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Her eyes flicker in his hand, holding a knife in his hand.

“I will miss you, babydoll,…" he whispered, coming closer to her, making her step back.

Suddenly Trisha comes there and stops at the entrance.

Aaruhi looked at her in hope and was about to run to her but Samrat held her wrist and pulled her back harshly.

“Trisha help me.." she said looking at Trisha.

Ignoring Aaruhi, Trisha glare at him and said,

“What nonsense are you doing, Samrat? Ryan and her brother are here. You wanted to die or what," she angrily said to him.

"Shut up!! Or before her I will stab you. About Ryan and Abhi, I know they won't leave me after that incident…so before they do anything, let's just finish the root cause and then I will run away from here…” He said then look at Aaruhi who is staring at him with teary eyes.

Trisha was about to say anything when suddenly Aaruhi slammed the vase on Samrat's head and escaped his hold.

Trisha gasps in shock looking at him holding his head.

“She is running!!" He shouted as Aaruhi tried to escape.

Trisha looked at her in fear and ran behind her before she could run out of room. She will be doomed if she escapes now.

Trisha took the hold of her hair and pulled her back but Aaruhi instantly hit her elbow in her ribs making her leave her hair and place her hand on her ribs.

Aaruhi comes out of the closet and runs towards the room door but a dupatta wraps around her throat, choking her.

She tried to shout but she couldn't while struggling to loosen the cloth piece around her neck.

“It’s enough now. Enough of playing around," Samrat said between his gritted teeth, tightening the dupatta around her neck.

Aaruhi cried silently. Trisha comes in front of her furiously and slaps her hard making her lips burst due to impact.

Suddenly the door opens from outside making them panic but seeing Sheetal, they sigh.

Sheetal looks in front in horror seeing them choking Aaruhi with dupatta.

She quickly run to them and try to free her but Trisha stop and said,

“What are you doing, Dadi Hukum? She is the thorn in our way to Ryan, let her die…she deserves it,"  Sheetal looks at in disbelief and turns to Samrat.

"Samrat, leave her!! She will die..” She shouts at him and about to go near him but Trisha holds her in place.

"We are together in this, don't forget. You can't turn back and have sympathy with her. Also now she knows about us, it will be worse to leave her now. Ryan could never be ours, remember,” Trisha told her, making Sheetal gulp and look at Aaruhi whose body is turning weak with every passing second but her teary eyes only stuck on her for help, pleading her to save.

“Leave her, Samrat. Please.."  Sheetal requests Samrat, making Trisha irritated.

"I can't have my Ryan if she stays alive…” glaring at Aaruhi, she said.

Sheetal look at her and said in hard voice,

“He will never be yours, Trisha. Even if she dies, he will nev-" Trisha fumes hearing her words and pulls her hard making her collide against the small cupboard and few glass items fell on the floor making loud noise.

Ryan who was climbing the stairs heard this and looked up before hurriedly climbing the stairs as the noise came from the side of his room.

He rushed towards his room and everything turned dark in front of his eyes seeing the scene.

He jumps on Samrat and pulls him hard, freeing Aaruhi. She instantly fell on the floor weakly. Ryan looks at her half closed eyes and cups her face as she is slowly losing her consciousness.

Trisha gulped in fear seeing Ryan then looked at Samrat who fell on the floor beside the bed foot.

Samrat looked at him before quickly standing up, seeing him busy with Aaruhi.

But before he could move from his place, Abhimanyu ran inside the room and his eyes directly fell on Aaruhi in Ryan’s arms before went to panic Samrat.

Without waiting for a second, he lunged towards him with a clenched jaw and his fist directly landed on his Jaw making him fall down on the floor again.

“Bastard!! I will kill you!!" He roared, and  hit him mercilessly.

Samrat is screaming in pain as Abhi is punching and kicking him so hard.

Trisha unconsciously takes a few steps back  in fear.

At the same time, Aaravi and Tejraj come there and are shocked to see everything.

Tejraj runs to his wife as she is trying to stand straight still in shock. He looked at her in worry before his eyes went to Ryan who lifted unconscious Aaruhi and took her to the bed.

Aaravi ran to them and looked at Aaruhi with concern.

“What happened to her, Bhai??" She asked, stroking Aaruhi's pale face.

Ryan just stares, looking lost before his eyes turn red in rage and standing up the bed to look at Samrat pinned against the wall by Abhi.

He storms to him and slightly pushing Abhi aside, he looks at her bloody face and fists his collar tightly which makes his knuckles turn white.

“What have you done to her??" His voice is low but dangerously filled with hatred and anger.

Samrat looks at him with one swollen eye and parted his bursted lips but no words come out of his mouth.

Ryan clenched his jaw at his silence and hardly slammed his face on the dressing table where a few pins and bangles were placed.

Samrat let out a cry, feeling his skin pierce and peeled as they broke due to impact by which Ryan hit his face on it.

Abhi just glared at Samrat as his eyes were still burning in rage.

Trisha and Rathore gasp seeing the sight. Trisha gets panicked seeing Samrat's condition and is now scared for her. What if they got to know about her being involved.

Sheetal shivers as she is looking at Ryan beating Samrat as if he wanted to kill him.

Letting out a cough and blood from his mouth, Samrat slowly points his finger towards Trisha and smirks with his disfigured face.

Trisha gulps, feeling terrified at his sudden action.

Abhi snapped his head in her direction with a hard face making her blood go cold as his eyes burned her with his glare.

“With me…she called me here," he whispered.

Aaravi looks at her in shock before her face hardens. Placing Aaruhi's hand on her stomach, she stood up and walked near Trisha.

“How dare you do this my Didu?" She grit out making Trisha shake her head.

"So hungry for my Bhai, huh…That you played with another woman's dignity, ha!”

"I d..didn't do an..anything. I love Ry-” before she could complete, Aaravi slapped her hard.

“Shut up!! Psycho obsessed woman.  And feed this in your garbage brain, he is Aaruhi Agnihotri Roy's husband. And he didn't need your sh*tty love, get it clear in your head!" Holding her red cheek, Trisha clenches her jaw not wanting to accept the reality.

Ryan threw the lifeless Samrat on the floor after he passed out. As he turns his eyes to his sister slapping Trisha. He fist his hands on side, controlling himself from doing something he shouldn't as his eyes fell on Trisha.

Trisha also looks at him and a tear rolls down her eyes.

“I love you, Ryan. I love you too much. Then why, why you have to marry her. She can't love you like me…I can give you anything you want…" She said pleading in desperation.

"Why can't you understand this simple thing that whatever you want can never happen! Before I tried to understand you but now I feel disgust and loathe you for being so cheap. For loving someone, you have to be a human first but after what you have done to my wife is the most inhuman thing. Being a woman yourself, you play with her dignity,…I loathe people like you,” Ryan angrily said, looking at Trisha with nothing but hate in his eyes.

Shaking her, she was about to touch him but he back off swiftly and glare at her,

“Don't you dare!...And be ready for your punishment," He then looked at Abhi, who nodded in understanding before walking out, calling someone.

Trisha gets panicked and looks at Ryan, pleading with her eyes.

“You can't do this…" suddenly her eyes fell on Sheetal who was looking pale and frightened.

She quickly walked to her and held her hands.

“You tell him, I am not wrong. You are also with me, Dadi Hukum," as she said, Tejraj looks at her with a frown while Aaravi and Ryan get shocked.

"Why are you not saying anything?! You also know about the plan. You are with me and Samrat, tell him,” Sheetal free her hand from her and step back with tears.

Tejraj couldn't believe it as he looked at Sheetal with a blank face.

Sheetal looks down in guilt, making Ryan let out a mocking chuckle.

Aaravi stares at her brother with a soft look in her eyes.

“What a love, Mrs. Rathore! So much for being your lovely grandson, isn't it? Thank God, I have got my family instead of you. It's good my Mumma left your house. How can someone be so selfish…" he gritted out, looking at Sheetal without any emotions in his face.

“I am so sorry, Ryan…I regre-"

"Keep you sorry and regret with yourself and just leave me and my family alone. Forget you had a daughter and grandson,” he declared, making Sheetal look at him while silently crying.

He turns away and walks to Aaruhi who is lying on the bed, unconscious.

He caress her cheek and kiss her forehead softly,

“I am so sorry, Ruhi," he murmured in a low voice, regretting coming here.

“She is fine, Mr. Roy. She fainted due to panic. There is nothing to worry," Ryan nodded at the doctor.

After the doctor left, he turned to Aaruhi who was sleeping due to the medicine. She got her consciousness back a few minutes again but she started panicking as soon as she opened her eyes and cried in his arms.

“Abhi, is everything ready?" After a while he asked him.

Abhi nodded slowly.

“Cars are ready," he informed.

"Make sure, they get severe punishment for their deeds. I don't want to see them again in my life,” he said with clenched teeth.

“Rest assured, Bhai. I will make sure they experience hell on Earth,"

Setting her hair properly, Ryan cups her face and kisses her forehead softly,

"We are finally going back to our home, Jaan…Are you excited to meet everyone?" He softly asks, giving a smile to her.

Aaruhi nodded and hugged him, placing her face on his chest. He also wraps his arms around her and caresses her hair.

They stay like this for while when Ryan said,

“Let me bring your dress, so you can get ready, hmm…"

He slowly pulls back as she unwraps her arms around him. He walked out of the bathroom to get her clothes.

Ryan brings a comfortable green maxi dress and places it on the counter of the washbasin.

He was about to go out so she could get ready but Aaruhi held his wrist.

“Stay please…" she said in a small voice looking at his face.

Looking at her so scared, he nodded.

"I am here…”

She wears her clothes and looks at herself in the mirror, brushing her hair. But her eyes went on the dark red mark on her neck.

Wrapping his arms around her, he leaned on her shoulder and placed his lips on the side of her neck.

“Everything is alright. Don't think about anything," he whispered in a soft love filled voice. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath.

“I have a surprise for you once we reach our home," he said, smiling at her.

She look at him turning her to him and frown,

“Surprise?" He nodded and turned her towards him and perked her lips lightly.

“Come, Abhi and Doll must be waiting for us," saying he took her hand in his and intertwined their fingers together.

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