Destiny : A new IshRa fan-fiction - Page 3

Update 3:

Part 3: The First Time I saw You( I looked at you, You looked at me)

Ishita and her family has moved into a 12000 sq ft mansion located in a posh locality in Delhi almost a month ago! It took the Iyer family 3 full months to prep for this move. Ishita applied in AIIMS to continue her studies and got accepted with in 2 days. Who in his right mind would delay in accepting one of the brightest students from Oxford University Medical School.

Visva was busy making his Delhi office as his central business office. Mihika got admitted into one of the best private schools. Vandita was still in London and her in-laws were in the process of moving back to India.

Ishita's grandmother was the happiest of all as she immediately got started with her business of finding the best Iyer groom for her granddaughter. She spoke to her entire extended family over phone , gave matrimony ads in newspapers and also asked Vandita to create a profile for Ishita on matrimony websites.

Only person who was upset and still seething with anger was Monica! She hated it here. She was missing her lavish cocktail parties and glamorous shopping experience in London. Shopping and roaming around Delhi was certainly not even close to the pleasant experience of shopping in London.

But there was nothing she could do. She knew Visva loved his mother way too much and will never disobey her.

She had been cursing Ishita day and night for every discomfort she endured while staying in India. She vowed to herself that she will destroy that girl's life ! She will make sure that Ishita gets married into a family where she endures pain and discomfort every single heday and her groom should be the worst a girl can get! She was hell bent to ensure that this marriage opens the door of hell for Ishita.

Unaware of the evil intentions of her step mother, Ishita was busy making new friends and settling in new town! She loved going out and used to hang out with her friends every now and then.

Today evening she and her three other friends planned for a movie night. She got behind the wheels in a Range Rover and drove straight to Ragini's place whom she had met just a month ago. She was her fellow student in AIIMS. When she reached her apartment, she found the door unlocked. Inside the apartment, It was steep dark every where and she could hear her sobs coming from a distance. When she turned on the lights she found Ragini sitting on the bed with her head between her knees and crying uncontrollably,

Ishita- What happened Ragini? Why you crying like this?

Ishita asked her while caressing her hair to make her feel better. She was so kindhearted thats she could hardly see a stranger crying and here it was her good friend in pool of tears.

Ragini- Ishu...woh..wo ! He dumped me!

Ishita- Who dumped you?

Ragini- My boyfriend Naman. I met him 2 months ago. We fell in love at first sight and one day he wanted to get intimate! He promised me that he will marry me! So I didn't stop him! And now I am pregnant! When I called him this morning to share this good news he snapped at me! He said I am talking nonsense and he is not responsible for this baby! He accused me of sleeping around and called me a Wh*** ! Now what would I do! I am ruined!

Ishita- Shut up Ragini! How can you speak so much non-sense! You are not ruined! You are absolutely fine. We are doctors! We can easily take care of this pregnancy problem! But right now I am furious on your so called boyfriend ! How could he do this to you? How can someone be so selfish? He is a monster! I wont spare him! You come with me! We are going to meet him right now! He can't get away with this...you take me to him and leave everything to me!

Ragini-- No Ishu! I am sacred to go in front of him! The way he shouted at me over phone, I do not have the courage to face him again!

By that time Ishita's 2 other friends also joined them in the apartment.

Ishita- Fine! You don't come. I will go myself and teach him a lesson. Show me his picture. And where can I find him at this hour!

Ragini- I was angry with him so I deleted all his pictures. I will search on social media and send you one. Every Friday night he goes to 'Lone Star Sports Bar And Grill' in South Delhi.

Ishita- Ok. Now you sit and relax. I will come back with him soon and wo kya uske toh Sitare bhi tumse maafi mangenge!

On the other side of the town, Raman has just stepped out of his office after a long days work! At first he thought of going home but then suddenly recalled that Mom had asked him to come early as there were some people coming to meet him with their daughter. Toshi ji was on a mission to find a suitable bride for his puttar and Raman hated all this drama. So he decided to spend the evening somewhere else away from home so that he can save himself from the torture of meeting the girls and their family! He called Mihir and both planned to go to their regular place 'Lone Star Sports Bar And Grill'!

Throwing the car into drive, Ishita pulled out onto the road and drove miles to the Bar! Before entering the bar, she checked her phone to see if she received Naman's pic. But it was not there yet! She was running out of patience! She wondered how many guys named Naman would come to this place tonight! Lets try and see if I can find him myself. She stopped near the entrance and asked one of the guys if he knew any Naman here. He shrugged his shoulder in nay! She asked few more and got the same response. Then she asked a waiter! The music was really loud as the dance floor was hot with action! The waiter misheard her and thought she is asking about Mr Raman. Since Raman was a regular in that bar so most of the staff knew him! The staff pointed his finger towards the bar counter where Raman was sitting all by himself with a glass of scotch in his hand! Mihir got a call from his friend and was busy over phone in another corner.

Ishita looked in the direction of finger and saw a man in white formal shirt sitting at the bar. She could only see his back from the distance! She started walking swiftly towards him! She stopped some 10 steps away from him! He was busy looking into his phone in one hand and a glass of drink on the other. She tapped on the bar counter to get his attention! He didn't buzz. It appeared as if he was lost in his own world! She tapped again! Still no response! She then tapped for the third time! This time almost like banging on the counter! Raman raised his head slowly, wheeled around in his chair and caught her glance.

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For a second he felt as if it was pin drop silence there! All the surrounding noise became completely inaudible to him! He was awestruck at the sight in front of him! He was tired in every bone in his body, but she was such a pretty sight with her thick, black hair bunched into a pony tail, with her slim body encased in faded jeans and a white knit top! All his tiredness vanished in thin air!

His mind almost stopped working! All he could think of was wanting her closer! He wanted to touch her, pull her into his arms and kiss her madly! He couldn't help but notice her big black eyes, slim straight nose and pink luscious lips. He never felt this strong attraction before! Not even when he saw Shagun for the first time. He wanted to look away but couldn't stop staring at her! The slender figure in front of him was drop-dead gorgeous!

Ishita's condition was no different! She was also taken aback by his sight! Sitting in front of him was the most handsome man she has ever seen in her life! His hair were unkempt and he clearly hasn't shaven for days! But all this mixed with his stark gaze made him even more attractive! She was too startled to look away at once. He was a very handsome man indeed! God's perfect creation in every sense! Fair skin, sharp nose and two amazingly deep and beautiful set of eyes! hinting at the fierce intelligence lying behind them! His full luscious lips were slightly parted! She suddenly felt a strong urge to bite those lips!

Ishita's internal monologue- Aiyyo Murugan! This is her boyfriend! This Greek-god like specimen! No wonder Ragini fell for him instantly! any girl would have! And now I can totally understand why she couldn't resist his advances! He is hot! He is irresistible! if he wasn't her friends boyfriend she would kissed him by now!

Suddenly a tap on her shoulder brought her back to her senses!

Friend of Ishita- Ishu, What happened? Why you not saying anything?

And then the reality dawned on her. Oh no! What is she doing. Why is she drooling over this man who she has come to punish. Control Ishita! Control! He may be good at looks but he certainly is not good at heart. He is the one who dumped your friend.

Ishita looked at him again but this time with rage in her eyes.

Ishita- Finally I found you! I have been looking for you everywhere and you are here hiding in this corner! What do you think of yourself? You think you can get away after what you did! Not in this life...

Raman kept staring at her as her lips parted to utter those words! He still in the captivity of her proximity, was unable to concentrate fully! He felt like that those words which come out of her mouth were something he had been yearning to hear for ages!

Ishita- I am talking to you? Are you even listening?

Raman(this time trying hard to gather himself)- What? What do you mean? And who are you?

Ishita- Who am I is none of your business! I am her on behalf of Ragini whom you dumped so mercilessly!

Raman- Ragini! Ragini who?

Ishita- Achha , toh ab tum ushe jaante bhi nahi! Tum insaan ho ya jaanwar? Ek ladki ko pregnant karke ushki jindagi barbad kar di aur ab apni galti manna toh door ki baat, tum ushe pehchaanne se bhi inkar rahe ho...!!!

Raman-What nonsense! I don't know any Ragini! And you , you get lost from here! (Raman now finally back to his usual self! )

Ishita- Toh tum apni galti nahi manoge? Tumhari wajah se ek ladki pregnant ho gayi aur tumhe ush se koi matlab nahi?

Raman- Meri wajah se koi ladki pregnant? Kya bakwaas kar rahi ho! Aisa nahi ho sakta!

Ishita- Kyun? Tumhe apni mardangi pe shaq hai?

Raman(slightly taken aback by this bold remark)- Mujhe apni mardangi pe toh nahi but tumhari sanity pe jaroor shaq hai! You are insane! Tum pagal khane se bhaag kar aayi ho na? Pagal aurat, main kitni baar bataun ki main kisi Ragini ko nahi jaanta!

Ishita- Main pagal Aurat? Aur tum kya ho! Ek jahil spineless man jo girlfriend toh bana sakta hai but uski responsibility nahi le sakta! Jo sirf ladkiyon ko hurt kar sakta hai! You are a monster!

Raman- Oh God! Kon hai ye bewakoof aurat! Tabse se mujhe lecture diye ja rahi hai! Suno, I am warning you for the last time...get lost from here or I swear...

Ishita- I swear..I swear kya...mujhpe haath uthaoge! Tumhe pata hai tum kisse baat kar rahe ho...!

Raman(intercepting her with a smirk)- Kyun, apna naam khud bhool gayi kya?

Ishita(grunting)- Main toh apna naam nahi bhooli but Mr. Naman Kumar, agar tum seedhe seedhe mere saath abhi nahi chale toh tum mera naam jindagi bhar nahi bhool paoge!

Raman- What? What did you just say? Naman! You idiot! I am not Naman Kumar! My name is Raman! Raman Kumar Bhalla!

Ishita - What? You are lying! I know you are lying to escape but you can't fool me!

Raman- I don't want to fool you! I want to kill you! But before you die you need to see something.

Then Raman took out his driving licence from his wallet and almost shoved it into her face...

Raman- I didn't want to but I have to show you this so that I don't have to tolerate you another minute! Now will you please get lost!

Ishita surprised looking at the DL! Her internal monologue: Aiyyo MurUgan! Yeh toh sahi main koi Raman Kumar Bhalla hai! Naman nahi! Maine bechare ko faltu main itna suna diya! Ab sorry bolun kya! But stop! Main kyun sorry bolun! Theek hai ye wo kamina Naman nahi but phr bhi ye nihayat hi badtameez aadmi hai! He called me pagal , bewakoof Aurat! I will not say sorry to him!

She gave him a stern look, turned around and marched towards the exit door.

Raman kept looking at her as she walked away from him wondering how can someone be this stupid! No doubt women are stupid! Right that time, Mihir came back.

Mihir- Bhai, you alright? Sorry it took me so long! But what happened to you? You look so flushed!

Raman- Mihir! I am Ok! Bas ek Jhansi Ki Rani se encounter ho gaya thha! Nothing else! Lets go home now! Not feeling like staying here anymore.

Mihir- Jhansi Ki Rani? Encounter? Baat kya hai bhai...plz bataiyye na..

Raman- Leave it Mihir! That mad women is not worth another minute of my time! Lets get out from here.

Raman got behind the wheels and drove straight to home. The face of Ishita kept flashing in front of him! His internal Monologue- That mad girl! Mujhe bematlab itna sunaya, sorry bhi nahi bola aur main uske bare main soch raha hoon! What the heck! Lagta hai ushse 5 min baat karke mera bhi dimaag kharab ho gaya...woh toh pagal thhi hi...uske baare main aur socha toh main bhi pagal ho jaunga!

Around the same time, Ishita standing at the door of her friend Ragini's apartment , lost in the thoughts of the guy she just met! She has not been able to forget him for 1 second since she had stepped out of that club. She is experiencing mixed emotions! At one hand she was feeling guilty to have scolded him unnecessarily! Poor him! At the same time she was angry with him because he called her names! It was a simple case of identity mistake and yes it was her fault but how can a man be so rude to a woman! But there was one thing sweet amidst all this chaos! She met the most handsome man alive! This brought a smile on her face!

Ishita shrugged her shoulders and went inside the apartment to check on her friend!

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Good one !

Ishra Milan 😍finally happened and both are wonderstruck at each other .

Can’t wait to know how story goes further

Fabulous update

Iyers shifted to delhi one month back ishita made friends and started hanging out with them het grandmother started searching guy for her one day ishita went to her friend ragini apartment and saw her crying she asked what happened ragini told her how her boyfriend dumpped her after using her now she is pragnent ishita said they should teach him lesson ragini said she is scared to go infront of him ishita said ok she will go ragini said his name is naman and he will be in bar this time she told bar name and said she deleted all his pictures will search and send her ishita went to that bar waiter thought she is asking about raman he pointed towards raman ishra both werr lost seeing each other both were ogling at each other their fight was cute hehe ishra pov was nice

Pls update soon

Update 4:

Part 4: The Universe Conspires

Ragini's Apartment

Ishita tip-toed to her friend's bedroom trying not to wake her up in case she has fallen asleep!

When she reached there, she was welcomed with a surprise! Her friend Ragini who was in complete disarray few hours ago was right now sipping Pina colada with a guy! Two straws in the same glass one for each! She was shocked for a minute! Then couldn't contain her curiosity any longer and called her friend in the softest way possible trying her best not to startle them!

Ragini looked up! She was grinning from ear to ear!

Ragini – Ishu, meet Naman! Naman say Hi to Ishu. She is my best friend.

Naman – Hi Ishu. Nice to meet you!

Ishita sort of scanned Naman! He was a guy of medium height with nerdy looks! She couldn't believe from his appearance that he could be a playboy like she expected him to be!

Ragini- Ishu, I am very sorry for putting you through all of this trouble. 15 mins after you left, Naman came to my apartment and apologized for his behavior! He said he was scared earlier because he has never been into any situation like this! So he was very confused and unloaded all his frustration on me! But now everything is sorted! We have decided to get engaged. We will not keep this baby for now because we have to make our career first. But once both of us secure good jobs we will tie knots. Thank God Ishu, you didn't find him else you would have scolded him for no reason.

Ishita's internal monologue: Yeah Ragini! I didn't scold him because I offloaded his share of scolding on my heartthrob! For the first time in my life a guy strikes me at first sight and what did I do! I destroyed all possibilities of hooking up with him ever! Ishita you're a Pranth! Murugan, what damn luck you gave me! I must be the only girl in this world who turned her first meeting with her prince charming into her last one! I should jump into that Pina colada and end my life!

Ishita gave Ragini a fake smile...

Ishita- That's lovely Ragini. Glad everything sorted out for you! You enjoy your time. I just stopped by to check on you but you are in good hands now. So I will head home.

Ishita's home

Back at Ishita's home, Dadi was busy going through the numerous marriage proposals she received for her beautiful granddaughter. She was having a discussion with a pundit recommended by her Guru Ji and they were going through the Horoscopes of all the shortlisted candidates.

At the same time, Monica was busy on phone chatting with one of her Kitty party friend.

Monica's Friend- I am really busy these days. All these social commitments, kitty parties and on top of all that my sister has asked me to look for a suitable girl for her son!

Monica- So why is that a big deal? There are tonnes of matrimony websites! Is the guy very picky?

Monica's Friend- It's not about being picky or not picky! This case is very complicated. The guy is a divorcee. He is father of 2 kids. He is going through a nasty custody battle for his daughter. His ex-wife is one hell of bitch. She is leaving no stone unturned to torture him and his family. But the worst thing about this case is the nature of the guy! He once used to be a happy man but after his wife left him and took his 5 year old son with herself, he has turned really bitter. Rumor has it that his ex-wife left him for a wealthier man. Now he hates all women specially the beautiful ones! He revolts at the mere mention of marriage! He has not met even a single girl and her family who have come with a marriage proposal. His parents only take care of that. Once he accidentally got face to face with a girl and her family. He spoke so rudely to them that the girl left in tears. He is rude, impolite and short-tempered! He is not very rich either! He works as an executive in some company! He bears the expenses incurred by every member of his family! His father's pension hasn't started yet because of some bureaucratic issues at the Govt. office. He has a younger brother in college and a sister with a child who is married but stays with them. He is still repaying the loan he took for his sister's marriage and is also paying alumni to his ex-wife because she hasn't remarried yet! And the custody battle related court expenses are additional.

Now why any girl from a decent family would marry him! But his mother wants a beautiful girl who is highly educated too! I don't think any girl in her right mind would agree to marry such an egoistic maniac! Moreover, whoever gets married to him will get entangled in his nasty custody battled. Rumor has it that he was madly in love with his ex-wife and still loves her! So his past will surely overshadow is present and his new wife's life would be ruined for sure.

That's why I am not able to find a girl for him! I am stuck in this match-making business because he is my sister's son!

Monica was elated to hear all this! She felt as if she found a solution to all her life's problems! She couldn't believe that it would be this easy to take revenge from Ishita.

New all she has to do is to ensure that Ishita gets married to this guy! But that was a tough task for many reasons. First of all, the guy was non-Iyer. He was a Punjabi. The family was middle class. A multi-millionaire father like Viswa would never agree to marry her daughter into a middle class family! And the worst problem was that the guy was a divorcee and a father of 2 kids.

Monica imagined that he must be some short heighted, pot-bellied, 40 something bald guy!

But she wanted this marriage to happen! At any cost! Because this was the perfect way to ruin Ishita's life! Getting her married off to a short-tempered divorcee with 2 kids who is not rich. What can be worst than this for a lively and smart, 25 year old highly educated cardiologist who was epitome of beauty! This guy would make her life a living hell! And that's exactly what she want for her! Ishita will be deprived of her husband's love because this guy is still in love with his ex-wife and she will be deprived of all of life's luxuries because he is a middle class man. Her married life will be miserable.

Monica rejoiced at her plan and the future possibility of all the joys she was going to experience when she will see Ishita suffering!

She immediately asked her friend to mail her the guys matrimony profile. She then started praying that this guy's horoscope matches with Ishita's so that she can take this proposal to her MIL.

To her pleasant surprise, the Kundali software gave a 100% percent match between the 2 horoscopes. She was excited! Never in her life she was this happy!

Monica's internal monologue- Lagta hai Bhagwan ne finally meri sun li. Wo bhi chahte hain ki Ishita Jindagi bhar dukh bhogey! Tabhi to ish jaise aadmi se uski Kundali 100% match ho gayi hai! Thank you Bhagwan! Finally you heard my prayers! I can now feel you are on my side! You gave me a perfect weapon to destroy Ishita' s life! I will visit Tirupati Balaji after this marriage to pay my gratitude.

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PS: Why would a multi-millionaire father and a loving grandmother agree to get their very beautiful and highly educated girl married off to a middle class divorcee with 2 kids!

Update 5:

Part 5: They Meet Again....And Again

South Ex Mall

Saturday Night

It was Saturday night. Ishita had come to south ex mall for shopping. Its been 2 hours since she begun her shopping spree . After shopping she was enjoying a hearty dinner with her friends.

Outside the mall, the weather has began to change suddenly. Initially it was light drizzle but soon it turned into a heavy rainfall.

Raman was sitting at home working on his laptop when his phone rang. It was his school friend Nitin. Nitin has come to South Ex mall with his wife and kids for shopping. By mistake he lost his car keys. Then it started to rain heavily. It was quiet difficult to find a taxi in that heavy rain. So he decided to call Raman to give them a ride home. He asked him to bring some umbrella too for his wife and kids.

Raman quickly got into his car and drove straight to South Ex Mall. There were more than 50 stairs between the road and Mall entrance/exit. So Raman grabbed 2 umbrellas and started going up the stairs. Nitin and his family were waiting for him near the mall entrance.

At the same time Ishita got a call from her car driver who had to leave due to a family emergency at home. He asked her to come and collect the car keys so that she can drive herself home. He requested her not to tell any of this to her father and mother as they would scold him for leaving her alone.

Ishita was still on the call as she was rushing down the stairs. The rain had made the stairs too slippery. She suddenly slipped on one step and lost her balance. She felt herself falling, falling, but suddenly her downward progress was halted.

Raman had caught her by the hand! He pulled her up forcefully. She landed against his chest and he held her in his arms. The momentum caused both of them to lose their footing , but Raman steeled his strong arms and kept them both on their feet.

She felt electric tremors running down her spine as she recognized him from the bar encounter. Oooh! He is tall too! She thought. Not even in her wildest dream she expected to meet him again in such a odd situation. She looked up into his eyes. He was looking down at her, still holding her tightly against his chest.

The feel of his chest against her breasts , as well as his muscular arms wrapped around her, caused her stomach to flutter. Being in this man's arm felt so good...she thought.

Here Raman's heart was racing and so were his thoughts. He knew if she stayed like this for another minute he would have planted his mouth on hers! He wanted to get away from her but his entire being was not ready to let go of her! The rain and the close proximity of her body was creating havoc in his mind.

There Ishita was delighted at this Hollywood-Movie-Type coincidence. She was wanting to slid her hands up that magnificent chest and loop her arms around his neck. Suddenly her phone rang and she realized what situation she was into and tried to pull away. But Raman didn't let her go. Instead he pressed his palms into her back and urged her closer. This made her look at him with surprise! He read that surprise in her eyes and suddenly realized what he was doing. He released her instantly and turned away to leave but didn't forgot to shoot his one-liner at her.

Raman- Lagta hai dimag ke saath saath tumhari aankhen bhi kharab hain! Seedhiyaan dekh ke utra karo warna kuch bhi bura ho sakta hai! Neeche jane ki bajay shayad upar pauhaunch jaogi...!!!

Ishita shot back- Aapki shakal dekh li na! Ab ish se bura aur kya ho sakta hai! Aapse takrana maut ko gale lagane se kam nahi hai!

And they both went in the opposite direction trying hard to conceal the smile which was dancing on each other's lips.

Raman's internal monologue: "Ye Jhansi Ki Rani "tum" se seedha "aap" par gayi! Kya baat hai..shayad darr gayi hogi mujh se...!

Ishita's internal monolgue: "Iska naam Raman nahi Raavan hona chaiye!Ladkiyon se baat karne ki bikul bhi tameez nahi! "

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Monday afternoon

Raman's office

Raman was sitting in a conference room going through the presentation one last time! He had a meeting with the European clients in 15 mins.

Just than his phone rang. it was his mum Toshi ji.

Toshi ji- Raman, mujhe abhi turant ek emergency situation ko attend karne jana hai! I tried calling you many times but you didn't pick the call. Main tere office ke bahar khadi hoon. Ruhi ke saath. Ghar par koi nahi so Ruhi ko tere paas chor kar ja rahi hoon. Tum aur Mihir milke ushe sambhal lena. Main 2 ghante main wapas aa jaungi.

Raman- Maa, ye aap kya keh rahi hain. Meri abhi 10 min main ek meeting hai. Main Ruhi ko kaise sambhaloonga. Aap 1 ghanta ruk jaiye. Main aapko khud jahan jana hai wahan le jaunga.

Toshi ji- Oye nahi puttar. Ye bohot badi emergency aur mujhe abhi turant jana hoga. Tu chetti neeche aa ja.

Raman had no choice but to oblige. Toshi Ji put Ruhi's hand in his hand and left immediately.

Raman didn't know what to do as Mihir was not in the office that time. He left earlier to get his flat tire repaired.

He certainly couldn't take Ruhi to his conference room. He started looking here and there and suddenly his eyes stopped at the receptionist. He went to her and explained her the situation. He asked her to babysit Ruhi for 1 hour while he attends the client meeting. After that he planned to take the rest of the day off to spend time with his daughter.

The receptionist agreed and he left Ruhi with her. The receptionist gave Ruhi some crayons and coloring books.

She then got busy receiving the incoming calls. That day the number of incoming calls were way more than the usual. The receptionist's phone kept ringing non-stop and as a result she was constantly on the phone. In the mean time Ruhi being the member of the club "Terrible Two's", decided to explore the surrounding. Holding her purple teddy in one hand she began roaming here and there in the office lobby. She first looked around and then quietly sneaked out of the building.

Across the road there was a vendor selling big balloons with Mickey and Mini mouse imprinted on them. She saw those those beautiful balloons and immediately it came to her mind that now she has seen them so they belong to her!(That's exactly how a toddler mind works!)

SOME MORE TODDLER'S RULES

1- If I want it, it's mine
2- If it's in my hand, it's mine
3- If I can take it away from you, it's mine
4- If I had it a little while ago, it's mine
5- If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way
6- If we are building something together, all the pieces are mine
7- If it just looks like mine, it's mine
8- If I think it's mine, it's mine
9- If I give it to you and change my mind later, it's mine
10- Once it's mine it will never belong to anyone else, no matter what

She started taking her baby steps and marched forward blissfully unaware of the heavy traffic between her and the balloon seller!

She managed to cross half the road when suddenly she saw a white car of same make and model like Raman had, coming towards her. She stood right there in the middle of the road thinking thats her daddy's car. The driver was busy on phone so he didn't notice the little child in the middle of the road. Buy the time he noticed her, it was too late...! He pressed the brakes with all his might but he knew the car would hurt the baby.

Suddenly out of nowhere, two beautiful hands scooped the baby and twirled around taking her away from the impending danger. Those hands belonged to Ishita. Earlier when Ruhi stopped in the middle of the road, everyone started shouting at her asking her to move away but no one dared to rescue her. Ishita had come to this area to meet her Vandu akka. They lived nearby. She saw the Mickey balloons and decided to buy some for his nephew Shravu who was a big fan of Mickey mouse clubhouse show. She parked her car on the roadside and was walking towards the balloon vendor when she heard people shouting. Out of curiosity when she tried to find the reason behind, she was stunned at her discovery. Without thinking for even a split second she ran towards Ruhi to rescue her. She thanked her Murugan as she was able to rescue the baby just in time. She hugged her tightly as her heart was beating twice as faster thinking what would have happened if she was late by even 1 second!

After she did a thorough manual check up of the baby to ensure that she was perfectly fine, she picked her up an started looking for her parents.

Back in Raman's office, the receptionist decided to take a small coffee break! Thats when she noticed that Ruhi was missing. She panicked and immediately ran to the building security office where she saw the recording of Ruhi leaving the office building. She immediately went outside to look for her.

Fortunately she saw Ishita standing with Ruhi. She came to her and told her that the baby belonged to her boss and he asked her to look after the baby. But she got busy with office calls and thats when Ruhi escaped.

Ishita was furious. She was the trustee of a NGO which worked for the welfare of the battered and neglected kids. She hated those parents who didn't pay proper attention to their kids.

Ishita - What is the name of this baby's father and where is he now?. I wan to meet him right now.

Ruhi who was still in Ishita's arm was carefully listening to her words. She nodded her head in nay and said...

Ruhi- Aanti, I am noth a baby! I am a princhech. Priti princhech. My name is Looyi!

Ishita first gave her a big smile and then pulled her closer and planted 3-4 kisses on her cheeks.

Ishita - I am sorry Princess. You are right! You are not a baby! You are a pretty pretty princess !

Ruhi smiled as Ishita acknowledged her as a princess. She immediately put her small arms around her neck and kissed her back on her cheeks. Ishita then turned to the receptionist.

Receptionist- Madam, Sir is busy with a important meeting. You can give the baby to me. I will keep her until Sir comes back from his meeting.

Ishita- So are you not going to take any calls until you Sir comes back.

Receptionist- Mam, how can I stop taking calls. Thats my job.

Ishita- Then why didn't you tell this to your Sir. You should have told him that you are at work and you won't be able to babysit his kid.

Receptionist- Mam, Sir was in a hurry and moreover he is my boss. I didn't want to upset him.

Ishita- Very good. Now its more important than ever that I speak to the parents of this baby. How can people be so negligent of their child. Its high item I remind them of their duties. Do you have her mother's number.

Receptionist- No mam.

Ishita-Ok, what is your boss's name? Take me to him.

Receptionist- Mam, his name is Raman Kumar Bhalla. And you plz wait in the visitor's lounge.

Ishita was shell shocked to hear those three words. Raman. Kumar. Bhalla. Her internal monologue: Oh no! Is it the same guy she has been running into for the past 2 days? He is married? And he has kids too! Aiyyo Murguan, what if he is the same guy! No! No! No! Please No! This can't be! She sent a silent prayer to Murugan asking her to ensure that this Raman is not the same Raman stuck in her head since the day she met him. This guy better be someone else.

Ishita walked away from the receptionist with Ruhi still in her arms. She then asked one of the staff where she can find Mr. Raman Kumar Bhalla.

The staff pointed towards a conference room at the end of the hall.

She swiftly walked towards that room! After reaching there she pushed open the door and stepped inside. Raman was busy demonstrating a prototype displayed via a projector. She could only see his back.

Ishita- Mr. Raman Kuma Bhalla?

He turned and she froze in her place. It was the same guy. The guy from the bar and the mall stairs. Her heart immediately sank. She felt dizzy and everything looked hazy! She stood like that for few seconds. Ruhi called her papa and her voice brought Ishita back to her senses. She quickly tried to pull herself together accepting the unexpected truth of the situation.

Raman was also surprised to see Ruhi with this Jhansi Ki Rani.

Raman(speaking softly)- Ruhi beta, aap yahan?

and then looking at Ishita with a puzzled look and annoyed tone- Aur tum yahan kaise?

Ishita(addressing everyone in the meeting room)- Sorry Gentlemen. Please accept my sincere apologies for barging into your meeting. I have just found Mr. Bhalla's daughter playing in the middle of the road in a heavy traffic area. I am here to ask him what kind of father considers his client meeting more important than her daughter's well-being.

Now it was Raman's turn to feel shell shocked. He first checked her daughter and after she looked absolutely fine to him he looked at Ishita with angry eyes.

Raman- Dekho, tumhe jo baat karni hai hum thodi der main kar lenge. Abhi tum bahar jakar mera wait karo. I will join you in 5 mins.

Ishita- I am not going anywhere and you are coming with me right away.

She then turned towards the rest of the people in the room.

Ishita -Gentlemen, this meeting is over for now. Mr. Bhalla will get back to you all later. Now if you will please excuse us.

Client- Thats Ok. I can understand. Mr. Raman I know whats coming your way. Julia made me sleep in my car for 2 straight nights when my little daughter Jane ran away to her friends house on my watch. If yo are still breathing tomorrow then we will discuss the rest of the project same time. I wish you luck. And Mrs. Bhalla, Good day to you.

And he ended the call.

Raman was fuming with anger but he didn't say anything because he didn't want to create a scene there. Everyone left the conference room. Now only Raman, Ishita and Ruhi were standing there.

Ishita- Ruhi beta, aap koi gana sunoge phone par? Aapka fav song kon sa hai?

Ruhi- Ummm...ummm....ummm..I donth know!

Ishita- Oookkkay! Then lets listen to my fav "Baby shark do do do do..."!

Ishita took out her phone, played that song and plugged-in her headphone. She made Ruhi wear her headphones and sit at the farthest corner of the room. She then locked the conference room from inside and walked back to Raman. Raman has been standing still in his place all this time watching her activities.

Ishita(trying her best to keep her voice to lowest volume possible)- How can you be so careless? Aap apni choti si bachhi ko ek Receptionist ke saath chor kar apni meeting main busy ho gaye! Aapne ek baar bhi socha ki woh Receptionist busy ho sakti hai, careless ho sakti hai! Kya wo ek choti bachhi ka dhyan rakh payegi?But nahi. Aapko toh bas apni meeting ki padi thhi. Aapko pata hai, Ruhi road ke beech main khel rahi thhi. Agar ushe kuch ho jata toh..

Raman- I..I..I am sorry!

Ishita- Wow! "Sorry". Fantastic. Is that it? So after all that I told you, all you saying is "Sorry".

Raman- Toh kya ab tumhare paun pakad loon!

Ishita- Ek toh aapne galti ki! Upar se apni galti manne ki bajaye mujhe attitude dikha rahen hain! Yeh nahi keh sakte thhe ki "Mujhse galti ho gai! Main aage se aisa nahi karoonga! Ruhi ko kabhi bhi anjaan logon ke saath nahi chorunga! " I was expecting a full fledged apology taki lage ki aapko apni galti ka ehsaas hai!

Raman- Oh, Hello! Jhaansi Ki Raani! Tumhe bematlab logon ko lambe chode lecture dene ka shauk hoga but mujhe short cut main baat karne ki aadat hai. Tum lucky ho ki maine tumahre samne sorry bola warna ish duniya main aise bohot kam log hain jinhone Raman Kumar Bhalla ko sorry bolte hue suna hai! Aur haan, for your information ye sorry tumhare liye nahi thha. Apni beti ke liye thha.

Ishita- Pehle toh aap apni aawaz neeche kijiye. Ruhi ishi kamre main hai! Aur aap kitne badtameez insaan ho! Aap se toh baat karna bhi mushkil hai! I wonder aapki biwi aapke saath kaise rehti hai! Shayad Ruhi ki wajah se aapko jhel rahi hogi warna koi aurat aapke saath ek chhat ke neeche aasaani se saans bhi nahi le sakti!

Raman- My personal life is none of your goddamn business. Now get out from here.

Ishita- You made your personal life my business the moment I found your two year old daughter playing in the middle of a busy road! Now, Listen Mr. Raman Kumar Bhalla, abhi toh main ja rahi hoon but agar aapne dobara Ruhi ke prati jara sa bhi laprwahi dikhyai toh mujhse bura koi nahi hoga!

Ishita then went to Ruhi, kissed her on her forehead.

Ishita- Ruhi beta, ab aap apne papa ke saath ghar jao. Aunty ko apna phone chaiye. Aunty ko bhi apne ghar jana hai na!

Ruhi - Aunty, aap bhi mele ghal chalo. I lub you kyunki you lub shark do do do do.

And Ruhi hugged Ishita with her little hands.

Ishita was so touched by Ruhi's gesture that her eyes got all teary. She felt a strong pull towards that little girl! It appeared as if she has known her forever.

Tere dil ka , mere dil se rishta purana hai...

In aankjon ka har aansoon , mujhko churana hai...

Mujhko churana hai...

She looked at Ruhi for a minute an thought. "Anyone would do anything to make this little angle smile!" Its hard to believe that this sweetheart is the daughter of this Raavan Kumar. How can he be so careless towards her! Anyways, I am sure Ruhi has a wonderful mother who loves her very much. She must be waiting for her back home! She will take care of this little munchkin!

She gave her a peck on both her cheeks and left the room. Raman who was curiously watching this entire thing was slightly confused as to what is all this going on. But then he shrugged his shoulder saying "Chalo Jhansi Ki Rani finally gayi! Warna mujhe toh shayad aaj deewaron main jinda hi chunwa deti! "

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PS: Yeh connection bhi na ajeeb cheez hai! pata nahi chlata kab kahan jud jata hai but ek baar jud gaya toh bas jindagi bhar nahi toottha. Jaise ruhi aur Ishita ka!

Update 6:

Part 6: Its Destiny

Ishita's Home

Monica entered her MIL's(Kaveri Devi) room.

Monica: Maa, my friend has recommended a very suitable alliance. I think this will be a perfect match for Ishita.

Kaveri (giving her a suspicious look) – And why you think you have found a suitable match for my Ishu?

Monica- Because for the first time her horoscope matched perfectly with a guy! For now I have used the matching software only but we can send it to Guru ji for final verdict.

Kaveri - Achha! Show me his profile!

Monica opened her friends email attachment and Raman's matrimony profile started to load slowly!

The moment the profile page opened completely she was shocked to see the guy's profile pic!

There was an extremely good looking man with a clean shaven face and a suave attitude on his face! His personal details were listed as follows:

Age – 31 years.

Complexion– Fair

Height – 6 ft.

Profession – Manager

Salary – 15 Lakhs per annum

Diet- Non-vegetarian

Drinking – Yes

Smoking – Yes

Marital status – divorced

Kids - 2

Monica was taken aback by his age and good looks! But then she calmed down herself thinking, "so what if he is good looking but if he doesn't love his new wife than his looks will do no good to Ishita! The guy is still in love with his ex-wife and has loads of problems in his life which will ruin all happiness of Ishita's newly married life!"

She showed the profile to her MIL.

Monica – Ma, here is the groom! What do you say?

Kaveri – Monica, have you lost it? Did you even read the profile! He is a divorcee with 2 kids. Hum apni Ishu ki shaadi ek divorcee se kaise kar sakte hain! Hamari Ishu ke liye single ladkon ki koi kami hai kya. Line lagi hai ladkon ki!

Monica- Haan Maa. Line jaroor lagi hai but unme se kitno ka horoscope match karta hai? Aapko yaad nahi Guru ji ne kya kaha thha! Ishu ke 26 years ki hone se pehle uski kundali mila ke uski shaadi karwa deni hai. And uske 26th birthday main bas thoda time hi reh gaya hai. Do you want to take the chance of delaying her marriage or getting her married off to the wrong guy!

Ishita's grandmother was speechless at Monica's argument! For once she was telling the truth. The bitter truth of her granddaughter's life that she is Manglik and has a troubled fate and they have very less time left to find her soulmate! But she didn't trust Monica one bit! So she was suspicious why she is so worried about Ishita all of a sudden. All these years she never showed any care or concern for Ishita and now all of a sudden she is so much worried and hurried to get her married off to this guy!

Kaveri – For once, you are right! I am sending this horoscope to Guru ji. Now my biggest concern is Viswa and Ishita. How will I convince a multi-millionaire father to get his daughter married off to a middle class divorcee and how will I convince an Oxford educated girl to marry a man just because her horoscope matched with him!

Monica – Ma, if you agree to this alliance then I will settle everything. And trust me! This is the best proposal for Ishita. She will be forever happy with this guy!

Just then Viswa entered the room!

Viswa – Ma, we got proposals from 2 of the top business families of Delhi and their horoscopes match too. Both are equally excited for this marriage.

Kaveri- Thanks Viswa. I am so glad to hear this news. Your wife was trying set up your daughter with a middle class divorcee! But I guess God has is own plans!

Viswa – Monica! How could you do this to Ishita? You are like her mother and you are finding such low-profile matches for her!

Monica- I was only worried about Kundali dosh and that dreadful prediction about her future.

Viswa- Ok. Forget everything. One of the guy and his family are coming tomorrow. Another one is coming day after tomorrow.

Ishita was informed about both the alliances when she came back home. She went through their profiles and agreed to meet them! Although the thought of her heartthrob did cross her mid every now and then.

Update 7:

Part 7 : Somethings' can't be explained

Next day the first guy's family arrived on time! The two families got busy with the formalities.

Ishita was asked to talk to that guy in private!

That guy told her that he liked her the very moment he saw her! He will be very fortunate if she agrees to marry him! And some more blah blah on the line about how pretty, and smart and educated she is! Ishita politely listened to his entire speech. She asked few questions here and there about his hobbies and his interests outside of work. She was surprised to see that the guy had no interest in her hobbies! The entire time he kept repeating that he has already fallen for her and his desperately waiting for her approval.

She told him that she will give her answer in 2 to 3 days. Then she looked him up on social media. On his Facebook account she stumbled upon one of his birthday pics. She saw the date of the pics and the date his friends wished him! Her memory was almost photographic. She immediately learned that his birthday on social media was different from the one listed on his matrimony profile!

Ishita being kindhearted didn't want to embarrass his entire family. So she decided to meet the guy alone and sort everything! She immediately called that guy and asked him to meet her with his passport! She told him that she wanted it for some random reason. He agreed and didn't forget to remind her that he already loves her so much that he would oblige to her every command without any questions. They deiced to meet at a coffee shop!

Ishita took the passport from him and pointing at his DOB, she asked...

Ishita - Why you lied about your DOB on your matrimony profile?

The guy was shocked to hear this! He understood that there was no point in lying. So he decides to be diplomatic.

The guy- What is the big deal! Everyone does that! I lied because I wanted to marry you! And I knew your family won't agree to meet me without this damn horoscope match. So I did what was needed to convince your family.'

Ishita - Really? You love me so much! Very good! I can forget your dishonesty just for this love of yours! But now that you love me you should know about my aspirations! I have dreamed of opening a charity nursing home for poor kids. I will be giving away all my salary to this nursing home! I am sure you won't mind. You don't need my money because you love me! Right! Moreover, I would be pleased if you can donate as much you can to this good cause! And one last thing! I have already donated my share of my father's property to a charitable trust! I took the giving pledge! You, must have heard of it! It's very popular these days among rich people of USA. So I got inspired too! I think you should do this too. Donate a large share of your family fortune to charity! It's such a noble thing to do!

The guy was listening to her with his mouth wide open! He looked as if someone drained all blood from his body!

The guy-What! You donated your share of your father's property? Are you mad! Who does this kind of things? Thank god you told me all this before marriage! I don't want to marry a stupid fool like you!

Ishita - Why? What happened now? You were in love with me! Right?

The guy - Love....my foot! Love I can find anywhere. These days you get love for 1000 Rs a night. I wanted to strengthen my family business with this alliance. Now that reason is gone! So this marriage proposal is also over. I am leaving. Do not forget to pay the coffee bill.

Ishita was both happy and sad! Happy because she learned the truth before marriage. Sad at the thought that even guys from big rich business families only marry for money! No one cares for love! And whatever happened to chivalry! The moment the guy knew she is no good to him he tossed all manners outside the window! Such a moron!

Just when Ishita was stepping out of the cafe, she got a call from her friend Riya.

Riya- Ishu, agar thodi der ke liye free hai toh plz aaja. I need your help. You know I have just started my new job as a junior event manager at a big corporation. Today is my first assignment. I am organizing a corporate business party with my team. I am feeling so nervous. what if anything goes wrong. You please come na. Tu saath rahegi toh mujhe confidence milega. And you have eagle eyes. Tujhe toh imperfections door se hi dikh jate hai. You can monitor the party and tell me what needs correction!

Ishita - But Main aaungi toh odd nahi lagega? I am neither on guest list nor on staff list.

Riya- You are my +1. And tujhe party main thode na ghoomna hai. You can stay in some corner and silently observe. Ishu, please don't say no. This is important to me. My career depends on it.

Ishita- OK...OK. I am coming. Give me 30 mins.

This party which Riya was organizing, it was a corporate party for Raman's company. In this party Raman was going to get honored as the most efficient Business Development Manager of the year.

At Raman's house, Toshi ji's one friend was trying to hook up her daughter with Raman. She was planning with Toshi ji on how to make her daughter get close to him. That's when Toshi ji hatched this plan to send the girl to the party with Raman as his +1. She told him that she and rest of the family are going to a movie and will come back late. So he needs to take Ruhi with him to the party. When Raman asked how he will look after Ruhi in that busy party as he also needs to deliver a speech and participate in the award ceremony, that's when Toshi ji asked him to take her friends daughter with him. She said she is great with kids and she will take care of Ruhi. Raman reluctantly agreed to this as he had no other choice.

Raman reached the party venue with his daughter and the girl named Dimple. Dimple was the typical shallow minded girl for whom the only thing that mattered in life was her clothes and shoes. She was more busy taking selfies and payed little to no attention to Ruhi. Ruhi was quietly sitting around one of the dinner tables. Dimple was sitting next to her and was busy over the phone. Raman left Ruhi with Dimple and went ahead to meet with other guests.

Ishita also arrived at the party hall. Her friend showed her around and she began scanning the hall with her eyes standing in one corner. That's when she spotted little Ruhi sitting sadly near the dinner table. She waved at her and to her surprise Ruhi caught her glance and waved back. She then in sign langue asked her to smile and Ruhi immediately smiled back. (When the hearts are connected, words do not matter! Isn't that true?) Ruhi was feeling a lot better now.


Ishita sent a waiter to her table with some kid snacks and asked her to enjoy the food.

She then got busy with her party monitoring business. Suddenly she spotted Raman! He looked dashing in white suit. "He's really dressed to kill!" She thought. But she decided not to look at him again as now she knew that he is married with kids. She sighed and tried to focus back on the party!

Just then she noticed that Ruhi was missing from her chair! She looked everywhere but there was no sign of Ruhi. She walked towards that girl Dimple who was sitting next to Ruhi and asked her about Ruhi's whereabouts.

Dimple- Yahin kahin hogi. Bachhi hai. khel rahi hogi. What's the big deal!

Ishita- She is just 2. That's the big deal. She can't take care of herself. She needs constant supervision. Why did you let her out of your sight?

Dimple- Wo usne apni Maa ko dekh liya thha. She must have gone after her mother.

Ishita- What? What do you mean? Ruhi ki Maa yahan hai to woh Ruhi ke saath kyun nahi thhi?

Dimple- Kyunki Ruhi ke Mummy Papa ka divorce ho chuka hai. They are not together anymore. Raman ki ex-wife Shagun ab apne boyfriend ke saath rehti hai. Aur tum ish waqt Raman ki future wife se baat kar rahi ho! Ab tumahri interrogation khatam ho gayi ho...toh main phone pe baat kar loon!

Ishita- Tumne Ruhi ki Maa ko bataya ki Ruhi unke peeche gayi hai!

Dimple- Meri Shagun se kabhi baat nahi hui. Woh toh Ruhi yahan baithi thhi aur Shagun paas se nikli toh mere mooh se nikal gaya, wo dekho Ruhi..tumhari Mummy. Uske baad mera phone aa gaya. So I think Ruhi apni mummy ke peeche gayi hogi. Aa jaeygi.

Ishita- How careless you are! Ek choti so bachhi jo tumhare saath aayi thhi abhi akeli apni Maa ko dhoondhne gayi hai and you are not even a little bit concerned. That's ridiculous! .

She immediately started to look around searching for Ruhi everywhere. After searching for some 15 mins she heard Ruhi's sobs coming from a locked room near the entrance.

She immediately understood Ruhi must have locked herself into the room. After reaching near the door she called Ruhi's name! It was important to get her busy in baby talks and to assure her that she is not alone! She promised her a big teddy if she stops crying. Ruhi stopped crying immediately. Ishita then went to the staffs and asked them to help her in opening the door. One of the staffs picked the door lock and unlocked it. Ruhi came out running and hugged Ishita! Ishita felt so relieved after seeing Ruhi happy and smiling. She was so happy to see Ruhi alright that she started crying. Two big drops of tears rolled down her cheeks.

At the same time inside the party hall, Raman came to Dimple to check on Ruhi and Dimple lied to him that Ishita took Ruhi.

Raman got furious and started looking for them. He finally found them in the hallway near entrance.

Raman- Ruhi,aap yahan kya kar rahe ho? Dimple aunty ke paas jao.

Ishita quickly wiped her tears and looked angrily at Raman.

Raman- Tum yahan meri beti ke saath kyun ho?

Ishita- Ye sawal toh muhe aap se puchna chaiye ki aap apni beti ke saath kyun nahi hain! Aapko pata bhi hai yahan kya hua tha.

And then she narrated the entire incident to Raman. Raman was surprised to hear that. He then looked at Ruhi and asked her if she is alright. Ruhi nodded her head in Yay!

Ishita- Maine aap se ush din bhi kaha thha, ki Ruhi ke saath main koi laparwahi bardasth nahi karoonhi. But aapko toh koi fark hi nahi padta! Aap ke liye toh aapka award function jayada important hai, beti nahi.

Raman- Just shut up! I didn't leave her alone. She was with a guardian.

Ishita- Guardian! Huh! Have you paid attention to that girl! She has come here only to enjoy the party and click selfies! Not to babysit your daughter. If she was even little bit sincere, this incident wouldn't have happened. But aap kyun apni galti manoge! Galti toh bhale log mante hain, aapke jaise arrogant log nahi jo bas doosron pe chillana jaante hain!

Raman- Apni bakwaas apne paas rakho. Just because tumne meri beti ki zara si help kar di iska matlab ye nahi ki tumhe mujhe kuch bhi sunane ka licence mil gaya. Main tumhari jaisi auraton ko achhi tarah se jaanta hoon. Pata nahi kis cheap, ghatiya khandan se ho tum! Jabardasti meri aur meri beti life main ghusne ki koshish kar rahi ho! Let me make it clear to you! Not interested. Go find someone else and stay the hell away from me and my daughter.

Ishita- You are disgusting. Maine apni life main aapke jaisa insensitive, chauvinist, judgmental badtammeez aadmi nahi dekha! No wonder aapki biwi aapko chor kar chali gayi. Bach gayi bechari! Ek request hai. Plz aap dobara shaadi mat karna. Jis ladki se bhi aapki shaadi hogi, uski toh jindagi barbaad ho jayegi!

Raman- Aur jo ladka tumse shaadi karega wo khade khade coma main chala jayega. That's how much suffocating you are! Dum ghootha hai mera jab tum aas paas hoti ho!

Ishita- Phr toh aapko yahan se turant chale jana chahhiye warna kahin aapke saanse ruk gayi toh...

Raman- For once I completely agree with you. I hope aaj ke baad mujhe tumhari shakal dobaara na dekhni pade!

He then took Ruhi's hand and walked away. He called Toshi ji and asked her to come pick up Ruhi because he didn't want leave her with Dimple anymore.

Ishita was slightly pleased when she noticed that Raman didn't leave Ruhi with that girl Dimple again! He kept holding his daughter's hand the entire time until his family arrived to pick her up.

Later in the party, Shagun tried to make Raman jealous by getting extra cozy with Ashok. Ashok gifted her a big diamond ring. She removed the diamond ring Raman once gave her. She kissed Ashok saying "the bigger the diamond the truer the love is. People who gift small diamonds are shallow lovers." Ashok purposely gave her the diamond ring in front of Raman to make him jealous as he knew Raman is very vulnerable around his ex-wife. Raman couldn't help but witnessed this entire drama. Memories of his past moments with Shagun kept flashing in his mind. To take his mind off these things he resorted to drinking. He took off his coat and sat on the bar counter and started drinking heavily. When the bar tending guy tried to stop him after few drinks, Ashok signaled him to continue and the poor guy obliged. Within an hour Raman was so drunk, he couldn't stand on his own feet. Most of the party guests had left by that time including Ashok and Shagun.

When the bar guy told Raman that its time to close, Raman grabbed his award, car keys and started walking towards the parking lot. Hardly after 10 steps he stumbled over his own intoxicated feet and was about to fall. That's when someone grabbed him by his chest and got him to his feet.

It was Ishita. She was getting ready to leave for home when she noticed a fully drunk Raman walking with shaky legs. She first decided to ignore him recalling all the bitter words they exchanged a little while ago but the moment she realized he was about to fall, her mind stopped working. She hurriedly ran towards him and caught him in her arms just in time.

Raman felt an unexpected comfort in her embrace and turned his head to see who was holding him!

For few seconds he couldn't believe his eyes! He kept looking at her in disbelief. Suddenly his trophy slipped from his hand. The loud thud broke his attention.

Raman- Tum? Tum phir mere paas aa gayi! Maine tumse kaha thha na, mujhe se door rehna. Tumhe kam sunai deta hai kya!

Ishita- Mujhe toh bilkul thik sunai deta hai but ish waqt shayad aapko thik se dikhai nahi de raha! Aap neeche girne wale thhe. Aapko chot lag sakti thhi! Dimag toh pehle se hi kharab hai. Ishe aur kharab hone dene ka risk nahi le sakti thhi, ishliye aayi. Aap ish waqt bilkul hosh main nahi hain! Let me take you to your car. Then I will leave.

Raman tried to support is weight and pulled his arms away from her shoulders! He than grabbed her face with one hand pressing his fingers and thumb in her cheeks. He pinned her to a nearby wall.

Raman- Ye bakwaas kisi aur ko sunana. Tumhara yeh dhong mujh pe nahi chalega. Tumhe meri jindagi main interfere karne ka bohot shauk hai na! Kyun? Jab dekho tab mujhe lecture dene pahunch jati ho? Tumhe Ashok ne bheja hai na mujhe pareshan karne ke liye!

Ishita- Kaun Ashok! Main kisi Ashok ko nahi jaanti! Aur maine jab bhi aapse kuch kaha hai wo aap deserve karte hain! Aapko toh ladkiyon se baat karne tak ki tameez nahi hai!

Raman- Achha toh ab tum mujhe bataogi ki main kya deserve karta hoon aur kya nahi. Tum jaisi khoobusurat ladkiyon ko main khoob pehchanta hoon. Tumhare liye life main bas ek hi cheez matter karti hai! Wo hai paisa. Jiske paas jayda paisa dekha uske paas chali gayi! Chahe uske liye apna ghar todna pade, apne bacche chhodne paden ,apne pati ko dhoka dena pade... tum logon ko koi fark nahi padta! Tum bhi baki auraton ki tarah paison ki bhookhi ho na! Paise chahiye na tumhe ! Ye lo..

Raman tried to take out some 1000 rupee notes from his wallet and stuffed it in Isihta's hand..

Isihta- Agar apane yahi baat kisi aur time pe kahi hoti toh mera ab tak haat uth chuka hota but ish waqt toh aapko itna bhi hosh nahi ki aap samajh sako ki kya bakwaas kar rahe ho!

Raman grabbed Ishita by her shoulders and pulled her closer to him.

Raman- Main bakwas kar raha hoon? Main tumhe batata hoon ki bakwaas.......

He couldn't finish his sentence! The toxicity of alcohol shot up in his mind numbing all his senses and he fell upon Ishita with his arms around her neck. She swallowed empty and then grabbed him again taking him into her arms trying to support his weight and prevent both of them from falling.

She held him for a minute or so like that wondering why he is so rude to her when he doesn't even know her name! She took a long breath and grabbed him by his waist with her one arm around him and pulled his other arm around her shoulder, gently guiding him his feet towards the parking lot.

She took out the car keys from his pocket and pressed lock button repeatedly in an attempt to locate his car. Fortunately his car was parked nearby. She reached his car holding him in her arms and very gently laid him on the passenger side. She fastened his seat belt securing him firmly in the seat. After that she fetched his award and securely placed it on the back seat.

Then she took out his phone from his pocket and tried to find the contact number of his family members. His driving licence was missing from his wallet so she has no way to find out where he lives. Her only option was to reach out to his friends or family.

She found a contact number saved with name "Papa" and dialed it.

Om Prakash - Hello Raman?

Ishita- Sir main Blue Ridge party hall ki staff bol rahi hoon. Mr. Raman aaj yahan ek party main aaye thhe aur unhone thodi drink kar rakhi hai. I don't think its safe to allow him to drive in this state. So it would be great if you can come and take him home.

Om Parakash - Sure beta. Thank you for calling. Someone will be there shortly.

He immediately asked Romi to go and pick Raman.

After hanging up Ishita sat on the Driver's seat and sighed! She rested her head against the head rest and closed her eyes! Raman's face flashed in front of her eyes.

She opened her eyes and turned towards him. He was in deep sleep! She could hear the sound of his soft snoring. She looked at him through her tired eyes.

Ishita's internal monolgue: Mujhe aisa kyun lag raha hai ki jo ye dikhta ya dikhata hai waisa ye hai nahi! Harkaton se toh bilkul Raavan Kumar lagta hai! Ab koi itni jayda drink karta hai kya ki khud ka bhi hosh na rahe! Is he an alcoholic or what? An alcoholic bad guy? But... but I have seen a deep sadness in his eyes today. He looked deeply hurt. Bure logon ki aankhen kabhi sad nahi hoti aisa Paati kehti hain. There's certainly more to him than meets the eye. And funny thing is ki Ish waqt ishe aise sote dekh kar mujhe ek ajeeb sa sukoon mil raha hai! Aisa kyun hai? I don't know! But aisa hai that I know. Anyways, I better ignore him and try to concentrate on my marriage. I sincerely hope ishe bhi koi achhi si ladki mil jaye because he certainly needs someone. Its clearly evident that he can't take care of himself.

She was lost in her thoughts while looking at him when she heard a tap on the driver side window. Romi was there. He introduced himself as Raman's younger brother. She deliberately hid her identity and introduced herself as some random staff from the even management team.

Romi thanked her and drove away with Raman.

She reached home around 3 am! She went straight to her room, took a shower and jumped into bed. Her entire body was aching. She had a long day. A really long day! "Ab tak toh wo jaroor ghar pahunch gaya hoga!" She told herself and gradually drifted off to sleep.

Originally posted by: divz9769

Fabulous update

Iyers shifted to delhi one month back ishita made friends and started hanging out with them het grandmother started searching guy for her one day ishita went to her friend ragini apartment and saw her crying she asked what happened ragini told her how her boyfriend dumpped her after using her now she is pragnent ishita said they should teach him lesson ragini said she is scared to go infront of him ishita said ok she will go ragini said his name is naman and he will be in bar this time she told bar name and said she deleted all his pictures will search and send her ishita went to that bar waiter thought she is asking about raman he pointed towards raman ishra both werr lost seeing each other both were ogling at each other their fight was cute hehe ishra pov was nice

Pls update soon

Thank you so much for your comments. Feels good. I got busy with work and other things. So couldn't update sooner. Will try to type the entire story soon.

let me know if you don't like any thing about the story.

Originally posted by: Haleyy

Good one !

Ishra Milan 😍finally happened and both are wonderstruck at each other .

Can’t wait to know how story goes further

Thank You Haleyy for your encouragement..

I enjoy myself typing this story as it is just the way I wanted IshRa to be. :)

Because of some work commitments I couldn't reply earlier. It always feels great when someone says they like what I wrote...🤗