"Yes I accept" Stella at last voiced out loudly accepting her mistake.

"I do accept that I have slept with Shivay Singh Oberoi when he was not in senses, I do accept I used him for my own pleasure, yes I do accept I have mixed sleeping pills in his food at night because I was crazy to feel him intimately, and I know I was wrong" if words can murder than Anika would have been found dead by then.

"What do you think himself as huh? A s*x worker..." Sid was interrupted 

"Please stop it" a broken girl stepped back, last words of Stella repeated like a record player inside her head.

"You fine... Anika... Shivay has not done anything... Anika" Sid took the weight of Anika over him and made her sit over a chair when she slipped, let's just say when ground slipped away beneath her feet.

"But believe me I have not murdered my husband, I loved him with all my heart. I don't know what has taken over me that night, I was broken and no one was there to calm me down when Mr. Shivay Singh Oberoi went to my place to offer help if I needed any and I was swayed away by his manly senses and out of my hormonal raise, I did everything... I am sorry... I am really very sorry... but believe me I didn't kill my husband" Stella's eyes justified her words.

"I want to go back to India... please Sid... I want... want to..." a strange feeling increased Anika's sobs.

"Sure, you go back... and I will come back after solving this murder mystery" Sid lightly hugged Anika and kept on brushing her back.

"Hmmm" she had nothing more to say.

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"Welcome to our place Mrs. Agarwal" Shivay greeted Soumya as she stepped in Oberoi Mansion.

"Thank You so much Mr. Oberoi for inviting me" Soumya smiled looking at the famous businessman.

"It's all my pleasure... well feel like home and please make yourself comfortable" he smiled broadly and sat on the couch. Soumya too settled.

"Sahana relax... no naughty naughty now... relax bachcha" Soumya patted her daughter's back lightly.

"Is she allergic to something? I mean... she suddenly started crying after you sat down" concern took over Mr. Eldest Singh Oberoi's face.

"Yeah she is... she is allergic to sit quite and calm. All she want is to play around always and whenever I am there with her she does not let me sit quietly for a second" Soumya smilingly kissed Sahana's head.

"She is too cute... can I take her for once" Shivay admired the baby girl.

"Yeah she is cute for everyone else other than her mother... believe me bhai..." she stopped in middle as she realised Shivay might feel awkward if she calls him bhaiya suddenly at their first meeting

"Please do call me bhaiya, I would feel blessed to be called as your bhaiya" he smiled and tried to make her feel more comfortable.

"She is naughty" Soumya completed her sentence with an awkward smile.

"I would wait for you to call me bhaiya one day" he smiled back too.

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"Ohh god... why the hell is he not picking up the call, Om just pick it up damn" Ishana pushed her hair strand back and dialled Om's number for nth time now since an hour.

"Om... pick it up... what should I do... Anika di, yeah... di... maybe di is with Shivay bhaiya now and maybe Shivay bhaiya know where Om might be" Ishana soon opened the call logs and searched out her di's number.

Last week was super busy for her and she missed to call her di. Anika has return from New York a week back and has taken over the responsibility to take care of Shivay.

Anika's phone rang, 1st ring... no response, 2nd ring... no response... last ring... no response. The call got cut and Ishana wished to throw away her phone in frustration when her own phone rang.

"Yeah di... where were you? Don't you know to pick up the call at it's first ring?" this rude question was not intentional but she herself felt bad after that.

"It's okay Ishu... what is the matter?" Anika asked calmly.

"Di... ask Shivay bhaiya that where is Om?" she was huffing loudly in tension.

"Why? What is the matter?" Anika doubted and panicked after hearing the raise in Ishana's breathing.

"Di you just ask first" she just wanted to know that Om is fine.

"Shivay where is Om now?" Anika asked Shivay without wasting anytime understanding the devastated state of her sister.

"He is with his best friend Gauri... these days he doesn't share his whereabouts with us and is always busy with Gauri other than his own business meetings" Ishana heard Shivay's answer.

"Di... di..." she called loudly so that Anika gets back to talk to her over phone.

"Yeah Ishu" Anika replied.

"Ask Shivay bhaiya to contact Gauri if he has her number" this was a good solution.

"Do you have Gauri's number?" Ishana could analyse just by hearing the tone of Anika while asking this question to Shivay that her di is getting tensed.

"I think I have" Shivay replied and a silence followed until Anika came back to reply.

"Shivay is searching for the number... you just say what is the matter" Anika asked feeling something is definitely wrong or else a calm girl like Ishana who handles everything with a smile won't have sounded so much panicked.

"Om and Gauri went to lover's point today, yesterday Gauri only told me that when I called Om to know how is he... as usual he did not pick up my call but Gauri did and I got to know that he is busy with her and she is his best friend since childhood, she only told me about their visit to lover's point today. You know na there is a flyover near that area?" Ishu took a pause.

"Yeah" Anika quickly replied.

"A major clash between two trucks and bus took place two hours back, this resulted in clashes of few other cars as well who tried to speed down suddenly and people died... so I am... I am just..." Anika admires this amazing quality of her sister, she manages to stay as calm as possible at the time of crisis.

"Here is the number Anika" Ishana heard Shivay's voice a bit happy.

"Please call" Anika requested.

"Ringing ringing" Ishana heard Shivay replied and then after few minutes he mouthed a hello.

"Is Om with you?" Shivay asked expecting a positive answer.

"Ohh... great, give the phone to him please" the raising heart beat of Ishu started to calm down after hearing the last sentence of Shivay.

"Give the phone to me" Anika spoke out in a very angry voice.

"How dare you Omkara? Where the hell were you?" it is so unusual of Anika to speak like that and this side Ishana understood the reason.

"Di... di... calm down... di..." Ishana spoke loudly from this side so that the sound reaches to Anika and she shuts her mouth, but... alas!

"A girl who is staying at such a distance is calling you since an hour and you were so busy with your friend that you had no courtesy to pick the call up? What the hell were you doing?" Anika's voice raised more.

"Calm down... Anika calm down" Shivay tried to stop but... alas!!

"Dare you come in between Shivay, what kind of responsibility is this huh? A person is calling continuously... that definitely means she is worried or is in some problem and here you are not picking up her calls because you are angry... if this is his love for her then it's better my sister dies without any love" limit crossed without even she knowing what is she going on speaking in anger.

"Shut up Anika" the loudest voice Om's throat permitted came out, as the phone was in speaker Ishana too heard it and chills ran through her nerves.

"You have said enough and now you should stop" Om sounding such held Anika in silence.

"Yes she is your sister then how can you just say she will die without love? I know her, how she is so from where this matter of love is coming in between? Yes I do love her but you know what... she did not even turn back to see me crying when she left me" this was Om's turn to voice out his pains.

"Om relax and just say that are you fine?" Shivay tried to calm everyone down.

"I am and I am trying to come back home as soon as possible, due to this accident we both got stuck and my phone was in silent and inside my pocket so I didn't see the calls. Please say sorry to Ishana from my side for not picking up her calls" Om completed.

"You call her and say sorry, and take care" Shivay hung up the call and took Anika's phone to reply to Ishana.

"Ishana be calm dear, Om is fine and listen don't take much tension. Who will take your care huh if you fall sick now?" his voice was extremely cool that teared up both the sister.

"Thank you bhaiya, I will take care and you too take care... okay?" she tried to suppress her sobs.

"I will and don't cry, everything will get fine. You have faith over your brother right?" every sibling will have faith over such brother.

"Yeah... and please cool down my Jhansi ki Rani" Shivay instantly looked at Anika.

"Yeah... chalo bye" he cut the call.

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"Why are you crying?" Shivay neared her and wiped away her tears.

"I cannot believe Om shouted over me" insult ran down her orbs.

"He did not mean to Anika... believe me, my brother isn't bad... he was just angry... please don't cry" he wiped the tear again.

"I shouldn't have shouted on him right? He maybe considered me as an outsider and I shouted over him thinking that he will take that as his elder sister scolding, I am sorry Shivay... I didn't intend to hurt him, I am really sorry" she broke down more thinking all these.

Shivay had no clue of how to handle the situation. This side he can't ask Ishana because if she gets to know that her sister is thinking all these then she will feel more hurt and Anika is crying so no question of asking her that how will she stop. Gauri...  no... bad idea, she is with Om and if Om gets to know this suddenly then he will also feel bad. Then...?

Mrs. Agarwal... done, Shivay's face suddenly lit up with smile and he turned towards Anika but unfortunately she isn't crying anymore. Mr. Stupid Singh Oberoi was busy analysing what to do when Anika surpassed her feelings.

"Listen" her voice brought him back to earth from mars... maybe mars.

"Yeah... don't cry" he is stupid, actually idiot, actually a donkey who is still stuck at that moment.

"I am not crying and listen Om will have to pay for this" she pressed her eyes and grinned.

"Ohh wow... your tears are costly then, don't worry Om will definitely pay... just let him know the price... a thousand or two..." in which world is he? Like seriously? Kill me... actually no, I don't want any more murders.

"Listen you go to hell, you both brothers know nothing about their partner's feelings, you two are emotionless fools, go to... wherever you can afford, hell would be too costly" Anika got up and walked away while Mr. Donkey Singh Oberoi was busy analysing her comment.

"Bye Anika... drive safely" I doubt whether Om is going to face the consequence of Shivay's stupidity as well or not.

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Here comes the next chapter. Dearies please suggest a short name for SAHANA (Soumya's daughter) because this name is a bit long to write *tongue out*. And and and... let's see what Anika has in mind for Om. I just hope Ishana returns to save her innocent sa Om from her didi's wrath. All the best Omie Jaanu.  

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NEXT CHAPTER WILL GET POSTED TOMORROW.

-NILANJANA