Next morning,

      Annika opened her eyes as some voice disturbed her sleep. She opened her eyes and looked around in confusion. Then she realized that was her phone's alarm ring. She took her phone from side table and turned off the alarm and checked the time.

Annika-"7:15??? Shivaay came or not?"

      She got up hurriedly from the bed and ran outside. She checked in the kitchen and hall but no one was there. Then she came towards the window.

A-"His car is not here. That means he didn't come yet. Koi nhi he will come in sometime."

      She said and again went inside. She looked at Sahil who was sleeping peacefully. She then went to washroom to get ready. She came out after getting ready and again checked her phone. But disappointed as there was no any message or call from Shivaay.

A-"Should I call him? No no may be his flight got delayed. Let's wait for sometime more."

      She said to herself and then came to Sahil and sat beside him on the bed. She bend down and kissed on his forehead.

A-"Today is very important day for you my baccha. You know it was my dream to see you all fit n fine. And today it's going to be fulfill. I am so so happy Sahil. Finally you can able to walk, run, jump and do whatever you want. And it's all because of Shivaay."

      She said to sleeping Sahil and she remembered their past. How Shivaay behaved with Sahil, how he tortured him. But now, now he loves Sahil more than her. He cares for him so much and will do anything for Sahil just like he will do anything for OmRu.

A-"We are so lucky to have Shivaay, hai na Sahil? He did many mistakes but repented all of them and now he is changed into a best person. He was good grandson, good son, good brother from before itself. But now he is best husband and best brother in law, hai na?"

      Annika said smilingly and looked at Sahil who was still sleeping.

A-"Now all things are getting normal. After your operation I will talk with Shivaay about us and then finally we all can start our new life. All problems and tensions are over now."
    
      She said and ruffled Sahil's hairs lovingly.

A-"I just hope all things will happen nicely. Please Shivaay come back soon. I am missing you."

      She said and then called Sahil's name softly.

A-"Sahil, Sahil wake up baccha."

      Annika said but Sahil didn't move.

A-"Sahil utho, we have to leave for hospital na. Wake up."

      Annika said ruffling his hairs and he opened his eyes slowly.

A-"Good morning."

      Annika said with a bright smile and he just smiled.

A-"Get up fast and go get ready. We have to leave in sometime."

Sahil-"SSO? He came?"

      Sahil asked looking around.

A-"Not yet. But he will come soon. You go n get ready. Till then I will boil some milk for you. Doctor said you can have only one glass milk before the operation. Nothing else."

      Annika said and Sahil nodded.

Sa-"Ok but I want to sleep for sometime."

A-"No Sahil. We have to leave in sometime. So get up now. And about sleep, you have to do that for next one week right? Aaj se 8-10 din sirf bed pr letna hi toh hai. Toh abhi ke liye uth jao."

      Annika joked and Sahil made faces but got up.

A-"Good boy. Now go."

      Annika helped him and he left from there. Annika again looked at the clock.

A-"7:45.... Shivaay is not here still. What happened? Even if flight got delayed why he didn't message me? He didn't even call or message me from last night. When I called him before match, he just said I have reached and ended the call. Then didn't call me after the match too. I messaged him to congratulate him for winning the match but he didn't replied. What it means?"

      Annika said looking at her phone. She was confused about his behavior.

A-"He was fine till yesterday when he left from here. So what happened after that?"

      Annika started thinking about possible reasons and then something came to her mind.

A-"When I told him about reports yesterday he didn't react much. That means he is upset that I am... I am not pregnant??"

      She smiled sadly.

A-"Of course he is very upset. He was so excited for that thing more than me too. But he didn't say anything to me nor he showed that he was disappointed by that news. Only for me. I was crying so he didn't show that he was upset too. Mujhe bura na lage isliye kuch nhi kaha."

      Tears formed in her eyes.

A-"If you want to spend some time alone then take your time Shivaay. But when you will come back na I will not allow you to be sad. I will do something to make you feel better."

      She said now coming to their photo frame and took that in her hands.

A-"But for that come fast na. You know na we have to admit Sahil in hospital in just one hour. I know I know you will come before that, but please come as soon as possible na. Then take your alone time I will not say anything. But now just come back to me."

      She said hugging that photo frame. Again tears formed in her eyes but she wiped them as Sahil called her from behind. Annika turned to Sahil.

Sa-"What happened Didi? You are crying?"

      Annika came to him and sat on her knees in front of him.

A-"Noo..... These are happy tears. I am so happy for you today na, so....."

Sa-"No way you are not allowed to cry...happy sad jo bhi ho. And where is SSO? He promised me that he will not allow you to cry and will be with you."

A-"So he will come Sahil. Don't worry. Now you go and sit in the hall. I will bring milk for you."

      Annika said and Sahil left from there. Annika again looked at her phone for any message but nothing was there. She moved towards kitchen.

      She poured some warm milk in one glass for Sahil and was about to left from there when her phone rings.

A-"Shivaay....."

      Annika ran to the table to take her phone happily. She took her phone in hand but again disappointed as it was from daadi.

A-"Daadi? Arre haa may be Shivaay went to Oberoi Mansion first. Let's see."

      She said and answered the call.

A-"Hello daadi, kaisi hai aap?"

Daadi-"I am fine puttar. What about you n Sahil? You both are fine na? And is Sahil ready for operation?"

A-"Haa daadi everything is fine."

D-"Good. Arre where is Shivaay? Give phone to him I want to talk with him. But his phone is switched off."

A-"Switched off?"

      Annika asked daadi and she started thinking again.

D-"Haa may be his phone is not charged. I called him because I knew you will be busy in some work as it's early morning. Koi nhi give it to him now."

      Daadi said and Annika was worried now.

A-"Shi...Shivaay is not there?"

D-"Here? Why will he come here puttar? He told me before leaving for Delhi that he will come to Oberoi Mansion now after Sahil's operation only."

A-"Really? Then where is he?"

      Annika murmured later part but daadi heard it.

D-"Where is he matlab? He is not there? What happened Annika? Is everything fine between you two?"

      Annika composed herself.

A-"Daadi daadi relax. Everything is fine. But Shivaay is not here."

D-"Not here means? Kaha hai phir?"

      Now daadi was worried too.

A-"Don't know daadi. He said that he will come till 7:00AM, but didn't come. But don't worry daadi, you said na his phone is switched off so may be his flight got delayed. We have to wait for him. And there is no need to worry."

      Annika was worried to but for daadi she said those lines in calm tone.

D-"Hmm may be. But still, 8 baj rahe hai abhi. You guys have to admit Sahil in hospital till 9 na?"

      Daadi asked.

A-"Don't worry daadi he will come before that."

D-"Ok fine. Waise bhi OmRu left from here before sometime. So they will come there soon. So till Shivaay came they will be with you. Me n Jhanvi will come in afternoon."

      Daadi said and Annika nodded.

A-"Ok daadi no problem."

D-"And if Shivaay don't come na, ask OmRu to find about him. Abhitak aa jaana chahiye tha na?"

A-"Daadi don't worry he will come. Aap tension mat lo n take care of yourself. I will ask Shivaay to call you."

D-"Ok. You too take care of Sahil and yourself and ask OmRu to call me after Shivaay comes. Byee."

      Daadi said and Annika ended the call. She didn't show it to daadi but now she was worried too. She immediately dialled his number but it was switched off. She tried his all numbers. But either they were currently unavailable or switched off.

A-"Shivaay are you fine na?"

      Annika said looking at her phone.

Sa-"Annika didi ....."

      Sahil called her and she went outside

A-"Haa Sahil"

Sa-"Where is SSO?"

A-"He will come Sahil. First you finish your milk."

Sa-"Didi look at the time. Where is he?"

A-"Sahil may be his flight got delayed or may be he is stuck in the traffic. You don't worry he will come."

      Annika said to him and again tried Shivaay's number but it was switched off. She went to the window and stood their looking outside. Sahil was looking at her.

Sa-"Why you are worried about something?"

      Annika turned to him.

A-"Nothing Sahil. I am fine."

Sa-"Worry is written on all over your face. What happened? Jhagda ho gaya phirse SSO ke saath?"

      Annika nodded in no.

Sa-"Phir?"

A-"Kuch nhi Sahil. You don't take stress. He will come."

Sa-"But why he is not here now? You know he promised me that....."

A-"Sahil I told you na he will come before that."

      Annika said in loud voice as Sahil was now angry on Shivaay.

A-"Tu chinta mat kr. Bas finish this milk soon."

       She said to him and was about to turn again but stopped as she heard the door bell.

A-"Shivaay....."

      She ran towards the door and opened it. OmRu were standing at the door. Annika's smile vanished.

A-"You guys came. I thought....."

      Rudra cutted her in between and hugged Annika.

Rudra-"Bhabhi, we won, we won. We won the match."

      Rudra said happily and Annika just stood their silently. Rudra broke the hug.

R-"Kya match tha... super se upar. Where is Bhaiya? I want to ask him something about the match."

      Rudra said and looked around.

R-"Bhaiya Bhaiya come out. Look who is here? Aapka pyaara Rudy."

      Rudra said and winked at Annika. All this while Om was looking at Annika.

Om-"What happened bhabhi? Is everything alright?"

      Annika looked at Om and just nodded before asking them to come inside. They came inside.

O-"But bhabhi, you are looking disturbed by something. Shivaay said something to you again?"

      Annika nodded in no.

R-"Arre why he is not coming out? Sahil where is Bhaiya?"

      Rudra asked Sahil.

Sa-"Pata nhi."

      Sahil said and OmRu looked at him.

O-"Matlab??"

A-"Om he is not here still. He said he will come in early morning but didn't come. And daadi called me, he is not in Oberoi Mansion too."

O-"Haa that's because he said he will come here first. But he is not here? So where is he?"

A-"I don't know Om. Maybe his flight got delayed."

      Annika said and Rudra replied,

R-"Yeah may be that's the reason. Arre I even asked him why you are going by plane and not by our chopper. Toh he said he have to go with his some sponsors and business partners."

      Rudra said and Annika remembered Shivaay told her yesterday that he is going with Singhania uncle and other two sponsors.

A-"Haa he said he was going with them. Should I call Singhania uncle?"

      Annika asked Om.

O-"Singhania uncle? Ohh.. Ram Singhania??"

A-"Haa I know him. Can I call him? I am so worried now Om. We can just ask Uncle where are they, right?"

O-"Ok bhabhi, but let me first try Shivaay's number again. Kya pata now he is available."

      Annika agreed and Om called Shivaay but his number was still switched off.

A-"Nhi laga na? Wait I will call Singhania uncle now."

      Annika dialled Ram Singhania's number and he picked it up after some seconds. Annika puts the phone on speaker.

Ram-"Hello....."

      Came his sleepy voice.

A-"Hello uncle good morning. I am Annika?"

Ram-"Annika????? Ohh...Annika beta, how are you? And why you called me early in the morning? Is everything fine?"

      Ram asked her worriedly.

A-"Uncle sorry for disturbing you but please tell me where are you now?"

Ram-"Where?? On my bed...hahaha I mean in my house beta."

      Ram said and OmRu and Annika looked at each other.

A-"Uncle you...you went to Delhi right?"

Ram-"Haa your Shivaay was also with me."

      Ram said and laughed.

A-"So you came back already?"

Ram-"Haa we came early at 6:30 in the morning."

A-"6:30???? How can this is possible?"

      Annika shouted looking at OmRu.

Ram-"Sorry? What happened beta? Why you are sounding so worried?"

A-"Uncle was Shivaay with you?"

Ram-"Haa we both came together in same plane. But what happened?"

A-"N.....Nothing uncle he is still not here so...so I just asked."

      Annika said, now she was more worried for Shivaay.

Ram-"He is not at home? How? Arre wait a minute haa he came to receive Shivaay na......What's his name... Haaa Khanna, Khanna came to receive Shivaay and they were talking about something."

      Ram said and Annika looked at OmRu and trio sighed in relief.

A-"Khannaji..... Ok thank you uncle. And sorry for disturbing you."

      Annika apologised to Ram and he smiled.

Ram-"Arre not at all beta. And don't worry may be he left for some work. He will come home after that."

A-"Ok uncle thanks."

Ram-"And call me if there is any problem ok?"

      Ram said and Annika ended the call after saying ok.

A-"Om, Khannaji ko call kro."

      Annika said and On dialled Khanna's number. Rudra remembered something.

R-"Arre haa when I woke up I saw Khanna who was leaving from the mansion in Shivaay Bhaiya's car."

A-"Toh Khannaji ko pata hoga hi."

      Khanna receives the call and Om put the phone on speaker.

Khanna-"Hello Om sir"

A-"Hello Khannaji mein Annika"

      Annika said before Om replied to Khanna.

K-"Hello mam, what happened?"

A-"Khannaji you went to airport na? Where are you now? And where is Shivaay? He is fine na? He is with you now, right?"

      Annika asked questions in one go.

K-"No mam. I am at Oberoi Mansion and I don't know about Shivaay sir."

      Khanna said and all others looked at each other shocked.

R-"Don't know means? You went to receive him na, then?"

      Rudra was first one to react.

K-"I went to the airport to receive Shivaay sir but he asked me to go and said he will come by his own. He just took car keys from me and left."

      Khanna said and Annika was confused as well as worried now.

A-"That means he came back from Delhi. If he is here then why he didn't come here till now. Where he went? He knew na today we have to admit Sahil in hospital."

      Annika said and OmRu and Sahil was confused too.

O-"I am thinking about the same bhabhi. N his phone is switched off, he is neither in Oberoi mansion nor in any of his office. So where is he?"

      Om said and tears formed in Annika's eyes.

A-"Om kahi Shivaay ko kuch....."

      She sat on the floor with thud and OmRu ran to her.

R-"Bhabhi don't think like that. Khanna said, Shivaay Bhaiya wanted to come by his own. May be he went to do some work."

A-"Work?? No Rudra, he knew today is Sahil's operation and how can he missed it. He even promised me and Sahil that he will come early in the morning. So why will he go for any work? No Om I think he is in some trouble. We have to save him."

      Annika said holding Om's hand tightly and started crying.

O-"Bhabhi shshhhh don't cry bhabhi. Shivaay thik hoga. You first stop crying. I will do something."

A-"Do something fast Om. I want him right now."

R-"Bhabhi first you stop crying. What if he see you like this haa. He will scold me for this then. So for me stop crying."

      Rudra wiped Annika's eyes and hugged her. Om was thinking about what to do. He decided he will ask Khanna first to trace Shivaay's location. Om was about to call Khanna when his mobile beeped. Annika looked at Om.

A-"Shivaay..... Om check that message. May be Shivaay ka hoga."

      Annika said and Om read the message.

A-"Shivaay hi hai na?"

      Annika asked hopefully.

O-"N....No bhabhi.... It's not from Shivaay. It's... It's from mobile company. Some offer nothing else."

      Om said looking down at that message and Annika again tried Shivaay's number. But it was still switched off.

A-"Kaha ho Shivaay? Om call someone na, we have to search him."

      Om came to Annika and sat beside her.

O-"Bhabhi I think we have to go to the hospital. See the time. Doctor said we have to admit Sahil early in the morning tabhi aaj operation ho paayega."

      Om said and Annika looked at him shocked. Before she says something Rudra said,

R-"But O, Bhaiya is missing. We have to find out him first na? Then only we can think about the operation and all other things."

Sa-"Haa haa pehelwaan is right. We are going no where before SSO comes back to us. Didi should I call police station?"

      Sahil who was angry on Shivaay before sometime and so was silent till now, said worriedly as now he was scared too. Annika looked at Sahil.

A-"Mujhe bahut darr lag raha hai Rudy Kahi unhe kuch....."

      Before Annika completes Om cutted her in between.

O-"Bhabhi, he is alright, ok? He have to. He knew that he is great wall of Shivaay Singh Oberoi and for all of us he have to be alright. So don't worry."

      Om said wiping Annika's tears.

O-"But I think we have to admit Sahil in the hospital now. What if Shivaay is perfectly fine? He will come back soon and then will scold all of us for not admitting Sahil."

      Om said and Annika started thinking.

A-"Om, I am also feeling he is fine. Agar unhe kuch hota toh mujhe feel hota na... But I am fine... But still we have to find him before anything else. We can admit Sahil tomorrow also na?"

O-"Bhabhi, you know na Shivaay took today's appointment before 15-20 days. And that one special surgeon is coming for his operation. So we have to do it today only."

R-"Om haa you are right. Still we have to find out Bhaiya first na? At least we can call police commissioner first. Then we will think about operation and all."

    Rudra said and Annika started thinking. Om hits on Rudra's head without anyone's notice. Rudra looked at Om and Om asked him to keep quiet.

O-"Bhabhi, now don't think about anything. First let's go, we will admit Sahil in the hospital. Doctors has to do many tests before the operation right? So we have to admit him soon. Then if  Shivaay will not come till then then we will call police and all."

A-"But Om....."

      Om cutted her in between.

O-"No if and but bhabhi. You said na you feels he is fine. So have faith. We will admit Sahil first then will talk with the commissioner. Warna Shivaay bhi thik hoga n operation bhi nhi hoga. N upar se Shivaay gussa krega woh alag."

      Om said and Annika didn't know what to do.

O-"Bhabhi don't think much. Go and get Sahil's files. Rudra go and bring some water for bhabhi. Go fast."

      Om said and Rudra looked at him confused but went to kitchen as Om signalled him to go. Annika was still sitting on the floor.

O-"Annika bhabhi, go 9 baj gaye hai. We are leaving in next 5 minutes."

      Om said sternly and made her stand on her feet.

O-"Saahil, go with bhabhi. You change your clothes and come with your files."

      Om said and Annika left with Sahil. Om took a deep breath and took out his phone from packet and called Gauri.

O-"Gauri, listen carefully what I am going to say ok?"   

Precap :- Any guesses??😉😉

What do you think where is Shivaay??

Is he fine or in any trouble??

Will he able to come to hospital for Sahil's surgery or not?

And who messaged Om and what help Om needs from Gauri??

Guess krte raho next update tak.....😌😬😬

Ok, I know I am late and so sorry for that. Was busy with some work...

About the story, some very interesting part is coming in your way... 😎😎😍😍😍

Are you excited or not?🤔😍

So, this is the next part. Please read and give me your suggestions and views. Till then bye. Take care. Stay happy. Stay blessed.