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"SLOW DOWN, GIRL!" Richard screams at the top of his lungs as Mihika drives his car at rocket speed.

"KEEP QUIET, BHAIYA!!" Mihika shouted back at him, and Richard shut his mouth instantly, as he had never seen her this furious.

"Please, it's just that I don't want to die before seeing my child." Richard whispers in fear.

"Don't worry, we are not going to die. At least not before I kill him." Mihika muttered to herself, and Richard looked horrified at her.

After a deadly drive, she stopped in front of Noor's house.

The moment the car stopped, Richard came back to his senses. He looked out the window and got even more confused.

"Here!" he said, looking to his left. Mihika is not here anymore. "When did she leave?" He asked himself and came out of the car.

Mihika took long, furious steps towards the house.

Inside the house, Noor and Veer were talking to Prikshita on video call when Mihika barged in.

"NOW YOU ARE SORRY? HU..........." But Prikshita's scolding was interrupted by another angry scream.

"DR. PRIKSHIT!!" 

They turned and saw Mihika coming in furiously. Prikshit was drinking water near the dining table. Hearing her voice, he spit out water.

"What happen?" Prikshita asked from the other side of the phone.

"It looks like your twin is having the worst day of his life today." Veer replied while controlling his laugh and turning the camera so Prikshita could see the scene.

Mihika took long, furious steps towards Prikshit and dragged him out of the house, holding his wrist while saying, "WE NEED TO TALK RIGHT NOW." and he followed her quietly like a lost puppy.

"What the hell is going on here?" Richard came inside, taking deep breaths. Huffing for his dear life.

"We will know soon." Veer answered him. 

"Can I have some water?" Richard asked, landing on the couch. "That girl literally came here flying my car at rocket speed." 

Noor gave him some water, and finally, he took some air.

Mihika yanked him in front of her and asked angrily, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?" 

"Mihika I-I......"

"WHAT I I? Huh?" She pushed him while cutting him off, but he didn't even budge from his place. "WHY YOU SEND THAT PROPOSAL? AND WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU SENT THAT PROPOSAL?" 

He tried to defend himself: "I-i didn't, Dadi did......"

"OH REALLY? THEN WHY SHE SAID THAT YOU...you.." She can't even able to complete that word. If she can't even think about this, then how could she be able to even say it?

Her breathing is not normal, and she is still furious. Tears are ready to betray her at any moment, but she is holding herself very hard and trying not to break down here.

On the other hand, Prikshit is observing her silently. He noticed how her angry voice trembled and how she couldn't complete the word love. 

Gathering all his courage, he said the words that he had been holding for the past three years.

"I love you. Yes, I do. With all my......."

"HOW DARE YOU?" She cut him off and fisted his collar tightly in her fists. "HOW COULD YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT? HUH? I DON'T LOVE YOU......"

"I know." He whispered and cut her off. Then he wrapped his hands around her hands softly. 

Their eye contact didn't break for a second. His begging eyes never left the sight of her ragging one.

"I know it very well; that's why I waited, but now you know, so let me confess this, please." He said it genuinely. He waited for years, but he can't anymore. He wants to tell her how he feels for her.

How much he loves her and how much he wants to cherish every moment of his life with her. 

"DON'T TOUCH ME. " She harshly pulled her hands back from his hold. "AND THIS IS NOT LOVE. IT'S JUST AN ATTRACTION." 

"And do you think an attraction lasts for three fucking years?" He replied and pulled her back towards him with her hands.

Mihika gasped.

They are just an inch apart. Both were taking deep breaths to suppress their emotions. 

She is trying to suppress her anger, and he is trying not to do something flowing out of his love.

"Stop this madness right away." she gritted out with a clenched jaw.

"That's why I have been hiding my feelings for years because I don't want this. I know your career is your priority, and I will never come between that." He said it with all the love he has for her. "I never wanted to scare you......"

"STOP IT, DR. PRIKSHIT." She pushed him away with all her strength, and he stumbled. "I will never say yes to this proposal, it's better if you also stop your family......" 

He cut her off. "Why not? There is not even another person in your life......"

"IT's NONE OF YOUR CONCERN." She cut him off.

"It is because I love you........."

"LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH." She cut him off again. "Do you get it? It's just an infatuation, and I don't understand from where this all came into your head.''

"How could you even call my love just an infatuation? At least try to hear me out and my feelings..,..........."

"No one gives a damn about feelings." She cut him off frustratingly. "Look at me and look at yourself........."

"Am I that bad in your eyes?" He asked, cutting her off in a broken voice. He is hurt thinking about the fact that she doesn't even think of him as a good person.

"No, it's not about you. It's me." She whispered and turned to leave.

Prikshit was left behind, drowning in his own thoughts. He never thought that she would declare a clear no, and that too was like this.

His eyes started to get moist, but he refused to let his tears betray him. 

He looked one last time towards her, who was sitting in the car emotionless, and he stormed back inside the house with so many questions arising in his mind.

Prikshit came in but didn't talk to anyone. Veer tried to talk to him.

"Bhai, what did she say?" Veer asked.

"Nothing." He lied, turned to go back to his room, and locked himself in his room. 

Richard left after Mihika. He came out and saw her sitting on the passenger seat. 

She is sitting with an emotionless face.But her eyes are red and her breathing is shaky. Richard don't know the whole thing but one thing is clear that is something big or she will never react this way.

"Should I take you back home or you wanna go somewhere else?" He asked.

"I don't want to go home." She whispered while resting her head on the window.

Richard didn't say anything and took her to his home.

"Hii!" Ellis greets her when they reach home.

"Hello, dii. How are you?" Mihika asked her.

"I'm sick of all this." Ellis sighed while rubbing her baby bump, and Mihika smiled.

"Make yourself home," Richard said while giving her a glass of water.

"Thank you." She whispered while taking the glass from him.

"Now tell me what happened and what that asshole did to you so I can kick his ass." Richard asked.

"Who?" Ellis asked, surprised, and the tears Mihika had been holding for so long started flowing from her eyes.

"I -i..." She sobbed.

"WHY IS SHE CRYING?" Aaron's voice came from behind, and Richard turned to look at him.

Aaron took long steps towards them and instantly keened in front of her.

He took her face between his palms and asked, worried, "What happened, little one? Why are you crying?"

"Aaron bhaiya." She sobbed. 

"Yes? I am hearing you tell me." He asked, but she was only crying.

He looked towards Richard, who shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know, man. She took me to Noor's place and then dragged Prikshit out to talk. After that, she refused to go home, so I took her here."

"Did that bastard do something?" Aaron asked with a clenched jaw, and she shook her head in no.

"Then if you don't tell us, then how could we know and do something about it?" Richard asked, wiping her tears.

She sniffed and whispered in between her sobs, "I -i do-don't -want -to-get -married...."

Aaron instantly embraced her in his arms and said, while patting her head and back, "That's it? Then no one will marry you." Aaron assured her, and Richard's phone rang.

He instantly answered it, as it was Samriddhi.

"Hello!"

She asked in one breath, "Richard, where are you guys? How is Mihi? When are you coming home, or did she do something really bad at Noor's place? Is she mad at me? Or she..,...."

"She is at my place now." Richard cut her off and continued, "But I don't understand what is going on,Sammii? Why was she so furious, and now she is crying, and what marriage is she talking about?"

"Please give her the phone." She pleaded.

"She is not in a condition to talk." Richard replied.

"Then put the phone on speaker, please." She whispered while sobbing. 

"Sammi stop crying." Richard said when he heard her weeping.

"My baby is crying, Richard....."

"Let's go to Richard's home." Henry's voice came from behind.

"You don't need to; I will drop her off when she feels okay." Richard replied, put his phone on speaker, and said, "She can hear you now, Sammie."

"Miihae, please,I am so sorry." Samriddhi is crying from the other side of the phone as well. "I never wanted you to think that we were forcing you into something. I swear I told Arunima Aunty that the last decision would be only yours. If you don't want to marry him, then no one will marry you to him, but please stop crying, mere bache (my child). You know I can't see you both sad. Please forgive your dii and come back home. You know I will stand with you in your every decision. I won't let anyone ever.........."

"I know dii." Mihika whispered, "Please don't cry. I will be home sometime." She sniffed. "I know that even if the whole world turns against me, you will always be there to protect me. It's just that I don't want to get married."

"Ok, then we will never raise this topic. Okay?" Samriddhi said.

"Hmmm." She hummed and cut the call.

"Stop crying because of that bastard. I will teach him a good lesson. How dare he? He broke......"

"Aaron bhaiya, let it be, please." She cut him off.

"How could I?"

"Please." She pleaded.

"Want some chocolates to cheer your mood?" Richard asked while ruffling her hair.

"I am not dii (Samriddhi) who needs chocolates to cheer her mood." She giggled in between her sobs.

"Then tell us what cheers your mood." Aaron asked while pulling her nose.

"Nothing." She wiped her eyes and asked Aaron, "Will you please drop me off at home? Dii is worried, and it's not good for her health or the kids."

Aaron took her back home, and the whole ride, he didn't ask anything or say anything. 

Even she is sitting quietly.

They reached Henry's place, and Mihika stepped out of the car, and Aaron followed her. 

"Little one?" 

"Yes?" She turned to face him.

"You can call me anytime. You know that, right? I don't just call you little sister; I consider you my younger sister from my heart." He said.

"I know, Bhaiya."

"Then never hesitate to ask for anything. I am always here for you." He said that, and she nodded with a smile. 

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