Pinky starts feeling insecure after Anika takes a bullet for Shivaay and her cares for her, though dadi advices her but she doesn't listen. When Gauri and Om are to be remarried dadi insists on Shivika rasams too . During one of the rasams Pinky create problems and tells Anika Shivaay is illegitimate and If she tells him this he'll be shattered as Naam, Khoon khandan matters to him a lot. Pinky gives an ultimatum to Anika that she should leave, Shivaay and do something so that he himself throws her out otherwise she'll tell him about his illegitimacy.
Anika agrees as she knows shivaay will be broken. OmRu get to know about this along with Jahnvi n help her after she bad mouths the family Shivaay divorces her (signs) and throws her out. They separate on sour terms . Three months later Anika keeps looking for jobs n gets hired by Samar on insistence of Ragini. She decides to leave the city eventually thinking there's nothing left for her there but OmRu bring her to Oberoi Mansion.
And it continues.