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Mridula's POV

September 18th, 04:39PM IST
DLF Emporio
4, Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj II, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, Delhi 110070

It's been three days since Yuvraj has gone to Bangalore and these days felt like decades to me. Although he would call and we facetime-d almost three times, I still missed him so much. He even scolded me yesterday so badly which made me cry and I hung up on him. He snapped at me because I didn't eat dinner yesterday, but I swear I wasn't feeling like eating. I know he had a justifiable reason but at that time I was so emotionally tired which caused my breakdown and I cried myself to sleep yesterday night. He called me and texted me many times but I didn't answer any of them.

All day, my mood was down except for the times when I spent time with the family or Aan and Alia. I even went to the hospital with a sulking face which grabbed the attention of my new friends and they asked me the reason, but I just shrugged it off saying it was a busy week. Nibedita, Daksh and Farhaan somehow cheered me up. I thanked God because I didn't have to go to the office today as it's the weekend otherwise I don't know what I'd have done there. I didn't even have any friends to keep me calm in the office.

I sighed, looking down at my phone which buzzed with a text, once again. It must be the 43rd message in an hour and all of them were from my darling husband who didn't feel like a darling to me at this moment. I squinted my eyes at the mobile screen to read the message from the notification bar without opening it and it said,

I'm sorry baby! Please talk to me. Every second without you is hell for me. Please don't push me away from you like this!
- Yuvraj ❤️

I found my eyes softening for a second feeling the miserable voice behind the text but his stern voice yesterday made me upset again and I found myself ignoring him once again. I huffed out loud and flipped the mobile so the screen wasn't visible to me now. I crossed my arms on the table and sipped from my strawberry slush angrily.

I found eyes on me and darted my eyes along the gaze to find bhabhi, Shree, Shanaya and Sam were giving me weird, wide eyed teasing looks. Currently we four were out, in the food court of a shopping mall. After my shift, they've dragged me from the hospital to here to cheer me up and to spend a girls' day out. Bhabhi has left Aan in the care of maa, bhai and chachi and Shree had ditched Sid jiju and their romantic home alone for the girls day out. Poor Jiju!

I was wearing a blue sleeveless solid cotton denim shirt dress with a belt. It had shirt collars and reached above the knee in curved frayed hem. With my dress, I have worn a pair of pink woven sneakers with a glittery back and held a white, pink pouch in my hands. I have left my hair down with a middle partition. With my mangalsutra, I wore just a bracelet on my wrist.

I rolled my eyes looking at their teasing smirks when my phone started to ring again. I picked up the phone and then smirked back at them.

"It's dada!" I said and stuck out my tongue at them.

They huffed and looked away, cursing Yuvraj for making them embarrassed by not calling me. I rolled my eyes at the grown up ladies in front of me who behaved worse than Alia. Ignoring them, I answered the call and pressed it to my ear with a grin. My mood has lifted up just by seeing dada calling me.

"Hey, princess!" His husky voice greeted me and I found myself smiling softly.

"Hey, dada! How are you?" I asked.

I heard a sharp intake of breath and frowned looking at the phone before pressing it back to my ear.

"Dada, you okay?" I asked, feeling concerned.

He cleared his throat.

"Um—yeah! I'm fine, princess!" He cleared his throat again, "So, how are you? And where are you right now?"

"Uh I'm fine as well, dada!" I paused, frowning at Dada's weird behaviour, "And I'm outside with Sam, Shree and Priya bhabhi. Why did you ask?"

"Uh I—" He paused, making my frown deepen, "Uh yeah! Aise hi. For general information, you know!"

"General information? Oh okay." I nodded, still not believing him, "How is Subho maa?"

"She is fine, busy with her bakery!" He said, "So! Where are you hanging out with your girl gang?"

"Um, actually we are at the food court of DLF emporio!" I said.

"Oh, okay! Um—I'll call you later then!" Dada said.

"Yeah sure, Dada!" I replied and he hung up.

I looked at the mobile screen for a few seconds in confusion. I don't know why but It felt like dada was hiding something. He was damn nervous! I just hope everything is okay with him.

"What happened? Why are you frowning at the mobile screen?" Shree asked, noticing my confused state.

"I don't know. I just felt like dada was hiding something. It must be my imagination!" I shook my head, "Where is our pizza by the way?"

"I wil— There it comes!" Sam squealed when she saw a waiter coming to our table with some two trays in his hands.

He placed the trays down on the table and put our pizza in front of us. We thanked him and started munching on our pizzas. I had a double cheese pizza, Shree had a tandoori paneer one, Sam had a chicken pepperoni, Shanaya had a chicken supreme and bhabhi had a spiced chicken meatballs pizza. Alongside pizza, we had some garlic bread sticks with garlic dip and pepsi in drinks. So basically, it was our cheat day.

After finishing our food, we grabbed our belongings and went back downstairs to shop. Burberry, Coach, Christian Louboutin, Dior, Armani, Gucci, Hackett London, Jimmy Choo, Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors and what not! Sam didn't let us leave a single store without shopping for anything from there. So basically, I robbed Yuvraj's credit card. Well he kind of deserves it right now! 

Our bags have already been escorted outside to the car by our bodyguards. We weren't about to bring the bodyguards with us but bhai was very adamant of not letting us leave without them, so at last we had to! But thank god, they maintained a little space between us or it'd have been damn awkward to see the bulky guys in black on our tail.

After our crazy shopping spree, Sam dragged us all to the PVR section in the second floor. The upcoming movie was "Red Notice" and I sighed in relief. I didn't want to see any romantic movie right now. I wasn't in the mood, all thanks to Yuvraj I guess! We paid for our tickets and went in after getting some buckets of popcorn and coffees. The soft leather seats felt so relaxing after all the walks around the mall and I reclined the seat back, resting my head. Shree was on my right with Sam on my other side and then bhabhi and Shanaya beside Sam.

I sighed in bliss as the light dimmed and the screen in front of us lit up with the introduction of the movie. One and an hour later, we all came out with Sam gushing over how hot Ryan looked in the movie! I swear, Armaan would have burnt the whole mall in his anger if he had heard Sam. God bless her if she mistakenly mentions it to him!

We were escorted out of the shopping centre by our bodyguards when I remembered something and stopped.

"Oh shit! I forgot something. You all go, I will be there in two minutes!" I said and they nodded.

I turned around and walked back inside again. I went to the snacks section and brought some chocolate bars and some ice cream tubs for Alia. I thanked the cashier after paying him and grabbed the paper bag before coming out of the mall. I was stuffing my phone inside my pouch when my wrist was grabbed by someone from behind, halting me at my steps in shock. I swiftly turned around and all colour drained from my face, looking at the person in front of me. In front of me was Adil Khan!

My husband's sworn enemy!

I looked down to find my wrist engulfed in his tight grip. I started to panic and wriggle my wrist which was still in his hold.

"Leave my hand!" I gritted out, glaring at him.

Adil smirked at me cruelly and was about to drag me close when out of nowhere a hard punch on his face made him stumble and he fell down on the ground. My eyes widened in shock and my hands flew to cover my scream which was about to escape my lips. A tall frame with his back facing me covered me wholly from Adil. The man in front of me was wearing a white formal shirt which clung to his body like a second skin and the sleeves were folded up to his elbows. It showed his muscles and well-built body. The white shirt was tucked into the blue jeans he was wearing.

From the cologne, I doubted that it was Yuvraj but how can he be here at this time?!

"How dare you?" I heard a very familiar threatening voice and my eyes snapped up to the back of his head.

It was Yuvraj! The voice, the cologne and the wristwatch, everything belonged to him. I sighed in relief and hurriedly took a hold of his arm when he was about to attack Adil again.

"Yuvi, No!" I blurted out but instantly regretted it when his bloodshot dark eyes snapped to me.

His jaw was clenching and unclenching whilst the veins on his forehead was ticking which showed me how angry—fuck it! How infuriated he was! I gulped in fear but didn't leave his hand, knowing that he would kill Adil if I did so!

"Awh!" Adil's voice snapped us back to reality and Yuvraj's eyes darkened even more if possible, "What a perfect pair you two are! Ek gussa hota hai aur dusra usko samjhata hai! Aren't you two just perfect for eachother!" Adil smirked, holding his bloody nose as he got up from the ground. (When one is angry then the other one calms him down!)

I cringed looking at his face before looking around to find there's a crowd gathered around us. Some were looking at the scene curiously whilst others were  filming it with their mobile phones. I so wanted to break their cellphones but I controlled myself!

"Yuvi! Let's just go. He is not worth our time!" I tugged on his arm but this heavy buffoon didn't move at all.

Yuvraj's POV

When I reached the mall and was about to walk in to find my wife who was mad at me, the scene in front of the entrance made me lose my mind. Mia was about to leave the mall when from her back, Adil got a hold of her wrist, pausing her. She turned to face him and tried to take his hand off but that fucker was too strong than her!

I couldn't control my anger anymore and marched towards them with wide strides. Before Adil could pull Mia closer to him, I interrupted by throwing a hard punch on his face. He fell on the ground, clutching his nose as he let out a groan. My hands were balled into fists as I covered Mia with my large frame from this snake's eyes.

He doesn't learn, does he?!

I was about to attack him again when soft hands gripped on my arm and I felt Mia clinging to my left side.

"Yuvi, No!" Her soft voice made me snap my head in her direction.

My eyes were still hooded with an insatiable anger which I felt when I saw Adil close to her.

"Awh!" My eyes darkened more listening to Adil's voice, "What a perfect pair you two are! Ek gussa hota hai aur dusra usko samjhata hai! Aren't you two just perfect for eachother!" My eyes went back to him who has now got up from the ground. (When one is angry then the other one calms him down!)

Our heights were almost the same, I was just an inch or two above him! He tried to look intimidating with his bloody nose which was covered by his hand. The blood was pouring down his hand and I smirked.

"Yes, we are! And I am proud of it. At least, I'm not hopping from one girl to another like a stud." I smirked, hearing the snigger from the crowd and Adil gritting his teeth.

His respect mattered a lot otherwise who would invest in his barely-invested companies. And also it stakes upon his political career, so disrespect was a big no no!

"Don't fuck with me, Singhania!" He glared.

"Then don't come near my wife or family ever again!" I glared back.

"Relax dude! I was just greeting, bhabhi! Ain't I, Bhabhi?" He smirked at Mia.

I felt Mia shivering under his gaze and her hold on me tightened. I gritted my teeth and grabbed a hold of Mia's arm before pushing her behind me. I didn't like his eyes on my wife at all!

"If I ever see you or even your shadow around my wife, I won't hesitate to kill you. Remember that!" I gritted out challengingly before turning around and wrapping my arm around Mia's waist.

I pulled her with me towards my car ignoring the looks given to us by the crowd alongside bhabhi, Sam, Shree and Shanaya. I opened the passenger side door without glancing at Mia because I didn't know if I'd snap at her right now because of the anger building up inside me. I felt Mia's gaze on me but I stood stoic. She sighed and settled in. I closed the door and turned to the girls. I looked away and went up to the driver of their car. I leaned down and asked him to follow my car alongside the cars of the bodyguards. Then I went to my car and got in, fastening my seatbelt. Without glancing at her, I revved the engine and hit the road.

09:45AM IST, September 18th
9/32A, Singhania Mansion
Jor Bagh, Delhi NCR

I pulled up in front of the mansion and got out. Then I rounded the car and opened the door for her. She came out holding her sling pouch tightly whilst glancing at me occasionally. I gave the keys to one of the bodyguards as the other cars pulled up behind mine.

I held Mia's hand and dragged her inside before she could utter something. When we walked into the living room, mum who was sitting on the couch with chachi looked at me surprised. She got up from her seat.

"Yuvraj! You here? When did you come from Bangalore? And where did you meet Mia and the girls?" She asked.

"I landed an hour ago, mum! And I got to know about their location from Abhimanyu. So I went there to surprise Mia." I said, glancing at Mia.

Mia looked down, avoiding my eyes.

"Oh good! Where are th—There you are!" Mum looked behind us, "Did you all enjoy your day?"

"Yeah! It was fun." I heard Sam.

"Mum! I am tired. I am going to my room." I said.

"Sure beta! I will send your and Mia's dinner to your room." Mum said.

"Thank you mum!" I kissed her cheek before leaving for my room.

"I will freshen up and come!" I heard Mia and then her footsteps behind me.

I marched upstairs and went to my room. Raking a hand through my hair, I sat down at the edge of the bed, plopping my elbows on my knees as I looked down at my shoes. I heard footsteps and saw Mia's sneakers stopping just in front of my shoes.

I trailed my eyes on her long exposed legs which looked damn irresistible and I had to close my eyes, heaving a large gulp of breath to control myself.

"Y—Yuvi!" She stammered, putting her hand on my shoulder.

I shrugged her hand off before getting up and was about to walk off to the closet when Mia held my wrist with both of her hands.

"Yuvi! At least li—listen to me please. I wasn't at fault, I swear." She said, clutching my hand close to her body.

"Not now, Mia! I am not in the mood to talk about that right now." I stated.

"Yuvi, please! Just listen—!" I cut her off.

I snatched my hand from her grip and turned to face her in a swift turn.

"What do you want me to listen to, huh?" I shook her violently by taking a hold of both of her arms. Her hands came up to my biceps.

"Yuvi ow! You're hurting me." She hissed, closing her eyes.

I realised that I was hurting her with my firm grip on her arms. I released her arms to find that the area had turned red because of my tight hold. I cursed under my breath when I saw her caressing her arms with a painful frown itched on her face.

"I—I am sorry." I stuttered, looking away.

"You should calm down, Yuvi. I know you are angry but you shouldn't be." She said which sent my anger to its highest level.

"Oh yeah, I shouldn't be, huh? When I saw some other man holding my wife's hand? That too, my fucking enemy?" I hissed, inching close to her.

"Y—!" I cut her off again.

"DON'T YOU KNOW THAT, NO ONE. NO ONE CAN TOUCH YOU OR LOOK AT YOU EXCEPT ME!" I roared.

She flinched at my outburst and her eyes welled up.

How dare he touch her! She was. She is. And she will always be Mine. Fucking Mine.

"I—I a—am so—sor—ry, Yuvi! H—he ca—caught m—my h—hand from t—the b—back. I d—didn't kn—know. I—I'm s—sorry." She said between her sobs and hiccups.

I sighed.

I didn't want to scare her. And making her cry, that will be the last thing I will ever want to see or do. I love her way too much. And it hurts me cause I'm the reason behind her tears.

I pulled her into my arms and held her tightly whilst rubbing her back.

"Shh baby! I am sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm really very sorry for yelling at you. I just couldn't control my anger when someone touches you or looks at you. I am very possessive of you. You know that, right?" I cooed.

Her hiccups were the only thing I could hear and she was clutching my shirt in her tiny fists as if her life depends on it. I felt her nodding on my chest and I could tell she was calming down. So I kissed on her forehead and scooped her up in my arms, in bridal style. I walked up to the bed and gently laid her down on her side. Then I wiped the tears off her beautiful face which was all red due to her sobs and hiccups. I kissed her forehead again and pulled back to find an adorable pout on her face. I smiled.

This girl drives me crazy. And I love her so much!

"Sleep, baby! You're tired. I will be back in some time, okay?" I asked in a soft tone.

She nodded and gave me a heartwarming smile. I reciprocated the smile and pecked her on the lips.

"I love you, Mrs. Singhania." I said, looking into her eyes with all the love I have for her.

She smiled wide, which showed the adorable dimples on her cheeks.

"I love you too, Mr. Singhania." She said, meekly whilst blushing red.

Her cheeks turned scarlet and I laughed, wholeheartedly, seeing her reaction.

This girl! She is still so shy.

She playfully hit me on my bicep and glared at me for laughing at her. I winked at her and covered her with the duvet.

"Bye, babe!" I waved as I got up from the bed and walked towards the door.

She waved back at me and then I came out of the room, closing the door behind me. I went downstairs and out of the house. Then I sat in my car. I've some work to finish! I'll not spare Adil Khan this time.

Mridula's POV

11:29PM IST, September 18th
9/32A, Singhania Mansion
Jor Bagh, Delhi NCR

After Yuvraj left, I didn't sleep. Instead, I freshened up and changed into a fresh pair of pajamas. Maa sent some food in two trays by a maid but I haven't touched it yet. I was waiting for Yuvraj.

Actually I was a little scared due to his outburst tonight. It scared me, I won't lie. But I guess, it's understandable. He is very possessive of me and I'm scared he will do something wrong in his anger. I was pacing back and forth in our room, glancing at the door occasionally. It's almost been an hour and he is not back yet. God knows where he is and what he is doing right now! I tried his phone, but he is not picking up! A knock on the door startled me.

I placed a hand on my panicking heart and took a deep breath before walking towards the door. I pulled the door open to find Bhabhi with a concerned look.

"Bhabhi! Please come in." I invited her in.

After she stepped in, I closed the door and turned to face her.

"Aap khadi kyu ho, bhabhi. Please, take a seat." I urged, pointing at the bed but she seemed a little lost and worried. (Why are you standing, Bhabhi?)

"What happened, Bhabhi? Are you okay? You look worried." I said.

"Huh?" She came out of her trance, looking at me in confusion.

"Kya hua? Aap itni pareshan kyu ho?" I asked.

"Woh actually, I saw Raj walking out of the mansion in anger." She said, giving me a pity look, "Everything is okay between you two, right?"

"Yes yes, bhabhi. Don't worry." I paused, "He was a little mad at first but we sorted it out. And I didn't know, he angrily left the house. Kyun ki, mere saath toh theek se baat ki." I frowned. (Because he talked properly with me.)

"Oh god, I hope he won't do anything wrong. He isn't even picking up my calls." I panicked.

"Mia, calm down. Don't worry. When I saw him walking out of the mansion angrily, I informed his bodyguards and Hrithik to keep an eye on him so they can handle him if he does anything wrong in his anger, which is highly possible." Bhabhi said, grabbing a hold of my hands to reassure me.

I sighed knowing bhai and the guards are with him.

"Did bhai or his guards tell you, where is he right now?" I asked.

"Actually, yeah!" She paused, making me frown, "He went straight to Adil's office."

My breath hitched and I felt my heart stop beating at Bhabhi's answer.

"W—What?" I stammered.

"Mia! Mia! Calm down." She held me by my shoulders, "Calm down! Nothing is gonna happen because Hrithik has already managed the situation there. And now they are coming back. Yuvi is fine. He is fine"

Her words made me relieved and I closed my eyes, heaving out a sigh.

"Relax. He is fine!" She hugged me, rubbing my back reassuringly.

"They must be on their way back so don't worry, yeah?" She pulled back.

I nodded.

"Okay. You relax and call me if you need something, yeah?" She asked.

"Yeah! Thank you, bhabhi." I nodded.

She gave me a reassuring smile and left the room. I raked a hand through my hair and sat down on the edge of the bed. After a few minutes, the door opened and Yuvraj walked in. I got up and ran up to him in a flash.

My body crashed into his but he caught me swiftly by wrapping his both arms around my waist. My hands were locked around his neck with my face pressed to his neck and my legs dangling in air, all thanks to his towering frame. I heard him closing the door and then he walked towards the couch whilst holding me in his arms leisurely. Plopping down, he put me on his lap and tightened his hold around me.

"What happened, baby?" He asked so naively as if he didn't know what exactly had happened.

I pulled my face back from his neck and glared at him.

"What?" He frowned.

"Where did you go?" I asked, raising my brows, challenging him to lie to me and see the consequences.

"Ah that! How did you know?" He asked back.

"Bhabhi told me and don't you dare dodge my question with yours! Why did you go to Adil's office?" I asked.

He narrowed his eyes at me with a big scowl on his face.

"Don't take that fucker's name from your mouth!" He demanded.

I rolled my eyes.

"Fine. Now tell me, why did you go there?" I asked, again resisting the urge to pull out my hair.

"To warn him!" He said, nonchalantly.

"Didn't you do that at the mall?" I frowned.

"Yeah! Until you interrupted me!" He muttered.

"I—!" I paused and then narrowed my eyes at him, when the realisation hit me, "You went there to beat him some more?"

Because as much as I know, I stopped him from beating the shit out of Adil!

"My wish was to kill him but I would've been satisfied with ten or twelve more punches and kicks. Nonetheless, bhai didn't let me do any of that!" He groaned.

My eyes widened in shock and I gaped at him, wondering what kind of weird man did I get as my husband?!

"You look cute." He said, tugging on my Doraemon pjs but I swatted his hands off me.

"What!" He pouted.

I threw him a nasty glare before getting off his lap.

"Go and freshen up! I am hungry and I can't take this nonsense of yours without feeding my stomach or I'd faint." I said.

His mouth formed into 'o' shape and he nodded before getting up and walking off to the washroom. I plopped down on the bed, holding my head in my hands. I groaned remembering his words again.

After some time, he came out after taking a shower and we had dinner together. When we were done, I realised we didn't have water in the room so I grabbed the jug and the bottle before walking downstairs to the kitchen. I was startled looking at the silhouette inside the kitchen.

"Who is it?" I asked, narrowing my eyes to have a better sight in the dark.

The figure turned around to face me and I sighed in relief.

"Bhai! What are you doing here? Do you need something?" I asked.

"No, I am almost done! I just came to grab two glasses of chocolate milk for Priya and Alia." He smiled.

I nodded, giving him a smile back and then moved towards the refrigerator. I took out a bottle and filled the jug and the bottle I brought from our room.

"Bhai!" I called him out when he was about to leave.

"Yes, Mia!" He turned to face me.

"Thank you." I gave him a grateful smile.

"Thank you? For what?" He asked, frowning.

"For being there with Yuvraj when he needed you!" I said, smiling.

"Oh!" He smiled back, "It's my duty as a big brother. And no need to thank me because we are family, remember."

I nodded. He gave me a smile before leaving the kitchen and I too left the kitchen after putting the bottle back in the refrigerator.

Next Day, September 19th
08:43AM IST
9/32A, Singhania Mansion
Jor Bagh, Delhi NCR

Currently I was making breakfast for my family in the kitchen wearing an apron over my navy blue full sleeved formal dress with back zip and a small slit to one side. It had beautiful intricate floral designs at the sleeves and my upper body. My hair was tied into a messy ponytail and a simple bracelet was set on my wrist.

I love bracelets so Yuvraj has literally brought me a full drawer of different types of bracelets from different countries. And I was very thankful to him for that!

I was making breakfast burritos and scrambled eggs with the help of Bhabhi who was rejoining her job at Maa's boutique today. Maa asked me to join her boutique but as I was too busy with my jobs, I just reassured her by saying that I will definitely visit when I am free and mostly on the weekends. Bhabhi was wearing a white shirt tucked into grey formal flared pants with her hair left down.

"I'm almost done here. Mia, why don't you go and help chachi to set the table till I stir the eggs for you." She suggested as she cut the last burrito wrap.

I had just added the eggs into the pans which needed to be stirred till it had the perfect texture and colour.

"Sure, bhabhi!" I handed her the spatula when she came up to me and took off the apron before walking out of the kitchen with a set of plates in my hands.

I set the table with chachi who was already working when I came. Soon everyone came and the dishes were placed as well. I took my seat beside Yuvraj who was wearing a maroon suit with white shirt that I've kept out for him before I came downstairs. We helped ourselves and started to have our breakfast, talking about here and there. But the peace was short lived because of someone's entry who wasn't welcome at all!

"Hello aunty!" We heard the familiar voice and I heard Sam groaning beside me.

Now, why is she here?!

We turned around to find Hina walking in, wearing a bright pink skirt with sleeveless pink crop top. She had her hair styled in curls and it looked like she was ready for clubbing, early in the morning. Maa cleared her throat before walking up to her and giving her an awkward hug which Hina returned like she had missed maa. The smile on her face almost made me sick in the stomach.

"Namaste uncle." She touched Papa's feet who looked awkward just like maa. Then she did the same with chachu who paid no attention to her.

She gritted her teeth which made me snigger inside my head. Then she moved to chachi and gave her a hug.

"Hey, aunty! How are you?" Hina asked.

"I was better but I don't know anymore." Chachi muttered the last words which made chachu snicker.

"Did you say something?" Hina asked, furrowing her brows.

"No! I did not, sweetheart!" Chachi said grinning sarcastically and stressed on the sweetheart word.

Yuvraj attempted his best to cover his laugh with his coughs. Hina just gave him a look and moved forward to bhai. When she was about to touch bhai's feet, bhai awkwardly moved his legs away and joined his hands in front of her with a sickening smile. Then Hina moved to bhabhi.

"Congratulations for another baby! Talking about him, where is he?" Hina asked.

"Oh! He has left with his nanny for the park." Bhabhi lied.

No way, we would have a nanny for our baby Aan. We all were against this and so was bhabhi and bhai. I had a doubt that bhabhi didn't want Hina to be anywhere near our little prince, that's why she lied.

"Oh! That's a shame. I hope I will meet him next time because I'm in a hurry today!" Hina said, arrogantly.

"Who asked you to come in the first place?" Sam whispered in my ear which made me stifle my laugh.

"Oh! Koi nahin, you will meet him the next time. Come and have breakfast with us!" Maa asked.

"Sorry aunty! You know I'd have loved to but as I said I am in a hurry so I can't today. Thank you for asking though!" Hina said.

"Oh okay! So tell us the reason behind your sudden visit then?" Maa asked.

Hina's smile widened and she looked at me and Yuvraj before looking back at maa.

"I'm getting married. On this 21st." My eyes widened at Hina when she blurted out the words.

Sam beside me almost choked on her juice and started coughing hysterically. I rubbed her back whilst my eyes didn't leave Hina hoping that she was joking but no, she was very serious about it!

Damn! Whose life is going to get ruined?! Poor fellow!

"Yeah?" Maa stated in disbelief, "That's amazing news! Who is the guy?"

"You know him." Hina stated, smirking at me and Yuvi.

Yuvraj rolled his eyes at her before focusing back on the food on his plate.

"Oh, who is it?" Maa asked, not interested in her guessing game.

"Okay! It's Adil Khan." Now it was Yuvraj's turn to choke on his food.

My hands went to his back as I started to rub it whilst Sam passed a glass of water to me which I handed to Yuvi. He sipped from the water and calmed down before looking back at Hina who was rolling her eyes at our reaction.

"Adil? As in our rival Adil?!" Bhai asked in disbelief.

Hina nodded excitedly as if she got herself a charming prince!

Oh so it is him, whose life is going to get ruined?! Nevermind then!

"Fan-fucking-tastic!" Sam muttered beside me.

"Err nice choice, I guess?" Maa said more like questioned herself.

"Thank you, I can't wait for this wedding! Here is your invitation. And you all are coming, yeah!" She handed me an invitation card from her sling bag.

After some time, she left and we all sighed in relief.

"God! Ye kam thi k iske saath ab woh Adil bhi mil gaya?! Isse koi aur nahin mila kya?!" Bhabhi groaned. (God! Was she less that you find her a man like him?! Didn't she find someone else to get married to?)

I and Sam nodded in agreement.

"Mia, come on! Let's go!" Yuvraj said as he wiped his mouth with a tissue paper and got up from his seat.

I nodded and did the same. Then we bid our byes to everyone and left the mansion in his car. As usual, he left me at the hospital before leaving for his office. I spent the day treating some patients, helping them mentally and physically and got to know my fellow doctors more. Around lunch time, my shift was finally over and Yuvraj came to pick me up.

Then we drove off to his office. When we reached there, everyone greeted me with a smile which I reciprocated and Yuvi led me to his cabin.

"You sit there! I will be back in a few." He said before walking into the washroom in his cabin.

I sat on the couch and took out the food from the tiffin which was sent by maa for both of us as usual and served them in two plates. There was baked pasta with cheese and grilled chicken breasts for lunch.

"Smells yum!" Yuvraj exclaimed as he came out of the washroom, wiping his hands with his handkerchief.

"Mhmm." I nodded, agreeing with him.

We had our lunch, occasionally feeding each other and then he went back to his work whilst I did my research and more studies on the files of The Roys Inc. Whenever and wherever I'd be stuck somewhere, Yuvraj would be my knight in shining armour and would explain everything about the topic to me.

03:58PM IST, September 19th

It's been an hour since Yuvraj has left me all alone in his cabin for some meeting. I wasn't alone though, the files sprawled around the couch and me was enough to keep me company.

Karan, Yuvraj's assistant, got me a hot cup of coffee for which I am very thankful to him. It's been almost two hours so I got up from the couch, straightening my dress, legs and arms before picking up the coffee cup and walking up to the glass walls of the cabin which showed an amazing view of the area. I was sipping my coffee whilst enjoying the view when the cabin door creaking caught my attention and I turned around to find Yuvraj stepping in.

"Hey! How was your meeting?" I asked as I approached him before putting the coffee mug on the table.

"Ah it was good! Come." He said as he held my wrist and dragged me towards his chair.

He plopped down on his seat and pulled me on his lap before grabbing the coffee mug and taking a sip from it. I smiled and settled on his lap, comfortably.

"This is what I needed right now. You and a cup of hot coffee!" He said as he tightened his arm around me.

"I will bring you another cup, Yuvi. Don't drink from my used one!" I said.

He shook his head.

"This is perfect and I don't mind!" He took another sip, "I'll ask Karan to bring another one for you, if you want!"

"No, I was almost done anyways!" I replied and he nodded.

I thought about today's morning when Hina came to invite us for her wedding with none other than Adil Khan! I don't know what they are planning or what they will get by doing so, but I've a very bad feeling about it.

"What are you thinking?" Yuvraj asked, snapping me out of my reverie.

"About today's morning!" I said whilst he put the empty cup away on his desk.

He sighed, taking a hold of my chin and made me face him.

"Why would you think about that?" He asked.

"Because it is thoughtful, Yuvi!" I stated, "Look, just a day before, you insulted Adil by mentioning about his one night stands and his way of changing girls like calendars!" He chuckled at my remark but I shut him off by a slap on his bicep, "Shut up and listen to me!"

"I'm listening, baby!" He said, looking at me with all his concentration.

I nodded, gleefully and continued.

"So yeah, you insulted Adil yesterday and he decided to get married just like that and that too to Hina Sharma! Who was very interested in you." I pointed out, "It doesn't make any sense! Something is cooking in their minds, Yuvi! I am telling you. I will kill both of them if they try to harm you or anyone from our family."

"Okay okay! Calm down, meri Jhansi ki Rani! You don't need to worry about that at all! You've me and your brothers to take care of that. So chill!" He dismissed my words in a very cool and composed manner which made me fume in anger.

I got off of his lap and glared at him whilst he looked at me puzzled due to my sudden weird reaction.

"Chill?! Seriously, Yuvi! You don't know how serious this situation is! Adil, your foe and Hina, your ex-admirer, they're getting married! They're tying the knot. God knows what exactly they're planning! Meri toh abhi se blood pressure high ho raha hai yeh sab soch soch kar!" I groaned. (My blood pressure is getting high just by thinking of them married to each other.)

"Whoa! Why is my baby sister's blood pressure getting high?" I heard a familiar voice and turned to find Varun bhaiya alongside Sid jiju and Sahil bhaiya walking in.

"Aap sab?" I felt so embarrassed for snapping at my husband in front of his friends, "Uh, sorry guys! I didn't know you were here!"  (You all?!)

Sahil bhai smiled and gave me a hug.

"It's okay, little one!" He said.

Varun bhaiya and Sid jiju gave Yuvraj hugs before Varun bhaiya came to me and embraced me.

"How are you, little sister?" He asked.

"I'm fine, bhai. How are you?" I asked, pulling back.

"I'm good as well!" He nodded.

"Come on guys! Take your seats please!" Yuvraj ushered them and they took their seats whilst I went to the couch, where I was sitting till now.

"So, anything serious?" Yuvraj asked.

"Actually yes! I guess you've already got the invitation card for Hina and Adil's marriage?" Sid jiju asked.

"Yeah! What about that?" Yuvraj frowned.

"What do you mean by that? Don't you think it's a little weird!" Sahil bhai pointed and I nodded in agreement although they didn't see me.

"Dude! It's not just a little weird! It's the weirdest thing that happened on earth after Donald Trump's epic victory in 2016!" Varun bhai stated, making me scrunch my nose but I shook my head not pondering on his weird examples.

"Guys, can we focus on the point here? The point here is, Adil decided to get married just a night after you insulted him in front of a crowd!" Sid jiju said.

"Yeah bu—Wait a minute! How did you know about it?" Yuvraj asked.

Actually Yuvraj has talked about this thing with Karan who talked to some authorities and paid them some bucks to not socialise the video or pictures they had of Yuvraj and Adil's fight.

"Dude! It's not only you who have a team of private investigators working under yourself!" Sid jiju smirked, which made Yuvraj roll his eyes.

"Ugh, whatever! Now what are we gonna do next?" Yuvraj asked.

"We stay alert and wait for them to make a move." Sahil bhai suggested.

Before anyone could reply to Sahil bhai, a knock on the cabin door was heard.

"Come in." Yuvraj said.

The door opened and the office peon came in with a tray which held five cups of coffee on it. He gave the boys their coffees before coming up to me and handing me mine.

"Thank you." I thanked him.

He left and Yuvraj with his friends started to strategise again. I occasionally heard and suggested some ideas but most of the time concentrated on my file studies.

10:23PM IST, September 19th

Currently I was lying on the bed of our bedroom, reading a book whilst Yuvraj was on the balcony, talking to someone. I was so immersed in the book that I didn't notice the door opening and Yuvraj coming to sit beside me. His voice brought me out of the fantasy world.

"Mia! I've some urgent work in Mumbai tomorrow and yeah, you will be accompanying me."

My eyes widened in shock.

"Out of blue?" I stated.

"Yeah, I know!" He nodded, "And it will be a very good opportunity for you to learn more about your business so I thought you would accompany me there. And we can visit your parents as well!"

I smiled wide at the last sentence and nodded, excitingly.

"Okay cool! I will inform Maa and Papa and then will pack for both of us." I said as I got off of the bed.

He nodded and went to inform Bhai whilst I went downstairs to maa and Papa's room. I knocked softly.

"Come in." I heard maa from inside the room.

Slightly pushing the door open, I found maa reading something with her glasses on and papa watching TV.

"Oh, Mia! Come in, beta!" Maa gave me a smile.

I walked in, giving them an apologetic smile.

"I'm really sorry to disturb you both. But it was important." I apologised.

"It's okay, beta! Tell us, what happened?" Papa asked, muting the TV.

"Actually, Yuvraj is going to Mumbai tomorrow for some important work and he said it'd be a good opportunity for me to understand business more. So he wants me to accompany him tomorrow! I wanted your permission for that." I said.

"Oh! That's an absolutely good thing. You will learn more about business with Yuvi so I also think that you should go with him!" Papa nodded.

I smiled.

"Yeah! That's true. You should really go. And don't forget to visit your paternal home, yeah!" Maa said.

"Of course, maa! Yuvraj already told me that we will visit them before work!" I said.

"Hm good. Now go and pack. And let me know If you need something, hm?" She asked and I nodded.

I wished them good night and went back upstairs to our room. Once in our room, I packed two pairs of mine and Yuvraj's clothes in a suitcase.

Next Day, September 20th
09:47AM IST
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
Mumbai, Maharashtra

After an hour of flying in our private jet, we were in Mumbai. I got off the jet and warm rays of sunlight of Mumbai, scattered around everywhere, fell on me. It felt so relaxing and I felt the same way when I came back from London.

I was wearing a peach coloured floral embroidered net, a half sleeved top with a high neck and a pair of white jeans. I stood there, feeling slow, cool wind brush against my skin and hair that was left down freely. I turned back and found Yuvraj staring at me with his coat hanging on his arm, with a smile on his face. Then he approached me and spoke.

"Missed the city?"

"Yes." I replied, enthusiastically.

I'm so keenly interested in enjoying the Mumbai weather after so many days.

"Come." He gently pulled me to his chest, by wrapping an arm around my waist.

He led me to a black, striking Maserati that I didn't notice was here from God knows how long! I know he is obsessed with having every model of cars in his possession but his collection is somehow too much for him alone. Nevermind!

The driver who was waiting for us, greeted us and opened the door. I slid in comfortably, next to him, watching the city I missed. Yuvraj got a call after we drove off so he was busy talking to the one.

Within fifteen minutes, we stopped in front of a very familiar driveway. Our doors were opened by the guards who saw the car approaching! And without wasting a second, I dashed inside, screaming for mum and dad.

"MUM! DAD!"

Nirmala aunty who was inside the kitchen I guess, came out and looked at me in surprise.

"Nirmala aunty!" I exclaimed, happily and pulled her into a hug.

She chuckled and reciprocated my hug.

"Mia! I can't believe it's you. What a pleasant surprise!" She said, pulling back from the hug, "Oh, Yuvraj beta is also here! Please come in beta!"

"Kaise ho aap, aunty?" Yuvraj asked as he stood beside me. (How are you, Aunty?)

"I am fine. Aap dono baitho. Main didi aur bhai ko bula lati hun." She said. (Please take your seats both of you. I will go and call didi and bhai downstairs.)

"It's okay, aunty! I will go and surprise them. Yuvi, I will be back with them in a minute." He nodded and went to the living room.

I was about to rush upstairs but I guess my scream did it's work as I saw mum and dad coming downstairs with big smiles on their faces.

"Mum! Dad!" I exclaimed.

They came to me and wrapped me in their embrace together. I wrapped my arms around them, putting my head on mum's shoulder as they rubbed my back.

"I missed you both so much!" I mumbled.

"We missed you too, sweetie! But, what a surprise, huh! Where is Yuvi, hasn't he come with you?" Mum asked.

"Y—!" I was cut off by Yuvi himself.

"Of course, I have come!" I heard and turned to find him walking up to us with a smile.

He bent town and touched both of their feet to which they blessed him and dad gave him a hug as well.

"Come on! Living room mein baith kar baatein karte hein till your mum makes breakfast." Dad suggested. (Let's talk in the living room.)

"Sure!" Yuvraj nodded.

"You guys go! I will accompany mum to the kitchen." I said.

"Fair enough." Dad nodded and then they left for the living room whilst mum took me to the kitchen.

"So, how is everyone at home? Especially the little one?" Mum asked as she made the dough for aloo paratha.

"Everyone is fine, mum! And don't even ask about my little prince. He is just so cute. You will never get tired of playing with him!" I gushed, taking out some veggies from the refrigerator to make mixed veg upma, "Oh shit! I forgot something! Mum, I will be back."

She nodded and I rushed towards the living room after leaving the vegetables on the kitchen island. When I reached there, dad and Yuvraj were immersed in their business talks. I apologised for interrupting and asked about the gifts maa sent for mum and dad. Yuvraj also facepalmed for forgetting and then went outside to ask the guards to bring the gifts inside. Once the gifts were brought by them, I told them to put them on the living room's table and grabbed the fruit and sweets basket with me to the kitchen.

Dad and mum complained that we didn't bring all this but I assured them that it was shagun and my in-laws love and then they accepted the gifts. We had breakfast together and then left after bidding goodbye to my parents. The driver took us to The Singhania office and Yuvraj completed his work there, for which we came to Mumbai. After work, we went to the seaside bungalow gifted to us by my parents. The house was being taken care of by some caretakers and they had been informed about our arrival.

I made us some quick lunch and then we rested in the afternoon by the beach. By night, we boarded our jet to fly to Delhi.

Next Day
06:27PM IST, September 21st
9/32A, Singhania Mansion
Jor Bagh, Delhi NCR

"People believe in love at first sight and I was disgusted at first sight when I saw the so-called newlyweds today." Sam gagged, fanning herself whilst I and Shree looked at her, feeling somehow amused.

Sam alongside her parents and papa, maa, bhai and bhabhi went to attend Hina and Adil's nikah ceremony today in the morning. And from the moment Sam has returned from the venue she has been constantly bickering about how funny Hina looked with her all caked up face and her revealing wedding attire and how embarrassed Adil looked because of all this!

Currently we were at my room, getting ready for the reception ball of #𝐴𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎. It was very time consuming and awkward to say 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑑𝑖𝑙 𝑘𝑖 𝑛𝑖𝑘𝑎ℎ, 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑑𝑖𝑙 𝑘𝑖 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 so we opted for the better choice and decided to give them a shipping label. After all a devil deserves his witch by his side, doesn't he?!

My face was adorned with glowy evening makeup. I had a dark shade of red lipsticks dabbed on my lips.

I was wearing a black striking sequin evening dress. The gorgeous sequin gown is filled with fabulous features, including short sleeves, a long, flowing soft skirt, a crewneck and a scoop back with a subtle back zipper closure. All-over embellishment and show-stopping train detailing was rendering this gown one of a kind. I have worn a Cartier bracelet with white gold, coloured sapphires, onyx, black lacquer, rose-cut diamonds, brilliant-cut diamonds and a pair of platinum earrings of pink and white diamonds. In my feet, I have won crystal covered open toe pumps from Jimmy Choo. I've left my hair down in fishtail crown braid style with a Swarovski hairpin at the back. With my outfit, I have opted for a silver Chanel clutch which matched perfectly to my look.

Sam was wearing a three-quarter sleeve cocktail dress. Chic and effortlessly elegant, her dress was featuring a flattering v-neckline with a gathered waist, and a sheath skirt that's both sleek and sophisticated. The back was featuring a small slit and zipper closure. Crafted from metallic satin fabric, her dress was literally shining. Shree was wearing a scoop back sequin gown with three-quarter sleeves in blue heather.

"Calm down, Sam! And please use the washroom if you want to puke. Not here please!" Shree rolled her eyes.

Sam narrowed her eyes at Shree and huffed.

"I was just expressing my emotions after today, okay? I wasn't about to puke." Sam pursed her lips.

I giggled, seeing them bicker whilst doing the straps of my heels. After getting ready, we all came downstairs to find Yuvi, maa, papa, chachu, chachi, Sid jiju, Varun bhaiya and Sahil bhaiya ready. We came out and got into the cars.

07:16PM IST, September 21st

Late! We were late! But I guess, fashionably.

The cars in which I, Sam, Shree, Sid jiju, Varun bhaiya, Sahil bhaiya, Yuvi, chachi, chachu, papa and maa were seated, stopped just in front of the entrance. Bhai, bhabhi and Alia didn't come because they had our little Aan to take care of and they've already been to their marriage in the morning.

One by one we all piled out of the cars and I looked at the enormous entrance decorations in front of us. The entrance gate was a golden colour embellished semicircular drop which had some red glittery drapes wrapped around it and on the top it had two names wrote in cursive letters, ʜɪɴᴀ ᴡᴇᴅs ᴀᴅɪʟ. I guess Adil got to know about our arrival as he came by himself alongside his wife, Hina to welcome us.

"Welcome! Welcome! Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Singhania." He and Hina greeted maa and papa.

"Thank you for inviting us and congratulations on your wedding." Papa said in a formal tone as Papa's secretary handed Adil a bouquet.

"Thank you for coming. Please come in and enjoy the party!" Adil ushered him in whilst Hina greeted the others and then we followed papa and maa inside.

Yuvraj went with papa and chachu but not before asking me to take care. Maa and chachi went to some women whom they knew whilst we girls stood with Varun bhaiya, Sahil bhaiya and Sid jiju who were basically assigned for our safety in the enemy's den. The waiters bought us drinks and alcohol but I didn't touch any. Not like, I doubted that they've mixed something, Adil wouldn't do something like this in front of all these powerful people. It's just I didn't feel like it. I stood there looking around the place.

"Relax, Mia!" A familiar voice made me snap my head back to our group.

Sahil bhai gave me a smile and wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

"Calm down! I know you're anxious, but trust me nothing is going to happen." He assured me.

"Yeah, Mia! Chill, it's just a party and we will be out of here in some hours." Shree gave me a reassuring smile.

I found myself nodding with a smile. I know there was nothing going to happen as Sahil bhai said but still there is a corner of my heart which is not agreeing with this ideology.

"Here!" Varun bhai handed me a glass of sparkling water, "It will help you to relax."

I thanked him and took a sip. Surprisingly it really calmed my nerves and I found myself relaxing. Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Hina approaching us.

"Hey guys! All good, enjoying the ball?" She asked, showing off her gown and jewelleries and I had to press my lips into a thin line to stop the laugh.

The dress was extremely revealing, worse than the one she wore in the morning for her wedding. It was a black cut out ruched wrap maxi dress with side split. Her hair was tied into a low bun and she had wore some eight inch high heels.

"Yeah! Abhi tak toh enjoy kar rahe the. Aage ka pata nahin." Sam murmured under her breath making me and Shree giggle. (We were enjoying till now, but don't know about the future.)

Hina narrowed her eyes at Sam and rolled her eyes.

"Sam! My lovely cousin!" Hina gushed which seemed fake to me and everyone beside me I guess and wrapped her arms around Sam.

Sam's eyes widened and she looked at all of us. She scrunched her nose, pointing down at her with her finger and feigned to gag which made us stifle our laughs. Then Hina pulled back and patted her cheek before moving back to her place. Sam breathed out in relief.

"You all are looking good, girls." Hina said.

We have her a tight smile.

"You too, Hina! You are looking amazing." Shree said.

"Don't I? You see, Adil bought this gown and jewelleries—!" And that's how the next hour went.

After an hour

"Oh my god! She literally ate my brain with her rants dude!" Shree clutched her head.

I agree with her because I was also feeling a headache coming. I waited for Yuvraj or someone to come for our rescue but none happened. I couldn't even find Yuvraj in these crowd. So somehow we finally managed to leave the place and leave the boys alone with Hina and came running towards the washroom inside the hotel.

I felt so better coming away from her but I felt somehow guilty for leaving the boys alone.

"Guys! I don't think, we should have leave the boys alone with her. I mean, she would make them crazy." I exhaled a breath.

"Oh god! How could I forget about Siddharth?" Shree cursed, "Idea! I will just call him and lie that Yuvraj and Anil uncle were trying to find them. How does that sound?"

"Yeah! That's a good idea!" I nodded.

"Cool! I will do that then!" Shree fished out her phone from her clutch and rang Sid jiju who picked up in the first ring I guess.

Shree lied to jiju about Yuvraj and papa and then hung up. We walked in to the washroom for some touch-ups.

Shree and Sam were done but I had to use the washroom which got me late for the touch-up and I didn't want them to wait for me, so I asked them to leave. I reapplied the lipstick and fixed my hair before taking a deep breath and coming out of the washroom. Gathering the front of my dress, I walked towards outside but to my surprise, I was blocked by two girls. One was Hina and the other, I had no idea of.

"What's going on and why are you blocking my way?" I asked, strictly.

They looked at each other and smirked.

"Why so hurry, Mia? Won't you wanna meet her?" Hina smirked. The other girl was looking at me from my head to toe with a disgusted expression on her face.

"Hina! I don't have time for your bull shit. Neither I want to meet your friend over here. All I want is to go out to my family! So will you move out of my way?" I gritted out.

She was really pissing me off with her smirk and weird questions. And I had a really bad feeling about both of them. I know Hina, it's common to feel like this around her but the unknown girl, I don't know! Anyway, she is with Hina so of course she is a bad idea just like her friend. 

"Tch tch tch!" The unknown girl inched closer to me, "Family, huh?" She smirked.

Then her smirk vanished and a deadly look took over her face.

"The family you are talking about was about to be mine, Mia! The husband of yours was supposed to be mine!" She hissed making me frown.

"What are you talking about?" I moved back when she stepped closer.

"Awh, the little wife doesn't know about it. What a shame!" The unknown girl pouted, "Then let me introduce myself. I am Avni Raizada. Your husband's supposed to be wife!"

My frown deepened cause nothing was getting into my brain. I couldn't understand what was going on, who this girl is and when did this all happen?!

"Listen, I don't care who you are and what's your relation with my husband! All of that was in past and I live in the present and I would suggest you to do that as well. Neither I have any grudges against you and nor you should have any against me. So if you will step aside now?" I asked, politely.

Avni smirked at me.

"Are you sure? Because I don't think so!" She said.

"Wha—!" I was cut off by feeling a strange yet terrifying presence behind me.

"We met again, Mia." I heard a whisper in my ear and froze.

My eyes widened and I felt myself shaking in fear. Hina had a confused look marred on her face whilst Avni looked very satisfied and proud when she saw the colour leaving my face.

"You've become more beautiful and—womanly." A shiver ran down my spine because of his low, chilling voice and I shuddered in fear and disgust.

"MIA! WHERE ARE YOU?!" I heard a familiar voice shouting from afar.

"Come on girls, looks—!" Everything around me started to fade away alongside the voices and visions.

I felt my body slumping against the wall by my side and tears slid down my cheeks freely. My body started to shake convulsively from every jolt of emotions that was hitting my mind and body from time to time whilst tears of fear and panic started to roll down my cheeks. My breathing felt erratic and heavy. I felt overwhelmed by fear and anxiety. The unforgettable memories of the past invaded my mind and my heart constricted in pain. I felt like I was having a cardiac arrest. My head started to spin and in no time I blacked out but before I could kiss the ground I felt a pair of warm familiar arms getting a hold of my almost unconscious body.

Yuvraj's POV

Boring! It was the only thing I was feeling for an hour or so. And I was sure papa and chachu who were with me at the moment, were bored as well by their facial expressions. Talking to your rival party members has never been a good experience for me. Heck! I wanted to strangle them because of their showoffs and bragging conversations. All I wanted right now was to run away with Mia to our room and spend some alone time with her, which we didn't get much this week because of our tight schedules.

Currently we were just conversing with Adil, his father, Imran Khan who is also the leader of his party and some of the politicians. Imran Khan, a big name in the Indian politics just like my dad but unlike dad, he has been accused of domestic violence, rape and murders too. But in this world, you can do and achieve everything with money and this example went too well with the Khan's.

"Good evening, everyone!" A voice made us snap our heads to their direction.

The person who stood by our side was Dhruv Raizada (IYKYK, check out chapter 20- I am Taken) with a sickening smile on his face which made me roll my eyes. This old man irked me to no end. Everyone greeted him and I did too, it was mandatory! After some time talking, Imran and Dhruv left, excusing themselves. Ten minutes later, I was utterly bored and I felt like exploding.

"Dad!" I called, grabbing his attention, "I will go and see if Mia needs something." I half-lied.

He nodded and then I excused myself before running off. I sighed in relief after coming from there and moved towards the place where I saw the boys, Sam and Shree.

"Hey guys!" I greeted them, looking around, "Where is Mia?"

"Oh! We went to the washroom. She needed more time and asked us to go, that's why we came back." Sam explained.

"Oh!" I nodded and grabbed a glass of whiskey sour from the waiter who went past us.

I waited for like seven or eight minutes and then sighed.

"Why is she taking so long?" I frowned.

"Yeah! It's been almost twenty minutes." Shree nodded and my eyes widened.

"What?!" I paused, "Twenty minutes?!"

"Guys! I think we should check for her. We cannot just trust Adil or Hina. Crowd or not, they won't miss a chance to hurt Yuvraj and Mia!" Sahil suggested.

"Let's go!" Sid nodded.

"Show me the way!" I asked Sam who nodded before rushing with me.

We checked the washroom Sam showed us but there was no one inside. I dialled her number continuously but she wasn't picking up.

"MIA! WHERE ARE YOU?!" I yelled out in frustration, hoping she would hear me and answer but none happened.

I rushed down the hall looking in every room in my vision. I punched the wall in anger when I couldn't find her. Taking a deep breath to calm myself, I started to search for her again whilst the boys, Sam and Shree did the same at different places. I didn't want to create a ruckus and give tension to mum, dad so I didn't inform them yet. When I was about to pass a corridor, I saw a figure similar to Mia and when I squinted my eyes, I saw the gown which was worn by Mia. At that moment, I realised it was none other than Mia and dashed towards her.

She had her head and body slumped against the wall beside her. Just when I was about to reach near her, I saw her collapsing. My eyes widened and I increased my pace. Before she could fall on the floor, I quickly held her in my arms and was shocked to see her appearance.

Her face was tear stricken and she was shaking badly before going all limp in my arms. I felt terrified because of this sudden collapse. I have kept my eyes on her from far and just some moments ago, she was all fine, laughing and smiling with Varun and the others. And now!

"Mia!" I shook her a little but she didn't react.

Of course, she did not! She is unconscious, you stupid! My innerself mocked me.

Ignoring my innerself, I fished out my phone with one hand whilst the other held an unconscious Mia to my chest. I dialled Sid and informed him that I've found Mia and asked them to reach at the place. Soon enough, they reached us.

"Oh my god! What happened to her?" Shree shrieked, looking at unconscious Mia in my arms.

"How did she faint?" Sam screeched whilst the boys gave concerned looks to Mia.

"Don't know! I came at the right moment when she was falling or she would've hurt her head." I kissed her forehead before scooping her up in bridal style.

"Let's take her to a room and lay her down! Sahil call a doctor. Sid, get me the keys of a room!" I said and Sahil nodded, fishing out his phone from pocket. Sid nodded and dashed towards the lobby.

We waited for Sid and when he came back, we got in to the lift. Thank god, Sid booked us a room in the first floor, not because I was tired of carrying my wife just because I wanted to lie her down on a bed and have her checked. We reached the first floor and I rushed towards the room with Mia dangling lifelessly in my arms which pained me the most. Sid opened the room door and we all walked in. I gently put Mia on the bed and wiped the hairs off her forehead.

Sam took her heels off whilst Shree sat beside her on the other side of bed. I sat near her, holding her hand in mine. Soon the doctor was escorted inside by one of Sahil's men. The doctor looked like he was in his late fifties.

"Come in, doctor!" Sid welcomed him in.

"Is she the patient?" The doctor asked as he kept his briefcase on the bed whilst Varun brought the ottoman for him to sit.

"Yeah! She is my wife. I found her when she was almost collapsing on the floor but thankfully I caught her before she could've hit the floor." I informed as the doctor sat down and wore his stethoscope.

Pressing the stethoscope near Mia's heart, he listened to her heartbeats whilst Sid rubbed my back, assuring me that she will be fine.

"Can you tell me how was she at the moment when you found her? I mean, what was her expressions, was she sweating or trembling or were there any hot flushes?" The doctor asked me.

"Yes actually!" I paused, "She was trembling and her forehead was dripping with sweat beads when I held her in my arms before she completely blacked out. What happened to her, doctor?" I asked in worry.

"Let me check and I will get back to you!" He said and I nodded, understandingly.

Then the doctor checked her pulse. Afterwards, he took out his digital sphygmomanometer (blood pressure monitor, IYKYK) and measured her blood pressure.

"Okay! Looks like she had a panic attack." The doctor concluded.

"W—what?" Again! I thought.

"Yeah! All the symptoms, her erratic heart beats and shortness of breath, sweat beads, everything is indicating to panic disorder!" He explained, "I will prescribe some anti-epilepsy for now but contact me again if this happens again. You can bring her to the hospital for a detailed check-up tomorrow for your assurance. I would also suggest you to keep her away for stress and make her happy by anything you can. And if she rests for some days, it's even better for health. Otherwise, there's nothing to be worried of. She is completely fine!" The doctor scribbles down on a paper before tearing it off and handing it to me.

"Thank you, doctor! I will definitely bring her to the hospital tomorrow!" I nodded.

"That's good! I will take my leave now." He said, getting up.

"Thank you, again!" I thanked him.

"It's my job, son!" He patted my shoulder before leaving.

Sid closed the door behind him and came back to us.

"Panic attack?! Again?!" Sam exclaimed.

"What could be the reason?" Varun frowned, looking down at Mia with concern.

"I don't know. But I will find out soon!" I clenched my jaw whilst my eyes held fury.

For the one who dared to hurt my wife! For the one who tried to make my strong wife weak! I will find him/her and skin him/her alive. That's my promise.

Leaning down, I kissed my Mia's forehead, sealing the promise to her.

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Word Count - 12,130

Hey y'all! Hello to everyone once again!

So here I'm back again after a week with a chapter of your (maybe) favourite story. I won't take much time blabbering and I am confessing that I was so heartbroken after England's defeat in the Semis because the boys did so good. Anyhow, I'm happy for NZ and the way the played. I hope, I get to see some amazing games in the future as well!

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1. Did you celebrate diwali this year?
(Me - yes! I did!)

2. Are you going to celebrate Christmas this year?
(Me - Definitely! The preparations are so on)

Christmas coming yayyyyy!

I woke up early today to enjoy the sunday morning, strolling around the park near our home so I updated the chapter too! As I complete my jog, you enjoy the story! See ya later.

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