Anika was completely shattered, Everything seems to be clear to her. The incident happened in her dream. Whatever happened in her dream was true, Happened really, None of them was the part of her imagination. It was happened for real. Tears grouped her eyes when she felt her own dadi betrayed her to this extent. But her mind, Went beyond which she never wanted him to experience ever in his life, Her throat went dry along with her vision. She literally lost her balance, But came back to senses when her dadi supported her from falling. She moved away from her grip. 

"Just one more question..." - Anika whispered shifting her gaze from her dadi to her dad. They were confused, Her dadi couldn't even able to match her eyelids. 

"Ask..." - Her father asked her coldly. 

"It happened before or After you announced about my higher studies in Melbourne on my 18th birthday!" - She asked, Her eyes were swollen. Her father was shocked to learn about that. But the one who got shattered was her dadi. 

"Tell me, Dadi... I am asking you both... Come on... Someone reply to me..." - Anika asked while looking at her dadi who looked at her son helplessly. 

"Why? Do i deserve this? Why?" - She looked at the ceiling and cried helplessly, Her legs gave up. Rashi and Arpita both shed tears looking at her crying helplessly. She accepted whatever they decided to her as her fate. But when it comes to her happiness, They just snatched it away from her. No words came from her other than loud sobs. She was crying for everything, From her existence, Creating a burden for her own parents, For believing and trusting her grandparents completely, She was in the illusion that her grandmother wants her to be happy more than she cares, But it hurted her more when she backed off from her life like others. She had no other way to go. Despite having her parents, Stepmom and her grandma, She felt alone. And that pain of loneliness to death. 

Arpita came to her side and tried to console her, While her dadi, Her biological mom and so-called dad, Stayed standstill like a statue. She wasn't ready to console. It became very hard for anika to console her heart. At one point, She wiped off her tears and stood up. Arpita helped her standing up. 

"Ani..." - Her dadi came towards her. She stopped when she turned towards her and locked her eyes with her eyes.  

"You know, Dadi... Over ten years, One questioned was constantly running inside my mind. Why the hell i committed suicide? But I think, I got it now..." - She said coldly to her. 

"Rape, Dadi... You could have killed me with your own hands either..." - She whispered, Tears automatically clouded her eyes. 

"Anika... Whatever i did, I did for you..." - She heard her dad's voice. Anger rages inside her, She closed her fist tightly as her body started to shake in anger. She turned towards him. 

"Oh, Really... By pushing me to take the decision of suicide, I wish I had ended my life, Then..." 

"Now, Listened to me clearly, I CAN'T EVEN ABLE TO IMAGINE HIS STATE AFTER YOUR FAKE ALLEGATIONS..." - She shouted her throat out at him. He stayed silent and stared at her. 

"Now, I came back to my sense, IF YOU DID EVERYTHING FOR MY WELFARE, HEREAFTER I WILL DO EVERYTHING FOR HIM... EVEN IT'S LEADS TO MY DESTRUCTION... Starting with breaking this marriage..." - Anika said and Everyone looked at her shockingly. 

"What are you saying? Everything depends on this..." - Her father said to her. his tone became calm. Anika inner voice laughed at them. 

"Well, I can see my victory over this..." - Anika said casually. 

"You're hurting your own family for that orphan..." - Her father said. 

"Orphan, Then who am i?" - She asked him. 

"Despite having everyone, I am feeling like an Orphan... AND I HAVE NO FAMILY OTHER THAN HIM... EITHER HE ACCEPTS ME OR NOT, HE IS, HE WILL BE MY ONLY FAMILY... I CAN GO ANY EXTENT FOR MY FAMILY..." -  Saying that Anika went back to her room, Her old room where their memories exist.

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On the other hand, Shivaay was shattered to learn the truth that Anika's grandpa funded his studies completely by creating trust in the name of Anika. With Shivering hands, He opened the package. It has one old CD along with a letter from Tarunvir Kapoor to shivaay. he opened the letter. 

My dear shivaay, 

First of all, You must have many questions in your mind regarding the truth behind your funds for your studies. It not that i am doing everything for whatever we have done to you, But for some other reason which i can't write about it.  See this CD, You will understand. 

With love, 

Tarunvir Kapoor. 

In an instant, He looked for his laptop and Shiveringly put that CD in the Cd drive. He had no idea, His entire life was going to change after seeing the video. The video started to play, That only lasted for 2.30 minutes. But he couldn't forget them for an eternity. His whole world collapsed. He left with no words. But he knew what exactly he should do after seeing that video. 

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She didn't take the decision of breaking the wedding as revenge. But She knew, she will never be the person, who will love him and lead his dream life with him. She knew It will break his heart, But if she didn't do that now, The impact of that will be unbearable like she was feeling now. She called Atharv while gazing on of their pictures. 

"Atharv!!!" - Anika took his name as soon as he took the call, He was silent on the other hand. Didn't reply anything to her. 

"Are you there?" - Anika asked. 

"Yeah... Tell me, Ani..." - He replied in a low tone. Anika sensed. First, she was about to break the news in the phone, But After sensing his state, She decided to meet him directly. 

"How are you?" - He asked her when he sensed her silence. 

"Shall we meet?" - Anika asked. Instead of replying anything to him. 

"Yes, Where?" - Atharv asked her. 

"The same cafe... at 8???" - Anika asked him. He just said 'yes' and cut the phone before she could hold the call. She didn't wait for the time to go faster,  It went in a jiffy when she immersed herself in his thought. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he narrated their own story to her. She took his t-shirt in her hand and hugged them close to her heart as she will never take them from her heart. Nothing was going inside her mind, She stopped her mind from thinking how he would have coped the situation after being accused for her rape. Her body started to shake and become weak in the very next second. She had to stay strong at least till meeting Atharv. Holding her heart in the right place, She stood up from the floor and moved outside. Up to her shock, She saw her father with an advocate and her biological mother looked delighted and her dadi was nowhere. 

"You're right, My baby... He didn't even care about you... He betrayed you, Leaving you with him was my biggest fault..." - Rashi came to her side and said while cupping her face. Her father was shocked but Arpita passed a faint smile to her. 

"Anika... Let's go... And find him... Hereafter I will stay with you,  I promise..." - She said, Anika got more confused, Jerking off her hands from her cheeks, She moved towards the advocate, Her father kept his hand on his head and didn't even raise his head towards her. 

"Uncle... What happened?" - Anika asked the Advocate who said that seventy-five per cent of her grandpa's assets belong only to her, In case anything happens to her, The entire thing will go to the trust which is running on her name. Anika found the reason behind Rashi's sudden sweetness. But she completely ignored her. Anika didn't say anything. But smiled at her fate for giving her something which didn't need in her life rather not giving the love, which she yearned for life. 

"Anika..." - Advocate called her when she was about to go away from the house. 

"Just want to say one thing, Arpita... Money never buys happiness... I learned this from him..." - Anika said.

"Uncle, Prepare the papers, I don't want anyone's money, Neither his money nor his father's..." - Anika said and left the house. But her words never failed to arouse the tears from Arpita's eyes. 

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Anika reached the cafe and ordered a coffee but didn't take any sip of it and looked at the busy road from the transparent window. She held back her tears, up to her level best. She succeeded.  Atharv takes the seat in front of her but her mind was somewhere else. Atharv didn't disturb her but looked at her. He just wants that, He was happy that he finds some time in peace with her. The chain of thoughts broke when the waiter broke a coffee mug. Anika jerked off with the sound. 

"Hey..." - Atharv calmed her while placing his palms above her palm. She took off her palm in an instant when she saw him before her. 

"I am fine..." - She said, Only her lips saying so. 

"When you came?" - Anika asked him. 

"While before... It's okay..." - He replied at her. 

"Oh, Sorry..." - Anika said while tabbing the table with her fingers. Atharv looked at her fingers and then her, His heart start to beat fast. 

"I lied to you..." - Anika started. 

"What?" - He asked. 

"It was not an accident... But I committed suicide, Because of that i lost my one year of memory..." - Anika said while having tears in her eyes looking at the ring in her hand. She took them from her finger. His heart sank.

"There was a boy in my school, Who became my companion in the very next moment we met, I told you Remember, People who experienced loneliness only can understand my pain. He understood my Pain, Shared my sorrows, Happiness with me... But fate Never blessed me with happiness for a long time. It snatched me from him.  But Now, After knowing everything, I can't... Sorry" - She said and handed the ring to him. Tears didn't escape from his eyes. But he felt the crack in his heart. 

"Who was that?" - He asked him. 

"The one who brings me back to the life" - Anika said with teary eyes. 

"Doctor?" - He guessed in the very next second, He found her many times in the hospital, Losing her thoughts, looking at the prescription written by him. When she nodded to him, Her heart just broke into pieces. 

"He owns me... Even though we are apart physically... I am sorry, Atharv... I know I break your heart but think everything happened for good... You will definitely...." - She stopped talking when she saw shivaay in his bike going across the opposite direction in the road, having a girl in his back seat who back hugged him. That seconds captured in her mind And played again and again inside her mind. She had no idea when she left the cafe and rushing at her high speed in the road. 

"Anika... Stop" - Atharv called her. But nothing goes inside her ear. 

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