Arpita was running around supervising the decorations for Mehendi function when she realised, she had forgotten food arrangements. The cook they had hired for rest of the functions had overbooked himself. So, he messaged her earlier, that he won't be able to cook food for Mehendi function.
Arpita was furious with his attitude, so she dismissed him & cleared his dues.
She called Sunder, hoping he was free to cater in such short notice.
Sunder's wedding booking got canceled last moment because the bride's family had disagreement with groom & his family regarding the wedding preparations.
He looked at the amount of food that would be wasted. He wasn't paid for it as well. Just then, he received a call from Arpita who asked if he could cater at such short notice.
He agreed replying his booking just got canceled, he could bring that food for the function.
Aryan sneaked to Imlie's room without getting spotted by Arpita.
Imlie was surprised seeing him, "Tum yaha kya kar rahe ho"
"Tumhe mehendi lagane aaye hai" he replied.
Aryan drew with mehendi cone he had brought with him. A simple design. Imlie was astonished looking at this man's talent. She took the cone from his hand & wrote इमली on his palm.
Just then Arpita called them outside for the ceremony.
Sundar missed Imlie by few minutes. He had left after delivering the food.
The function started, Arpita was surprised to see a little mehendi design already on her hands. The mehendiwali continued the design & created a beautiful intricate mehendi.
Few hours later, Imlie felt hungry but her mehendi was nowhere near finished. Arpita, Narmada & Meethi all were applying mehendi. She saw Aryan busy on his phone.
"ABP" she called him.
"Khaane k liye kuch lao na" she continued.
He looked at her then went to the food counter that was setup, plated Imlie's favourite dishes then went back to give her the plate.
He stood waiting for her to take the plate. She looked at him annoyed then gestured her hands.
Aryan sat down & started feeding Imlie. Arpita commented "Imlie ka kha k hojaye phir mera number"
"Phir Mera" Narmada continued.
"Phir Amma ka" Imlie said on behalf of Meethi.
"Ha, saari ladkiyon ko khila doonga" Aryan replied.
Imlie gave him a sharp look "what" she said.
Aryan realised how one might perceive his comment "Mera matlab didi, Maa aur Amma se tha, baki ko kyu..." he trailed of.
After feeding Arpita, Narmada & Meethi, Aryan went back to Imlie.
"Mera naam kaha likhaya" Aryan asked searching in her mehendi.
"Nahi likha, mujhe tumhara naam pata hai Ghajini nahi hu, jo tattoo karungi" she replied jokingly. Imlie had asked the mehendi wali to hide his name so that it would be difficult for him to find.
Arpita heard Imlie's comment & laughed out loud "Ye accha tha"
"So, I'm Ghajini because you wrote your name on my hands" Aryan replied.
"Ooooooooo" he heard Arpita saying.
Everyone like the food & praised the caterer Arpita had hired.
Next day, Arpita booked Sunder for all the pre & post wedding functions.
Aryan had left for important meeting that morning. He looked at the mehendi designed on his palm which had darkened. He felt happy, he had gotten a glimpse of Imlie's mehendi this morning which also had darkened.
Imlie looked at her palms maybe this time, she will be loved by her husband who wouldn't say just for the sake of it but also mean it.
There was one thing she wanted to discuss with Aryan but she couldn't bring herself to say it out loud.
That evening, with great courage she went to Aryan who had just retired to his room after dinner.
"Tumne mujhe shaadi ke liye propose kyu kiya" she asked him.
Aryan just looked at her.
"Kyunki tumhe laga hum AKT ko haa bol denge usse phir se shaadi karlenge. Ya phir tumhe laga ki wo humme emotional blackmail karne mein kamiyaab ho jayega" she asked him.
"Ye faisla meine kisi aur ki wajah se nahi kiya" hinting that he didn't do it because of AKT.
"Na mujhe kisiko kuch prove karna tha, Na kisiko sabak sikhana tha, mujhe bas...."
" Mujhe bas kya..ABP" Imlie asked.
"Ye teesri baat udhar rahi" he said.
"Par agar mein propose nahi karta toh tum kya jawab deti, Mr. Tripathi ko" he asked
"Ye baat bhi udhar hi rehne do" Imlie replied.
"Imlie, tum meri liye kuch nahi, nahi ho" he said
"Mein seriously tumhe apna.." he trailed of
"Apna dost maanta hoon" Imlie continued his sentence.
Aryan looked at her helplessly unable to convey his feelings because he thought she wasn't ready to hear it.
" Shayad abhi k liye itna khaafi hai" Imlie said.
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Anti Hero
Romance(Sequel to Villain) A glimpse of Aryan's past is revealed to Imlie by her ex-husband. Imlie knows better to trust any word of his. But the bottom line was Aryan's brother-in-law was murdered. With past unveiling, how will Imlie & Aryan deal with thi...
