When Preet woke up the next day, she was alone in the bed and Veer already left for the office as she was late. She was really happy to see he prepared breakfast for her also before leaving. This was enough assurance for her to know he cared for her but was just angry with her.
She felt like a horrible person to not even share her feelings. She wanted to tell him the reason but she won't because she knows her husband. He would take everything on himself. And she didn't want that even if she had to be a bad person in his eyes.
She promises to herself that she will make everything between them normal like before. She knows how to woo her angry man. But she wanted to give him a space to calm himself before talking to him.
And about the baby, only she knows how she feels unbearable pain every time she remembers she is not allow to be a mother. She loves babies too much. Who won't, right? Now whenever she sees Ridhi playing and laughing cutely, she craves to hear those cute giggling in her home. And tiny chubby legs running around this house making her and Veer dance on their tiny chubby fingers. It would be the most beautiful and cute sight to see.
She had so many dreams for her baby. It hurts too much to think her dream will remain a dream.
Preet sighs and closes her eyes tightly to control her emotions. She stood up and walked in the house after closing the door of the backyard where she was sitting as she was feeling suffocated inside the house.
She looked at the clock to see it was already 5 pm. Her eyes widened as she had to go to the market to buy some groceries. She ran to their room to get money that Veer gave her for her use.
After getting ready in a simple black kurta and palazzo with matching black net dupatta, she tied her long hair in a loose braid and then finally left for market.
On the way, she texts Veer that she is outside for shopping.
"Bhaiya, ye kaise diye?" she asked, checking onions in the shop. He told her the rate.
(Brother, how about these?)
"2kg pack kar dein, please," she asked and looked at him to see if he was packing good ones.
(pack 2kg, please)
"250 ho gaya apka, madam." The shopkeeper told her, putting the vegetables in a cloth carry bag.
(The total is 250, madam)
"Ye lijiye," she gave him 500rs to which he returned her remaining 250rs back.
(Here)
She took the carry bag and started walking through the crowded street of the local market.
"What is left now?" she whispered to herself while looking at the list in her hand.
"I have to buy a sanitary pad," she looked around the market to find a pharmacy.
She was looking to her left when someone stumbles into her making her lose her balance but she quickly balances herself and looks at the person who bumped into her only to have her eyes widened in surprise.
Veer comes out of the meeting and takes a sigh of relief. His boss came to him and praised him for his excellent presentation due to which company was able to secure a million dollar deal.
He just smiled at him politely and said a small thank you. After that he went to his desk and started working on the final report of the project, they just sighed, because the financial department needed it.
He checks his phone and sees a text from Preet. Thinking she would take time, he decided to work a little over his usual time to finish his work before leaving for home.
"Anaya!" Preet was shocked to see Anaya breathing heavily and crying silently as she was staring at Preet with her big watery eyes.
Preet looked at her carefully to see her covering her upper body with a scarf and she was barefoot. She was shaking like a leaf. Preet was speechless, looking at her condition.
A weak smile appeared on Anaya's pale face as she was looking at Preet like a lost child finally met his mother.
"Bhabhi.."Â She murmurs in a low voice and her voice breaks in middle before she lets out a sob.
"Please save me. The..yy are behind me," she cried, taking Preet's hand in her while looking at her helplessly.
Preet frowned and held her hand as she gave a light squeezed but Anaya pain scrunched in pain. Preet looked at her hand to see a long cut on her palm.
"Oh god! How do you get this, Anaya? And who are behind you?" Preet asked worriedly, looking at her hand and wrapped her hanky around her hand.
Anaya opens her mouth to tell her but suddenly her eyes widened in shock and fear looking at someone behind Preet.
She was about to run away but Preet stopped her holding her wrist and gave her a questioning look.
Anaya looked at the person behind her and then looked at Preet with a fearful expression.
"Bhabhi, he is here. Please save me," she said while shaking badly, staring at the man searching for her in the crowd.
Preet's eyes widen as she looks behind to see a man finding something in the crowd. She holds Anaya's hand before running to some safe place. She saw a women's toilet and ran inside with Anaya.
After closing the door, she looked at Frightened Anaya and felt bad for her. Anaya looks at her and suddenly hugs her tightly and breaks down in her embrace.
"I am sorry Bhabhi. I am so sorry. Please forgive me. They will not leave me," Preet was taken aback by her action but then seeing so scared and panicked, she hugged her gently and rubbed her back to calm her down.
"It's okay, don't be scared. I am here with you okay," Preet comforted her, pulling her face and gently cleaning her face.
Suddenly Preet gasped, looking at Anaya's top which was ripped from its sleeves and neck revealing her one shoulder and cleavage. And she noticed a few hand marks and nail's scratches on her neck and shoulders.
She moves her eyes to her face, who has her head down as she is crying silently.
Preet gulped fearing what might happen to her. She felt tears in her own eyes. She removed her scarf slowly while glancing at her as she didn't want to make her uncomfortable. But seeing her top ripped from her waist she closes her eyes before again covering her with the scarf.
"Don't worry. No one will escape who was the reason behind your condition," Preet told her in an angry voice and caressed her red cheek.
"Come with me," Anaya held her hand tightly, feeling comfortable with her. She finally realized how wrong she was about her. She is comforting her, instead of leaving her on her own.
She regrets her bratty behavior with her. And how she used to mock her when she never did anything to her. God! such a horrible person she was with her.
Preet looked outside and after making sure the way was clear and that man was not there, she looked at Anaya and lightly nodded at her.
"Let's leave from here quickly," she said before they left and started going toward the main road to take a cab.
Anaya is looking around in fear but suddenly she feels Preet stop in the middle. She looks at her before her eyes fill with terror when she follow her gaze.
There stood three men in front of them with a smirk and anger in their eyes.
Anaya felt her heart drop and she hid behind Preet. While Preet looked at them fearlessly. Preet frowned when she noticed one of the men is Anaya's boyfriend. She saw him and Anaya together a few times in Rajvansh Villa when he used to dropped her from her hospital.
They started walking toward Anaya and Preet shamelessly. Preet felt disgust under their dirty gazes.
"Stop right there!! Or you all will regret!" she said bravely, glaring at them. Anaya cries, feeling her inside clenching.
"This item is more sexy. Look at her boysâ¦uff! What a figure she has. I really like to taste her,'' one of them said, looking at her body with lust filled eyes while others laughed at him.
Preet felt furious but she controlled herself. She secretly gave her phone to Anaya which Anaya quickly took it and tried to call for help without looking down.
Anaya opened the call and decided to call Veer because he is the most sane person and handled everything without losing his calm.
Preet started moving back, covering Anaya behind her as the men looked at them while smirking.
Anaya first sent the text to Veer and then she was about to give a call to him but suddenly she felt Preet pulled by a man and another man who was her boyfriend looked at her in anger seeing a phone in her hand.
He slapped her hard, making her fall on the ground. Preet looked at her in worry while struggling in one of the men's holds who was tightly holding her wrist.
"Leave her, you bloody dog!"Â she shouted angrily, glaring at the man.
"Bloody useless B****, what do you think of yourself huh? You think I am your servant, huh? Just give me what I want so that I don't have to work hard. It's not like I want your property, just sleep with me for one night. You have happy and I am happy but no, you want me to lick your shoe. Now I will get what I want. Now I don't act like a loving boyfriend to taste," Anaya cried looking at him and let out a scream when he made her stand holding her hair.
"Ahhhâ¦leave me Rohan. You will regret it. Please, don't do this," Anaya said between her cry holding his hand which was gripping her hair.
Preet felt tears in her eyes seeing Anaya pleading Rohan while he was just smiling at her evilly.
"Rohan, I would love to have your girl after you are done with her. God these girl are so hot and delicious," Preet felt disgusted with their talk while struggling to free herself.
"I won't mind," Rohan said caressing Anaya's neck. Making Anaya cry more.
"I will kill you all if anyone tries to touch her," Preet shouted and the next second felt a slap on her cheek making her inner cheek burst.
She looked up with rage and glare at those who were looking at her with clenched jaws and held the back of her neck tightly and painfully.
"She is talking too much. First do something with her big mouth," he said in a low , dangerous voice while others nodded.
"Leave me, you mon-" Again a slap landed on her same cheek making her cheek turn deep red and a fingerprint formed on her soft cheek.
"First, leave from here before anyone sees us," one of them suggested while others agreed with him.
Preet was scared thinking if they took them somewhere then they won't be able to escape from them. She looked at Anaya who was looking lifeless and crying badly.
Preet looked at the men who were talking. She thinks they need to escape from them right now.
She swiftly slammed her heel on the man's feet making his hold loosen on her hand. She pushes him away with force due to which he falls on the ground hard. She started running toward Anaya and about to push Rohan but he was quick and held her hands and twisted it backward before she could do anything. But in the process, he left Anaya.
While the other helped the man to fall badly on the ground, hurting his elbow badly.
Ignoring his dead grip on her hand, Preet looks at Anaya and gestures to her to run away. Anaya crying seeing her painful expression but one hard look from her, she stepped from the chaos and started to run from there.
Rohan glared at her and took out a small pocket from his back pocket.
"I won't leave you!! You love playing game let just end your game here,"
Other men started coming toward her and surrounded, looking at her like she was their food.
But she didn't let them know how scared she was.
She looked at Rohan with pure disgust and started hitting her elbow on his rib making groans in pain. He turned her holding her fistful hair, he gritted his teeth and without thinking anything he stabbed that pocket knife on the side of her stomach making her breath hitch as she went still in her place. She let out a painful scream but her painful cry muffle as another covers her mouth with his palm. Her face frowned in too pain and tears started flowing from her eyes.
"Now curse, huh? Scream darling. Come on," she gulped hard and closed her eyes tightly, feeling intolerable pain.
She placed her shaky palm on the side of her waist, she felt warm liquid in her hand.
The men laugh looking at her suffering and one of the men tries to touch her but her look is enough to make him back for her.
Suddenly Rohan fell on the ground holding head and let out a cry. Preet looks at the side to see Anaya standing there holding a rod in her hand.
Anaya hit the other man on the back of his knee, making him fall down then hit the side of his face, hardly making him lose his sense instantly.
Preet free from his hold and fell on knees holding her side.
Anaya bit the last man who ran away from there in fear seeing her crazily beating him. She looked at Preet and threw the rod aside and ran to her.
"Bhabhi, what happened? Are you okay?" Anaya asked, seeing her sitting on the ground.
Preet slowly nodded her head and looked up but suddenly Anaya fell on the ground unconsciously and blood started oozing from her head all the way to her nose before dropping on the ground. Preet screams in fear and then slowly looks at Rohan who was staring at her with a dark rage holding the rod in his hand.
"Go to hell, b****," he dangerously clench jaws before raising the rod in the air to hit her.
Preet looks at him with wide eyes and body is trembling badly as her eyes are fixed on the bloody rod before it comes near her.
"Veerâ¦" she breathed out before closing her eyes tightly.
_____________________________________
Thank you for reading.
How is it, dear readers?
Hope you guys enjoys it.
Don't forget to Vote and share you thoughts in the comment section.
See you all soon
Take care
Bye bye
Lots of loveâ¤ï¸