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CHAPTER 71
OBEROI MANSION
Omkara is stunned when Ishana hugs him suddenly… He just stands controlling his feelings…
Ishu: (cries) I’m sorry… I hurt you a lot by avoiding you… Please don’t distance yourself from me… I can’t stand it… Please…
Om: (without turning to her) You are the one started it first… Do you know how I felt when you avoided me and my touch?? Do you think that I’m taking advantage on you?? (Ishana is shocked with his question and leaves him… Omkara realised she has break the hug and he turns towards her and sees her crying badly… He feels bad looking at her…)
Ishu: How could you say like that?? Will I ever think about you like that?? (Pulls his shirt) Do you know how I felt by avoiding you?? I wanted to hold you, hug you but I can’t… My guilt is stopping myself from doing like that… Your touch will always soothe my pain… I’m scared that my pain will gone and I don’t want that to happen… That’s why I avoided your touch… But, just now after you said that you won’t touch me and come near to me, I can’t stand that… I started to recall whatever you said just now… But, I’m still can’t get rid the guilt from my heart… Your wife’s Gauri’s face always appear in front of me whenever I closed my eyes… That guilt is killing me whenever I see you… But, I can’t stay without seeing you… I can’t stay being far from you… And I’m scared to come near you… I don’t know what to do… (Cries covering her face… Omkara holds her hand but she shoves him off) I’m worrying about this but you thought like that… How could you??
Omkara can’t stand anymore and just hugs her tightly… She too hugs him back… The hug and closeness which they both missed since they got to know the truth…
Om: I’m sorry, Ishana… I promise you that I won’t avoid you anymore… And you too have to promise the same to me… (Breaks the hug and cups her face) Hmm??
Ishu: (nods) Hmm… I won’t avoid you… But, …. (Omkara places his finger on her lips)
Om: Shhhh… I understand… Don’t worry… We will together get rid the guilt from your heart… There are few things saying that you might not done the accident… Maybe it’s true…
Ishu: What if I’m the one did the accident??
Om: I will still be with you, Ishana… I already told you, nothing will change my love for you… I know you love me as much as I love you… But you don’t have to confess it now… You cay say it when you felt to say so… But, our closeness will remain like before… Nothing can change that…
Ishu: (holds his face) Why are you too good??
Om: Not better than you, Ishana… I learned from you… (Ishana hugs him… Omkara thinks…) I know, Ishana… It’s very hard for you to stay away from me… It will be more hard for you if I’m the one distanced myself from you… That’s why I told like that to you… So that you will come to me… I too can’t stay away from you because I used to be close with you… I know that it’s not easy to remove the guilt from your heart… You want to be with me but on the same time you are feeling guilty being with me… But, I will definitely free you from the guilt which becomes burden in your heart… I lost my love once… I will not lost it once again… (Tighten his hug on her)
Ishu: (thinks) I’m sorry, Omkara… I know how much you love me… But, I can’t love you… Not only because of guiltiness for causing your wife’s death… There is another reason too which I’m hiding from everyone these years… I’m not dare enough to tell that truth to you… (Clutches his shirt tightly and cries hugging his chest… They stay like that for a while)
Shivika, RuMya, PriVeer and ArSidMa who realised IshKara didn’t follow them, they came back to the study room and heard their conversation… They smile with tears filled eyes looking at them… They are happy that IshKara are together now even though Ishana didn’t confess her love to Omkara… They leave from there leaving IshKara alone in the room…
Om: (breaks the hug and wipes her tears) You don’t have to cry anymore… (Ishana nods looking at him…)
Ishu: Can you take me with you to the jail tomorrow??
Om: Ishana, we are going to meet that Ashok tomorrow… He might say something to hurt you…
Ishu: (holds his hand) I don’t care about that when you are with me… (Omkara smiles and kisses her forehead)
Om: Ok… I’ll tell Shivaay that you are following us tomorrow… (Ishana nods) Let’s go now…. (They leave from there)
Living Room
Shivika, RuMya, PriVeer and ArSidMa are waiting for IshKara to come… IshKara come there…
Sid: Ishu, can we leave now?? (Ishana nods her head) Ok, guys… We will leave first…
Om: One minute, Siddharth… (Siddharth turns to him) Shivaay, Ishana will be coming with us to meet Ashok in jail tomorrow… (All are shocked)
Shivaay: But, why?? You know right what he did with her?? Then why you want her to come with us…
Ishu: Actually, it was me who told him that I want to come with you… Please take me as well…
Sid: But, Ishu, we worry that you will be disturbed if you see him… He has troubled you a lot…
Ishu: (smiles) I can understand, bhaiya… But, don’t worry… You all are with me, so I won’t fall weak… (Siddharth kisses her forehead and hugs her)
Shivaay: Ok, Ishana… You can come with us tomorrow…
Ishu: Thank you, sir…
Shivaay: Ishana, whatever I said to Madhu just now is applicable for you as well… (Ishana looks at him in confuse) Don’t call me ‘sir’… You can call me bhaiya… (Ishana smiles at him)
Om: (teasingly) It’s quite hard for her, Shivaay… (All look at him in confuse) I told her many time to call me as Omkara, but till now she will address me as ‘Mr Omkara’ or she won’t say my name most of the time…
Shivaay: Stop teasing her, Om… It’s ok, Ishana… If you are not comfortable, then you don’t have to call me like that… No problem…
Ishu: No… No… It’s not like that… I have no problem calling you as bhaiya… I will call you bhaiya… Ok, bhaiya?? (Shivaay smiles and hugs her while others smile looking at them)
Arjun: So, Ishu got new bhaiya… That too the great SSO!! (Does Shivaay’s signature style) So, we have to be careful before teasing her… Or, Shivaay won’t spare us…
Shivaay: Right… Don’t dare to tease her… Ishana, if they tease you, just tell me… I will look after them…
Ishu: (smiles) Ok, bhaiya… You also don’t call me Ishana… You can call me Ishu…
Shivaay: (pats her cheek) Ok, Ishu…
Annika: Haww!! Only Shivaay can call you Ishu?? How about us?? (RuMyaPri make a puppy face)
Ishu: (smiles) You also can call me like that…
Om: Me??
Ishu: No… You cannot call me like that… Just call me Ishana… (Omkara looks at her in surprise while others laugh…)
Sid: Ok, guys… It’s getting late… We are leaving now…
Ranveer: Siddharth, you go back first… I need to talk with Shivaay for a while… (Siddharth nods and leaves with ArIshMa)
Rudra: (yawns) I’m feeling very sleepy… I’ll go and sleep first… Need to wake up early tomorrow… Soumya, let’s go… Good night, everyone… (Leaves to his room with Soumya… Omkara too leaves to his room…)
Shivaay: Ranveer, let’s talk at outside… (Ranveer agrees) Annika, Prinku, you both also come with us… (PriVeer are surprised when Shivaay called Annika…)
Ranveer: Shivaay, Annika??
Shivaay: She knows about it… I told her ready… (PriVeer are shocked while Annika just smiles)
Ranveer: You mean about…. (Shivaay nods) Who else knows about it??
Annika: For now, only me and Jhanvi aunty aware of this… No one else… (They walk outside towards the lawn)
Shivaay: Ranveer, what do you want to talk with me??
Ranveer: About that matter only… I think we have to tell it to Omkara as well… It’s time for him to know about it…
Annika: No, Ranveer… He should know it from Ishana, not from us… Ishana is the one should tell him…
Prinku: Bhabhi is right, Ranveer… Om bhaiya has to listen from Ishana bhabhi’s mouth… It’s her pain and she has to cry to him…
Ranveer: But, how?? Ishu won’t tell him…
Annika: I have an idea… (All look at her… She tells something in mute)
Shivaay: Do you think this will work??
Annika: Yes, Shivaay… Om is matured and he knows how to handle this…
Ranveer: I think Annika is right… You talk to him first… I’m leaving now… Good night… (Leaves from there)
Omkara’s Room
ShivIka knock Omkara’s room door… He opens and surprised to see them… He invites them inside and close the door…
Om: Shivaay, is anything important??
Shivaay: Everything is solved between you and Ishu??
Om: No, Shivaay… She always says she can’t love me… I don’t understand why she is saying like that… If she said she doesn’t love me, I can understand… But, what is the meaning of ‘I can’t love you’?? (ShivIka look each other and understand why Ishana said like that)
Shivaay: Om, you know Ishu won’t say anything without reason… If she is saying like that, there must be a reason which she can’t say…
Om: I know the reason… She is feeling guilty for causing Gauri’s death…
Annika: No, Om… That is one of the reason… There is another reason for her to say like that to you… (Omkara looks at her in surprise)
Om: Another reason?? That means you both aware of it?? (ShivIka nod their heads with tear filled eyes)
Shivaay: Yes, Om… We know the reason but we won’t tell you… You have to know it from her… There is another truth which is hidden from that family…
Annika: That one truth can shatter the whole Raichand family into pieces…
Om: (become tensed) Shivaay, you both are scaring me… Just tell me what is that…
Shivaay: No, Om… You have to know it from Ishana… Promise me, Om… (Extends his hand) Whatever the truth is, you must be with Ishana as her support… Her family is very precious for her… She hides the unbearable pain inside her heart these years only for their happiness… If they break down, Ishana can’t stand it… She will be shattered as well… You must not allow that to happen…
Om: (places his palm on Shivaay’s hand) I promise, Shivaay… Whatever the truth is, I won’t let her and her family to break down… (Shivaay hugs him)
Shivaay: Thank you, Om… (Smiles looking at Annika)
Om: I still love her after knowing she is the reason for Gauri’s death… Nothing can stop me from loving her…
Annika: We never doubt your love, Om… We know how much you love her… But, that truth will be very painful… That’s why we are telling you to know it from her… She refused to accept your love because of that only…
Om: Don’t worry, bhabhi… I will know it from her…
Shivaay: Good… Go and sleep now… We need to go and meet that Ashok tomorrow… Good night…
Om: (nods) Good night… (ShivIka leave to their room… Omkara closed the door) What could be the truth?? Unbearable pain?? Why Shivaay and bhabhi said like that?? What else happened in her life?? She is worrying about my pain but she herself having a lot of pain… No matter what, I won’t leave her and will always be with her… (He goes sleep after a while)
Next Day
As per their plan ShivSid and IshKara leave to meet Ashok in the jail… While RuMya and AniPri go with ArRanRaDuKaKar and SweNiTiMiMa to the accident spot… The Raichand girls are very adamant to follow them as well… The guys can’t refuse them and they agree hesitatingly… Siddharth allowed Swetlana to go after she promised that she will be very careful… Arjun too promised Siddharth that he will take care of Swetlana…
Mumbai Jail
ShivSid and IshKara are waiting for Ashok… Siddharth manage to get permission from the commissioner to meet Ashok… Ashok come after a while… He smirks looking at Ishana… Ishana recalls everything he done to her… The kidnap, the dark room, how he tortured her, how he made her to starve for three days, him trying to molest her and last she got to know he is the reason behind Dev’s death… She shivers a little recalling all that… Omkara realised it and hugs her arm… Ashok who was smirking at Ishana is shocked to see Omkara hugging her… ShivSid look at his expression and turn to see IshKara… They smile looking at them and turn back to him and smirk…
Shivaay: What are you looking, Ashok?? You are confused to see they both are still together… (Ashok stares him) Hey!! Don’t think that I never tell them what you told me… Everyone know about it… Sorry, Ashok… Your plan is backfired…
Sid: Exactly!! You told Ishu behind Gauri’s death to Shivaay to break our relationship… But, that make our relationship growing more stronger only… You wanted to separate both of them… But, still it make them to be more closer… (IshKara look at him who is staring angrily at them… Omkara tightened his grip on her… Ishana smiles looking at him…)
Ashok: Why you all are here now?? Just to show how close they are??
Shivaay: That is one of the reason… But, actually we want to know another truth from you…
Ashok: What truth??
Shivaay: Who told you that Ishana is behind Gauri’s death??
Ashok: I won’t tell you…
Shivaay: Fine… Siddharth, you can ask him in your style… I mean in your police style…
Sid: Sure, Shivaay… Om, take Ishu out from here… She can’t see the violence which will be more worst than that day… (Ashok recalls how they beaten him that day and shivers a little… Siddharth is about to go towards him…)
Ashok: Wait!! I will tell you…
Shivaay: (crossed his arms) Faster tell us…
Ashok: I don’t know who is that man… But, I saw him on the day you all are having party at Raichand Mansion… He was standing outside the mansion as me… I was angry when I saw Ishana happy with Omkara… I wanted to end her happiness and make her mine… I was walking looking at her picture thinking how to end her happiness… That time I collide with that man and my mobile fell down… He took the mobile and surprised to see Ishana’s picture… He asked me about her… I was very angry that time and told him everything… He laughs and told me that both of our enemies are same… Ishana and Omkara… I want to end Ishana’s happiness… He wants to end Omkara’s happiness… He said that I don’t have to end their life to end their happiness… Just end their relationship, that will end their happiness automatically… And he told me about Ishana being the reason for Gauri’s death… That is how I know about it…
Sid: You don’t ask who is he and how he knows about that??
Ashok: I asked him but he said that he is Oberois enemy as well and he knows everything happened with the family… He too wants to destroy the Oberois especially Shivaay Singh Oberoi… So that Omkara will fall apart…
Shivaay: (confused) Who is this new enemy?? Why he wants to destroy my family??
Ashok: I don’t know who is he but he doesn’t look like from here…
Sid: Only this or is there anything else you are hiding??
Ashok: Only this…
Sid: Shivaay, let’s leave from here… We will talk on the way… (Shivaay agrees and leaves with Siddharth… IshKara about to leave but stop hearing Ashok)
Ashok: Om, you are in love with your wife’s murderer??
Om: (turns towards him) Yes… (Hugs Ishana’s arm) What is your problem??
Ashok: Nothing… You can forgive your wife’s murderer and romance with her… But, I’m in jail for murdering her Dev… Ask her to forgive me and take me out from here… I also want some romance… (Looking at Ishana from top to bottom… Omkara get angry and about to say something but Ishana stops him)
Ishu: Don’t be angry… I’ll handle him… (Looking at Ashok) You always having problem seeing our closeness right?? Or should I say jealous?? What did you say that day?? I let him to touch me here and there?? Yes… Because I love his touch and I’m very comfortable with his touch…
Ashok: (gritting his teeth) Don’t you feel shame saying this?? You killed his wife!! Remember it!!
Ishu: You don’t have to worry about that… He too didn’t bother about that… What did you say?? Don’t I feel shame?? No, I don’t feel shame at all… You want to see some more proof… (Turns towards Omkara and winks at him… He understands she is up to something… Ishana holds his face and kisses his right cheek deeply making him stunned…) I… (Kisses his forehead) love… (Kisses his left cheek) you… (Omkara is surprised to hear her confession… Ishana looks at Ashok who is looking at them in shock and smirks at him…)
Omkara understands that she said it to irritate Ashok…
Om: (holds her waist and pulls her closer) I love you too… Let’s go…
Ishu: Wait, Mr Omkara… One more I have to do… (Turns to Ashok) Ashok, watch this too… (Holds Omkara’s face and places her lips on his…)
Precap: Omkara to know about Karthik… Ishana heard a voice… IshKara trapped in forest… The youngsters search for them… Ishana remembers something…