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The chapter dedicated to :- iayahmed

Words Count:- 2505 words

Published on:- 11 December 2021

Ayesha's POV

"Since when have you been spying on Ayesha?" Neil asked Anna pressing her hand hardly.

Anna had tears in her eyes.

That's it!

"Neil, leave her. You are hurting her. Don't forget that she's Anna." I said trying to free her hand from his grip.

"Exactly... She's Anna who is spying on you for Rishav. She is indeed the girlfriend of that bastard!" He cried out this time digging his nails into her hand.

"Where the hell Rishav came in all this now?" I asked in equal anger.

"He was the one who had set Anil after you Goddammit!" He revealed.

"Rishav..." I muttered acting as if I am shocked by this revelation. 

I always had an idea that Rishav only was after all this but now how am I gonna defend him in front of Neil? Neil would surely want to punish Rishav for hurting me and the baby like this. But again it will spoil my plan if anything happens to Rishav or if Rishav leaves now. 

Oh, God! What shall I do now? Why am I always pushed up into situations like this?

"You must be wrong... How can he hurt me? He's my brother who had supported me in those times when no one did." I muttered looking at the floor showing as if I am sad with the revelation.

Neil did let go of Anna for a second and looked at Dadda.

"Is she a fool or am I the fool to love her?" Neil asked Dadda in a frustrated tone. 

Dadda just sighed and shrugged his shoulders pointing his eyes at me in response to his question.

"How... How can you suspect me hotty? I am a simple laughing girl. How can I betray anyone? You are mistaken hotty. It's neither me nor Rishav. Yes... It has to be someone else. We will find and catch him together. Right, Saisha?" Came the overacting of this foolish blonde. 

I mentally slapped her and cursed myself for keeping her with me. Neil is already angry on me over this Rishav matter and this girl is so happily adding fuel to it. 

Why, Anna? Why?

Neil again looked at Anna and this time I was also scared of his eyes. His eyes were screaming and radiating the anger in him and it took just a few seconds for him to hold Anna by her throat and push her against the wall.

"Aye...Ayesha..." Anna said in a shuffled-up voice.

For the first time in my life, she did call out my name correctly.

But wait... Neil has been suffocating her.

"Neil!" We all cried out and tried to pull him away from her. Neil did loosen up his grip on her giving her enough air to breathe but still didn't leave her.

His brother, my dadda and I... We three were pulling him back but he just loosened up his grip. That's it. There was no other budging from his side other than this.

"What are... you? A hu...hulk?" Anna shuttered yet managed to ask Neil.

Can't she keep her mouth shut? At least for a while?

"How much do you speak huh? Always chattering like a chatterbox... Today, I will simply end the chattering of this bird!" Neil cried out to which I pushed him with all my force.

But wait...

In return, I was thrown back to a few steps. Neil looked at me to see if I was fine or not and that's when he finally let go of Anna. Anna ran away and hid behind Dadda.

"You good?" He asked looking at my baby bump while I nodded.

"You are dating Rishav. Rishav always gets all the updates and records of Ayesha. How is it? It's you only right who sticks to Ayesha all day long and yet you say that you are not the spy." Neil claimed and my eyes widened up at his accusations.

Well, his points are indeed right. But how can Anna betray me when I myself have kept her? How shall I tell Neil about this?

"Neil... See, you are wrong. I have kept Anna with me for a long time. Also, Rishav too isn't a bad one Neil. You are surely mistaken. I am telling you." I tried explaining to him this taking hold of his left hand.

"My men have informed me this Ayesha. They are never wrong. Definitely, it's your friend and your brother who are after you and my baby." Neil claimed to which I shook my head in denial.

"Neil..." I continued but was cut off in between with him shouting at me,

"Shut the fuck up, Ayesha!"

Great! Now the bomb has been directed to me. Amazing...

"You never cared about yourself in the blind love of your brother. But this time, it's my baby whom you are carrying Ayesha. Think of my baby if not about you." He reminded me. I placed my hand over my baby bump looking at the floor for a couple of seconds. 

After some seconds, I raised up my eyes and said,

"I still say that Rishav isn't a part of all this, Neil. Anil's chapter is over. So let's just get over with it."

"So that he can hurt you again, Ayesha?" Neil asked giving me a disgusted look while I chose to keep mum at this.

"You know what... Allowing you to leave London all alone with this Annabeth was my mistake. Let's get back to Mumbai... Our place now, Ayesha. I will take care of you nicely there and will tell of what it is to be stubborn all the time." Neil threatened me taking a step towards me.

See... this is what I have always hated about him. His anger... He is again repeating his mistake of losing his temper and spoiling everything.

"What will you do in Mumbai huh?" I asked giving him a blazing look and standing right in front of him.

"I will lock you up in a room in Mumbai then nothing would be able to harm either you or my baby!" He shouted towering over me with his big frame.

This is when Dadda came in between us. 

"Control yourself, Neil." Dadda warned him.

"Control? What do you even expect of me, oldie? Don't I have any other work to do? It's always your daughter who herself invites the trouble and then I have to run to save her. This time when I am warning her about someone before only then like last time only she's ignoring it only to pay for it at the end!" Neil cried on Dadda's face.

"Then don't save me... I never called you to save me other than this time. But now, I don't want your help. So just don't... Thank you for this time, Neil!" I replied crying out with the same intensity as his.

"Ayesha, don't..." Abhay called me out shaking his head.

I looked at Abhay and gave him a helpless look and turned around to look at Neil. 

"I don't care about you now Ayesha. You can even die if you want like always but this time it's about my baby. I am not going to compromise on anything this time." He said bitterly surpassing Dadda successfully.

Damn... This hurts!

It's like someone has pricked my heart with a thousand needles.

My eyes got filled up with tears. I looked down placing my hand at my baby bump and muttered, "Our baby..."

"You are coming with me to Mumbai now." Neil said taking hold of my hand.

"I won't... I am staying here with Anna and that's final." I said pushing his hand away from mine.

"So that you can get our baby killed just like Prachi?" He asked and this is when my hand made contact with his cheek. 

Yes... I slapped Neil. 

"Ayesha..." Dad called me out after this but nothing occupied my mind except that of Neil and his words. 

Anna held me from behind and supported my wobbly form. 

Neil raised his face and looked at me. This time he was silent and so was I...

After a few seconds, I broke the silence and walked towards him. I held him by his collar and said,

"I did not get Prachi killed. You understand..." I said lowly giving him a cold sneer. 

After this, I held Anna's hand and started walking out of this place. 

"That's not what I meant Ayesha. I meant that do you want to get our baby killed just like Mrs. Raichand's mistake did to Prachi. I never said that it was you." He said from behind.

I took a deep breath and calmed myself down. My back was still facing Neil.

"Not a word more..." I whispered and left the place with Anna.

I know that he did not mean anything in the wrong way. But still... It all felt so wrong when heard and understood. I felt as if he was accusing me of killing Prachi though he did not take my name directly in this. He should not have taken Prachi's name in front of me. Doesn't he know that how much she affects me?

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Dubai

Ayesha's Apartment

Ayesha's POV

I was lying on the couch pressing a cushion near my chest. Anna was sitting down at the edge of the bed and looking at me continuously. There was silence all over the place since the last hour we have arrived.

No one spoke anything. I was sad and tears were my only companion along with Anna for now. I looked sadly at Anna for a change. 

"It's all my mistake, isn't it?" She asked breaking the silence.

"How?" I asked.

"I had known that you were with Neil now in his place. Neil hates Rishav. I should not have gone on a date with Rishav. At least, not today for sure." She said playing with her fingers and looking at the floor.

"Doesn't matters. Your meeting with Rishav was a part of our plan now. It's Neil who should learn to control his anger. But again I can't blame him as well. It was me only who gave him a valid reason for the same." I said in a low tone as another lone tear escaped my eyes.

"Call him Ayesha... Speak to him." Anna suggested.

I got up a bit looking at her and said,

"So that he drags me with him to Mumbai. Then about our plan?"

"You will lose Neil in this."She reminded me while I shook my head.

"I have got the entire lifetime to pacify him, Anna. But Yashwant... this is our last chance and you know that." I said and looked away from her.

This is when I got a notification on my phone. It was a message from Neil.

"I am leaving for Mumbai. You can stay wherever it suits you. But if something happens to our baby Ayesha... Then I will kill you first and then myself die in regret." 

It read.

His message also screamed anger. I sighed and placed my hand over my erratically fast-beating heart.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked and I simply showed her the message.

"Now that's sad. He left?" She asked to which I shrugged my shoulders. 

Another beeping sound came from my phone and it must be from Neil for sure. 

When does he leave me with one message after all? But this time I don't have the heart in me to open and read it.

"Read the message..." I said to Anna who was still holding my phone.

"'We want to meet you...' It's from Mr. Chaturvedi. " Anna said.

I instantly got up in my place and looked at her. 

"Pinch me... Pinch me, Anna. This ain't a dream, right? Chaturvedi wants to talk to me. After so many months..." I said and smiled in happiness.

"Well, stop crying now, you idiot!" Anna said hitting my arm with hers. 

Was I crying?

I touched my cheek and yes... I was!

In fact I have to. This is something which I have been waiting for so long. Standing in front of their doors like a beggar in hunger for her answers was just too exhausting. Finally, they will lead me to Yashwant now.

"Let's go to Sharjah now, Anna." I said.

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Same evening

Sharjah 

Ayesha's POV

Currently, we were sitting in the main hall of Chaturvedi's house. Mr. and Mrs. Chaturvedi were sitting right in front of us. Anna was holding my hand while I was looking at them to finally reveal the answers to my questions.

"We are willing to tell you everything." Mr. Chaturvedi said breaking the ice.

"What has made you do the same now? I have been bugging you for the last few months. If not then... why now?" I asked looking into his eyes to make sure that this again was not a trap laid by Yashwant for me.

"You used to come every weekend with your friend to pay us a visit. Though you are pregnant, you never left the place even when we treated you so harshly. Since last few weeks, you were not there and this worried us. We felt that maybe you are sick because of us. You used to pay us visits in a state like this. We don't want any harm to be brought to your child because of us. This is why I asked my husband to call you and tell you everything that you want to know so that your visits may come to an end for once." Mrs. Chaturvedi answered making me shut my lips at once.

Yes... I have not been paying them any visit since the last few weeks and that was all because of Anil. His men were following me everywhere and I didn't want him to know of my secret in Sharjah. This is because Anil leads to Rishav and Rishav is a dangerous snake now.

"So, shall we start?" Anna asked to which the old couple nodded silently.

"Mahima... My daughter was the married wife of Yashwant Singhania." The old man said.

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So guys, how was the chappy?

What do you think of Neil and Ayesha's fight?

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Also, I have given two chapters this month. I am planning to give out two chapters a month for each of my books from now so that I can be regular and don't leave my books hanging like before.

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