Present.

Tears formed in her eyes when she recalled that particular incident in her life, everything changed in a minute, she never knew she was pregnant during that time also she was careless, but after that things started to change gradually in her life. She started to miss her family to an extent, when she opened up about her wish to meet them when he arrived back, he wasn't ready to accompany her. Now, looking at that situation, she could feel his hesitance, neither his father nor her father supported him and tried their level best to stop him from what he was doing when they knew that he signed for 70-30 deal with his partner that would have given them a free chance to question his talent and capability, he wasn't ready for that, even Anika wasn't ready for that then, but her mind was unstoppable over then, she started to overthink everything, now she realized everything, she should have shared everything with him, maybe that would have made him understand her state of mind.

"No, please." She cried holding his hand tight in her lap, she couldn't raise her eyelids to him.

"Anika, listen," He held her face up and made her face him.

"No, I can't please. Don't ask." She said, she started to tremble in his hold. Before giving a warning, every memory related to it rushed inside her mind making her difficult to breathe, she couldn't breathe properly, and she started to choke, her eyes started to burn and her palms started shivering, she could see his face before her eyes but she can't hear what she was speaking. She closed her eyes, and she felt someone lift her, but she couldn't focus but held the piece of clothes tightly in her hold. Soon she felt a soft mattress hit her back.

"Relax... Relax... I am not asking anything; I am sorry baby..." She heard his voice in a trembling voice, she knew he must be crying right now, tears watered in her eyes, and her body started to calm when he left everything and hugged her tight. All she could do during that time was to hug him tight and bury her face in his chest and stay safe from all the accusations that her brain kept in his favor, she found solace in him. She got panic attacks many times in these 4 years, but she never let anyone know about it. She was her doctor and she got calm only by cursing him in her mind, but now, it was different, she got a panic attack for blaming her for everything.

"Tight" She requested him when he loosened the grip. As she asked, he hugged her as tight as she could feel his pulse. And she started to get relaxed.

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For a while, he felt helpless when she started to feel helpless and started to tremble, he was witnessing it for the first time, but nothing worked at that moment. He didn't know what to do, she repeated the same word again and again. Now she was again melted in his arms, she stopped trembling and buried her face in his chest. He didn't know how many hours have passed but she was still hugging him tightly, and her breath became normal, he still feel guilty for asking her about that, but it remains a mystery, what would have happened to her?

He shrugged off her thoughts when he recalled her condition in front of her, he ensured he will learn it on his own but not from her, he can't take that risk again. She started to feel comfortable in his embrace.

"Shivaay..." She finally took his name. He immediately responded to her and loosened his grip.

"Yeah, baby!" He responded. She finally broke the hug and looked at him. Her eyes turned red and she looked so pale.

"I am sorry!" She responded and again broke into tears, even though he couldn't get what was going on in her mind, he could feel her pain.

"I am sorry too." He said and recalled how much she had to adjust, plus she didn't complain once, in fact, she saved him from getting bankrupt which he realized so late,

"Why are you saying sorry?" She asked him.

"I didn't take your words seriously, I thought you were influenced by my dad and your dad, but you were only thinking about me." He carefully took the words as he wanted to divert her from the current situation. When they signed the contract with Archive, they were ready for a 70-30 partnership with them, they thought they will manage it, but when the sales of their phone got increased, along with the taste of success, they felt the reality, they couldn't manage the expenditures that led them to become bankrupt, before any of that could happen, Anika confronted to the investors in the party, she quite argued with them, Shivaay had to drag her back but she didn't stop, she blamed them for playing their game which led to the deal breaker when she threatened them with lawsuits, along with that, they had a huge argument. He still remembered her words that she took out of patience.

"CAN'T YOU SEE YOURSELF, THEY ARE TRAPPING YOU, THE PERSON WHO PROPOSED THE IDEA FOR THIS COMPANY CAN'T DESIGN THE OPERATING SOFTWARE ON HIS OWN? ISN'T IT FOOLISH? DIDN'T YOU THINK ABOUT IT EARLIER OR YOU WERE THAT DUMP THE WHOLE TIME?"

That moment, he witnessed the other side of his wife, but he couldn't take up her words, also he didn't stop her when she decided to leave him, when her words started to sink into him, she left the country.

"I believed the passion I saw in your eyes, I wasn't influenced but scared, for you!" She said the words genuinely from her heart.

"Thankfully you took my words seriously and started developing the RikaS, even though I was angry with you then, my heart was overwhelmed with pride that day." She replied while keeping her hands on his cheek. He finally diverted her from the topic, also he couldn't deny the fact that he had a really tough time.

"Also you made me a billionaire by feeding the idea to market the phones in India with your rude article." He chuckled off. She smiled back.

"That's why your PR team tried to sue me and our press?" She asked him.

"I didn't know you are the one who was behind that?" He replied to her back with a chuckle.

"That wasn't fair, I wrote the truth! I just asked if the experiment with the number 1 competitor of the US was a success, why you guys are hesitant with introducing it in India when all of your roots belong here." Anika asked him back.

"The truth was, we weren't that confident to introduce it here, but as usual, even though it was rude and straightforward, you brought senses in us, and yeah you're the reason why we are, billionaires, now." He said with pride and saw a proud smile on her face.

"Thank you." He said cupping her face.

"Thank you, for not giving up your dreams and starting it from the scratch hearing me." She said and united their forehead together. There was no moment, but they enjoyed the intimacy between them.

"So no divorce?" He asked her with the hope she will say yes to him. But she didn't respond anything to him, that few seconds of silence didn't fail to scare him. But when she tilted her face a little and placed her lips above him, he understood, it was a sweet soft kiss initiated by him. But she broke the kiss.

"I always knew how much anger I am, I will always melt in your arms. I initially thought it was your trick to stop me from what I was up to. But now, you made it clear that I melt in your arms because I could see the priority clearly when I am in your arms that nothing can stand before the love you have for me." She said looking deep into his eyes, her words soothed the wounds that were caused because of her separation.

"I wanted to choose you over anything. Man, you don't need 2 months just two days were enough. Thanks for having patience with me." She said looking at him. She was repeating, it was her mistake, but he wasn't ready to believe it. She decided of leaving him because something from his side would have triggered her to do so, and he vowed to know the reason behind it but not from her. He kept everything in his mind and hugged her tighter than before.

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