Hlo darlings

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In the whole wide world, in billions of cities, there is a city, Mumbai. This place is the city of dreams for millions of people. People struggle here, to achieve their dreams and it is said, the one who tries is the one who wins.

And there she is, whose struggles are increasing with every bit of the air she is inhaling. A tiny part of her struggles always questions her, whether they will be paid or not ? But she always manages to shush them all.

She walked through the dark, silent street where no one could be seen or heard except the distant voice of barking of stray dogs or occasional passing of any vehicle. She clutched her worn bag tightly, to suppress her fear of darkness and the fear of facing a stranger who may be a beast in disguise of a human.

As she entered the street where her house was located, she breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off her forhead. She entered the house with a tiny hope in her heart that someone would come and pass a smile to her.

"Finally ! Look who's here ? Why have you come so early, Anika Ji ? You could have come when we would have died of hunger." Neelam burst out at her without giving her a chance to speak.

"Chachi I had to walk..."

"I don't want to hear your excuses. Do you even work whole day or just keep inventing new excuses to get rid of the work ?" Neelam didn't let Anika explain that she had no money to travel by an auto and had to walk till here.

"Now go and prepare the dinner." Neelam said and left towards her room and Anika went towards the kitchen to prepare food, ignoring her tears. It had become her routine but still, she couldn't help expecting something good everytime and it gives her nothing but pain.

Her feet were throbbing with pain as the whole day she couldn't sit even for a minute. Her first shift at the bar as a waitress starts at 3Am, she goes to the cafe as a baker at 9Am, then again, at 7pm her shift at bar starts again and finally ends at 10pm. She used to work as a baker but her Chacha ji asked her to take up the job of the bar waitress because it offered more money. Anika agreed just for the sake of her Dadi. But I'm doing all of this, she lost herself, she lost the respect she had in her eyes for herself. She feels disgusted when some drunkard call her as a waitress and tries to misbehave with her.

She served the food to her Chacha-Chachi and left towards her Dadi's room which was her abode for the remaining three hours before her next shift. She stared at her dadi's sleeping figure and she chuckled sadly.

"Dadi, you were my only support, the one who used to love me, then why did you do this to me ? I come here daily, with a gone to get a warm hug and to hear a few soothing words from your mouth. But all you do is to let me cry and plead. I need you Dadi. I love you. I'm missing you. Please get up, Dadi." Anika said while holding Savitri's hand.

She didn't realise when she slept afterall, she had noone whose lap is awaiting for her to keep her head in it. Noone is there to protect her from the harshness of this world. Noone is there for her to wipe away her tears.

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The black Mercedes sped towards the big mansion ignoring all the hustle and bustle of the city. He had no idea about the outside world as he was busy reading the files regarding his upcoming project that would take his grandfather's business to new heights of success.

For him, nothing matters more than his family and business. His day starts with his family and with a purpose to keep them happy and ends with the same.

He stepped out of his car as the driver opened the door for him. He walked inside the mansion as his eyes were fixed on the file until he was embraced in a bone crushing hug. The file long forgotten, he took his baby brother in his arms and soon they were joined by another pair of arms.

"I missed you so much, bhaiya. You didn't even call me from so long." Rudra complained like a kid and Om sighed at his over dramatic self.

"One hour, to be precise." Said Om making Shivaay chuckle and Rudra, as always ignored Om's words.

"Ok guys, so what's going on here ? I'm sure something is cooking in Rudra's mind." Asked Shivaay as he could guess the hidden reason behind Rudra's smile.

"Nothing, bhaiya. Prinku's visit is postponed. She will be coming home next weak instead of tomorrow. So I'm just happy that I'll get time to prepare for her welcome pra...  party." Rudra spoke enthusiastically and stuttered at the end because he was going to reveal his plan.

"And what kind of a party are you going to throw for her ? An artificial cockroach, lizard, snake or some other creepy thing ?" Om asked sarcastically.

"Rudra, don't you dare do anything of this sort this time. You know how sensitive Prinku is." Said Shivaay and Rudra like an obedient kid.

"Don't worry, bhaiya, I will always protect Prinku. But I will do the prank for sure, a harmless prank though." Rudra said sensibly but at the end his smile turned mischievous.

"Yeh nahi sudhrega !" Om and Shivaay exclaimed together as they walked past Rudra making him whine.

Shivaay went towards Janvi's room and heard her sobs as always. How much ever does he love his mother, he knows how wrong his mother is and he hates this one thing about her. She is the one who is at fault more than that cruel man who unfortunately is his father.

He knocked the door and the sobs stopped. His mother was going to do the same thing once again, to suppress her agony due to her weakness. She opened the door with a smile and he knew it was fake.

"Are you alright, Mom ?" Asked Shivaay with a hope that she will open up to him but she stayed mum. Janvi denied and asked him to sit with her.

“Nowadays you’re so busy with work that you don’t spend time with me.” Janvi spoke as she tried to suppress her sobs but she just couldn’t do that and burst out into tears.

“What happened, Mom ? What did he do now ?” Shivaay asked as his jaws clenched at the mere thought of the person in question. Janvi, as always chose to stay mum.

Shivaay stood up and dashed out of the mansion ignoring Janvi, Om and Rudra’s calls. He checked Tej Singh Oberoi’s location and then, his phone had to bear his wrath. He was about to sit in his car but Om and Rudra came towards him, panick clearly visible on their faces.

“Bhaiya ! Prinku.. she..” Rudra tried to speak but his tears betrayed him and Om took the matter in his hands. No matter how tough Rudra tried act, he couldn’t bear Prinku’s pain.

“Shivaay Prinku.. she tried to commit suicide.” Om spoke and a tear escaped from his eyes as well. Shivaay, though was scared the most, but he couldn’t afford to waste time here. He sat in the car followed by Om and Rudra and left towards the hospital where Priyanka was admitted by her roommate in her hostel.

They couldn’t believe that their ever smiling Priyanka was crying and shouting at the doctors that why did they save her. Shivaay rushed towards her and hugged her as tightly as possible.

“How could you do this, Prinku ? You know how much we love you ? Then why did you tried to do such a thing ?” Shivaay asked with a bit of anger and hurt.

“Bhaiya... I’m ashamed of him. I’m ashamed that he’s my father.” Priyanka spoke only one line but that one line was enough for Shivaay to know what might have happened. He felt angry on himself that he failed in hiding the disgusting truth from his baby sister. “But how did that happen ?” he thought.

“Bhaiya, I... I saw him with a woman in the farmhouse on the outskirts. I.. I had gone with my friends to spend some time. But.. I saw him there. I thought.. to give him a surprise and I followed him but..” Priyanka gave him the answer to his unasked question and started crying once again.

“Stop. Stop crying. You are my Prinku Pehelwan, you’re strong. Just because he is bad you want to leave us ? Are we also bad ?” Shivaay spoke and Priyanka nodded her head negatively. Om and Rudra too joined them in the special siblings hug.

“For now I’m allowing you to enter in our Obro hug, but don’t expect more.” Rudra said to Priyanka to cheer up her mood and he was successful too. So Shivaay could leave and settle the scores with the man who was responsible for his baby sister’s this condition.

"Rohit, where is he ?" Shivaay asked from Rohit and he answered quickly as if he was just waiting for him to ask this question.

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"Take this and get out. I'm bored. Now I don't need you." A man said and threw a bundle of notes towards the woman standing infront of him. The woman picked up the bundle and left from there.

"I just can't wait for you, darling. Just come soon. I'm waiting to have you. You'll have the honour to be the permanent mistress of Tej Singh Oberoi." Tej laughed as he rubbed his hand at the photograph of a girl with his eyes full of lust and his evil laughter echoing in the dark, empty room.

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Anika felt as if someone was following her. Whenever she turned around to look if someone was there, she found only the same dark street and. The moment she turned to walk towards her destination, someone hit her head from behind, making her unconscious.

On one hand was this girl, Anika who was alone because no one is there to hold her hand and soothe her pain while on the other hand, is Shivaay Singh Oberoi who has everything, a family, money and name but still he is alone. She has no one to wipe her tears while he doesn't show his tears to any one, wiping them away is too far. Almighty knows what is awaiting them.
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So, here is the first chapter. Do vote and please give your reviews.

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