When It rains (Continuing in The new book)

Part 34B

Note : Read the part intently, It has a twist

"I don't need your love to love you back" He slammed those hurtful words, matching with the sound of the soaring waves.
He turned to move out of the place while He felt a tug, someone was gripping his wrist from behind.
"This time, You are leaving me all alone on this beach" Anika uttered in an inaudible tear soaked voice, while holding his hand tight, as if her life depends on that grip.
"not me, but You want me to let you go, am just following your words" He didn't turn around rather, was looking at elsewhere. He gently pulled his hand up from the grip without facing her and walked off with a broken heart.

Anika shut her eyes to control her sobs, She sat on the secluded beach crying out loud in an untold grief.
"Why always me?Why? God.... what have I done to deserve all these? Only You know how much I love him, I want him to hold onto me, I want him to not let me go....like never! I want to hug him tight and slap him hard for believing my words, but I couldn't.....why it happens with me that whenever I try to find my happiness in something or someone, My fate seizes that happiness,filling my heart with only grief and pain. why? I wanted to complete my studies but after coming to Mumbai, since then I couldn't get to fulfill my dreams rather I had to earn my livings forgetting my family and everything. but I would not complain as I have got a brother, his unconditional innocent love is enough to fill my life with happiness again! then He came, I thought to break his trust in order to take a revenge and made our professional relationship venomous, I made him distrust me in every step purposefully!But never tried to measure how hurt He had become. I always knew he was having a soft corner in his heart for me, He had been a changed man, but I broke his dream and made him rude and heartless again! Now again amidst all this mess, as we have been coming close to each other, and I start believing in destiny, Our fate has made us tear apart. We are really not destined to be together Shivaay! I lied to you cause Even this commitment can never happen, I have to go away from you, I have to be a runaway bride. Its not that I don't want this marriage, I want to be caged in your arms, I want to live my life with you only! I want to love you, marry you, I want you to be mine forever but at the same time I don't want you to be trapped in this marriage. I don't want to cheat you again, I dont want my Dadaji and Waakil (advocate) uncle to use this alliance as an favour to our business! I wont let them take any advantage of our Love" She broke down completely,
after some time She held turning her Mehendi clad hand and placed on her lap, Her eyes became puddles, Vision became blurry And after rolling down her cheeks Few drops fell on her palm. "You are mine Shivaay but I can't be yours"
She couldn't help but let a sharp sob out, "Why I came across Dadaji's room today morning in order to find Shivaay there? why did I hear all thei...their conspiracy against the Oberois, and treating this alliance as a setup for their profit, I was wrong to think Advocate uncle to be on my side, I was wrong to think Shivaay wrong and a hindrance. I indulged everyone even my friends also in my lame plan to destroy him. by doing that, I was just helping my Dadaji to make his plan successful. He never thought the Oberois to be his friends but Arch Rival. but This time, I have to do something, I cant make another business loss for the Oberois again, I have to run away from this marriage, I don't care if It will break his heart, as I can't break him. Because I love him, Yes I love him....I love Shivaay" She screamed, staring at the destructive waves !
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Earlier on that morning,

Anika left the Mehendi place, and paced up as She couldn't bear other relative's persuasion to enjoy the ritual forcibly, She needed to meet Shivaay and talked to him about their marriage that She always wanted to stay independent even after her marriage, She would not compromise with her liberty, But a little eavesdrop changed everything that She had planned to say to The man, She was going to tie knot with.
She was crossing her Dadaji's cottage when She thought to ask her Dadaji if he had an idea about Shivaay's whereabout, Maybe She could have found him there. With anticipation She was going to knock on the cottage door when She heard some discussion had been going on inside, Her. Dadaji uttered the name 'Shivaay' a several times.
Out of curiosity She peeped inside stealthily through the open window, as curtains were On, No one felt her presence. She found her Dadaji and Advocate uncle busy in some confidential meeting, As She eavesdropped,
"Sir, I have been advocating for Mittals since the last 20 years, I know my duty well,You don't need to worry about Anu, She won't be harmed with this plan, If you want You can make her return to your Place! Even This alliance happened without her opinion She must not be wanting to continue with this nuptial" Advocate Singhania smirked.
"what do you think Singhania? I'd make her come back to my house again? No Singhania, It was because of her, I lost my son in that accident, He and my Bahu were in the car, They were coming from the Zuhu after buying Their daughter's favorite Gold fishes, for giving her a surprise on her 11th birthday! You know When police informed us about their accident, I could feel my heart had stopped beating, I had an attack also. Poilce had said to me that My son was still holding that broken fishbowl even while breathing his last, They had to separate those blood stained glass pieces from his hold. I can never forget that day, I love my Anu, She was his dad's lil mermaid but Whenever I see her face, I get reminded of my Rajesh and Anamika bahu. I cant forgive Anu. Only if They could have stopped pampering her and ignored her constant nagging to have a jar full Gold fishes, That accident could have been avoided" He took a pause, then with a cold voice and a stern face spoke, "I knew that Shivaay and Anika have been knowing each other, They share a bitter relation between them, neither been Friends nor the foes they are, and I confirmed it after listening to Om, He had come to me asking for his brother, I told him half of the story and He melted knowing about Anika, When He proposed me this alliance, I got some hopes, Oberois are my friends but then Because of their growth in yearly turnovers, We have been facing a trouble to make profit in our space. Since Shivaay became the MD, their graph of Sales has progressed a lot, intrinsic value of Share has increased, And Here I have been going through loads of difficulties in my business, I had a lot of stakeholders to pay the Return on investments. That's why I went for that deal, but because of My that stupid granddaughter's interference, We could not make it that time, All she wanted to take revenge, and that plan of ours backfired, Now this time I dont want to lose this tender, Oberois have to deal with us in that agreed quotation, I know it's gonna be a huge loss as The value of the tender has changed. Okay for that I will thank my Granddaughter, She unknowingly helped her Dadaji in this case. but I don't care if after suffering from this huge loss, Oberois throw her out of their house. I just know Mittals just have to turn back." There was no emotion in his eyes.
Anika stood there lifelessly as She still couldn't believe her ears. She too missed her parents and always tried to find them in her Dadaji's affection. So all those were fake. He never loved her and now was trying to take this big step. That's why He had been showing no problem with all those announcement that Shivaay made. He had no problem with this marriage as It would have been helpful for enriching the Mittal group of companies. But How could She let him be successful in doing so? She wanted to give it back to Shivaay for What he had done to Suresh in the past. but It was something else! She would never help her Dadaji in this case, And She knew how to make a big chop of his plan.