Next Morning

Location: Oberoi Mansion

"Khanna...give this to Annika....and this time, dont wait there. Slip it under the door and leave." Shivaay said handing Khanna a DVD.

"Yes sir." Khanna replied.

"Hahaha!" Rudra laughed as he & Om walked into the room as Khanna left.

"Whats so funny?" Shivaay glared at his younger brother.

"Sorry bhaiyya but you are prob the first husband in the world who after 28 years of marriage is trying to woo his own wife like a 20 something boy." Rudra replied while Om also chuckled. (𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲: 𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 3 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻) Annoyed, Shivaay grabbed Rudra's ears and pulled.

"Ow! Ow..Ow Ow! Baiyya!" Rudra yelled.

"What bhaiyya? Aren't you ashamed, making fun of your older brother like that?"

"Why be ashamed? Rudy isnt wrong." Om laughed. Shivaay let go of Rudra & rolled his eyes.

"Sometimes I seriously doubt if you two are my brothers or my mortal enemies. Anyways....did you actually come for work? Or just to tease me?"

"No No...actually Mallika and Siddharth came back. They want to meet the three of us."

"Call them home."

"Actually Mallika specifically called us out....She is angry with us and said she wont come home until she speaks to us.." Om replied.

"What? But what did we do? Why is she angry?" Shivaay asked to which Om just shrugged.

"Dont know...I guess we'll have to go and see."

Shivaay, Om & Rudra then drove to the location Mallika sent them & parked their car. Getting out Shivaay looked around when he saw a furious looking Mallika standing at the door with Siddarth standing behind her.

"Hi Mallika." Shivaay smiled and went to hug her.

"Dont Hi Mallika me Shivaay Singh Oberoi!" Mallika warned stepping away. Confused, ShivOmRu looked at Siddarth who just put his hands up in defense as if saying 'you're on your own.'

"Mallika...what did we do? Why are you so angry?" Om asked.

"When were you going to tell me that Annika is alive? And in Mumbai! Hmm?" Mallika asked, tapping her foot. ShivOmRu looked at eachother like 'How did she find out?'

"You must be thinking, how did I find our right? Well, yesterday when we were coming from the airport airport we met Khanna along the way....he told us. Like seriously Shivaay? I thought we are friends but such a big thing happened I find out not from you guys...but from your head of security. So you tell me, shouldnt I be angry?"

"Yeah you should...Mallika Di, I really wanted to tell you. They stopped me." Rudra quickly pointed to Shiv & Om blaming them while they glared at him.

"Shut up Rudy." Om smacked the back of Rudra's head.

"Mallika ignore him. We never did that....I honestly didnt plan on hiding anything from you but so much happened all off a sudden....I just didnt have the time to tell you. And on top of that Annika is still mad, she isnt forgiving me."

"Good for Annika, she shouldnt." Mallika stated.

"Arre? I thought you said you are my friend and you're taking Annika's side?"

"So? Shivaay, I am your friend but I am also Annika's friend. And I have seen how you always misunderstand her.. Its high time, you learnt your lesson."

"Right. Thats what we are saying." Om said while Rudra nodded. "Bhabhi shouldnt forgive Shivaay easily."

"Acha ok...ok...thats enough guys. Dont all team up against poor Shivaay like that." Siddharth finally spoke up for Shivaay.

"Thank you Siddharth. Btw, why did you all us to this boxing arena?" Shivaay asked looking around.

"Actually my friend is a boxer and he has a match today. He invited us and Mallika wanted to scold you guys....so I figured both things could be done here." Siddharth replied. "So...lets go inside & talk. There is still a little time until the match starts."

They all went inside & sat in a balcony above the arena from where everything could be seen.

"So...how are the girls? I havent seen them in awhile." Shivaay asked.

"Well our Tanvi is very happy with Pranav, she is pregnant." Sid replied.

"Oh Wow!"

"Congrats!

"Congrats Di, Sid Bhaiyya."

"And Papa's doll...Krishna joined the family business. We are very proud of her." Mallika said with a smile.

"Thats great...I remember, Krishna has been interested in business since she was a child right?"Shivaay replied.

"Haan...my eldest two daughters lives are set....now Im just worried about Aarya. This girl never concentrates on her studies."

"Relax Mallika." Om laughed. "Aarya is still young...did you forget how Rudy was....actually, not was....still is."

"Hey!" Rudra protested while everyone laughed.

"And our dear Ishaan, is following in his fathers footsteps." Om joked.

"Not fair O...just because my son & I are the youngest in the family, everyone picks on us." Rudra frowned.

"Oh Duffer! Your son is the youngest but your time of being the youngest is long gone." Shivaay said.

"Seriously Shivaay what will we do with him....I mean... he is now a Papa and Chachu and he still say 'im the youngest in the family'..." Om laughed mimicing Rudra.

"Ladies & Gentlemen...please settle down. We are now starting the fight. Round 1 is between Akshat Gupta-"

"Thats my friend." Siddharth spoke up between the announcement.

"-and 5 time international champion.....Saaahill Chaturvedi!" As soon as that name was announced, everyone looked at each other surprised.

"Sahil Chaturvedi? Shivaay...if Im not mistaken....Annika and Gauri's younger brother is Sahil right?" Mallika asked.

"Yeah...." Shivaay replied.

"Sahil is a boxer?" Rudra asked, "Bhaiyya...did Sahil mention that he is proffessional a boxer?"

"Definitely not....Gauri is gonna freak." Om said.

"Yeah and...how did Annika let him? This is a dangerous sport!"

"Guys, maybe you are thinking too much. This could be a different Sahil Chaturvedi." Siddharth said.

"You're right....it could be-" Om agreed.

"But its not....thats our Sahil." Rudra pointed towards the boxing ring where Akshat & Sahil had entered and the audience were chanting their names. (𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲: 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗼 𝗜𝗺 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗽😜)

"Sahil!" Shivaay whispered his name looking both concerned & shocked. Om & Ru mirrored his expression.

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Meanwhile (Starting a little while ago in the back changing room)...

"Hi Sahil Mama!" Meera came in and hugged Sahil.

"Oye Meeru...this is a changing room!" Sahil exclaimed.

"Yeah so? You're already changed....and he is too." Meera said looking towards the older looking fighter who heard her and just looked amused. "And anyways, everyone wanted to meet you."

Saahil then turned towards the others who were standing there and smiled.

"Wait...wait....let me guess." Sahil said and then looked at Pihu. "You are obviously Pihu...."

"And next is...." Sahil then looked at Dev, "Dev."

Turning towards Ishaan & Jai, Sahil pointed to them respectively & said, "Ishaan....Jai."

"Wow Sahil Mama...you recognized everyone!" Pihu said.

"Of course..." Sahil said, "Meera gave a good description of you all."

After talking for a bit, Sahil & the other fighter's name was announced so Meera & the others left the change room to go sit in the audience. Soon the fight started and both boxers gave strong punches. Sahil managed to block or dodge a few punches but the other fighter seemed a bit stronger. Whenever Sahil got punched, Meera got worried & so did ShivOmRu who were watching from above. As one last strong punch knocked Sahil to the ground, Meera stood up in concern.

"Saahil!" Meera heard a voice yell out before she could say his name. Recognizing the voice she turned and looked up towards the source & saw Shivaay standing up in the balcony area. Behind him were OmRu, Mallika & Siddharth.

"And the winner for round 1 is Akshat Gupta!"

"SSO...." Meera whispered. "Oh Shit..Oh shit...oh shit.....guys! SSO is here."

"What?" Her cousins turned around.

"Bade Papa?"

"What is Shivaay Mamu doing here?" Jai asked.

"I dont know but....Om chachu & Rudra chachuare also here with two people I didnt recognize. We have to go." Meera got up & they all quickly left the arena.

"Oh no." Dev stopped outside the building. "I left my phone on the seats. Ill go get it."

"No....you told SSO that you are going to a friends house thats why you cant go to office, if he sees you then raita phail jayega."

"What?" Everyone looked at Meera funny.

"Sorry....sometimes when Im over excited my mom's language comes out....I meant it would be a problem. I'll go get the phone, you guys wait by the cars."

"Ok but careful, make sure Bade Papa doesnt see you." Dev replied and Meera went back in.

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"Sahil!" Shivaay yelled standing up as Sahil fell to the floor.

"And the winner for round 1 is Akshat Gupta!" The announcer held Akshat's hand up while Sahil was led out of the ring & to the change room by his manager.

"Is he okay?" Rudra asked.

"Sid, where is the changing room?" Shivaay asked turning to Siddharth.

"At the back....Ill take you." ShivOmRu followed down towards the main arena when Shivaay heard a very familiar sound.

'𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘨 𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘬𝘢 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘵! 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘨 𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘬𝘢 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘵!'

"That's Dev's ringtone..." Shivaay thought to himself as he looked around. At that moment Shivaay saw Meera who came in and quickly picked up the phone that was ringing and ran out. "Meera? What is Meera doing here....and with Dev's phone? Dev went to his friends house....then his phone?"

"Shivaay!" Om called out as Shivaay stood in his spot, "Lets go, dont you want to check on Sahil?"

"Yeah, coming." Shivaay decided to ask Dev & Meera about it later and followed Sid to the changing room. As they entered they saw Sahil sitting there with an ice pack to his face.

"Sahil!" Startled, Sahil dropped the icepack and his eyes widened as he realized why he saw Meera & the others run out of the arena.

"SSO....Om Jiju...what are you guys doing here?"

"Sahil are you okay?" Om asked.

"Does it hurt?" Shivaay held Sahil's head and flinched as he saw the bruises.

"SSO....Im fine, really....this is my profession. I am a 5 time international champion but im obviously gonna loose sometimes....its fine."

"Hmmm Mr. 5 time internation champion-" Shivaay smacked Sahil's arm which was still sore.

"Ow!"

"Sorry...sorry...but why didnt you tell us that you are a proffessional boxer!" Shivaay said. "And how the hell did Annika agree to this?"

"She didnt agree easily SSO. Me-" Sahil stopped and changed what he was going to say as Shivaay gave him a suspiscious look. "I mean, my friends & I had to work hard to convince her."

"Sahil this is dangerous"

"Shivaay." Om intervened, "I agree that this is a dangerous proffession...Sahil can get hurt but lots of people become boxers, Sid's friend is also one na? We are worried cause its our Sahil but he also deserves to have a career that makes him happy....Im sure thats why Bhabhi agreed."

"Thanks Om Jiju." Sahil smiled and hugged Om.

"Yeah and he is a great boxer." Sid said.

"Right...Akshat is older and more experiences and still Sahil put up a good fight." Mallika added.

"Thanks.." Sahil smiled,"....who are you guys?"

"Oh...sorry." Mallika laughed, "You prob dont remember us....Im Mallika, and this is my husband Siddharth Rana."

"OOHHH! Mallika Di! Siddharth Bhaiyya! So sorry I didnt recognize you two!"

"Thanks okay...you were quite small then and we didnt meet that many times." Sid said.

*Ring! Ring!*

"Oh its a call from the office." Shivaay said looking at the caller ID. "Ill take this outside."

Leaving the others, Shivaay walked out of the changing rooms and out of the building where there was less noise to talk to his PA. After the call, Shivaay was walking back to the changing room when Akshat stopped him.

"Mr Oberoi? You are Sid and Mallika's friend right?" Akshat said holding out his hand, "Im Akshat Gupta."

"Shivaay Singh Oberoi." Shivaay shook his hand.

"Ive heard alot about you." Akshat smiled, "And I saw you when I hit that other fighter...the kid, Sahil, you looked worried. You know him?"

"Yeah...he is actually my brother-in-law, wife's brother."

"Oh...Im sorry."

"Thats fine. I know its your profession.Its just for me, Sahil is not a brother-in-law but like my son, so I got a little too worried....but....he didnt even care!"

"Haha!" Akshat laughed, "Yeah he is a great sport, and an amzing boxer, Im quiet impressed with him. Strong kid."

Shivaay smiled proudly as Akshat complimented Sahil.

"Btw if Sahil is your realtive then you must know those kids too right?"

"What kids?" Shivaay looked as Akshat confused.

"Those kids who came to meet him before the fight, two girls and three guys....they looked like around their 20s, two of them maybe a bit younger. But at least one of them looked like she was very close with Sahil so I figured you might know them."

"Akshat!"

"Yeah coming!" Akshat turned to Shivaay, "Sorry I should go, tell Sid Ill talk to him later."

"Yeah..." Shivaay replied. As Akshat left his smile dropped and he thought about what he said. "Is he....talking about Meera? and the others must be...our kids. No no...how is that possible. Dev said he had to go to a friends house, Jai is out with sona & Pihu & Ishaan should be in college.....why would all of them lie? But from the description it sounded like our kids. I def saw Meera & heard Dev's ringtone.....I should ask Sahil."

Shivaay then went in and saw the others still talking to Sahil.

"SSO....where were you?"

"Sorry...important call." Shivaay smiled, "Sahil, did anyone come to meet you?"

"What?" Shivaay noticed Sahil's eyes widen and he looked nervous, "N...No...who would come? Noone came SSO."

"No I meant Annika....and your wife,Neha...I didnt see them here." Shivaay said.

"Oh!" Sahil sighed in relief, " Actually Di and Neha never watch my fights. they get worried thats why. They hate seeing these fights."

"Of course," Om replied. "Even we got worried."

"Sahil just clearly lied to me." Shivaay thought to himself as everyone else talked, "But why, what is he hiding from me? And why are all the kids also lying? I have to find out whats going on here."

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𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲: 𝗛𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿...𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗮? 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗵𝗶 𝗝𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗶 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮, 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗵𝗾𝗯𝗮𝗮𝘇 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻.