Shivaay picked up Anika in his arms and went to her bedroom. He made her lye down on the bed while she was continuously sobbing.

Shivaay was caressing her head while she was resting her head on his shoulder.

S- Calm down, Nutsy. We won't let anyone take Pari. She's our baby and she'll live with us. Now please stop crying otherwise you'll spoil your health.

But Anika doesn't listen to him and continues to sob.

Shivaay was just controlling his tears which were on the verge of spilling after looking at Anika's condition.

S- Okay. You rest here. I'll go and prepare soup for you. You have to eat something.

Shivaay left the room and directly went to the kitchen. As soon as he saw Pari's toy on the kitchen platform. His dam of control broke and tears started spilling from his eyes.

He sat down on the floor with Pari's toy near his chest and started crying. He was missing his baby so much. He never thought that he'll cry for someone someday, but Pari is an angel who changed the Casanova SSO into a caring father.

He controlled his tears and wiped them. He has to act strong for Anika and Pari. He's the only pillar which is holding them together and he can't break like this. He immediately wiped his tears and stood up with determination.

Here Anika stood up from the bed and picked up Pari's photo frame which was kept on the table. She held the picture close to her chest.

She slumped down on the floor with her head on the floor and pari's photo close to her chest and she started crying.

A- Please come back to me, baby.

Both the souls were broken or rather say three souls were broken with this separation.

Shivaay finally prepared the soup and served it in a bowl and took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He went towards Anika's room and all his control flew away after seeing her condition. Tears started making it way in his eyes after seeing her. He made his way towards the bedside table and dropped a sleeping pill in the soup and stirred it till it got dissolved in the soup. He took the tray towards Anika and kept it on the floor and sat beside her.

S- Nutsy.

Anika stopped crying and looked at him. She slowly sat and clutched Pari's photo more closer to her chest.

S- Nutsy, have this soup.

Anika shook her head.

A- I can't eat anything. I don't even know if someone has fed my baby or not. How can I eat if she's hungry?

Shivaay pulled her closer to himself and caressed her back.

S- Nutsy, I know it's very difficult for you but trust me, I'm trying my best and we'll definitely bring back Pari to us. But if you'll skip meals and become weak then how will we fight for our Pari? You need some strength. Atleast eat for Pari. Please.

A- You'll bring back our Pari.

Shivaay nodded his head.

A- Pinky promise?

Anika said while forwarding her pinky finger to him and Shivaay held it with his pinky finger.

S- Pinky promise.Now eat a little.

Anika nodded her head with teary smile and Shivaay started feeding the soup to Anika. As Anika finished eating the soup, she started feeling drowsy and her eyes started closing. Finally she drifted into sleep.

She held her in his arms and pecked her forehead.

S- I'm sorry Anika, but I had to do this for you. You needed rest and if you would've drowned yourself in the memories of Pari then it will spoil your health more. I'm here to handle everything and I promise that Pari is our daughter and she will always be ours.

Shivaay picked up Anika in his arms and lied her down on the bed and covered her with the blanket while Anika was still holding Pari's photo close to her chest.

Shivaay moved out of her room and dial his lawyer's number.

S- What's going on, Mr. Tiwari? Did you get any lead?

L- Sir, the court has given tomorrow 12 pm time for the hearing of the custody case. And about the evidences against Mr. Rohit, then it proves that he's actual uncle of Pari and he's not lying.

S- Mr. Tiwari, I don't pay you to give me bad news. I don't care if he is her real relative or not. I want Pari's custody anyhow. I want my daughter back. Why is Mr. Rohit so eager for Pari's custody?

L- Sir, I got to know one more thing about this case. As Pari's mother died, according to her will, her 100 Crore property is inherited in her name as Pari's father was richest Zamindar of his village. Pari's mother, Shweta did love marriage with Pari's father, Keshav and her family cut all their ties with her as she did inter-caste marriage. I think that they are behind Pari for her property as they will become legal caretakers of the property if they take her with them and cancel this adoption.

S- Listen, do anything but by hook or by crook, I want my daughter. I won't let any greedy dog to take advantage of my daughter. Get it. If you can't do this, then hire a team of best lawyers who have specialty in this type of case. Get it.

L- Yes sir.

Shivaay disconnected the call and sat on the couch with his face in his palms.

S- This is getting so complicated. Everything was going so good. Finally we started become a family. Pari first time called Anika as her Maa and the fate took her away from us. This is so not fair. I want my daughter back.

A tear slipped from his eyes and he lied down on the couch itself.

After some time, he got up from the couch and immediately opened his laptop and started searching for the main points of the custody case, rules, preferences of the court and reference of the other cases.

He made a note of everything and he didn't get to know when he drifted into sleep.

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