Lights, Camera, SHAKHI !!

34. Just cry it out

Shaurya's POV

Anokhi is somewhere right, running away from the people who can provide answers to my questions isn't gonna work. I should rather confront them and end it once for all. Driving towards Sabherwals House, saw a bunch of people trying to trespass through gates, to be specific media persons but why? There is no ocassion today, stopped my car at a safe distance from them, took my phone out damn switched off.. tried analysing the situation from a distance, one of our security men recognized my car and signalled to enter from second entry. By now i knew something is definitely off.

"Bhai aap kaha the aur aapka phone kyu off h!?" Yash looked panicked and not only him everyone.. shooting questions about my whereabouts and not letting me speak..

"Stop" everyone got silent "Koi mujhe btaega ki hua kya h?"

"Kal raat se ek video viral ho rha h Shaurya.. tum.." dad looked away without completing himself, i could read the fear on his face but what made him scared? No one uttered a word after him, why are they behaving so weird?

"Kesa video dad? Aap sab shant kyu hai?"
I'm not a very patient kind of a person and currently, their silence, is just adding fuel.

Yash handed me his phone, playing — the video.

I froze, my blood icing over no no no this can't be happening.

"Shaurya tum chinta mat karo, hume pta h ye sb jhoot h.." badi maa took the phone from me as video ended but at that very moment i had nothing in my mind but — Anokhi.

"Anokhi—" my voice shattered

I searched for my phone but it was off.

"Yash.. Yash call Anokhi, tell her to not to move out, she can't be on set.. not today.. not alone!" avoiding everyone i sped towards the set, hoping i don't find her there but I guess everything is acting against my hope today.

Anokhi, outside her vanity surrounded by numerous reporters, confused and scared, i read her expressions
I moved out from the car averting everyone's attention, distracting them, crew took her inside, bouncers sided them giving me path to go after her.

She was in my office along with a few crew members, ran to me as she saw me entering..

"Shaurya.. kya hua h? Ye sb reporters.." clearly she didn't had any idea about that video, i gestured her to sit on the couch, crew got dismissed leaving us both alone, i sat beside, cupping her face, "Relax"

Took her phone, it had 23 missed calls —Yash Sir, Shaan Sir, Reema, Varun, Aastha mam, Papaji....

I sighed reading last name, her dad, he might know... what he must be thinking... "Phone silent kyu h tumhara?"

"Vo raat ko—"

"Anokhi listen, you don't have to worry, sb thik ho jaega"

"Pr baat kya hai Shaurya bahar sb kis video clip ki baat kr rhe h aur humare rishte ke bare m kyu puch—?"

"Ssshh" i played the video in her phone

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