Chapter 18

Sue is outside the ICU when Leah asks her what her problem is, "I only asked you one thing and you cannot do that for me? At least don't spoil things for me! Bella is our ATM. I am doing this for our future only or we will be thrown on the road!" Sue refuses to accept that Bella is nowhere responsible for Jake's fate. Leah advises her to stay quiet then. Sue asks her if she should let her son's killer stay in their house and act as if nothing happened. Leah gives up on her and goes inside.

Leah asks Doc about Bella's health. He advises to let Bella rest for a while. Leah tells Bella to rest today, "I wanted to stay with you today but I have to go to manage the haldi function." Bella too wants to come along. She feels dizzy. Leah tells her against it but Bella wants to go for Jake's sake, "I will speak to everyone on phone, look after the arrangements and everything will be fine." She begins to look for her phone and panics. She finds it inside a pack of rice / grains under her pillow and is relieved, "It has all my memories. Who saved my phone?" Flashback shows Edward holding Bella's phone.

Edward calls his brother to find out about Bella. Emmet tells him she is fine, "She has been discharged from the hospital. I don't understand you at times. First you give her pain then you only take care of her and then you don't let anyone tell her that it is you who saved her!" Edward replies that some pains never heal, "They remain as wound and remind us of our pain forever. Bella is the same for me." Esme asks Emmet where he stays all night, "Do I have to worry about you too like Edward?" Emmet irritated tells her to stop taking out her frustration on him, "I am not like brother at all." Doorbell rings. Courier guy hands over some packages to the servant. He thinks that the diary just got delivered and checks the packages but does not find the diary amongst them. Servant (Satish) takes the packages upstairs to Carlisle's study. Carlisle asks Satish when he cleaned the table last. Satish starts clearing it right away. Emmet notices the package in his hand as he is cleaning. His eyes widen in shock recalling the instructions that he had given to the courier guy back in Missouri.

Bella reaches the venue. The staff is surprised to see her there. Mona takes her inside and shows her the preps. Mona and other interns also provide her an update. They head back to their work. Irina hugs Bella calling her Bells, "It is your nickname. I give a nickname to all my best friends. This is yours. How do you feel now?" Bella assures her she is fine now. Irina suggests having turmeric milk with her. Bella declines, "There is a lot to do." Irina informs her that Edward did everything already. She points at Edward who is managing all the preps. Bella wonders why he is helping her. Irina tells Bella there is nothing to do now, "Let's have turmeric latte now." She asks Edward if he will have one too. He nods. Irina goes to instruct someone to make it. Bella thinks why he is helping her quietly. Something is surely going on in his mind! Leah smiles seeing Bella there. Their hatred seems to be decreasing. I must do something! She overhears the conversation of policemen present there in waiter's disguise. They speak of the insurance money. Surely they are acting nice to get that only. Mahi smiles thinking that if she messes up things big time today then police will instead find Bella and Edward at fault.

Bella is telling Angela how to set the cage. Edward comes there questioning them as to who put red roses. Bella and Edward go quiet seeing each other. They begin to say the same thing at once and turn to the staff members. Leah looks at the cage and thinks of an idea. The basket of flowers falls over Edward and Bella. They are covered in garlands. Bella gets pulled towards him while removing the garland. Edward is pulled towards her as she stumbles. They fall on top of each other and get covered with a drape. Leah looks on. Bella is in pain. Seeing her thus, Edward very carefully removes the garland from around her neck and stands up. He glares at her and walks away. Angela and other intern help Bella. She goes to check haldi preps. Leah removes the petals from her hair. She taunts her indirectly but Bella chooses to focus on work instead.

Everything is set for haldi ceremony. Few girls click a selfie. Angela is tempted to eat Kadhi Chawal seeing the yellow decor. Bella asks her if she can think of anything else. She sends her to bring haldi bowl. Angela replies that there is still time for it. She still goes to bring it. Bella remembers her haldi ceremony where no one had turned up from either of their families. She is teary eyed as she tells this to Jake, "It would have been so nice if your mother had come to apply haldi on me. What's the use of the marriage where both the families are unhappy?" Jake reasons that they cannot do anything about it, "We are happy with each other. Why bother for someone else then? I too feel bad to not have them around. My mother had seen so many dreams for my wedding. Leah wanted to dance to her heart's content in my wedding but our happiness is nowhere related to their happiness. We have only two options – we can either go separate ways for our families forgetting everything or we can marry each other and then wait for our families to accept us. I am sure they will understand one day." Bella says, father cannot stay without me. I am his life. I also know that mother is with me since the beginning from her heart." Jake says, "There is nothing to worry then. The one who is really happy from inside can keep someone else happy." They both apply haldi to each other's faces. Bella smiles at the memory and caresses her cheek.

On the other hand, Edward too thinks of his wedding with Pooja. He turns and his smile disappears as soon as he notices Bella standing there. The bitter truth flashes before his eyes yet again. Angela collides with him thereby spoiling his kurta. She panics, "I am sorry. I will clean it. You get angry easily. Please don't throw me out." Aditya tells her to go. She apologizes to him yet again. Edward goes in another direction. The same girls are seen clicking selfies yet again.

Angela records Irina's entry. Irina sits down for the ritual while the same girls dance at the sound of the dhol. They speak of Tyler's Instagram story. He looks so hot. Sister-in-law is like wife only. They suddenly notice Edward changing his kurta and find him too hot to resist. They go to apply haldi on his face. He is reluctant but they don't give up. They also click a selfie with him. Bella hides her smile seeing all this. Edward covers his bare chest seeing her but she cannot resist smiling.

Eric finds Leah near the cage. She acts to appreciate it. Eric agrees that Bella's choice is best. He goes. Leah notices a worker doing something around the cage. She goes from there without putting her plan into action.

Irina's friends find Edward too handsome and shy. Irina asks Bella if she is feeling uncomfortable seeing her friends flirt with Edward so much. Bella walks away. She warns her friends not to look at Tyler, "I will not spare you guys then." Leah smiles hearing it all. She calls Angela aside and sends her to eat pastries. Before that, just tell Tyler that Irina wants to meet him in private. Angela happily agrees. Leah vows to ruin the marriage.