Chapter 9
Arjun gaped at a wounded Sakshi hugging Muskaan... "Meri baby... meri jaan" she whispered and cried...
Muskaan sat and started crying seeing her maa's wounds... "Maa... kishne yeh shab kiya? Main ushe maal doongi... meli mumma ko haath lagaya... mummooo..." she wiped her tears with her tiny palms and buried herself in her mother's chest... snuggling into her warm embrace...
A glow escaped from Sakshi's face as her baby was close to her... then her eyes met with Arjun's...
"Ttt... Tum... maa..." he choked on his words and walked out of the room... the other team members came in her room equally shocked but then they hugged her...
"Lovely baby Sakshi...waise ich mereko doubt that iss junior All India Radio ko dekh kar!" Chotu joked...
Ayesha and Chotu consciously avoided on speaking on Sakshi's better half or Muskaan's birth sensing that she hadn't told...meant that she had some pressing reasons...
And Sakshi couldn't have been grateful for such friends!
She smiled and they pecked her forehead.. it was time for her to sleep however Muski wasn't willing to part from her...
Sakshi requested the doctor if her baby could sleep next to her...
"Plish doctol uncle.. main na shide main sho javungi... ek dum mumma ki paash... bilkul move nahi kalungi... haath main bohot pipe na.. aul shouldel bhi touch nahi kalungi... pakka plomish!" Muski said with her large eyes giving a puppy look to the doctor...
The doctor smiled... well who could refuse Muskaan!
Muskaan slipped into the blanket and snuggled into her Mother's warm embrace... as her soft puffs of breath hit Sakshi's chest a small tear of happiness filled her eyes...
Sakshi dozed off gently to sleep... and Muski like her word was as good as a wooden block next to Sakshi...
However her mind trailed upon the fact as to how to face Arjun...
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Arjun paced around the hospital... Sakshi was a mother!
Sakshi was married!
But wait... a mother!!!!
That too this chubby cuto muto sweetie pie Muski was HER DAUGHTER!
Arjun chided himself for having felt a fraction of attraction towards a mother!
A married woman.. and he remembered closing his eyes upon the contact of her soft lips!
He chided himself repeatedly for feeling this unknown sensation!
But why did Sakshi hide this!
He growled in anger... he stormed towards her cabin where he found Muski sitting up and yawning... setting the loose tendrils of Sakshi's hair behind her ear and planting sloppy kisses on her mumma's cheek while Sakshi half smiled in her sleep...
And thus his anger fizzed like water poured on a fire...
The minute Muskaan saw him she waved at him and gave her trademark smile..
Muskaan was indeed a xerox of Sakshi...
As he slowly went near Muskaan, Sakshi got up to kiss Muskaan and opened her eyes finding Arjun's orbs looking at her...
Muskaan stood crushed between her Aljun Uncle and Mumma...
"Mumma... Aljun uncle itna shweet hai na... mela helo!!" Muskaan said and hugged Arjun as he took her into his hug... carrying her Arjun was still at a loss of words... what could he say to this bundle of joy's mother...
Sakshi alternated looks between Arjun and her baby...
She could see the slight fumes...
"Muski... meri jaan... jaake... Chotu uncle se khelo na.. main tumhare Hero ke saath kuch baat karti hoon..." Sakshi said and Muskaan nodded...
She slid down from Arjun's arms and ran towards her Bheem Uncle...
Sakshi gulped as Arjun stood on his place then took brisk steps towards her...
"See Arjun main..." She started and stopped finding him glaring at her...
"Muski..." she started and Arjun raised his hand...
"I found Muskaan when she called me day before yesterday..." Arjun recounted the entire story knowing as to why and how did Arjun find Muskaan...
Sakshi's mouth stood open when she heard her home being blasted...
On hearing her baby's condition Sakshi started tearing up... she wiped her tears off and held Arjun's hand with her frail one...
She put his hand on her forehead and sobbed slightly... "Thank You Arjun... agar meri bachchi... thank you..." she weeped and clutched his hand...
Arjun felt a little numb at feeling the wet tears on his hand... he sat next to her... and passed a tissue to her.. she's married... that signal hit him 10 times before he could wipe her tears...
Passing her a glass of water he says "See... I realize how much a child means to her mum... but the thing is that... there are many things jiske baare main pooochna chahta hoon Sakshi... par pehle... let me call your husband..." he said...
Sakshi's face paled... "I don't have a husband... I am.."
"Oh engaged... ok... number do.. he would be tensed..." Arjun slipped out his phone and opened the key pad... when he noticed her face deathly pale...
"Sakshi... Muskaan ke papa.. tumhari fiancee ya boyfriend..." Arjun prodded...
"There is no man in my life Arjun..." she said... and for a split second Arjun dared to say that he was almost happy...
But then his logical mind kicked in... "But then.. Sakshi... wait.. how did she come... tum toh bas 23 ho... aur Muskaan is 5... you were 18.." his voice trailed off...
"Haan I was 18 when Muski came..." her eyes stung... her jaws stiffened..
Arjun just looked at the silent pale Sakshi... it was as if her life was sucked out...
"What happened?" Arjun barely asked to find Sakshi nodding a no... "Ab nahi..." she whispered...
Arjun nodded.. even though somewhere he was happy that she was a single mother... but his idiotic thoughts were stopped as to when few things were getting out of order in his mind...
Shree called him up "Sir... haan... woh... you see ab Sakshi aur Muskaan ki jaan khatre main hai... for the basic reason sir uske building ki fire bohot technically plan kiya gaya tha... it was intentional... aur rahi baat uss source ki... about you know who... sir... he's out of India...kam se kam ek mahina toh lagega... that too if we initiate a plan..." Shree spoke...
"Good job... but this plan... it's between you and me... initiate whatever needs be... and as for Sakshi... she's clear.. no husband or anything... strange... main baat karke dekhta hoon... in the mean time am taking her to the safest house... whose do you suggest?" Arjun asked...
"Sir... ya toh mera ghar ya aapka... Liza is in hostel... too much noise... Ayesha lives with her mom and dad in a pakka Punjabi colony... expect neighbors to point out at her and Muskaan... thus not good for privacy... Rathore sir toh khud out of town hai... don't know if Sakshi would feel comfortable there.. thus ya toh aapka ghar ya mera... I could arrange for Liza to stay in my house too... toh phir you see Sakshi would be at perfect ease.. aur Liza being a doctor woh Sakshi ka dekh bhal bhi kar sakti hai..." Shree suggested...
"Theek hai... main abhi Sakshi ko discharge karke medical appliances leke tumhare ghar pohoch raha hoon..." Arjun said and cut the call... he proceeded to speak to the doctor in charge...
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Shree cut the call and called his jaani dushman!
"Sun... aaj se tu mere ghar pe rahegi ok?" Shree said and Liza just turned slightly pink...
"Are you crazy... main... aur tere saath! Waise bhi... main aise live-in nahi kar sakti!" Liza said and turned aside... her face growing hot...
Shree smirked at her redness and decided to tease her... he pulled her closer and whispered "Kyun nahi... live in main kya burai hai..."
Liza's mouth turned O' "Specky Sen! Shut up... main aisi waisi koi ladki nahi hoon... how could you think main tere saath rahungi... ek hi ghar main.. haan haan!!" Liza glared at him... thoroughly embarrassed!
"Jaani Dushman... haha! Main teri taang kheech raha tha! Sun... all I was saying is that..." Shree explained the whole situation to Liza and she frowned then nodded...
"Okie... will look into this... main aaj raat hi aa javungi..." Liza said and smiled...
Shree ran his hands through his curly hair... somewhere he liked teasing her... why... well he didn't know...
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After persuasion Sakshi was allowed to leave but only after the medical appliances were set up at Shree's house...
The nurse dropped Sakshi to Arjun's car by a wheelchair while Muski was happily being carried in Arjun's arms telling him stories of the universe!
Sakshi smiled looking at her baby's and Arjun's bond... her smile faded as she recollected old memories as Arjun threw Muski in the air and caught her again causing her to giggle...
"Aye meri rani Pari... apne deda ko hi nahi bologi kya... office se kitna thaka hara aaya hoon aur tumhe toh bas apna mumma ke paas aana hai!" Saarthak picked up a toddler Muskaan in his arms who just gave a sloppy kiss on his cheeks as an answer!
"Kyunki dedda har roz itna late aata hai office se... batao sahab... raat ke 12 baje kaunsa office aata hai ha! Batao... kisise chakkar toh nahi chala rahe ho na!" Sakshi puched him slightly and took her Muski into her arms... kissing her chubby cheeks...
Slipping his hands around her waist he kissed her neck... "2 hafte main shadi hai... phir bhi aise behave kar rahi ho... typical biwi! Oye madam... yeh Saarthak tumhe kahi nahi chodega! Hai na Muso baby..." he tickled baby Muskaan...
"Deedddaaa!!!" Muski said in delight and went into Saarthak's arms as he whirled her around the air... as Muskaan dozed off Saarthak gently cradled his Muskaan and kept her on the cot...
Scooping Sakshi up his arms he whispered "Baby ne toh kisi de diya... ab mumma ki baari na... deda bohot thak chuka hai... usse araam ki zaroorat hai!" he winked at a red Sakshi..
Sakshi slapped him on the chest as he found her way to her lips and hugged her close as they slept...
"Waise bas 2 hafte... phir... poori zindagi badal jayegi na..." Saarthak hugged her soft form and she blushed away...
If only she knew that after 2 weeks her entire life would take a 180 degree turn...
Sakshi came back to her senses as she was being lifted into the car by... Arjun... she looked into his eyes... she was scared for her own heart whenever he looked after her...
Arjun found a fear in her eyes for the first time... strange...
Muskaan sat next to Sakshi blabbering as to how her day went with her Uncle and how sweet and lovely he is and etc etc...
They reached Shree's house... he and Liza looked embarrassed and tired when they opened the door...
"Shpecky uncle... Lizu aunty... tum dono itna tiad kyun lag lahe ho?" Muskaan asked innocently and Arakshi stared at Muskaan then Shriza...
Muskaan had no idea what her innocent question meant!
"Arrey... tum log kya dekh rahe ho... arrey bol na amra tor jonno ghor gocha chilam!" Shree said immediately to remove all doubts...
Sakshi looked at them in wonder... "Matlab... ghar ready kar raha tha...ek saath 2 ladkiyan ghar main toh kuch cheezein ready rakhni thi na!" Shree proposed...
"Alley Shpecky uncle thlee ladkiya na... main Mummoo aul Lizu aunty!" Muskaan said and Liza burst into laughter...
Holding Muskaan's hand Shree brought them into his house... it was a cute and sweet house... a 2 bedroom home...
"Sh*t Shree Muskaan and I are such a bother to you... iss do bedroom main kaise... aur tu kaha soyega..." her voice trailed off as Arjun raised his hand...
"Ssh... wait... yaha kisine dekh hai hume... niklo abhi..." Arjun whispered...
"Matlab?" Shree asked puzzled...
"Main idhar Ayesha aur Chotu ko bhej raha hoon... I have an instinct that someone saw us... main Sakshi aur Muskaan ko leke jaa raha hoon... Liza... you stay in Sakshi's apparent room for now... Shree.. stay alert... Liza ko bhi gun de do... main ek aur car leke nikal ta hoon ok..." Arjun instructed and Liza stayed position with her gun... Picking up Sakshi he quickly settled her in another car and got the medical appliances inside...
But Arjun left once Chotu and few other security men came... he was tensed for Sakshi's life but it didn't mean he could keep other people's life at risk...
Muskaan was sitting silently at the back seat... she knew something was wrong... Arjun took a turn from his lodge and went towards his home near the beach...
Muskaan dozed off... Sakshi just looked at Arjun's tensed expression...
"I shouldn't have brought you into all this..." Sakshi murmured...
"Aisa kuch nahi.. tum ETF officer ho... so..." Arjun started and was stopped by Sakshi...
"Saarthak naam tha uska... I thought he wanted to marry me... we had a happy life Arjun... filled with love, hugs, trust... everything... my hero my life... my only source for living..." Sakshi said with a distant look... her eyes fixed at the moon...
Arjun stopped car near the beach and rolled down the windows...
"What Roshni was to you... Saarthak was to me..." Sakshi's voice broke...
"Kya hua?" he asked...
She rubbed the ring finger of her right hand.. her veins were prominent as the IV was inserted into it..
She took in a deep breathe... "He made love to me few hours before marriage..." her lips twitched at the corner... perhaps his touch still lingered as a sweet mirror...
Arjun's orbs were fixed on her... for some reason it twitched a corner of his mind on knowing that his memories still made her smile...
Not for the fact that something was in his heart... but then... didn't this guy ditch her... it seemed most likely...
Sakshi's eyes met his and even against the pale moonlight she figured out what he was thinking...
"But when I got up the bed was empty... his sherwani was missing... so was my engagement ring... I laughed at his antics... I prepped up for the marriage... Muski was a toddle then... the night passed by and he never came by... I waited for him but he never came... the slight glow of the haldi didn't fade... my hands were deep red in henna... but I was just a duped bride by then... but I would have been happy any day had it just been that..." Sakshi sighed and closed her eyes... tears rolling down her cheeks...
"What did he do?" Arjun asked...
"Papa was in coma... aur achanak heart attack se mar gaye..." Sakshi said...
"Aise kaise..." Arjun thought aloud... when she answered his doubt "It was induced Arjun... someone had come and introduced a drug into papa's saline... that specific drug was from one drug lord... Papa had just one dushman... jiss drugs ke khilaaf lade.. ussi drug se marr gaye..." Sakshi spoke.. her voice cracking...
"Was it..." he asked...
"Yes Sikander... he had asked a famous contract killer to get the job done..." Sakshi spoke bitterly...
"Who?" Arjun asked...
"Saarthak..." Sakshi cried out and covered her mouth with her palms muffling her cry...
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Sarthak clutched his sherwani and cried out... his Sakshi... his one and only Sakshi... he knew he betrayed her but he wanted her back in his life... he cribbed to get her feeling.. he didn't care if he killed her father... he gave a sh*t about that...
He knew that with a kiss she would melt against his arms... he was always her weak point for Sakshi...
The tears refused to stop by...
He grinned and wiped his tears... all he needed was Sakshi to come to him for once... he needed to relish her warmth once more... and he knew he would break through her defenses... he didn't understand her state of mind and lest be said... it didn't matter to him...
But that Arjun Suryakant Rawte... he's getting too close... guess it's time he realizes not to mess with his love... and he's not a fool to attack Arjun just for Sakshi... really... the thing was that he was investigating too much about SIkandar... and that according to him would not be so good for Arjun's longevity...
Saarthak opened his laptop.. it was full of Sakshi's pictures...
The mail just had one picture - his next target...
Saarthak never failed his target... and he grinned on seeing the picture... he would have a personal enjoyment in killing him...
Arjun Suryakant Rawte...
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Precap :
1) The goons entered inside Shree's home and was about to kidnap Liza when they both shot at the goons... Chotu and others killed the goons and were beating one... when suddenly someone grabbed Ayesha... and before she knew it she was pinned against the wall... a sniper bullet passed by... the man picked up the rifle and with one hand he shot to find the sniper fall dead from the opposite building...
As his warm breath touched Ayesha's neck her heart did a double flip... there was only one man who could have such an accuracy in shooting and make her heart take a flip when he was close to her... her confused eyes met the dark ones of Sameer Damsingh Rathore...
2) He looked at Muskaan playing in the field... she tripped and fell on the ground... he rushed towards a crying Muskaan...
Muskaan pushed the tendrils of her hair back and smiled at the handsome uncle in front...
"Dard ho raha hai baby..." he said and removed a hanky and water from his bag... he gently wiped her wound... he started making funny faces at which Muskaan started laughing...
"Waishe aapke naam kya hai Uncle?" Muskaan asked as he sat next to her...
"Mumma ko mat kehna... promise?" he said... Muskaan frowned but nodded
He cupped her cheeks and said..."Main tumhara Dedda hoon baby.."
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