Days went by very fast. Now Dharini is little bit comfortable with Avan, even she started asking for doubts in Maths. Even her marks are improved, not just in Maths but in all subjects, thanks to him.

And Avan being true to his words, stick to strickly professional in school, not even once give special attention to Dharini, or we can say he is too good to pretend. But he keeps stealing glances at her here and there.

Few days back she gave her last monthly test, in which she scored 8½, 9½, 9¾, 10, and 9. No, she didn't got 10 in maths, she got 10 in english. The subjects she was not once good at, now she is getting better in them and best in the ones she was already good.
She scored 9½ in maths and her Mishra sir appeared more happy than her. It's not that nobody questioned them.

Few days back

In principle's office

"May I come in Sir?" Asked Shrishti, Astha and Samriddhi.

"Yes come in"

"Good Afternoon Sir" they said in unison.

"Good afternoon. How is your studies going on?" He asked

"It is going good sir but.." said Samriddhi.

"But?"

"Sir one of our classmate, Dharini Sharma is close to Mishra Sir and beca.."

"Mishra sir? As in Anav Mishra Sir?" He asked.

They got nervous and now regret it because they know that Mishra sir has good image and that he is extremely professional in class and never once he favored Dharini. If Astha didn't eavesdropped and heard about their relationship, they would have never known that they are in relation.

They looked at each other. They know they messed up.

"Yes sir" said Samriddhi.

"What did he do?" Asked sir

"Sir h..he is favouring her in class. She used to score less than 5 in tests and started scoring more than 8 now." Said Astha.

"She must be studying well"

"No sir, We know her, she can't even score 6 by herself" said Samriddhi confidently.

"Ok. Do you have proof of the same?" Asked sir.

They were not prepared for this. They looked each other.

"Show me the proof" asked sir again.

"Sir we don't have it" said Samriddhi.

"See I know Mishra Sir and his professionalism. But if you are doubtful, I'll see what I can do. You may go now" he dismissed.

"Ok sir" they said in unison.

After coming out

"Srishti why were you silent?" Asked Astha.

"Yes, Why didn't you said anything?" Asked Samriddhi.

"I wanted to say but when I heard sir asking for proof. I regretted us going in and couldn't gather courage to tell him anything." Said Srishti.

"We have Asthin ka Saanp with us." Said Astha. (Devil in disguise)

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They are in english period when peon came

"Dharini Mishra"

"Yes" she asked

"Principal sir called you"

"Go" said English Sir.

She came out of her class, not before noticing smirk on three butterflies.

"May I come in Sir?" She asked

"Yes" replied principal sir.

She noticed Mishra sir is already there.

"So Dharini, I was talking about this to Mishra Sir, some students objected that he is favoring you in class and giving you questions prior to test" he said

She looked at Mishra sir who is calm as always.

He continued "to remove that doubt, I'm thinking about taking your test and it will be checked by me because I don't want anybody to have any doubt"

"Ok sir" she said nervously.

"Good, I will let you know the date and time. You may go now" he told.

"Ok sir" she went out of office.

"So Mishra Sir, tell me?" Asked Principal sir in very friendly manner with a huge smile. Though they have age gap but he is very fond of Avan.

"What sir?" Asked Avan with mischievous smile

"She is your?" He asked

"Fiancee." Avan replied calmly.

"What?? You didn't told me. That's not fair"

"Sir, by mistake who got to know, created such a mess, so I decided not to tell anyone. Those who failed to get my attention are saying that grapes are sour. I will invite you in our marriage"

"You better be. By the way she seemed innocent. And you look good together" Principal sir complimented which brought a big smile on Anav's face."

"By the way, give me some questions to conduct her test Anav"

"Sir, I know she will score well. You can put any question. I taught her and never gave her questions prior to test, she is capable to solve any equation. I trust her capability."

Principal sir just smiled at his confidence and said, "ok Anav"

Flahback Ends

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So they conducted a maths test, in which questions were set by Principal Sir himself. She scored 10 in it.  All the students got their answers and her Misha sir can't be anymore proud.

In few days the preboards will start and course is completed so revision is going on.

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Avan's POV

Today is saturday. I woke up at 5 AM as usual, did my exercise, came back and bathed. After finishing, I heard telephone is ringing. I wrapped a towel around my waist and quickly came to living room and picked the phone.

"Hello"

"Hello Aanu"

"Maa..Charansparsh (seek blessings) how come you called this early? Is everything alright?"

"Yes, everything is good. I called you to inform you that your Dadi is adamant on meeting Dharini. She asked me to tell you that she wants Dharini to be there in your Sanjay's son's naamkaran (naming ceremony)."

"What? next week? Ma you know her exams are coming. I can't take her there. She lose concentration easily. I strictly told her to avoid TV as well." I tried to reason.

"Son you think I didn't told her this? You know she doesn't like me anyways, when I told her that you will not agree, she said I don't want you to take Dharini there and so I will brainswash you." She said.

I know my dadi's disliking towards my ma. She was dadaji's choice, so dadi left with no option but to agree for ma and baba's marriage. Though bua has major influence on dadi's dislike for ma. She was expecting ma to bring huge dowry with her, but being from lower middle class family, my nanaji gave few jewelries and things. Because of which, bua used to insult her a lot. But then baba got courage and stood up for ma. When he realized that bua and dadi will not change her behavior towards ma, he left Samyak Village with ma and settled in Adhaavat village. Dadaji had property in Adhaavat, so he adviced baba to shift there.We don't know why she doesn't like my ma. When Vishakha didi born, bua's dislike got no bounds. Ma baba didn't took her there for 5 years. Then I was born. That's when dadi invited them. Just for my sake bua started talking to ma. Even dadi started talking politely to ma. Her nature is improved as well now. But her habit of taunting doesn't go away and my 1st and 3rd bua (aunt) leave no room by filling her mind.

"Fine..I will take her there but I'm not going to ask her parents. You do it."

"Ok Aanu. I will call Devyani ji"

I don't want to take Dharini there before our marriage. I might sound rude but she has golden skin tone which doesn't matter to me because I find her beautiful but I'm afraid my relatives will not keep their mouth shut. I don't want Dharini's innocent heart to break if anyone comment on her skin tone. I know she can't handle such things. I can't forget seeing tears in her eyes when the other day, her classmates found out that we are engaged, they accused her of seducing me for grades. I'm usually very calm but seeing her tears did something to me and I just couldn't control. My relationship with my relatives is not so good and if they ever pass any bad comment on my Dharini, I know I will lose my temper.

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I added Anav's elder sister in the story. In one of the previous chapter, I mentioned that he is the only son. But now I added that he has a sister, who is married and live in other city. Also the villages mentioned are imaginary.

His Family tree be like- His Grandparents has 4 children. 1 Elder daughter, Madhu, then Anav's father, followed by two younger daughters Savita and Jaya.

Anav's first bua Madhu has 2 sons, both are married and has a son and daughter respectively.

Anav's father has two children, Vishakha and Anav. Vishakha has a son.

Second bua Savita has again two sons, 1 is married, while other is bachelor.

Third bua Jaya has a son and a daughter. Son is married.

I wanted to add more to this chapter but I was just not in mood to write mainly because I'm not getting much votes compared to views and whereas I see some authors' work which is barely updated and even got less views but get more than 2k-3k votes. It hurts because I'm putting my efforts to write and update twice a week but still you guys just read and ignore. I get demotivated easily. If this continues, I may stop updating twice a week and keep it like once in a month.
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