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"Bhabhi let me escort you to your room and then I will carry this kumbh karan with me " Om pointed at sleeping Rudra.

" Aree..no Om, it's already late..you must be tired too. I shall go alone you take care of Rudra...hmm!"

"Okay. Good night"

...

'Reached the hotel'

Anika smiled reading Shivaay's message. It was already past 3 in the night and she had to leave early at office tomorrow.

Switching off the side lamp, Anika lied back on her closing her eyes.

Anika frowned in her sleep feeling a sensation on her legs..she tossed around snuggling more inside her blankets..but after sometime she felt same sensation moving up her legs and then her hands,
being a heavy sleeper she couldn't comprehend what actually it is..

Thinking that Bravo would be roaming around the bed to find better spot she sighed before ignoring it.

"Umm..bravo stop moving and sleep!" Anika scolded feeling the same but she jerked woke up from the sleep as soon as she felt it wasn't bravo but something else.

Her eyes turned wide looking at the masked man hovering upon her, before she could shout for the help he closed her mouth muffling her shouts.

Anika tried pushing him by her hands, all panicked and in shock but that man didn't seem to budge.

Tears leaked her eyes due to helplessness, the man caught hold of her hands before stuffing handkerchief in her mouth.

"Shhh... sweetheart.. don't stress just let me enjoy!" The bastard spoke. Anika anxiety level raised hearing his words.

She tried pushing him through her legs but he wouldn't budge.

"Now now... don't make it tough for me..just few minutes okay...you know how much I missed touching you, biting those soft skin of your's."

He was a complete psycho and Anika felt dirty listening to him. She tried calming oneself as panic won't help her. She needs to call for help and also save herself from this monster.

He moved closer to her mouth while Anika tried to move back and she knew it's now or never, without another thought she raised her knees hitting in his shine.

The guy cursed while shouting in pain, taking benefit of his distraction, she pushed him with all her force and rushed towards the door throwing away the cloth from her mouth.

"Help...Om...Om...Rudra....Maaaa......Help..." She rushed out escaping from the bastard. Non stop tears rushed down her cheeks as she knocked loudly on Om's door.

The door opened and without second she lept in Omkara's embrace crying her heart out.

Omkara panicked looking at her bhabhi's state. Rudra too had woken up with loud banging and was shocked listening to her loud cries.

"Bhabhi..shh....kya ho gaya? Are you okay? What happened?"

"Bhabhi..Bhabhi...kya hua hai.. please bataiye... please bhabhi.." Anika was in no state to answer there questions. All she was doing was wailing with her hands tightly clutching Om's shirt.

"Rudra close the door, we don't want anyone else to see and know..and bring water for bhabhi" Om carressed her hairs trying to calm her down.

"You are fine..shh..we are here..it's okay, calm down bhabhi...please" he rubbed her back trying to soothe her with words.

Anika just snuggled more into him and continued weeping.

"Rudra, call Shivaay right now." Omkara knew something big has happened this time and only Shivaay will be able to calm down her.

Rudra wiped his tears and fumbled around looking for his phone , he quickly dialed Shivaay's number waiting for him to pick up.

"Rudra ..

"Bhaiya, something happened..bhabhi is crying..she isn't calming down bhaiya, she will fell ill." Rudra explained controlling his tears.

"Give her the phone"

"Bhabhi, Shivaay bhaiya wants to talk to you..." Rudra forwarded the phone but Anika was too emotional to talk."

"Rudra put it on speaker" Omkara tightened his hold around her.

Shivaay could hear her cries and wails from the other side, and in that moment he was on his way towards airport. He had a slight idea but wasn't aware that his fear had turn out to be true.

"Anika..Anika listen to me please stop crying. Talk to me, tell me what happened, I'm here, Om and Rudra are there ..what happened.. please calm down."

As if listening to him, her brain responded slowly trying to calm her cries down and now only hiccups left her mouth.

"Drink some water bhabhi" Omkara helped her drinking water while Rudra carressed her head.

"I'm here Anika, we are here, tell us what happened..." Shivaay encouraged her to speak trying to calm his raised heartbeats. Her every cry was like someone was pinching his heart.

"I..hiccup..I..need you Shiv... please..c..c" saying this she fell unconscious.

"Bhabhi..
Bhabhi..
Anika.."

"Bhaiya , bhabhi behosh (unconscious) ho gayi hai..aap jaldi aa jao please."

"Call the doctor Om and I will be there as soon as possible." Shivaay cut the call punching the window in distress and anger.

"Khanna I had given you one task and you did not fulfill it properly, I want all CCTV photage from yesterday till today midnight ready by the time we land in Mumbai."

"Arnav..Anika needs us." This sentence was enough for Arnav to leave everything behind and rush towards airport.
..

"I already informed you guys that she has to be kept away from stress, today something happened that triggered her and with constant crying her body has given up, making her go unconscious. I have given her injection and when she wakes up first thing you guys do is give her juice and something healthy to eat."

"Yes doctor, when will she wake up?"

"I cannot say that Mr.Oberoi, it depends on her body and her strength how she overcomes it." (Mr.Oberoi here is Omkara)

"Oh..okay. Thank you for coming here at such short notice."

"No problem, it's my duty after all."

Omkara left to see off the doctor while Rudra sat beside Anika carresing her forehead.

"Aisa kya ho gaya jo aapki yeh halat ho gayi hai bhabhi! Aap toh khidkitod Anika ho naa , meri strong bhabhi, aap ko hum aise nahi dekh sakte bhabhi.. please jaldi theek ho jaiye!"

"Rudra you take rest, I will be here for her." Omkara moved towards the couch.

"O ..I will be there too"

"But.."

"No O, I want to make sure she is fine."

Omkara sighed giving up, he stopped as something striked his mind.

"Rudra, you stay here. I will be back." Om moved towards Shivaay and Anika's room to find everything as it was on it's place . Nothing seemed suspicious as if something happened here!

He turned around walking out only to step on crumpled and wet handkerchief.

He picked it up and knew this didn't belong to any of gents present in the mention except 2 that is Daksh and his Dad. As their handkerchief had their name's first letter patent on it.

...

"I hope she is okay Shivaay, I just don't know why it's happening to her, I mean before mairrage there was no such incidents and now it feels as if everybody is busy targeting her. I am failing as brother, I cannot even protect her.."

Arnav's words rang in his mind ' Before mairrage there was no such incidents happening' Arnav didn't meant to but he unconsciously spoke those words that was literally like smack on Shivaay's face. He knew his best friend doesn't mean any of it but that is 100% true ..from the time they got engaged to hitched Anika is just suffering, all she is going through is pain and tears and somewhere he is the reason.

"Shivaay.. Shivaay"

"Huh" he looked at him with questionable look.

"We landed, let's get going."

"Yeah ..." They rushed towards car, it was already morning in India.

"Sir, here are the photage which you asked for but sir due to soem technical glitch camera's were not working for an hour or so around the mansion." Khanna informed passing the tab as Arnav and Shivaay sat inside the car.

"Around what time Khanna?"

"Around midnight between 2-3 sir"

'It's around the time when Rudra called..this has something to do with it and this mystery can only be solved by one person that is Anika' Shivaay thought.

Screen stopped at Anika's unconscious figure.

... To be continued.

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Hey guys! I hope you liked the chapter.

A very big twist coming up and trust me it's gonna be very exciting and intriguing.
Daksh track is gonna be over soon. All I wanna say is trust your Writer🙂

Till then stay tuned!

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