Anika was packing her stuff after a long day in school when her phone started ringing.

A- Hello Abbu.

She knew that her Abbu, Kabir Ahmad was always very concerned for her after her mother passed away and since then he always wanted Anika's well being.

K- Anika beta, where are you? There are communal riots in the city and I'm very worried about you. Please come back home asap.

Kabir said worriedly and Anika frowned in concern.

A- Riots?

K- Yes beta. Come home soon.

A- Okay Abbu. Don't worry. I'll be home soon.

Anika took her stuff and started her Champa, the scooter. She entered into her area and saw vehicles burning, people's belongings scattered and eerie silence. Suddenly, a baby's cry reached Anika's ears, piercing the silence.

Anika looked around worriedly to find the baby.

She stepped down from her scooter and searched behind vehicles and finally, spotted a baby, lying on the road, wrapped in a blanket and crying badly.

Anika looked around to find baby's parents but there was no one. She picked up the baby in her arms and there was a paper attached to her clothes which said 'Orphan No. 87' .

Anika gasped and tears filled her eyes. She held the baby close to herself. She then heard chaotic voices of people. She knew that they were heading this way so she put the baby in her dupatta and wrapped the duppata around herself to carry the baby easily. She then walked towards her scooter and immediately drove towards her house.

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Shivaay was sitting in his cabin when his best friend, Karan who was also his private investigator barged into his room.

S- What's going on, Karan?

K- We found her.

Karan said and Shivaay's eyes widened. He immediately stood up from his chair and walked towards Karan.

S- Where is she?

K- Dead.

Karan said and Shivaay frowned.

S- What?

K- But there's something you should know. She was pregnant. She died during child birth.

Shivaay looked at him like he recieved the biggest shock of his life.

K- There's your baby somewhere out there but we don't know anything yet. That woman wanted to sell the baby after giving birth but she died and the hospital gave the baby to orphanage as noone stepped forward to claim the baby.

Shivaay sank down on the floor and clutched his hair.

S- That b*tch. How could she stoop so low? Where's my baby, damn it?

K- We're searching local orphanages. Hopefully, we'll find the baby soon. It was a boy.

A lone tear slipped from Shivaay's eyes.

S- I'll find my baby soon. I'll find you.

Shivaay said with determination.

~ ~ ~

Shivaay Singh Oberoi, a business tycoon, who recently got to know that his ex-wife was pregnant and died while giving birth but what about his baby? Where is his child? Is it dead or alive? He knows nothing but he'll soon find his little one.

Anika Ahmad, a kindergarten teacher, found an abandoned baby during communal riots in her city. She took the baby home and took help of her friend, Omkara who was an police officer, to find the baby's family but they failed. Anika finally decided to nurture the baby herself.

Will Shivaay ever find his baby?

Will Shivaay and Anika cross each other's ways?

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Status- Publishing in January.

Genre- Romance.