" Guess maybe I am better off now that we don’t talk.” ~ Now that we don’t talk Udai Singh sat in a big armchair, looking distraught. In front of him stood his sons, wife, daughter-in-law and the girl he chose for Pratap. Phool Kanwar Rathore was the first to speak. “ I… think you should get a DNA test done. I mean, with so much at stake… it is a fortune to be heir to all this…” “No one asked for your opinion.” Shakti snapped. “I think she has a point.” Udai Singh nodded, making Pratap share a glance with his mother “It is better to be safe than sorry. Besides, I don’t trust…” “He is mine!” Pratap’s voice made Heer look up. She had never imagined Dadabhai would say that. “I don’t want any paternity test. He is mine!” “How are you so sure?” Udai Singh frowned suspiciously. “This is no time to be emotional, Pratap. Be rational.” he had never approved of the match, but his son had always been weak about Ajabdeh. Jaivanta was too happy to care. But Udai Singh never wanted the Sisodiy...
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“From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes, I gave my blood, sweat and tears for this.” ~ You’re on your own, kid Ajabdeh Punwar tapped her heels nervously on the marble floor of the café at the Luxury Hotel. She had taken a day off from work, and a happy Amar had followed his mother for some shopping. She was now sitting with her son, who was busy gorging on an ice cream she had bought him. She stared at the watch nervously. A clueless Amar was admiring the fountain at a distance, hoping to pop the question if he could go and see it up front, but seeing his mother in a pensive mood made him wait. He was told they were here to meet someone important, and he gathered it would be someone from Mamma’s work. Disinterested in the same, he had his plans. If he behaved very well, Mamma might just give him a treat. The ring on her cell phone made Ajabdeh jump as she picked it up with a nervous “Hello.” In the next few moments, a clueless Amar, with his red Spiderman backpack containing his fa...
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