The celebration is going on in full swing. Some family members were dancing on the song playing in background while some eating food. Few ladies were doing their job which is to gossip about anything to everything.

Ranveer came back after disconnecting his friend's call. He goes to where his family is dancing. His brows twitch in confusion on not finding Ishika on dance floor with Gautam. As before answering the call, he left her here on dance floor. He looks around the hall to see her. But he didn't find her anywhere. he pulled Gautam towards him.

"Where is Ishika?" Ranveer asked Gautam, his eyes searching his wife.

"She had gone out to attend a call." Gautam said and again start moving towards the dance floor when Ranveer pull him back and asked him to call her for dinner. Gautam whined but one glare from Ranveer and he ran from there as his pant is on fire.

On other side, Ishika cut the call looking at the suspicious shadow of a person who immediately run away from behind the pillar as he saw himself getting caught. Ishika run in that direction, but before she could follow him further Gautam caught her hand and pull her with him back to the hall where his family was sitting for dinner.

Ishika walks up to the table and sat beside Ranveer leaving other vacant chairs, who look surprised but didn't say anything. Ishika bends her body towards Ranveer and whisper near his ear so that only he can hear,

"Meet me on the terrace after dinner." Ishika whisper and look at everyone who look away immediately, smiling she start eating her food.

Ranveer look at Ishika for few seconds and smile in content that finally his Ishika has said something to him. He didn't let the waiter put food in his plate as he start eating from Ishika's plate, who look down in embarrassment as everyone started hooting looking at them. She glared at him, but he shrugs it as if it was a normal thing to do and forward a spoonful of rice near her lips and ask her to open her mouth.

Looking down from the terrace a beautiful view of golden lights everywhere, that illuminates the darkness that surrounds this serene space. Looking at everything, she saw a black van speeding up from the side gate, she didn't find it important, because her attention was more towards the heavy feeling that pressed tightly on her chest, she tried to push that feeling away. She patted her chest lightly.

With a long sigh she looks at the half moon, which is not visible due to the foggy weather. She looks at the time in her phone as it is too late, she is been waiting for Ranveer for more than half an hour now.

Something doesn't feel good to her.

She dialed Ranveer call which straightway kept on ringing. She rose her brows in confusion and typed a message asking him where is he? But the reply never came. She called him several times, to which there was no answer.

She run towards stairs where she saw Gautam running towards her looking frantic, as he said;

"Ishika, Ranveer is nowhere to find." Gautam panicked.

"What? He was downstairs some time ago." Ishika said

"He was but he isn't now... He said that he will go to washroom since he was not feeling well." Gautam mumbled looking at Ishika.

"Not well? He was completely fine just now. Leave it you look after him in the washroom." Ishika asked running downstairs.

"I search him everywhere possible, but he isn't anywhere. I have been calling him from past half an hour, but he isn't picking his call." Gautam said making Ishika stop in her steps as she frantically dials Ranveer number on repeat. But as again the phone keeps on ringing but didn't get picked once.

For next fifteen minutes they both again search him everywhere but didn't find him anywhere. Ishika is on the verge of crying when her phone ring disturbing both of them. Ishika checked her phone and nodded her head towards Gautam who side hug her and ask her to pick the call.

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The screen displayed. Ishika was sure once this stupid man picks her call, she will for sure give him an earful for giving both of them a mini heart attack.

She sighed and pick her call,

"Where are you Ranveer?" much to her disappointment her voice came out soft, or more like desperate.

"Ranveer?" she mumbled again worry lacing her voice, when she didn't get any answer from other side.

"I am telling you Ranveer, if you didn't say anything I will chop you with my own hands, also I will not let you come near me for a month." Ishika voiced out in urgency; Gautam chuckled hearing his sister-in-law snarky comment to his brother.

"HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!" after few second Ishika heard ugly laugh of a person she didn't want to hear. She closed her eyes tightly as her subconscious mocking her for the wrong doing.

If only she would have been more alert this wouldn't have happened.

If only she was with Ranveer all the time.

Many what if ran through her mind but she has no answer for any of them.

"What are you doing with Ranveer's phone?" Ishika asked more like yelled at the person on phone, Gautam brow's rose with red alarm.

"Oh, my sweet little granddaughter got angry not finding her husband tailing behind her?" the person on line said and laugh at the end making Ishika gritting her teeth hard.

"WHERE. IS. MY. Ranveer?" Ishika asked fisting her hand tightly.

"You want Ranveer, come and get him.... But remember don't out smart me. You call yourself a lioness right. So, show me and come alone just like a queen you think of yourself. (hahaha)... you don't want this kid to die right. So come alone and I dare you to call anyone. You have only twenty minutes to reach here. ......tch tch hope you save this kid.........tick tock, Time is ticking Ishika. See you soon baby." The person taunt and cut the call after giving Ishika the location.

Ishika huffs in anger, she feels guilt building up in her body, she took few deep breathes controlling her raging breathes, Gautam approached her and asked who was on the line.

"Gautam, I don't have time to say anything. I have to save Ranveer. Just call Leo he will do everything." Ishika mumbled running out of the venue towards parking area. She snatches car keys from Gautam, who fumbled on his place, he called Ishika but when Ishika didn't reply he call Leo and said what Ishika asked him to do and run towards the bodyguards car and followed Ishika's live location.

Ishika drove her car in full speed breaking all the red lights, the location that person gave her was almost forty minutes away from the venue but with full speed of car she covers the distance is mere twenty minutes.

She finds herself in middle of nowhere, deep and long trees and shrubs surrounding her. She come out of her car and ran inside the small dingy place which stood in between this area. The place stinks so bad, but don't minding anything Ishika run inside the place.

Once she walks inside, she elbowed the person who came near her from behind, few more men come fighting with her, in no minutes all four men were lying on floor wincing in pain.

"If I were you, I won't do that." Shrill voice from front came making Ishika wince at the pitch of voice. Ishika walks forward and sat down on the chair placed in front of tied Ranveer, who have many bruises here and there on his face, blood coming out from his nose, his clothes shredded from everywhere. He was slipping in and out from unconscious. Ishika clenches her jaw looking at her lover looking horribly painful.

Ishika's heart burn looking at Ranveer bruised, the powerful aura he spit every time was not there, he looks .... tired.

"i..shi..ka" Ranveer whispered ever so softly feeling her presence near him.

Ishika bit her tongue hard, trying to hold back from showing any emotion towards the worthless woman who happens to be her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Irawati Sharma. A woman who is smart enough for her age; Where she should have gone to the religious place, still she is planning to kill people, snatching their money.

Ishika cannot get weak at this point of time. She has to be strong for him, for her, for her family. She took a deep breathe to start her show, the same show which this old lady wants, just like a queen, Ishika is.

She will end this game all for one.

This lady has already caused her immense problems but all were directed towards her so Ishika didn't mind much, but this time this lady hurt her Ranveer, and God forbid Ishika will destroy her whole universe.

"Ahh! I see, you didn't even glance at this boy here. Huh! Oh, you don't love him, I know right. I was telling him, that you don't care about him, but he didn't even listen to me once, so I have to do something for my fun." Irawati said in her high pitch voice making Ishika cringer involuntary.

"What do you want?" Ishika said ignoring the ugly comment looking dead in Irawati's eyes who smirk in return.

"EVERYTHING! I want everything which belongs to you. Money. Fame. Status. Family. Even your this good for nothing husband." Irawati said pointing at Ranveer in end who snort in return.

Ishika sat comfortably on the chair, folding her one hand and putting her other hand for support on first one as she acts as if she was thinking something deeply by cupping her chin, tapping continuously her left cheek.

"hahahaha" Ishika laughed after few minutes of her act, Irawati looks at her twitching her lips in annoyance.

"Why do you think I will do that?" Ishika asked smirking.

"Oh, baby you will." Irawati snarl, making Ishika snort in response.

"You don't want this kid to live?" Irawati screeched; Ishika shrugs her shoulder. Irawati stood up from her seat and jerk Ranveer hairs in tight grip, who yelled in pain. Ishika fists her hand controlling her anger.

Please Ran for few minutes. I will protect you. Ishika said in her mind blinking her eyes and look and Irawati.

"don't you think grandmother it's been long we have a talk?" Ishika asked changing the topic trying to get her away from Ranveer. Irawati makes a face and nodded her head, leaving her tight grip from Ranveer's hair she sits down on her chair. Ishika sigh discreetly.

"Nah! I change my mind; I don't want to talk to you." Irawati said and clap her hands, few men come from covers,

"Kill him." Irawati ordered them but the men didn't budge from her place. Irawati yelled at them to do what she said but they didn't listen to her. In fact, they went forward to untie Ranveer and gave him some water to drink.

"hahahahahahhahha!" Ishika laughs out loud looking at old lady who doesn't understand single thing.

"They won't do anything you say, because they are my men. Your men are already dead." Ishika said getting bored already and chuckle looking at horror-stricken face of Irawati.

"How can you be so dumb Irawati; how did you think I will fall in your trap. Well news flashes, you are under my trap. I know everything you are doing. You exactly did what I want you to do not the other way around." Ishika said and stood up from her chair.

"If someone from outside see us they for sure will think, how evil of granddaughter I am, ready to kill my own grandmother. But if only they knew its other way around." Ishika said with a pout in end. Ranveer drink water provided by men with a lot of hesitancy and almost controlling himself from moaning in pain, since he was berated very hardly with everything one can think off. Not to forget he was drugged.

"What do you mean Ishika?" Irawati sounded strained, faking confident completely.

"From where do I start then?" Ishika asked as she bends a little with the support of Irawati chairs as she was behind her chair.

"wh..at?" Irawati fumbled feeling the gun tip running from her forehead to the right cheek to her neck.

"What should I call you my lovely grandmother, Mrs. Irawati Sharma or Irawati Singh." Ishika asked making Irawati shock in her place.

"You know Irawati, you were playing your game really good, but you know what they say, however good a student become but he can never beat his teacher. And same goes for you, your whole game was well planned but what you don't know.... I am the master planner of this game." Ishika said pulling Irawati's hair just like how she pulled Ranveer hair. Old lady yelled in pain.

"How can you say this Ishika, how you forgot what your husband did? I -" Irawati uttered trying to play her game, Ishika shook her head as she releases the old lady.

"Tch. Tch. Irawati. Irawati. Time has finally come where I have to tell you everything, so hear it carefully. I won't repeat myself." Ishika said with a shrug.

"Irawati sha, a girl of mere fifteen years of age was set to get married to man who is quite older than her, a poor farmer. Everything was good for few months when she got to know that her best friend who is also her uncle's daughter got married to Mahendra Sharma who is also belong too farmer family but didn't follow the footsteps of his father. He came to city and build up his empire from scratch, though it took him many years, but why you care. Their business was flouring when due to sudden death in their family they have to return to village, where Irawati saw her friend wearing not so expensive clothes, looking beautiful, which didn't sit well with her. Irawati got jealous of her own friend."

"From that day Irawati started planning everything and in not more than next few years she killed her own husband with whom she had only one boy, then her best friend who have two boys of the same age of her son and forced her marriage with Mahendra Singh. Who in family pressure got married to her. Though Irawati didn't take her only son with her."

"Irawati start seducing her own husband in hope that if she gave him a boy baby then everything he earned will come to her. She tried getting close to her new husband but he never glance at her way. So, one day she drugged him to get herself a heir but alas nothing work as she planned because she after nine month she give birth to a girl who happen to be the same girl who died due to cancer but as Irawati tried playing dirty she blamed the death of her daughter to mere kid; and soon because of over drugging continuously she again killed her husband in hope she will get whole property."

"But again, it's seeming luck was not in her favor, everything was signed under first grand daughter's name, that is . So, she tried everything from snatching my family from me, sending me away, trying many accidents in hope that I will get killed, pulling down my reputation.... but nothing works." Ishika huffs.

"that's when Rudra entered into picture. You think I don't know, who Rudra is? Hahahahahha. God. I know everything. From the start I know the true identity of Rudra and what he was doing behind my back. Oh yeah, I also know everything about Ranveer." Ishika uttered, lying in last sentence ever so smoothly with a chuckle as Ranveer snap his neck towards her in shock.

"From threating and kidnapping guys to becoming my groom. I know all from a very long time......hmm I am forgetting something." Ishika said narrowing her eyes at Irawati who sat shocked with the revelation of her whole life, whereas Ranveer feel hurt building inside his chest, because he mistook Ishika's word. Ranveer didn't catch the lie in her statement as it was hard for him to stand at his place.

Feeling a gaze on herself Ishika turns her head to look at Ranveer, whose eyes swirl with every emotion, importantly with hurt. Ishika shook her head, pleading from her eyes.

"Yeah, your useless, grandson. How can I forget him." Ishika mumbled tap her head, Ranveer brows rose in confusion, as to why Ishika will say her own brother useless whom she loves so much.

"Who are you talking about?" Irawati fumbled looking horrific.

"Oh, you forget so soon your only grandson. Sad! I will tell him don't worry. Where was I? yeah, your grandson, ." This confession of Ishika can make anyone shit in their pants because no one can see this coming. A gasp left out Ranveer mouth hearing this. No can really see this coming, this is the greatest revelation till now.

"You really did think you will send him to me with all the cooked-up story and see the irony I made you both believe that I trust him. Now I see why you need money so much, after all you also know that your useless grandson doesn't have any capability to earn ten rupees, let alone millions and yet have dreams of becoming next superstar. Halwaa hai kya!" Ishika said with a huff.

"That useless sperm really got gut, after all he approached me and act all lovey dovey, thinking all those times make me cringe now, only I know how I handled him that time; he even went to getting married to me, I really thanks Ranveer for this, that he kidnapped him in between otherwise I have to do some other thing which I am not on planning to do." Ishika said shooing her head thinking of Rudra act.

"ENOUGH!!!!!!! You speak too much for your age Ishika." Irawati roared in anger and fired her gun towards Ishika, who was thrown away with a push as the bullet touch pierced through his chest, Ishika turns around in jerk as she heard a loud gasp.

Everything stops around her. As she stood there, she felt it. That weird burning coursing through her veins. She saw her soul leaving her body, she feel like she can't breathe anymore; She saw Ranveer lying down blood oozing out from his body, everything came running to her in slow motion but her feet seems to glued to her place, she didn't heard the commotion running in front of her she stood completely still; when again gun was fired towards Ranveer abdomen, Ishika jerk and shoot Irawati direct in her head who fall down and died on the place.

Ishika run towards Ranveer pulling his face on her lap, she yelled for the guard to pick him,

"You stay awake do you hear me! Don't you dare close your eyes! Please come on!" Ishika mumbled running towards the car with Ranveer in arms of bodyguards. The guard drove the car in full speed, as Ranveer head was in my lap, tears running down Ishika's eyes,

"ish..ika.. do..nt.. cr..y." Ranveer whispered with a small smile looking at his Ishika, capturing her beauty in the depth of his heart.

"No! no! you can't do this, Ran please don't do this." Ishika yelled patting his face who kept on looking at Ishika with droopy eyes and a small smile on his face. Ranveer heard Ishika yelling at him to open his eyes, yelling at bodyguards to drive fast, as he closed his to sleep in arm of his lover, his Ishika. He will for sure get a beautiful sleep this time.

For last time Ranveer stroked Ishika's tear-stricken face, her eyes met his, and he tried his hardest to remember them, because he knew somewhere after today, maybe he would never see her again. He wants to fight for her, but his body is not listening to his mind. His mind is yelling at him to wake up and comfort his Ishika, wipe away her tears but his body was not in mood of anything, as his closed shut, his breathing hardly.