Author's POV

(Khurana Mansion)

Ruhanika was pacing back and forth in her room and trying to call Abhay but he was not picking up., "Where are you Abhay ji", she muttered clutching her mangalsutra.

Just then a message came on her phone, 'if you want to find your husband then come to room 203 of Moon Hotel', her heart beat was fast, she was feeling something is going wrong.

"No nothing must have happened to him", she took a deep breath and left the house without telling anyone at home, she reached the hotel within an hour, bad thoughts were coming to her throughout the way, "hey Mahadev just protect him", she prayed and came out of the car and entered the hotel.

She took the lift and reached the 2nd floor, with every step her heart was beating fast, as she reached room 203, she took a deep breath and knocked on the door but It was already open.

she opened that door and went inside, seeing the condition of the room she was shocked, all the stuff was scattered, she quickly went towards the bedroom and got shock, Abhay was lying shirtless on the bed and a girl was sitting curled up on the ground next to the bed, her condition was not good, her clothes were torn, she was sobbing.

Ruhanika felt as if the ground had slipped beneath her feet, when Ruhanika heard the sound of that girl crying then she came to her senses, she removed the blanket from the bed and covered that girl, that girl flinched and crawled back, "Sir please don't do this.., please don't touch me", that girl muttered in fear.

Ruhanika's heart shatter hearing her words, tears brimmed in her eyes, but she composed herself and said softly to that girl, "hey calm down", when that girl saw someone else there, tears started flowing from her eyes.

She hugged Ruhanika, "ma'am please save me.., he.. he was.. trying to molest me.., please ma'am save me..", she said between her cries.

Each word piercing her heart, she looked at Abhay uncouncious form and she felt someone took out her soul.

She helped that girl to get up and made her sit on the same couch and gave her a glass of water.., "Ma'am I have to go from here please..", that girl pleaded.

"Okay..", Ruhanika said and took her out of the room, she booked a cab and made her sit in the cab and sent her to her home, Ruhanika came back to the room and tried to wake Abhay up but he was unconscious.

She could smell the alcohol from his clothes, she called Kartik because she could not take him from there alone, After some time Kartik also came there, Ruhanika told him everything whatever happened there.

"What this is impossible, Abhay could not do such a bad thing even under the influence of alcohol, that girl is lying..", Kartik said with disbelief.

"Kartik bhai please not yet, please take him home..", Ruhanika said with a sad voice, Kartik sensed her sadness so didn't say anything and both of them took Abhay to his car and took him to Khurana Mansion, and Kartik and Ruhanika came into the room and made him lie down on the bed.

"Ruhanika you take care of him I'm going but let me know if you need something", she nodded and Kartik left. Abhay was in deep sleep, Ruhanika looked at his face and tears flowed down from her eyes, "why Abhay ji.. why did you do this.., such a bad act with a girl..", she muttered and laid down on the sofa, exhaustion took over her and she slept.

Next Morning

Ruhanika's eyes opened with the knock on the door, no it was not a knock, someone banging on the door, "Abhay..", his mother's voice came, Ruhanika quickly got up from the sofa and went to open the door, Seema ji (Abhay's mother) was standing with anger and disappointment on her face.

"mom what happened", Ruhanika asked with a worried expression, "where is Abhay..", Seema ji asked and without waiting for her answer she entered the room and her anger boiled up seeing Abhay sleeping without any care, she picked the water jug ​​kept in side table and poured all the water on Abhay, he got up with panic, Ruhanika gasp and put her hand on her mouth.

"What the hell..", Abhay shouted in anger.

"Just shut up Abhay.. and do you even know what you did last night..", Seema ji burst on him. Abhay looked at her with confusion.

"what I did..", he asked.

"Are you asking me this seriously?", Seema ji screamed, she grabbed his hand and dragged him down to the hall, Ruhanika also came behind them, she jerked him between the hall, and then a reporter's voice was heard,

"Abhay Khurana was seen molesting a hotel staff, that girl has testified that last night when she went to give room service to Abhay Khurana at his hotel room, he started misbehaving with her, and also touched her in a bad way..", Abhay's eyes widened hearing the news, his eyes snap towards the TV where that girl while crying told everyone about last night.

"What the fuck, she is lying..", Abhay said still in shock, his mind was blank for a moment.

"Seriously Abhay that girl has given proof.., there are scratch marks on her hands and even the CCTV footage of the hotel is with her", his dad (Tarun ji) said with anger.

"Dad I didn't..".

"You did it, I saw it with my own eyes..", Ruhanika said her voice low, everyone snapped heads towards her. "What the fuck are you saying Ruhanika..", Abhay said with gritted teeth. She bowed her head tears flow from her eyes, Seema ji went near her and wiped her tears, "shh... child don't cry and tell me what you saw".

"I went to that hotel room yesterday..., that girl was there, I found her clothes torn, she was crying a lot, I myself sent her to her home", Ruhanika told them everything. Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"No mom, you know even under the influence of alcohol I cannot do such a bad thing with a girl, that girl is trying to manipulate everyone I had just gone there to meet a client, after that I started feeling heavy head and I booked a room and as soon as I entered the room, I fell asleep I didn't force any girl", Abhay tried to explain what had happened to him last night.

Seema and Tarun Ji looked at each other they trust their son but all the proofs were against him, Tarun Ji sighed and said, "Abhay even if we trust you, but this news is spreading very fast something will have to be done.., if you have not done anything like this then the truth will have to be brought out, otherwise it will have a very bad impact on your reputation".

There was a heavy silence for a moment when Abhay's phone buzzed which was in his pants, he took it out, it was his assistant's phone, he picked it up, "sir..the company's shares are suddenly falling very fast please come to the office quickly".

"What... I'm coming", Abhay said with tension. he cut the call. "what happened beta", Tarun Ji asked.

"Dad, there is some problem in the company, I have to go", he said and went to his room to freshen up he took a bath and got ready and left the house, as soon as he reached the office, he was surprised, media were standing outside his company and were asking the guards to meet him, Abhay parked the car in his private parking and reached his floor in a private lift.

"Thank God sir you came, shares are falling very fast", (Atish) his assistant said, Abhay entered his cabin and turned on his laptop and started looking at the decreasing price of shares

"fuck it", he cursed and kicked the table in frustration. Atish phone buzzed he received the call and his face turned pale, as he cut the call he said, "sir... that's Mr. Mehta cancelled the contract with us..", Abhay looked at him with wide eyes, he stood up and threw all the things from the table, his anger burst out "what the fuck is going on, how can he do this..", he shouted,

"Sir he was saying that he cannot work with a mol.. molester..", Atish said with fear, Abhay picked up the laptop and throw it on the wall, it broke into pieces, Atish took some steps in fear, he had never seen Abhay in so anger.

"I didn't do anything, I want to know why she was lying, I want that girl in front of me in half an hour", Abhay shouted, his assistant nod and left the cabin, Abhay pulled his hair in anger and frustration, he can't believe he just lost a millions of contract just because of some fake allegation, he remembers that he slept as soon as he entered the room then how the fuck all this happened.

Half an hour passed Atish entered the cabin and said with hesitation.., "Sir that girl ran away".

"what do you mean she ran away.., you weren't even able to handle a girl", abhay shouted.

"No sir.. the guards were coming with her then some other men attacked them and took that girl away", Atish said and bowed his head.

"Ahh.. who is doing this", Abhay screamed and sat on his chair with a thud, his mind is not working properly.

"Sir we have a meeting, the tender of your dream project", Atish said remembering him, Abhay came in his sense remembering how much today's meeting is important for him, he had worked hard on this project, he cannot let it go like this.

"Check everything properly once, now nothing should be done wrong and told the PR team to get this news removed from all the channels", he order. "Okay sir..", Atish said and came out of the cabin.

In afternoon they left for meeting, they reached the venue and enter in conference room, there was many business men sitting there, but today no one has respected him, his jaw clenched, he sat on a chair, after a moment, door opened and Sia enter in conference room with elegance, kabir was behind her, everyone stood there for her respect, she entered without any expression and sat other side of table infront of abhay, a smirk played on her lips seeing Abhay tensed face,

"Looks like Mr. Khurana had spent a great night", she mocked him, Abhay fist clenched his knuckles turning white, everyone can feel the room temperature going down, he was looking at sia with anger and hatred.

"It was all just fake accusation, whoever did this have to pay for playing with Abhay Khurana..", he said with gritted teeth, his eyes cold and dark. she chuckled like she was making fun of him.

After that the meeting started and at the end Sia got the deal, Abhay presentation was brilliant but because of the scandal he lost his dream project, his whole body trembling in anger, his eyes red and looking at Sia with rage, who was signing the contract paper, he left the conference room in anger, Atish ran behind him. After settling with contract she came out with a smile playing on her.

"Ise kehte hai ek teer se do nishane..", she mutter under her breath, she was feeling satisfied after turning abhay life ups and down.

(This is called hitting two targets with one arrow)

Kabir was just behind her, he heard her whisper and felt his heart twisted painfully.

Sia POV
"Finally this project is mine also.., Abhay's face was worth looking at, it gave me the satisfaction of losing him", I thought, I'm sitting in my car Kabir was on the passenger seat and I was sitting on the back seat, he was silent since morning, even in the morning during breakfast he was very quiet, he was just replying one word answer for my every question.

Last night I was so much happy to see him gifting her payal, pihu didn't take it off even in night, she said she loved it's voice so she will never remove it., it's unbelievable that their bonding looks so special that sometimes I felt jealous, like how she always kissed his cheeks.

She didn't go so close to anyone, not even Aryan, she used to tell all her things only to me, but since she met Kabir she has started telling him all her things, sometimes she even makes me call him, and now I'm thinking how will I handle Pihu after Kabir left the company.

The thought is breaking something inside me, no matter how much I try to remove these feelings, I am not able to do so, and his behaviour is making me insane, he is literally avoiding me, just giving me a one word answer since morning and now he is getting on my nerves, earlier he used to talk to me looking in my eyes but he has not looked towards me even once since morning, even now he was looking outside the window.

The driver stopped the car abruptly, "what happened", I asked coldly, "ma'am there is traffic", driver replied. I sighed my mood was already bad and now this traffic, when we didn't move a bit in fifteen minutes I chided the driver, "go and see what happened" he nodded and left, Kabir looked at me from the rear view mirror but removed his gaze as I looked back.

What the hell is going on in his mind, he is driving me insane, the driver came back, "ma'am there is an accident nearby mandir, a lady has fallen from the mandir stairs", as he said my whole body stiffned, I felt my breath getting heavy a flash of memory came in front of my eyes, my hand trembled, I made the first, my nail digging in my palm but I don't care.

"No Sia calm down you can't show weakness to anyone just calm down.., you're strong..", but when I felt my breath isn't normalizing, "put the partition", I said my voice shaky., the driver opened the partition between the car before it close I saw concern in Kabir eyes but now I didn't need anyone.

I put my hand on my chest and rub it to calm my breath, "please.. no.. not again", I palm my face, my whole body was shaking as I heard mumma voice, you're strong Sia.. I put my hand over my ears to block down the voice, but it just intensifies.

After some time what felt like eternity my breathing became normal, as I reached the company, before anyone opened the door for me, I came out and quickly entered my personal lift, I reached my floor and entered my cabin.

Suddenly a knock straddled me, I composed myself and tell to come in, Kabir entered the cabin, he looked at me with concerned filled eyes and I felt my pain just vanished looking in his brown eyes.

I don't know why I never felt like this but his mere presence gives me a some kind of peace, before I knew it, I close the distance between us wrapping my arms around him pulling him in a hug, I felt his body stiff but I'm literally not in my sense, I nuzzle in his neck breathing his scent.

"What are you doing to me Kabir.." I muttered against his neck. I felt his body shiver as my breath touched his neck.

"Ma'am wh.. what are you.. doing", he shutter.

"Just two minutes", I said and hugged him tightly, "please.." I add, vulnerability in my voice. I closed my eyes and unknowingly a lone tear came out of my eyes, he froze and after a moment, I felt his hand on my back caressing it, I bit my lip so I could not utter any sound from my mouth, it's been years since anyone care about me, and his mere hug was comforting all my inside storms.

Suddenly the cabin door opened with a bang straddles us. I raised my head and looked at dad's angry face, I quickly broke the hug.

Dad eyes narrowed, veins popping in his heads, he is in so much anger, before I said Kabir to left dad shouted, "what the hell is going on Sia", I saw Kabir flinched. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and took a step closer to dad.

"Dad calm down it's not like.." before I complete, I felt a sting pain on my cheek, my face turned to the side, I heard Kabir slight gasp I clenched my fist, again.

"You shameless girl, how can you do this, and yesterday you did not go to meet Raj because of this boy, right?" dad said loudly pointing finger towards Kabir. "Dad..", again he slap me, and now it's enough for me, I'm trying to calm myself but now it's enough.

"Just stop it dad..", I said coldly my voice loud enough. I took a deep breath and looked at him with red eyes, "Yesterday was Pihu's birthday that's why I didn't go to meet your so called business partner and I already told you I'm not interested in this fucking Marriage proposal", I shouted in anger.

"Sia don't you dare to raise your voice in front of me don't forget I am your father and you are rejecting your father's words for that illegitimate girl", he shouted back.

"Don't you dare dad, Pihu is not illegitimate, she is Sia Raichand's daughter and if you call her illegitimate again then no one will be worse than me", I said pointing my finger towards him.

"You are threatening your father, don't forget that today you are standing here because of me only", he said with gritted teeth.

"and what is wrong with marrying Raj he is a well settled man, he has his own business he is of our status and your mother has herself chosen him for you", he said.

"She is not my mother", I said with gritted teeth. "Sia..", he was saying when I cut him off.

"what has happened to you dad, do you not see anyone except that woman and her children, you may have forgotten.. you have a son and a daughter also.., what magic has that woman done to you, because of that woman today my mother is not with me, because of that woman my sister is not with me, and because of that woman I have to keep my brother and my daughter away from me, don't you see because of that woman how much you have change, You... you are not my father, ever since that woman came in our life you have changed, you never see this daughter of yours..." I said my voice was shaky, I tried so hard not to cry in front of him.

His expression softened slightly, "Sia you know I love you very much all this", I again cut him off,

"love..? really dad can you tell me when was the last time you hugged me affectionately", I asked sarcastically. he opened his mouth to said something but close again.

"Let me tell you it's been 14 years 2 months and 12 days since mom died and my dad also died that day..", I said and this time a lone tear came out of my eyes but I wiped it harshly I can't fall weak infront of him, never.

"Sia.."

"Just leave dad please.. I just can't tolerate your this behavior if you have so much problem then tell me.. I'll leave and never show you my face, I'll leave your family but now I can't tolerate this.. I'm tired, I need some fucking peace in my life, and your wife and children's are making my life worst", I plead cause I'm lost.., I just don't have energy to fight with him everyday cause it's just breaking me piece by piece.

Once I was his princess, his little heart but now I'm nothing just a piece of trash for him, I saw a flicker of guilt in his eyes but it vanished soon and his expression hardened.

"I'm giving you just one choice, marry Raj or leave our family and stay away from this boy otherwise It'll not good for him", he said pointing towards Kabir and left, I felt my whole world crumbled, how easily he said to leave the family. I stumble but Kabir grabs me before I fall, my whole body trembling.

"ma'am.. are.. you.." I cut him off "leave Kabir right now..", I said my voice trembled but I don't want him to see my weak side, "ma'am but"

"Just leave Kabir", I shouted pushing him he stumble but compose himself, he looked at me with concern and maybe sympathy and I hate it.. I don't want anyone look at me with pity or sympathy.. I'm not weak I'm strong. "leave.." I shouted throwing the file from the table, he took a step back.

"Get out right now..", I yelled again, looking at me last time he left. I throw all the things from the table, I sat on my chair and opened the drawer of the table and took out a photo, it was my family photo, mumma was kissing my cheeks while aryan was making faces and priya di was looking at us with smile and dad was admiring all of us,

"why.. why he always trust her not me, why he never listen to me mumma", I muttered caressing the photo.

"Didn't I deserve his love, what should I do mumma, should I leave the family or should I marry that man.., this is such a dilemma mumma, I can't marry him cause I'm falling for Ka..", I stopped what I was about to say.

"You know mumma he is a soft and kind person, he deserves someone who can give him happiness, who is a pure soul, and you know I'm not even pure, he impure me.., I'm not worth it for anyone love mumma.." tears flow down of my eyes remembering the dreadful incident of my life, which turn me from that soft and kind Sia to this cold and ruthless SR.

"I wish you were here, everything would have been fine", I whispered and kissed the photo.