•ANNIKA•
She was feeling so helpless and terrible. Marrying Shivay was her dream, the last time when he asked her out for marriage before all this ruckus took place in their lives, she literally jumped with joy. She still remembers how she screamed with excitement in front of Sheetal and the panditji when they decided the date of their wedding, embarrassing herself in front of everyone last time but today this proposal gave her nothing but pain. She could not understand why her life was playing with her.

She was dying to marry Shivay. She clearly remembers how she was so happy on the day of her wedding. It was as if she was going to get a new life. She always missed having a family and finally she was going to have her own. but everything that happened in the last few months literally shook her and the thing which she got to know today have literally shook her existence. Her Shivay doubted her? How could she even digest it? Will she ever forget this? What to do when your own family is the reason of your pain? One can fight the strangers but not whom they love. She could not accept the fact that her love was judged. She missed her sister a lot today. What has she been told about Annika? Did she know that her sister had been through all this? Annika was feeling as if her heart will explode out of pain. She randomly hired an auto without even knowing where was she heading to. Life was such a player. She loves Shivay, a lot! She could not live without him but she can't even live with him at this moment. What is she supposed to do? She cried and cursed her existence.

•SHIVAY•
He was out on the road, his car fighting a war with the wind. The speed was high. He was just trying to figure out his life, his Annika but she was no where.

What the hell has he done to her? Why did he even left her alone in the room. It was not that he wanted to hide this mistake from her but he didn't want this to come in front of her in this way. He wanted to tell all this to her, by himself, after making himself strong.
It was true that he was the one who doubted her love, Akash's love but he was partially at fault. Everything that happened didn't give him any time to think properly.

Moreover Rahul was the one who manipulated his mind talking shit about Annika and Akash. But wait!  was he supposed to believe anything that is said to him about Annika? Was his own love for her so weak that he trusted random comments on her character? Instead of giving him a stern reply, Shivay trusted Rahul. This means his own love for Annika was not perfect and even for Akash for the matter of fact. A few drops of tears made way from his eyes. He was really broken today, more than he ever was.

"Please don't leave me Annika! I can't even think of living without you" he said to himself, he was feeling so helpless and broken. He knew he committed a sin but compensating it in this way was too much for him. He almost lost Annika a few months ago and he knew what it felt like to live without her for six damn months. He can't suffer it all again. He can't lose her again, all at once this time. He searched for her on road but it was all vacant.

•ANNIKA•
The auto rider was asking her again and again where she wanted to go but it was as if she was dumb, her senses were not working. what should she even reply to him. She herself was not aware of where she wanted to go. It was just that she wanted to be alone, but where, she had no idea.

Getting irritated from the constant intervention of the auto rider, she asked him to leave her to the bus stop. That's where she could think of going for the time being. She would sit there and decide what she wants to do with life further but for the time, she would be sitting there alone, that's what she wanted.

•SHIVAY•
The speed of the car was just increasing and so were his heartbeats. Time was slipping away from his hands but she was no where to be found, what should he do? Where should he find her now? What is he gonna do now? She had just gone like that! There was no money, no mobile nothing with her. she is so weak, she has hardly recovered from all the trauma, What if something happened to her again? How will he even forgive himself? All these things were creating a havoc in Shivay's heart and mind.

As the time passed, he felt his mind stopping. He was just cursing himself for the situation. He was the one responsible for everything. For the first time in life, Shivay was feeling so cheap of himself. Wasn't he same like his own father and brother?? He hated his father for betraying his mother but how was he different? He was no different, he was the same. He betrayed his love Annika and his friend Akash, the one who gave his life for him and Annika. Could he ever be forgiven for what he has done? He was just crying thinking all this while his eyes flowed numerous painful tears.

The moment all these things made a pressure in his mind, he felt a different kind of sharp pain developing inside the veins of his head. It felt as if his heartbeat would stop any minute and the mind would burst like an atom bomb. He felt himself losing the control of the car and the last thing he remembered was a loud crashing sound of his car on the road.

•ANNIKA•
She was not able to feel herself going away from Shivay. She knew he would be really hurt from her decision but she also knew this was the only option she had for the moment. Her heart was asking her to go back to him, to fight with him for what he had done, to shout on him, but to be with him while her mind demanded to not see him again for a while. Her mind wanted to be at a distance from her.

As soon as the auto was moving forward, she was feeling her heart breaking into pieces. Going away from him was not easy, it was like going away from life. She kept her hand on her heart the moment it started beating really fast. Why was she suddenly feeling so scared and perplexed. It felt as if something was not right, as if she was going to do something really bad. She felt herself shaking out of fear, a strange weird negative kind of fear.

The sudden breaks applied by the driver brought her back from the daze. She saw the road only to see a rush on the road. A group of some people were standing on the road surrounding a tree. They were all looking really shocked and surprised. The driver told her that it was a commotion because of an accident that took place. She knew the bus stop was near. She only had the gold ring she was wearing. She gave him her gold ring as the fair.

The moment the driver realised that she was paying him with the ring, his eyes got widened with amusement. Observing her face for a second he replied " I can't take this ring mam"

"I don't have any money. This is the only thing that I have" she replied with a plain face.

"It's okay madam! Pay me some other time. I live near the colony of the bus stop only. Anyway you are looking really tensed. It's okay if you can't pay me now. Also the fair is really less in comparison of the cost of the ring." He said to her.

Wasn't it rare to meet people who understand your pain and suffering very easily without even saying anything. This auto driver was one such man. She passed a thankful smile to him and started to move further without giving any importance to the accident that took place although her heart was still beating faster and that weird uneasy feeling was now more pronounced.

It was only when she actually surpassed the whole accident scene when some very familiar name entered her ears,
"That man in the car is Dr. Shivay Singh Oberoi" She heard someone saying.

The moment this name reached her ear, her hands trembled and she felt herself running back to the crowd. She combed through the crowd as soon as she could, her mind going all crazy as well as shutting off. She somehow tore apart the rush of people standing and reached the car.

He was lying there unconsciously while his head was bleeding badly. His eyes were closed and his face looked really weak, the tears shining on his cheeks.

"Shivaaaayyyyyyyy!!!" She screamed with all her courage and rushed towards him. Touching his bleeding face with her trembling fingers she cried bitterly
"Shivayyy...wake up.... see I am here! Your Annika is here, please open you eyes" her cries reached the ears of the crowd. People were now able to understand why this woman was trying to get inside the crowd. Some of them went near her to console her while some looked at her with sympathy.

"Someone call the damn ambulance....please!!!!" she shouted and screamed. She cupped his face and cried out his name, trying to wake him up while her own heart felt like losing the race of life. She cursed herself for living him alone like that. After some moments which felt like eternity, she heard the loud ringing alarm of the ambulance. The wardboys laid him down on the stretcher while the police asked the trespassers what they saw. Annika felt herself dragging her body lifelessly towards the ambulance. Her life was lying down on stretcher in front of her eyes, because of her. Can life be more cruel than this? She thought while entering the ambulance and sat beside him holding his hands.

Precap : The Storm

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