Today's episode of Ishqbaaz starts with Shivay(Nakuul Mehta) arriving at Anika's(Surbhi Chandna) house as Chachi opens the door. Shivay asks her about Anika and Chachi tells him that Anika and Gauri's mother left them for a rich man when the two girls were very small. She says that Anika has her mother's blood and is just like her. She always gets thrown out of work as she concentrates more on how to trap rich men. Shivay gives Chachi Anika's money and asks her to tell Anika to stay far away from Priyanka and the Oberoi house.

Later Shivay wonders how he made such a huge mistake in judging a person. He thinks about why he gave Anika so many chances and why he thought that Anika was not like other girls.

There Anika confronts Daksh and tells him that Payal is pregnant with his child and now he needs to accept her or else she will make him pay. Shivay sees the two together.

Daksh warns Anika is saying she does not know him well. Shivay s furious as he thinks that Anika met Daksh outside the house now that he had thrown her out of Oberoi house.

Anika's letter falls on the ground in the Priyanka's room, and a maid gets it. There the family is preparing for Priyanka's mehendi. Priyanka panics as without Anika none of her work seems to be going right. Shivay gets Tia to help her with her mehendi.

The maid gets the letter to Priyanka and Rudra snatches it from her saying he would read it. As the letter is in Hindi Rudra finds it hard to read it, Om snatches it away but before he can read Daksh arrives with some gifts. Om hands over the letter to Shivay and helps Daksh with the gifts.

Shivay gets a call and hands the letter to Tia. Priyanka takes the letter from Tia before she reads it. Priyanka herself is not able to read it before the Mehendi woman calls her for the ritual.

Shivay takes Daksh aside and asks him what Anika was telling him. Daksh panics as he thinks Shivay must have heard their conversation. Later though he says that Anika is a very cheap girl and she is unable to handle rejection.

He says that he is scared that Priyanka might get hurt. Shivay promises that he will not let Anika come anywhere near the house. Later Tia confronts Daksh about Payal's pregnancy and says that they are bankrupt and they desperately need the Oberois for their money, so they need to be careful.

Daksh promise that he will handle the situation and Shivay himself will not let Anika come in their way anymore. Tia remembers the letter being from Anika and runs to stop Priyanka from reading it. She snatches the letter from Priyanka just in time.

Later she gives the letter to Daksh and asks him to handle Payal now as if she teams up with Anika then their plan may hit a roadblock. The letter drops to the ground as Daksh keeps it in his pocket.

There Payal calls Anika and says that she is ready to tell Priyanka the truth now. Anika says that she is on her way to get her. Chachi and Gauri try to stop Anika as it is her shagun day, but Anika says that it is important for her.

Payal is talking to Anika when Daksh barges in and attacks her. Anika hears the commotion on the phone and runs to the, but Daksh manages to load Payal into a tempo and take her off before Anika can save her.

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