The next morning, everyone was ready. Jhumki asks Shiv about Gangaa and says she might not be in a mood. Shiv goes to look for Gangaa when she comes out ready to leave. Jhumki asks what kind of dress is she wearing and where is her jewelry as People would speak against them. Gangaa says no one told her how to get ready. Shiv says today, Gangaa would go with him this way.
Shiv and Pratab reach there. Aunt doesn’t recognize Gangaa and says she might have lived in the Math (hermitage), as Savitri must have kept her there. Pratab was about to tell her the truth, but Shiv stops him. Shiv agrees with Aunt and qualifies that he brought her for help. Jhumki also treats Gangaa as a maid. Gangaa thinks she won’t speak about being Shiv’s wife. Shiv says she didn’t want to be recognized as his wife, he is her side; but soon she herself would confess to be his wife. Gangaa replies it won’t happen again. Aunt calls Shiv inside and asks Jhumki for help. Shiv assures Aunt that Gangaa would take care of all the work. He smiles as Gangaa goes with Aunt. Shiv watches Aunt pair up the gifts, and wish Shiv had also come in couple. She takes Gangaa to the kitchen to look after the arrangements there.
Gangaa comes out to the cooking area. A man tries to molest her, she was angry at his behavior. Shiv was hurt watching all this. The man comes to molest Gangaa again. Aunt comes there, she sends Shiv to look for cooking arrangements in the other way. She takes Gangaa along. Shiv takes a huge spoon and comes to the cook who had been molesting Gangaa, he takes him aside and stuffs spice into his mouth tying his hands and feet with a bed.
In the room, Gangaa serves everyone. A lady tells Gangaa to serve him well, he is a special relative of their’s. Shiv enjoys watching Gangaa. Another lady asks her to sit for dinner. Aunt says she is a maid, how can she sit with Shiv? Aunt now makes Gangaa serve sweet to everyone.
Later, Shiv insists on Aunt letting them leave, but Aunt insists it’s late and they must stay. She sends Shiv upstairs into the room. She sends Jhumki and Pratab to another room and Gangaa to the servant’s quarter. Jhumki smiles. Shiv says Gangaa would sleep there well. Aunt asks if there’s some problem? Gangaa replies none.
Gangaa finds the room dirty and messed up, a lizard fall over her as she lay to sleep. She comes to wake Jhumki up and requests to sleep inside her room. Jhumki wasn’t ready and tells her to go into Shiv’s room. Gangaa turns around to see Shiv there. He offers her to stay in his room, only if she introduces herself as his wife. He warns Gangaa of the lizard and the cook again. Gangaa complains Shiv didn’t take an action when the cook molested her. Shiv asks what he must have done?
Gangaa comes outside the room worried she will have to spend the night here. She sits beside a wall and fall asleep. Shiv smiles watching her and was relieved that she has she has slept. Gangaa wakes up screaming, afraid of the lizard. She pushes a canister of water, then falls over herself. She wonders how she would sleep now? She enters Shiv’s room who laughs over her. She takes his shirt and goes to the washroom. Shiv was in the room when Gangaa comes out of bathroom in his shirt. They both look at each other for a while silently. He teases her to return his clothes, he promised to stay silent until Gangaa accepts herself as his wife. Gangaa says she would never act according to him, she has a self respect. He is a man who considers himself greater than men. Shiv asks Gangaa if she took his permission before coming to the room and wearing his shirt? Who is he to her, and who gave her this right; did she ever consider him her husband? Aunt had come to the room, she calls Gangaa shameless who is inside a stranger’s house so late. The other family members also came there and accuse Gangaa. Gangaa tells them to ask Shiv. Gangaa cries and asks Shiv to say something, while Shiv silently thinks he can no more bear Gangaa’s disrespect. He wish Gangaa would call herself his wife at least now. Aunt asks Gangaa what right she has to come to Shiv’s room? Gangaa says she came here as Shiv’s wife, he is her husband. Shiv turns to Gangaa in shock. Aunt’s family still calls Gangaa a liar. Shiv turns and says she is right, she is Gangaa, his wife. The family apologizes to Shiv, and says the wife of the MathaDesh has a status but she was so simple. Shiv says Gangaa likes to stay simple, he thinks everyone must have a right to live the life they want. He says they conditioned that even if they didn’t tell them, the family would still recognize her as his wife, but Shiv has won his challenge now. Aunt’s family apologize to Gangaa. Aunt says it’s Shiv’s mistake, he should have introduced his wife earlier.
The next morning, Aunt says she wants to gift Gangaa now with something. She tells them about a ritual in their village where wife and husband receive a gift hand in hand. She make Gangaa and Shiv sit together, hand in hand. Gangaa stares at her as Shiv holds her hand tightly.
In the room, Gangaa was packing the gifts. Shiv comes there and says she must have understood she got these gifts only for being his wife, without him, she has no place. Gangaa asks if he always wants to try to make her recognize his importance, he must understand she was gifted for being the wife of MathaDesh. She asks Shiv why he didn’t introduce her as his wife last night? Shiv brings her to the mirror and says he had given this lady everything, including love, respect and right; but she wanted to waste herself crying. Gangaa boasts she has self-respect for herself that she would never lose, she is sorry he won’t understand this.
At home, everyone was excited to make arrangements of Savitri’s birthday. Riya had burnt three cakes already. Savitri says they can buy a cake from outside, but Radhika insists on preparing them at home. Shiv and Pratab return. Gangaa take Savitri’s blessings with Shiv. Shiv tells Savitri to bless her again for better luck. A courier man comes with parcel for Savitri. Riya gets Aashi’s call, Aashi says she sent something special to Savitri.
Jhumki opens the heavy box. Gangaa says it’s a vacuum cleaner that Aashi sent. Riya says Jhumki won’t understand as it’s a modern cleaner, she must let Gangaa do it. Gangaa sets the machine. She tells the nanny to carry the machine inside. Pratab and Jhumki go inside. Riya takes Radhika inside to make the cake, Radhika says Riya has already ruined three cakes. Shiv whispers an idea to Radhika’s ear.
Radhika comes to Gangaa and insists she prepares a cake here. Gangaa says they must prepare the cake in the balcony. Shiv brings the ingredients and asks to make chocolate cake with nuts. Gangaa says she would do what she wants to, and Shiv was excited to eat the cake. Radhika says Shiv gave her an idea to prepare the cake. Shiv also tells Gangaa to take care of a bag of silver coins that would be distributed among the villagers and leave. Radhika confirms if Gangaa would really not prepare the cake? Gangaa says she will.
In the balcony, Gangaa was busy in preparing the cake and forwards her hand for Radhika to taste if it’s sweet? Shiv comes to taste it instead, to Gangaa’s shock.
Gangaa was enraged over Shiv as he suggest she put some more sugar into it. Gangaa insists she won’t put any more sugar into it. Radhika comes there wondering if they are again fighting? Gangaa assures them the cake would be perfect. Gangaa tells Shiv she would get back to him about it very soon and sits for work again. Shiv takes the challenge.
Gangaa spots the nanny giving some clothes to an old man. Gangaa asks who is he? The nanny says he is a servant of the Jhaa family and needs some money. Gangaa calls him inside and lends him some money. There was a shadow on the wall of the two women.
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