"She won't run out of money because I gave her about 1 crore rupees from my account yesterday to buy the jewelry she wants. I thought she would be making the payment; that is why I did not question her... as you want me to give her some special treatment.”

With anger, Ashok grits his teeth and fixes his eyes on Sharda, who stands in front of him. Akshant doesn't care about money at all, but he is really angry with Sonakshi because she tried to defame him in front of the whole world, which he cannot tolerate. Akshant silently hugs her and expresses his anger towards Sonakshi.

"Maa, don’t worry about anything; go inside and take a rest.... I will come soon..."

"Please refrain from referring to me as Maa from now on."

As soon as Sharda says this, Akshant immediately moves away and starts looking at her. Ashok is also slightly taken aback upon hearing this, as he is well aware that Ashant, whom Sharda holds in high regard and refers to as her own wealth, is the sole source of happiness in her life. If Sharda had made such a statement, she would find it difficult to express her feelings, even in a lighthearted manner. As if Akshant feels a sharp pain in his heart, he immediately holds Sharda's hand and tells her.

"Maa, what are you saying? I know you are upset with me, because...."

She shows her palm to him and says this while looking into his eyes with tears.

"That girl ran away from the wedding altar and cheated you, so at least you should think that it was good that she cheated you before marriage.... She did not come to your house, make a place in your heart, and did not cheat you after that; if that had happened, you would not have been able to tolerate it; three lives would have been ruined; you have only lost some money, and I know that one crore is nothing for you; but what did you do? You picked up a girl from her house because she is the sister of the boy with whom your would-be bride had run away. You needed a substitute to show your pride so that you could show the world that you actually do not rule the mafia, you really rule the world; you will do what you have said; but in the meantime, what is the fault of that girl and her family that you are punishing her?"

"Maa, because of her brother, our respect was about to be destroyed, and you have to understand that I could not allow this to occur under any circumstances."

Sharda glances at him, and then, gazing into his eyes with anger for the first time, she speaks.

"Viren Chandel's daughter ran away from his house. Your humiliation was very less in this; this marriage was happening with the wish of your father and not with your wish. That's why the world has many mouths to speak; they will keep saying anything, but what did you do? You kidnapped a girl from her house and married her. After all, you are Akshant Dhanraj; you can do anything. However, after seeing you today, I feel like crying because you are not my Akshant at all."

"Maa, look, you are unwell. We will talk after some time; maybe then you will understand what I am saying. I have not done anything wrong."

"Your biggest misunderstanding is that you believe you haven't done anything wrong because you are incapable of doing anything wrong. I forgive every mistake you made before marriage. You were extremely angry when your bride ran away. You thought about your father's respect, everybody was talking about your strength and capabilities as a mafia king, which caused you anger beyond your limits of thinking and understanding, so you did what you thought was right.... But after marriage..."

Akshant starts looking at Sharda quite nicely, and Ashok's eyes are also on Sharda because he also respects her a lot, and because of that, she has always been very comfortable with Ashok. Tears start flowing from Sharda's eyes, and she comes close to Akshant and keeps looking at him with angry eyes.

"You married that girl with all the rituals and customs. The moment you married her, she became your wife..... Do you understand the meaning of wife?... Her pride, her safety, her respect is your responsibility. Every responsibility of hers is yours. And even after the marriage, how have you behaved with her? Your men are dragging her and bringing her here. They are all manhandling her, and it's happening right in front of you. I never taught you to talk to a woman in a loud voice. Today, I discovered that you only engage in such behavior in front of me. Otherwise, you are really a mafia don, Akshant, and not my son, Akshu. You don’t even care about your wife’s respect. Your men are dragging her and bringing her before you. They are touching her inappropriately. They are even speaking to her in an inappropriate manner. You have absolutely no regard for the relationship between a husband and wife, which I had not taught my Akshu. And today you have told me my value very clearly."

After listening to Sharda, he is just looking at her, but seeing tears in her eyes, he is feeling even more pain. He begins to move towards her, but Sharda immediately steps back, her hand resting on her chest.

"The pain you have given me today is so unbearable for me that I want to die right now, and I want you to see my death so that you realize what a mistake you made."

As soon as Akshant sees her in such a condition, he immediately approaches her. Due to the severe pain in her chest, Sharda also begins to breathe deeply, placing her hand on her chest. It does not take much time for Ashok and Akshant to understand that she has had a heart attack, and they immediately run outside with her.
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He immediately holds her hand and pushes her into the room. Jhankar swiftly enters the room, and before she can turn around to look at him, he shuts the door, causing the room to become extremely dark. This darkness is extremely scary. She immediately turns back and starts knocking on the door loudly.

"Open the door.... Open the door..."

There is no one to hear her voice here, and she is very scared of this darkness. She begins to cry and scream loudly, but no one can hear her.

"Open the door.... Papa.....Mommmm."

She tries to look around, but there is nothing except darkness that she can see, and this darkness is so scary that she is unable to do anything except screaming and crying. No matter how brave Jhankar is, she is always afraid of darkness and being alone, which is why darkness scares her so much.

"Papa... mom…."

No one is responding to any of her words, which is making the feeling of being alone even more frightening. She takes a slight step back, as if there's something moving beneath her. As soon as she feels this thing, she starts screaming loudly and running here and there, but due to running suddenly, she falls on the ground with a force, her head hits the ground, and she immediately becomes unconscious.
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It is morning now since night, but the doctor has not given any reply till now. Akshant is roaming outside like a crazy person. He is not sitting for even a moment. He is repeatedly trying to look inside from the gate of the operation theater, where a very small glass is installed, which makes it very difficult to look inside, but he is not giving up any of his efforts. Observing his condition, Ashok recognizes his extreme distress, yet he finds himself powerless to intervene, as the circumstances prevent him from taking any action. He is just sitting there quietly and seeing his son getting troubled like this, but when, even after many hours have passed, no doctor is coming out and saying anything, Akshant has completely lost his senses. He starts banging the door loudly, causing Ashok to catch him immediately, but he has gone completely mad, so he frees himself and starts banging the door again.

“What are the doctors doing inside? No one has answered anything for the last 7 hours. My mother is inside, and no one is telling me anything.”

Ashok and his bodyguards, who are standing there, try to catch him again, but he frees himself and starts banging his fist on the door so that someone can open it and tell him something. Ashok is trying to make his son understand, but he knows that until he sees Sharda completely safe, he will not listen to anyone properly. The doctor suddenly opens the door of the operation theater and comes out. He grabs his collar, sticks him to the wall, and starts shouting at him.

"You have kept my mother inside for the last 7 hours; you are neither answering nor telling anything. What happened to my mother?"

"Easy sir....

Here in the hospital, everyone is scared of him because this is his own hospital, which he has kept for charity as part of his white business, but even here, he uses a lot of mafia consignments to hide. Apart from this, he refrains from engaging in any illicit activities here, including the sale of organs or the infringement of the rights of the poor, he is not at all into this. He definitely uses this hospital completely for charity, and here there are the most highly qualified doctors in the world, which is not found anywhere else in this city.

“Sir, when madam was brought here, her condition was very bad; her heart beats had almost stopped, and we had to work a little hard to bring her back to a normal condition because, without that, the operation could prove fatal. We had already told you that she needed an operation as soon as possible. Once her condition returned to normal, we initiated her operation and successfully completed it. In some time, the doctor will come and tell you the whole situation in more detail, but if you do this, the doctor inside is getting disturbed a lot, so I request that you not do all this for your mother. We are doing our best to keep her perfectly fine, but if you disturb her like this, it will become difficult to work inside."

Akshant takes a deep breath as he feels a little relieved after hearing about his mother. He immediately leaves his collar, turns around, and tries to normalize himself by rubbing his hands on his face. The doctor is still looking at him with fear. He turns around, fixes his clothes properly, puts his hand on his shoulder, and tells him very normally.

"You don't have to try. I want my mom to be absolutely fine. You won't experience any disruptions from my end. Just bring me the good news as soon as possible: My mother is absolutely fine and is calling me inside."

The doctor has no choice but to shake his head because all this is very scary because saying no in any way is like calling death. Akshant immediately pushes him inside, prompting him to enter. He smiles lightly after a long time.

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