This is my take on Anupama's confession.

He hadn't come here to do this. No. He had already exchanged verbal blows with Paritosh and he was so done with this circus.

Pinching the bridge of his nose to soothe his rising temper,Anuj cleared his throat and tried to make his point, yet again. "Baa main bas—

"Kya bas, huh!?" Baa cut him off, her tone scathing as she accused Anuj, "Tu thehra amrika ka, waha chalta hoga ye sab par hamare yahan ye sab nahi chalega! Tu kyun reh raha hai Anupama ke saath?! Sharam, lihaaz hai ki nahi!"

This was precisely what he had come to clarify. He was tempted to shoot down baa and her allegations, but Anu cared too much about her and so, he simply wished to tell her, that he was going to move out today itself, so she should just stop making remarks at Anu.

'But guess what...'Anuj could tell from her stance that Mr. Shah had already manipulated his mother, who never doubted her son's intentions, ever.

"Pyaar hai toh shaadi kyun nahi kar leta. Bina shaadi ka pyaar, besharmi hai!"

Anuj pressed his mouth and turned away, the nerves on his neck stringing taut.

"Baa...I request you....mere pyaar ki insult mat kijiye..." his low voice carried a hint of warning, that baa failed to detect.

"Beizzati toh tum dono khud kar rahe ho", she continued with her poisonous words. "Ye...wo...live in wagerah hamare yahan nahi chalta. Bina shaadi ke wo sab karna....aiyasshi hai.Tu aur Anupama paap kar rahe ho".

"Baa....please!" Anuj raised his forefinger then, folding it back into fist as he slapped his hands together and cleared his throat, his voice thick with barely constrained anger.

"Aap atleast Anu par toh bharosa kar sakti hain na".

Baa turned her face away at this, while Anuj just shook his head. To think he had dared to treat her as his own. Jab wo Anu ki nahin ho pai toh kisi aur ki kya hi hongi.

"Afsos iss baat ka hai baa, ki duniya ka har riwaz bas Anuke liye hai...kyuki usne himmat dikhai aapke uss bête ko chhodne ki, jiske maathe par shikan tak nahi aayi jab wo uske saath dhokha kar raha tha".

"Sahi hai tumhara!" A familiar voice boomed and Anuj pressed his eyes briefly before opening them to look at 'the vanraj shah'. His eyes flickered to his sister too, who refused to meet his gaze.

Now it was a full house!

"Tum apne actions ko justify karne ke liye mera hi example kyun dete ho?" Vanraj asked with his condescending smile.

"Tum apni ghatiya soch ka shikar hamesha mujhe aur Anu ko hi kyun banate ho?" Anuj cross questioned, his brow raised as he awaited his response.

"Ghatiya soch?" Vanraj had the audacity to look thrilled ashe continued, "Mukku ka mujhe pasand karna galat, hum dono ka partners hona galat par agar tum aur tumhari Anu live in main rahein toh bhi tum log sahi?!"

"Main tumhe safai doon, aaj bhi tumhari itni aukaat nahi hai, Vanraj", Anuj remarked as he took a menacing step forward and leveled the man with reproach filledgaze, the kind that infuriated vanraj and made him feel like an insect, not even worth a response.

But before vanraj could retort, Baa beat him to it and spilled forth words that, in an instant tore through Anuj's strength.

"Tu aukaat ki baat karega?! Arre Anath hai tu. Kismat achi thi teri jo mukku ke maa baap ne tujhe godh liya, varna tum jaise bache aksar sadak ke kinare bheek—

"BAS BAAA!!!"

And Anupama marched into the room with the gait of a maddenedbull and stood herself between baa and Anuj.

"Tum baa se—

She simply raised her palm in the man's direction, while staring straight ahead at baa. "Apni baari ka intezaar kariye".

Post baa's disheartening phone call, Anuj had suddenly disappeared and just as she had called Samar to enquire about the man showing up , wellaware of his tendencies of taking a stand in her favor, Samar had informed her that Anuj had just stepped in. And she had left for shah house immediately.

She had arrived at the scene right behind Mr. Shah but chose to keep quiet, for she knew he was more than capable of handling him. But when Baa decided to take a dig at Anuj's origins, she could take it no more andstormed inside.

"Baa, kya aapki nazron main insaan ki koi keemat nahi hai?Kitni aasani se aapne Anuj ko...." Anupama paused and looked back at Anuj who shook his head at her, straining a pained smile.

"Agar inki kismat achi thi baa, toh inke maa papa ki kismat inse bhi zyada achi thi, kyuki unhe Anuj mile thhe bête ke roop main. Aap bhul gayi shayad par mujhe yaad hai, mujhe yaad hai ki kese Mr. Shah ne apni maa ki muh par darwaza band karne ki koshish ki thi, mujhe yaad hai kese Anuj ne aapke aansu poche thhe. Par shayad aap bhul gayi, baa".

Taking a step back, Anu turned around and facing Anuj,smiled at him. " Inhone apne aap ko kapadia industries ka caretaker kaha, ye inka vyaktitva hai. Sachai toh yahi hai ki, ye business iss muqaam par inhi ki badaulat hai. Aasan nahi hota, saalon ki mehnat ko ek pal main chhod dena, parinke maathe par ek shikan tak nahi aayi wo sab chhodte hue. Aur—

Pivoting sharply on her heels, she took measured steps invanraj's direction and looked down at him, like an eyesore he was.

"Aur ye Anuj ki shaksiyat hai, ki kapadia empire hote hue bhi Mr. Shah, log apna haath peeche kheench rahe hain. Business world main paise se zyada naam chalta hai, kaam chalta hai and Anuj kapadia.." Anupama smiled victoriously as she completed her statement, "....is a Brand".

Anupama proceeded to make a V sign with her fingers and waved it in front of Vanraj then, "In the past two days, Anuj has received offer from 27 companies without even trying, and 4 of them offered him the seat of CEO. You do understand the position of CEO, right?"

Vanraj tried to mask his shock at the information but failed as his expression slipped and Anupama rewarded him with another mirthless smile.

"And did I tell you? Rayn rockhshaw, owner of one of the most reputed MNCs in the world, offered to support Anuj set up his business from scratch. That's the reach of Anuj kapadia's brand, Mr. S-h-a-h!"

"Anu, please...."

"Nahin Anuj, ye jo apne aap ko bada aadmi samajhte hain na,inhe batana zaroori hai ki agar aap arsh hain,toh ye farsh hain!"

"Anupama tum!" Glowering, vanraj raised his finger to scare Anupama but she simply rose to the challenge, and raised her finger in response, her eyes full of fire.

"Mujhe aankhein dikhane se sach nahi badlega. Aapko laga thaki business nahi raha toh Anuj sadak par aa jaenge, par aap bhool gaye thhe ki Anuj ne vyapar diya hai, apna hunar, apna dimaag nahi. Aisa koi insaan nahi haijo Anuj kapadia ko sadak par laa sake. Aap toh bilkul bhi nahi. Aur sach ye hai Mr. shah, ki jis paise aur power ka aap guroor dikha rahein hain, wo aapki hai hi nahi. Anuj ka tohfa tha apni behan ke liye, aur aapke lie unki khairaat hai.Bhikhari Anuj nahin, aap hain!"

And that was the extent of his patience as shouting her name at the top of his lungs, Vanraj raised his hand and brought it down on Anupama's face.

"Nahii!!" Mukku shrieked at the scene as she curled into a ball near the pillar and closed her eyes. But she heard nothing. And opening her eyes, she found vanraj's wrist in Anuj's grip, and Anupama's too.

The duo had quickly raised their hands to thwart Vanraj's attempt and Vanraj shah felt humiliation swallow him as despite the best of his attempts, he failed to free his hands from their vice like grip.

"Anu, move back please", Anupama let go of Vanraj's hand and took a step back while Anuj turned sideways to look at his sister as their eyes met.

"Dekhle bacche, ye hai tera badla hua, sudhra hua Raj! Jo ek argument main haar bardasht nahi kar paya toh haath utha lia".

He turned to Vanraj then, his grip on his wrist tightening. "Aksar jinn logon ki baaton main wazan nahi hota, wo aisi giri hui harkat karte hain".

Vanraj winced suddenly, before schooling his features andthe corner of Anuj's lips lifted into a smile. He pressed further and the furrow in Vanraj's brows deepened as he gritted his teeth and pressed his lips hard.

"I don't like losing, Mr.shah. I lost the match of arm wrestling to you that day. But today, I won't".

Vanraj hissed in pain and tried to snatch his wrist away but Anuj refused to budge.

"Scared, vanraj?"Anuj cocked a brow arrogantly. "Worried that I might actually break these bones, like your fragile ego that Anu shattered?"

"But I won't", With this, Anuj releases vanraj's wrist that had turned bluish due to his chokehold.

"Tumse pehle bhi kaha hai, fir keh raha hu. Agar Anu ko itni si bhi kharoch aa jati, toh phir jo hota, wo isse bahot bura hota".

Kavya had rushed to nurse her husband's wrist but he shirked her away, the sheer feeling of shame turning his face red.

Anuj turned to address baa finally, "Main bas ye kehne aaya tha ki I am moving out of Anu's house".

"Aap kahin nahi jaenge, Anuj", Anupama shot him down instantly and shushed him when he tried to get a word in.

She looked baa straight in the eyes, her own eyes ablaze with determination. "Koi kya sochta hai, mujhe usse farq nahi padta. Aur hum kya karte aur kya nahi karte hain, isse kisi aur ko farq padna nahi chahiye.Aur agar padta hai, toh wo unke upar hai".

Threading her fingers with Anuj then, in support of her resolve, she turned around and walked away.

Her priorities more sorted than ever.