram Uncle, I need to talk with you about something urgent," Riya yelled out, trying to sound soft and upset. She began to shed her tears again, smiling in her mind as she imagined herself finally rid of Sid and she would still be able to be near Ranbir!

"What happened?" Dida asked bluntly, not even bothering to hide the fact that she knew of Riya's true colours.

Riya sobbed, "Dida.. Sid.. Sid has an extra-martial affair!"

Dida and Vikram looked at Riya with their eyes widened, and Ranbir, along with with Prachi, who had just come hearing all the commotion, were raging. They both knew Sid well and would know whether or not he had had an affair. Ranbir was about to go and slap her when Prachi stopped him and shook her head. Before he could respond, someone began to slowly clap their hands and walk towards the devil.

"Wah Riya, wah! What a great actress you are. You dare accuse me of such a thing?! I would never even dream of cheating the person whom I am married to. I can't believe this Riya, I thought you were finally starting to accept me and here, you are putting false accusations on me!" Sid feigned his hurt look and thought, 'I know very well that you really are acting, but you've forgotten one thing. You're not dealing with Prachi or Ranbir this time, you're dealing with Siddharth Kohli and he will not let anyone interfere with his family matters, especially if it's a devil like you.'

Riya looked at Siddharth with her mouth wide open. 'That liar! Thank god I recorded his conversation with his so-called Jaan and his plans to divorce me.'

Sensing that Dida and Vikram were about to rebuke her, Riya quickly spoke up. "Dida, Vikram Uncle, before taking any decision, please, listen to this recording. This proves that my husband, whom I wished to live with, has cheated on me!"

Riya pressed play on her phone and sighed mentally on hearing the conversation that she had heard the previous day again. Now, no one would be able to stop her from getting justice. Now, no one would be able to stop her plans from winning. Now, she would finally be a single woman again... and she would be able to whatever she wanted to!

"Look Jaan, I know you're worried about me and how I'll survive but you that soon I'll be rid of that problem," Sid's voice could be heard. Sid let out a small laugh.

"When you will come to meet us Jaan?" Sid asked.

"NEXT WEEK?! Oh my god! I could finally make you meet Ranbir and Prachi.... Really? I didn't know that. Jaan, I'll call you later, you know the chipkali that Ranbir absolutely hates? She's coming here and I think I'll deal with her so she doesn't disturb him. Love you."

After the recording ended, Riya began to sob furiously, tremendously exaggerating her situation. "See? He addressed someone else as JAAN. If I am not mistaken people call their life that! Siddharth even said love you to her! Please Dida, Vikram Uncle, if you ever cared for me, then please provide me justice! I've been cheated not once, but twice!"

Riya began to fake beg and was utterly bewildered when she saw the sceptical looks on everyone's faces, and Sid was smiling - no, smirking! Her face paled when she heard what Vikram had said next.

"Riya, the thing is, Sid has always addressed someone as Jaan, long before you were in his life, and no, it's not his lover or girlfriend. Yes, he said he loves her but he didn't mean in that way. In fact, we know of this Jaan and so does Pallavi. And I'm sure you know that Pallavi would've informed you if she were ever aware that there was even a possibility of Siddharth cheating on you," Vikram explained causing Riya to curse herself for not doing any extra research.

Ranbir and Prachi glanced at each other and then Sid and noticing the expression on his face, they knew exactly why he had executed their plan earlier than they planned it to happen. He had figured out the way to convey it to their family.

Siddharth now began to do the same as Riya had done before, only he pretended to be disappointed rather than upset and angry. "Riya.. I- I can't believe this! How could you even think that I would cheat on my wife?! I may not have married you with my consent, but I am principled enough to know that cheating is wrong. I'm sorry Riya, but I don't think I can live with a woman who doesn't trust me. I don't think our relationship will ever work out this way."

Riya widened her eyes realising what Sid had done. Without thinking, Riya furiously walked up to Sid and started shaking him, "Sid what are you saying? You already said that you wanted to divorce me before! Why are you acting now?!"

After managing to get Riya off of him, he looked at her like she was deluded - which, he thought she was just not for the reason he was about to say. "Riya, I think you've had a really bad nightmare or something. I never said I wanted to divorce you! I only once suggested it because you felt uncomfortable and clearly you feel very insecure if you think that I wanted a divorce from you and believed that I cheated on you, which I feel is all the more reason for me to divorce you."

Riya clenched her fists in anger and was about to start shouting at him again when she realised that she needed to cool down if she wanted a chance at winning against him. Riya moved closer to Sid and whispered, "You may have won this time, but Riya Mehra loses to no one twice. I will make sure that divorce happens on my terms and not yours."

Siddharth scoffed at the over confidence in Riya's voice.

Flashback Ends

Soham, Siddharth's best friend looked at him bewildered. "How is that bad?! You're finally about to get rid of that b**ch! And none of your family members can even argue against you for you gave them a valid, believable reason as she acted that way in front of them! You didn't even have to prove anything to them."

Sid sighed, "No, it's not as simple as that. I thought it would be, which is why I planned it out this way but it wasn't. Riya's still in the house! She should've been out on the streets by now, waiting for the courts decision!"

Before Siddharth could explain further someone began to call him and he felt himself rage by just looking at the caller idea, 'Riya'. He had contemplated changing feeding her name as something else, something more appropriate, like serial killer would've been much more fitting but then decided against it considering that if anyone else picked up the number, he would have a whole lot of explaining to do. And she hadn't murdered anyone, yet.

He excused himself and groaned as he went to attend the call, knowing well that soon he would be in for a world full of pain.

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Hey!

I know I haven't updated in a while and I'm really sorry for that, I also know that I haven't added any scenes with pranbir only in chapter, so to compensate for that I will try to make the next chapter full of their scenes and will attempt to make it romantic (I can't be sure about the romantic bit as I'm not too confident in writing it.)

Anyways, please do leave a comment with constructive criticism if time permits you!

Also, any clue on why everyone is fine with Siddharth calling Jaan, Jaan?

Will update soon (hopefully?)

Until Next Time!

~ Riya Sharma