Bound by Vows novel Chapter 73

After crossing the track, Divya was still in guilt and terror as she left Payal in their hands.

Tears were flowing from her eyes but she decided to move further in search of some help.

After climbing the little sloppy way, she reached the highway. The silence of the night with secluded road bring back the deepest fear back in divya. She chanted the name of god while walking slowly in search of someone.

Soon she found the car coming from opposite side. She waved her hand to stop the car, so that they could help her.

A SUV stopped infront of her partly blocking her view to see the person inside the car due to the headlights.

Soon she heard the voice when he get down from the car but instead of relieving her, it intensify her worry.

"What a sexy beauty like you doing alone on the highway" man asked in his slurry drunken voice which alerted her.

"I...i..." She was unable to speak seeing the man's eyes roaming up and down on her body.

"Come with me, I will drop you wherever you want..." He said gripping her wrist in his hand.

"Excuse me, i don't need your help. Thank you" Divya said removing her hand from his grip.

She turned around to walk away from him but he stopped her by placing his hand on her shoulder.

She trembled when he started speaking again.

"Why are you fearing dear. We can have little fun on this deserted road. What say?" He said while her eyes widened at what he suggested.

She started walking again to avoid him when she heard the voice of something ripping. She clutched her dress on her bossom to keep it intact as the same was apart from shoulder.

"Oops" she heard the stranger say.

When she sensed him to tighten his grip on her waist, she kicked him in the process and started running in the opposite direction.

"Stop...beauty...you cannot run away..." She heard the voice of the man coming behind her.

Tears started flowing from her eyes. As she thought today is not her day. She learnt the biggest truth of her existence. Plus the kidnapping and the guilt in her heart to leave behind Payal was taking a toll on her.

She looked behind to see that man running her and not so far from her.

In all this, she missed the car coming from the opposite side and when she looked ahead, it was too late to respond. She was about to collide with the car but the car owner put the break on last second.

Sensing the presence of another car, the drunk man ran away from there.

She sat down on the road clutching her knees to her chest and started crying profusely as she feared it to be another hooligan.

She sensed someone touching her shoulder and she shouted in fear.

"Please... please leave me..." She said pleading the another person to leave her alone.

"Divya..." She heard a very familiar voice and raised her head to check whether its her hallucination or someone is actually here to save her.

"Ni...nikhil..." She screamed in utmost joy and flung into his arms crying profusely.

She couldn't believe her eyes and her fate.

"My tiger, are you fine?" Nikhil asked her caressing her back to soothe her pain.

She laughed in her cry as she heard this endearment from him after a long time. From many months, she was craving for his touch, his love and his endearment which were exclusively for her.

Nikhil saw her ripped clothes and offered her his jacket while fuming in anger. His possessiveness was evident in his eyes. He wanted to rip apart those hands who touched her.

"Nikhil, we are getting late..." Kabir came out of the car when it took nikhil long time to check the person who came in front of their car from nowhere, but soon frowned seeing a girl clinging to his arms.

Divya parted from nikhil when she heard her brother's voice.

"Bhai..." Divya stood up in haste to reach him.

"Divi???" Kabir was shocked to find divi there when she hugged him with all her strength.

He hugged her but his eyes were roaming around searching for his beloved wife. He concluded since divya is here, Payal would be nearby. But he was still unaware about the danger his love was.

"Where is di, divya?" Nikhil asked her what kabir was about to shoot.

Suddenly divya came out of her happy bubble since she realised that Payal is still in danger.

"Bhai, please save bhabhi..." She said fearing for the worst.

Her words worried the Kabir more.

"We have traced their location. Lets move faster." Ryan said coming out of the car.

It took them sometime to get the exact location of Divya's phone. Though the number was switched off from an hour but they made an vague assumption that they would be still be on the exact location.

They all sit inside the car. Ryan was driving the car whereas nikhil was sitting on the passenger seat glancing behind at scared Divya who was narrating everything to them. How she got kidnapped, how they reached Payal through her and lastly how they were able to distract goons making an excuse of washroom.

"It seems like the kidnapper has some old scores with Mrs. Khurana. Divya was only the passage to lure Payal into his trap." Ryan concluded while Kabir clenched his fist to control his anger.

"How can you leave behind, your sister-in-law alone in their claws" Kabir accused divya.

"I...i didn't wanted to...Bhabhi made me her swear...i...i" she stammered a lot as she saw her brother's angry side.

Not that she was at fault but the guilt in her heart intensify with the accusation coming from her brother.

"Neither you run away from home for some silly reason nor they able to kidnap you or Payal. I will not forgive you, if anything happen to my wife" Kabir said in anger.

Divya didn't disclosed the reason in front of little audiences as it was their personal matter. Kabir was unaware about the ordeal his sister faced today. He kind of got selfish infront of his love and concern for his wife that he overlooked his sister's grief.

On other hand, he was sure it was akhil who kidnapped Payal. He wanted to kill that bastard with his bare hands.

Soon they reached the warehouse where they kept Divya and Payal earlier.

"A team of police will be reached here anytime. Till then, i will go and check the situation. You all sit in the car for a while" Ryan concluded the plan.

"I am also coming." Both Nikhil and kabir said at the same time.

"No, it's dangerous for you both..." Ryan denied.

"Nikhil will stay here with Divya and I will be coming with you" Kabir announced.

Seeing his firm decision, ryan nodded his head.

After they left the car, silence erupted in the car. Nikhil was worried for his sister's well-being.

"Do...do you also think that i am responsible for Payal bhabhi's ordeal?" Divya asked in pleading voice.

It was evident that Kabir's accusation broke her heart. Now she was expecting her love to atleast believe her.

Sometimes small words from your loved ones can make you as well as break you.

"I believe you Divya..." Nikhil uttered those words emerging a wave of relief in Divya.

She hugged him immediately jumping on the passenger seat.

On the other hand, Kabir walked in with ryan looking around the way.

They halted when heard the voice of two man talking.

"I am not understanding why we are guarding this place when others are already gone" one of them asked.

"Its good actually. We may get to see some entertainment. Actually, i hope after boss we may also be able to ride that sexy bombshell" other said boiling Kabir's blood.

It was not hard for anyone to guess what they were talking about.

Kabir was about to march towards them to give them a shit of a piece but a loud scream halted his steps.

"Looks like, boss is enjoying very much" one of them commented while laughing loud.

Kabir hurriedly turned around towards opposite direction while ryan moved forward to handle the goons first.

Kabir walked hurriedly with an unknown fear lingering in his heart for his love. He was preparing himself to see unimaginable after hearing the scream of Payal. But somewhere in his heart, he just prayed to god that he was not that late to save her otherwise he will not be able to forgive himself.

He found one goon with a back facing him. It was not hard for Kabir to knock off that man with his fighting skills.

He located the closed door soon and ready to barge inside. But to his bad luck, the door was locked from inside. He tried several times but failed miserably.

He at last pushed the door with his full strength making the door to open ajar. He was satisfied with the work but the scene infront of him snatched the ground beneath him.

His love was lying lifelessly in semi-naked form with blood traces visible all over her face.

This picture of his love, his wife shake the existence of him.

He rushed his shaking legs to her lying figure on bed. Her kurti was already torn into two pieces making her black bra visible in full view. Eyes closed, face full of blood, few bruises here and there flooded gateway of wild imagination in his mind.

With shivering hands, he reached for her face.

"Payal???" He called her with terror filled eyes taking her lying figure into his arms.

No response was he got in return.

"Baby... please wake up" he pleaded while tapping on her face.

He was so engrossed in waking her up, that he missed the presence of another person lying in a pool of blood on the other side beside the bed.

He gently covered her with his coat, ready to lift her up, to go to hospital when he heard the groan which was definitely not hers.

His eyes finally located the lying figure clutching his chest from where blood was oozing out. It did not take him more a minute to understand that he is the culprit behind his love's suffering.

The anger overtook his sensible mind and without any further thinking, he marched towards the man.

He punched hard on his already bruised wound making akhil winced in pain hard.

"You bastard...how dare you?" Kabir grabbed him by his collar after punching him several times.

But the man in question was unresponsive to his words. He was slowly gaining his consciousness.

Seeing with his peripheral vision, akhil immediately recognised the man.

He smirked with a sinister smile on his face.

"Finally the husband no. 2 is here to save his wife..." He mocked confusing Kabir...

"Tsk tsk tsk...too bad, you are late." He continued his rant making Kabir more confused.

"What are you saying?" Kabir asked with clenched teeth.

He was actually stunned with the audacity of the man who in such bad condition talking some shit.

"She is smooth like feath—" before he could finish, Kabir pulled him up and throw him across the room hitting his head on the wall.

"Shut the fuck up..." Kabir roared.

Akhil stood up clutching his wound. He was in pain but the psychopath in him didn't allow to show anything. Actually, he was enjoying the emotional suffering of this man standing in front of him ready to kill him any minute.

"I had waited for many years to quench this thirst in me to have her and finall---" again his words were left incomplete as Kabir gave a last blow to his open wound on his chest.

Akhil fall down with this blow and screamed in pain. Kabir hunched on him like a rage bull ready to take his life. He stomped his foot on his chest multiple times.

Ryan just entered the room to saw the shocking scene in front of his eyes. Kabir was unstoppable. When ryan tried to interrupt him by pulling him back but kabir didn't stopped.

"Kabir, man...your wife needs you..." Ryan said finally knocking kabir out of rage. He dropped Akhil to the floor and ran towards his wife.

Kabir ran with payal in his arms while ryan instructed his team who arrived a minute later to arrest the man.

Meanwhile inside the car...

Divya was going down the memory line which happened just before her kidnapping.

Her dad told her to meet this guy who was in jewellery designing business. Since she wants to pursue her career in jewellery designing, she didn't find any problem in meeting him.

Meeting was going well. She actually thought it to be fruitful until she realised that it was more of a marriage proposal, than a business proposal.

She was angry on her dad who didn't think it necessary to inform her about the real intention behind this meeting.

She was getting pissed by the number of personal questions were asked from the other party which she deny to answer. She was not at all interested in getting married if the groom is someone other than nikhil.

She thought to deny the guy clearly.

"See before we continue this, I would like to tell you very clearly that I am not interested in this marriage thing?" She said calmly.

"Why?" He asked her but she kept silent.

"I get it..." He added to which she frowned.

"You're hesitating to start such conversation. Don't worry, its normal. You can take yo-" he was ranting but she stopped him.

"I love someone else..." She blurted the truth. He looked at her doubtfully, then walked out of the restaurant.

She was relaxed. Now she just wanted to go home and get mad at her father for putting her in that unwanted situation.

When she reached home, she directly went to her parents room but was halted at the door when she heard her parents shouting at eachother.

It was very rare to witness such thing. She hardly saw her parents to quarrel over something.

"Don't you blame me for all that... it was you who sent her for that meeting with the guy without telling her..." her mother yelled at her husband.

"Yes i didn't tell her anything because i know she would have escaped that meeting anyhow..." Her father said.

"But what she told that guy? Huh?? It is all because of you, you never taught her right manners..." He added accusing her...

Divya wanted to interrupt her parents not wanted herself to be the cause of their differences. She was about to show her presence at the door but her mother's next words snatched the ground beneath her.