Chapter 12

Chapter start

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" Hum kahan jaa rahe hai..." Reyansh asks Aarav after spending 15 minutes in the car with him.

" Ansh bhai ki dulhan bhagaane." Reyansh gets shocked by Aarav's words and then Aarav tells him everything about how she loves Ansh but her family is forcing her to get married.

And during their conversation, both of them reach Advaita's house too and as Aarav stops the car on the road behind Advaita's house, Reyansh is shocked to see the house.

" Ye kahan lekar aaya hai tu mujhe...?" Reyansh just prays that what he is thinking doesn't come true.

" Yahi Advaita bhabhi ka ghar hai..." Reyansh gets shocked hearing this

" what ?"

" kya hua ?" Seeing Reyansh shocked, Aarav asks.

" Idiot, tu meri behan ko bhagaane ke liye, mujhe hi lekar aaya hai ?" Aarav gets shocked at Reyansh's words, Advaita is Reyansh's sister?

" Kya, teri behan ?" Aarav asks.

" Haan, ye mere mamu ka ghar hai." Aarav gets shocked on knowing this new information but then he thinks that if she is really his sister then what was he doing at home, why did he not come to the wedding

" Kaise mamu hai tere, shaadi par nahi bulaaya ?" Aarav asks

" You know how I am, I don't like crowds so I just pretended to be unwell and stayed at home... but mom and dad are inside here..." Reyansh says.

" Tu sch keh raha hai ?" Aarav tries to confirm

" haan ye mere mamu ka hi ghar hai....aur Advaita Di behan hai meri..." says Reyansh

" sage mamu hai ?" Reyansh gives Aarav a look on his question, he really asks stupid questions sometimes.

" Haan ye mere sage mamu ka ghar hai, meri mom ka ghar hai..." Aarav gulps after knowing this, but whatever happens now, he will definitely run away with his Bhabhi.

" Look, since you have come here you will have to help me...I am going inside, you wait here..." Aarav says

" Are you crazy? Do you even know whose daughter you are kidnapping ? Mamu is the commissioner. If you get caught even by mistake, you will surely go to jail." Aarav also gulps about this new information, why did he not ask his Bhabhi earlier what his father does?

He gets a little scared

" Look, don't scare me, tu bas ab apna muh band karke yehi wait kar....aur baat samjh bhabhi ke saath galat ho raha hai aur unhone hi mujhe yehaan bulaaya hai....wo ye shaadi nahi karna chahti, wo Ansh bhai se pyar karti hai." Aarav says

Reyansh hears Aarav's word and then he understands after Aarav tells him repeatedly but still he is scared that if his mother Priyal comes to know about all this then what will she do to him.

" Look, if we get caught, my name should not come out." Reyansh says to which Aarav looks at him in disbelief

" Darphok kahin ka.." Aarav tells him while giving him a disbelief look.

" Jo bhi keh lo, andar jo mere mamu hai unke saamne koi bhi himmat nahi dikhaa sakta...to main darphok hi sahi..." Reyansh replies to Aarav and without wasting any further time Aarav looks for a way to enter the house from the back side because there is no security at the back of the house at this time.

All the guests, some inside the house and some outside the house where the wedding venue is set up, are enjoying the evening.

Advaita's parents are busy welcoming the guests.

On the other hand, Aarav calls Advaita and as the balcony of Advaita's room is also from the back side of her house, Advaita comes to the balcony.

Right now, she is in a simple outfit which is an Anarkali suit, she has not worn her bridal dress.

Advaita sees that Aarav has already entered the boundary of the house.

Well, Advaita does not feel right in leaving the house disrespecting her father like this but she knows that at this moment she has no other way to get Ansh. Her father will forgive her if not today then tomorrow but if this is her last chance to get Ansh then why should she lose it?

And so leaving a sorry note, Advaita comes down from her balcony where Aarav helps her by placing a ladder.

" You still have a chance, think about it once...you won't regret it later." Aarav says to Advaita when she comes down the ladder and stands in front of him

" I have thought about it but at the same time I also know that if Ansh still doesn't agree then I will have no other option except... She doesn't say anything further when Aarav interrupts her

"Don't worry, everything will be fine now...." says Aarav making her smile slightly

And then as soon as they try to crosses the boundary of the house with the help of ladder, both of them get shocked hearing a voice from behind which calls out Advait's name.

Advaita turns back and is shocked to see her brother Arjun and the expression on Arjun's face also shows that he did not expect this from his sister.

Advaita thinks Arjun will try to stop her and he will go and tell everyone but she is relieved when Arjun comes close to her and wishes her all the best.

" All the best di, Don't worry I won't tell anything to Papa..." says Arjun because he was already sad for his sister but he was unable to help her even if he wanted to, but now when his sister is choosing her own path then why should he become an obstacle in between?

" Thank you Arjun." Advaita tells him and after hugging him once, without wasting any time she crosses the boundary of the house with Aarav in which Arjun also helps her.

Aarav Advaita come near the car and quickly sit and Reyansh starts the car but Advaita sees someone else on the driving seat and asks Aarav: Who is he ?

"Who is he ?" Advaita asks Aarav pointing at Reyansh, Actually at this time Reyansh has hidden his face by tying a handkerchief on it because he cannot show his face to his sister.

Aarav also understands seeing Reyansh look why he did this and he also does not tell the truth to Advaita.

" He is my friend, he came to help." says Aarav. Aarav sits in the front seat with Reyansh and Advaita sits in the back seat.

" Oh, so why has he hidden his face..." Advaita asks further

" I am a kidnapper na, that's why, This gives me the feel of a kidnapper." Reyansh replies to Advaita by changing his voice while giving an angry look to Aarav with his eyes, to which Aarav suppresses his laughter

" Wait, I have one more thing to do right now..." Aarav says

"What?" asks Advaita to which Aarav directly makes a call before answering

" What happened Aarav?" says Neil from the other side of the call after receiving his call

Neil was currently spending time with both his precious in his daughter's room after dinner when he got a call from Aarav

" Mamu ghar aa jao..." Aarav says.

" Ab kya kar diya tumne bhaanje ?" At this time, by Aarav calling him home like this, Neil understands that he has done something wrong, for which he is calling him home.

" Mamu ghar aa jao na, sab pta chal jaayega." Aarav says and before Neil can say anything, Aarav disconnects the call.

" What happened?" Avni asks Neil

"Aarav is calling me home."

"At this time?" Avni looks at the time where it is about to be 10 o'clock

" Yes, he must have done something...he is calling me so that he doesn't get scolded by Raj." Neil says and further Neil says that he is going there to which Avni tells him that she will also go with him.

And where her parents are going, how can Aaira stay behind.

" Papa, main bhi chalu ?" Aaira asks Neil and Neil has no reason to say no, so nothing further but the three of them leave for Mehra house.

" Who was the person you spoke to?" Advaita asks Aarav

" Wo mere mamu hai, humare ghar pahuchne se pehle unka ghar par hona jruri hai kyonki waise toh shayad papa gussa na ho, par agar ho gye toh unke gusse se mujhe sirf wahi bachaa sakte hai." Aarav says

But Reyansh gulps on hearing Neil's name that because of this Aarav, he too won't be able to show his face to anyone.

Other side.

The doorbell rings at the Mehra house and when the door opens, Raj and Simran get a little surprised to see Neil, Avni and Aaira.

And although they are happy with their arrival, they still ask the reason for their coming so late at night, to which Neil tells them that Aarav has asked him to come home.

" Aarav kahan hai ?" Raj asks Simran

" He is out, he said that today is a birthday party of one of his friends." Simran replies

And further they do not do anything but wait for Aarav to come.

On the other hand, Aarav finally reaches outside his house, all three get out of the car but Reyansh stops before going inside

" I am not going inside the house now..." Aarav gets shocked, will he bear the scolding alone?

Aarav comes close to Reyansh and asks him the reason why he won't come inside

" Look, Neil uncle is inside, I will not go..." he speaks in slow voice so that Advaita does not hear anything

" Tu mamu se itna darta kyon hai ?" Aarav asks him

" Main unse darta nahi hu par agar unhone mujhe dekh liya aur unhone Avni aunty ko sab btaa diya, aur fir Avni aunty ne mom ko sab btaa diya toh...No, no, till here I helped, it was fine.

Now I will not go inside and on top of that, Ansh Bhaiya will get another chance to be angry at me...somehow your family will forgive you, but what about my image?" Reyansh says this somewhere thinking about his future.

But Aarav also feels that he is right, his family will forgive him, but Reyansh will be unnecessarily caught in front of everyone

" Ok, it's fine. You helped me so much, I will never forget this favor of yours..." Aarav says

" I have not done any favor, she is my sister, if something wrong was happening to her then it was right to do this, I hope all goes well here." Reyansh says and then both friends hug each other, Advaita looks at them but at this time the thought of her father is in her mind.

Somewhere she knows what might be happening at her house at this moment.

Aarav stands outside the door of his house with Advaita and rings the bell,

Everyone was waiting for Aarav sitting in the hall, so it is Raj who opens the door

But Raj is shocked to see Advaita with Aarav at such a late hour

" Aarav, you with her?" Raj asks to which Aarav and Advaita look at each other, while Advaita feels a little scared but she knows what to do: Today she will just ask for one chance from them, if she does not find a ray of hope here today then everything will be over for her because after this she will not be able to live with her father as today she has chosen Ansh over her father So after all this she has no right to expect her father to forgive her.

Everyone else also stands behind Raj and Simran looks at Advaita but the other three, Neil, Avni and Aaira are confused after seeing her as to who she is.

" Aarav I asked you something?" Raj says to Aarav again to which Aarav looks at the rest of his family but now he is relieved that his mamu and bua are here to save him.

" Papa, wo inki shaadi thi aaj, maine inhe, inke ghar se bhagaa laaya, Ansh bhai ke liye." Aarav says and everyone standing there gets shocked hearing this.

And Raj looks at Aarav for his shamelessness, he is saying it with such pride as if he has done a great job.

Raj opens his mouth to say something but the words are not coming out of his mouth, he does not understand how to react to this stupidity of his son

" Kaisi nalayak aulaad hai meri, police waale ki beti bhagaa di..." Raj says that because Advaita's father is in the police, Advaita herself had told this to him and Simran on the day she came to meet them for the first time and while introducing her family, she told them this.

And just as Raj finishes his statement, they hear the sound of police siren coming from outside the house and they get shocked but Advaita stays calm as she was the one who wrote where she was going along with her sorry note and that's why her father found her so quickly.

What happened was that as soon as Advaita ran away from home, on the other side, the baraat reached her house and seeing the baraat, Aadhriti first goes to Advaita's room excitedly to tell her that the baraat has arrived but when Aadhriti did not find Advaita in the room, she told her maasi, i.e. Advaita's mother.

Shalini also immediately tells this to Siddhart before he welcomes the baraat.

And there Aadhriti also gives Siddhart the note which she found in Advaita's room.

And that's where Siddhart is heartbroken, somewhere he did not expect this from his daughter but after that he is left with no option except to apologize to the guy's family and after apologizing to his friend, he goes straight to bring Advaita back home.

Simran takes Advaita inside the house and stands with her while Raj thinks of dealing with Aarav later, First he has to deal with the people who are coming inside his house.

Raj looks angrily at Aarav who is standing behind Neil and trying to hide.

And in no time, he sees a man around his and Neil's age standing at the door of his house...Well, Advaita's father comes inside the house alone, he leaves the force he brought with him outside because he knows that it is illegal to go directly to anyone's house with the force.

But Avni gets shocked seeing Advaita's father at the door because she knows Priyal's brother, and she is shocked that Aarav kidnapped Priyal's brother's daughter...Avni also glares at Aarav who is next to Neil.

On the other hand, Advaita's eyes meet her father's and she lowers her gaze in shame but Raj asks Siddhart to come inside the house and as soon as Siddhart comes inside the house and sees everyone, his eyes stop at Avni.

" You here?" Siddhart asks Avni

"You know him?" Neil asks Avni the way Siddhart questions her

Well that is a different matter, he is the commissioner and he does not need any introduction but Neil finds it strange that he is questioning Avni like this, It is also a different matter that both Raj and Neil met Siddhart at Priyal's wedding but years have passed since then and they have not met after that, neither Neil nor Raj are the kind of people who would encounter the police in their everyday lives.

" Ji, ye mere bhai hai aur bhai ye priyal ke bhaiya hai." says Avni which again shocks everyone, now the matter has become even more strange.

And Advaita also gets shocked that somehow all of them know each other and she was not aware of this.

If all these people knew her bua Priyal then she would have taken some help from her bua earlier.

Siddhart stands in front of Advaita, who is standing with Simran, Advaita is unable to make eye contact with her father and everyone else looks at both of them

Everybody knows the way and the time at which Advaita left the house is a big thing, They cannot even imagine how embarrassed his father must have felt in front of the guests present at home.

" Why did you do such a thing that now you are not able to look into the eyes of your father?" Siddhart says to Advaita who is still looking down, Her heart is beating fast and she doesn't know what to say to her father.

"Will you come back home?" Advaita is shocked to see her father's calm demeanor, she looks up to see him who's looking at her expressionlessly.

" I asked will you come home with me?" Siddhart says again and Advaita looks at him, then at everyone else and Aarav gives her a look to say 'no'

" No, I don't want to marry that guy..." Advaita says to which Siddhart smiles sadly.

" Don't worry, the baraat has gone back," says Siddhart and everyone present there can feel the pain in his voice because this is a really hard thing for any father

"So you don't want to marry Mihir... so is the person for whom you left me ready to marry you?" Siddhart asks Advaita a question to which Advaita gets shocked as she does not know the answer

She looks at Simran and Raj and Simran also look at her

"By the way, where is the person for whom you left me... he must be someone special, right?" Siddhart says while looking around the house, he sees only two kids, one is Aarav and the other is Aaira.

Seeing Aaira standing between Avni and Neil, Siddhart understands that she might be their daughter because her face also resembles both of them.

" Aap Ansh ho ?" Siddhart looks at Aarav and says.

"No, I am his younger brother, Aarav...actually bhai is in the hospital right now...he is a doctor...so...." Aarav says but is unable to say anything further when Raj gives him a look that he should remain quiet at this time.

" Oh. so you both are accepting my daughter for your son?" Siddhart asks Simran and Raj to which they both look at each other....Now what should they say? If both of them say yes then it will be bad for Ansh, and if they say no then they don't know what will happen to Advaita.

" Jiii...wo.... Raj is about to open his mouth to say No but before he can say anything, Raj is shocked to hear Simran's words.

" Yes, we like Advaita for our son and we have no problem in accepting Advaita." Raj, Neil and Avni are shocked as to how she can do this and Advaita looks at Simran who has her eyes on Raj.

On the other hand, Ansh returns from the hospital but as soon as he enters his house gate, he is shocked to see the police and their cars outside the house, He wonders what happened that the police have come to his house

He immediately parks his car and heads inside the house

" Mom Dad, is everything alright..." The door of the house was open, so as soon as Ansh entered the house and saw his family in front of him, so he asked this to his parents: But he is unable to complete his words as he looks at everyone else and his eyes fall on Advaita as well. Aarav told him that it is her wedding today, then what is she doing here

" Ansh.... Simran takes Ansh's name and Siddhart turns towards Ansh

Siddhart looks at his daughter's choice, and indeed, his personality is such that anyone can like him at first sight.

" To aap hai Ansh ?" Ansh gets confused after hearing Siddhart's words.

And Simran goes close to him and tells him things superficially, not in detail, for now and Ansh gets shocked on hearing it. Simran tells him that he will have to marry Advaita now.

"Mom, I told you I won't marry this girl..." Without caring that Siddhart is there...Ansh gives this answer to his mother and along with everyone, Siddhart also hears it.

And Siddhart looks at Advaita. She wants to marry Ansh forcefully. What is his daughter doing?

She ran away from home for a boy who did not want to marry her.

" Ansh you will have to accept Advaita..." Simran tells him but Ansh remains firm on his decision

But seeing the argument between mother and son, Siddhart again smiles sadly.

Maybe he is just having a bad day today.

" So is there still anything left to be done to disgrace yourself and your father?" Advaita's father asks her.

" The person for whom you left me is not ready to accept you..." Advaita hears these words of her father but now she is in no condition to say anything

But seeing this thing between father and daughter, Simran really feels bad not only for Advaita but also for her father...Well, Raj, Neil and Avni who are present there also feel bad after seeing all this because they are able to understand the condition of Siddhart's heart very well.

The children made a mistake but their parents have to bear the brunt.

"Sir, we will sit and talk...." Simran tells Advaita's father

" No, what will we talk about now....you are saying yes sometimes but your son is saying no, please for me, it's enough today, I wish if you had a daughter then you would have understood the pain I am going through at this time, Well, I apologize on behalf of my daughter for wasting so much of your time." Siddhart apologizes to Raj and Simran with folded hands, which embarrasses them...why is he apologizing when it's not his fault

" Sir, you don't need to apologize nor will Advaita go anywhere, Please I am telling you with folded hands, we have no problem in accepting Advaita...Ansh will marry her and I am giving you this assurance." Ansh gets shocked at his mother's words

"Mom....

" You keep quiet for now..." Simran says glaring at Ansh

" Sir, these two will get married but right now the elders of our family are not at home...That is why I request you to come tomorrow morning with your family so that we can discuss this matter properly." Simran says because Neela and Ashish are not at home right now...they have gone to a relative's house and will return tomorrow morning.

And further Simran also requests Siddhart that he should not say anything to Advaita after going home and come here tomorrow morning with Advaita and his entire family.

And with this Siddhart goes back home with Advaita.

" Simran, what have you done? You should have talked to me once..." Raj tells Simran

"What would I have talked to you about, what else was left to talk about...Couldn't you see their pain? Can you understand that their daughter ran away from their home ? For whom? For our this son who has no such thing as emotions in him." Simran says glaring at Ansh.

" In his stubbornness, this boy is not even able to understand how much she loves him, So much, that she chose him over her father's respect but his tantrums are not ending..." says Simran to which Ansh looks at his mother.

" The Baraat returned from his house, do you have any idea what he must have been going through at that time...He was right, we don't have a daughter, if we had, we would have understood his pain." Simran says and Neil feels Aaira holding his arm tightly, Somewhere she assures him that she will never do this to him. Neil looks at her and the eyes of both father and daughter meet.

And Neil gives her a light smile while placing his hand on her hand which was on his arm.

" No matter how powerful someone is, a father is a father, especially the father of a girl....Without any fault, he first apologized to those who had brought the baraat to his house...and now he is apologizing to us here...After all, what is lacking in that girl that this boy is insisting so much...he will get married someday, then why is he not giving her a chance.... Refusing his daughter like this, right in front of her father's face, is this the way to behave in front of elders?" Simran says and Raj knows Simran is not wrong but still Raj is thinking about Ansh.

" Mom, whatever you say, I will not marry her..." Ansh says again to his mother in between her words

" You have to marry her and you swear to me." Ansh gets shocked on hearing his mother's words and Simran looks at him, well now she had no other option except to give him her oath.

And further Ansh looks at his mother in disappointment and goes away from there.

After Ansh leaves, everyone sits on the couch and seeing Raj and Simran so upset, Neil says

" Raj, Simran did not do anything wrong...it was a matter of Advaita's respect, her father's respect...and what is the problem, why is Ansh refusing to marry? Okay now, only, she loves him, so, can't Ansh give her a chance, why is he behaving so rude, he was not like that..." Neil says because he remains cheerful among the family.

" I don't know why he doesn't like Advaita....and I know Simran is not wrong but things are not right with Ansh either, we can't force him." Raj says.

" Sometimes we have to do things forcefully, don't you understand this...." Simran said angrily. She is already angry with her son and her husband is also doing things that make her angry.

" You calm down first ( Neil says this to Simran ) and you guys take rest, when maa papa comes tomorrow morning, you can discuss all this with them properly...we are leaving..." Neil says.

" Mamu main bhi saath chalu..." Aarav says that because what he has done today, neither his brother nor his father will leave him, so it is better if he does not stay in this house today.

" Aarav, you did not do the right thing today.... before doing anything, you should have talked to us, thought a little... Raj starts, but he is not able to say much when Neil interrupts him

" Raj, what's done is done. There's no use in telling Aarav anything now...if possible go and talk to Ansh...and Aarav you, come with us...It really is not safe for you to stay here today..." Neil says last words in a slightly joking manner, to which Aarav pout.

" By the way, you guys stay here, you both have to come here tomorrow anyway..." Raj says this to Avni and Neil

" so we will come, but for now we are leaving, you guys take rest." Neil says and Neil and Avni along with Aaira and Aarav leave for Khanna house.

Ansh is in his room, he sits on the bed angrily, he has always respected every decision of his mother, he has accepted them with closed eyes but today he will not accept his mother's decision.

He is remembering all the things that happened some time ago which is only increasing his anger.

He is also angry with Aarav because all this happened because of his cleverness, he chose that girl over him.

If he had not brought her here, she would have been married somewhere else by now and he would not have got involved in all this.

Raj comes outside Ansh room and seeing the door closed he knocks calling his name which Ansh hears but at this time he doesn't want to talk to anyone and that's why he doesn't even open the door for his father

Raj, on the other hand, leaves the place after a few minutes thinking that he needs to be alone at the moment and he will talk to him tomorrow.

Next morning

Ansh gets ready and is about to leave for the hospital but Simran stops him from behind

" You will go to the hospital in the evening today." Ansh closes his eyes at his mother's words and takes a deep breath and turns towards her.

" And why so?" Ansh asks

" Maybe you did not listen to me properly yesterday, I am telling you again, Advaita's family is coming home, so you have to stay at home and behave well." Ansh hears his mother's words and before he could say anything, Simran leaves from there.

On the other side, in Maheshwari house.

" Maa aapki problem kya hai....aapko uski shaadi hi dekhni hai, toh ho to rahi hai....ab itna drama kyon ?" Siddhart tells his mother when she refuses to go to Mehra house

Well, last night Siddhart brought Advaita home and he made sure that no one says anything to his daughter, Her grandmother tried to say something bad to her but Siddhart silenced his mother.

Well, Siddhart has realized his mistake, he had refused Advaita for Ansh just because there were two days left for the wedding and he had no idea that his daughter loves Ansh so much that she will go against him, She will leave him like this and run away but now that he knows this and the way Simran assured him last night, he wants to go to Mehra house once and clear the things just for his daughter because he cannot lose his daughter at any cost.

He is strict, he has maintained some discipline in the house but not so much that he does not understand his daughter.

" Maa aap wahaan jaaye ya naa jaaye us se fark nahi padega ab Mujhe, kyonki ab main aapki aur nahi sununga apni beti ke maamle me....pehle hi aapki baat maankar, uski shaadi ke liye hadbadi dikhaa di maine aur ye sab ho gya." Siddhart says

But on hearing this, his mother reminds him of the insult he faced last night and also what people will say, On this, Siddhart tells her in clear words that he cares about his daughter, not about people and society.

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" Ji Ansh ki bhi is rishte ke liye haan hai..." Simran tells Advaita's parents who are currently present in the Mehra house

Siddhart comes here only with his daughter and wife, he doesn't even bring Arjun here

And there Ansh, bound by Simran's oath, sits quietly among everyone and despite not wanting to, is doing what his mother has told him to do, following his mother words, when Advaita's parents came home, Ansh touched their feet and took their blessings because it did not matter how angry he was at that moment, but he is bound by the oath of his mother, he cannot even imagine anything happening to his mother even in his worst nightmare.

So that's why he finally accepted what his mother wanted.

But now, at the words of Simran that Ansh has said yes to Advaita, Siddhart remembers Ansh's behavior last night,

and again Ansh doesn't go back his word, that's why sidhart says that when both the kids are ready, why not call the Pandit and fix the date of marriage.

Pandit ji arrives but finally Ansh takes a sigh of relief from what the Pandit ji says.

Pandit ji says that there is no auspicious time for marriage for the next one year, but yes, there is an auspicious time for engagement after a week.

So knowing this everyone decides that after a week at least these two will get engaged and the reason for doing this is that both of them will get time to know each other which maybe Ansh needs and somewhere Advaita too needs it.

After all this, when the whole family feeds sweets to each other, Advaita looks at Ansh with a happy smile who was already watching her but Advaita can understand from his eyes that with how much hatred he is looking at her at this moment...but what difference does it make to her....she has got her love.

" Thank you, all this has happened because of you." Advaita says to Aarav who comes to her to feed her sweets.

" I told you na that you will become my Bhabhi." Aarav says smilingly while putting a piece of sweet in Advaita's mouth.

And then there, Aarav gathering some courage goes to Ansh to congratulate him but before Aarav could say anything, Ansh seeing him in front of him says

" It will be better for you if you don't talk to me from today onwards.." The smile on Aarav's face fades away after hearing this from her elder brother

" Bhai I'm sorry but... Aarav is unable to say anything further when Ansh turns away and heads towards his room.

To be continued...........

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