She is slowly mummering in her scared baby voice, “please calm down. Please calm down.” 

She can hear his heartbeat which has been raising due to anger calming down a little and becoming normal. She slowly realized what she did and break the hug looking at him who is too staring at her. She is looking at him with concern filled eyes, he stares back into hers. 

“Please don’t fight,” she mummers slowly but there is some concern hidden in it. 

“What happened? Why are you standing there? Only this much?” Arhaan asks touching his lips which is bleeding. “Only this much power you have?” He is trying to poke him more. 

“Arhaan what’s wrong with you? Stop it!” Rashmi shouts at him seeing his behavior. He is already in bad condition what more he want now? 

“Rashmi please you don’t come in between. I know you will support him only even if he does anything.” Arhaan speaks in anger, shocking Rashmi. Here she is standing supporting him and how can he say like that about her? 

“What are you saying? I will support him? Why would I?” Rashmi asks him been hurt with his words. 

“I don’t need to tell you the reason Rashmi. You yourself know it well that why you will support him and not me. I don’t now have any expectation from you too, I was only mad that I thought you will support me but you won’t. I am done with you.” He is blustering in anger. 

“What are you speaking Arhaan? Please let we will talk about it.” Rashmi tries to touch him but he pushes her hand away. 

“I said right, I am done with you. I had no personal grudges with him.” He says pointing at Siddharth, “it was only due to you that I fought with him. I agree that I don’t like him but you made me to hate him. I always supported you in your all fight not thinking that you were correct or right but what you did? Did you ever supported me when I fought with him.” Rashmi is going so say something but Arhaan didn’t let her to. “No! Not today, I had got this in my mind that you won’t ever support me against him. Because I won’t hold value to you the way he does and that the reason that I hate this person a lot and will always do.” He says looking at Siddharth with hate. 

“You this hate made you do things like this. You were the one who printed that article, right?” Vikas asked feeling disgusted, he always has doubt on him and today he is putting confirmation to it from his own mouth. 

“Article? You still think that I will do such cheap thing? I agree that I hate him but more than that I love Rashmi. I won’t ever do anything that would impact her image in the industry that would defame her. I was surely happy after I saw the impact this article had on Siddharth and he wanted to leave the show but I won’t ever to anything which will affect Rashmi.” Arhaan this words make Rashmi to stare at him with aww. He really has strong feeling for her. 

“If you didn’t share the information than who did it?” Asim says been confused as all have been thinking that it is Arhaan work. 

“Mahira…” Aarthi says looking at Mahira who as been standing there quietly. 

“Yeah I did it. I gave the news that what is happening in the set to Dey but I didn’t know that he would print something like that. But I am glad he did because a person like Siddharth Shukla deserve it. He was the reason for Dey been jobless for five years, he deserves all this.” Mahira too is staring at Siddharth with hate. 

“I am really sorry Siddharth, it just because of me that you are facing all this. I am really sorry that I forced you to do this show. I am sorry.” Vikas is feeling very much guilty, he has chosen this cast and here each person has been blaming Siddharth. The person whom he values the most and he is helpless not able to do anything. It wants to remove everyone from the show but can’t due to the contract. 

Siddharth says nothing but moves from there but not before glancing once at Shehnaaz who has been still standing beside him. As Siddharth leaves, Vikas looks at other present over there. 

“You all very well know if it was in my hand, I would have removed all of you out from the show taking new cast but due to contract you are still present over here. One more mischief like this and you all will be out then I won’t think of any contract. Now you all can leave.” Says Vikas in anger making rest to move from there. 

Asim and Shehnaaz walks out and Asim finds Shehnaaz lost in thought so he thinks to tease her. 

“Wow! Dude you’re impressing me with your skills. I mean the way you stopped your rudy must say you process some talent.” Asim says having a teasing smile. 

“Its nothing like that, I was getting restless seeing the blood. I wanted to stop them and I…” She is interrupted by Asim. 

“And you ended up hugging what a wonderful tactic to stop a fight.” Asim says laughing making her to hit his head again. “Hey, I need payment for taking your this torture.” This makes Shehnaaz to laugh too. 

This entire thing is witnessed by Mahi and Jay who are waiting for her in their car. 

“You saw her, she is so happy in her present. Let her remain there, stop worrying about her past. If it ever comes, we will deal with it at that point of time. Till then let her live peacefully.” Jay this words really makes Mahi to realize her mistake and she decides that from now on she won’t be so over protective. 

// 

We can’t ever hold time and just like that time has flew and now it has been one month that show is telecast. As expected by Vikas, people are loving the show. Each episode is been discussed among fans in social media. Each person in the show is witnessing huge fan base, this show is giving competition to the show running from years, scaring other producers. Along with this lots of thing has changed in the actor’s life too. As decided Mahi has started giving space to Shehnaaz, not worrying much about her and concentrating on her own health. This improvement is very much liked by her mother-in-law who is slowly starting to except Shehnaaz. 

Shehnaaz on the other hand has bonded very well with everyone in the set but mostly with Asim, Vikas and Siddharth as she spent more time of her with them in sets. Vikas after that incident tried his level best to escape from any scene that can contain Siddharth with the other shift member. Everything is going fine but a big problem arrived. 

“Vikas we have to show come Siddharth and Rashmi scenes audience are asking for it. You know they are one of the famous Jodi of television we can’t escape from them like this. I know Siddharth have problem shooting with her but you will have to talk with him regrading this topic, I had kept Rashmi so that we can shoot some scenes today.” The director says shocking Vikas. 

“What! Today? Why today? I mean let me ask him at least.” Vikas says been tensed, as he knows Siddharth is not going to say yes after that incident. “Even if he agrees, he won’t agree for today.” Vikas says knowing Siddharth very well. He will require time to deal with her. 

“It has been already one month now we can’t pull in further. You just talk to him and see.” The director says and Vikas nodes having no other option. 

// 

“So, I am going to show you your favorite Siddharth Shukla live. Which he has no knowledge about. We are standing in front of his vanity van now. So, let’s move inside.” Shehnaaz says looking at her cell as she is live on insta talking to her fans. 

She slowly opens her vanity van door and sees that Mr. Siddharth Shukla is laying on the sofa. She shakes her head and then moves the cell to make the fans to look at him too. “I told you all right that he might be sleeping.” She slowly moves towards him, sitting beside him on sofa. Touching his cheek slowly. 

“Siddharthhh… get up please. Why you always keep on sleeping?” She asks been annoyed; she just hates when he sleeps. 

“Shehnaaz please let me sleep. You go and complete your shoot.” He says his eyes still close having no idea that she is live and people are watching them. 

“My shoot is already done and now Asim and Aarthi shoot is going on. I have a break.” Shehnaaz says again touching his face, “please wake up. See who came to meet you.” She says making him to open his eyes suddenly and looks at vanity door but there is no one then he looks at Shehnaaz with questioning eyes that when his eyes goes on the phone which is in her hand. 

“What is this?” He asks looking at the cell in confusion. 

“We are live on insta.” That makes Siddharth to widen his eyes and look at Shehnaaz with amuse face who is looking at him been all happy. 

“Switch it off.” He says glaring her. 

“Why?” She asks pouting. 

“I said switch it off.” His voice stern and Shehnaaz has no other option then listen to him. 

“Sorry friends will talk to you some other day.” With that she switches it off and look at Siddharth with an angry face who is too glaring at her. “Why you made me to switch it off?” 

“And what should I do? You didn’t even tell me that you were live. Are you mad? How could you go on live when I was sleeping? What will they think about me?” Siddharth says feeling embarrassed that for the first time he has been on insta live that too sleeping? How embarrassing is that? 

“What will they think? They will think that how lazy their favorite actor is sleeping on set.” She says as if its nothing. “This everything happened because of you.” Shehnaaz blames back Siddharth. 

“Yeah, everything in this world happens due to me only. I am responsible for every particular reason.” He says in a sarcastic way. 

“Yes, you are responsible for every particular thing. From past one month they are asking me for a live video with you but you keep on denying. From the day they saw the interview where they saw you laughing, they all went crazy seeing you. What they want from you just to see your face once a day, is that something big? They love you so much Siddharth. Just because I am working with you, they all followed me so that I can give them some news about you. You’re very much lucky that people are so crazy about you. If people were crazy for me like this then I would have done anything for them.” Shehnaaz says making Siddharth anger some what calm. 

“It is nothing like that they followed you because they like your acting in the show. It has nothing to do with me, maybe some will be asking you to post photo or videos as I am not in any social media but that doesn’t mean that they don’t like you. They are loving you too, you only told me right that someone has told you that they cry when they see you crying on screen. After knowing that is acting still they connect with you so much what else you want?” He says cheering her up. Making her know that she is no less than her. Yeah, he will have more fans than her because its her first show where else he is in this industry from past nineteen years but that doesn’t mean that she can’t grow like him. She might reach to more height than him. 

“So now we will post a picture?” Shehnaaz asks raising her cell for a picture but he pushes her hand and stands from the sofa. 

“Siddharthhh… what’s your problem?” She moves behind him as he walks out of his vanity. 

Siddharth has just moved out of vanity but his eyes went on Rashmi who is sitting on of the chair. There is shooting going on of Aarthi and Asim, Shehnaaz comes and stand beside him and looks at his face which is stern. She becomes confused with his sudden change of mood and looks at the direction he is looking and finds Rashmi understanding well enough that why his mood changed. Rashmi too is staring at Siddharth. 

“Hey, Rashmi! You’re still here?” Shehnaaz asks making her way towards Rashmi. Which makes Rashmi to look at her and Siddharth to get pissed seeing her moving towards Rashmi. 

“Yeah, Sushant ask me to stay longer as I have some scene to shoot.” Rashmi says after hugging Shehnaaz who kisses her cheek like usual. 

Siddharth goes and sit little far but from where he can have a look at both of them and also hear their talks. 

“With whom?” Shehnaaz asks her been curious as Vikas never makes any actor from that shift to stay longer after that incident, if he has to shoot some scene then he makes the cast from this shift to come early. 

“With Siddharth.” Rashmi says making Shehnaaz amused and look at him and after listening to this Siddharth too glance at them as he has no knowledge about it. 

“Oh, after so many days you will shoot together. Your both fans will be so happy, they were asking for it from so long.” Shehnaaz says pissing Siddharth more, she has always said that fans want to see them together so they should shoot something together as they look cute on screen but Siddharth never agreed to it and now she is telling same thing to her. He moves from there getting annoyed moving to his vanity van again, Vikas sees him and he too moves in as he has to talk something with him. 

“I know, I have seen their request but he don’t want to shoot with me.” Rashmi says trying hard to cover her sadness. 

“Its nothing like that, he just need time. As you know that every time you both shoot a scene there one or other incident take place.” Rashmi nodes, “is thing between you and Arhaan sorted?” Shehnaaz asks been curious. 

“No! After that night with hardly talk with each other. He wants to move on from me and that will be good for him. He deserves someone better than me.” Rashmi sounding sad. 

“And it will be better for you too. As you too deserve someone better than him.” Rashmi looks at her amused, what she means by it? “Don’t get me wrong he is good person. He holds feeling for you too but you should spend your life with that person with whom you hold feeling, with whom you want to live your life with.” Shehnaaz this words makes Rashmi to go in deep thoughts.  

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How is the part?

Arhaan and Rashmi broke up what will be it's impact?

Will Siddharth agree to shoot with Rashmi?

Does Mahi this decision of giving space to Sana put her in more danger or help her out?

Why Shehnaaz said those words to Rashmi? What she meant by it?

Keep guessing till the next part.

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