Priyanka watched as Anika and Shivaay walked to the outhouse. Anika was talking to her brother while he just watched her. She had only seen this in the videos of her aunt and uncle's early days into the marraige. Even her parents did not seem to have that kind of love.

"They look cute together right?" Saumya beamed while standing next to her. I am so glad they are back. These past 2 years have been tough without Bhabhi's madness."

Priyanka grinned until her eyes caught the lamp at the alter that had gone out. She rushed towards it to see that nothing seemed to have moved. She quickly lit the lamp praying that it was not an omnious sign. She went back to her work after sending Saumya to invite the couple for lunch.

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As Priyanka sat at the dining table she watched her Bhabhi regale them with their stories of Paris as she felt tears prick her eyes. She watched as her shameless brother laughed and nudged her with his shoulders. She nearly broke down when Anika gave her suitcase filled with gifts.

"Prinku, you are like a sister to me so I went wild while shopping. You treated me like family from Day 1." Anika remarked.

Saumya watched her quizzically. She knew something was wrong.

Later after the so-called Lovebirds had left and Saumya went out to meet Rudra, Priyanka snuck into a locked room of their house and hugged a dusty photo of her aunt.

Things were going to happen again. A broken woman cheated by the love of her life.

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Anika felt sick to her stomach when she was walking to the house with Shiv.

"I think I did not like something I ate." She remarked.

Shiv's eyes widened and he held her hand. "Are you okay? Do you want me to call a doctor?"

Anika laughed and patted his hand. "Shiv, calm down. It is nothing serious."

When I get home, I will take a tablet and then by tomorrow I will be fine."

Shiv glanced at her like he did not believe her. Anika smiled the best she could. If what she thought was true, she can tell him tomorrow.

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Watching Anika sleep, Shivaay wondered how he was going to be able to protect her from his grandfather.

Just the other day, her father had almost messed everything up in Paris.

Flashback starts
"Shiv! Let me pay!" Anika took out her credit card.

Shivaay had stopped her. "Anu, I will pay. I am taking you out. I have enough savings don't worry."

Anika had looked like a cat caught in front of a car. "No Shiv,I......" She looked back down at the 600 euro bill that they had raked up.

Shivaay had thought that it was very sweet that Anika was trying to gently cover the cost without hurting his feelings. He squeezed her hand and then got up to pay the bill.

As he returned, he saw an angry man shouting at Anika.

"Dad! My husband and I are here for dinner. I don't care what you have to say." She snapped.

"I will show you and him that it is wrong to cross me." Lifting his hand like as though he is going to hit her.

"Sir! Stay away from my wife."

Her father turned in anger.

"You?" Shivaay had glared at him trying to signal to her father, when she got up and held his hand.

"Yes dad. My husband, Shiv Khanna."

Her father looked puzzled and glanced at him again.

"Shiv?"

Anika nodded. "Yes, he is your Shivaay's chief of staff."

Her father's expression looked at her mocking but his sweet wife did not even see it.

"You can leave now. I won't have you insulting him. Come Shiv. Let's go."

She dragged him away while her father watched them.

Flashback ends

Shivaay watched as an exhausted Anika lay on the bed.

"Tired?" He raised his eyebrow and asked.

She nodded. "Shiv, I was thinking....."

Shivaay nodded listening to what his wide had to say. "What if when we have a child it is a girl?"

Shivaay glanced at Anika to see her eyes full of a strange kind of fear.

He smiled. "Why? I mean do you think girls cannot bring me happiness?"

Anika looked at him. "No I mean Papa used to always say that Ma had brought him great shame with two girls and even Shivaay's dadaji is so nasty to Prinku."

Shivaay's ears perked. What did his grandfather do?

"What did he say?"

Anika shook her head. "When we had just moved in, the maids were talking about how he does not even talk to her."

Shivaay shook his head. "Dadaji is not like that. He is just very impatient cause Prinku is mute."

Anika nodded but did not look convinced.

Shivaay squeezed her hand. "You don't worry. Whatever kid we have, my parents will love them."

She nodded. "When are we going to meet them?"

Shivaay looked at the sky before he said yer another lie. "Ma passed away but Papa is currently with Dadaji. He should come by the end of this month to meet Saumya and me."

She nodded. "Ok. I really want to meet your father. I am so excited."

He nodded as he slid into the bed.

"Anika, tomorrow I need to tell you something important."

There was no sound from her end.

"Anika! Anu!" He called out. When he looked at her, she was in deep sleep.

He shook his head and promised that he would tell her everything tomorrow night.

But little did he know that the next day held something dark and sad for the two Lovebirds.