Suddenly, he shoved her against the wall, the scent of his cologne making her heart race as his muscular frame body pressed against hers. Their faces were closed, eyes locked, their lips mere inches apart, Aarav tenderly caressing her warm cheeks as she trembled at his touch.

"You're certain you don't know my mother is allergic to garlic? Or are you playing games?" He asked, stepping back from her.

Aarav caught her checking him out, so he put on a shirt and she felt embarrassed as her cheeks turned red; she had no intention of ogling and making him uncomfortable, she stuttered, "I assure you that I have no intention of doing such a thing. You must believe that I will never act in such a manner. I promise,"

"Aarya, calm down. I trust you and I'm not angry. You can throw your tantrums, but please let me take a bath now. Can you please leave?" he said.

She let out a relieved sigh and walked out of the room.

After leaving Aarav's room, Aarya chose to stay with Suman, attempting to alleviate her feelings of guilt for Suman's condition. She blames herself for what Suman is going through.

She was sitting next to her on the bed when her phone began to ring; upon looking at the caller ID, she saw it was Pramitra calling.

Wondering what had happened, she picked up the phone. "Hello,"

The sound of a laugh that she never believed she would hear again came from the other line, causing fear to spread throughout her body. With difficulty, she managed to pronounce his name "Bhola,"

In a hoarse voice that sent chills down the spine, he said," Hello, Beauty Cream pie," Whenever he addressed her by that name, she felt unworthy and insignificant, filled with disgust.

Mayank and Aarav walked into the room when she stood up shocked exclaiming "Bhola! What are you up to with the kids?"

"You, Beauty Cream Pie is what I desire," he said in a husky voice.

Mayank appears concerned and confused as Aarav walked towards her, sharing Mayank's expression of concern and confusion.

"Please don't hurt them, I'll do anything you want, just spare them," As tears streamed down her face, she pleaded with Bhola not to harm the lives of the innocent children and offered to do anything he wanted and desired.

Taking the phone from her, Aarav switched it to speaker mode and motioned for her to listen.

In a chilling tone, he demanded, "I assure you that I won't harm your children, particularly Nareen, whom you consider as your own son. But I know you don't care as he's not really your son; which is why you abandoned him. All I ask is for you, Beauty Cream Pie, to come to me." He erupted in a fit of malicious laughter.

"I'll do anything, just don't hurt them. I'll come right away," she pleaded, but he only laughed, his voice reverberating through her veins.

Aarav hung up the phone, and Aarya burst into tears, pouring out her pain. Aarav hugged her tightly and reassured her that they would save them and everything would be fine. "Don't cry, we'll go and rescue them, nothing's going to happen to them!"

She withdrew from the hug, looked at him, and wiped her tears. "I'm going alone, you can't follow me. Bhola has escaped from prison and he's not alone, he's with dangerous people. I don't want anything to happen to you. Additionally, Suman Ma is unwell and you need to take care of her," she said quickly, gasping for air.

"You don't have to worry; I'll send Avi with you, and I'll take care of her, and Tanish is around too. So don't worry," Mayank chipped in

She nodded and received it as his good wishes.

Mayank said, "Go and come back soon my child, I'll be waiting for your return,"

Aarav chased after her as she hurried out of the room.

As they exited the mansion Aarav unlocked the car; he had already hurried to his room and retrieved the car keys. They quickly got in as he drove off at high speed from the mansion.

He tried to comfort her by saying, "Don't worry, nothing will happen to them. He won't do anything to them since he wants you to be there,"

She expressed her hope by saying, "I hope so... I really hope so,"

"It's a good idea to get some sleep," he advised.

"Knowing they're with Bhola, I can't sleep," she replied.

"Can you share some information about Bhola?" he asked. "Tell me about him?"

She gazed at him with fear in her eyes, questioning if she could disclose the truth. He held the steering wheel with a comforting smile.

Her hand was shaking and she glanced at it, "Bhola and Ridhi's cruel treatment of children was evident from the moment I stepped into the foster home. They were selling them, beating them, and Bhola was even raping some of them. It was like being trapped in a prison with no way out,"

She started crying and he held her hand, guiding it to the centre console and giving it a gentle squeeze to make her feel at ease; her tears dried up.

"It's alright if you don't want to proceed," he says to her, noting her sad and moist eyes. "You don't really have to tell Aarya...,"

"Despite living in a terrible place for a year, nothing changed. He tried to approach me, but Miti saved me. We teamed up and decided to take him down. We reported him, but it was futile due to a lack of evidence. Later, we met Anuj, whose father is a lawyer. He helped us gather evidence, and we got him arrested,"

"I promise the kids won't be harmed, they'll be safe, and we will arrive soon to protect them. Don't worry,"