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Prologue

Naira                                                                      

I was so excited to tell Kartik that soon we were going to become parents. There was no bound to my happiness. I still remember the moment when the doctor told me that all my results were positive and I am pregnant. I was sure that Kartik would go insane with happiness when he gets to know the good news, I thought while caressing my stomach. My hand was protectively wrapped around my stomach.

I felt a presence and turn around to see that it was my Kartik. "Kartik, how dare you scare me? You know I have a piece of good news for you." I pass him a shy smile and hop towards him. I noticed that Kartik was wet and soon brought him inside the room. I made Kartik sit on the bed and used the pallu of my saree to wipe out the water from his forehead. 

"Why did you go out in the rain? Are you a child? You know we are ex-"I was cut off by the look Kartik gave me. He had a gloomy expression and soon he wrapped his hand around my waist and started to cry. 

"Shh, shh. What happened Kartik? Please tell me." I kneel and look him straight in the eyes. "You are scaring me. Please say something." I slowly brought my forehead near his and pulled him in a hug while Katik was pouring out his eyes. 

"Naira you, you do know that I love you a lot. You are my life. You are my heartbeat." I know that Kartik, what was he trying to prove by this. I nod at his statement. "Words, Naira."

"Yes, Kartik. I love you a lot, more than anything in this world." I confessed while running my hand through his disheveled hair. 

"Did something happen between you and Mihir in the hotel room?" Kartik asked me. I was shocked to my core that my Kartik, my husband has asked such a question. How could he? Didn't he trust me at all? Kartik can't ask me such a question, I am sure of it. I must have heard something wrong. 

"What did you say? I might have heard something else. Please, repeat it." I begged Kartik to repeat his words and he was looking down at the floor. Please, Goddess Ganga, don't let my fear come true. 

"Did something happen between you and Mihir in the hotel room?" My body became limp and my hands which were cupping Kartik's cheek fell down. My hand forms a fist and I looked at Kartik with rage-filled in my eyes. 

"I am sorry, Naira. I should have not asked this question. Had I not asked this question, I would have not been able to live? Please, once say that nothing has happened between you and Mihir. I won't trust anyone else, not Mitali (Mihir's fiance). Please, answer me Naira." I move backward and Kartik tried to hold me back but I slap his hands away. Kartik's words were ringing in my ears and I was not sure what was happening in the room. Everything else fades out and I turned to leave the room. My mind recalled how I met Kartik and all the things that had happened in our lives. 

 I took my car and the irony was that it had a love keychain that had Kaira printed on it while my hand runs over the word. Kaira is over, I thought to myself, as the question Kartik asked me goes back in my mind. While driving, I completely break down and I am astounded that I did not cry in front of Kartik. 

"Kartik! Why? Kartik, Why? How could you?" I shout and cry a lot. Why did he ask such a question? We both used to trust each other a lot, then why? I don't know where I am going. I started to recall all the moments I had with Kartik. 

A truck suddenly came in front of me and I tried to pull the brakes but it was like that they were jammed or the destiny didn't want me to live. My hand moved towards my stomach and I realized that I had to survive for my child. My eyes were becoming heavy and I dint want to give in but soon welcomed the darkness. My lost though was to Goddess Ganga, "please keep my child and husband save."

Naira thought that the brakes were jammed but the truth was far away from it. Somebody had deliberately failed the brakes of the car. 

         Unknown

"Boss, Naira Goenka is dead. It will appear to all that the car was hit by a truck and the driver was drunk, no one would know that it was a planned murder." A laugh was clearly heard from the other side of the phone. 

"Very good. I have transferred money in your account and now leave the city for a few days." The man was very happy that he had finally pleased his boss while watching the car burn. The man's eyes were filled with glee. 

A/N: I hope that you like the prologue. Please feel free to comment on any mistakes that you might find out. So, do you have any idea who might be the person that had failed the breaks of the car? Who wants to kill Naira and why? 

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