Karan greeted Pratap and they looked very happy and it seemed that Karan had a good bond with Pratap, they were present in the room for some 10-15 minutes and Maya did not raise her eyelead even for a second, she just sat there without speaking a word.
After they left Maya asked Karan why he had such a good relation with Pratap to which Karan replied, "They never had a child, but he has always treated me like his own. Rukmani bua was not so fond of me but Pratap uncle always motivated me and helped me. He always admired me, that's the reason we have such good relations." Maya nooded to his reply and slept.
As she slept tears flowed from her eyes and some flashbacks hit her, but before they could have control over Maya, Karan slept on the other side of the bed and gently caressed Maya's head which gave a hold to Maya's tears as well as to her flashbacks and she slept peacefully.
Maya suddenly woke up in the middle of night due to a bad dream and wondered, "What if Pratap tries to harm me? Will he repeat those things again? Mai kaise batau uski sachai?" Maya spoke to herself. "Umm" Karan glared in sleep as he was disturbed by Maya's voice listening to which Maya gently smiled and slept.
In the morning Maya was sitting on the couch while Karan was cutting an apple for her, when Pratap entered the room and said, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away. You must eat plenty of apples daily Maya." He said coming close to the couch which made Maya uncomfortable. She just nodded her head and sat there without making any eye contact with Pratap.
Karan kept the apple slice on the plate, which was taken by Pratap and he said, "Ye lo Maya, have it." while putting the apple slice near Maya's mouth. She took the apple slice from Pratap's hand and took a small bite. Karan noticed that something was off with Maya, so after Pratap left Karan came near Maya held her hand and asked, "Maya what's up? You seem off about something." "nahi kuch nahi, I didn't sleep well last night, nothing else." Maya said.
[After a few days]
It has been a couple of days and Maya had fully recovered but mentally she was getting weaker because of the stress and tension she had due to Pratap's presence. She would spend most of her time with others, she did not prefer to stay alone, she would just sit without uttering a single word when everyone was chit chatting at the dining table.
All this things did not go unnoticed by Karan, he saw a shift in Maya's behaviour but he thought that maybe it was because of the trauma she got after being shot or because of the new environment she just got into. Karan would make sure that whenever they're alone he'll entertain Maya. She had even cried a couple of times but everytime the reason Maya gave was that she is feeling alot of pain in her back.
But that was not the truth, she was having a lot of stress and anxiety which she had to hide deep down in her heart because she didn't know whom to tell the reality.
One morning Karan had left for office while Maya was still asleep, Pratap came to their room and started caressing Maya's head which woke Maya and to her surprise it was Pratap, she quickly got up and moved away from him. "Aree Maya don't be scared. Meri kya aukaat hai ki mai hone vali Maharani sahiba ko harm karu." Pratap said giving a nasty look and added, "Mai to bs sorry bolne aaya hu, I'm sorry bacha" Pratap said as he moved his hands towards Maya's face.
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Love Beyond Crown
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