Chapter: 35 (pretending to be in a coma)

Mayank's POV:

I came out after taking a shower Seher was not in the room, maybe she was downstairs. I grabbed my shirt and was trying to wear it but my hand was hurting a lot. The door of the room was opened and she came in.

"Wait! Let me help you" she said, taking the shirt from me. As you wish sweetheart "I said smiling mischievously. She slid the shirt on me carefully and started buttoning. I wrapped my hand around her waist and pulled her closer.

She gasped " wh.. at are you doing?" she shuttered when I started drawing circles on her bare waist as she was wearing a saree. I love to see her in a saree. She looks so beautiful in a saree. I remembered on the first day of our wedding she was struggling to wear it and I helped her. I chuckled remembering the past.

"Done," she said and pulled back. "Will you come down or I brought your breakfast in the room?" She asked. "I will come down. I am fine, it's just a little pain" I said and she nodded. I didn't wear my coat as it's difficult for me so I thought of going to the office in a formal shirt.

"Where are you going?" Mom asked as she saw me. "Um..... Office" I answered casually. "You are not going anywhere" my eyes snapped in the direction where the voice came from. Seher was standing with a tray of food in her hands glaring at me.

For a while I got scared. "I have an important meeting so I have to go" I reasoned but she glared at me again "you are not fine so it would be better if you stay at home" she declared.

"But it's important," I said. "I will handle everything my son, you just stay at home and rest well," dad said at the end of the discussion.

I gave up and started having my breakfast. After serving the food she went to the room. 'Why didn't she have her breakfast?'

After breakfast, I gave dad the file of today's meeting and he left. I went to my room and saw her sitting on the bed with her hand on her neck. She was trying to apply balm.

I felt bad because she was sitting all night taking care of me. I went near her and stood just feet away. Her body stiffened when she felt my presence.

"Is it painful?" I asked rubbing her back. "It will be fine, don't worry," she said softly with a smile. "Let me apply it for you," I said and took the balm. "No it's okay, I will do it, your hand is still injured" she denied but I glared at her in return and she went quiet.

I turned her back and started applying the balm on her neck slowly with my fine arm. Her white skin was so soft like if my nails dig a little then it will start bleeding.

She closed her eyes while her cheeks turned in beetroot. She was blushing so hard. She arched her neck and leaned on my chest. I put my chin on her shoulder and rubbed my nose on her neck and she stiffened.

She clutched my arm while I smiled sensing my effect on her. I replaced my nose with my lips and started placing wet kisses on her neck and shoulder. "Mayank" she moaned my name blessing my ears with her innocent moans.

"Thank you" I mumbled and pecked her forehead. "For what?" She opened her eyes and asked, confused. "For taking care of me the whole night," I said, staring into her eyes brushing her hair strands from her face and she smiled.

I leaned closer to kiss her lips when my phone started ringing, breaking our trance. She stood up and so did I. "You rest here I am going downstairs. Call me if you need anything," she said while I nodded and she walked out of the room.

I picked the call "found out something?" I asked in a serious tone. "Sir we caught the driver but he was not opening his mouth" the man answered from another side. "Give him some special treatment if he still has not opened his mouth" I ordered him and hung up the call.

My accident did not happen accidentally, it was planned. The way that car was hitting my car again and again there was someone who wanted to kill me. But who? My men caught the driver but still, I didn't find any proof.

Seher was so worried about me. But I liked it. Her care, her attention, her love that's all I wanted and now I am getting all of this. But one thing I don't like is her tears. She was crying too much as if she was injured, not me. The love for me was shining in her eyes.

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"Ma'am, last day when I went to check upon him, he was not in his ward I searched the whole hospital but he was nowhere to be found so I checked the CCTV cameras and I found someone stepped out of his ward wearing a mask and cap like he was hiding his face I am sure that man was Samar Choudhary" a nurse informed Ashwini.

"I knew it, Samar was not in a coma. He was just acting" Ashwini said, pressing her head with fingers. "He spent his five years in prison and his accident in jail and falling in a coma was all just the drama even Mayank's accident was all connected to. Samar must be behind it too" she was getting tensed thinking all these things.

"Seher is unaware of it and I don't want her to find out. I have to take care of it. After so many years she got her happiness back and I don't want him to snatch it all back" Ashwini whispered to herself leaning back on her chair.

Samar was admitted to the hospital a few weeks ago. He fought with another prisoner in jail and was hit on his head by a heavy iron rod. He was being treated by another doctor. When Ashwini found it she wanted to treat Samar because she doubts him but that doctor who was treating Samar refused to do so, saying that he was her patient so she will treat him well.

But still, Ashwini told one of the nurses to keep an eye on him. And after last night's incident, Samar's escape from the hospital and Mayank's accident, she was sure that Samar was behind all this.

"What should we do now, ma'am?" The nurse asked. "Call his doctor in my cabin" Ashwini ordered. After some time she hears knocking on the door. "Come in," she answered and the doctor came into her cabin being scared. "Ma'am, did.. you.. call me?" The lady doctor asked, scared.

"I want to know the whole truth from you now, why are you lying about his health condition. You are supporting him in his wrong intentions which is wrong" Ashwini said sternly because she knew if she was being soft with her then she won't open her mouth.

"I am sorry ma'am. I was forced. When I was in the operation theater with him, he threatened me that if I did not listen to him, he would kill my child, so I was forced to support him" the lady doctor spilled the truth in front of her, making her eyes widened.

"He is still in hospital, right?" After some time Ashwini asked. "Yes ma'am he is but he was planning to escape soon I heard him talking on a phone call with someone" she informed. "Don't worry I won't let him. He's pretending to be in a coma isn't he?" Ashwini said as something was cooking in her mind. "Yes, ma'am".

"Then let him be in a coma for some more days," she said with a smirk. "What do you mean?" That lady doctor asked with a frown. "Let's go in his ward," she said and walked out of the cabin and the doctor followed her.

She entered his ward and found him lying on the bed as lifeless. "Wow what an actor you are Samar," she said in annoyance but he didn't respond to her. "I know you are fine and you are behind Mayank's accident" she declared angrily but still got no response.

"Fine if you are thinking that I will be silenced by this drama of yours then it's all your misconception. I will not let you destroy her life anymore" she shouted "you know what she has Mayank by her side who will support her, who will protect her from you because he loves her more than anything" she declared smirking as she sprinkled the salt on his burning wound, and then he looked at her with rage.

(Pardon me for the delay in updates. I was busy in my cousin's wedding so I didn't get the time for updating and I updated only one chapter today as I am still busy but I will update 5 chapters on Monday as for apology)

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