author's pov

it had been two days since everything happened and vridha had finally decided to confront her family , some wounds need proper care and some? they need to be left untouched

vridha's wounds needed to be left unattended atleast by the people who caused it , but she wanted to confront her family not to heal herself but to heal him , going back would hurt her and break her apart but she wanted to do it all for him

inaya and vridha were supposed to go mumbai for some work and she thought it might be the right time to confront her family , all this while abhimaan had no idea about what was going on between inaya and vridha nor about what vridha was actually going to do

"do you seriously have to go?" shirtless abhimaan sulked for like a millionth time since morning , his head on her shoulder slightly placing kisses on her collarbone tattoo (its a small wave ) "what are you? a 5 year old?"

ruffling his already messed up hair with a huge smile that never left her face she continued her make up "yes , come breastfeed me" (ik i need to seek help but us abhimaan us)

"seek help" she murmured while rolling her eyes but that huge smile that said a lot about what they were rn

her tattoo (collarbone par)

placing a small kiss on his forehead and whispering a small miss me she left to meet the rest , "bye baby" crushing atharv in her arms as he bursted into giggles she placed a small kiss on his cheek and left

vridha's pov

going towards abhimaan's car cause obviously how could i forget the dent

is car ki haalat toh mere mental health se bhi zyada kharab hae , a chuckle left my mouth as i made 3 dents on the car

[note : 3 dents cause i am assuming i will be back in 3 days , don't miss me too much ki you forget to do your work and then tumhe company se nikal de , i don't engage with broke men just saying - xoxo vridha MALHOTRA 💋 ]

placing a kiss on the note , i grabbed my bags and left

lessgo 3 days of roller coaster here i come , you know i always think if life is a roller coaster than i think i am scared of heights , cause wtf?

abhimaan's pov

i am still on my bed and vridha just left , it has been like 10 mins and i already really really miss her , but i know she has something important to do , maybe some sort of meeting

sighing for like the hundredth time as the memories of last night echoed my mind , a huge smile on my face as i just thought

about how beautiful she looked in the rain ,

or when she moaned my name ,

how her smile reached her ears

and maybe she felt sane

opening up to her felt so easy , being with her feels as easy as breathing , every morning waking up beside her only to realise that i am living my khwaab makes me feel like i am the luckiest man alive and no amount of happiness could compare to what i feel when i look in her eyes that shine so bright

my thoughts were interrupted by a 6'2 tall gadha "knock karke aana sikh le rey" before i could even comprehend his presence that too early morning , he jumped on top of me whinning???? "bhaiiiii inaya chali gayi"

inaya? that girl? oh god what is wrong with him "ha toh mujhe kyu chipak raha hae" pushing him aside only to be pulled in a hug again , i rolled my eyes

"mujhe yaad aarahi hae uski" waise yaad toh mujhe bhi aari hae , vridha ki ofc

a click sound made me push reyansh so hard that he fell down , before i could even laugh at him i heard another laugh only to see ritika standing there with atharv , taking a video recording of us

"abh ye cuddle wali photo toh story par jayegi" reyansh followed her behind as she ran around the room making a mess , a huge smile on all of our faces as the room erupted with reyansh and ritika screaming while lil atharv just giggled looking at all this chaos

home , this is what home feels like

vridha and my family were my home

author's pov

reaching mumbai both of them rushed towards the destination , in hopes of getting done with the whole situation real quick , both of them in their hot sports bike , fully covered in black and absolutely armed , without any bullet proof jackets , cause according to them it didn't match their vibes

vridha said  "you got the guns right?" a firm nod from inaya and the duo finally entered the building

gun shots going around , people screaming and crying for help , blood everywhere , and two women standing there with proud smiles , they did paint the town red

"you good? i can see your hand bleeding" inaya said with concern

"yea its nothing anyways i need to be somewhere , reach hotel and text me" with her final goodbyes and a bleeding hand that probably had a cut while fighting , vridha rushed towards malhotra mansion

her heart beating very loudly and the thoughts were louder than the crowd , the speed of her breaths rising with every second that passed , she knew today would decide a lot , her future , abhimaan's past , the truth and most of all the outcome and how long it will last

standing outside the mansion a text message caught her attention , it was abhimaan

(texts in normal are of abhimaan and bold wale vridha ke hae)

rakshas pati 🌧️

not missing you or something but look i made paper planes

idk about you but i toh definitely miss you

and nice skills kid 💋

.........

a smile on her face as she saw the paper planes had "rajasthan to mumbai" written on them she felt a bit better

its funny how people don't really know how much a single text from the person could brighten up the other , how having someone who is miles away but still thinking about you , wishing you well and hoping you smile feels

abhimaan came as THE one , to that someone who had NO ONE

and for that vridha will forever be grateful.

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a firm hand choked my neck , while the other pulled my hair , i couldn't breathe and everything felt blurry , my screams for help were unnoticed as my brain felt numb , my thoughts were empty and it felt like the screams i had were actually inaudible

i was gonna die help...

i will die please help me....

i died

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