A/N: Another late, a little long update. I'm sorry people but this silly author-nim was busy with festivals and ofc her career. *Sighs*

Anyways, Happy reading!


"Daya aap shant ho jaiye. Sab jante hai ki apne esa kuch nhi kiya h. And hum use track bhi toh kar hi rahe h na." Shreya thought to console her husband, who was standing in one corner of the bureau.

Daya turned to her and just nodded. His face was evident for how much he was tensed. He couldn't even think of the possibility if that man didn't take them to the mastermind.

"Shreya, lekin agar... agar voh phir uss mastermind se milne gaya hi nhi toh?" He wrinkled his forehead worriedly, "Ek toh ACP sir bhi yaha nhi h, voh ayenge toh mai unko.." His voice broke suddenly and he turned away from her.

"Lekin aap bura kyu soch rhe ho? Usne supari li thi khabri ko marne ki aur jaha tak sabko lagta h toh ussi mastermind ne apko phasane k liye kaha hoga!"

"Shreya tum sahi ho lekin-"

"Lekin kya Daya? Aap toh jante h in supari killers ka tareeka hota kuch paise advanse mai lene ki. Aur ho na ho, voh zaruur milne jayega uske client se taki baki ke paise le sake." Shreya explained the highest probability that was expected to happen.

"Lekin media mei toh baat khul hi gyi h! Ab toh agar mai sahi hu toh bhi koi vishwaas nhi karega!" Daya said remembering the incident happened a few minutes ago.

The media had thrashed the bureau with their stupid, pointless questions and were asking, rather insulting him for attempting to kill his childhood friend. God knows how he stood there silently without breaking up.

And above all, everyone was more scared of the thought that Shanaya was present in the bureau. Abhijeet and Daya were sure that she'll insult him and just put oil in fire, but they were quite shocked to see her unconditionally silent.

Maybe Rishi stopped her? This was the only thing he could think at that time.

"Media humare haath ki kathputli h Daya!" Shreya and Daya turned to see Abhijeet coming towards them with a noticeable smirk.

"Matlab?" Daya asked.

"Mtlb yeh, ki media ke through uss admi ko bharosa ho jayega ki uss supari killer ne uska kaam kar diya h." Now things started making sense to him.

"Lekin sir isse toh-" Shreya said but Abhijeet cut her.

"Isse Daya ki thori badnami toh hogi.." He looked at Daya with apologizing eyes, "Lekin aur koi rasta bhi nhi hai. Sorry yaar Daya!"

"Nhi Abhijeet, it's okay! Tumhari koi galati nhi h. Vaise bhi aye din meri insult hoti rehti h, ek baar aur sahi!" Daya said intentionally looking at Shanaya, who was sitting on other side, talking with Rishi.

Abhijeet got the meaning lurking behind his words. He felt sad for him but was helpless at the same time. He patted his arm in assurance saying, "Chinta mat kar yaar, Sab theek ho jayega!"

"Hmm.!" Daya just hummed when Purvi's call distracted them.

"Sir! Voh supari killer ghar se nikal rha h!" Everyone got transformed into there cop mode and started checking the locations. Rishi and Shanaya too came towards them.

"Good! Ab yeh seedha uss mastermind se jake milega!" Abhijeet said with a smirk.

"Toh abhi kya kare sir? Wait kare yah-"

"Wait nhi Freddy. Gadi nikalo! Usse range haatho pakadna h!" Abhijeet said and they prepared all prepared to leave when..

"Bhai! Hum bhi chale?" Shanaya asked and Abhijeet stopped abruptly.

"Yeh khatarnaak ho skta h Shanaya! Hum civilians ko allow nhi kar skte!" He tried to make her understand.

"Bhaiya please! Daya par ilzaam lagane ki jurrat ki h usne" Rishi requested a little agitated.

Abhijeet sighed coz he knew it's not the time to fight with these two stubborn kids, "theek h, chalo!"

They all got into there cars and started following the killer. There were just 50% chances that the killer will meet the mastermind. They couldn't find any other way but to rely on their instincts.

CID team was in their Innova while Rishi and Shanaya with Purvi, followed them in Rishi's car. Shanaya was unusually silent the whole journey. Things and events have started to overpower her thoughts.

She was very impatient to get to the mastermind who was behind all this coz internally she herself was confident that Daya won't hurt Rishi. She spoke alot about him, cursed him for whatever came to her mind but she was sure that her heart still ached to watch him suffer like that.

She was sneeking glances at Daya and Shreya in the bureau, somewhere was jealous of Shreya. Everytime she saw both of them together, her palms instantly got clutched into a fist, triggering the unanswered questions.


Flashback:-

"Daya.. yeh.. yeh tu kyu kar rha h haan?" Shanaya spoke instantly as she entered his house after the awakening. She raised her hand to show him the soiled card, which was still present in her hand.

"Kya? Kya kar rha hu mai?" Daya spoke normally with a smile on his face. Only he knew the efforts to keep the lips curled up.

"Dekh.. this is not a joke! Please!" A tear rolled down her eyes and she wiped it instantly.

Daya gave a look to Rishi who was standing behind Shanaya, silently.

"Seenu you.. you are not looking good. I think you need rest!" Daya stepped towards her in order to hug her but she jerked him away.

"Yeh.. Kya bakwaas h yeh haan?" She threw the wedding card on his face. He closed his eyes in hurt and guilt but was successful to gulp the emotions down.

"Meri shadi ka card tujhe bakwaas lagta h!" Daya picked the card up and rubbed his fingers on it coz looking at the card was better than breaking up under her gaze.

This was enough for her. She held his collar and yelled, "What the fuck do you mean by this? Tu.. tu esa kar bhi kese sakta h?"

"Seenu, pagal hogayi h kya!" Rishi pulled her behind.

"Haan! Pagal ho gayi hu mai! Yeh.. yeh esa kese-?" And she stopped as some more tears rolled down her wet cheeks.

"Yr? Esa kya kar rha hu mai haan? Shadi karke settle hona chahta hu, isme problem kya h?" Daya said a little loudly.

"That means you.. you were just toying me around?" Shanaya looked in his eyes with hurt.

Both Daya and Rishi felt a pang in their heart. How much Daya wished to rip that card and just hug her like he used to do. She was his love and no matter what his heart belonged to her, always.

He felt a void inside his throat as if he never knew how to speak. He searched words to reply atleast something that would make her believe on this, or probably make her hate him.

"Bol na! All these years, was I just a toy to listen to all your fucking problems? Was I just to console you when you needed? Was I just to be thrown away like this in the end?" Her voice broke thousand times as she spoke while her eyes expelled uncountable number of tears.

"Seenu dekh.. voh.. voh sb mazak nhi tha aur naa hi yeh h. Hum achhe dost h aur shayad dost se kayi zyada lekin.. lekin being a life partner is something different. I.. I can't imagine you as my life partner!" Daya laughed a little in the end.

Shanaya had had enough now. She broke down completely, kneeled down and her eyes were pleading him to bring it all up but he didn't. He stood there like a mannequin with his face blank, or one should say, drained of emotions.

"Kyu.. kyu kar rha h tu esa? Bol na! Kya majburi hai Daya? Esa.. esa kya hua hai jis vajah se tu itna badal gya haan?"

"Kuch nhi hua h Seenu! Tujhe galat fehmi hui h!" Daya too knelt down in front of her and spoke without meeting her eyes.

"Tu bol de na jo bhi problem hai, mai.. mai khud chali jaungi tujhse door! Bs tu.. tu jhoot mat bol please!" She held his palms in her's and looked deep in his eyes.

He lost in front of her. His hands started trembling in her grip but all he could utter was, "Meri problem tu h. Ho sake toh mujhe bhul jana Shanaya!" And he rashly jerked her hands and left to his room.

She was left numb behind. Her ears were reverberating thousands times with his words and were breaking every last piece of trust and love that she had for him. Rishi couldn't hold back his emotions. He rushed and hugged her tightly absorbing all her silent tears on his shoulders.


A/N:- I'll be experimenting a little in the next chapter. I know the story's already much stretched but you see, I can't help my mind's horses. Ehehe.

And also if someone is interested in a C.I.D and Pirates crossover, can jump to my Wattpad profile. I won't be publishing it here.

Thanks for reading!

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