"Kasak..." Manvi whispered.
Virat got up from the bed hurriedly and stepped towards kasak.
"No one loves me..." Kasak said with eyes moist; ready to burst into tears any second.
"No... No baby... Mumma loves you..."
Manvi ran towards kasak, pushing virat in the process. She kneeled down in front of kasak and took her in her embrace.
"Mumma loves you kasu... Mumma loves you..." Manvi saidin between sobs.
No matter how hard she tried, the tears won't stop. It seemed like the ultimate moment of her happy. The very moment she feared from the time she accepted kjasak like her own baby. And she was, in literal terms. She took care of kasak the same way Maya would have taken care. In fact she had loved kasak moire than even Maya could and manvi was not scared to claim it. It was something undeniable and justified. Manvi has loved kasak more than she ever loved herself. Kasak is her baby and will always be.
"You lied... You said... Maya..." Kasak complained.
Manvi swallowed the lump formed at the back of her heart and prepared herself mentally. She had to do it. It was the moment of truth.
"Where is my mom...??" Kasak asked pulling herself out of the hug.
Manvi looked at virat, shocked from kasak's action.
"Kasak... Listen to me..." Virat said and led her towards the bed.
"Everybody lied... Liars..." Kasak accused them both, this time.
"OK... Manvi is not your mother and Maya is... She is no more. She died when you were born..." Virat said in a single breath.
Manvi couldn't believe how easily virat summed up the story of their life and told it to kasak.
"Kasak I didnt even look at you for days... She took care of you..." Virat pointed at manvi and kasak looked at her.
"Virat please..." Meher whispered.
"Manvi she needs to know... Yes Maya gave birth to her... Par tumne maa ka had farz nibhaya hai..." Virat told manvi.
Kasak started crying utterly and the tone in which virat spoke scared her even more. It felt to her that her family was going to be broken. She will lose manvi. Her mother.
Manvi ignored virat and went to where kasak sat. She quickly wiped off her tears and hugged her.
"Its OK baby... Don't cry... Mumma is there for you... Kasu..."
Kasak hugged manvi back and wrapped her arms strongly around her, not ready to let her go.
"Kasak... Your mumma loves you so much baby..." Virat said after calming himself down. He wasn't ready to see kasak accuse manvi of anything, when she did everything she could do... For her... For him. For them.
"Why does it matter that she didn't give birth to you...??" Virat asked and kasak looked at him, from the corner of her eye.
"She will now love me less after the small baby..." Kasak mumbled against manvi's chest.
Manvi broke the hug and cupped kasak's cheeks.
"Don't you want this baby now...?? If no, we will not have it... Hum baby ko kisi aur de denge..." Manvi told kasak.
Kasak looked at virat, who was already glaring at manvi. How could he believe what manvi said... What was she pointing at...???
"No... Don't give the baby away... It's my small brother... Dad..." Kasak replied and held virat's hand.
"I want a brother... I will love him, I promise..." She continued.
Manvi smiled and looked at virat. In just few seconds, her eyes to!d him the untold words and he understood that she didn't mean a bit of it.
"As you say..." Manvi said and kasak hugged her again.
"I love you mumma..." Kasak whispered.
"I love you more baby... Mumma loves you so much..." Manvi said, brushing kasak's hair with her fingers.
"Dad se bhi jyada...??" Kasak asked.
"Hmm...dad se bhi jyada... Sabse jyada... You are my first baby... Why won't I love you the most...??" Manvi replied kissing the top of kasak's head.
"Most... The baby will get jealous..." Kasak said and then giggled.
"What to do...?? First baby first..." Manvi replied and opened her other arm towards virat.
Virat joined the duo and hugged his world. His universe. His family. His everything.
"Isn't she beautiful...??" Manvi asked kasak.
Kasak looked up at manvi and then at the photograph in the album. Her eyes then shifted to virat who sat beside them.
"Yes..." Kasak replied tracing the photograph with her tiny fingers.
Virat looked at kasak who was looking at Maya's photographs and when she traced the photograph with her fingers; he looked away. It was all kind of awkward.
"So are you..." Manvi told kasak.
"But I look like you... Hai na mumma...??" Kasak said and sat in manvi's lap.
"Hmm... But more beautiful than me and more smarter... I'm proud of you baby girl..." Manvi told kasak.
"Do you love maya mom...??" Kasak asked and looked at virat.
"Yes..." Virat replied in tone a bit lower than his usual.
"And what about mumma...?? Do you love her also...???" Kasak asked.
"I love her... I really love your mumma..." Came the reply.
The change of tones somehow made manvi happy and she wasn't scared of anything anymore. There was nothing to hide now and it was quite a relief... No more secrets... Just love...
"Maan... I.." naina said only to be cut off in between.
"Why did you marry me...???" Maan asked.
"Huh... Maan what are you saying...??" Naina asked.
"Why did you marry when you love mohit...?? Why...?? And what kind of love is this huh... That you even slept with me... But still that love is there... All entact..."
"I don't love him anymore..." Naina replied honestly.
"I saw you with rishabh last night and I even heard the part when he asked if it was about mohit and you my dear wife... You said yes..."
"Maan you are getting it all wrong... It wasn't what it seems like..."
"It is what it seems like..."
Maan pinned naina to a wall and held onto her arms. His nails digging into her skin. He leaned close to her, filling in the gap between them. It was hurting him real bad this time.
"I loved you so much... So much that now it hurts... Why did you betray me naina...?? Why...?? Why couldn't you love me back...??? Kyun dhokha diya mujhe naina... Kyun khelti rahi mere dil se...?? Kyun...??? Kyun mujhe itna dard ho raha hai...??? Kyun ...??? Speak up..."
Maan shook her hard and her already stiffened body now became numb and cold. Infinite tears rolled down her eyes and lips shivered. No words coming out of her mouth.
"Naina go back to him... Go back before I change my decision..."
Maan stepped away from the girl who was the love of his life. The tears pooled in his eyes told a different story.
Naina stood pinned to the wall and kept on crying. Her world crashed. Period.
"I won't let you go if you stay here any longer... Go naina..." Maan yelled.
The door opened with a bang, a furious rishabh looking at maan. But when he looked at naina, his eyes softened. Never had he seen her that broken and shaken up. His baby sister didn't deserve it.
"Go out nain..." Rishabh ordered.
Naina came out of the trance and followed what rishabh said. She trusted her brother way too much to disrespect him.
"What do you think you are doing...??? That's my sister we are talking about..." Rishabh roared.
"That's my wife we are talking about..." Maan corrected.
"Rishabhhh..."
A yell interrupted them.
"Madhu..." Rishabh whispered recognising madhu's voice.
"Rishabh nainaaa..."
This time both maan and rishabh ran down to the hall. Madhu stood there near the door when rishabh stood beside madhu.
"Naina... She got a call and drove away... She looked so upset... I'm scared..." Madhu said.
"She left me..." Maan whispered. His heart not able to accept the bitter truth. His wife left him for another man. For her ex lover.
"That rascal..." Rishabh stormed out of the house in anger.
Manvi virat and kasak were sitting in their room when manvi's mobile rang. It was strange... Madhu was calling her. Manvi was utterly shocked. Never did she talked to madhu after naina's engagement party. Madhu told manvi that naina left the house, rishabh went to look for her but he can't find her. They have no clue. And if in any case she knows about naina's whereabouts, do tell her.
"Naina is missing..." Manvi whispered after ending the call.
"What...??" Virat asked.
Manvi hurriedly called her mother inquiring about naina. But sadly mitali also had no clue. Manvi then called maan.
"Bhai... Naina.." Manvi said coming out of the room, away from kasak.
"She left me manvi... My marriage just failed... She doesn't loves me... It has always been that guy..." Maan replied.
"Bhai nain loves you... Only you I know... She might have failed in fulfilling her duties but she can't cheat on you... Mohit and Naina are over... Trust me.. I know her better than she knows herself..." Manvi told maan.
"I don't know manvi... He was her first love... Its killing me because I love her so much..." Maan poured his heart out.
"Bhai I don't have a good feeling... We have to find naina... You can't lose her..."
24 hours. Long painful 24 hours. It was getting difficult every passing minute. So there were they all gathered in singhania mansion. There were many messed up equations but nothing mattered at the moment. It was time to join hands together and multiply efforts.
"I think we are missing out something important..." Virat said.
All others looked up and faced him.
"Naina is missing... You guys had an argument... She got a call and we are clueless..." Virat said pointing out the things that happened.
"So..??" Rishabh asked.
"I have a doubt its mohit... Yesterday also he was stressed out and somewhere sure that he will get back naina..." Virat said.
"Yes... He has always been saying that he would get naina..." Manvi added.
"Shit... I did help him unintentionally..." Maan sighed.
"Shouldn't we inform the police...??" Madhu suggested.
"I think she is right..." Virat agreed.
"No..." Rishabh and maan said in unison.
"We can put naina in danger, if its true..." Maan added.
"Virat... Why don't you call him...??" Manvi suggested.
"I think you are right..."
Virat dialled the call again and again but got no response.
"I'm sure now..." Rishabh gritted his teeth.
"Please let me go... Please..."
"Its not happening love... You came on your own... But ab... Ab wapas nahi jaogi... Tum meri ho..."
Mohit stepped closer to naina while she stepped back until she hit the wall behind.
"Mohit please let me go... I'm scared... Please..." Naina pleaded.
"Nain I love you baby... Just look into my eyes... Just once..." Mohit forcefully made naina look into his eyes.
"Please mohit..." Naina sobbed and whispered.
"Please naina... Stay... I love you so much... Uss maan se bhi jyada... You love me naina... Only me... You are mine..." Mohit nodded in a no and pulled naina close, scaring her like hell.
He leaned into her and was about to kiss her tears when she pushed him a bit. She was weak, tired and running out of energy, now in this situation she felt even more scared and helpless.
"Naina don't force me... You know one phone call and your dearest brother and so called husband... Well they will be finished... I have very intelligently messed up the accounts baby... They will be destroyed... And I have proofs... Every single proof pointing towards that they deal in illegal stuff... Aur baby agar koi bach gya unn dono mein se... So I have arrangement of a sharp shooter as well... Your pick now... Apni zindagi ya unki..." Mohit threatened naina. The same story he has been telling since yesterday and every time it worked.
"Mohit please you can't do that... You were never like this..."
"You made me turn into this ugly monster... You naina..." He yelled at her, shaking her forcefully.
To mohit's surprise, naina threw herself in his arms. His hands wrapped around her without even thinking and it suddenly calmed him down.
"I'm sorry..." She whispered.
"Its OK baby... Its OK... I love you naina..." He confessed his love and smiled in the hug. It was coming home. Her arms around him, he wanted nothing more.
"Nain... Don't worry... I will love you so much that you will never miss them and the baby...-"
"Baby..." Naina sighed in realisation. Mohit still thought she was carrying a baby.
"Yes... The baby... I will accept it... Because you want it..." Mohit told naina, rubbing her back in order to soothe her.
Naina closed her eyes and hoped for a minute that things never went wrong. This guy did love her from the core of his heart. Only if she understood it and ignored his flaws. Everybody has flaws, so did he. But he did love her... He still do. Very next second, her body shivered thinking of a life without maan. Yes he wasn't her first love but he was her true love. She realised it when she spent time with him, started to know him. He was worth knowing and she was glad she met him, married him and fell in love with him. A life without him - well she didn't want it. She would do anything it takes to back to him. To her husband.
"Mohit... I'm hungry..." Naina said.
"Ohh yeah... You sit here... I will be back..."
"Manvi please go home... Take rest baby..." Maan told and went upstairs.
"You guys can stay back... For dinner..." Madhu offered.
"No thanks... We will go home now..." Virat said.
"Yeah kasak has school tomorrow..." Manvi added.
"I will just get her..." Virat said and brought kasak from the room in which she was asleep.
"Bhai is so hurt virat..."
Manvi threw her arms around virat and he pulled her into him. It has been a tough day and they had gone through so much. Life was like a roller coaster ride.
"We will get through this jaan... We will..." Virat consolled manvi.
Manvi composed herself and stayed in his arms; which have always provided her comfort, love and warmth.
"I was so scared when kasak heard us..." Manvi confessed.
"She had to know it one day manvi... I was just scared for you..."
"For me...??" Manvi asked, knotting her eye brows.
"Yeah... When I blamed you for all this, I know what you went through... I understand how you felt and I couldn't let it all repeat... I couldn't let kasak hurt you... You know her innocent questions could also have hurted you or made u feel guilty... This is the last thing I want manvi... Its better we have no baggage on our shoulders anymore..." Virat said.
"But kasak did take it well... She understood..." Manvi said with a faint smile on her lips.
"She did because you have been a great mother and its your upbringing that she took it well... Maya is her biological mother but you... You are the air she breathes manvi... You are the air kasak and I breath... Without you, we can't even go a day..." Virat honestly told manvi.
"Aren't you too cute sometimes...???" Manvi asked pulling virat's cheeks.
"What..?? I'm not a baby Missy..." Virat smirked.
"You yourself are having a baby... I know you aren't one..." Meher said and giggled.
"I love you..."
"I love you too..."
"Maa... What should I do..?? Kya karun main...??" Maan asked mitali.
Manvi sat beside mitali and looked at her elder brother's helplessness.
"Manav... Everything will be fine... I know my naina... She is brave and intelligent..." Mitali said brushing maan's hair, which was placed in her lap.
"Mom is right bhai... Nainu will be fine..." Manvi said.
"She probably hates me manvi... I doubted my own wife and said some disgusting stuff... She might not love me now..." Maan sighed disappointedly.
"Bhai... Choti si ladhai se pyaar nahi mitta..."
"Manvi is right... You both are married and it happens... Arguments and misunderstandings..." Mitali added.
"Rishabh I know we don't get along... But we have to now... Its important..." Virat said.
"I agree... But we can get along... Why to have this hidden hate between us...?? Im sorry for everything I did... Really... Let's put it behind us..." Rishabh apologised.
"Its OK... And let's move past it now... Its high time... Congratulations by the way..." Virat replied.
"Thank you... Congrats to u too..." Rishabh said.
"Thanks..."
Virat and rishabh were in the police station with the police commissioner. After much discussion they had things sorted. Their plan of action. First action to be their calls being tapped.
Virat called mohit and even before the first ring, the call was received.
"Help me please..." came a whisper.
"N.. Naina..." Virat said.
"Virat please do something... Mohit... He.. He kept me here..." Naina sobbed lightly.
"Where...??" Virat asked.
Rishabh snatched the mobile from virat.
"Nain.."
"Bhai... Bhai save me... He has gone mad..."
"We will baby... Where are you...??" Rishabh asked.
"I don't know... There is a airport nearby I guess..." Naina replied after thinking hard and suddenly disconnected the call.
Somehow things fell in place and they traced the call leading them to find the place. The police cautiously entered the godown and looked around to find no one. Virat, rishabh, and maan followed the police and reached the place. Something smashed and the police searched the whole place until they found them.
"Leave... Just leave or I will shoot her..."
Naina was held by mohit and he pointed a gun at her head.
"No... Don't shoot..." Maan pleaded the moment his eyes landed on naina.
"Sir please control yourself..." said one of the police inspectors.
"Mohit kya kar raha hai yaar... Put the gun down..." Virat told mohit.
"Tell them to back out bhai... Or else I will kill her..." Mohit warned and pulled the trigger.
"Mohit please naina ko chod de... Please..." Rishabh went on his knees and folded his hands.
"Why did you have to spoil things back then rishabh singhania...??? Why...??" Mohit barked at rishabh.
"Put the guns down I said..." Mohit ordered the police.
"Do as he says... She is my only sister..." Rishabh told the police.
"Shoot me..." Naina whispered.
Mohit went numb and looked at naina. How could she think he would hurt her. He would die fir her if she wants. That's how much he loves her.
"No... Don't listen to her please... Please don't do anything to her... Please..." Maan requested.
"So Mr. Husband do as I say..." Mohit smirked.
"Anything..."
"Divorce her and everything will be fine..." Mohit said.
"No maan... Don't listen to him..." Naina nodded her head in a No.
"I will divorce her I promise... Please naina ko chod do... Please..."
"Haha... You will leave her... For ever..." Mohit smirked evilly.
"Mohit mere bhai... You listen me out... Just trust me once..." Virat interrupted.
"You stay away bhai... Its just between the three of us..." Mohit replied.
"Everyone just leave... Nowww" maan ordered.
"Just two minutes..." Rishabh glared at mohit.
"Don't trust him maan... Go..." Naina pleaded.
Something in mohit snapped and he turned naina around.
One of the police officer took the opportunity and fired a bullet. Shocking every single person around. It was dead drop silence when that bullet did someone.
There was blood. Somebody got shot.
But who...???
Naina or Mohit...???
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