Nice update.
But I wish Angad had been honest with Sahiba about Simi being there.
I'm glad he's finally showing his care for her openly.
The Kiss
But why didn't Angad tell Sahiba about Simmi
Love how Angad showed his care for sahiba 
Great update. Hopefully, Angad will be able tell Sahiba about Simmi in his words vs. assumptions from a distance. The kiss scene 👌🏼. Poor guy so tempted, but so patient.
Angad was a perfect gentleman, but loved the teasing about him changing Sahiba’s clothes.
Excited for where things will go from here.
Ya but that's how the story extends....a little more...otherwise if everything falls in place then the story has to end....will not drag this angle but wanted to close the past completely...
Yes… that’s what is nice about Ff they not a drag fest like the tv shows. Appreciate your vision. 🤗
I loved loved loved the update....
I am glad that Angad realized that he wasted 8 years of his life thinking about that woman and he now does not have any feelings for her be it hatred too.
Awwwww the rain and the 
...Sahan's playful banter is always fun to read.
Chapter 40
Sahiba was still feeling a little weak from her bout from fever hence did not go to her shop or Angad's office that day, she rested the day out.
In the evening, the first thing Angad did after coming back from office was check if her fever had returned, how was she feeling and hovered over her in general. That night as they both freshened up to sleep, Sahiba was feeling a bit consious...she went to her couch as usual and thought will goto sleep..
"What are you doing" asked Angad
"Going to sleep"
"Sahiba, you are still recovering from your fever, you need proper rest....sleep on thr bed"
Sahiba knew this was the best course of action and they anyway needed to progress but she was feeling too awkward.....
"Sahiba, don't you think we have come a long way in our relationship and can now progress to sharing a bed" asked Angad quietly....
Sahiba turned pink, looking anywhere other than at Angad, she nodded her head and picked up her pillow and proceeded towards the bed. She felt very nervous as she laid down....
Angad had a lot of work, with the website launch looming ahead, he continued to work on his laptop while Sahiba tried sleeping. Tierd from their journey and still recovering from her bout of flu, she soon fell asleep while Angad worked late in the night. Angad stretched as he finished the last of his work and got up to proceed towards his bed....and stopped....staring at Sahiba.
Though they were husband and wife for quiet some months now, this would be the first time they would be sharing a bed under normal circumstances.....he loved to see her on their bed.....the fact that they would be sharing a bed everyday henceforth made him feel elated....he slept on his side of the bed, staring at Sahiba all the time before sleep claimed him....
Next week ten days we're super busy for Angad and Sahiba. The website was supposed to go live in less than 20 days and they had to finalize the designs, ensure production, chalk out the technicalities on the website to ensure that it was up and running. They were constantly working, supported by Inder, Jasleen and Jaspal chachu.
In addition to the website, Angad had to manage his existing business also, giving him no time to breath. He worked late in the night everyday, later that midnight also....even Sahiba found things very hectic....with her shop and the website launch coming, she worked late too, falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Sahiba and Angad had started sharing the same bed now but with work taking priority over everything, they had no time to think about this. Sahiba still stole some moments, ensuring Angad was fed properly during this time, made his midnight coffee before sleeping and worrying about him in general. She was waiting for the launch to get over asap so that things could settle down a bit..
After couple of weeks after Mumbai, Angad left for one of his showrooms early in the morning as he had some urgent work to finish and Sahiba was going to goto their office post breakfast and he would join her later to thrash out certain photographs for the website.
Sahiba came to her room to pick up her purse and just as she was about to leave her sight fell on Angad's table. He had forgotten his Inhaler pump.....Angad always carried an Inhaler pump with him, given his asthama issues. But looks like he had forgotten his Inhaler at home today.
"This Angad also, so forgetful...how can he forget something so important" Saying that she picked up his Inhaler, thinking of giving it to him once they met up in the afternoon.
As Sahiba sat in the car to goto the office, she started to feel a bit uneasy and thoughts of last holi flashed through her mind.....she remembered Angad gasping for breath and her heart sank further. She suddenly felt a desperate need to give Angad this Inhaler....she was being paranoid but it was OK...
"Driver, take me to the showroom Angad sir has gone to" She instructed the driver.
Angad was busy dealing with a high profile client of his who was shopping for their daughters wedding. They were a very old and prominent customer of Brar jewellers and had personally requested for Angad's presence. He was an excellent salesman, when it came to his client's needs, he knew what they needed and how to convince them....
Sahiba entered the showroom hesitatingly, she had never come to this showroom before. It was bustling with customers, so early in the day also. She noticed Angad with his customers and was impressed, she quietly stood aside for sometime till he noticed her.
Angad was startled, he came towards her.."kya hua Sahiba, how come you are here, is everything ok"
"Ya don't worry, everything is fine..actually"
But before she could say anything they were interrupted by Angad's VIP customer..."Angad is this your wife.....do introduce us"
"Sahiba, this is Mrs. Bakshi, our very special customer, with their daughter and Mrs. Bakshi, my wife Sahiba"
"Badi hi Soni kudi hai Angad, you are so lucky....tum dono ki Jodi bad hi Kamal ki hai"
Sahiba got busy talking to Mrs. Bakshi while Angad started finalizing their order. Just then, there was a lot of commotion at one end of the store and the fire alarm started ringing loudly....surprising everyone....
Angad looked up sharply. One of his managers came running, panicked...."Sir, sir, there is a fire in the back room and it's spreading very fast...."
"Quick, empty the showroom, take the customers out" barked Angad and grabbed Sahiba....his heart in his throat....
He ushered Sahiba and Mrs Bakshi and her daughter out....
"What happened Angad...." Sahiba asked him worried....
"Nothing, don't worry" he said as he got them out and ensured that they were out of harms way...people were running out of the showroom....but Angad started walking back Inside...
By now Sahiba had understood that there was a fire...horrified she watched Angad walk towards the showroom entrance and grabbed his hand, pulling him back...
"What are you doing, you can't go back in there..." She was scared...
"Sahiba, I need to ensure everyone is out safely, I will quickly check and comeback"
"No! The fire is spreading, you can't go in there" She yelled....petrified
"Sahiba please, my employees and my customers are my responsibility....I can't leave anyone inside and stay here...I need to go....you stay here...I will quickly come back" he said pulling his hand away and heading back inside...
"No!" Screamd sahiba but Angad was gone....while everyone was running out, Angad quickly dissapeared back inside...there was panic everywhere...
People were rushing out, the fire had visibly spread and would soon turn into an inferno...
People were trying to get buckets full of water from around and try to douse the fire but it was not enough...and no one dared to go too near...
Sahiba waited for few minutes, her fear escalating by the minute....Angad......
After a minute or so she saw the showroom manager rush out but there was no sign of Angad....she ran to the manager and screamed .."Where is Angad"
"I don't know mam"
"What do you mean....where is he"
"He was helping everyone out and I last saw him go towards the storeroom to ensure no one was inside"
"Someone needs to go and get him...he has not come out....even his Inhaler is with me!"
"Mam no one will go inside now...it will be suicidal"
There were men trying to douse the fire with some blankets...some with water ... butit was not helping, they had to wait till the fire brigade came...but Angad...he..did he have so much time...
"I will go..." She screamed...but someone held her...not letting her go...
"You can't...this is not possible now...."
"Angad....Angad!" Sahiba started screaming, holding his Inhaler in one hand...but others would not let her go no matter how much she tried....
She was almost hystericsl but then she calmed down. .."Ok...leave me..can you check where the fire engine is ...quick...hurry!"
The manager left her hand to call the fire brigade and as he turned back post finishing his call....there was no sign of Sahiba...."Mam!" He screamed.....
Sahiba knew only one thing...she had to get to Angad...no matter what....he needed his Inhaler....her fear for him knew no bounds...if she had any doubts about her feelings for him earlier they were crystal clear now....she would rather die than lead a life without him! Over the course of the months he had gradually and fully taken over her heart and soul....He was her everything! Even the thought of him getting hurt made her heart bleed....the need to get to him was so desperate that she paid no heed to her own safety......all she could think of was helping him...no matter what the consequences for her...
She snatched one blanket from one of the guys and a bucket of water, she doused herself and the blanket in water, covering herself with the blanket and dashed into the showroom....searching for Angad...
"Angad!....Angad!..." She kept on screaming his name...as she navigated the showroom, which had a blazing fire ongoing...she went to the storeroom and saw that the door was closed....she kicked it open and went in....the fire had not spread so much here in this room but it was there...smoke filling up...she was loosing hope, sobbing, tears flowing down her face.... when she saw Angad lying on the floor...a huge cupboard having fallen on one of his leg....trapping him. He was coughing insanely....gasping....
Angad had come to the storeroom to help out couple of employees who were working here, not realising that there was a fire outside...just as he was about to leave, there had been a semi explosion kind of a thing with one beam falling on a cupboard and the heavy cupboard falling on his leg.....he tried to free his leg but the cupboard was too heavy....he got petrified....desperate....gasping for breath...the smoke was getting to him now and he was unable to free himself...he struggled and struggled but he could not free his leg....his strength started giving away, he was coughing insanely....his fear and desperation grew....
He felt a dejection that he had never felt before...his life was seeping out of him and Sahiba's face flashed before his eyes...he was glad that she was safe, out of harms way......he understood that this was the end...he would never be able to make it out in time...
He was not scared for himself but he felt a deep sorrow that he would never be able to see Sahiba again, never be able to tell her what he felt for her, what she meant to him....in this moment, his feelings were crystal clear to him too...he loved her more than his own breath...he felt sorrow that he .would not be able to hold her again..not .grow old with her....Sahiba.....Sahiba..I am so sorry for leaving you half way like this He thought......he was gasping, breath leaving his body....when he suddenly felt a cool palm touch his cheek and his Inhaler at his mouth....he took In a large gulp....
He took many pumps and his breath started coming back...a little better he looked up and the sight that greeted him paralyzed him with fear....fear unlike anything he had ever felt...Sahiba!
Cough, cough..."Sahiba ..what are you doing here" he asked in horror...
"Angad....don't talk...listen I will try to lift the cupboard and you pull your leg out" said Sahiba....paying no heed to his terror and trying to lift the cupboard...but it was too heavy...
"Sahiba...you leave....listen...the cupboard is too heavy...you leave!" Screamed Angad, agonised
"No! I am not leaving without you!"
"Sahiba! This cupboard is too heavy for you and I am stuck...please Sahiba...he started crying....please go....if anything happens to you....I can't bear it...please leave" Angad pleaded....
Sahiba paid him no heed, she kept making him take puffs from the inhaler and tried to lift the cupboard with all her might....
Angad kept pleading her....he then resorted to blackmail..."Sahiba as I was stuck here my consolation was that you were ok...I...I cant bear this...do you care for me...Humm..do you care!...yes na...so please ... consider this as my last wish...please leave....Will you not listen to me.... Will you not grant me this last wish!"
"Don't waste your breath....I.AM.NOT.LEAVING.WITHOUT.YOU!"
Angad had never felt so helpless in his life....while he had been trapped here...his consolation had been that Sahiba was safe...but now...she was here and he was not able to protect her....What if something happened to his Sahiba!
"Sahiba! If you don't leave right now I will never speak to you again! You are my wife and I am ordering you to leave!" Sahiba would not listen and had a bout of coughing herself, her energy spent......she fell down near Angad....dejected......fire was beginning to spread in this room and there seemed no hope....she hugged Angad tightly......tears streaming down both their faces.....
"Sahiba....listen to me...please leave now...cough...please I am begging you...."
"No!" She hugged him tighter....
"Sahiba I am begging you.....I won't be able to bear it if something happens to you....please....save yourself....you have your whole life ahead of you....save yourself!" He screamed.
"No! I don't want any life without you..do you understand....either we get out this together or we dont, but I can't leave you like this!"
Angad felt petrified for Sahiba and he started getting furious at her, yelling, threatning and screaming and asking her to leave but she would not budge....he was enraged at her for risking her life for him! But she paid him no heed...
Sahiba got up....trying to push ...but they were no match....just as Sahiba was about to give up...two hands appeared out of nowhere and pushed the cupboard....and another set of hands pulled Angad's leg out and hauled him up...
Surprised and out of breath, Sahiba looked up...and Saw Garry and Veer helping Angad....Angad got up, his eyes spitting fire at Sahiba as he grabbed her by the waist tightly, bruising her..... refusing to let her go...
Now that her adrenalin rush was over, fatigue and the smoke caught up with Sahiba and she almost collapsed but Angad tightly hauled her up against him and half carried half dragged her outside, limping, flagged by Garry and Veer...
The four of them rushed out of the showroom and a little away from the burning inferno....Angad was gasping, breath coming but shallow, his leg burning with pain, small burns along his arms and legs......but he ensured that Sahiba was out of harms way...before he let darkness take over and fainted...The last thing he heard was Sahiba screaming...."Angad"!
Sahiba saw Angad collapse and that was the last straw for her....she gave way to the darkness too....fainting near Angad....
Few hours later
Angad felt this throat itch as he slowly gained consiousnes...disoriented he looked around and realised he was in his bed....at Brar mansion....what was he doing here.....and then suddenly the fire and everything flashed before his eyes.....
"Sahiba!" He screamed as he got up suddenly and tried to get off the bed....when a sharp pain shot up his left leg!
"Angad, Angad puttar, tujhe hosh aa gaya" cried Manveer...
"Mama Sahiba, Sahiba kahan hai!"
"Calm down Angad, Sahiba is fine, she just fainted too...we put her in the guest room for now, Doctor uncle is looking at her right now....she is fine...you please calm down"
"I want to see her" he tried to get up but had a bout of dizziness and collapsed back....
"Angad bro, she is absolutely fine, just needs to wake up....doctor uncle is with her...just routine checkup...you please rest" said Garry, who Angad just realised was standing next to his bed...
"Garry....you and Veer....you both saved us you both risked your life for us" Angad choked on his emotions...."I dont know how to Thank you, if something had happened to Sahiba...."
"Angad! You are our big bro....we love you, You would have done the same for us..." said an emotional Garry
"Yes paaji, we have learnt our family values from you only....we love you...we could not let anything happen to you" said Veer, his eyes wet too....
"But how did you both come...." Angad asked confused...
"I was on my way to office and was going to drop Veer to college when the manager called me...I was very near so rushed immediately. When we reached there the manager was hysterical, he told us you were stuck inside and Sahiba had rushed in to help you...there was only one choice....we knew we could not wait for the fire brigade...so we did what we had to..."
Angad was overwhelmed with emotion....he called Garry and Veer to him and gave them both a tight hug....."I know i am not very vocal with my emotions and don't say this often but I love you both! Thank you....if something had happened....." he choked, unable to complete his sentence..
"Nothing would have happened....you are too thick skinned for that" joked Garry, breaking the melancholy....
Just then the doctor walked in...."How is Sahiba" asked Angad...
"She is absolutely fine, she is still unconsious but all her vitals are fine...I am sure she will wake up soon...but in your case...let me tell you one thing Mr. Brar, you are an extremely lucky man....forget the fire ..the smoke alone would have killed you....God's been kind..."
"Babaji sent his blessings as Sahiba Dr. I had forgotten my Inhaler at home and she got it for me...I was stuck in the showroom without the Inhaler when she braved the fire to get me my Inhaler and saved me...." said Angad quietly and his family absorbed the fact....Manveer already loved Sahiba like a daughter...listening to how Sahiba risked her life to save Angad, Manveer realised how lucky Angad was to have a wife like Sahiba....
"You got hurt on your leg, which I have bandaged and have some smoke Inhalation, other than that you and Mrs. Brar both are perfectly fine...just rest for today and tomorrow and you should be good to go!" Said the doctor before leaving....
Manveer, chachi and bebe fussed over Angad before leaving him to rest....Angad felt restless...he wanted to meet Sahiba....
Her thought brought back the memory of her risking her life to save him and he felt a fresh bout of anger...at Sahiba....he had never felt so petrified or helpless as he had felt in the middle of that fire....she was his life...he would rather die than let her get hurt....but she! His anger simmered as he waited for her to get up....
Sahiba opened her eyes, panic building ...she got up with a start...."Angad!"
"Sahiba...calm down, everything is fine...Angad is fine, relax" said Seerat, trying to calm her down..
"Where is he di....where am I...is he ok" ...
"Yes he is fine..you are in the guest room and he is in your room, how are you feeling...here have some water.."
Sahiba realised that she was parched, she gulped down the water stood and ran out of the room....coming across mamma and chachi but not stopping on her way..
"Sahiba...beta slow down" said Mamma
She ignored everyone, all she could think of was reaching Angad, holding him, touching him, to ensure he was fine...to clutch him to her and never let go...
She banged the door of their room as she barged in.....
Angad was lying against the headboard when the door to their room banged open, he looked up and saw Sahiba standing there....panting....she just stood there for few seconds...time stopped....they just stared at each other....and the next thing he knew...she crashed into him....and they hugged each other as if their life depended on it....holding each other so tightly that they could not make out where one ended and another started....
Sahiba felt like home....she hugged him and the took his face in her hands....and then hugged him again...crying and laughing the same time....
Angad hugged Sahiba so tightly, as if he wanted to blend her into him....he felt so relived that she was fine, his heart overflowed with love for her...and then he remembered his fear....the fact that she risked her life and fury gripped him....he held her by the arms and moved her at an arms length, his face turning stormy and his eyes spitting fire at Sahiba....
"What happened Angad..." asked Sahiba. She saw his furious face, she had never seen him so angry....maybe only once when he beat Amrinder up...but never with her....
"Sahiba I had asked you to leave from there but you did not listen to me, you risked your life!"
"Angad how could you ask me to leave....if I was in that room, trapped, would you have left me"
"Don't compare...I am a man, it's my responsibility to protect you....not the other way around....do you have anyidea how helpless you made me feel, how terrible I felt thinking you might die there with Me!"
"Do you have any idea how I felt seeing you trapped there, with a possibility that you may die and don't be a chauvnist"
"I begged you, begged you to leave...I also asked you to honor my last wish! But you did not listen!" He was screaming now
"But it was not your last wish hence it is not relevant!" Countered Sahiba
They were arguing so loudly that Manveer could hear everything outside their room. She had never seen Angad so furious in so many years...she moved ahead, thinking to interven but a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned to see that it was inder...he nodded his head
"It's a personal matter between them...don't interfere...infact shut the door and give them some privacy" She nodded, Angad and Sahiba were so peculiar, just now they were going mad in worry for each other and now they were going mad at ech other. She shut their bedroom door.
"You did not know that time that it was not my last wish....how could you do that to me...put me in such agony...can you imagine how I felt knowing that you could save yourself but were not willing to.....you had your whole life in front of you!"
"I don't want a life without you, don't you understand....you ...you ..idiot." Sahiba screamed
"Why"!
"Why! Why! You want to know why you mandbuddi, this is why" She screamed, she was so angry....she wanted to hit him...but as she could not hit him she did the next thing.. ....she put her hands on his cheeks, pulled his face to her and gave him a tight kiss on his lips.....
To say Angad was shocked was putting it mildly....he had never expected in his life that Sahiba would ever initiate anything intimate or physical with him ever....he was too stunned to react....
Sahiba took her time...and then let go....looking at Angad's stunned face with satisfaction...
"What did you do that for" asked a stunned Angad...
"I am so angry with you, you are such a dumb guy.....I wanted to hit you and make you shut up, as I can't hit you....well I did the next thing....now shut up!"
Saying that Sahiba huffed off to the changing room....leaving a stunned Angad behind...as he watched her go...his surprise again gave way to anger.....he had told her in the showroom that he would not speak to her if she did not leave....he fueled his anger thinking how she had risked her life.....vowing not to speak to her till she learned her lesson.....never to risk her life! It was more precious than his!
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