Prologue

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The Oberoi family were living happily. Anika & Shivaay were the proud parents of a 3 year old baby girl, Nandini. As the first born of her generation, Nandini was the princess of the family & pampered by all. Just 4 months younger to her was Gauri & Om's son and 6 months younger to her was Bhavya & Rudra's son. The three of them were as inseperable as their Dads were.

Then came the fateful day that everything changed.....the day that Kalyani Singh Oberoi died. Shivaay was blamed by the entire family...including his own parents.

"Yeh sab teri vajah se hua hai Shivaay!" Om yelled. "Agar tune Papa ke baat manni hoti aur humare business rivals pe bharosa nahi kiya hota toh aaj Dadi zinda hoti!"

"Om...Singhania's ne kuch nahi kiya." Shivaay replied, tears in his eyes.

"Are you serious Bhaiyya? Aap humare rivals ke saath de rahe hai? Aapne unpe bharosa kiya...unke saath kaam karne ka faisla liya against EVERYONE and kya hua? They cheated us....aur humme bankrupt karke bhaag gaye! Jiski vajah se Dadi ko heart attack hua.....how can you STILL defend them?" Rudra asked.

"Woh sirf business rivals they....koi ciminals nahi. They DID NOT do this." Shivaay repeated. "Maine soch samajh ke hi unke saath partnership kiya tha..."

"Woh toh dikh hi raha hai Shivaay." Shakti spoke up.

"Dad..." Shivaay looked at him emotionally but Shakti just held up his hand.

"Mujhe Dad mat bula.....teri vajah se main apni Ma khoya hai." Shakti said.

"Dad pls....listen to me. I can prove ki koi aur iske liye zimmedar hai...koi aisa jo Oberoi Industries mein kaam karta hai!" Shivaay said.

"Kuch nahi sunna hai humme! Nikal jao iss ghar se Shivaay!" Tej yelled. "Humare Ma ki khooni ke liye iss ghar mein koi jagah nahi hai."

"Khooni?" Shivaay looked shocked. "Bade Papa..."

"Haan khooni! Ma ko heart attack sadme ki vajah se aayi jo sadma unko TERI vajah se hui. Hamari business ko badbaad karne wala TU hai aur Ma ki mauth ki vajah bhi TU hai Shivaay!" 

"BAS!" A voice yelled out through the mansion. Everyone turned to see Anika who had been standing there silently until then. Her eyes were now red with anger and fury. "BOHOT HUA! KABSE SUN RAHI SAB BOLE JAA RAHE BOLE JAA RAHE! MAIN KUCH KEH NAHI RAHI HOON ISKA MATLAB YEH NAHI KE MERE PATI KO SAB KUCH BHI BOLEGA!"

"Di....Jiju se galati toh hua hai na phir aap-"

"BOLA NA BAS!" Anika yelled at her sister, Gauri. 

"Bhabhi pls...aap pls beech mein mat pariye." Om said, softening his voice with respect. "Aapko paata bhi nahi hai ki kya hua hai aur-"

"MUJHE PAATA KARNA BHI NAHI HAI OM! Main bas itna jaanti hoon ke Shivaay HUMESHA iss ghar ki, iss parivaar ki bhalaye ke baare mein sochte hai. Woh duniya mein sabse zyada apne parivaar se pyar karte hai aur aaj wohi parivaar unhe dosh de rahe hai?" Anika questioned. "Main nahi jaanti ki yeh sab kaise hua...kisne kiya....lekin agar Shivaay bol rahe hai ki Singhania's iske piche nahi hai toh phir WOHI sach hai! Yeh mat bhooliye ki Shivaay woh insaan hai jisne Oberoi Industries ko unchaiyan tak pauchaya!"

"Anika....don't." Shivaay held her arm to stop her from yelling. "Koi faida nahi hai...inn sab ne faisla le liya hai. Thik hai...agar sabko lagta hai ki main hi galat hoon then fine. I will leave."

Shivaay turned and walked to his room. Anika looked back at the family who didnt even move to stop him. She looked at Pinky who was silently crying.

"Mujhe aaj tak laga....ke aap chahiye jaise bhi ho....aap apne bete se bohot pyar karti hai. Aaj paata chala...ki woh pyaar bhi jhooti hai." Anika taunted. Pinky looked up at her and shook her head crying. "Sach toh bahar aa hi jayega lekin main aaj vaada karti hoon ke mera pati iss parivaar ke paas phir kabhi vapas nahi ayega!"

"Di aap kahan-" Gauri held her arm which Anika jerked away. 

"Main apne Pati ke saath jaa rahi hoon. Haath choriye...Mrs Gauri Singh Oberoi." Anika said angrily.

"Bhabhi....aapko toh kisine kuch nahi bola na." Bhavya spoke up.

"Toh uska intezaar karne chahiye mujhe?" Anika scoffed. "Aaj inhone apne khud ke bete ko ghar se nikala....kal ko mujhe aur humari beti ko bhi nikalenge. Main Shivaay ki patni hoon....woh jahan...main bhi wahan." 

Anika left to pack her things and Khanna also turned to leave.

"Khanna....kaha jaa rahe ho?" Tej asked.

"Sorry Tej sir.....par main Shivaay sir ke saath jaunga." Khanna replied, looking down. "I quit."

Awhile later, Shivaay & Anika came down. Shivaay carrying their daughter and Anika held Sahil's arm as they left Oberoi mansion.

 Shivaay carrying their daughter and Anika held Sahil's arm as they left Oberoi mansion

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Baby Nandini

3 yrs old Nandini

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3 yrs old Nandini

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About a week after Shivaay & Anika left, there was a knock on the door. Jhanvi opened the door & the police were standing infront of them with the manager of their company handcuffed.

"Sharmaji?" Jhanvi asked in shock. She had known the man since she married into the family. "Inspector...yeh sab kya hai?"

"Ma'am....yehi woh insaan hai jisne aapke company se woh saare paise churaya tha." The police told them. "And he framed the Singhania family lekin humme paata chala ke woh log London mein hai and have no hand in all this....they didnt even know what had happened par jaise unko paata chala, they offered to help you out."

"What?" Tej asked. "Singhania....matlab Mahesh Singhania?"

"Ji."

"Sharma.....kyun?" Shakti asked the manager.

"Kyunki mujhe zindagi bhaar sirf ek manager ban ke nahi rehna tha! I worked years for this company lekin I have never gotten what I deserve!"

"Toh you should have spoke to us! HOW DARE YOU BETRAY US LIKE THIS?" Tej yelled. "TUMHARE ISS DHOKHE KE VAJAH SE HUMARA PARIVAAR TOOT GAYA!"

"Sharmaji ki vajah se nahi Dad." Om spoke up. "Humari galati ke vajah se. Bhabhi was right.....jo Oberoi Industries ka face tha...jiski vajah se company itna successful tha, humne uss insaan pe hi bharosa nahi kiya. Maine....Maine apne bhai ka dil thoda hai. Paata nahi....Shivaay kabhi humme maaf kar payega ki nahi."

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