Another chance!

Rock Bottom

Everything happened so fast, Shivaay reaching his room and smashing his face. Then the cops. Shivaay denial to the cops for sending the links to them. Everything happened so fast, But Anika stayed at her room in the astonishing state. She got many calls from everyone from her office but she wasn't ready to take any of it. Her cameraman, Dops, Assistant, Everyone wanted to see her but she denied meeting anyone of them.

Ally was her good friend compared to others. But when he started to take over advantage like squeezing her shoulders whenever she was in tension and his completely different behavior to her forced her to keep the distance from him. She respected him professionally but when it comes to her personal life, He was always outside the gate.

When she shared her doubt with shivaay, He laughed in an instant and ask her to chill. But her ignorance and her underestimation lead to this. Her heartbeat stopped when she saw herself standing there naked under the shower. Her vision got blank and her brain died for a few minutes. Still, her brain wasn't working.

"Ani. I talked to the cops. David hacked the website and his account. His laptops and every gadget including his email id and everything are in our control." - He said kneeling to her. But she was still in shock. Her lips parted away and She almost forgets to blink. But she didn't cry.

"Ani. Don't scare me. Look at me." - He asked while raising her chin. She looked at him.

"Nothing happened. It's just for a few minutes in the internet. Now check the link. It won't be there."- He blabbered. She glanced his face for a second. His eyes were swollen, His forehead was red and his hands which were grabbing her palms were like ice. Very cold. It was clear that shivaay was in trouble more than her. But there were no words left for him.

"Ani. You trust me, Right. Nothing will happen. You said this, Remember. Nothing will happen to us Until we are together." - He said and pulled her to his chest in an instant. His words hardly reached her ears.

"I. Want. To. Go." - She spoke when he hugged her. He broke the hug in an instant.

"Where?" - He asked her while cupping her face.

"Home." - She said looking at his eyes straight which provokes the tears. He remained stagnated seeing her tears. She completely lost her confidence, Even he convinces her to face this, She won't be able to do that. He hugged her back. He patted her back when he felt his warm tears in her back.

"We will go home. Don't cry everything is in our control." - He tried to console her even he was too weak like her.

When Anika told him about Ally, He didn't take it seriously because the ninty percentage of boys takes advantage of a girl when they smile a little and share any of her personal information with her. Some of them misguided that they will feel comfortable in that way. But that's not the truth, A girl feels comfortable with any guy only when he yearns at least a point of trust. Smiling at them or Sharing any of her personal information doesn't mean she trusts them. When their adjustment reached her saturation level. She will show some reaction by ignoring or blocking you. It doesn't mean, She dumbed you. She was adjusting for the whole day and everything has an end. Likewise, Even Anika didn't show her discomfort in her behavior, She started to ignore. Didn't take his calls, Or messages until it's related to work. That ignorance hurt his ego which led to this action.

Shivaay took her to his hotel where he kept his luggage nearer to the airport. She didn't speak a word throughout the travel. She reached his room, Before she could move inside, He went inside and checked. Anika noticed that but didn't speak anything. She sat in the bed and looking at the giant glass window adjacent to the bed. Everything looked like a miniature version. But she didn't get amazed. He sat next to her in the bed.

"Baby. Look at me." - He held her palm and take it in his lap.

"Now you're here, You managed almost everything. But what would happened to me when you didn't visit here and stayed in Delhi." - She asked him. Her tone was very tired. But her words had a strong meaning to it. He wanted her to speak it out, But when he heard those words from her, He just imagines her situation. He placed the camera in the bathroom before shivaay arrives. Anything might have happened. He might have even crossed his limits. That mere imagination choked him breathe.

He pulled to his lap and made her head rest in his lap. She didn't resist completely went to his control.

"Nothing will be the same as before. Within a second, Everything trashed down." - She spelled. Tears crossed her eyes and reached his lap. Tears crossed his eyes because of a helpless state.

"Everything ended. That too, In a bad note." - She said. He remained silent even he wanted to argue with her for speaking those heavy words.

"Sleep." - He said kissing her forehead. An hour after she dozed off. A confirmation message of their tickets to Delhi beeped in his phone. He had no idea, Whether he was doing everything right or not, But he was doing everything for her.

Anika ignored her calls even from her friends. But shivaay spoke to them and cleared the situation to them. He told everything to bhavya whose blood boiled when she heard the news. But she felt helpless. Shivaay asked her not to say anything to her father. She agreed to keep his health condition in his mind. He also told her that they are coming back to Delhi.

"Shall we go?" - He asked her to take their suitcases the next day. Anika took her suitcase and made the way. She wanted to stay silent. Shivaay respected that but he even can't see her in that state of mind. Anika refused to meet her colleagues who were waiting for her in the airport, Even for that, Shivaay didn't say anything. They boarded a straight flight from Seoul to Delhi. 13 hours long flight, Which went in pin-drop silent. They reached Delhi in midnight at 2 am.

"Let's go to our place, Directly. Uncle didn't know you're arriving. We will go in the morning." - Shivaay suggested.

"No. Please. Take me to my home."- Anika insisted.

He had no idea what was going inside her head but she's disturbed. He was sure about that. Her friends were waiting for her in his house but she didn't go there. He understood and take her to her house. They boarded a taxi and reached her house in the next thirty minutes.

When he took his suitcases outside, She stopped him and asked him to leave. This time, He was confirmed. Something going inside her mind which letting her ignoring him. She didn't speak a word. But Answered his question.

"Anika. Why are you ignoring me?" - He asked her while holding her wrist. When she raised her head and faced him, He released his grip.

"I am not ignoring you. Even everything is in our control, I am disturbed. I needed some time to digest everything. Many questions are raising in my mind one by one. I have no answer for it. Please leave me at my phase for some time. Please." - She said and moved ahead. Bhavya who noticed them from her window rushed downstairs and opened the door for her. Anika didn't smile but gave her a warm hug.

"I have cleaned our room for you." - Bhavya said.

"Papa." - She asked.

"Sleeping, Shall I wake him up?" - Bhavya asked her.

"No. I will meet him tomorrow." - Anika said and entered the house. But shivaay remained in the same place outside the gate. When his eyes match with Bhavya, He smiled. She smiled back. He waited till anika reach her room and wave him from her window. But that didn't happen. He got into the taxi and left with disappointment.

"You fine." - Bhavya message as soon as he left.

"Yeah, I guess. Take care of your sister." - He replied.

When bhavya reached her room, Anika already sleeping while cuddling the pillow next to her. She didn't wake her up but rested next to her and took the pillow from her grip and cuddled her sister like she usually does whenever she feels low.

"I missed this." - Anika whispered while closing her.

"You came back. Everything will get okay. see." - Bhavya said and hugged her tightly.

"I know, Everything will get okay but not normal." - Anika whispered, Bhavya was stuck, and also it was not the correct time to ask her about everything.

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