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Recap:
Ranvir: Thank god, we could spend time this way…
Neha and Ranvir laugh
GKB (Radha Rani) comes there and sees them together. ~GKB’s pov~ Achcha ji… Now I understand… Is this the plan they were talking about that day? Neha would have got fed up of living in such small house. Guess she’s planning to take over the house along with that poor husband of hers! I’ll tell this to jiji… Let’s see…
GKB leaves before anyone could catch her…
~Dev’s home~
GKB arrives…
Ishwari: Bhabhi, did you collect Prasad?
GKB (Radha Rani): Jiji, panditji asked me to come in the evening… Jiji, when coming back I saw something. I thought you will feel very happy…
Ishwari: What is it Bhabhi?
GKB (Radha Rani): While coming back from temple… Guess what I saw? I saw our Neha beti with Ranvir… Both were in a hotel and were enjoying! I saw them coming out together…. Isn’t it amazing?
Ishwari: Bhabhi, yeh bahut hi achcha hai… Thank god…
GKB (Radha Rani): Let’s find out when she comes…
Ishwari: Haan Bhabhi…
Just then Neha enters
Neha: Ma… I had my lunch… I am tired… I will go to my room… ~goes to her room~
GKB (Radha Rani): Arey… How come she didn’t tell anything?
Ishwari: She’s tired… I think she’ll tell later!
GKB (Radha Rani): Arey jiji… Kuch toh gadbad hai… There she was smiling and enjoying with Ranvir… Here she’s silent about it…
Ishwari thinks
~Dev’s office~
Tina: Sir, here’s all the details regarding inner garments business. I have made a short note of all the details.
Dev: Thank you Tina… ~Dev’s pov~ Now, for the next few days I’ll sit and work on this. I will have to meet Sourav though and even see his shop. ~remembers Sona struggling with making dough~ My Sona helped me… I’ll have to do something for her…
~Sona’s home~
Dev enjoys robin sangeet and solves crosswords with Bejoy… Slowly, he walks towards kitchen and peeks in. He sees Sona struggling with dough. Smiling to himself, he goes in.
~Sona’s home – Kitchen~
Sona: ~looks frustrated~ Hmph… Why is this so damn difficult?
Someone wraps around arms around Sona and whispers “When you understand what and why you are doing, you will enjoy more Ms. Bose”
Sona: Dev! What are you doing? Someone will come in… ~blushes~
Dev: Sonakshi, nobody will come… ~places his mobile on the table and plays the video~ See, if you add very less water, we can’t knead it properly and more water will make it all soggy… ~pulls her hands and helps her to knead properly~
Sona: ~blushes slightly~ Dev… What are you doing!
Dev: Sonakshi… Look at the video and ssshhh no talking!
Sona: ~finds difficult to concentrate; her hair keeps sliding on her eyes~ Okay Dev… ~starts to knead slowly~
Dev: ~observes the hair disturbing her; blows the hair away~ Ab teek hai, Ms. Bose?
Sona: ~gulps~ Yes Dev… I mean Mr. Dikshit
Dev: It’s Dev for you… And look the dough is done!
Sona: ~looks amazed~ Shochi! Yay!! ~hugs Dev~
Dev: ~hugs her close~ I won’t let you lose hope or fail ever… This is Dev’s promise… Sonakshi
Sona: Thank you Dev!
Elena: ~enters suddenly~ Sona, mashi calling… Oops… Sorry!
Dev and Sona realize and move apart… Both looking very red faced…
Dev: ~stammers~ I will go talk to Sourav… ~rushes out~
Sona: ~blushes~ Why ma is calling me?
Elena: ~smiles softly~ Aha… Jiju aur tum… Chup chup ke romance!! This is just perfect!
Sona: Elena! Shush! He was just teaching me…
Elena: ~smiles mischievously~ Ooooohhh…. Pyaar hua, ikrar hua…
Sona: Elena!!!! ~chases her~
~ Sona’s home – Hall~
Dev: Sourav…. I want to discuss about your business… What help are you exactly looking for ~Dev’s pov~ I hope I find some way~
Sourav: ~feels happy~ Okay Dev babu…
Bejoy: ~angrily~ See, Dev babu has more important work than your kachcha baniyan business… Don’t trouble him…
Sourav: Baba… That’s not fair… You guys gave him punishment and he did amazingly well… Now, it’s my turn
Bejoy: Why don’t you have food competition instead? Whoever eats maximum roshgullas within 15 mins or so wins!
Dev: ~imagines Sona stuffing his mouth with rasagullas; him falling down and Sourav winning~ NAHI!!!
Bejoy and Sourav look at Dev shocked and surprised
Asha: Ki holo? Dev babu, are you okay? Why did you shout?
Dev: ~composing himself~ I don’t mind Sourav’s punishment… ~Dev’s pov~ If I’ve to choose between dying due to stuffing of food and feeling embarrassed while clarifying doubts regarding inner garments business, I’ll always choose the latter!
Sourav: Dekha baba! He also agrees my punishment… What if you don’t understand my passion… I have at least one person who understands me… My business… Dev babu, come to my shop tomorrow…These people are jealous of me…
Sona and Elena laugh
Dev: ~smiles and nods~ Okay Sourav… I think I should leave now…
Asha: Why don’t you have dinner with us… I’ll love it…
Bejoy: Ya, Asha is right… We will all love it…
Dev: Nahi Asha ma… I have promised ma that I’ll have at least one meal at home… So…
Asha: ~looks sad~ Okay… Sona made rotis out of love… I thought you will eat it… Along with this aloo poshto…
Dev: Sona… I mean Ms. Bose made it? ~looks at her~
Asha: Yes… We won’t force you though…
Dev: I’ll have couple of them… Then after going home, I’ll have dinner too…
Asha: Aha… See, the moment I told Sona made it, Dev babu is all ready to eat here…
Sona and Dev look little embarrassed…
Bejoy: Asha… Did you forget? I impressed you with my best dish too….
Asha: Ya, with the only dish you know to cook…
All laugh
Asha: Sona beta, serve Dev babu…
Sona: Ji ma… ~starts serving him~
Dev: ~eats and smiles~ It’s good…
Elena: It’s only good or very good?
Sourav: Or very very very good?
Dev: Very very very good… ~gazes at Sona~ ~Dev’s pov~ This is how it’ll be after marriage… You serving and me eating… Probably like Bejoy baba, even I should cook something special for my Sona…
Elena: Awwww… Love’s in the air!
Sona: ~feeling embarrassed~ Elena!
Dadi: These kids have made me remember my youth… Sona, your dadaji was equally romantic like Dev babu…
Dev feels suddenly embarrassed as well
Everyone laugh as Sona and Dev’s faces turn red
~Dev’s home~
Neha, Ria and Nikki come down for dinner…
GKB (Radha Rani): ~whispers to Ishwari~ Jiji… Neha isn’t telling anything…
Ishwari: Neha beta… Is everything okay? I heard that you met damaadji today… What did damaadji tell?
Neha: ~freezes slightly~ How did you know? You sent someone behind me?
Mamaji comes down…
Ishwari: Nahi beti… Nahi… Mami was coming from temple and she saw…
Neha: Wow… I thought this is my house… I got married, yes… But didn’t expect that you really don’t like me staying here…
Mamaji: Neha beti… Don’t say that… This is your house…. ~Mamaji’s pov~ I bet it’s my wife Radha’s doing…
Ishwari: Neha… Neha aisi baat nahi hai… We just want you and Ranvir to be happy…
Neha: Really? Nahi ma… I feel so awkward now… For some time, I go out and you send someone behind me… When you get to know who I’m meeting, you are asking me… You want to kick me out so soon? If you don’t like me staying here, you can be frank… I’ll go away…
Ishwari: Neha beta… What is this? Why are you thinking this way? Beta shaadi ke baad, sasural is your home. I want you and Ranvir to be happy…
Neha: Meaning this is not my home… Wow ma… I thought you hadn’t understood my problem… But now I feel you don’t want me here at all… Yes, I met Ranvir… I didn’t go to meet him there… I went to meet Dev bhai there… Bhai sent me a message and I went there… I didn’t expect to meet Ranvir there…
GKB (Radha Rani): Dev ne? I didn’t see Dev there…
Mamaji: Radha… Don’t interfere…
GKB (Radha Rani): What? I am telling truth…
Neha: If you don’t trust me, you can check my mobile… Bhai didn’t come there… He wanted me to spend some time with Ranvir… To sort out differences… He sent a letter… I will get it… ~about to leave; remembers something~ The letter is with Ranvir… Nikki, you call your jiju to come here with the letter… Then they will believe me…
Ishwai: Neha beta… Calm down…
Neha: Nahi Nikki… You wait… Ma you trust Dev bhai na? Let him come home… You can ask him.
Ria: Neha di… Calm down… Please have your dinner…
Neha: I don’t want to eat… Once bhai comes, I’ll ask him… Whether am I allowed to stay here… ~walks away from dinner table and fumes~
Ishwari: Neha beta… Please calm down
Neha: It’s okay ma… You don’t have to pretend…
Dev enters just then
Nikki: Dev bhaiyya!
Dev: Hi Nikki…. Why are you guys all so silent… Ma? Neha? Neha, how was your meeting with Ranvir?
Ishwari: You knew she met Ranvir?
Dev: Ma, of course I know… I sent message both to Neha and Ranvir… First I thought of speaking to them both… But then felt that they need to spend time together… So I didn’t go and just sent letter…
Neha: Dekha ma… Now you trust? Dev bhai himself told…
Dev: Ma, what happened? What’s wrong?
Neha: Bhai, isn’t this my house? Am I a stranger after marriage? Can’t I stay here?
Dev: Pagli! Who told that? You are Dev Dikshit’s sister first… Then Ranvir’s wife and his family’s bahu… You can stay here as long as you want… I just want you happy!
Ishwari: Dev…
Neha: I feel ma doesn’t like that… Thank you bhai… Good night…
Neha walks away; about to enter her room, stops and listens to Dev-Ishwari conversation from top.
Mamaji: Neha!
Dev: Ma… What happened?
Ishwari: ~looks worried~ Why didn’t you call Ranvir home beta? Why a hotel?
Dev: Ma, it’s a fight between Neha and Sona… At first, we tried na ma? Ranvir cut the call… Even Neha wasn’t ready to listen… I thought if I take them out and talk, they will listen with a cool mind. Then I figured, they needed to spend more time with each other. Before marriage, they had spent so much time together… I feel Neha is missing that attention after marriage…
Ishwari: Phir bhi beta… You should’ve told me… I got to know that she met Ranvir… Wanted to find out if everything was okay… She got all angry… If everything’s fine with Ranvir, why doesn’t she want to go back Dev?
Dev: Ma, I wanted to give her a mini surprise… Besides, they just met now… You know na how stubborn Neha is… She needs to gain the confidence on Ranvir… How can we force her to go back? Let them meet like this for few times… Slowly, all the anger will vanish… And she will go back happily…
GKB (Radha Rani): You are very kind brother beta… But shaadi ke baad, if a girl stays at maayka for long time, people will mistake… They will point out fingers at Ishwari’s parvarish and imagine what her sasu ma will tell… Just because her sasu ma’s silent, doesn’t mean she will forgive Neha easily…
Ishwari: ~getting worried~ Bhabhi is right beta…
Mamaji: Radha!
Dev: Mami… please stop making my ma worry… ~pulls Ishwari’s arm, makes her sit on the sofa~ Ma, we know how much Ranvir and Neha love each other… We know that they can never be happy without each other… Whatever happened, is a small misunderstanding… I’ll help them to understand the same… I won’t let my sister be unhappy… She’s stubborn but once if she sees that Ranvir really loves her, she’ll take her bags and leave so quickly…
Give me some time ma… I want to bring them close…
Ishwari: Teek hai beta… As you wish… I want my kids to be happy…
Ria and Nikki smile
Neha: ~goes into her room smiling~ ~Neha’s pov~ Bhai… I never knew that you love me so much! I was felt jealous that ma gave you all the attention to you… Even you gave complete attention to ma… But now… I am seeing a new rang of you… I knew my bhai loves us… But how much deep, I saw today…
Dev: Ma, I’ll freshen up and come… We can have dinner…
Ishwari nods
GKB (Radha Rani): Jiji, Dev is so amazing! He thought of so much about Neha… But why didn’t he tell you? He could’ve called Ranvir home na… Ab toh Ranvir hamare ghar ke damaad hai…
Ishwari: Bhabhi, my beta whatever he does, it is for the good of this family… ~Ishwari’s pov~ My beta is so good… But why did he hide this from me? I wouldn’t have thought my Dev beta will do this… I thought he will bring Ranvir home and we will talk to him…
GKB (Radha Rani): Jiji, you are right… Our Dev is so great… ~GKB’s pov~ Arey wah… Dev was depressed, then he became all happy… Now, creating romance between his sister and her husband… Aakir Devko hua kya hai? Radha Rani, jaldi pata lagana padega…
Dev: ~freshens up and comes down~ Ma… Did Neha eat?
Ishwari: Nahi beta… You know her na…
Dev: She’s my sister ma… I am not letting her starve… ~piles food on the plate~ I’ll see how she doesn’t eat!
Mamaji smiles…
Dev takes the plate and leaves
~Neha’s room~
Neha is gazing out of window
Dev: ~coughs slightly~ Neha…. May I come in?
Neha: ~turns quickly~ Bhai… Why are you asking for permission? Come in… What is that?
Dev: This? What if my beloved sis can’t come to food? Food can come to her… ~pulls her and makes her sit on the bed~
Neha: Bhai… Please… I am not in the mood to eat…
Dev: How can you show your anger on the food? ~tears a paratha piece and dips into chole gravy~ Here ow, open your mouth… I’ll feed my beloved sister…
Neha: Bhai… You are not letting me be angry… ~opens her mouth and Dev feeds her~
Ria and Nikki enter with their plates.
Ria: So unfair… Bhaiyya is feeding only Neha di… What about me?
Ria: Why only you? What about me?
Neha: Bhai loves me more…
Nikki: Bhaiyya!
Dev: ~smiles brightly~ Aa jao tum sab bhi…
Nikki: Yay!!!!
Dev starts feeding them one by one… All the sisters feed Dev in turn…
All laugh and enjoy
Ishwari and GKB stand watching them
Ishwari: ~feels emotional~ Chaliye Bhabhi… Let’s eat…
GKB (Radha Rani): Waise, jiji… Don’t you think Dev is so changed nowadays… It’s very good that he takes care of his sisters… But he seems to have forgotten you…
Mamaji: Radha… Enough… Come, let’s eat…
Ishwari: ~thinks about Dev~ Let’s eat bhaiyya…
~Sona’s home~
Everyone start with dinner
Sourav: Dinner is ok ok… How come there’s no salt in aloo poshto?
Sona: Really? ~tastes~ Haan… I’ll get the salt…
Elena: How come Dev babu didn’t tell anything about missing salt? See, I was right… Love’s in the air!
Sona: ~shakes her head~ Eat!
All laugh…
~Sona’s room~
Sona sits gazing at the bangles…
Sourav enters…
Sourav: Where are you lost Sona?
Sona: Dada…
Sourav: Tell na… Really, the food was awesome… I was pulling your leg!
Sona: Dada… It’s not about that… Dev… He has been working very hard to win our trust… I was thinking whether Ishwari aunty will accept me… Whether I’ll be able to win her trust? ~rests her head on his lap~
Sourav: Sona, you are our fighter… Our family pride… Our Bengal Tigress… How can you doubt yourself? You are perfect… See, aunty will accept you so easy! I have faith in you!
Sona: ~getting teary eyed~ Shochi dada?
Sourav: Shochi! And I am waiting to kick you out as soon as possible!
Sona: Dada! ~starts hitting with him pillow~
Elena: Pillow fights without me?
All three start pillow fight and laugh happily
~Dev’s home – Dev’s room~
Dev feels peaceful and suddenly remembers about Sourav.
~Dev’s pov~ Now, I can start my work on this business… Will do the background study and before I meet Sourav tomorrow…
Mamaji enters
Mamaji: Dev, I am so proud of you, beta… You are taking care of your sisters so well
Dev: ~smiles~ Mamaji… I am feeling peaceful today…
Mamaji: How’s the challenge going on?
Dev: Now, I am working on the toughest part of challenge…
Mamaji: Do well and win their trust soon! Only 10 days left… Okay?
Dev: Okay Mamaji!
GKB listens to this… ~GKB’s pov~ Whose trust? Something’s cooking here… I really should find out…
Seeing Mamaji coming out, GKB rushes back to her room…
Oops what will happen next?
Will Dev fulfill his task?
Stay tuned!!!
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