Sid's point of view

"He is alive." I said and looked at Preeti who is looking at me with shock. Her lips parted a little and eyes are holding the tears.

"But..."

"What are you doing near the central jail and How do you know Jeffrey smith is alive? Sid I don't get anything. Start from the start." James said while cutting off Preeti in mid sentence.

I looked at Preeti and her eyes are holding the same confusion and questions. I know this is my time to reveal my side. Everyone has their own start to tell and now it's my time to tell the story of my side.

I nodded my head and continue

"After reading the news of Anna's death in newspaper, I wasn't convinced that she was dead so I told you to investigate in this matter." I said looking at James.

"Yeah, you asked for CCTV footage of jail but before I could get it I found out the blackmailing." James said looking at me.

"Well we get it..and guess what we found inside it?" Nick said little dramatically.

"What..?" James narrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Anna was murdered by the same man who attacked on Preeti on dark street that night and tried to kidnapped her with his friends." I said looking at James and then my eyes met with Preeti. Heavily rain was pouring outside and thunder is growling in anger.

She was looking tired and exhausted and ready to go bed but she wanted to be here and trying her best to ignore her body's request. She had done things for me which I never expect from her. She surprised me with her bravery and even risk her life to save me, to alert me. I never thought my innocent wife could become a 'Jhansi Ki Rani' when it comes to me. But how could she think that I will hate her. It wasn't her fault. She is a savier, Savier of my life, not any killer. she is my love and my love for her increases day by day.

No one have ever risked their life to save me and she had done it two times. First to risk her life to alert me for the possible attack and second she broke into my office, my cabin precisely in my cabin which was not less than a suicide attempt.

My eyes fell on her neck. It was covered with love bite which I had given her before and she was trying to hide them by covering them with her dupatta. After long time we both spend some beautiful moments with each other but before we could explore this night more, James and Keerti arrived.

"It means, it was planned." I came out of my thoughts when she asked me.

I nodded my head and said looking into her beautiful chocolaty brown eyes which was filled with unshade tears, "Not just that, all attacks on you and me was all planned. They wanted to kill one of us or atleast separate us."

"Then what you did?" I turn to Pulkit jiju when he asked me. I almost forget that we have family around which was witnessing our confessions and our messed of life.

"After watching the CCTV footage I went to central jail without telling anyone to meet the same guy who killed Anna. It wasn't easy to get things out from him. It took me almost two weeks to get some information from him." I said.

"What he said?" Shivani di asked me who was standing beside Preeti and was comforting her.

"He told me that someone is taking revenge on me and she will go to any extend to separate Preeti from me, probably killing her. So I deliberately fought with Preeti to save her. She was much safe here than with me in New York. I can't be with her until I sort out everything."

Before I continue further Preeti interrupted me.

"So you fought with me deliberately and letting me go easily just to save me."

I looked at her and nodded my head as 'yes'.

"One day when I returned to my hotel after meeting with Sam in jail, I heard a gun shots from parking lot. I immediately went with Andrew and my other body guards to check the parking lot and there we found out Jeffrey was lying on floor unconscious. Andrew fought with goons and till then my other bodyguards took him to the hospital. He wasn't dead but he went to coma after being shot three times." I said looking outside blankly to the balcony .

"I did my investigation and found out he has a niece whom he has not met for last four years and she is the same person behind all of this." I continue.

"I think she is the same person who talked to Kartik but how do you found out about the blackmailing and How do you knew that I were in India." I looked at James when he asked me.

My eyes turn to keerti whose eyes are fill with tears and head is down in shame. Preeti maybe forgive her, maybe a brother could forgive her but as a husband of my Preeti, I won't forgive her. She has no enough trust on us , to come to us and clarify things but no, she chosen to trust outsider instead of her family member. Due to her insecurities, James put his life in danger, Preeti out her life in danger so that her dignity could be save and this idiot still don't know her pictures were photoshopped with naked body. They all are fakes. How could be someone so much fool but still she is my sister and taking care of her is my duty.

"Andrew told me and I keep my eyes on Keerti after she eloped from house. My men were following her everywhere and that's how I found out about your kidnaping but why did you ran away with her from there when I went there to save you?" I asked looking at James and clenched my jaw in anger.

"We didn't know it was you. Keerti came to save me with some local men who were later killed by Kartik's men . We thought Kartik came back with more men to find us so we ran from there after getting first chance." James said.

"But where is Kartik now? Did you caught him?" Anshul asked me while folding his both arms on his chest.

I shake my head as no and said, "He ran away from his place before we could reach there."

"Who is the niece of that Jeffrey Smith? What's her name?" Papa asked me.

"Chloe Serra Smith. Keerti's boss and now she is in India." I said while looking at keerti and she already looking at me with wide shock eyes. I am sure she also don't know about her boss's real identity. James also looking at keerti with shock.

"Now I understand why she talked rubbish about Preeti bhabhi and filled my ears against bhabhi. She was keep asking me about you bhayi. It felt like she was obsessed with you. But I was too blind in my insecurities that I didn't noticed that she manipulated me and used me against you. She told me that Preeti bhabhi sent my nudes to someone in India. She even show me the proofs. I was so angry with bhabhi that my mind stop working. I am sorry bhabhi I hurt you. I am the biggest fool of this century and worst sister." Keerti put her hand on her mouth when she choked in her tears.

"They were all photoshopped Keerti. No one have your nudes. Instead of you, Kartik had Pree..." James stopped in mid sentence and looked at between Preeti and I.

I was hoping I heard it wrong or James wanted to say something else.I clenched my jaw and fisted my palms in anger.

"What did he had of Preeti?" Siddharth asked him with greeted teeth.

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Preeti's point of view

I slowly walked to him and turn him to face her by holding his shoulders.

"What did kartik have of me? " I asked him in a low whisper. Tears were hanging on my eyes ready to escape when I asked James in my low broken voice.

"He had your nudes." I heard the loud gasps.

I leaved James shoulders in shock and took a step back. I has no expressions on my face, only fat tears streaming out from my eyes. My vision get blurry when a fresh tears welled up in my eyes.

"It was from Siddharth's Penthouse. Pictures are not clear because they were taken from afar but if you zoomed enough your side face profile is visible." James said in a low voice almost a whisper.

My whole body was numb. I can't process anything. Someone intrude in my personal space and I didn't even know. But how is that possible to take my nude pictures. I always changed my clothes in washroom or closet except when Siddharth was at office and sometime I used to change my clothes is our bedroom. Is that the time when my pictures were taken.

My mind was assuming every possibilities but I can't reached the conclusion. Someone sees my those parts which no one see except Siddharth. He is the only man in my life who saw every mole of my body. But the thought of seeing me by other man is killing me. It felt like someone throw mud on me and make me dirty.

"Bhabhi...I am sorry. This is all happen because of me. "

"Don't touch me." I jerked Keerti's hand away when she tried to to hold her hand. My expressions is still blank except my tears which were the only emotion I was showing.

It happened because of her. She is not a child anymore. She was manipulated easily by someone. I agree she had a problem with me but she could have talk to Siddharth or at least talk to Mom and Dad. But no, She didn't tell anyone. Siddharth's life was in danger because I tried to tell him everything but she could have talk to Siddharth. Did she not have trust in her own bhayi.

"Bhabhi.." She again tried to hold my hand but before she hold my hand I took a step back.

"I put my life in danger just because of you, to save your dignity. Siddharth met with accident because I tried to tell him about the blackmailing and your nudes but I can't because I need to save your virtue. I can't take risk of anyone's life. I told you so many times to tell your relationship with James to Siddharth but you didn't listen to me. If someone told you bulshit about me you should have confront me or should had talk to your bhayi. You choose to believe outsider instead of your family. This could be stop if you tell everything to Siddharth before. You were right, I am a supper bitch who tried to protect you, I am bitch who tried to save your dignity. Now look what happened, my dignity is at stake." I said while greeting her teeth. My voice is broken but fill with anger and angry fat tears were dropping from my eyes.

"Bhabhi Please forgive me." Keerti said in her broken shaky voice while taking a step towards me but again I step back. I don't want her to come close to me.

"I will never forgive you for this. I will never forgive you to put Siddharth's life in danger." After saying this I ran away from there.

I heard many voice behind me but my mind blocked their voice and I ran outside from the house. Rain is pouring heavily and thunder is roaring like a lion. Weather was clean almost two hours before. Stars are twinkling in the sky, there was no sign of rainy cloud but like god knows this is going to happen. He is going to reveal bitter truth of my life so God made it rain today to hide my tears.

Rain drenched me in a minute and I can feel the pebbles on my bare feet but my legs didn't stop and keep running. I can't meet my eyes to anyone, not with my parents, not with my siblings, not with him, the love of my life. I no more deserve him.

Why kartik did this to me? What he had done this to me. It wasn't enough for him to abuse me, to beat me that he went so much down to humiliate me. I stopped at the middle of the road when my feet no more able to run. My chest is heaving up and down to catch the breath. My heart was beating so fast due to running and tears are mixing with rain. My headache is worse than before but more than that my heart was aching and crying the information, James gave me. I put my hand on my chest to calm the pain when I feel the heaviness like someone put tons of weight on my heart and I struggle to breath.

"Aaaahhhhh..." I screamed loudly in pain and set down in the middle of the road under the rain.

I cried loudly and punched the concrete road with my fists. My palms started bleeding but I didn't stop and keep punching the concrete road. My whole body is numb and I can't feel any physical pain except the emotional pain. Kartik make me embarrassed. I no more meet anyone's eyes and will alway be ashamed of myself. He ruined my life.

"Preeti...stop, You are hurting yourself." Someone hold my hand in a tight grip, stopping me to hit my fists on road. I rose my head and my eyes met with his deep coffee brown eyes. I saw pain and hurt in his eyes.

"Leave me Siddharth. I want to hurt myself. I want to die. I don't deserve you anymore. He saw me naked.Wy me Siddharth? Why me?" I said while trying to free my hand from him but his grip on me was tight. I wiggled in his hold but he didn't leave me.

"Preeti listen to me..He just saw the flash of your body not your soul, which only I saw. You are still pure baby like before. Don't think you don't deserve me. It's all my fault. I fails to protect you. " He said in his broken but hard voice and pulled me towards him. His eyes are glowing with unshed tears.

"No, you had done everything to protect to me, to protect our family. Siddharth why we have to go through all the pain? What we had done bad to others that they want to see us suffer?. Is it a crime that we are beautiful, that we choose each other to love, to spend whole life in each other's arms. First that Anna Smith came to ruin your life, Kartik made my life hell because of his obsession and now this Serra smith tried to separate us. Why it only happened to us?" I said between my sobs and put my head on his chest. My upper body is shaking when I was crying putting my head on his chest. He immediately took me in his arms and hold my head on his chest. He pulled me on his lap and took one leg on me to keep me closer to him, to comfort me. Rain is pouring on both of us drenching us and hiding our tears.

"They are jealous of us, of our love. They are jealous because they can't have what we have. They tried to break us emotionally but failed every time because it's not easy to separate us. I swear of you, till morning they both have on your feet asking your mercy." He said with his greeted teeth and that was the last word I heard from him because after that a nausea hit me, my body gave up and I don't know when black dots spread in front of my vision.

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Sid's point of view

Right now I was feeling like a loser who fails to protect his family, his only love his wife. I was hoping silently what James said was all wrong. He misunderstood Preeti with someone but I know James don't say anything without a proof and he can't misunderstood especially when it comes to his closest one.

I was shocked and numb. I could not process things when James told about Preeti's nudes. My panthouse was in the most protected and high security area of New York. Only high profile people leave there and it wasn't easy for someone to afford a house in that building. Then how could it possible to take Preeti's pictures from other flat's balcony. Well it's possible because Preeti gave two million dollars to that kartik and James also offered him double amount what Preeti gave him. He must be bought apartment just opposite of my penthouse building and take pictures from his apartment's balcony.

Preeti always changed her clothes in washroom or closet and if she changed in bedroom she make sure to closed the curtains before changing. But she was disturbed when we leave the house and I pushed her away. We barely talked to each other that time. Maybe she forgot to closed the curtains and that bastard took that opportunity. I won't leave him. He has to pay what he had done to Preeti and of course that bitch also.

It was hurtful to saw Preeti broken and when she was punching the road it felt like someone ripped my heart.

I was sitting middle of the road with Preeti in my arms. Rain is still pouring heavily just like before and I and Preeti both drenched in rain. I must take her home, she will feel sick if we longer sit here under the rain.

"Let's go home baby." I said but she didn't reply. I didn't even hear her hiccups and sobs.

"Preeti.." I shook her little but still there is no response from her side.

I looked at her and her eyes were closed and she was leaning to my chest unconscious.

"Preeti open your eyes." I patted her cheeks but nothing happened. She didn't open her eyes. I put my palm on her forehead and then under her chin.

"Shit.." I cursed myself when I check her body temperature.

Her body was burning with high fever. Her toes were red due to running with bare feet and her beautiful henna palms were red with blood. She hurt herself. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn't notice it before.

I immediately scooped her in my arms and stood up from the road. I turn and started walking towards the house.

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"What happened to her?"

"Why her hands are bleeding?"

"Why happened to bhabhi?"

Everyone shower me with questions as soon as I entered the house with unconscious Preeti in my arms.

"She has a high fever. Anshul come with me." I said while climbing on stairs and I know everyone is following me behind.

I slowly laid Preeti on bed and pushed her hair back which fell on her face. Her face turned pale and lips are dry. I caressed her cheek which lost their blush pink color. She was looking almost white.

"Sid...go outside. First we need to change her clothes." Shivani di said while putting her hand on my shoulder.

"No.. I won't leave her." I don't budge and keep looking on her.

"Jiju please. Preeti di needs to change her clothes." Puja pleaded to me.

"You go outside. I will changer clothes." I said looking at Pooja and she nodded her head as yes because it was a waste of time if she argued with me.

Both Shivani di and Pooja went outside the room and closed the door. I took out my t-shirt and dry towel from cupboard and changed Preeti's wet clothes and make her wear my t-shirt after drying her body with towel.

I open the door for everyone and let Anshul treats Preeti. He is not doctor yet but he is a fourth year medical student and know how to treats a high fever.

"She had a 104°F high fever. I had to give her injection." He said while looking at the temperature in thermometer.

"Anshul do whatever you want to do. But please do fast. Bhabhi is burning like a burner." Keerti said while sitting on bed beside Preeti and caressed her head. Anshul nodded his head and took out his equipments from his bag.

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I looked at Preeti she was sleeping peacefully in my arms cuddling to me. Her fever went down after Anshul gave her injection and treated her wounds. Her both palms are wrapped in white bandage. They were not deep but still need the treatment.

I already changed my wet clothes before joining her in bed. But I can't sleep. I have work to do and check the pendrive which Preeti gave it to me before. It was a k.tech device and locked with special software, which was built in k.tech for the security reasons. Only our technicians can open it. I also need to find that bastard and punish that bitch.

I slowly make Preeti laid on bed comfortably and tucked her in blanket. I kissed on her forehead and got up from the bed to put a full stop all of this mess.

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I re-write this chapter fifth time but I am still not satisfied with this chapter.

I hope you like the chapter. Next chapter is also full with drama.

I can't tell how many chapters would need to complete this book but this book is in its end. I will try to wrap up it soon.

If you think I am dragging the story please tell me. But Preeti's health is still a suspense so there is a little more drama also left.

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