The last thing he remembered was his mother's voice, rushing towards him at her high speed when he collapsed on the floor. And he heard his mother's voice calling him, waking him up. Even though he heard it, shivaay didn't want to respond to her. He did it on purpose like he wanted to see her pain. One part of him was deeply hurt by his behaviour with his mom. While the other side was coping with the betrayal and pain which stroked him one after the other in these 3 years.

First, he got to know about his illegitimate brother from his father, throughout years, he had been asking his mother why she separated herself from dad and was keen that he shouldn't his custody at any point but every time, she said that her dad didn't respect her and he didn't want him to learn the same from his father and disrespect his future partner. But when his illegitimate brother arrived in the picture, he was left heartbroken. The soul whom he trusted with everything hid this massive thing from him.

And his father, he stopped calling him father ever since he got married to Anika and came to know how he played with his life just because his life didn't go on the way he expected. He knew, his father always wanted him as his puppet, that's what he did, he sacrificed his cricket career and chose to do business studies as he wanted, and pleased him in every way he could merely forgetting and sacrificing his dream.

His mom knew that he was doing everything for his father, for not letting him down. Then too, she didn't stop him from doing everything. He thought he was the only person he has in his life as his own and merely believed he loved him. But he felt betrayed every moment. When he came to know the past and truth, he felt all his life he lived for nothing. He felt like a huge fool who has no aim in life other than to keep up for others. That made him leave everything and everyone behind.

He had no idea how these 3 years went. But he kept working in the E-learning firm he started when his father hesitated on donating the trust he created before 3 years, even his firm was shining, he never let anyone know that he was the owner of this firm. Here, he was not running the business but creating lives for the people who felt hopeless with life to rebuild their careers. But inside, he was crashing himself. How much he tries; he couldn't come over from her memory. While then, he got a call from Tej, he didn't want to attend but he eventually attended when it rang continuously for hours, when he attends, he exploded the news to him. His wife wants a divorce from him.

He opened his eyes in jerk when he felt intense pain in his heart again when he felt that there will no relationship with her ever in this lifetime, and there won't be any chance left with him to get back to her. Even though he was hell angry with her, he has a deep feeling, that whatever happens, his lady couldn't stay away from him any longer but now, everything was going to end. His lady love and the one who made him a better person, the one who taught him the values has decided to divorce him. At that moment, he regretted the fact that he was still living on this earth.

The nurse checked him while noticing the reading in the monitor which was connected to his left side and rushed outside. Nothing was going inside him other than the pain of rethinking their divorce repeatedly. Their 3 months of life flashed before his eyes within a second. Their dream, everything was going to crash when he will sign the divorce papers. While then, the ward door crashed open. He didn't know what provoked him to see towards the door, but he heard a little sound of footsteps reaching him slowly, he kept looking at the legs and never dared up to see the face but those kept approaching him. He closed his eyes in an instant when she reached next to him.

Anika is here, he wanted to scream, but he couldn't do it. There were a lot of things rushing inside his mind, soon he felt her palms running all over his face. Her touch, his heart ached when he felt her touch after a long time, that pain was less than the pain which was caused with the news of divorce. He heard her silent cries, but he didn't raise his hand like always to wipe it off. He kept his eyes closed, even there was an urge inside to see her face, he was silent. While then, he felt her warm lips on his forehead, she didn't mind his response or his reaction but kissed him on his forehead. Neither she spoke nor waited for his reaction, but she kept her head on his chest nearer to his heart and cried. He couldn't stay closing his eyes, longer. He opened his eyes, tears leaked from his eyes. But he didn't console her. The questions he has in his heart stopped him from doing it.

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Anika couldn't wait when the nurse told them that he gained consciousness. She almost reached the door but stopped when she realized Jhanvi was waiting like her, she turned around to ask her permission, she smiled at her and nodded yes to her while holding her daughter in her hand. She went inside, the room was dark, but his eyes were stuck on the entrance, she finally got to see him. Her heart pounded out of the chest when she felt the moment surreal, this was the moment, she yearned for the past 3 years. But she never imagined seeing him in that situation. She felt solely responsible for this situation.

He immediately closed his eyes when she reached him but that didn't stop her from showering her love for him. She sat next to him and cupped his face with both of her hands to see him. She thought she went worse in their separation, but looking at him, all her assumptions went wrong, his deep dark circles, hollow cheeks told her a different story. She couldn't stop herself from kissing his forehead. Mentally, she promised him, hereafter, whatever happens, she will never leave him even he wanted her to leave. She kept her head on his chest and hugged him tightly. She least cared about his response but hugged him tightly.

But she had to break the hug abruptly when she heard a beeping sound from the monitors in high frequency. Nurse and doctor rushed inside, Anika didn't know what was happening, before she could realize he started to feel difficult to breathe, and he keeps heaving in and out. The doctor pulled out an oxygen mask and masked it in his face. In a few seconds, Anika has been dragged out of the ward by a nurse when her eyes fixed on her husband. Jhanvi looked at her with questions and fear, but she had no answer to it, instead, she was shaking from inside after witnessing whatever happened.

"His condition is very dedicated right now, It seems like he has been dealing with Anxiety issues for the past few days, that's why his body couldn't deal with a slight change in the environment. It's better to take a psychist's help in this case." The doctor informed them when Anika went all silent after whatever she saw before her eyes in a while.

"Sure doctor!" Jhanvi said and held her palm tight when the doctor's words roamed inside her mind throughout. Whatever be the reason, it was all because of her when she left him in the most dedicated phrase when he needed her the most. And when she saw her daughter sleeping in Catherine's shoulders. Her heart screamed with a warning.

"MAA..." Anika raised her voice turning towards Jhanvi.

"We can't tell him about Aishi, right now," Anika told. Jhanvi and Catherine were shocked to hear that.

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The next few days went silent from Shivaay's side, he was reacting to everything his mom and Anika do but didn't reply anything to them. He saw her shocked to the hell when his vision again got blurred for a second time and he couldn't be able to breathe again. From then to now, Anika and his mom both stayed alerted when he even coughed a little. During the daytime, Anika and Jhanvi were there for him but at night, jhanvi always leaves Anika for his help where she took the couch but hardly sleeps, he could sense whether she was sleeping or not merely looking at her face. But for the past three days, she didn't get any sort of rest.

"Here... Tablets." Anika forwarded the medicines. He didn't deny it but got it from her hands. She stood there in the hope that he will speak to her, but he didn't have anything to speak.

"Feeling better?" Anika again asked him.

"Hmm." He replied and he lay back to the bed closing his eyes and avoiding the conversation with her purposefully. Anika walked back to her couch, disappointed. When he opened his eyes, she was sleeping on the couch in a disturbing position, but she was not sleeping. His arms yearned to hold her from the couch and place her next to him in the bed even though the bed was exceedingly small, he was ready to hug her and sleep for the whole night. But he stopped himself. His heart was deeply hurt because of her, she made him feel nothing and threw him out of her life when he did everything for her dreams.

Their new life started great but there was a pause in-between when they found her grandmother passed away in sleep, Anika couldn't accept the fact that her grandmother was no more as she teased her and laughed with them last night and the next morning, she lied statue on her bed and her body turned to ice. Saahil was supposed to leave for Germany the next day, eventually, he had to extend his stay because of his grandmother's sudden demise. Anika was shattered as she kept saying that her grandmother was fine last night and refused to come out of her room to do the last rites.

"How can it... How is it possible, shivaay?" She asked him confusingly while crying uncontrollably, on the other hand, he was now sitting next to her in their room and trying to convince her to come out of the room, but he couldn't speak a word when she held his two palms and cocooned herself in him. He held her possessively while wrapping his arms around her.

"Remember, last night she was speaking with us, pulling our leg for getting back to bed early every day, then how it happened suddenly?" She again asked him, tears crossed from his eyes thinking about her mental state, it has been more than 12 hours since her grandmother passed away, still, she couldn't believe the news was true.

"No... No... No... There might be a mistake. Yesterday, I checked her blood pressure and sugar level on my own, everything was normal, even she held my wrist when I was leaving her room and said good night with the same teasing smile." She blabbered out whatever she has in her mind, and suddenly there was a pause. He pulled her falling hair behind her earlobe and waited for her to say something.

"She never wished me good night..." Anika whispered to him while making eye contact with him. She was shocked and her tears paused for a while.

"It means she knew it already," She whispered looking at him. He couldn't see her like that, but there was no choice left in him to ease her from this pain, he planted a tight kiss on her forehead when he held her so close. He was there holding her tight when she cried bitterly on his shoulder.

"She wanted... to greet me... for the last time." She said in-between her sobs. He wiped off her face and made her face him.

"Now, it's time, Ani. You know I will never force you for anything. But it's the last chance to greet her back. Send her off, you deserve it. Please, Ani." He tried to convince her, slowly she broke the hug and got ready to face the reality. While then, he found out that she didn't come out from the room even at her parent's funeral. But now, holding his palm tight, she greeted her grandmother with a final goodbye.

And he felt the same feel out of a sudden, somebody was holding him tight and buried their head on his shoulder, when that person scent hit his nose, he confirmed who it was and opened his eyes in jerk. She was sleeping in his bed, cocooning herself into him, burying her palms inside his t-shirt like she used to sleep. He was sleeping with her after so many years. But he shrugged him off and walked away to the washroom leaving her waking up in a jerk and being deaf to her words.

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