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Anjali was inconsolable and for the first time in her life no one consoled her but rather shunned her.

She stared at Nani sitting on the couch defeated and Mami staring at her disappointed and disgusted by her deeds.

It was now midnight and the media were still crowded outside with the house being telecasted live on TV and social media.

She saw Shyam car halt at the gate as the media surrounded him and Anjali knew she had lost him hearing his response to the questions.

"Mr Jha how do you feel about finding out the child your wife is expecting not yours? "

"Correction soon to be ex wife and I feel betrayed because I was taunted for living with my in laws which I only agreed to do because I loved her but I guess I wasn't rich as Mohit Malhotra and the only thing I can say is am glad it happened because now my divorce from her will be easy and I can finally leave the hellhole called Shantivan. "

Nani and Mami who were watching this felt sad for him but Anjali was fuming at his audacity to play the victim.

"That bastard. " Anjali yelled hysterically. "He has the nerve to play victim when he has been lusting after Khushi..... I won't spare him. "

Anjali was about to march outside when Nani held her arms and turned her around landing a tight slap on her cheek.

Anjali stared at her grandmother in shock and turned to Mami expecting her to defend her but she glared at her in disgust.

"You and you brother are sick in the head and I have had enough of you two...... You will face the consequences of your actions in silence and so will Arnav....... From now on you and your brother are on your own because I am done. "

Nani and Mami were walking away from Anjali when they both halted in shock seeing Akash, Payal and Nk holding their bags and Hari Prakash and the other helps dragging suitcases out of the house.

"Akash what is this? " Mami asked on the verge of crying but Akash turned his face away from her and Mami went up to Payal and kneeled in front of her startling her in the process. "Please Payal, I am very sorry for all the taunts I threw at you and Khushi....... Please don't leave and convince him to stay because we need him........ We the family need to unite more now than ever. "

Akash's head snapped back at his mother and he pushed Mami off Payal and yelled at her.

"You only need me now when because your golden Child Arnav has failed you....... Since I was born you always chose to party than be a mother and I grew up to understand that you weren't capable of having a motherly love but Anjali and Arnav showed up and I saw a side of you I never thought existed...... You the woman who never hugged his bespectacled son was now all over Anjali and Arnav feeding them from your hand which you had never done for me....... I get that they lost their parents but I just wanted at least half of the love you gave them but no you didn't...... Anjali became your top priority and when I needed money to start my own business, you told me money was tight but not even a week later you sold all your jewellery and gave it to Arnav to start his business...... You told me wanting to be a chef was a useless job and forced me to study finance to help your beloved Arnav...... I always lived in Arnav's shadow and I hate it not because I was envious of him but because he and his sister's wants and needs matter more than mine....... I am done with you and this family and I have call Papa and told him everything...... I am going no contact with all of your and Papa had informed me he is not coming back from Dubai and will be sending you the divorce papers..... Don't ever contact me again...... You laid you bed now lay in it. "

Akash held Payal's hand and walked out of the house ignoring Mami's plead for forgiveness.

Nani wailed seeing her family break up and she knew she had failed and nothing could keep her family together again.

Shyam entered and walked into his bedroom ignoring the distress of his in laws.

Anjali angrily followed him to the room and fumed in anger seeing him packing his bags and she marched up to him and threw the bag away scattering all the clothes in it.

"How dare you leave me when I need you the most?...... You are still leaving me when Khushi is now with that billionaire, you think he will allow you anywhere near Khushi. " Anjali laughed as Shyam blankly stared at her. "I know all about what you did to Khushi because I had you investigated. "

"And yet you never exposed me to your family all because you wanted me to take responsibility for your bastard who will now be shunned by everyone. " Anjali was stunned not seeing any shock or guilt in Shyam's eyes or posture but a more confident man. "Just like you I already knew about your affair with Mohit Malhotra for years and I know you became Mouni's friend to get closer to Mohit....... You married me to make Mohit jealous because he married Mouni the woman his stepfather chose....... I know a lot about your that you will be shocked but for now I have began my revenge against you. " Shyam uttered in a deadly tone inches away from Anjali's face and she shuddered in fear and Shyam smirked.

"It was you..... It was you who exposed us...... But why is Khushi with another man? " Anjali asked in shock and Shyam started laughing.

"Khushi is like a sister to me and why I did what I did will soon be revealed to not only you but the world...... Get ready Anjali Singh Raizada aka affair baby of Ratna and Arvind Malik. "

Anjali stared at Shyam in shock hearing him call her an affair baby.

Shyam quickly packed his things and walked out of the room leaving his wedding band behind and Anjali sat on the bed confused and shocked.

Aman's House.

Aman's sister and mother barricaded themselves in the house scared hearing Arnav banging on their door like a maniac.

"Come out and face me like a real man you coward...... How dare you betray me?...... I will wipe you and your fucking sister and mother out of this world. "

Arnav yelled banging on the entrance door of Aman's house like a maniac.

Aman who was tolerating him all this time started raging like a bull and he opened the door and punched Arnav and he fell to the ground with a burst mouth and Aman marched up to him and stumped and kicked him on the floor until he was bruised all over and groaning in pain.

"You bastard, how dare you threaten my sister and mother who are my world forgetting I have documents and files that can destroy you and expose you for sabotaging your rivals and businesses that were challenging your reign but I won't waste my time because you are already ruined....... This scandal and the one before has cemented your downfall and if I were I will start finding ways to get enough money and walk away because now I have the ammunition to destroy you and Khushi is being protected by a man a million times deadly than you think you are....... He was capable of showing her to the public and never felt ashamed about her background and your think he will spare you...... All Khushi has to do is say the word and he is capable of killing you...... I hate you Arnav, I worked day and night for you and was loyal to you and yet you treated me like garbage and never respected me as human because to you middle class people..... Firing me anytime something is wrong even when it's your fault...... We have feelings MR Raizada but just like Khushi you thought we middle class people do not deserve respect no matter how hard we work...... Leave from here with you pathetic self and go back to that shameless slut you call your sister...... I am done and you are on your own and if you dare come any where near my family or dare touch us then I won't hesitate to give the papers I have with me to RSR and let's see if you will see what the sun looks like after he is through with you..... Now leave. "

Arnav stood up and limped to his car and drove out of the neighborhood and Aman sighed in relief that his neighbors were deep sleepers and didn't witness the commotion.

He sighed in relief and went back into the house locking door and his mother came out and he had no other choice than to reveal the whole truth to his mother.

She slapped Aman who looked down ashamed seeing the disappointment and disgust in their eyes.

Aman's mother put forth a condition that he must hand over the evidence of Arnav's schemes to RSR because she didn't want her son to be arrested that's why she gave him this condition or else they will leave and cut ties with Aman.

Akash stood in his penthouse and for the first time in his life felt relieved about telling his mum  how he felt about her favoritism of the Malik siblings.

For some strange reason he didn't feel remorseful lying to protect Khushi and instead felt happy remembering how he saw the old enthusiastic Khushi smiling with Rudra.

He knew the moment Rudra introduced Khushi as his fiancee that he was the one who sent him the message and he knew Khushi might have told Rudra about him and was happy Khushi still remembered his kindness.

But what confused him was  Shyam, this man was a mystery he couldn't understand, at one hand he was the man Khushi was engaged to and stalked her, but he defended her in front of the family even going as far as calling out Anjali and now the smile on his face when Rudra introduced Khushi as his fiancee made him more confused and the way he smirked when Anjali was exposed.

It was as if he had it planned and he already knew the relationship between Mohit and Anjali.

"Who are you Shyam Manohar Jha? "

He felt a hand around his waist and he smiled and turned to face his wife who has been wallowing in her guilt for not standing up for Khushi.

"Thinking about Shyam's reaction to Khushi being with Rudra? "

Akash stared at his wife shocked.

"You saw it too? " She nodded.

"Nk has been right all along but how do we get to the bottom of this and how does Khushi know a man like Rudra? "

They both knew Khushi and Shyam were the only once who could answer them and tomorrow they were going to get their answers by hook or crook.

The Next Day.

Rudra's Mansion.

Rudra walked downstairs from his room sniffing the air and the pleasant aroma from the kitchen filled his senses making him drool but he paused his thought confused to who was cooking.

He walked to kitchen to find Alex laughing with Khushi who was cooking and as he moved closer he saw Khushi had prepared his favorite rava idli.

Khushi turned and smiled seeing him and that was hen Alex saw him.

"Sit boss...... Khushi made you your favorite rava idli. " Alex said and pulled a chair for him and winked at him and Rudra glared at him.

"Why is she in the kitchen? " The anger in Rudra's voice was evident. "She is our guest and yet she is standing in the kitchen cooking...... Where are the chefs in this house?...... It's either they do their jobs o.... "

"No please don't fire them. " Khushi begged. "I wanted to thank you by cooking something for you.......i have nothing and food is normally my way of thanking people......it's the reason why I want to open my own restaurant and as for the chefs they didn't want to yield to me."

"But Khushi threatened to have them fired for disobeying the mistress of the house and they have in. " Alex continued and Khushi stared at him shocked that he had exposes her like that.

She fidgeted with her apron thinking Rudra will be angry she was using her fake position to boss his employees around but when she looked up she saw the most heart warming scene in front of her.

It was Rudra with the most brightest smile.

He was handsome at first but the smile made him more attractive than before.

"Oh my heart...... The Great RSR is smiling for the first time in since isha ma'am died" Alex excliamed dramatically and Rudra glared at him as Khushi giggled.

Rudra sat down and Khushi served him some rava idli with yogurt and tomato soup.

Rudra took one bite and stopped and stared at Khushi who thought she might have made some mistake but her doubt was cleared as Rudra started gulping down the food as if he hasn't eaten in ages and Khushi and Alex stared at him in shock.

He asked for more and Khushi happily gave him more.

He drank his water and belched and looked away embarrassed that he did that in front of Khushi.

He was about to thank Khushi when his phone rang and he received it and all the happiness he felt was replaced by anger as Alex and Khushi stared at him confused.

He walked up to Khushi and held her hand.

"ASR is here. "

Khushi started hyperventilating and Rudra cupped her face in his hand.

"You have to shallow this fear you have of him..... He feast off people's fear and if you let him see you like this then he wins again...... I know what am about to ask of you is difficult but you have to shallow your fears and face him..... Show him you are not weak..... Show him the Khushi your use to be and that is the first step to conquer ASR. "

Khushi smiled and nodded.

Alex then went and walked Arnav into the house and he entered looking pathetic thinking Khushi will melt seeing him hurt but not only was Khushi not sympathetic to him she was in Rudra arms.

To be continued.

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