"ANIKAA" Shivaay screamed into the shadows as he hugged her to his chest recollecting the last moment they spent together. It wasn't a moment of love, rather it was filled with hatred and the collapse of Anika.
A single tear fell from his eyes realising how terribly he had messed up, to even doubt her and then not bother to clarify the wrongful hatred and image he had of the woman that he had put through hell and back. No, he never even gave her the courtesy of asking to clarify his doubts, he simply just diminished her to being trash - roadside, middleclass trash.
He was brought back from his thoughts by the whisper of his name and he felt her chest rising against his. His heartbeat erratic, he didn't know how to react. His shrewd brain then took over, he needed to get them out of there and fast. He heard Daksh laughing behind him, and he wanted to end him right there and then in a water tank and watch him trapped and scared just as Anika was. However, Daksh was not important right now and he had already alerted Khanna to alert the police while he was driving. Just then the police burst through the doors, hitting Daksh with their rods and taking him into custody. Shivaay would deal with him later, he needed to get Anika home.
He carried her shivering, cold, and unconscious body to the car. Her breaths were still shallow and unsteady. He got Khanna to drive him home as he sat in the back with her, her head in his lap. He put up the privacy screen in his car, his tears flowing freely now with remorse, guilt, anger, and emotions he didn't even know he possessed. No sooner than Khanna had pulled up to the Oberoi Mansion, had Shivaay thrown the door open and carried Anika into the mansion, yelling for the doctor to go to his room and get his equipment ready.
The elders were asking questions left, right, and centre as they followed a manic Shivaay carrying an unconscious Anika to his room. He laid her down on his bed and explained to the family and doctor to the best of his ability, while trying not to break down, what had taken place. This is when Jhanvi spoke up about how Daksh had come by earlier and tried to convince her and Pinky about Anika and her "characterless ways". This is when Jhanvi told Pinky in front of the entire family to stop doubting Anika, and accept her as she has done nothing but good for this goddamn family who gave her nothing but sorrow. And this is when Pinky broke down crying, vowing to put Anika before her own Shivaay for the rest of her existence and making Anika her own daughter. It was Pinky and Jhanvi who changed Anika's clothes, dried her hair, fed her the medicine the doctor has prescribed, and made the rest of the family go downstairs and make Shivaay change and calm him down. Shivaay made everyone else go to bed as he watched over Anika all night, not closing his eyes even for a second.
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