"Mum-Mumbai?" Rhea stammered.

"Yes, Mumbai! One-one second that means you don't even know where you are? Then how did you reach here??" Sneha asked her and Rhea clutched her hair and again cried her heart out.

Seeing her like this Sneha hugged her tightly while Rhea cried in her embrace. She stared remembering what happened 2 weeks ago, how she was fooled and was brought here.

"Sneha!! She needs time!" A gentle voice made them both turn to the door. There stood an old lady somewhat in her fifties.

"Mom!" Seeing her Sneha tried to get up but Rhea didn't leave her. Sensing how Rhea started trembling as looked at that lady who was unknown to her she again sobbed with soft hiccups, Sneha slowly stood beside her while rubbing Rhea's shoulder whose arms were still around Sneha's belly.

"Why did you get up!? Sit down! I came here to see my girl who came last night in our house! How are you feeling bacha??" The lady whom Sneha just addressed her as Mom made her sit on the bed again and she sat beside Rhea caressing her hair lovingly and asked her. Rhea found an unknown warmth in her hands but still, she flinched a little.

"Rhea no need to be scared of her! She's my mother-in-law, Savitri" Sneha rubbed her back as she clung to her.

"It's okay beta! She really needs time for herself to adjust to the new place! I heard your conversation! Aur mujhe lagta hai ki tumhe hame batana chahiye ki tumhare sath kya hua! Tum yaha kese pohochi? Aur tum kaha ki ho. Agar tum kuch nahi bataogi toh ham tumheri madat kese karenge?? But first, we don't want you to feel that we are forcing you! Feel comfortable with us! I'm just like your own mother okay! and no one in this house will hurt you" Savitri caressed her hair lovingly and Rhea's eyes again got moist. Yes! She missed her mother but Alas! She's no more and she also knew the reason. That made her cry more aching her heart more and more remembering her horrible past. Savitri took her in a bone-crushing hug caressing her hair and back calming her down.

(And you have to tell us, what happened to you. How did you get here? And from where you are. How can we help you if you don't tell anything?)

"Bha-Bhai!" Rhea managed to say in between her cry and hiccups.

(Brother)

"You have a brother?" Savitri asked creasing her hair and Rhea nodded, "Your Mom, Dad?" She asked again but this question made her broke even more she shook her head shivering and sobbing and with that Savitri and Sneha got the hint that her parents were no more.

Savitri tried to make her calm but was of no use. She let her cry as much as she wanted, she knew after crying her heart would get a little low from her broken burden past. Rhea felt her mother's warmth in Savitri's embrace, almost after more than half an hour her cry got slow followed by hiccups, Savitri kissed her hair with motherly love.

Till then a young man walked into the room, wearing 3 piece black suit. His dominant presence in the room made everyone's attention turned towards him. Seeing an unknown man Rhea's eyes were filled with Fear, Unease, Anxiety, and Terror. She started to panic clinging to Sneha more.

She had fear of something worse than anything! Seeing her condition his eyes softened not knowing why, but he was soon enough to cover it up as he heard Sneha's voice.

"Aare don't worry! He is the one who brought you here, you don't need to be scared of him. He's my Husband Aarav!" Sneha made her calm while Rhea still hugged her tightly sobbing in her arms.

"Sneha! You need to rest now, it's not good for you and baby! Also, she needs rest! You can talk to her later, she will be staying here till she gets recovered!!" His voice had sternness and also care for her. He took a glimpse of Rhea who was holding Sneha by her belly while she looked at him with the corner of her eyes and lowered her lashes as she found him looking at her.

"Rhea, you take some rest for now okay? Don't worry you are completely safe here! No one is here to harm you! Mom you please stay with her or else keep someone with her for company as far as I could get to know her in this one hour that, she needs someone's company.!" Sneha told Savitri to which she nodded her head with a smile.

Sneha released herself from Rheas' grip and left from there with Aarav who was holding her hand securely and walked towards their room.

"Aarav, Rhea is innocent, you can't just doubt her. As you found her in your car. She is really weak, she's not a spy or something. She was so scared when she saw us, not comfortable around us to tell us and also she was scared of something! The way she reacted to seeing us was not normal! Something really happened to her in past and she doesn't even know she is in Mumbai. She doesn't know how she ended up here. Mujhe pata hai tum kisi pe itni jaldi trust nahi karte, aur mujhe ye bhi pata hai ki tumhe aesa lag raha hai ki Rhea ko tumhare koi rival ne tumhare paas bheja hai tumpe, company par aur hamare family par nazar rakhne keliye. Par aesa kuch nahi hai, voh bechari khud kitni dari hui hai Aarav please you really need to stop looking at everyone with doubtful eyes" Sneha rambled whatever she felt after coming into their room she was really worried about her Rhea looking at her condition.

(I know you don't trust anyone soon, and I also know that you think someone from your rivalry has sent Rhea to spy on you, the company and also our Family, but it's not like that. She herself is so sacred)

Whereas Aarav silently listened to her. Sneha was right, Aarav did feel like Rhea was sent by his enemy to spy on them or else how could she be in his car late at night and at that place where mostly nobody knows. It's also not his fault he is trained for it, the world he was living in made her doubt every person in his life except his family and his right hand.

"Aarav? You listening?" Sneha's voice made him snap out of whatever thoughts he was having in his head.

"Don't worry Sneha! I'll find it out! You don't need to be stressed! I have some work in the office so I need to go there! Take care of yourself and baby!" Aarav made her lay on the bed and assured her about Rhea He kissed her forehead then her belly and left from there.

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PRECAP :

Sneha's room is just opposite mine, she must be throwing up all thanks to her pregnancy. I walked out of my room to hers, the door was wide open and a water flowing sound from the bathroom was heard. I feel bad for her, its so difficult to carry a small human inside a human. I walked inside thinking not to disturb her as when I called she didn't respond and guess she didn't hear me.

I sat on bed but my eyes immediately landed on some papers laying on it. It looked like some kind of report, maybe the pregnancy ones. Deciding to arrange it properly as it was shattered on the bed I got up and took each paper one by one. As soon as I read one of them my face turned pale and the same moment the washroom door opened. Sneha stood there, her eyes red and swollen properly from crying.

Not knowing she gave me a small smile that was not the real one she uses everyday but a fake smile. Her smile dropped as her eyes landed on my hands and the papers I was holding.

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