Arjun comes back to his room only to find Radhika already fallen in deep sleep hugging the pillows tightly.

Arjun sighs mumbling, "Dirty Pillow, That's my place"

He walks around and lay on his side of the bed without giving much noise, staring her fragile form by turning to her side.

He leans forward and places a soft kiss on her forehead and close his eyes to have a peaceful night after making her lock in his life forever.

Next day Morning,

Radhika shrinks her eyes often and squeezes it gently to avoid the sun rays hitting her face. She tried to turn other side but she couldn't even move an inch. She gets flinch seeing a strong arm around her waist, her eyes moves the way the arms goes up and finds Arjun so close to her, buried his face in her hair and breathes evenly and peacefully.

At once, she is mesmerized seeing him like that, unknowingly she raises her hand to touch his cheeks, move the hair on his forehead, rubs her fingers on his eyebrows. She immediately removes her fingers when he shrinks his brows, and before she moves away he pulls her more close to his body and so he buried his face in the crook of her neck.

Radhika gasp by his moves and gets uncomfortable having him beside her. She tried to take his arms from her waist, but the more she tries, the more he tightens.

Finally, she pinches him hard makes him flinch at the pain she caused. Arjun rubs his hands screaming, "What the hell?"

Radhika uses that chance and gets down from the bed immediately before he catches her. She glares at him and looking at his posture having his one hand on his back head to support and another on the bed where she lied sometime back.

Radhika, "How dare you slept beside me and even hugged me all over the night?"

Arjun breaks the morning laziness by extending his hands on the bed on his either sides and while doing so he throws the pillow on Radhika's face.

Radhika flinched by his action of not expecting him to do so, she throws it back to him and shouts, "You idiot, who gave you the right to sleep with me in the bed? I told you to go on the couch right..."

Before she finishes her words, it gets stopped the moment Arjun jumps out of the bed towards her and clasps her to the wall. Radhika is still looking at him shocked with her mouth wide open and starts pushing him to move away.

Arjun holds her wrist on to the either sides of her, pushing his body to her and makes sure that there will be no inch gaps between.

Radhika, "You are suffocating me Arjun. Move back"

Arjun leans towards her crook of the neck and blows his hot breathe on her skin making her cringe at his actions. He slowly moves to her ears lobes and bites it sensually makes her to yelp slightly, he whispers, "You are mine. Only I have the fucking right to have you either it's about beside me or under me"

Radhika's eyes opens in wide hearing his last words and she throws daggers at him by her sight. Her trails his fingers on her neck and lifts the mangalsutra from her neck and pulls it slightly towards him.

Radhika's hands instantly holds it tightly and she glares at him angrily, and he continues, "This shows my right on you"

Radhika sighs and turns away to avoid his intense gaze on her. Soon their moments got distracted when the door knocks twice and she push him away to go and open the door.

Nandini with a big broad smile looks at Radhika and greets her happily. She peeps in their room and immediately her smile vanishes seeing the neat and clean bed and room.

She looks at them doubted where in Arjun rolls his eyes knowing why his mom looking at them likes this.

Arjun comes forward to her, "What?"

Nandini shrugs her shoulders, "Nothing"

She walks towards the door and turns back to look at them saying, "Come down fast for the puja and for the other rituals. It's already late"

Arjun smirks looking at Radhika, "She came and checked about our Second night"

Radhika is confused and asks, "What? Second Night?"

Arjun, "Of course, it was our Second Night and I hope you did not forget our First Night"

Radhika's facial expressions changed as soon he spilled those words, tears dwells in her eyes automatically and said with an extreme hatred in her voice, "I wished to do so, but the nightmare won't be flushed out so easily"

With that she peeps in to the washroom leaving him startled by her words.

Arjun smirks, "I will efface the nightmare by my eternal love, my dear wifey"

Arjun goes to another room to get ready and comes back after 30 minutes. By the time, Radhika took bath and trying to fix the pleat on her saree.

Arjun smiles and turns her to his side, she opens her mouth to scold him but stops saying further after seeing him sitting on his knees and helping her out in taking the pleats on her new saree.

She breathes heavily looking at him and arranges the stuff properly with the help of him and pins it perfectly mumbling, "Thanks" to him.

He shrugs his shoulder and stands behind her while she gets ready to go down for the puja. Before she bends and takes the sindoor, he picks it up and puts it on her forehead saying, "Pray for your husband's long life and healthy, so that you can live with him happily" he winks at her angry glare.

She shoves him away and goes out to join the puja, Arjun holds her wrist on the stairs and murmurs, "Join hands with me, so that they won't doubt on us"

She did not even move an inch but he pulls her to him and walks down with a broad smile on his face, Sanjeev is amused seeing him and waits to enquire him.

Nandini makes Radhika lit the diya and gives them the Prasad after the puja. Sanjeev hits him slightly and mumbles, "All ok?"

Arjun raises his brows and replied, "Yep, very well"

Sanjeev, "So she got to know the whole truth?"

Arjun, "No, not yet"

Sanjeev, "Why? You should have told her the truth yesterday itself Arjun, why are you not telling her still?"

Arjun, "Do you think she will believe me?"

Sanjeev, "Definitely, because that is the truth"

Arjun, "Okay, and then try from your side. Will see whether she believes you or not?"

Sanjeev steps back saying, "Why me? Do you have any other plans to kill me?"

Arjun pulls him back to him saying, "Your turn now. Find sometime today and tells her the truth you and me got to know"

After the puja is done and all the other formalities are done, Radhika spend some time alone in her room staring the city from her balcony.

Sanjeev knocks the door and she looks at him with no reaction on her face, "Come in"

Sanjeev with a grin on his face, "How are you Radhika?"

Radhika rolls her eyes and said, "What you want?"

Sanjeev understands her anger and comes to the point directly, "I wanted to say the truth behind your separation on 5 years back"

Radhika narrows her look at him, "What's that?"

Sanjeev, "The truth is Harsh is behind of all this chaos. He blackmailed Spandana and used her to separate you and Arjun"

Radhika gives him an unbelievable look and asks, "How do you know that? Who said all these?"

Sanjeev, "Spandana herself told this truth to Arjun. Harsh even blackmailed her on your Sangeet day and forced her now also to separate you both again"

Radhika cross her arms across her chest and said, "So what's behind that blackmailing? Why Spandana had to agree on Harsh? Why Harsh did this?"

Sanjeev, "Because Spandana's photos..." before he finishes the sentence Arjun interrupts him, "Sanjeev"

Sanjeev, "Let me finish it Arjun"

Arjun, "No need. You just leave"

Sanjeev, "I did not say her complete truth about Spandana and Harsh"

Arjun, "Even she didn't believe the half you told. Don't waste your time, just leave"

Sanjeev turns to look at Radhika who looks calm and glares him as if she doesn't believe even a bit.

Radhika, "From the where the hell do you bring Spandana and Harsh together? Don't you feel shame on you for plotting the fake story"

Sanjeev gives her a shocking reaction mumbling, "Fake story?"

Sanjeev then turns to Arjun and shouts, "Just tell her man, What Spandana told you when you met her before your marriage?"

Radhika's eyes traverse from Sanjeev to Arjun, she glares him with so much of hatred in her eyes and a lone tear drops on her cheeks and throws him a disgusting look.

Arjun understands what she thinks and shouts on Sanjeev, "Shut your fucking mouth and get out right now"

Sanjeev left his room immediately, Arjun goes to Radhika and try to touch her but she shoves his hands away from her, "Don't touch me with your filthy hands. I feel so disgusting standing here with you"

She walks past around him to go out but he pulls her harshly to him and said, "You have no choice other than to get used for this disgusting feeling"

Radhika wiggles to get her free but he tightens it, she looks at him with tears in her eyes, "You just show the world that you love me like no one can do but still you met a girl before our marriage and that girl is none other than the one who loved you in the past and slept with you even. And you are asking me to get used for this kind of life with you, isn't it?"

Arjun soften his grip on her and said, "What if I say that whatever you believed till now is not the truth?"

Radhika, "Okay, I believe you. Now tell me why you met her yesterday and what she told to you? I want to know the complete truth"

Arjun recalls Spandana begs him, "Please don't tell this to anyone. My life will be at stake if my husband comes to know all this. I will be thrown out from his life with my child"

Arjun sighs, "I can't tell you anything right now, but the truth is I did not cheat on you"

Radhika with more calm tone, "Take off your hands"

He mumbles, "Radhika, just believe me once"

Radhika, "Just take off your hands and let me go"

He let her go and covers his face with his palms sitting on the edge of the bed. Sanjeev barges in once Radhika goes out and asked him, "Idiot, why don't you tell her about Spandana?"

Arjun, "I can't Sanjeev. She trusted me and told me everything about how and why Harsh blackmailed her. Now she got a good life and living happily with her husband and her kid. I don't want to spoil her happy life just for my happiness. I can't do that"

Sanjeev, "But Arjun, Radhika hates you to the core. She will hate you all the life unless she confronts the truth. Your life is also at stake Arjun. What if Radhika decides to leave you?"

Arjun smirks, "Do you think I will let her go away from me? Again?"

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