It was a quite serene morning for the couple, both of them were still wrapped up in each other's embrace. Warm fluffy blanket was drawn over their bodies providing them sufficient warmth.

Anusha's head was lying over Abhay's chest, while Abhay was slightly tracing his wife's waist in a comforting manner.

"Good Morning." Anusha mumbled while pouting. She was still in a drowsy state, feeling sleepy.

"Good morning my cute little wife." Abhay whispered back with a wide smile making his wife snicker.

"Let's start with our morning routines, otherwise we'll get late for our office." Anusha said and made no sign of moving from Abhay's hold.

"How can I move when you are attached like a koala with me?" Abhay questioned with a smirk and could hear Anusha mumbling something incoherently. Anusha whined and after an internal battle with herself finally detached herself from Abhay's warmth.

"Are you happy now?" Anusha whined and was about to make her way towards the washroom when she felt a strong hold on her left wrist.

"What--?" Anusha uttered but felt Abhay pulling her towards himself.

"I can never be happy without you. You are the source of my happiness, you are the source of my strength, you are my will to live. I love you so much my cute little lazy wife." Abhay said with a genuine smile on his face and saw his wife blushing. Anusha whined and hit Abhay lightly on his shoulders.

"Being so cheesy in the morning my handsome husband." Anusha replied with a knowing smile.

"Only for you." Abhay said making both of them chuckle.

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"Anusha where's my tie? I am not able to find it in my closet." Abhay said while placing his watch on his wrist.

On the other hand Anusha was putting earrings in her right ear, she turned towards Abhay and sighed a bit while looking at her clumsy husband.

Anusha ambled towards her husband's closet and pulled Abhay's tie from the second shelf.

"Here's your tie. It was in the second shelf." Anusha said with a pointed look. She giggled a bit at Abhay's betrayed expression.

"I had searched in all the shelves and I was not able to find it then how were you able to trace it so quickly?" Abhay retorted back.

"Well I was able to trace it because I am more smart than you." Anusha replied cockily making Abhay raise his brows.

Abhay was about to reply back at his wife's cocky remark when he remembered that his office file was missing. He started searching for his important file everywhere but was again unable to do so.

"Anusha--" Abhay uttered and turned around looking at his beautiful wife who was brushing her long black hairs.

"Have you seen my blue file which had some important documents in it." Abhay questioned and heard Anusha chuckling.

"My dear husband you had kept that file in the first section of the table besides our bed." Anusha instructed and Abhay accordingly sauntered towards the table and finally took a sigh of relief when he found his file.

Abhay motioned towards Anusha and warpped his arms around his wife's body.

"You are seriously a life saver." Abhay mumbled while nuzzling his head in his wife's neck.

"And you forget things easily." Anusha replied teasingly.

"So what? I have my wife with me to remember all the essential things related to me and to take care of me." Abhay said making Anusha turn towards himself.

"That's true, I'll be always there for you." Anusha said and pecked Abhay on his forehead looking at her husband with utmost adoration.

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Abhay was on his way to Anusha's office to drop her, both of them were enjoying their ride with light music playing in the background.

"I really like these kinds of songs which have slow tempo." Anusha said while humming on the song which was being Played on the radio.

"Yeah even me too." Abhay said while nodding his head.

At last after a long drive of forty minutes, the couple reached at Anusha's office location.

"I'll be heading out, and you make sure to drive safely. Drop me a text when you reach at your workplace. Also all the best for your meeting today. I know you'll impress all the stakeholders and win the deal." Anusha said remembering all the things which she had to inform Abhay with a beautiful smile on her face.

"Alright! I'll do as you say. Take care of yourself and enjoy your day." Abhay said while parking his car near the office building. Anusha turned her head in her husband's direction and pecked his cheeks lightly while bidding her goodbye.

Abhay saw Anusha walking inside her office building and then went towards his destination.

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It was around six thirty in the evening when Abhay had returned from his office, he was currently drinking his ginger tea while working a little on his laptop. Abhay was engrossed in his work when he heard the door of his room open.

Abhay tilted his head to see his wife walking inside their room.

"Hey! How was your day?" Abhay questioned while putting his laptop aside.

Anusha kept on walking mindlessly inside the room and kept her purse at the dressing table. She removed her watch and sighed tiredly.

"Anusha?" Abhay interrogated but all he received was a deadly silence.

Abhay felt an odd feeling inside his heart and with furrowed brows made his way towards Anusha.

"Anusha what's wrong? I am asking you something? Why aren't you responding?" Abhay asked and tried to hold Anusha by her shoulders but was astonished when Anusha flinched at his touch and detached herself from his hold quickly. Abhay could see his wife was terrified and there was a glimpse of fury and anxiousness which was being reflected in her eyes.

"Everything is alright! You don't need to worry about me. I'll go and change my attire, you can continue your work." Anusha said rapidly and went inside the washroom leaving a dumbfounded Abhay behind.

To say Abhay was perplexed would be an understatement. Unknowingly he was feeling furious not at Anusha's behaviour but he felt a sudden rise of anger towards the reason behind Anusha's anxiousness.

Abhay kept on pacing inside his room and waited patiently for Anusha to come out. He wanted to speak to his wife and understand if she is facing any problem or needs help.

Abhay continued pacing in the room for next fifteen minutes and felt more nervous by passing minute.

He ambled towards the washroom and slightly knocked at the door making Anusha aware of his presence.

"Anusha are alright? Have you freshen up? Anusha can you please respond--" Abhay continued speaking but was interupted when he saw Anusha walking out. There were patches of dry tears on Anusha's cheeks, making Abhay extremely worried.

"Anusha stop ignoring my questions, here I am worried sick for you and instead of sharing your problems with me your are trying to be a tough nut to crack." Abhay whisper yelled and held Anusha by her right arm.

"If I am being so much of a burden for you then please feel free to ignore me. Stop running after me when you can also simply ignore me and my problems. When I am not responding you to then it's pretty much clear that I do not want to discuss over it. If I am being so much of a headache for you then you can also leave me alone like other's." Anusha huffed out without thinking over her words. The moment she finished her rant, it was then when she realised that what words had she uttered out of her mouth.

"Abhay--I--" Before Anusha could mumble further she felt Abhay's hold on her hand going weak. She saw Abhay leaving their room in a haste and it was enough to make her feel more miserable. Anusha closed her eyes and felt like screaming for help. Tears started flowing through her eyes like a stream, she wanted to share her insecurities and problems with her husband but the effect of her bad day had only ruined things with her husband. She didn't wanted to mix her professional and personal life but today's incident had shaken her to core and that had left a huge impact on Anusha.

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Currently all the members of Gupta family were going back to their respective rooms after having their dinner. Abhay was the first one to move to his room quickly while Anusha decided to help her mother in law in the kitchen.

On the other hand Abhay was lying on his bed, his eyes were closed while his focus was soley on Anusha's absurd behaviour.

He was still wondering on numerous thoughts when he heard a little shuffling besides himself and he was aware that Anusha had came back.

"Abhay I am sorry, I didn't mean to yell or hurt you." Anusha said with her teary eyes, her voice appeared to be quite strained and all Abhay wanted to do was to provide solace to his wife but before that he had to bring the truth out of his wife's mouth.

"You didn't want to hurt me but you did Anusha. Here I was being worried sick for my wife and you are being so adamant to not share your feelings with me. I am your husband and it's my duty to take care of my wife and stand by her side throughout but you are nowhere understanding my concern. For a second I thought that my wife is not speaking to me but it's that old Anusha Kapoor bursting out at me." Abhay huffed out while looking in other direction because all the words which he had uttered out of his mouth were to rile Anusha up so that she speaks her heart out. He knew that his wife was no longer her older version but the stunt he had pulled was necessary because Anusha was still hiding the truth inside her heart.

To say Anusha suddenly felt suffocated by Abhay's words would be an understatement. She was stunned by her husband's words and felt like crying. All she ever wanted was to not behave like her previous self and because of her bitter day she had ruined her relationship with Abhay.

Abhay could sense that Anusha was feeling guilty over her actions and was blaming her own self but still there was a deep and haunting silence between them which could only create further misunderstandings that's why Abhay decided to take his last step.

"I am leaving." Abhay said surprising Anusha.

"But where are you going this late in night?" Anusha questioned timidly.

"I don't think my stay over here would make any difference because my wife is not ready to share her worries with me then I think I should go and spend my time with my friends. My childhood friend is coming today from Abroad, so I have decided to go and meet her." Abhay said without paying any attention to his wife.

"Her?" Anusha mumbled silently feeling lost because of Abhay's statements.

"But you never told me about this childhood friend of yours?" Anusha questioned a little strongly trying to imply that she was upset at her husband.

"So? Neither you are telling me about the reason behind your absurd behaviour? So I am leaving, Goodbye!" Abhay said hurriedly and he knew it was just about a minute that his wife would blurt out all her hidden feelings in front of him.

"How should I tell my husband that his wife got harrased by her junior assistant in her office today? How should I tell my husband that how much disgusted I feel? How should I explain my husband that I am feeling beyond terrified and I just want to kill myself because I wasn't able protect myself from his torments. How should I explain to everyone that I couldn't do anything in that moment because I felt as if I was paralysed." Anusha at last yelled out the truth which she was hiding from her husband and finally ended up crying in front of Abhay.

On the other hand Abhay was finding it hard to even breathe. He was feeling as as if someone had stabbed him in his heart with a dagger. Abhay felt tears rushing down his cheeks while looking at his wife's sobbing body. He gritted his teeth in anger.

Abhay embraced his wife in his arms and it was then when Anusha started crying hysterically. She kept on sniffing in between her words and felt her throat closing up.

"I was busy doing my work in my cabin when that assistant came asking for a file, I had turned my attention in searching for that file when within a fraction of second, he had pushed me against the wall . I couldn't do anything Abhay----I wanted to scream our for help but he had covered my mouth with his hand, I kept on wriggling in his hold but he kept on touching me on my arms and waist. Thankfully my other assistant started knocking at my cabin door which made that man remove his disgusting body away from me. I was about to tell everyone what he did with me but that jerk had blackmailed me.

He blackmailed me that if I reveal his real intentions in front of everyone then he would keep on tormenting me and I--I can't cope up with all these things Abhay. I can't!" Anusha sobbed and clutched her husband's shirt tightly.

Abhay felt the anger inside him rising with passing second but he knew his first priority was to take care of Anusha and then at last he would make sure to teach that jerk a lesson.

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Hey Guys 🌸

•How was the chapter?

•How many of you for a second thought that Anusha's old self has returned back?

•Workplace harassment with females is something which shouldn't be taken casually, it's a crime and the people who assualt females in their office's or any other place should be punished.

•Little spoiler for next chapter- I'll drop some emojis and you all can guess as to what will happen in next chapter.
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