I think they won't avoid it, the way they have started showing Patralekha more in lacy nighties after the whole Waaris demand.
Today Sai told about Pakhi visiting Virat late at night in her absence. Samrat has himself seen Pakhi to be trying to getting close to Virat at odd hours, be it SaiRat green tea date or NiNi anniversary night where she comes to virat in red nighty to tell about Omi's decision.
See, the fault lies in Virat too, not to mark clear cut boundaries and entertaining her at any time. He rebukes her, but mostly privately, one-on-one... He does not say anything to her even if only Sai or Samrat are present besides Pakhi and Virat, except for very few instances, like Sai's birthday confrontation.
Because of all this, sai too had to take her own time to trust Virat regarding Pakhi's matter and to throw away Pakhi's specs from her eyes to see Virat in a different light. Samrat is in the version sai was in before this friendship track. He sees Virat somewhere with Pakhi's specs. He has his grievances that because of Virat his life went upside down. All these things will add up and he will blame Virat because taali kabhi ek haath se nahi bajti. Virat's mutism also adds to it, it would seem to a third person that Virat never wanted Patralekha to get over him. Also, it's not common for a sensible, mature woman like Pakhi, as she is shown and portrayed to the family to stoop too low, so blame is bound to fall on Virat.