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After the heartfelt welcome everyone made their way towards the temple which was in their home to seek blessings from the god for this new beginning. When they entered the room which was converted into a temple Urmila suddenly remembered that Siya was brought up in California. She might not be comfortable praying but she was surprised when Siya herself went forward and knelt down in front of all the gods and prayed. When she looked at Abhiraj for confirmation and she saw that even he was surprised, everyone present in the room was surprised.
When Siya got up looked behind and saw the shocked expression on everyone’s face. She got confused seeing the expression on their faces so she asked them, “Is everything okay why is everyone looking at me like that?” Her voice was so soft and low it almost felt unreal. Her adorable expression and question made everyone present in the room smile.
Arjun quickly sobered up and replied to her, “ everything is fine sweetheart don't worry and we all were just shocked to see you go and pray.” Arjun replied to her in his softest voice which made everyone choke on their breath because he never spoke to anyone with this softness. After Siya's kidnapping Arjun had locked himself in his room for almost 1 and a half day, after a lot of persuasion when he finally opened the door to only reveal a completely different Arjun, the once lively and carefree boy had changed himself into someone serious, someone aloof, someone who never entertained mistakes from anyone, we could say he was less harsh with his family but with the outer world he was ruthless. His anger issues were the reason why after being so handsome, rich, having the physic of a Greek god; not a single girl ever tried to approach him. Even in the office each and every employee minus his assistant was terrified to go in his cabin. The stories of his ruthlessness were all across India. Everyone was terrified of him even then some foolish souls tried to seduce him into sleeping with them on different occasions he never fell for their trap but surprisingly all of those stupid souls suddenly disappeared into thin air. He always looked out for his siblings, especially Priya; he was overprotective of her, not only her but he looked out for everyone. His tone was always respectful and polite with the people he wanted, but his soft tone………no one had heard him speaking softly and politely with someone.
Siya was again baffled by their expressions, Arjun who was fed up with these expressions from his family and their lack of response almost made him angry but somehow, surprisingly Siya's presence made him calm and he remembered that from the time when Siya opened her eyes till now if Siya was with him he felt calm. He only got this feeling when he was with his mother, bua or his Nalini aunty; it made him smile. “You would be tired from the journey right, how about you freshen up and then come down for dinner or if you are hungry then we will have dinner first then you can freshen up.”
Till now almost everyone had digested the shock. After hearing Arjun, Manisha(bua of Chauhan kids) said, “let her freshen up first till then we will set the dining table.” When they came into the hall Urmila said, “Vikram will you show Siya her rooms?” “Rooms?” Abhiraj asked, confused. Actually we have prepared one more room for Siya along with her childhood room. When we spoke on video call Siya told us about her comfort problem so if she doesn't like one room then she will have an option so that's why rooms.” This brought a smile to Abhiraj’s face “awwww my sweet Urmi how are you so considerate everytime? I think I am falling for you again my….” “Okay enough with this chit chat Vikram will show her both the rooms” Arjun said. The way Abhiraj was looking at Vikram if looks could kill he would've already been 6ft under the ground. Vikram sensing the tension in the room quickly interrupted “ok I’ll take her with me……………..I…I mean I will take her with me to show her her rooms.” He quickly completed the sentence sensing all the gazes that were on him. “But Maa any of us can go with Siya to show her the rooms then why Vikram bhaiya?” Kunal asked with a tone which could be assumed as a whine. “Because Kunal right now I don't want Siya to be uncomfortable with your questions and leaving Vikram I don't trust any of you to not bombard her with questions when you are out of our sight.” Urmila said in a stern voice which made all of the youngsters gulp in fear.
Vikram started to take Siya to her childhood room. When they reached her room Vikram said, “So princess here is your childhood room.” Saying so he opened the door of the room. He felt uneasy going into that room where she was kidnapped. All the blurry memories of that day started to resurface making him go stiff in his place. His trance was broken by sensing Siya’s unease.“What happened princess, are you not feeling well?” But after hearing Siya's answer it made him regret even bringing her here.

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