Shattered to Be His

24| Deeply in love.

"She loves him more than she'll ever know

He loves her more than he'll ever show"

Arsh moves ahead, sharply and swiftly firing on Ivaan's men coming in his sight, his eyes desperately searching for Tara, not even caring about his own life in between this deadly gun firing.

His steps are careful but at the same time his heart is clenching on the thought of something happening to Tara, the agony is evident on his face.

The brother who has never let even a minor scratch come on his sister, today he's witnessing the fear of losing her forever.

He's still in the outer cruise, suddenly, when he takes a step ahead, he feels someone behind him accompanying a voice "Surrender"

With the same fearless and firm demeanor, he turns and looks at the man behind him who is pointing his gun at arsh's head. He's Bruno, one of the men who has planned all this with Carson.

Bruno's eyes widens after seeing Arsh as there's no longer any mask on his face, his voice stumbles a bit as he says "A.. AJ" a different kind of hatred appears over his face as he continues "Finally, I have to settle many old things with you" an evil grin forms over his lips "Gun-Down"

Arsh stares at his face with a cold gaze, completely unaffected by his command and Bruno yells again "I said gun down and hands up"

He's standing barely four steps away from arsh, pointing his gun at his forehead, his fingers slowly slide towards the trigger of his gun as his rageful eyes are locked with Arsh's fearless ones. Arsh leans slightly to keep his gun down, his sharp eyes remain intact to Bruno who's smirking at him.

All of a sudden, arsh kicks on Bruno's chest, making him fall and his gun drops from his hand.

Bruno stares at Arsh with his fear filled eyes as he sits on his toes and whispers "I don't need any gun to kill you" Before he can even counter back, arsh twists his neck from side brutally and he dies on the spot.

Ignoring him, arsh stands up and makes his way ahead. Just then luca's voice from the Bluetooth halts his steps, "Boss, I think Aariv and Brayden are killed, I don't know if I'll be alive or not, but we have sealed all the unblasted ships" exhaustion and firmness dripping from his voice.

When he doesn't hear Arsh's response, he speaks again "Boss, are you there?"

"I can't find Tara, luca. She isn't anywhere" his voice is breaking with agony as his eyes are still roving around, "Meri behen ko kuch ho gaya to main mar jaunga"

He didn't hear what luca said in the beginning cause of the loud sounds of gun firing around.

Luca sighs from the other end and says "Boss relax, I don't think king would let anything happen to princess"

"You are asking me to trust that fucker who is using my sister against me?" Arsh growls, rage and impatience fueling his voice.

"N- no, boss.. I didn't-" suddenly the call gets disconnected, arsh checks his Bluetooth, it's dead. Without wasting another second, he throws it aside and steps forward. The pain and fear is evident in his eyes though his expressions are firm.

Suddenly something clicks in his mind, Aayansh is not on the cruise and it's obvious that Tara will also be with him. He let out a sigh of hope that may be Tara is out of danger, without knowing the fact that she's more in danger at this time.

He takes out his phone, his actions are quick and calculative as he calls someone and as soon as the call gets picked from the other side, arsh almost growls "Diya, listen to me very carefully... Send our men to Quicksilver cruise Bali harbour, Within ten minutes"

"Arsh, are you okay?" A young woman speaks from the other side, her voice slightly quivering and laced with concern.

"I'm fine.. I don't have much time, listen up, no one should know that I'm here at the cruise, you'll make sure of it" he concludes and hangs up the call, his sharp eyes scanning the area around as he steps ahead carefully.

This young woman is Diya Malhotra, Arsh's assistant with a good friend and a mafia woman herself.

She was in Bali itself, working for arsh from the backfoot.

Arsh knew that Tara isn't still completely safe, especially with Aayansh, and they must be still around this sea port; that is 'Quicksilver harbour' so he ordered diya to send his men there instead of the cruise.

Here, Inayat who is searching for arsh, her tear filled eyes roaming around but only she can see is bodies and blood everywhere.

Few people who left alive are storming here and there to save their own lives, and some are still reciprocating those shooters.

Inayat moves ahead with trembling steps, terror taking over every nerve of her body as she witnesses this Massacre.

All of sudden, something comes under her feet and she falls on the ground, a scream leaves her mouth when she sees a woman's body near her, her throat is completely ripped with bullets and all her upper body is covered with blood and she's in a complete disgust condition.

Inayat slides backwards on the ground, her eyes widening with fear and shock, tears from them fastens like unhinged rain.

"Ar.. arsh" her voice trembles, she somehow manages to stand up but Just then the sounds of gun firing fills the surrounding as Ivaan's men enter this area.

Inayat's feet freezes at their place and she covers both her ears with her palms and closes her eyes tightly as she's standing at the mid of all this.

Her mind and body stops working completely as she cries out in terror.

Her scream diverts the attention of one of the shooters towards her and without a second thought, He fires three bullets at her in quick succession.

Inayat who's still standing in that condition, before a single bullet can touch her, someone grabs her wrist and pulls her towards him.

She collides with someone's broad chest, she lifts her head and opens her eyes slowly only to find herself in arsh's arms.

Wrapping his one arm around Inayat, Arsh immediately shoots twice on that man's head before he can even move from his place. Here Inayat hides her red face in his chest and hugs him with all she can muster, her tears and sobs become even faster after seeing arsh.

Arsh keeps his gun back in his waist band and Without saying anything, he lifts her in his arms to reach out a safe place.

She hides herself in his arms and clutches his blazer in her hands as arsh moves ahead carefully.

When they reach a little safe, he takes Inayat down but she keeps sobbing and clinging to him.

Her body is still trembling with fear and shock, arsh let her stay like this for a few moments before detaching slightly, he takes her tear soaked face in his palms and she lifts her hazel eyes up to his eyes as arsh wipes out her tears and murmurs "I'm so sorry angel, I shouldn't have left you alone" his voice is low with guilt and agony.

"Are you okay? Did you get hurt anywhere?" He asks, looking at her with desperation and concern, Inayat doesn't say a word as she's still baffled in fear.

Arsh cups her face in his hands again and she stares back at him while fluttering her wet lashes, he looks into her eyes deeply, trying to bring comfort and calmness in her and says "shh, Inayat.

. Kuch nahi hua hai, aapko bhi aur mujhe bhi, and I promise, Main aapko kuch bhi nahi hone dunga, You trust me, right? "

She nods her head and whispers "a.. arsh, never leave me alone please" her soft voice is barely audible.

"Never, angel" he holds her hand "We need to get out of here now" as he notices the exhaustion over Inayat's pale face, he lifts her back in his arms and steps forward.

Before he can step out, arsh looks back at inayat and mumbles "Inayat, aap sirf meri taraf dekhna, apne aas paas mat dekhna, okay?" She nods her head immediately. Arsh said this to her so that she doesn't get scared again after seeing bodies and blood around her.

He steps out of that space, his eyes roving throughout, trying to sense any possible threat around, meanwhile Inayat's eyes are fixed on him and her little arms wrapping around his neck.

???

The moment Tara opens the car's door to step out, the car gets locked automatically, she bangs on the door impulsively but all her efforts prove to be worthless.

Tears start pooling down her eyes as she glances back at Aayansh who is looking at her only, their eyes are locked into each other with intensity, reflecting some unheard and unsaid emotions.

Tara's eyes are filled with tears and fear of something happening to Aayansh while Aayansh's eyes are void of any emotions as he's noticing Tara's each expressions.

It takes her no time to understand that Aayansh has locked the car. His expressions are unreadable yet cold and only he knows what's going on in his mind. The tension hanging out in the thin air between this dark night is palpable.

"Time to surrender, Aayansh Oberoi." Ivaan sneers, an evil grin forming over his lips "Bow down and embrace your death" his fingers slip to the trigger of his gun with firmness.

Closing his eyes, Aayansh starts rubbing his left brow with his thumb, meanwhile Ivaan glares at him amazement and all of a sudden, Aayansh jerks his eyes open and shoots in the other direction.

It was so quick that people here couldn't even register what just happened, Ivaan with wide eyes, looks in the direction Aayansh shot where a man is lying dead.

That man's mistake was he forwarded a step towards the car Tara is sitting.

Aayansh tilts his head slightly and looks at Ivaan with the same demeanor, his voice is dark as he says "Look around yourself, Morozov."

Confusion takes over Ivaan's face and after pausing for a moment, he looks around towards his men who are surrounding them from all the sides, their heads are bowed and none of them haven't even raised an eye in front of Aayansh.

It takes him a while to understand that these are not his men, an evil smirk forms over Aayansh's lips after noticing Ivaan's blank and terrified expressions.

Ivaan's eyes widen with shock as he starts trembling with fear at his place, Without thinking twice, he pulls the trigger and shoots at Aayansh but the bullet can't hit him as he sharply tilts his head and before Ivaan can shoot again, Aayansh shoots at his hand and the gun falls down from his hand.

Shuddering and baffling, Ivaan glances at Aayansh and then around himself, he's completely surrounded with Aayansh's men and there's no way to escape, this realisation makes his soul terrorized.

At the same moment, twelve more grey cars rush there and men dressed in grey with guns spills out of them, it takes Aayansh no time to understand that they are Carson's men.

Aayansh's men react instantly by firing on them with a quick succession, hiding and crouching behind parked cars, Fierce firing begins from both sides, each man sharply reciprocating the other side, shoving their bodies with bullets.

Aayansh moves ahead sharply and swiftly, commanding his men and himself piercing those men's heads with bullets like their lives mean nothing to him.

"Cover the area from out, ten minutes, I want all these fuckers dead" he growls, his tone cold and commanding as he shoots on the men hiding themselves and firing from behind the parked cars.

His actions are quick, calculative and sharp, not even giving those men a chance to process anything.

Within minutes, Aayansh kills more than half of the man himself.

Taking this chance, Ivaan crawls out there by hiding himself behind those black cars but just then Aayansh shoots on his leg, making him fall back on the ground.

Not a single man dares to step near the car Tara is sitting in as they know the brutal consequences of it already. The main aim behind this attack is clear, to divert Aayansh's attention from the main purpose of this party.

"Bhai?" Rivaan crouches to the Rolls Royce, aiming his gun at the man who just peeks his out from behind the pillar to shoot this side, they are a slight distance away from each other.

"What the fuck are you doing here, Rivaan?" Aayansh growls without turning towards him, shooting three bullets simultaneously at the men firing towards this side from a far distance, the bullets pierces their heads effortlessly.

"I..I was-" his words die in his throat when he sees ten more cars storming there and numerous men spilling out, making this mafia gang war even more deadly as gun firing turns out more brutal with their arousal.

"These men-" Rivaan stumbles on his words.

"Arsh Jindal's men" Aayansh says, his tone fearless and firm as he loads his gun with fresh bullets.

"That means he's also here?" Rivaan frowns, amazement and curiosity coating his voice as he walks to front side of the car.

"Not yet, but he'll definitely come" firing sharply on everyone in sight, Aayansh steps towards the car Tara is sitting, but his eyes turn even colder when he sees thick black smoke barging out from the engine, possibly because of the firing of gun shot, indicating that the car can blast any second.

Without a second thought, in between this deadly gun firing, Aayansh walks quickly and sharply to the car, meanwhile, Rivaan guides the men to take their positions.

Reaching the car, he impulsively opens the door and Tara, who is sticking to a corner, trembling with shock and fear, glances back at him with her tear filled eyes and whispers "Aayansh, wh.. what is-" Her thin voice barely comes out of her throat.

Without saying a word, Aayansh grabs her waist and lifts her out of the car quickly.

She wraps her legs around his torso and arms around his neck on his sudden action.

With the same firm and fearless demeanor, hiding Tara in his embrace, he moves away from the car and as they reach a distance away from it, the car explodes massively, leaving everyone there baffled for a moment.

Curling herself in him completely, Tara shudders in his arms and buries her face in his chest as the loud terrifying sound of a blast cuts through the gun firing sounds. Her shivering body is completely pressing against his, as he moves away from flames of fire the car engulfed in.

"Wh.. what is happening, Aayansh?" She stammers, hugging him even more tightly without pulling out her face.

Holding her by his single arm, Aayansh fires three consecutive shots at the men coming towards them, stupid enough of hiding and crouching themselves behind the parked cars and wide pillar at this open area.

"Nothing is happening, Amour, nothing will happen" He whispers, trying to calm her panic. He detaches away slightly and commands "Take this gun"

"What?" She asks with a mix of fear and disbelief as he hands a gun in her trembling hands.

He looks into her golden brown eyes deeply as he continues "You are my wife, No one here will even raise an eye on you, but remember one thing- you are not weak in any way"

Aayansh steps ahead sharply and carefully, almost all Carson's men are killed by now but gun firing is still on high.

"Wife, shoot on the men behind" Aayansh commands her as he notices men firing from behind by hiding themselves.

"I- I can't" she stammers, her voice wobbles with fear.

"You can and you will, Just shoot" He says in a low growl, moving towards Rivaan's car.

Tara tightens her hold over the gun, her palms trembling with its weight as she pulls the trigger after aiming it on the man's chest who was rushing towards the other side, simultaneously she fires two more many bullets at the men peeking their heads out to shoot.

Suddenly, As Aayansh notices bullets aiming towards their way, in a blink of an eye, he sharply turns so that Tara doesn't get hurt but one of those bullets hits his left shoulder.

His eyes turn darker as he sees the man who shot these bullets, though his target wasn't Tara and Aayansh but those bullets could hit Tara, this thought infuriated him.

That man after seeing Aayansh's dark eyes on him, starts trembling at his place as he realises what he just did, eventually, the gun slips away from his hands as he must have an idea what's going to happen with him.

Tara shivers from these sudden terrifying sounds and the gun slips away from her trembling hands. Her eyes widen with shock and fear as she sees Aayansh's shoulder which is drenched in blood.

"A.. Aayansh you are bleeding" Her voice trembles and gets heavier as if she's feeling his pain.

Tears start streaming down her eyes but he remains completely unbothered by his wound as his priority is to keep her safe in any way.

Calculatively stepping ahead, he opens Rolls Royce's door and makes her sit in the back seat.

"Don't you dare to step out" he orders in a serious yet cold tone, taking his gun out from behind but before he can pull away and shut the door, Tara stands on her knees, wrapping her arms around his neck, she hugs him with all she can muster.

Her body shivering with fear as she mumbles "But you?

Ayan, please don't go... Please" tears welling down her eyes as she sees his blood drenched arm again and squeezes her eyes shut immediately.

Wrapping his arms around her waist firmly, Aayansh pulls her trembling body close to him and closes his eyes for a moment to feel her. Due to which, his blood gets on her body. They stay in the same position for a few more minutes as she keeps sobbing, meanwhile he holds her close in a tight grip.

After a few minutes, he detaches away slightly and takes her red tear soaked face in his palms, both stares into each other's eyes, she flutters her wet lashes but Aayansh's eyes are still void of any emotions as he wipes her tears and presses kiss against her forehead.

"Shh... Don't cry, Naa iss zakhm ki Naa inn logon ki itni aukaat hai ki mujhe maar saken" He whispers, their eyes are still locked into one another, as Aayansh notices thousands of emotions or in one word 'Love' for himself in Tara's eyes, like if she's feeling every bit of his pain, which he isn't. He leans over her and kisses her cheek before pulling and locking the door.

(Neither this wound nor these people have the power to kill me)

Aayansh starts shooting more fiercely on everyone in sight, not even caring if they are his men or enemies.

Here, Ivaan is crawling to the other side to save his life, his eyes almost gauge out the sockets when he sees Aayansh in front of him staring at him with his head slightly tilted. Every nerve of his body starts shuddering with terror and he starts crawling backwards.

"How does it feel when death is standing in front of you, Morozov?" His voice was a dark whisper as steps towards him, enjoying his terror in Ivaan's eyes. "You are feeling the same, right?"

"D.. don't ki- kill me, I beg you, please" he stammers, his eyes are pleasing for mercy and his body is shuddering with fear as Aayansh has come near him.

Aayansh sits on his tiptoes in front of him, his eyes are red and nerves are absolutely taut in anger.

He's looking like a merciless predator who has no trace of humanity in him.

A deadly evil smirk curls over his lips as Ivaan continues to beg for life in front of him, his terror filled eyes widens further after seeing the dagger in Aayansh's hand, his body freezes with fear.

Aayansh plunges the dagger in his left shoulder and a painful scream leaves his mouth as he twists the dagger deep in his body and starts piercing his skin brutally, ripping his arm completely.

Writhing in pain, he begs for merci as Aayansh pulls out the dagger and thrust on his other shoulder.

After almost ripping off his entire skin, he thrust the dagger in his chest and his blood drops splatters across Aayansh's face but he didn't bother, twisting the dagger deep in his chest and making him feel every bit of this brutal pain, he finally digs it right in his heart and Ivaan dies at the same moment.

He's completely in disgust condition with skin ripped up from bones like cloth, laying dead bathed in his own blood with his chest pierced brutally.

Ignoring him, he cleans the blood drops from his face and throws the dagger aside. He makes his way ahead, his eyes roving throughout and mostly dead bodies are in sight. Though firing hasn't stopped yet, as he reaches near his Rolls Royce, Rivaan crouches to him saying "Bhai, what now?"

"It's Time to end this, Rivaan. Seal all the exits and Activate the bombs" Aayansh doesn't turn towards him, his voice as cold as ice and his face firm and fearless.

Each of the black cars contain a bomb.

"What? B.. but bhai it will destroy the whole area" Rivaan's voice Wobbles with panic as he glances back at Aayansh, crouching behind the bonnet one of a parked car. Aayansh passes him a cold look, enough to warn and terrify him at the same time.

"S.. sorry, Bhai" He stumbles on his words, ignoring him completely, Aayansh reaches the car he has left Tara, meanwhile Rivaan follows his command. One by one, all the black cars start blasting.

Aayansh opens the door of that car and lifts Tara in his arms quickly as the cars are blasting swiftly, engulfing the area around with deadly fire and making this place more dangerous.

Within minutes, deadly fire engulfs the whole open area as the black cars continue to explode and those men are burning alive cause all the exits are sealed, leaving no way to escape.

In between these flames, someone is there whose eyes are desperately looking for Tara and he's arsh, he didn't get out of here as he's still searching for Tara but only he can find men burning to death alive, exploding cars and bodies around.

The agony is evident in his face as he rushes here and there.

His gaze flicks to one direction but because of Heavy smoke, He can't see it properly and he takes impulsive steps towards it, his heart almost stops beating when he sees Tara in Aayansh's arms, shivering with terror and her clothes are completely drenched in blood.

Due to the smoke and all this mess, he isn't able to see her face and this condition of hers is enough to drive him numb as it's looking like she has been shot.

The moment arsh steps forward in a impulsive rage, The car just near him explodes massively.

"Put me down, Aayansh.. you are already bleeding, it will cause more pa.

. pain" Tara mumbles, her trembling voice almost breaks at the end as Aayansh carries her ahead.

The car behind them explodes massively and a scream leaves Tara's mouth cause of sudden shock and she clutches his shirt in her hands out of fear, trembling in his arms.

Aayansh holds her close to his chest, kissing her cheek, he whispers "Relax, wife.. Your presence is enough to fade my pain" he takes her out of that place and carries her towards the car Rivaan drove in.

Opening the door, he sits inside and Tara remains clinging to him. Her body is still trembling and tears from her eyes are shedding like a waterfall. Both her arms are around his neck and his arms around both sides of her body as he hides his face in her neck.

After Around seven minutes, Tara pulls away and looks at his shoulder which is badly bleeding, she panics and stutters "we need to do something to stop bleeding" she turns towards Rivaan who is at the driving seat "Rivaan, give me something to cover his arm"

"Yes, bhabhi" He responds instantly.

"Rivaan, start the car" Aayansh orders him coldly, his eyes are fixed at Tara's face, his expressions remain the same as if he isn't feeling any pain. Rivaan acknowledges and immediately starts the car.

"Aayansh.. please" she sobs while panicking, her hands resting on his chest and his hands over her waist.

He cups her right cheek in his hand and whispers "Don't worry, this scratch won't kill me" His voice steady and firm.

"Are you mad?" She snaps "You are having a bullet in your body and calling it a scratch?" Her tone tinged with fear and impatience. "Please, at least let me cover the wound"

"I won't stop you once we are back home" He says with the same demeanor, looking into her tear filled eyes "Now stop crying"

She looks into his hard eyes for a few moments, His dark blue eyes are like deep oceans with no ends and millions of waves, and her eyes are like an open book- easily readable, pure and serene.

Staring at him with intensity, She leans over him and places her lips on his and closes her eyes, holding her close, Aayansh turns on the car's divider and starts kissing her back passionately. His eyes are close, his one hand is around her neck in a firm grip and the other on her waist.

Her hands make their way to his hair and she tugs his hair tightly as he deepens the kiss with every passing second.

Some more tears shed down her eyes on the thought of how much pain he must be having, just to protect her.

Feeling breathless, she taps on his other shoulder and he pulls away after biting her bottom lip.

She tries to normalise her breath while his eyes are fixed on her crimson face with intensity. He rests his forehead over hers and murmurs "You haven't learned how to breathe while kissing yet"

"It.. it's your fault" she gasps, "You make me breathless every time"

"But my wife likes it, doesn't she?" He smirks, snapping his fingers over her waist. She stares at him with narrow eyes, but doesn't say anything as her attention is on his bleeding shoulder.

After around one hour, they reach the palace, indicating something to Rivaan, Aayansh lifts her in his arms and steps out of the car. Meanwhile Tara's eyes are still fixed on his blood drench shoulder.

He heads inside the palace but before he can step towards the lift, Tara hinders him saying "Stop" "Carla, Alice?" She calls for the head servants and they immediately reaches there, meanwhile Aayansh is staring at her.

"Carla, you call the doctor and Alice, you bring a bowl of warm water, a clean cloth and antiseptic in our room, fast" she orders them and they respond simultaneously "Yes ma'am" and follows her command.

She glances back at Aayansh as he carries her towards the lift to reach out their room.

As they reach the room, Tara glances at the table, the things she had ordered are already present there.

Aayansh carries her to the closet and after changing her own clothes, she picks a shirt for him and he heads out.

"Sit on the sofa" she says to him to which he sneers "Such a dominating wife" he sits on the sofa and she tries to stand up from his lap but as she sets her feet on the floor, she stumbles cause of numbness and pain in her legs, before she can fall, he holds her immediately by waist and says "You are not in the condition to stand, so you better sit" He makes her sit on the table in front of him.

A delicate shade of pink covers her cheeks as she starts unbuttoning his shirt while he keep staring at her flushed face. She takes the blood soaked shirt off his body, her hands shivering and without lifting her tear filled eyes, she makes him wear that T-shirt.

"Is it hurting so much?" She asks, looking at his shoulder, her eyes gleaming moisture and her voice heavy with pain and concern.

"No, it's not" He whispers, his voice is firm as he notices Tara's expressions with depth as if he's reading both her heart and mind.

She picks up the cloth and dips it in warm water, leaning on him, she starts cleaning his shoulder gently, meanwhile his eyes are glued to her face, his own face is void of any emotions.

"Why are you staring at me like this?" She asks, without meeting her eyes up to him intentionally while cleaning blood from his arm.

"Just seeing how deeply you are in love with me" He says, looking at her with the same depth and intensity, she freezes after hearing his words.

She takes a pause as if thinking about what to say and what not, then mumbles in a low voice "You took that bullet to protect me, and anyway, caring for someone isn't love"

He grabs her arm suddenly and pulls her in his lap, she stares at him as their faces are so close that their nose is touching each other, her heartbeat quickens and breath hitches as she lost in the depth of his eyes.

"Really? But what I see in your eyes is definitely love" He whispers against her lips, feeling her racing heart.

"You don't believe in love, do you?" She asks, looking straight into his eyes which are void of any emotions.

"I believe in you, that's all matters" He says, sweeping the strands of her hair behind her ear and leaning further on her face.

Just then the door knocks, Tara immediately detaches away from him. Sitting beside him, she glances at the door where the doctor is standing, bowing his head.

"Come in, doctor" Tara acknowledges, her voice is a little shaky and carries hesitance where Aayansh remains unaffected at his place. The doctor walks inside the room, nervousness and fear crossing his face as he comes near them.

"Please be careful, Doctor" she says as the doctor looks at Aayansh's wound to check and take out the bullet.

"I will, Mrs. Oberoi" he remarks, without lifting his head up to them, Aayansh's eyes are fixed at Tara whose face is dripping with pain and concern towards him.

"I need to take out the bullet before poison spreads throughout the body" Doctor mumbles, carefully pressing the bullet outwards through his instrument.

"Just do it fast" Aayansh orders him coldly.

"No, doctor take your time.. but be careful" Tara croaks at Aayansh who is now staring at her, but he doesn't say anything.

Doctors nod and carefully take out the bullets from his shoulder, meanwhile Tara turns her head towards the other side as she can't see this, Aayansh keeps sitting as it is.

After taking out the bullet, the doctor covers his wound with a bandage.

"Make sure to give proper rest to your shoulder, Mr. Oberoi" He advises, his voice slightly wobbly as he stands up and picks up his bag.

"I'll drop you off at the door" she says and when she's about to stand, Aayansh grabs her wrist and makes her sit back with him.

"You can leave, servants will drop you out" Aayansh murmurs coldly, without sparing a glance at him. Doctor nods immediately and leaves the room.

He lifts Tara in his arms and she panics "put me down, Doctor said to give your shoulder rest, I can walk by myself" He glances at her and she stammers"I.. I mean, at least to the bed"

He ignores her and walks towards the bed, laying her carefully, when he's about to detach, she holds his hand with both her hands and snaps "You are not going anywhere now"

Without saying anything, he lays beside her and pulls her up on him. Resting her chin on his bare chest, she stares back at him and he starts moving his fingers within her hair and says in a serious tone "Eyes close, you are tired"

She closes her eyes without arguing further and once he feels her steady breath over his chest, he presses a kiss against her forehead and carefully lays her beside to get up from the bed. Standing up from the bed and covering her with a blanket.

He makes his way to the closet and wears a black leather jacket and black pants. His face is unreadable and his actions are quick and firm.

He heads out to the palace and suddenly, the sound of notification from his phone halts his steps. He pulls out the phone and his expressions change, a smirk curls over his lips as it's Asher's message which says...