It was a usual morning to them, Anika heard an alarm sound, she decided to ignore it and moved aside leaving her husband from her grip. She still remembered how he complained every day for being late, but in these two months of marriage he found the solution too, he put an alarm, that too, at a very mild volume. She felt a kiss on her shoulder followed by her cheek.

"Good morning, Baby" He greeted her, but as usual, she ignored him and slept back. He left her back and had gone to get ready. Soon, her nose sensed his expensive cologne, she opened her eyes, and as always, he brought her breakfast to the bed and he was all set to leave the office. It was again a light breakfast of French toast with strawberries and orange juice, what made her ewe was the veggies on the plate, that too, raw.

"Come on, Wake up." He held her palm and made her sit. She smiled at him when he sat opposite to her and had breakfast with her in the bed, she knew he didn't like to eat anything on the bed, not even midnight snacks, but he changed a lot for her, just to make her smile, and happy.

"Busy day?" She asked him while wiping off the food pieces from his mouth, he immersed himself in the phone, and she knew, he was working very hard for the deal, they started a smartphone, and their parents immediately turned off to support him when he said. According to them, it was not that easy for any other smartphone company to survive in the market. In her recent call with her dad, she could sense his hesitation towards her husband's idea.

"Yes, we didn't receive any response from Archive. Let's hope, today is the day." He said in a very tense state. She knew how much he stressed himself, Archive was an operating software that they decided to use on their phones, it would have been easy if they agreed to their terms and condition for using it, but they wanted to change the program in their unique way to make the phone to stand alone in the market. He explained everything to Anika, and she understood everything, but she was not sure about depending on someone else rules, and they were even ready for a 70-30 partnership, which was making her so tense.

"It will be fine," She held his face and kissed the tip of his nose, and he smiled.

"I will ask that all stars in the universe should be in your favor. They will listen to me, Ask me why?" She said to him.

"Why?" He asked her with a smile.

"Because I am an Angel." She replied.

"Okay, Angel. Now. Please take care of yourself, I am getting late." He said and stuffed the French toast in his mouth.

"Don't hurry." She said while offering him orange juice.

"That's what I said last night," he said and brought up her words from last night, but she didn't get irritated because it brought a smile to his face. She could feel him, he wasn't as happy as before, and he was hiding some guilt from himself, when she asked him, he opened it up to her. It was all because of his father's lack of confidence in him and didn't support for his idea, because of that, he couldn't contribute financially to his company but put 200 percent effort every day to bring the company to the limelight.

"Ok, baby! Don't wait for me tonight, sleep. I will be late." He said with a pang of guilt. She could guess, what he must be thinking, last month was not a good month, and she knew he was also struggling financially, this month, he didn't take allowances from the company fund. But he didn't let her know anything regarded to it, but she could understand it when he took his debit card from her and gave her his credit card. She could feel the change also she managed the finances without saying anything to him.

"You know what will I do every time. Aren't you getting tired of saying this every morning?" She said with a smile, he shrugged off and got off the bed, while she walked down along with him in her nightgown to send him off. He gave her a tight hug that was enough for both of them for the day long.

***

He never felt so blessed in his life, but as the day passed, he could see the matured version of his wife, he doesn't have to say anything but she understands him. He knew if she hears him and sleeps before he comes back, he will work all night, she was his speed-breaker. Whenever he gets into office, there was just a single thing roaming in his mind he shouldn't betray his friends who trusted him and get into the plan of starting the start-up. But now, with their recent meeting with Achieve, they accepted the 70-30 just for the little transformation in their Program and design. Even though some part of him was not okay with the agreement, he agreed due to the current condition of the company. But till now, they didn't get any reply from them.

"Any mail?" Shivaay asked Om while walking into the conference room. They were silent. It was very weird for shivaay, soon Rudru walked inside the room and sat on the chair ignoring shivaay.

"So, Om, when are we leaving for Silicon Valley?" He asked, Shivaay was confused.

"By afternoon, I have booked the tickets," Om replied.

"Why? Where are you both going?" Shivaay asked.

"Everything is set? Because we can't set a bad impression in our first meeting with Archive's directors." Rudra finally opened up, and Shivaay couldn't control his excitement. He headed straight to Om's chair and start to shake it when he didn't respond to any of his questions.

"Yes, we received the mail from Archive, they are ready for the contract." He said without meeting his face, with his facial expression shivaay could see he was sad with him.

"Rudru, what happened?" He asked.

"You must know it, Shivaay. You have very well played with the cost-cutting by cutting your allowances." Rudra finally said in a firm tone. He could understand the reason behind their ignorant behavior, for some things, he couldn't thank enough to God, first for his brother-like friends, and secondly for his Angel-like wife, whatever the situation, he knew his friends will be there, and he must agree to the fact he learned how to trust strangers in his friends from his friends.

"Come on, it's our company, I will take it when there's a need." Shivaay lied.

"Aren't you just proved, Mr. Oberoi, you didn't see us the same as we see you?" Rudra said to him, he didn't say it with words but he had real tears in his eyes which were ready to leak. Out of these three, Rudra was the most sensitive person, a small issue between them can part him apart.

"Rudy, it's not like that, I promise once we get this deal, everything will get fine! I promise." Shivaay tried to console him, but neither Om nor Rudru was ready to hear him. But they behaved professionally and got ready to leave but his wife's words roamed in his ears continuously.

"I will ask that all stars in the universe should be in your favor." He couldn't stop smiling. And her wish came true. He wondered how she was always present in his thoughts when he was hell busy with his work.

When he was all set to leave from office, he decided to call and she took a long time than usual to attend the call. For no reason, he started to feel tense, but soon she attended the call.

"Hey, Baby!" He started the conversation enthusiastically but he got a faint reply from her. He got scared the very next moment.

"What happened, Baby?" He asked.

"I don't know stomach is aching too much," She replied in a very faint tone.

"What happened? What did you eat? You again ordered any junk food?" He asked her, he knew she has a craze for junk food which was the only thing he hates about her, but it was gradually getting slow, for the past month, she didn't order much.

"No. I just had breakfast. I think it's that time of the month, this time, I got it a bit early." She said in a confused, that stopped him from saying what he was about to say.

"Oh, Is it too aching, sweetheart?" He asked her in a concerned tone.

"Not that much, I can manage," She assured him.

"Okay, tell me, you sounded so enthusiastic. You received the mail?" She asked him back, and she guessed right. 

"Yeah Baby, They are ready for the deal, and for that, we are leaving for Silicon Valley, today." He said and didn't hide anything from her, he told her everything about the deal, after his friends, Anika was the only person who knew every detail about his company. 

"That's great, Shivaay. Are you leaving this afternoon? What about packing? Shall I pack your clothes and send those to your office?" Anika asked him back. 

"I think I don't have to pack, Ani. I have my things at office, I will manage with that, baby!" He said and denied her request. 

"I will call you once I reach Airport, till then, take a nap." He said to her. But there was silence from her side. 

"You won't meet me before you leave?" She asked him back. His heart felt heavy out of a sudden, he can't go back to home and meet her, the flight was scheduled in three hours. 

"Sorry baby!" He drawled. Before he could take another word, he heard her reply. 

"It's okay, I am good! I know you must be busy but don't forget to call me before you board." Anika informed and disconnected the call. He knew she was hurt with his reply but he knew she will soon understand her situation. 

***

Everything was fine before morning, soon the time passes, she started to feel weird, she threw up three times followed by that her intolarable stomach ache, she couldn't sit in a position, she could feel discharge below, but she couldn't move, her feet became numb, she cried in pain but there was none to hear her and to do the necessary steps. When she was in call with her husband, she was not this much weak. She tried to call him, but he didn't attend her calls. Because of the lack of  choices, she called Gauri. 

"Hey. Gauri." Anika asked her. 

"Hey Sweety, What's up?" Gauri responded enthusiastically. 

"Gauri. I am not feeling good, I threw up three times and my stomach is aching like hell. I couldn't. I couldn't tolerate."  Anika said it one go as her energy drained so fast. She could feel her breath. 

"Okay, I will be there in a few minutes, wait. Have you called shivaay and told him about it." Gauri asked her back. 

"No Gauri, Shivaay was all set to leave for his trip, I..." She felt a strong pain in her lower abdomen. She heaved out a deep breath. "I can't trouble him with my issues, that too, right now." 

"Okay, Don't worry, Darling I will be on my way." She said and disconnected the call. Right after that, her husband called her, she controlled her pain and masked a fake smile and added strength to her voice. They spoke, with his voice she could feel he was more excited with the upcoming events in his life, but unusually her heart raced fast. She smiled for his lame jokes which gave him confidence, she's good. She knew if she cries in pain, he will definitely leave everything half a way and reach her but she didn't want that, she can't add up to his stress. But what scared her the most was she had to spend 5 days without him. 

In a few minutes, Gauri arrived at her doorstep, Anika couldn't walk to attend, she was stagnated in the couch, gauri walked inside and she was slightly taken back to see her in the state, but she didn't wait. 

"What happened to you?" She called and tried to get her up. But neither Anika could speak nor move. 

"Okay, hold my hand" Gauri held her up but soon stuck to see the couch. When Anika turned, she could just see everything in red. 

"Oh my god! This looks serious. I am calling 911" Gauri said but soon Anika fell back in the couch and started lose her consciousness. 

***

She didn't know how much hours have passed, she finally opened her eyes, she could see the vision of gauri in a sad face talking to the doctor. When she got her consciousness back, Gauri rushed to her, unusually she felt so numb down from her stomach to her legs, she tried to get up but none of her body parts worked. Previously, when she got over flow, she never felt like that, also she never got admitted in the hospital. 

"Gauri." She felt so hard to speak. But she felt very weak. 

"What happened?" She finally managed to ask. 

"It's..." Gauri couldn't say anything.

"You just had a miscarriage, dear." The doctor next to her replied. Anika couldn't understand whether she heard right, was she just say. More than feeling anything, she was confused. 

"No, it can't be. I can't get pregnant." Anika said to the doctor, she could feel her own heartbeat, louder. 

"No, you were pregnant. And you had a miscarriage." Doctor said in a determined tone and showed her the reports, Anika didn't see that, she could feel it, that pain was not a usual pain and now, without even knowing she was pregnant, she lost her child. She was shocked, just shocked. 

"I tried to reach shivaay. But he was still in the plane." Gauri said in a low tone. 

"No. Please. Don't say anything to him." Anika stopped her. She didn't know what was going in her mind, but she was sure about one thing, nothing was going to be normal hereafter. She could feel the change and her heart crumbled when she felt responsible for her child loss.

***