Dhruv 'I loved her Arnav, so much. But she never did love me. I took it wordlessly but what hit me most is she never loved Akhilesh, calling him as mistake'

A year and more back,

'Find him where he is? You bloody fool for what I'm feeding you so much money. Can't you all be careful? How the hell you missed him? I asked you to keep a watch on him but you....I want result. I want to know where he is now.'

Throwing her phone away Sheethal paced the room 'A simple work, I gave a simple work to keep an eye on him but they....' Shaking her head, mad at the people working for her she took a frustrated sigh.

Growling in anger 'I did not do so much hard work in just stopping your marriage like this to go waste, ASR. Now where in the hell did you hide all of sudden becoming invisible? This time you are not escaping me. You ought to me M.I.N.E'

Dhruv stepped back shocked with silent feet. He could not believe what he heard from her mouth. He returned back from office to get an important file only to get shock to hear her words.

It pained him to see this, the look....the look of obsession on her face. Where did he go wrong? He thought she was over Arnav when she accepted to go out with him. He thought she too loved him as much as he did if not more. He thought their love and marriage is perfect but here....here he he seeing and listening something else.

Her words from past few days flew back on his mind....

'You are happy right, for ASR?'

'Do you really think she is perfect match for ASR? Look at him, he is so perfect and sexy, and she....' He had then laughed it off saying you are praising another man before her husband.

The various business magazines she read on Arnav's adventure of taking AR to new heights, the every interview she read and watched on him. Her words she always says 'you can never be like him Dhruv' of course he had taken it positively because one there was no reason for jealous when his wife loves him and second, he is happy for Arnav.

But never had he thought Sheethal still harbor feelings for him, then what about him? What about their love? Is it all mirages he imagined in his mind? Was it not love from her side? Was it all fakeness from her end? Feeling suffocated he dragged himself away from the suddenly become hell from home.

Wiping his tears, his heart burning he strode inside to get answers from her. She cannot do this to him. How can she?'

Sheethal came out of the room hearing his voice 'Dhruv!!! At this time in home? What happen?'

Dhruv 'you happened?'

Sheethal 'What? What are you telling?'

Dhruv 'don't play innocent I heard everything.....every damn thing....'

One look at his disheveled state and she knew what he is talking, Dhruv 'How can you Sheethal? I loved you. You too loved me, isn't it? How much time we spent together with each other. Then why now?'

Sheethal shouted in rage hearing his words 'it is mistake....a Big mistake of mine.'

Dhruv 'What?'

Sheethal 'yes, I never loved you. I could not because I still loved ASR. I proposed him but he....he rejected me, and that too because of you. I hated you....I really did. I was with you only because I did not want to let go of my only chance to be with him. I hoped he will understand me and love me back but he always stayed away from us, pointedly ignoring me, refusing to be at the place where I'm. And I was angry, frustrated, hurt that night where I consumed so much alcohol and did not realize when I ended up with you. It was the very big Mistake of my life. And guess what the result of Mistake is another Mistake, a baby. I hated you and the baby growing inside my womb. I wanted to abort the baby but my dad came to know of it and got me married to you. I had no say in it. Everyone decided for me. My feelings are always neglected; ASR neglected me for you, whereas you neglected my feelings in your love and my father in his prestige. And the height is when my father named all his wealth on my unborn child so that he could stop me from hurting it. Can you believe it? I hated it, I hated everything, I hated every moment of my life I lived with you, I hated every moment you touched me. Do you know....do you know whom I see when you touch me...ASR....I see and feel him when you touch me....and it makes me happy.'

Dhruv felt his head spinning at her words, the every moment they shared felt like a sin and dirty. All wrong.......

Sheethal 'Do you know, I dream of him every day and night to be in his arms'

Dhruv could take only little of this too much 'Sheethal!!!' he raised his hands and slapped her hard. Dhruv 'I could not believe you could stoop so low. For God sake he loves Khushi, leave him. You will end up hurting yourself *Cupping her cheek* look I love you...even now. Let us forget everything and start fresh'

She pushed him away laughing like a mad 'Forget it? Never. I'll never forget him. He is Mine...only mine.'

Dhruv 'Sheethal why are you doing this? I love you...and did you thought about Akhilesh'

She shouted him 'How many times I have to tell you I hate you and I hate that child who came in between my dreams'

Dhruv held her arms tight 'You are sick. Did you hear me? You are sick. How can a mother hate her own child? This the end of everything between you and me' pushing her back 'my lawyer will speak with you soon. I and my son don't need a person like you in our life'

Before he could so much so move out of the place, two to three big burly men (bodyguards appointed by Sheethal) stepped before him, trapping him. Dhruv looked back at Sheethal who laughed hard 'did you really think I'll let you leave after knowing everything? What did you think you will go away from here with that son of yours and tell everything to ASR? Never!!!!'

Sheethal 'Take him away, I'll let you know what should be done with him later'

Dhruv shouted while the huge men dragging him away 'Sheethal let go. What are you doing? This is all wrong'

Sheethal smirked at him enjoying his state of despair to get free.

Entering inside the lonely abandoned building, she walked to the room Dhruv was kept.

Dhruv opened his heavy eyes when he felt cold water splashing on him.

Sheethal 'Wake up baby' her mocking smile got his attention.

Dhruv 'let me go Sheethal. Don't do this'

Sheethal laughed sarcastically, Sheethal 'I feel bad seeing you beg. But sad thing to inform you, you gotta go. Once and for all'

Dhruv 'What? No, Sheethal at least think about Akhilesh'

Sheethal 'Akhilesh why do you worry? I'm there na. He will be fine with me. I'll take him to his soon to be father. What if I lost the track of ASR? He will come running to home if he hears about your death.....he loves you and your love will get him back to me.......sigh I'll get him back'

Dhruv 'Are you mad?'

Sheethal 'yes I'm....I'm mad in love for ASR *turning to his men* Finish him off'

Dhruv 'No Sheethal....stop all this....'

Sheethal 'tsk tsk baby....how can I save you? Only if you are gone I'll be able to get ASR in my life. I'll go to him with Akhilesh and will get his sympathy. I'll make sure he marries me for Akhilesh. I'll surely get him this time. Wow the plan is super na'

Dhruv 'you are out of your mind. Arnav will never do that, he loves Khushi'

Sheethal 'Oh he will after when his Khushi marries some other man; *oh don't look at me shocked. I've put my word of advice on your dump sister's ear and now she is hell bent on making NK marry Khushi. There you see, ASR is all alone and he will have no choice then to give me and your son a life. I'm bored now, talking to you and explaining all this again and again. Now like a good boy stop all this and prepare yourself to say good bye'

Signally her men she left the place with Dhruv shouting after her.

Sighania Mansion,

Sheethal looked up shocked to see Dhruv standing in front of her 'Dh....Dhruv...'

Dhruv 'What happen? Shocked are we?'

Sheethal 'how did you....'

Dhruv 'don't forget I'm having the power of attorney for this whole property and your men were not fed properly. A little bone I threw towards them and they changed their loyalty towards me. Nice na'

Sheethal listening to her words paled, Dhruv 'now what should we do with you huh? Itna bada dhoka....not only to me and my son but also to my brother *he slapped her hard* he has started living just now after leaving his past behind and you snatched his only happiness from him. Na jaane kahaan hai voh....I'll never let you win *another slap on her cheek, pulling her hair* How dare you? I loved you....I truly did....but never thought behind this innocent face is hidden a poisonous snake'

Dhruv 'What shortage I left in my love? Huh?' his slap was so hard that made her tumble upon a the glass table shattering into pieces, her head hitting on the edge of the sofa beside the table, the glass pieces piercing her body......She howled in pain....Dhruv was shocked....he never expected this....

Dhruv 'Sheethal!!!!

Doctor came out of the OT, his face long 'Sorry Mr. Raizada we could not save her'

Dhruv felt darkness before him, how much cheated and betrayed he felt, he still loved that woman.

It was hard to control Akhilesh who loved his mom, his ideal mom for him. Months passed and Dhruv could not able to live in the place which held so many memories for him, the place where he came to know of his life's truth, the place where he lost the woman he loved. Not able to stand any moment longer there he left the place with Akhilesh to India, to his true family.

Coming to present.........

Dhruv 'I tried to save her Arnav but I could not......' he cried with every word he uttered.

Everyone were mobilized and paralyzed to even move, Akhilesh heart shattered into million pieces to listen to his mother's deed.....when he heard Dhruv's word admitting to himself the day before the night of Sheethal's death anniversary on how he is the reason Sheethal died and how he is the one who killed her, he was shocked to learn his father killed his mom who never got tired of telling tale of his love for his mom. He was still in deniable to think of his father who loved his mother a lot could kill her and it was the next night not able to bottle up inside him he had spilled it to Khushi and Arnav crying over his fate of being a murderor's son who killed his mom.

But now hearing the entire truth he doesn't know whether he should hate his mom or to love her for the memories she gave him as a loving mother even though it was all fake from her end.

Dhruv 'She is the one who blackmailed you using her men to leave Khushi. She is the one because of whom Akash met with accident. She is the one who did everything which lead you away from Khushi and our family. I'm sorry Arnav I could not stop her before it is too late. I came here to correct everything to get you back to your Khushi and family but I failed to find you. When I almost lost hope Khushi true to her love for you found you and brought you where you belonged. I'm sorry for whatever you have to go through because of her'

Arnav don't know what to say, he could not wrap up things Dhruv told. He could not believe Sheethal could stoop so low, she not only destroyed his brother's life but also almost destroyed his life if Khushi had not found him by chance, pure luck.

Khushi hugged Akhilesh to herself, too shocked to get a word out of her mouth. The little boy is crying listening to his mother's true colors and they could do nothing. They never wanted him to witness the confrontation but the little boy wanted to know why his father killed his mom but now listening to Dhruv they could have never imagined Sheethal could play such a dangerous game.

Raizada's were too shocked as they too were played by Sheethal in pushing Arnav more away from Khushi. They could not believe it how could a woman could fall so low and killed her own perfect life with her own hands.

Maami 'hello hi bye bye she planned to kill my son'

Arnav 'Dhruv!!!!'

Dhruv looked at him with such raw pain he felt ground beneath him disappear 'I could not hate her bhai....I still love her even after whatever she did to me, to my son, to us. I loved her truly'

Arnav hugged him tight not able to say anything, what could he say?

NK 'but Dhruv how did London police?'

Dhruv 'No one knew it other than the men worked for Sheethal and few bucks of note was enough to shut them up'

Maami 'it was accident NK bitwa....hello hi bye bye he did not kill her deliberately'

Everyone's eye turned to Arnav, their eyes held remorse and guilt after hearing what happened with him. They all thought so bad of him when all he did was to save his love.

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