"Yes."
Hearing that, Vihaan said, "Okay, forget all that. Why don't you ever wish him? You know it hurts him."
Listening to his friend, Anirudh shot him a cold glare and replied, "Don't you have any topic to discuss with me other than Moksh?"
Little by little, Anirudh's anger was reaching its limit.
Seeing that, Vihaan wisely took a step back because he certainly didn't have the courage to face Anirudh's wrath.
With an awkward smile, Vihaan said, "Come on, man. Why do you get angry over such little things? My tongue just slips sometimes. Don't get mad."
Hearing that, Anirudh chose not to unleash his temper.
Meanwhile, Anirudh's assistant searched for a resort and then called the owner to have it cleared out. As soon as the owner answered the call, the assistant conveyed Anirudh's orders.
No one wanted to go against Anirudh, so the resort owner apologized to all the guests and instructed the manager to vacate the entire resort.
After finishing that task, the assistant went to a musical instrument store, bought the finest guitar available, had it gift-wrapped, and then returned to his car before driving toward the Agnihotri Mansion.
Some time later, he arrived at the mansion. Driving through the grand entrance gate, he parked the car, stepped out, and walked inside.
As soon as he entered, he saw Moksh and his younger sister, Anaya, cutting a birthday cake together. They were feeding each other cake when they turned around and noticed the assistant.
Smiling warmly, the assistant said, "Happy Birthday, Moksh!"
Moksh thanked him with a smile.
As Moksh stepped forward to feed him a piece of cake, the assistant first fed a bite of cake to Moksh before accepting the piece from his hand.
After eating the cake, the assistant said, "Sir has made some special arrangements for your birthday, so both of you should get ready."
Hearing that, Anaya chirped excitedly, "Wow! I'll be back in a minute after getting ready!"
She ran upstairs happily.
Then Moksh looked at the assistant and quietly asked, "Will Uncle be there?"
Just like every year, the assistant couldn't bring himself to answer.
His silence was enough.
Moksh immediately understood that, just like every other year, Anirudh wasn't going to wish him on his birthday.
With a faint smile, he quietly turned and walked toward his room.
Watching him leave, the assistant sighed inwardly.
"Sir does so much for his nephew... then why is he never by his side on his birthday?"
Unable to find an answer to his own question, he simply waited downstairs for the two siblings.
Meanwhile, a servant came and cleared away the remaining cake.
A while later, both Moksh and Anaya came downstairs, fully dressed, and the three of them left the mansion together.
Outside, the assistant opened the car door for them.
Smiling politely, Moksh said, "You don't have to do all this."
Then he glanced at his sister.
Anaya climbed into the car first, and the moment she noticed a gift box, she excitedly said, "Bhaiya, I think Uncle sent this gift for you!"
Moksh looked at the gift with dull eyes.
He assumed it would be another expensive watch or something similar—something he wasn't particularly interested in.
Still, every gift Anirudh had ever given him was carefully preserved, whether he ever used it or not.
Moksh got into the car beside Anaya, staring at the wrapped box with an odd feeling that it contained something he would truly love.
"Come on, Bhaiya! Open it!" Anaya urged excitedly.
Moksh unwrapped the gift.
The moment he saw the guitar, his face lit up, and a bright smile spread across his lips.
Meanwhile, the assistant closed the car door, took his seat behind the steering wheel, and started the engine.
"Bhaiya, play it!" Anaya said eagerly.
Smiling, Moksh replied, "Okay."
He gently adjusted the guitar in his hands and began playing. As the beautiful melody flowed, he slowly closed his eyes, completely immersing himself in the music.
At that very moment, Anaya secretly took a picture of him and sent it to Anirudh with a message:
"Uncle, Bhaiya is really happy with your gift!"
Elsewhere, Anirudh was still with Vihaan when his phone chimed twice.
Hearing the notification, he took out his phone and opened w******p.
The moment he saw the message, he tapped on Moksh's picture to enlarge it.
Seeing Moksh smiling so genuinely, Anirudh's eyes remained fixed on the photo, unable to look away.
Noticing Anirudh staring so intently at something, Vihaan walked over and looked at his phone.