Shlok continued to place light pats on Dhwani's shoulder while she stirred a bit also in her sleep.

His eyes drooped due to the heaviness of sleep. With his half opened eyes he saw the time in the clock. It was 1 in the night.

Dhwani had been finding it very difficult to sleep from the time her seventh month started. And Shlok also could not sleep feeling her stirring beside him.

Though Dhwani tried to sleep away from him so that he gets sleep; he wasn't ready to let go of her just for sleeping peacefully but definitely he wouldn't have got peace away from his wife anyways.

"Sok" she spoke with her rasp voice looking at her husband who was finding it very hard to keep his eyes open.

"Still it's night biwi...." he yawned.

"Sleep" he adjusted his chin over her hair.

"It's hurting a bit" she said painfully.

"You overslept on one side" he looked at her.

"Turn that side" he said and she did. He woke up and moved to the other side.

Lying beside her  he adjusted her head over his chest.

"Better?" he asked and she nodded her head. He kissed her forehead caringly and let her sleep in that position.

"Sok" she called again when he was sleeping.

"Um.... " he mumbled with his close eyes.

"It's hurting. I can't sleep" she got up and rested her head on the head rest.

Shlok opened his eyes immediately and sat beside her. "You have to sleep Mrs. Shlok" he cupped her face.

"It's hurting Sok" she looked at him with teary eyes.

"Okay...okay.... Relax" he wiped her face.

"Try sleeping like this only" he brought her head placing it over his shoulder and rubbed her shoulder.

Dhwani's shoulders relaxed and she slept on Shlok's shoulder. Surprisingly it was more comfy position for her to sleep.

Shlok's mouth was half open when he felt the arrival of day and opened his eyes.

Dhwani was still sleeping. He carefully made her to lie on the bed and stretched his muscles to get rid of the pain in his back and neck.

His neck still hurt. With that he walked to the washroom and took a hot water shower hoping to get rid of the pain.

When he was buttoning his shirt he saw Dhwani sitting up holding her stomach.

He hated seeing her face twisted in pain. "Sok" she cried and he immediately rushed to her.

"Hey" he cupped her face. "It's still paining" she looked at him.

"Okay... We will go to the doctor and everything will be fine" he consoled her.

She held his hand tightly as the pain went on increasing.

"You remember Bhabi had got the pain like this?" she asked and he guessed her worry.

"It can be for some different reason Dhwani. Please don't panic" he looked at her painfully.

"Will you choose the baby?" she asked smiling through her tears squeezing his hand.

"You think I will choose anyone other than you? Don't even ask" he said controlling his emotions.

"But Sok... " she tried to speak.

"Dhwani please.... I can't.....  I can't live without you okay.... Don't even think of leaving me or making me choose.... I will prefer dying than breathing one time without you" he kissed her hand.

"Please Sok.... I don't want our baby to hate you like I did to dad" she pleaded him.

"And don't make me to hate myself. I don't care who hates me or loves me. All I care is I love you okay and nobody can be more important to me than you. You trust me?" he asked.

She nodded her head.

"Whatever will happen promise me you won't give upon me. You will try everything to stay with me. You have to promise me that you will not leave me" he forwarded his palm.

She held it and whispered "promise"

He moved to kiss her forehead and carried her to the car while calling for his mother and informing her.

His parent insisted that they will also be with him but he said he will call them after reaching there.

Parking the car outside the hospital Shlok carried his wife as soon as possible inside.

They completed the initial procedure and admitted Dhwani in the emergency ward.

"Hey" he whispered sitting beside her while she was given some painkillers to tolerate the pain for the time being.

"The baby is going to go away na Sok?" she asked holding her stomach.

"I don't want to let it go...its my baby.. It's our baby..." she cried.

"For me you are my everything okay and I am not gonna lose you for anyone" he nodded his head determined.

"Our baby Sok" she cried holding his shirt while he leaned to kiss her cheek.

"Dhwani...  Please listen to me ... I do understand you love the baby... But do love it more than me? " he asked.

She nodded her head biting the lower lip.

"We have each other and we will survive" he spoke covering his pain behind cold face.

The nurse walked in along with the doctor to escort Dhwani to the operation room.

Shlok was walking holding her hand.

Dhwani still had hope that her baby will survive. The mother inside her was not ready to convince itself. And she knew of Shlok goes inside it with her he will choose her.

She remembered her promise to her husband.

But nothing in the world could make a mother to let her child die when she can save it.

"Sok... You don't come" she said and he looked at her confused.

"I don't want you to see me like that.  I don't want you to hear me scream painfully" she nodded her head.

He agreed and kissed her hand One last time.

"Remember you promised" he called while they took her inside.

The doctor had told him that there were some complications in Dhwani's pregnancy. The umbilical cord had been twirled around the baby's neck and it was struggling to move and breath. So they have to take it out.

But the doctor didn't assure if the baby will survive or not. Surely it was life threatening for Dhwani if it stayed in her stomach for more time.

So Shlok signed the documents giving his assent to carry on with the delivery of the baby and save his wife.

Shlok wanted to run inside the room everytime he heard Dhwani cry out of pain.

He leaned to the door and buried his head letting the tears to flow out.

It felt like he was watching her withering in pain in front of him.

"She is weakening.... Her pulse..." he heard the doctors scream from inside.

He saw the doctor rushing out.

"Doctor...  What happened?" he asked desperately.

"You're wife... She is finding it difficult to breath and her pulse is dropping" the doctor spoke.

"Can I please be with her...  Please" he begged. The doctor agreed and took him inside.

Dhwani was hardly conscious.

He neared her immediately and held her hand.

"You promised me didn't you?" he asked her anger and pain clouding his vision.

"Hey Dhwani are you listening?" he asked.

She did not respond...

"I swear if you don't get up now I am gonna jump off this building Now" he warned her.

"Dhwani... " he cried.

"You know told me once you saw me very happy in your dream and I was the happiest then. And I told you  that the most happiest I ever was when you said you love me right?" he asked.

"I was wrong..." he spoke with his paining throat.

"The most happiest I will be today. You know why?" he sniffed.

"Because this is the day when you will come back to me. You will show me that you love me more than anyone in this whole world." he looked at her painfully.

"Please Mrs. Sok... " his cries broke and he tried to hold them back.

But he couldn't.

"You never broke your promise" he whispered leaning his head beside her cheek.

"Dhwani.... " he shook her.

"Get up... " he screamed. "If it's some kind of prank na then I will never talk to you again" he warned her.

"Get up na... Please.... I don't want to be without you.... You want me to die?" he looked at her face.

"its all my fault...its all my fault... I wanted a baby and you had to suffer because of it. I am sorry...." he bent his head One side.

"For god sake Dhwani get up...  Why are you doing this to me?" he asked helpless.

"Mr. Trivedi we have placed your baby in incubator" the doctor placed a hand on Shlok's shoulder.

He stood up furiously.

"I had clearly told my wife should survive" he looked ready to blast any time.

"We did what we could do Mr. Trivedi... And she is the mother and if she wants her baby to alive. What could we do?" he pointed at Dhwani.

Shlok collapsed beside her.

"Why did you do this? Why?" he cried.

His every nerve pained like it will blast.

"I don't know anything just come back Dhwani.... Just come back.. Remember I had told you that you can never upset me? But now you are doing it and I also know you can't see me upset. So just wake up" he demanded.

"You promised me damn it .. You promised you will not leave me..." he cried....