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Akash drove on the streets of Delhi still engulfed with shock and disbelief after all the revelations and facades that has been exposed in the family.

His bhai who worships the ground his Di walks on had just murdered her and his mother including Shyam but the most shocking was the revelation that his mother not only murdered Khushi two nights ago but was also involved in the conspiracy of Anjali's fake abortion stunt on the suggestion of Shyam.

And there was the real reason Arnav and Khushi had eloped.

For months he thought it was because of his bhai hating crowds that's why he convinced Khushi to elope but the truth was he was mislead by Shyam into believing Khushi was having an affair with him and he had blackmailed Khushi to marry him using them.

He was at first furious with Arnav for what he did but after finding out the truth, he didn't know how to feel about all this.

Not only has he lost his brother, mother and sister,he has also lost his sister in law who was discovered to be in the early stage of pregnancy after her autopsy.

He was there when Arnav was led to the mortuary in hands and legs cuffs and he broke down completely finding out the truth about his unborn child.

Payal who was angry at Arnav dragged Akash out of there demanding to be taken to Laxmi Nagar.

"I want you to know I am not stepping a foot at your criminal mother, sister and brother in laws funeral ceremony. " Payal's angry voice broke his reverie and he stared at her shocked.

"Payal you have to be there....... Regardless of what they did, they are still family. "

Payal's head snapped at Akash as she started shaking with rage and she yelled at her to stop the car which he did.

"Those criminals are no family of mine and you are no family of mine because this marriage is over. " Akash was numb by her words as he stared at her in shock. "My whole life I was made to believe Khushi was snatching things from me and I believe it when the truth was she sacrifices so much for me and yet I didn't see it until she is now no more. " Payal cried uncontrollably and Akash tried to reach out to her but she shoved his hand away. "I am sinner Akash....... I was so engulfed in pleasing your demonic mother to an extent that I lost sight of the real goddess in front of me....... My sister Khushi, the angel, the pure soul........ Since childhood I envied her and believed she was my bad omen when the truth is I was her bad omen......... And you how dare you...... How dare ask me to be at the funeral of the people who killed her. " Akash stared down ashamed. "You mother never loved you and will never love you Akash....... Impressing her will never work because you were her ticket to the rich life....... Just like me, our fathers are the only parents who really loved us but look at what we did....... We chased after mothers who thought more about themselves than us. " Payal chuckled bitterly shaking her head as tears streamed down Akash's face as he knew Payal was telling the truth but what followed next broke him. "I regret that you are the father of my child. " Akash's head snapped up to Payal whose hand was on her belly as she cried profusely.

"Am going to be a father? " Akash exclaimed smiling as Payal nodded but it dropped when the words of Payal hit him.

She regrets he is the father of their child but he didn't blame her as he deserved it for not standing up to his mother because of his illusion that someday his mother will love him as she loved Anjali.

"I wish I never met you....... If I was ever to return in another life, I wish to forget I met you forever. "

Akash was about to retort when his eyes widened seeing an out of control SUV heading towards them.

That was when he realised they were in the middle of the road but unfortunately for him, it was too late as the SuV ramped into the side of their Escalade where Payal was sitting.

The car somersaulted uncontrollably knocking them out cold.

The sound of sirens and the mumbling and yelling around him jolted Akash out of his unconsciousness and he turned to find Payal's forehead with a deep cut which was bleeding profusely.

He started crying but what made him break down even more was the white salwaar kameez Payal was wearing was stained in blood and he knew they had lost their baby.

He ignored the pain he was feeling and stretched out his hand touching Payal.

He burst out crying as the coldness of Payal  indicated she was dead.

"No...... God please no...... Don't do this to me...... Am so sorry Payal...... Please God give me another chance to make things right...... Please. " Akash cried out.

"Get back the car has burst into flames. "

Was the last thing Akash voice Akash heard followed by a loud explosion.

"What? " Akash's eyes snapped open hearing his mother's voice and he started hyperventilating seeing his father, his grandmother and his mother speaking to someone on the phone with looks of worry and concern on their faces.

He was shocked seeing his mother alive and was wondering if he was just dreaming.

But an uneasy feeling engulfed him as he realised what today was as his eyes fell on the laptop in front of him.

It was the exact date of the fashion show in Lucknow.

"God what if this is not a dream? " Akash pondered.

"Akash get the private jet ready....... Arnav had been admitted at the hospital in Lucknow. " Manohar exclaimed in fear snapping Akash out of his reverie.

"Papa what happened? " Akash asked concerned as Manohar was on a call but looked frustrated as the person wasn't picking up.

"A friend of your mother called her saying Arnav had been admitted in a hospital in Lucknow...... We have to leave now...... Am calling Aman but he is not picking. "

Akash immediately called the hanger where the family's private jet was kept for them to get ready to take off.

Ten minutes later, they arrived at the hanger and boarded the jet.

Within fifty minutes, Akash and the family had arrived in Lucknow and was on the way to the hospital.

Akash comparing the vision he had seen sighed in relief realising what he remembered from his dream was not what was happening because in his dream, Arnav never hurt himself on this day.

In two days, the video of him and Khushi would be circulating and follow the pattern in this dream up until he died in the explosion with Payal and their child.

This gave him the sense that he was indeed dreaming and there was no Khushi or Payal.

They arrived to find Anjali who had left with Arnav to Lucknow there together with Lavanya.

Mami had called her to inform her about what they found out and they were stunned hearing she didn't know.

The doctor finally come our after half on hour since they arrived and let them in to see Arnav who sleeping with his head in a bandage.

Aman revealed Arnav had fallen off the stairs and was admitted  but Akash saw the nervousness in Aman and knew he was hiding something but didn't want to put him on the spot so left him alone.

Three hours later, the family jerked from their sitting position when they heard Arnav crying out Khushi's name.

Akash was shocked hearing Khushi's name but the others looked on confused.

Arnav became hysterical and had to be sedated.

Everyone except Akash who was pondering what the hell was going on and how his brother called out to Khushi turned to the one person who could answer them but he was no where to be found.

For the next hours, Aman avoided the family like a plague making his men take care of them.

The next day, they arrived at the hospital after getting freshed up and just like yesterday, Aman had avoided the family and dogded any question they had for him.

They were all gathered in Arnav's room when the door opened and Akash's eyes widened in shock seeing the person he saw in his dreams.

It was Khushi, but she had a different aura about her than in his dreams.

The Khushi he knew in his dream was a very shy lady but this Khushi was the most confident, a confidence he thought only Arnav had.

He stared as she walked up to the family stared them up and down but ignored them and straight to Arnav kissing his forehead and he was in for shock when his brother who had never smiled in fifteen years smiled in his unconscious state.

They were in for more shocks when Khushi had indirectly accused them of forcing Arnav to hire a fake girlfriend to get them off his back.

Something only he, Aman, Arnav and Lavanya knew and most shocking of all was she introduced herself as Arnav's wife which Aman confirmed to be true.

Khushi had sent them away and for month, they were not allowed to see Arnav but he occasionally called them.

In those four weeks, Akash started a self reflection and realised just like his dreams, his mother only cared about her kitty parties, clothes,jewelry and Anjali.

It was only his father who always asked about his health and his work and this made him start changing his views and stands about pleasing his mother.

Regardless of whether what he remembered was a dream or not, one thing was for certain, he needed to decenter his mother from his life.

Three days before Arnav and Khushi were said to arrive, he was strolling through social media when he came across an article about a man who claimed to had come back from his past life and the life he was living now was his econd chance at life.

Akash scoffed at the idea that someone could be reincarnated to a certain time of their lives to start afresh.

He laughed reading the comments about people who claimed had relatives who also claimed the same and how events in their past life were the same but was in a different context to their past life.

Akash was annoyed at how ridiculous this was and closed it.

The day Arnav and Khushi arrived, Akash went to their room to give them a gift he bought for them but found the room empty.

He was leaving when he got an idea, his brother was used to being on the terrace at these times when he wasn't asleep or working.

He happily walked up to the terrace and smiled hearing voices from the terrace but he halted in shock hearing what Arnav said to Khushi.

"I promise you Khushi....... Mami, Anjali and Shyam will pay for killing you in our past life...... I will never forgive Mami for running you over. "

Akash walked backwards in shock and rushed to his room as the words of Arnav echoed in his head and so did the article he read did the same.

His chest constricted as he hyperventilated realising he was indeed back from the past and this was his second life just like Arnav and Khushi.

He was indeed married and was going to be a father.

Akash wailed realising his actions had caused the death of Payal and their baby.

If not for his room being soundproof, the whole mansion would have shaken with his wails.

He vowed that night to make things right, to completely December his mother and stop finding ways to please her.

His father was the only parent who loved him and he will be contented with that.

If he had been given a chance then he had to do the right thing in this life.

He decided to stay quiet and let life take this new cause and he wasn't going to force an encounter with Payal.

If they were meant to be, they will meet again.

And meet again they did when Payal showed up at RM to sell sarees.

He was happy finally meeting the love of his life again and proud when he found out Payal was no longer under the influence of her mother and aunt.

Taking advantage of their getaway, Akash got closer to Payal and found out she had so many dreams and goals.

He felt bad remembering how he never asked Payal about her aspirations in life in  their past life.

Akash stared at the ceiling as he remembered everything that happened until this day.

He smiled finally getting the chance to make a better future for himself and Payal.

His brother was also on the path to making a good life for himself and Khushi and most surprising was that Preeto whom he knew from Payal was not married to her abusive husband and she and Aman were getting closer.

Not only had their past been changed for the better, their friends are also having a better future.

The Next Day.
ARD Old Warehouse.

Anant Malik was cursing at the men who had kidnapped him from his home and had refused to tell him what he did wrong.

He heard the sound of shoes and heels clicking getting closer to him and he looked up to find Arnav and Aman whom he recognized from the media and social media but didn't know who the two women were but he was sure one of them was Arnav's wife whom his mother spoke about.

"What do you want from me now?....... I no longer have anything you want because you have snatched everything from me so let me go. " Anant yelled staring up at a nonchalant Arnav.

He kneeled to his level and stated at Anant who shuddered seeing his calm demeanour.

"You are wrong uncle....... I still want something from you. " Anant frown confused. "Tell me what you know about Garima Gupta and Arvind Malik. "

Anant's eyes widened in shock hearing that name after over a decade.

His shock soon turned into a smirk as he saw this as a way to get money from Arnav but he didn't know he was in for a big surprise.

Arnav chuckled making Anant's smirk drop because he didn't have to say it for Arnav to know he will ask for money in return for the information he needed.

Arnav stood up and walked up to Aman who smirked devilishly at Anant.

He began panicking as he saw Arnav approach him with a needle filled with a clear liquid.

He tried to squirm but Aman signalled his men to hold him down as Arnav drained the content in the needle into his neck.

After ten minutes, Anant became drowsy and started laughing.

"Now tell me all you know about Garima Gupta and Arvind Malik. "

"She and your father were high school sweethearts but Maa didn't like it as he wanted Ratna who was obsessed with Arvind to be her daughter in law so she together with your maternal grandfather framed Garima to be a two timing whore who was just using Arvind....... Poor Arvind believed everything because the evidence against Garima was too good not to believe...... Garima was expelled due to the influence of my mother and your grandfather and this made Garima lose her scholarship........ Arvind became disillusioned with women and became a player....... Maa and your grandfather tried to get them together but Arvind wasn't interested in Ratna....... He was more interested in using women especially middle class women......... I don't know what happened but when  I come back from the states after completing my degree, Maa and your grandfather announced their marriage...... I was in shock and tried to get the truth out of Maa but she refused to tell me how they got together especially when Arvind had a reputation for being a playboy......... Six years after their marriage, I was surprised seeing Arvind be a devoted man, a loving father and a successful business man that was until four years after your birth, a drunk Arvind revealed he found out about Maa and your grandfather's conspiracy to defame  Garima and Ratna knowing about it....... He said he hated Ratna and wanted her to pay....... I wanting to destroy him and get the business so I convinced him to never trust Ratna and find Garima and be with her....... He agreed and for a year, we tried finding Garima but no success, he turned to prostitutes and alcohol to numb the pain and he began to neglect Ratna but was always a devoted father to you and Anjali....... Ratna was confused not understanding the reason behind his changed behavior....... Another year passed until my men found Garima but by then she was married and Arvind wanted to back down but I encouraged him to pursue Garima because we found out she was forced to marry her husband after she tried to sabotage her sister's wedding because the man she was marrying was once her best friend who chose her sister......... This was the start of their affair which lasted for three years before Maa caught them...... She confronted me about it and I revealed the truth......... Maa had Garima kidnapped and threatened her to leave town and that was when Garima revealed she was carrying Arvind's child....... Maa was furious and threatened to kill her and the child if she didn't leave town........ Three days later, we found out Garima and her husband left town and this broke your father's heart as he was going to divorce Ratna and marry Garima........ He tried looking for her but I sabotaged every success of his mission just be on the good side of Maa....... He decided to stay with your mother just for the sake of you and Anjali....... We never heard of Garima until she showed up on the day of Anjali's wedding and exposed my mother to Arvind also revealing the existence of their daughter......... Arvind was devastated and confronted Maa and at that moment Ratna heard everything but I and Arvind were confused seeing her guilty expression and Ratna confessed to have knowing all about Garima and the child and it was their plan to send Garima away because she was scared Arvind  will love their child more than you and Anjali........ Arvind slapped Ratna and decided to not only divorce her but expose her to everyone as a manipulator........ He also vowed to poison you and Anjali against her and she knew you two will never see her the same as she always showed herself to you and Anjali as a good woman who could do no wrong and you two preferring Arvind over her, it would have been easy for him to do so....... Ratna panicked and begged Arvind not to divorce or expose her but Arvind's mind was made...... She threatened to shot herself and run away to the bedroom where Arvind had his gun....... We all chased after her only to find her in her pool of blood and you standing over her petrified."

Tears rolled down Arnav's cheeks as Khushi squeezed his hand to calm him down.

"Arvind was shocked with what happened and taking advantage, I killed Arvind and together with Maa who didn't want her reputation to be more ruined made up the lie that you all believe up until now. "

Preeto and Khushi gasped in shock hearing this and Arnav charged at Anant and started punching him but Anant didn't wince in pain instead laughed like a maniac.

Aman and his men had to pull Arnav off so that he doesn't kill Anant who was now unconscious on the floor covered in blood.

"Get rid of this filth. " Arnav commanded and he walked out of the the warehouse into his car and drove away leaving Khushi, Preeto and Aman behind.

"Damn it Arnav....... Khushi will never forgive you for ignoring her. " Aman thought staring at Khushi who looked hurt being consoled by Preeto.

Preeto threw an angry look at Aman and he knew Preeto wasn't going to let Arnav get away with this stunt.

To be continued.

Precap: Surprise for Payal.

Khushi discovers a shocking revelation.

Next update will be on Wednesday.

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